Murray Reviews Union Shop Bid
Philip Murray, leader of the CIO United Steelworkers, convened aides for a strategy session amid signals the union shop issue may be reviewed. The 12 day steel strike affects 650000 workers and defense needs.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1952
Page
1
Philip Murray, leader of the CIO United Steelworkers, convened aides for a strategy session amid signals the union shop issue may be reviewed. The 12 day steel strike affects 650000 workers and defense needs.
Washington reports the Western Big Three nations the United States Britain and France are negotiating final terms for a potential four power discussion with Russia. They remain unwilling to meet on Soviet terms and seek consent to an impartial inquiry into German elections before any reunification talks. British and French envoys met with Secretary Acheson to discuss note drafting.
Ohio Republican chairman Ray C. Bliss rejects claims that Taft’s 56 delegates are wavering toward Eisenhower. Cleveland Plain Dealer reporter Alvin Silverman cited a story alleging two to six delegates might switch and pledge to Eisenhower before Chicago.
U.S. 45th Division troops on the Korean Western Front blasted a Chinese Red battalion from a T-shape hill mass. The 180th and 179th Regiments fought a 14 hour action to seize the southern knob of Hill T near Chorwon aided by fighter bombers tanks and artillery. The Reds counterattacked unsuccessfully before dawn Friday and were kept at bay by air and ground fire.
Donna Daft of Chance Maryland just shy of nine years old was celebrated with a town party described as the best birthday party ever while doctors warn this is the beginning of the end of her battle with brain cancer. About fifty local children attended as Donna endured pain episodes and moments of rest with her mother at her side. The family had been told last Christmas she might live only six months and that her time could end within weeks.
The forecast calls for temperatures 3 to 6 degrees above normal with highs near 79 in the north and 84 in the south and lows around 58 to 60. A warm humid weekend gives way to cooler conditions in the north by Monday and Tuesday while the south stays warm. Scattered thundershowers likely daily through Southern Ohio and over the weekend in northern Buson.
Ten crewmen are missing after a B 29 ditched 175 miles west of Kwajalein. The pilot, an Air Force captain, was rescued with a broken leg four hours later. two engines failed and one crewman reportedly seen on a life raft. Debris and search efforts continued as sister aircraft reported only one survivor.
Toledo surgeon Edward J. McCormick was elected president-elect of the American Medical Association at the 101st annual convention. He will assume office in June 1953 after winning 103 votes to 70 for Dr. Frank F. Borzel. McCormick, 60, chairs Toledo St. Vincent's Hospital advisory board and hails from Alger, Michigan via Bradner in Wood County.
Don Moore, Messenger photographer, cached a camera in a nearby carton and photographed 70 Athens residents for an hour as they approached a ladder on West Union Street. Thirty five walked under it while others avoided the rung, testing superstition against casual habit.
Moscow announces its fourth major diplomatic swap in two weeks naming Alexander Panyushkin former ambassador to Washington as ambassador to China He will replace Gen Nikolai Roschin who had served in China since 1948 The Peiping post is seen as very important in the Soviet diplomatic service
Two youths, Jack Stanton 19 of Orrville Ohio and David R. Shilling of North Lawrence Ohio, were bound over to the grand jury without bond on charges of murder in Wheeling. They pled innocent at a hearing before Magistrate Carl J. Fisher. The victim was John I. Sabo 39 a Wheeling steelworker and Army veteran.
President Truman and the Pentagon refuse to say if General Douglas MacArthur violates Army rules by agreeing to be keynote speaker at the Republican national convention. Truman calls the role political and says the Army must decide if he should retire from active duty before speaking. The Army says it will not act, arguing five star rank creates a separate category, creating uncertainty over active generals entering politics.
Dr Harold C Schmuck of Canton is found guilty on three counts of tax evasion for 1945 to 1947. He dodged 47286 in federal income taxes and remains free on a 2500 bond pending sentencing next week. A federal jury of seven women and five men deliberated five hours before the verdict, with Schmuck upset by the decision.
Officials at an Atlantic City resort declared no French bathing suits on crowded beaches this season. Beach Patrol Superintendent Richard Hughes cited decency rules as the reason for enforcing modest swimwear and requiring lifeguards to ensure proper attire.
Chief Communist negotiator at Panmunjom says UN cannot dictate terms on battlefield or in talks. North Korea’s Nam Il delivers brief, harsh remarks as session ends with no progress. Maj Gen Harrison agrees to another session Saturday and warns of possible UN pressure to resume talks.
Oscar Smilack of Columbus known as the financial anger of the Communist party in Franklin County was released from Lima State Hospital. He had been committed May 29 for a Meday observation at the request of Franklin County Prosecutor Bartlett after Smilack was indicted on 10 counts of refusing to answer questions before the Ohio Un-American Activities Commission. The Third District Court of Appeals ruled the commitment lacked proper notice and Smilack should have been allowed to testify. Bartlett said he would consult the attorney general’s office on an appeal.
Brig. Gen. Haydon L Boatner reports he cracked Koje Island resistance from about 80 000 Communist led prisoners with rapid surrenders and dispersals to smaller stockades. He listed brutal conditions and partial compliance as 21 captives were handed over and 9 taken to hospital.
Iowa Senator Len Hickenlooper proposes a reservation in peace treaty approvals with West Germany to restrict sending U S troops abroad without Congress consent. Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearings on the pacts continue as Germany's sovereignty and a unified European army proposal loom, with timely ratification sought to set a regional example.
Newark Airport will reopen Monday after a four month shutdown following three crashes near Elizabeth New Jersey. The Port Authority imposed runway curbs and weather conditions, banning takeoffs on two runways toward Elizabeth and unusable landing on a third. The crashes killed 119 people over a single weekend.
Deane Hill 22 of Melrose Mass spent five hours atop a 14 foot Connecticut water tower and leaped from a ferryboat into New York harbor He dodged rescue but did not use a lifeline and his body was not recovered Officials listed the death as an action of self harm during the incident in New York harbor.
The Senate approved an eight month extension of wage price rent controls and urged President Truman to invoke Taft Hartley 80 day injunctions in the steel dispute. The House backed a one year extension but would end consumer and real estate credit curbs. Debate continues with action anticipated this week.
Chicago report notes meat production for the year is forecast at about 22.5 billion pounds with per capita consumption at 149 pounds. R Pollock of the National Livestock and Meat Board says output will be about four percent below 1951, but beef up seven percent, lamb up twelve percent, and veal up six percent. Over 350 industry representatives from six states attend the two day meeting.
Dayton police report a family argument escalated to a kitchen murder on the couple's 34th anniversary. Victims Howard J. Miller 57 and Pear Miller 56 were killed. Elmer R. Burger 62, brother of the dead woman, is in custody after a dinner meat sparked the killings.
Ephraim Brown of Mansfield and J. it Mee Elhinney of Wheeling West Virginia are appointed as new trustees of the Ohio Manufacturers' Association.
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