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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1956
Page
4
Rates listed for per copy, carrier in city, and mail within and outside trading areas. Advertising and pricing reflect 1907 practices with Sunday editions and overseas options. The page also includes a Bible verse and a partial address for the newspaper office.
A discussion on automation explains that switches trigger automatic control through plants and wires and that jobs have not fallen. Since 1939 power industry employment more than doubled while electricity costs slightly declined as living costs rose. Electrical energy augments human labor, boosting wages and conditions, benefiting the masses.
A leading oil executive argues the United States built prosperity not only on abundant raw materials but on key freedoms. He credits individual dignity, equality of opportunity, and flexible enterprise, contrasting US openness with Iron Curtain regimes where government dominates. He asserts freedom as the biggest spur to progress.
The Sun of Saratoga Wyoming notes that prices in the 1890s were far lower for staples such as round steak butter bread and that a grocery order costing 85 cents then would cost about 2.98 today yet a worker earning 16 cents an hour then could earn enough in less than two hours now. The piece discusses mass retailing lowering profit margins and how wages rise with purchasing power. It also surveys word origins from finance terms and stock exchange history.
Hal Boyle reports Kate Smith, the Hello Everybody girl, will limit guest appearances after a storied 25 year run in radio and TV. She cites life timing and manager Ted Collins's earlier heart attack as factors, noting her wealth and career milestones while stressing she works now for pleasure only.
William L. Ryan assesses how Soviet diplomacy centers on Germany as the keystone of European unity. With Eisenhower indisposed, Soviet bait toward West Germany grows, while Adenauer faces a pivotal election and pressure for bold American leadership to deter neutralist shifts.
Washington profile of Adm. Lewis L. Strauss head of the Atomic Energy Commission. Despite limited formal schooling, he leads the world's largest nuclear program, overseeing vast plants and high salaries while guiding optimistic views on atomic progress and cancer cures.
Twenty years ago on Thursday June 18 1936 the City Commission passed two emergency ordinances to hasten improvements along Tytus Avenue from the Broad Street railroad crossing to Nelbar Street. Miss Esther Booher violinist gave a recital at the Girls Club under instructor Mrs E H McCandlish.
The Armco Pipe Manufacturers Division showcased its apprentice training program in the June issue of Factory Management and Maintenance. J. Roy Freeze organized the school with supervision by Dale Willen.
A light feature riffs on name similarity and public notoriety with Marilyn Monroe as a cited example. It notes jokes and irritation from sharing a famous name, alongside a spoof on fitness advice from Cosmopolitan about lawn mowing. The piece blends humor with celebrity trivia and domestic quips.
A New Yorker says spaghetti is not the national dish of Italy. Northern Italians rarely eat it and prefer other foods. Southern Italians, especially Naples, favor spaghetti. The claim that all Italian women are short is inaccurate, as most northern women are tall. Southern women tend to be shorter.
A lively quip asks if a secretary or a wife suffers a hip affliction called hippatitis. The humorous line ponders proportion and social commentary in a mid century column.
The stars urge restraint on ambitious goals now and suggest routine focus. Reading, music, and quiet activities are advised, with community service possible. Financial and property gains may come for tomorrow's birthday, then a demanding budget period from September to December, ending with relief and a fresh start. A child born today is described as sentimental and artistically inclined.
A reader asks if a boxing champion had the name Jack Dempsey. The heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey’s real name is William Harrison Dempsey. The middleweight champ The Nonpareil Jack Dempsey’s real name was John Kelly.
A U S Army sergeant reportedly married a WAC lieutenant, reflecting a wartime coupling between ranks. Questions arise about who gives most orders and how the couple is faring now. A British army comic who wed a captain nurse described the romance with a quip about addressing her as ma'am before affection.
The passage notes Patrice Wymore, Errol Flynn's wife, wearing 12 pairs of spectacles for different uses and mentions she once tried contact lenses. It adds that spectacles recently design to enhance appearance, and some girls wear dark frames to look celebrity like while remaining unrecognized.
Factographs note wireless use in Great Britain and the United States in early 1900s. Spanish moss hangs on trees as a non parasitic organism taking nutrients from the air. The ancient Greeks minted the first human likeness coin. Mount Washington peaks at 6,288 feet. France produced 42 billion pounds of milk in 1955. Apple trees arrived in England during the Roman era.
The column rants about persistent heat and unreliable forecasts from the weatherman. It laments predictions of three days of showers and rising humidity, notes cooler nights recently, and jokes that knowledge of long range weather would not help ordinary people. The piece ends with a wish for fall.
Dorothy Kilgallen reports on dissolving marriages and new engagements among screen and stage stars. Frank Martinelli courts Sue Ziegler after annulled attempts with Irene Burns, while James MacArthur travels to Hollywood for Strike a Blow driving a bus with friends en route to the coast. Joan Collins braces her figure for a Rossellini film, Lenny Kent’s alimony routine surfaces at Copacabana, and a Plaza guest pays $125 for a My Fair Lady seat amid Broadway buzz.
Carol Channing romance with Charles Lowe grows into The Real Thing while doctors operated on The Continental actor's throat and he murmurs sweet nothings. June Baer dates Dick Cowles as Glenn Ford and Marlon Brando relation is debated. Diana Barrymore shifts to Goof Girl stock offers rise, Rusty Draper teased for a surprise build up, plus Edith Piaf jokes at Olympia Paris.
A collage notes early France 1547 carriage origins and a dietician predicting all vegans. It touches on VOA jazz reach, a scientist noting tears kill germs, an Ohio fireman confessing 11 false alarms, and Uncle Sam owning 150 foreign offices. Harness racing pride, rats in an atomic blast, and a Pekinese elimination in Pennsylvania dog polls.
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