Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Verse
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for mail and carrier delivery in the trading area and outside, with weekly and yearly options. An enclosing Bible verse from Matthew 26:36 is included.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Evening Middletown Journal
Sunday News-Journal
Maiin
Evening
Sunday News Journal
U.S.A
Jesus
Gethsemane
Voter turnout forecast and bumper crop outlook analyzed
Census Bureau projects 95 million voting age Americans by Election Day with 35 million unlikely to vote. If turnout matches 1944 or 1940, total ballots range from about 53.6 to 56.5 million, though 1944 was a war year. Issues and candidates rarely mobilize more than 40 percent. Farmers foresee an 8 percent higher crop yield than 1946, aided by favorable weather and mechanization, risking price supports debates and potential declines in retail prices.
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Census Bureau
Bureau
District of Columbia
Department of Agriculture
Treasury
Congress
Supreme Court Refuses Review On Union Wage Increase Rule
The high court declines review of a Cincinnati appeals ruling in the J. H. Allison Co case. The AFL Meat Cutters Union affiliate in Chattanooga charged the company with granting merit raises without union consultation, saying pay changes fall under collective bargaining. The circuit court upheld the wage practice, while a similar New Orleans decision found the company acted within the law after failed bargaining.
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United States Supreme Court
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
J. H. Allison Company
National Labor Relations Board
AFL
National Labor Relations
Supreme Court
Federal Circuit Court
New Orleans
Compton- Highland Mills Company
Worry Clinic tale of a student torn by art and medicine
Dr George W Crane profiles Carl M a 24 year old third year medical student who collapses scholastically under a domineering father driven by status and a dream of a surgeon son. Carl preferred art but was steered into medicine, leading to detachment and risk of becoming a mental case.
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Carl M
Carl
Son
Liberal Arts
Mediation in Berlin Blockade Seen as Next Step
The article notes informal mediation has failed and formal mediation via the United Nations is imminent. It discusses Russian and Western positions, potential Security Council resolutions, and the possibility of bringing the issue to the General Assembly with Sweden as a potential mediator. The piece weighs procedural concessions and the risk of a condemnation resolution.
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Washington
Paris
United Nations
Berlin
United Nations Security Council
Juan A. Bramuglia
Security Council
Russia
Assembly
Horoscope for Sunday October 17 by Genevieve Kemble
Sunday’s astrological forecast warns of difficult, menacing and intriguing feelings that may override judgment. Curious drives and weird ideas could lead to danger. focus on integrity of mind and body to suppress disturbing impulses and nerve tensions.
Help Your Child Pick A Trade With Dr Crane Chart
Readers are invited to request Dr Crane’s psychology charts by sending a 3c stamped envelope and a dime to the newspaper address. The charts aim to steer children into acceptable trades or professions for happiness and success.
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Crane
Babe Ruth as a power hitter and walk controversy
A satirical look at Babe Ruth's legacy arguing his feats, walks, and pitching presence redefine milestones. The author mocks intentional walks as flawed scoring and envisions renaming outcomes like the Babe Ruth single while hinting at broader sports reform. The piece plays with historic figures and ends with a quip about pressuring the King of Sweden to return Thorpe medals.
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Babe Ruth
Noah
Cobb
Lajoie
Wagner
Babe
Lincoln
Sweden
Jim Thorpe
Italy Gratitude Poll And Global Aid Reflections
Erich Brandeis surveys a Milan readers poll on postwar aid to the United States and whether Italy deserves tangible gratitude. He argues Americans acted from humanitarian motive, not commerce, and laments being labeled warmongers and imperialists while urging calm, shared relief, and cultural pursuits.
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Italy
United States
Milan
Michelangelo
Raphael
Propitious forecast for ambitious goals and new ideas
For Monday October 18 the astrology page predicts a highly favorable period for pursuing ambitious aims and fresh fields of operation. Persistence and precision prevail in the long run as originality thrives and novel developments emerge, with a productive year ahead for birthdays.
Bubble Gun and Model Trains Pioneer William Smith
Hal Boyle profiles William Russell Smith, a Connecticut Yankee famed for pioneering miniature railroading and inventing new playthings. He developed a bubble gun to shoot soap bubbles and cardboard pellets, and created innovations like smoke in model engines, automatic signals, and a talking station. His hobby grew into a sizable scene with about a million fans and rising average spending.
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New York
William Russell Smith
Smith
Thomas A. Edison
Middletown Triumph Over Steubenville 40 to 0 Shocks Fans
Dave Regan notes Middletown’s decisive 40 to 0 win over Steubenville. He contrasts holiday mood with home viewing options including Sportsmen's Club carnival ISPEBSQSA concert and Little Theater play Persona Appearance. He urges sending thanks to Armco for the public address system broadcast.
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Tle Theater
Roosevelt Auditorium
The
Journal
Little Theater
Spebsqsa
Steubenville
Armco
Publc
Conservation requires facts not distortions in politics
George E. Sokolsky argues that conservation policy spans both parties and cites a long list of federal projects started or continued under Republicans and Democrats. He notes forest reserves expanded under Roosevelt, Hoover, and Truman, warns against politicizing land use, and urges careful, fact-based debate without vituperation. The piece defends bipartisan conservation history and calls for realism over rhetoric.
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Truman
United States
Department of Interior
Dewey
Bureau of Fisheries
President Grant
Geological Survey
President Hayes
Forest Service
Bureau of Reclamation
National Park Service
Theodore Roosevelt
Bureau of Mines
Taft
Alaskan Fisheries Control
Range Control
Hoover
Coolidge
Roosevelt Dam
Arizona
Cooldge
Harding
Cove Creek
Morris Dam
Tennessee
Congress
F. D. Roosevelt
Hoover Dam
Colorado River
California
Nevada
RFC
Roosevelt
Fort Peck
Missouri River
Montana
F. R. Roosevelt
Bonneville Dam
Colum
Kia River
Washington
Oregon
Grand Coulee Dam
Columbia River
Secretar Hoover
McNary Dam
Central Valley Project
Theodor Roosevelt
Herbert Hoover
Election notes include clergy ordination and local offices
A 1931 election record shows 808 ballots cast with 22 ineligible and three under nine candidates, totaling 783 valid votes. John Richardson of 1713 Columbia Ave was ordained a Lutheran minister by Refugo G. Schmidt of the Loe Lutheran Church, and Paul Long won a third consecutive term as master of Elk Creek Grange.
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John Richardson
Clumbia Ave
Refugo G. Schmidt
Loe
Paul Long
Elk Creek Grange
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George W. Crane
Worry Clinic
David Lawrence
Genevieve Kemble
Arthur “Bugs” Baer
Erich Brandeis
Angelo
Europe
Asia
You
Hal Boyle
Dave Regan
Steubinville
George E. Sokolsky
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