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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1950
Page
4
The Middletown Journal announces subscription costs for various delivery options including daily, evening, and Sunday editions. Rates cover in-town, trading area, and outside area plans with payments in advance and a Bible verse motto.
The plan to call up physicians and dentists aims to cover volunteer shortfalls but risks worsening civilian doctor shortages. Under the draft proposal men up to 55 could be drafted with service stipulations, while voluntary enlistment remains limited. The Department of Defense notes few volunteers and Korea casualties strain medical personnel. Immediate expansion of medical corps is urged to ensure care for troops.
A new National Psychological Strategy Board will coordinate government propaganda efforts for abroad consumption and decide messaging. It views propaganda as advertising and aims to out advertise Russia, noting a Russian broadcaster on U S soil.
The railroads and two unions face a prolonged deadlock after a threatened strike led to government seizure of lines. Neither President Truman nor the Army expect to mediate, leaving unions, railroads, and workers in a challenging stalemate over retroactive contracts and inflation risks.
Dr George W Crane recounts advice from General Howell about marriage dynamics. A timid husband may imitate dominance to offset insecurity, while a strong wife asserts independence and may become a shrew if faced with overbearing control. The piece links such behavior to perceptions of power in home and office.
A brief note argues that excessive vigor to prove correctness signals insecurity. It suggests such behavior stems from fearing loss of respect for judgment or intelligence, leading to overcompensation. The piece cites a chirosbbery saying that a harsh exterior can mask a gentler interior.
Senate Foreign Relations sub committee reports on UN reform proposals including Atlantic union world government and a veto free plan. No clear favorite emerges as USSR uncertainty, Korea crisis and UN vitality shape views. Senator H Alexander Smith warns of tension between world blocs forcing concessions or stalemate.
A New Jersey senator calls for shifting the Voice of America toward moral force and psychological warfare aimed at the Soviet Union. He argues for an independent agency answerable to the President and suggests a government funded foundation run by officials and private citizens to manage the project.
Genevieve Kemble advises that this time is auspicious for reaching high goals through determination and collaboration. Those with birthdays on this day enter a period of practical progress and achievement, with hopes and ideals turning into concrete results through forceful tactics.
A gray haired salesman turns from a corporate life to a portable sign business. He and his wife leave a five figure salary behind to roam from New England to Florida, selling luminous mailbox signs. The couple finds happiness in freedom and shared travel on a year round route.
Hal Boyle reports thousands of South Korean refugees, 5,000 to 7,000 over ten miles, are forced along the main supply route to the fighting front. While some MPs push the elderly and ox, others distribute cigarettes and rations as a dusty convoy moves past.
A terse exchange asks how happiness is measured. The speaker asserts contentment, stating there is nothing the speaker and his wife want that they do not have, implying fulfilled desires and gratitude. The fragment ends with a questioning addendum about wanting more from life.
George Dixon in Washington notes storage charges on the government butter hoard exceed 10,000 dollars daily with 191.6 million pounds stored as of September 1, spoiling and costing 85 to 90 million dollars this year. He blames Secretary Charles Brannan for keeping butter price at 60 cents per pound while retailing near 65 to 70 cents, arguing he can sell the perishable stock at any price under Public Law 439.
A sobering report laments how intentional harm to the nation's food supply would grievously affect households. The piece notes the burden on housewives and families as a critical consequence of widespread food disruption.
A remark on admirable aims and practical aid available to a newborn, with high hopes for achievement. It predicts glory, renown, and joy attained through the child’s ingenuity, skill, confidence, and faith.
The current surplus of 191 600 000 pounds shows 72 000 000 pounds produced last year making the butter aged. Baldys Commodity Credit Corporation in its annual financial statement admits reserves for losses on this butter have been set at 75 6 percent of the cost.
The note admits losses mount to over three quarters of the cost and hints spoilage figures cannot be fixed until current stocks are disposed of. This raises concerns about inventory write downs and future profitability.
Pass- The-Potatoes-Baldy is described as a steady New Dealer who refused to sell butter at reduced prices to Americans but offered to export to foreigners through the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization at 15 cents per pound. The offer, made last January, followed earlier sales abroad at 22 cents per bag of 100 pounds. On August 4, 50 million pounds were released to UN members at 15 cents per pound, affecting Poland Yugoslavia and Czechoslovakia among others.
The text describes a mixed group of old men, women and children fleeing fighting near Yongsan. They walk along a road under dust, some carried on backs and shoulders, many in rags with greenish faces, as trucks pass and the army directs them back toward shelter north of the city.
Under a broiling sun refugees cried for water as they filled hats and buckets from rice paddies. Aged laborers bent under heavy loads paused to rest, then moved on at orders from uniformed Koreans. The quick relocation aimed to keep supply routes clear for material movement, though it risks eroding goodwill.
The four officially designated commonwealths are Massachusetts Pennsylvania Kentucky and Virginia. The first direct challenge to U S government authority was the Whiskey Rebellion in Pennsylvania in 1794 when President Washington dispersed the insurgents with militia.
A line in a wartime or labor context notes Mrs. Smith of Astoria Long Island cannot purchase for her children amid restrictions involving Slovakia Hungary and other satellites. The terse item highlights regulatory limits affecting families.
Dave Regan notes a long running cowboy fad among kids with a two year old in a ten gallon hat. Upcoming events include a city wide Country Fair by the Episcopal Church and a Kiwanis rose sale to aid local children. Holy Trinity hosts a Financial Fiesta on October 13. A reader questions milk delivery competition and ports concerns about a Cincinnati TV station WCPO-TV scheduling in The Journal.
Dorothy Kilgallen cuts her Strand engagement by two weeks to rush for Errol Flynn in Paris wedding plans. Hollywood rumors link Bette Davis to independent films with Gary Merrill, and Audie Murphy's new inspiration is Peggy Call. Pete Rugelo’s Reno show consoles Gloria DeHaven after Paramount Stage meeting. Kenton and Barnet feud privately. Louise Carlyle replaces Bill Callahan as Hooper. Tin Pan Alley polkas rise over hillbilly tunes as big Christmas rush looms. MGM may film Joselito life with Hurd Hatfield or Ricardo Montalban. Gordon MacRae witnesses a death nearby. Robert Montgomery to play Petrified Forest gangster in next month. Lindy’s cake girls marry in droves. Henry Fonda faces confinement as Mr. Roberts cast considered. Lex Thompson travels with Ann St George Thompson amid tax woes. Irving Berlin’s Mr Monotony, cut from Miss Liberty, becomes a number in Call Me Madam.
Dietrich sails to Europe next week to film and meet Michael Wilding, with new gowns signaling a man on her mind. Hugh Martin and Preston Sturges plan a Good Fairy musical adaptation to lure backers while Margaret Sullavan and Herbert Marshall may appear in a film version. Childs eateries undergo a full facelift as Tito Guizar and his three children battle pneumonia at home, and Bruce Cabot remains a rumored Don Juan in El Morocco society.
Gene Block weds Francine Block in Bronxville as Harlem dances set fashion tone with knee-length trousers. A morning gale sports scribe jokes about Yankees odds while Earl Dancer revives shipboard Show Boat concept. Martha Stewart and George O’Hanlon plan a 100-yard canal pool with bridges and towers. Sidney Blackmer may contend for an Oscar for The Hero marks. Joe Ricardel and Andrea Lord sniff orange blossoms in preview chatter.
A noted animal expert inserts a provocative view that the horse ranks as the dullest among creatures. The piece notes public reactions and hints at broader cultural debates about intelligence and value across species.
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