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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1948
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists subscription rates for per copy and weekly carrier options in Middletown Ohio, with mail plans for trading and outside areas. A biblical verse from James is cited at the end.
The United Nations hires Dr. Carl F. Sulzberger as psychiatric consultant to assess international leaders and curb childish diplomacy. He urges psychiatry in childhood clinics and envisions a future where global harmony rests on education, concerted action, and a shared planetary goal.
Bardal G aged 85, office manager in Chicago, argues salesmen earn high salaries and should be paid on same basis as executives. The Worry Clinic essay cites a plumbing supplies firm where cutting sales staff profits led to bankruptcy, stressing advertising and salesmanship as life blood of business.
James Marlow reports from Washington on President Truman and Governor Dewey campaigning across 18 and 11 states respectively. Dewey trails Truman in Des Moines as both pursue western starts and eastern finishes, with Wallace posing a potential split in Democratic votes.
Genevieve Kemble presents a Tuesday forecast dated September 21 that urges ingenuity and originality. It highlights risk taking backed by logic, secret to exceptional progress and security, and notes birthday individuals may seize rare opportunities for remarkable achievement and rich rewards.
The blurred piece notes wax figures in store windows and upcoming fall sales. It claims the fit of a man’s suit hinges on pocket contents and mentions the 1883 first appendicitis operation laying groundwork for extemporaneous public speaking.
Arthur Baer muses on the vice presidency as a historic perch and jokes about a future V P residence in Washington. He recalls past holders from Adams to Barkley, notes the job’s perquisites, anonymity, and the politics surrounding who might one day inhabit a grand mansion for the nation’s second in command.
Erich Brande argues a coming shift as Central Park lake becomes legal to fish for youths under sixteen and cops are told not to chase them. He riffs on childhood rebellion and the lure of forbidden water, suggesting enduring human ornery streak and curiosities about rules.
Gladys Duffield, a schoolteacher in her thirties, plans to move from Seattle to Nagoya Japan to teach at an American school for armed forces and civilians. She will earn 4400 dollars annually with 45 dollars monthly living costs deducted and no rent, traveling 12 to 13 days by Army transport with Ritz Carlton like dining.
Hal Boyle muses on quitting and comebacks through the careers of Joe Louis and Winston Churchill. He notes champions and ordinary people resist retirement, facing flattery and pressures to stay active. Churchill’s repeated quits and returns epitomize resilience, while Louis teases a final bout before retirement.
Twenty years ago members of the Foreman’s Club of P. Lorillard Company celebrated their first anniversary. George Class, custodian of Woodside Cemetery, offered a cash reward of five dollars for information identifying vandals who were robbing graves of flowers, vases and baskets. James B. Buchanan and Harry K. Moore were named candidates for commander of American Legion Post 218 by the nominating committee.
Cherra Poonjee in Assam records an average annual rainfall of 464 inches. This figure highlights extreme precipitation levels in the region during the monsoon season and reflects the area’s unique climate pattern.
Dave Regan writes of heavy rain hoped to end a dry season. Corn ripened too early and remained unharvestable while fields show drought damage. Residents suffer colds from dusty air as he recalls a Hamilton Veteran's Village with smoky, squalid housing and contrasts it with imagined rain making sidewalks, grass, and children happy.
Elbert Hubbard notes ghost writing in public life and the role of press agents. The piece discusses ghost writers in campaigns, the Truman era, and the fear speeches label, asserting Truman needs a new ghost and criticizing Rosenthal's style.
A compact Q and A set on century dates, Morris dance origins, patent law needs, Bible verse length, Red Cross genesis, and ship dimensions. Answers state 19th century ends Dec 31 1900, Morris dance as ritualistic six person formation, lawyers not required for patents, Esther 8 9 has 90 words, Henri Dunant proposed the Red Cross in 1862 leading to 1864 Geneva Conference, ship width limited by Panama Canal and height by Brooklyn Bridge.
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