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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1955
Page
4
The Middletown Journal lists pricing for per copy 5c and weekly carrier subscriptions in city and outside areas, with Sunday edition add ons, mail options, and rates in or outside the trading area. All mail subscriptions are prepaid. location and address details are provided.
A compact history of Einstein influencing nuclear weaponics from the Manhattan Project’s origins to his 1950s warnings. It traces Einstein’s pacifist stance, the 1939 letter guiding Roosevelt, and his later calls for global disarmament and supranational security bodies.
The packing industry handles moving meat about 1000 miles from West to East markets and delivering fresh perishable products within two weeks. Packers tailor distribution to regional tastes and supply needs, with New Orleans and Newark cited for high per capita consumption. Meat remains a major source of agricultural income, earning packers a profit under one cent per pound at retail.
A Wilkie Foundation chart shows automation as an evolutionary advance that raises real wages and productivity. It notes 1850 workers earned about 8 cents per hour, now about 1.84 dollars, with a 70 to 40 hour work week shift. The piece argues mechanization creates jobs and overall higher living standards, better conditions, and more leisure.
Maryville reports comedian hog caller Robert Clark wins his third National Hillbilly Homecoming hog calling title. The 43 year old farmer weighs 260 pounds and says a loud voice and quick cadence attract pigs from a distance. He notes no special personality is needed, then offers the favored cry Piggy piggy piggy as the essential call.
The article argues Molotov's smiles hint internal Soviet strain centered on farming. It cites Khrushchev’s drive to boost grain and livestock via large virgin land sowing, notes collective farms faltering, and describes a hidden free market through an official black market, framing peasant discontent and capitalism's erosion.
Tomorrow brings guidance to tend to duties and avoid anxiety. Those who reason will encourage conversation and inspire new ideas. If your birthday tomorrow, August cautions against extravagant impulses and December may show a late upward finance trend. Romance and domestic life look harmonious late November to early December. A birthday child will be ambitious and intuitive.
Washington gossip swirls around Tass Capitol correspondent Jean Montgomery after a shocking divorce. Rumors of FBI agent status and hidden life fade as colleagues recall her bright, sharp gin games and secretive phone bursts amid Capitol Hill coverage.
Harry Boyd extols a summer retreat in the Land of the Sky Blue Waters, praising lakeside resorts, fishing for bass and muskie, boating, birch woods, golf, and nearby towns. He notes options from one to several rooms, gift shops, and tranquil lodge life as hay fever relief, while planning low-key mornings and naps away from crowds.
July 11 1935 Middletown report notes second of summer concerts by the Park Board under Florence Wise, with speakers Florence Wise Ralph Lockman and J C Schulz at Chautauqua Bible conference. Jimmy Sennett's Irishmen beat Sorg Paper 14 to 4. Sennett organized the team and pitched.
Dave Regan recalls a weekend storm that knocked out power to his area. He laments failed electric devices from grinders to cash registers and notes the struggle to prepare meals and keep time until finally a grocery run eased the situation.
A survey of child actors in Hollywood describes early legends such as Shirley Temple and Judy Garland, notes California rules on underage work, and cites figures like Jackie Coogan and Margaret O'Brien. The piece mentions Central Casting, the Screen Children’s Guild, and industry jargon about child stardom.
A set of dated notes presents curious statistics and curios from earlier times. It cites polio peaks in August, Soviet Union state structure, coffee consumption, colonial manners, tuberculosis eradication in cattle, Mississippi river weight shifts, fake charity losses in New York, travel feats of George Washington, global circumnavigation distance, and South African island locations near the Orange River.
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