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Newspaper

Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1956

Page

4

Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Address

Subscriptions priced by format and area with weekly, daily, and annual options. Rates include per copy and carrier costs in city and outside regions, with U SA and international mail terms. Publication occurs every evening except Sunday at 1007 First Ave Middletown Ohio.

Middletown Journal Sunday News Journal City Area News Journal U.S.A First Ave Middletown Ohio Demas Thessalonica

Cincinnati arts benefit drive highlights broad access

The Cincinnati area's arts scene reaches nearly 200000 concertgoers and over 200000 museum visitors with free and low cost programs across the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Taft Museum and Art Museum. The United Fine Arts Fund funds deficits and plans its eighth annual drive April 30 through May 2 to sustain free lectures tours student programs and broadcasts for all residents.

Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra Cincinnati United States Cincinnati Art Museum Taft Museum Art Museum Cincinnati Area United Fine Arts Fund UFAF

Congress weighs presidential disability in second hearings

A House Judiciary subcommittee readies the second series of hearings on presidential inability. A constitutional amendment and related bills are under consideration as President Eisenhower urges remedy. Historical cases of Wilson and Garfield illustrate the risks of executive impairment.

House Judiciary Congress Eisenhower Emanuel Celler D-N.y House Judiciary Committee Subcommittee Celler Attorney General Executive Department Nixon Wilson Robert Lansing Lansing Garfield Arthur Edward S. Corwin Princeton

Hal Boyle reveals odd mailbag musings and curiosities

New York columnist Hal Boyle compiles a playful list of surprising facts from reader mail. Disguises in the French Revolution used contact lenses, 30 percent of wearers are men, and vanity thrives in advertising. Other tidbits cover kitchen time, packaging giving housewives free time, fashion lore, eye care, and curiosities about weather, industry growth, and famous names.

New York Germany England Paris Dover Hor Marine Studios Florida U. S. Weather Bureau Minnesota Annie Oakley Phoebe Annie Moses

Mideast peacemaker role forced on Soviet

The piece argues the Soviet Union is rebranding itself as a peaceful mediator in the Middle East to gain credibility and time while pursuing world communist aims. It notes Arab states, illegal Communist presence, and potential Western military moves over oil, with Russia hedging on force and joining the atoms-for-peace agency to avoid losing influence to the United States.

Middle East Communist Party Khrushchev Stalin Soviet Union United States Russia Egypt Czechoslovakia Atoms-For-Peace Eisenhower West

Milan Women Charm and World’s Best Barbers Featured

A collection of snippets proclaims Milan women as especially attractive and notes Rome’s top barbers and affordable haircuts. It highlights a Virgo color tip, childcare by male babysitters, and a fertility of cultural curiosities from Salome to horse racing in Tokyo.

Bryan Waller Procter Rome Milan

Wind at Your Back or Blessing in Gaelic Verse

A reader asks if the Gaelic line is a blessing or toast and learns the full blessing ends with may the Lord hold you in the hollow of His hand. The dialogue also notes Irving Berlin's first wife Dorothy Goetz, her death, and his related song When I Lost You. It mentions British concern over burial alive fears and London’s organization addressing the issue.

Irving Berlin Elfin MacKay Q. Berlin Dorothy Goetz Dorothy

Edith Faust named Sigma Chapter representative in Chicago

Edith Faust of Central Avenue was named representative to the Chicago convention of Sigma Chapter of Eta Sigma Phi sorority. Miss Faust was a student at Miami University. Mrs. E. N. Gilbert became president of the Arlington Park Circle of the First Baptist Missionary Society, with Mrs. Tom Baird as vice president.

Salome Mary Garden Miss Garden Louise Aphrodite Edith Faust Central Avenue Chicago Sigma Chapter Eta Sigma Phi Sorority Miss Faust Miami University E. N. Gilbert Edwin Palmer Arlington Park Circle First Baptist Missionary Society Tom Baird A

City Commission appoints Pond patrolman on probation

The City Commission appointed William A. Pond as a city patrolman for a 90 day probation period.

City Commission William A. Pond

Pinochle Player Drayer Holds Eight Aces in Meld Rage

Drayer of 229 Vanderveer Street joins a pinochle game and, upon picking up his hand, reveals eight aces worth 1000 meld. The scene recalls a memorable session from the era.

EFL Drayer Vanderveer St

Oldest Inhabitants face 99 year lease at firehouse site

Washington scene reports the Society of Oldest Inhabitants must leave its ancient fire house. They debate a 99 year lease with renewal clause, seeking a way to return to the owner at expiry. House Appropriations notes Rep. Vursell’s shop talk on small retailers and profiteering. Senator Flanders jokes about vodka in private sanctum. Eisenhower meets Mexican and Canadian leaders at White Sulphur Springs with pompano pheasant and ham. GOP leaders forecast turnover in state chairs amid policy rifts.

Washington Society of Oldest Inhabitants Sam House Appropriations Committee Charles W. Vursell Illinois Eisenhower White Sulphur Springs W. Va Mexico Canada U.S.A St. Laurent Leonard Hall Ike White House Prophets of

Estrellita predicts a hopeful three month cycle for April birthdays

The reading warns emotions may run high under the full moon and advises avoiding past sources of contention. It forecasts a three month auspicious period for imagination and work, urging quick action on opportunities and improvements in relationships and tasks. A birthday child will be ambitious, talented, and very sensitive.

Pie filling ethic sparks move from Pittsburgh to Sewickley

Department of Agriculture notes a Pittsburgh housewife’s cherry pie filling remains generous. The bulletin speculates if relocation to Sewickley would influence ingredient abundance or pricing dynamics for similar home baking practices.

Department of Agriculture Pittsburgh Sewickley

Telling Me Saccharine and Language Facts

A quirky collection notes that saccharine is a coastal crystal-like product and that Great Wall construction began after 228 B.C. The letter S is the most common initial in English and about half of the 700,000 words are scientific terms.

China

Middletonian John Larson prompts railroad inquiry letter

Local reader John Larson writes to New York Central Railroad chair Robert R. Young about Big Four crossings delaying passenger trains. Young’s reply promises investigation channels, but no action is guaranteed. Also notes a Life Magazine Bridey Murphy feature and a Civil War reincarnation anecdote linking a Denver barber student to a Trenton death in 1876.

John Larson Robert R. Young New York Central Railroad Mr. Young New York Central Building Park Ave New York 17 N. Y Life Magazine Bridey Murphy Edna Womack Trenton Denver Barber College Virginia 5Th Ohio Infantry

Grace Kelly marriage sparks blue tinted fashion boom

Dorothy Kilgallen surveys Monaco's wedding crowds noting Grace Kelly's influence on eyewear and gloves. The piece highlights sunglasses and white gloves as status symbols, Onassis and Aga Khan figures, and Prince Rainier's late arrivals shaping press coverage.

Ice ages and ancient curiosities span world facts

Factographs notes varied historical snippets from climate, royalty, dentistry, dairy, botany, and geography. It mentions kings dressing jockeys in 1530 colors, Romans with false teeth, yak milk yields, May hawthorn name, Vermont copper, and many other diverse items from 1807 to 1907.

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