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The Middletown Journal lists subscription options for in town and trading area readers. Rates cover per copy, carrier, and mail plans with different weekly and yearly prices. An Ecclesiastes verse concludes the ad.
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Middletown Journal
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Evening Middletown Journal
Sunday News-Journal
Evening
Sunday News Journal
Sunday
U.S.A
Decline of Wallace and Berlin veto shock neutrals
The piece argues that Moscow vetoed a neutral UN Security Council peace plan, shattering hopes for Berlin settlement. It decries Russia’s stance as a rejection of world opinion, praises neutral efforts, and links Henry Wallace’s sagging campaign to rising anti-Communist sentiment, noting Communist influence in his party and waning support.
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Berlin
Moscow
UN Security Council
Russia
Vishinsky
Wall Street
Security Council
West
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Wallace
Roosevelt
United States
Control of the Senate political forecast in 1948 race
Forecasters say Republicans likely keep the House, Democrats could win a Senate majority. With 51 Republicans and 45 Democrats, four seat shift needed for minority. Of 32 seats, 12 could change hands, eight GOP held, four Democratic. If Democrats win eight, Senate flips. seven gives a tie decided by the Vice President. A Democratic Senate would jeopardize Dewey proposals.
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House
Senate
Dewey
Hoover
Truman
Congress
Worry Clinic expert cautions on debt and hypnosis in a jewelry case
Dr. George W Crane discusses consumer vulnerability in a case involving Joan X a 27-year-old chorus girl defend by an attorney over a loaned 1250 jewelry purchase. He argues hypnosis is not proven and warns about overbuying and debt, praising budgeting education to prevent childish financial behavior.
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Joan X
Joan
John D. Rockefeller
Stalin Plays Peace Card In Berlin Blockade Talks
David Lawrence analyzes Stalin's Moscow interview and argues war is unlikely. He notes Soviet focus on propaganda, the UN vote, and Western diplomacy missteps in Paris. The piece cautions patience, urges reviewing records, and favors renewed exploration of the Argentina mediated agreement to avoid escalation.
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Washington
Stalin
Moscow
Berlin
United Nations Security Council
Council
Connie Mack and the Great A's Baseball Era Recalled
Arthur Baer recalls Connie Mack’s era with the Philadelphia Athletics, praising his skill at building star teams and tracing the use of pitchers like Eddie Plank and Chief Bender. The piece muses on Mack’s influence, shifts in pitching, and the 1950 pennant hopes, noting Baer’s fond, critical tone toward the manager’s methods.
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Smith
Columbia
Second
Connie
Timberline
Eddie Plank
Chief Bender
Coombs
Plank
Bender
Waddell
Andy Coakley
Dygert
Pennock
Hal Boyle The Voyager Bites Of-Flight Wit On Life
Off the cuff notes by Hal Boyle offer a string of aphorisms and quips about love age work and society. The column blends humorous maxims on relationships aging politics and human foibles in a breezy single author voice.
Labor and Peace Amid Global Tensions
Quotes from Gov Dewey and AFL President Green urge labor unity and justice as crucial to a world order based on peace. The message warns against un-American laws that curb wage earners' free enterprise rights and likens current dangers to past Munich-era stakes. Churchill comments on the Soviet blockade in Berlin underscore the era's geopolitical fear.
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Thomas E. Dewey
New York
William Green
AFL
Munich
Winston Churchill
Berlin
Love and wallpaper clash in a columnist's bleak day
Erich Brande muses on a world where love is treated as a luxury while a wallpaper dilemma dominates a dreary morning. He recalls a psychiatrist named Dr. O Spurgeon English claiming love is scarce, then shifts to unsigned abstract wallpapers from San Francisco, describing patterns like Vertebrate Mass and Minutes of the Last Meeting, priced up to $12 a roll. He plans to visit a Bridgeport shop advertising 25 cents per roll.
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New York
O. Spurgeon English
Pennsylvania Medical Society
Russia
Spurgeon
San Francisco
First U S woman senator elected after husband term
Questions and answers cover Margaret Chase Smith's 1948 election to the Senate, the impracticality of profitable sea gold extraction, why Japan is called Nipponese, Suez Canal ownership, and the trivium as the medieval liberal arts trio.
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U. S
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate
Middletown High Plans Library Inside School
Twenty years ago Middletown High School began planning its own library instead of using the Public Library. J. S. Seibold chosen president of the Lincoln P T A with Clara McGalmont as secretary and Helen Boyd as treasurer. Cards about Middletown and opposing teams printed and sold at football games. Standardization in an electrical firm reduced motor types from 25,000 to under 4,000.
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Middletown High School
J. S. Seibold
Lincoln P. T. A
Clara McGalmont
Helen Boyd
Middletown
Panhandler Kid Sings For Nickel Turns Heads At North School
A six year old panhandler, with limited speech, approached North School pedestrians and offered a song for a nickel. The humorous incident drew smiles as the child earned money with a toothy grin. A separate women’s meeting included a corsage mishap and a witty remark about sticking someone.
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North School
These Days on Daily Worker Heroes and Red Baiting
George E. Sokolsky critiques the Daily Worker for glorifying Soviet aligned lawmakers and condemns politicians linked to communism. He cites Senator Pepper, Taylor, Murray, Marcantonio, Pressman, Isacson, and O Dwyer as examples and warns New York readers that such “heroes” undermine American values and safety.
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Daily Worker
Soviet Russia
United States
Washington
Bob Hall
Congress
Pepper
Florida
Taylor
Idaho
Murray
Montana
Morse
Oregon
Roosevelt
Marcantonio
Powell
Klein
Celler
New York
Douglas and Holifield
California
Eberharter
Pennsylvania
Senator Morse
Wallace
Democratic
Senate
Glen Taylor
Senator Murray
Vito Marcantonio
Lee Pressman
Leo Isacson
Paul O'Dwyer
Genevieve Kemble The Stars Say Sunday Horoscope
Sunday’s horoscope for Genevieve Kemble foresees a swirl of church, clergy, and cultural vocations with dramatic, novel turns. It highlights exciting shifts in love, intellect, and creativity, predicting notable public attention and possible radical change for birthdays and gifted children.
November Mondays Herald Crisis and Eccentric Paths
Astrological forecast for Monday warns of sudden conflicts and possible separations driven by strong emotions and unconventional urges. Those born under this day face a critical period with potential upheavals affecting plans, while creative outlets or a bestseller may channel restless energy. An egg composition note concludes with yolk 58 percent white 32 percent shell 10 percent.
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George W. Crane
The
Worry Clinic
David Lawrence
Paris
America
Common Sense
Arthur
Bugs’ Baer
Boston
A’s
Don MacGillicuddy
Baseball
Connister
Columbia Night School
Dan Murphy
Murphy
Monnicker
Eddie Collins
Hal Boyle
Erich Brande
Bridgeport
Nippon
Suez Canal
Dave Regan
George E. Sokolsky
Genevieve Kemble
Stars
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