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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1956
Page
6
Subscription prices listed for carrier and mail delivery in Middletown Ohio with tiered rates for city and trading areas. Includes all mail options, U S subscriptions, and advance payment terms. Also notes publishing schedule and a dated Isaiah verse.
The article surveys how Democratic and Republican platforms on slavery, civil rights, money, and Prohibition influenced election outcomes from 1860 to 1932. It highlights straddling or hedging in platforms and notes mixed results, including the 1860 split, 1896 silver stance, and 1932 Prohibition repeal debates affecting state losses.
The piece traces the Montreux convention on the Dardanelles, its 1936 entry into effect, and the 1956 notice deadline. It notes the US not being a signatory, Turkey’s sovereignty over the Straits, and wartime passage rules. It also covers Russia’s historic aims, postwar efforts, and 1948 relaxation of pressure on Turkey.
The American Bankers magazine argues that every town should include the name and address of local business people in newspaper columns. It says a two line mention is enough if not using full ads. It emphasizes that a stranger should learn what businesses operate locally and that advertising benefits both the individual and the town.
J Henry Smythe famed American sloganeer and GOP convention regular dies at Bellevue Hospital after a long illness. He coined more than a thousand war and political slogans, shaped campaigns from Teddy Roosevelt to FDR, and remained a genial outsider in political folklore.
The Chicago report analyzes Adlai Stevenson’s path to the Democratic nomination, noting second ballot momentum, party splits over civil rights, and reactions from Harry Truman. It compares past conventions, cites regional wage gaps for secretaries, and critiques foreign policy rhetoric while predicting ongoing civil rights debates beyond the 1956 gathering.
Q and A style item reveals Lowell Thomas born in Woodington Ohio on April 6 1892 and shows his son Lowell Jackson Thomas. The Irish sweepstakes have given over 100 million dollars to Irish hospitals and the Red Cross over 26 years.
Tomorrow offers a valuable day by living up to personal standards and relying on self. For birthdays in 1957 the horoscope promises advancement, teamwork without domination, new enterprises, higher income, and harmonious domestic and social matters with possible travel in early months.
In the fall gathering Mrs. William Whitesell was named state organizer of Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority. Mrs. Ray Wikoff presided. Mrs. Harold Forster became welfare secretary. Middletown Rotary Club leaders S. A. McDonough and R. V. Crist attended a district assembly in Chillicothe. YMCA planning officials H. H. Iorne, A. C. Kiester, William Wilson, and H. M. Ruayes led fall and winter activity plans with Mrs. Anna Blasberg and Miss Mary Sutphin mentioned.
The text profiles James Joseph Tunney known as Gene a former heavyweight champion now a businessman and family man with four children. It notes his boxing victories over Harry Greb and Jack Dempsey and mentions Gladys Breckridge Casey an insurance agent and Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 performer alongside stars like Eddie Cantor and Will Rogers.
The United States is portrayed as the fastest and finest in its class, with American shipbuilders praised as world leaders for over 150 years. British rivals once tried to prove superiority with ocean racing yachts but failed in 18 cup races against American boats.
A Midwest Republican supporter in Middletown mailed two late night letters to President Eisenhower and GOP chair Leonard Hall. She criticized the Democratic National Convention for mishandling the pledge of allegiance and pledged to press the issue, funding two telegrams herself.
Dorothy Kitgallen surveys hush hush society and show business chatter. Harriman hints, friends doubt, and Truman whispers about a dark horse. Errol Flynn in hospital, Elvis Presley worries over nudes, and Ruth Roman linked to Jose Dorelis while Jeff Jones attends Ruth. Teasers loom on Helen Forrest, Maxine Sullivan, and Jack Lemmon in London.
A six foot bear killed by a Himalayan hunter who misidentified the animal as the abominable snowman sparked headlines. A London dressmaker unveiled Soviet Russian style coats and turbans not made of iron curtain material. Huang Chiu-ping, 19, Formosan Chinese, won approval to change his theme to Yellow Wine Bottle. In Swansea Wales a cow climbed to the top of an airport control tower seeking a better view of the moon.
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