Middletown Journal Subscription Rates Listed
The Middletown Journal announces subscription prices for local and trading area delivery, including 5 cent per copy and weekly carrier rates. Rates cover evening editions, the Sunday News Journal, and mail subscriptions with annual costs and prepaid terms. The note includes a Bible quotation: quoted verse from 26:14.
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Evening Middletown Journal
Sunday News-Journal
Sunday
News Journal
Evening Middle
Own Journal
Evening Middle'own Journal
New Journal
U.S.A
Play as a positive force in education and therapy noted
An Omaha conference speaker Reverend William H. Alexander argues play has spiritual and educational value beyond simple amusement. Psychologists report doll play and finger-painting aid diagnosis and therapy, while experts warn against escape and selfish withdrawal. Sydney Eiges notes the newspaper’s community role, and the obituary of E. Eastman Ervine marks a loss for the World Almanac.
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William H. Alexander
First Christian Church of
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Pley
Sydney H. Eiges
National Broadcasting Company
Syd
Worry Clinic advises dieting to save marriage and health
Dr. George W. Crane counsels Joyce W. on rebuilding romance after her husband flirted with another woman. He links marital happiness to dieting, weight loss, and financial discipline, advising a 10 pound loss in 10 days via a low calorie plan with protein, while warning against unsafe fad diets and drugs.
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Joyce W
Dr. Crane
America
Joyce
Illinger
Middletown Fire Alarm Upgrades and Poetry Honors
Twenty years ago Elmer Conn electrical inspector reported Middletown had 60 fire boxes, 25 fewer than needed, while new alarm system updates including 335 boxes and a transformer were tested as satisfactory. Also seven poems by Florence E. Dowling appeared in An Argosy of Song edited by Narka Nelson, and Isadore M. Casper was elected president of The Purple Masquers drama club.
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Elmer Conn
Middletown
Florence E. Dowling
Western College For Women
R. C. Dowling
Narka Nelson
Isadore M. Casper
Berlin as prize in four power split struggle
James Marlow discusses Berlin as the flashpoint in the four power division of Germany. He explains the 1945 agreement, the current Soviet control, and the western efforts to supply Berlin by air as winter approaches, with implications for Germany’s future.
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Washington
Berelin
New York
Germany
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Bern
Berlin
Socialist Unity Party
Benin
American State Department
Stalin
Communists Capture Tsinga in Shwantung Invasion
James White reports the Chinese Communists seized Tsinga, the Shwantung capital, after a long siege. Gen. Wang Yao-Wu was captured as Suchow failed to relieve the city, aided by defections and a broader North China advance toward Nanking. American arms allegedly aided the drive.
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Tsinga
Shwantung
Suchow
Wang Yao-Wu
Tsiwan
Shantung
Wang
North China
Nanking
Inner Mongolia
Manchuria
China
Chen Yi
Its
Tsinan
North
Fu Siu-Nien
South China
Yangtze
Chiang Kai-Shek
Peiping
Yen Hsi- Shan
Shansi
Taiyuan
Yen
Esinan
Pockets and Patches of News from a Busy Day
Erich Brande reflects on life and pockets in a humorous essay mixed with global affairs. He muses on weapons in China, northern and southern politics, and the fall of Tsinan before shifting to domestic tidbits about match boxes, tobacco, and a wedding notice for Bernice Brown and Louis Messolonghites. The column ends with a note of congratulations to the couple and a nod to the editor.
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Bernice Brown
Louis Messolonghites
Jersey City
New Jersey
Commissioner of Correction of
New York
Louis
Babe Ruth Rule Would Credit Walks As Hits
Hal Boyle proposes a rule change to credit intentional walks as hits to boost Babe Ruths legendary numbers. He argues walks robbed Ruth of homers and fans of seeing him swing, suggesting retroactive or future adoption during Baseball Week.
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Babe Ruth
Babe
Cranberries Built a Railroad to Move a New England Crop
In Carver Massachusetts Ellis D. Atwood a cranberry grower and owner of the Edaville Railroad runs a five mile two foot gauge line that last year carried 120000 passengers while hauling 10000 to 12000 barrels of berries from bog to factory. The operation supports tourism and agriculture as immigrants from Cape Verde harvest the berries by hand.
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Carver
Mass
Cranberries
Ellis D. Atwood
Atwood
Edaville Railroad
Maine
Massachusetts
Ainwood
Atwoods
Plymouth
New Jersey
Wisconsin
Washington
Oregon
Cape Verde Islands
Africa
Surace
War's cost of World War II estimated at 630.6 billion
The cost of World War II is estimated at 630.6 billion dollars, which translates to about 340 dollars for every person on earth.
Hat Bets End Without Sale in Downtown Store
Dave Regan notes a humorous tale from a local hat department where two saleswomen bet on who would sell the most expensive hat. Both end up leaving unpaid, while a separate election tale recounts a Kentucky migrant voter planning to register in Ohio amid talk of shooting on election day and unclear voting intentions.
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Board of Elections
Ohio
Middletown
Kentucky
Six factors enter into the accumulation of power
George E. Sokolsky argues that coal iron oil aluminum and manpower determine political and economic power. He asserts the United States leads in coal iron oil and aluminum access Uranium is best in Canada and Soviet Russia excels in manpower. He warns Western Europe alone cannot withstand either power and calls for unity to counter Soviet domination.
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United States
Canada
Russia
China
Soviet Russia
Europe
Asia
Roert Strausz- Hope
Urals
Russian Asia
Russian
Red Army
Siberia
Genghis Khan
Yimur Lenk
Western Europe
Vistula
Germany
Ruhr
Saar
France
Belgium
Holland
Soviet
Englis
Western
England
Questions And Answers From The Public Notebook
A set of concise Q A items covering Lambeth Palace age the third lung cricket chirping mechanism and radio power limits. Lambeth Palace dates back to around 190, crypt from 12th century remains oldest section. The skin is called the third lung due to waste discharge. Pilgrims were the first settlers in Massachusetts. Crickets chirp via a file and scraper mechanism on wing surfaces. Government power for radio stations is limited to 50 000 Watts.
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Lambeth Palace
London
Archbishop of Canterbury
See of
Canterbury
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Ervine
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Worry Clinic
James Marlow
James White
Erich Brande
Arthur
Bugs’ Baer
Hal Boyle
Babe Stozy
Dave Regan
George E. Sokolsky
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