11 Dec 1952
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1952
Page
1
Fragmentary notes mention Ired Truman attacking MacArthur and a list of numbers tied to places or names. The readable items imply a local or satirical piece, with scarce context about events or outcomes.
President elect Dwight Eisenhower arrives aboard the USS Helena in Honolulu for key talks on Asia policy. He will meet soon with General Douglas MacArthur to discuss a proposed plan for ending the Korean War and then head to New York, with Bradley and Radford also aboard for briefings.
The commission approved a channel change for a TV service and said it will take eight to ten weeks to complete the switch. The FCC also accepted Southeastern Ohio Television System’s application for a television re arrangement.
Front reports say Reds sent about 3000 troops in a major push while South Korean forces withdrew at dusk facing a two company assault. Allied air power struck Red positions with 200 aircraft joining in a heavy Western Front bombardment.
Delegates at the Ohio State Grange convention re elected Byron Frederick of Columbus to a second two year term as state master. The anticipated clash with Joseph Fichter of Oxford did not occur. Other officers named included Harry C. Cook Trumbull County overseer R Bruce Tom Franklin County lecturer Ralph Humphrey Ashtabula County steward Guy John Clarke County assistant agent Ralph Nisley Fayette County treasurer John Dowler Preadyney secretary Rent Starkey Meigs County gatekeeper.
The speaker explains a messenger carrier buys papers then resells to customers to earn profit. If payments are late, profit shrinks as he pays his paper bills. The speaker notes they will have the money ready when the collector comes to their house.
The Supreme Court heard ongoing arguments on the constitutionality of separate schools for white and Negro students with emphasis on potential nationwide effects. Virginia AG J Lindsay Almond warned that overturning segregation could damage the public school system. South Carolina's John W. Davis urged respecting the 1896 separate but equal doctrine. Thurgood Marshall of the NAACP pressed for fairness.
The United Nations General Assembly debates three rival resolutions to resolve the Arab–Israeli conflict and the Palestine issue. Western backed plan urges direct talks, Arab plan seeks expanded Palestine Commission in Jerusalem, and a Syrian proposal focuses on Arab refugee resettlement. Debate also covers Jerusalem internationalization and the Tunisian issue.
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge Jr. told Protestant church leaders in Denver that ending discrimination and human indignities at home is essential before leading the world to lasting peace. He urged a durable peace based on justice and urged strengthening the United Nations through military, economic, and political strength, tolerance, and human rights.
Government funding for a 75 bed Pike Ohio area hospital is described as very slim by a public health official. Local officials requested 1.5 million dollars to build at Waverly near Oaklee as the Atomic Energy Commission constructs a new production plant.
Egypt's reform premier Maj. Gen. Mohammed Naguib declared the 1923 constitution obsolete and said a new charter is being drafted. He indicated the government will rule by constitutional power until completion and faced pressure over replacing the 147 year monarchy with a republic amid rising popular unrest.
State official John D. Hickersen testified that 14 of 40 UN posts were affected by loyalty reviews. He said 12 of 40 remained active, 14 were blackballed, and 14 were fired before October 1 with further action since.
Petro faces a 25 year federal sentence after a 90 minute verdict that he and Joséph Sanzo were two of three hooded gunmen in the Warren holdup of August 14. An appeal may follow over trial errors. Sanzo, 22, awaits his own sentence. the third robber remains at large with FBI hints about a suspect.
A Dayton freight derailment killed one person and injured another when 27 of 40 cars jumped the track and collided with a switch engine near the south edge of Dayton before 10 a.m. The wreckage split the New York Central lines, blocking two main tracks as a fire started and spread among the cars. Montgomery County deputies reported one freight car broke loose and dragged 26 others before the crash.
COLUMBUS O I Sheriff Ralph J Paul of Franklin County was elected to head the Buckeye State Sheriff's Association for the coming year. He will succeed Sheriff Howard C Botts of Clinton County. Named to serve were Harry Grossglaus Park County treasurer and William McElroy Licking County executive secretary.
U S Senators Robert A Taft and Harry F Byrd left Columbia South Carolina after a dinner with Governor James F Byrnes and Bernard Baruch. They offered no comment on potential political implications of the talks and appeared headed for Washington.
The Air Force asked aircraft manufacturers to develop detailed plans for a new supersonic bomber. Vultee Aircraft of San Diego was named as one of the participants in the program.
A young Israeli skipper, Captain Adan Graetz, landed at Halifax Harbor after threatening to sink a freighter unless his father was named Israel’s communications minister. He traveled by train to Moncton to meet his parents while port officials described him as mentally ill. The freighter with 34 crew members was due to sail Dec 6 from New York to Canadian ports and Israel.
President Truman said he will replace the seven resigning Wage Stabilization Board members who quit in protest of his coal mine wage decision. He indicated economic controls should extend beyond April 30 and named plans to fill the vacancies before week’s end.
Four industry members of the Ohio Kentucky regional Wage Stabilization Board resigned on Wednesday night. Six of seven industry alternates followed. They said they believed the government's wage program should be abolished.
An informant says Brownell after taking office on January 20 will dismiss nearly all officials tied to government scandal and sweep through Washington offices including US attorneys and U S marshals. He will prioritize cases on communism and tax fraud while preserving competent civil servants.
Delegates at the 34th annual American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Seattle focus on policy for 1953. The Resolutions Committee urges stronger support for expanding world trade and two way foreign trade to move farm products to international markets.
CAMP POLK Louisiana new overseas duty transfers announced Wednesday involve 850 men from the 37th Infantry Division as individual replacements. The moves bring total overseas attachments to 6500 from the former Ohio National Guard unit as officers say the transfers will receive Christmas leaves.
A Nationalist Chinese Air Force transport failed in bad weather near Taoyuan 25 miles from Taipei, crashing into a mountainside. Thirty one people were killed, including women and three children, marking the worst disaster in the history of the Nationalist Air Force.
Columbus police arrest 41 year old John Lee Porter for a murder allegedly committed sixteen years ago in Columbus Georgia. Porter was taken into custody Wednesday facing a murder charge as authorities link him to the long ago crime in the city.
A Republican drafted plan to cut the federal payroll by about 10 percent yearly, limiting vacancies to one in four. Rep. Ben Jensen said it would be fair governance, though it may create difficulties for the incoming Eisenhower administration and civil service staff.
The report notes Truman attacking MacArthur and Eisenhower amid campaign rhetoric. He criticized a Korea policy remark and urged MacArthur to present ideas to end the war, recalling the Wake Island situation and the 1951 firing of MacArthur.
The United States may take the case to the International Court over the 1951 seizure of an American Air Force cargo plane. Soviet fighters forced the plane down in Hungary during a patrol, and after six weeks the four crew members were released only after the U S paid a $123,605 fine for illegal frontier crossing. The U S served a formal demand on Moscow for return of the aircraft and cargo or payment of its value.
The Ohio Supreme Court ruled that Luetta Cunningham Tallmadge of Jeromesville did not have to pay a $10,000 promissory note signed under threats. Mrs Martha J Cunningham Robinson of Marietta admitted signing but argued threats by a Tallmadge relative would bring family disgrace, leading to a favorable judgment.
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