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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1952
Page
4
Two American jet fighters intercepted a Soviet propeller plane over northern Japan and forced it to retreat without a shot fired. The incident occurred near Hokkaido along the boundary near the Kurile Islands as the Soviet fighter remained in view for five minutes.
Cedar Rapids will reopen its remodeled incinerator to burn cans bottles and garbage at week end with a new disposal area south of the loop ready Monday A three year ground lease to Frank Bedell covers ten acres at 150 per use The city will enforce load checks at the incinerator and ban brush at the new dump with strict supervision and dirt covering to prevent burning
James A. Hard, 111, the oldest Union veteran, was carried by ambulance workers and two women poll workers to a voting machine in Rochester New York. He told the driver to return in four years to cast another vote for Ike. Hard is blind and relied on helpers at the polling place.
In Korea a three man U S Army cooking unit hunted pheasants with borrowed shotguns when a ruffling noise signaled danger. Pfc Perry Bailey of Emmett West Virginia and Pvt Charles L Williams of Huntly Virginia fired on a hidden enemy grenade and killed one Communist and wounded another.
General Dwight Eisenhower will fly to Augusta Georgia on Wednesday for a brief rest after his presidential campaign. Mrs Eisenhower said she, the general, their daughter in law and three grandchildren will accompany him. Reported plans for a Korea stint after Georgia were not commented on.
Zagreb Yugoslavia Blagoje Neskovic a key member of Marshal Tito’s politburo was removed amid pro Russian sympathies during the Cominform era Milovan Djilas announced at a news conference on the first general party meeting in years Djilas said the ouster stems from policy disputes with the central committee and that Neskovic was not arrested His removal signals a major party rift since Arso Jovanovic’s death and Neskovic’s status will be discussed at the congress with his politburo seat likely to be filled.
A New York boy Patrick Walsh, 11, sought Dwight Eisenhower’s autograph at the general’s home. A doorway guard teased he was as good a man as Ike. Patrick replied that the officer would not be the next president.
A Boston Back Bay woman arrived in a chauffeured limousine to vote. She directed her driver to stand in line for her, then she took his place at the head of the line to cast her ballot.
George Aebischer of Oklahoma City plans a court order to change his two sons first names because his sentiments have changed since naming them. The boys are currently named Stalin and Lenin.
Dwight Eisenhower voted Tuesday and stayed at his Morningside Heights home awaiting the verdict. In Boston Garden he addressed a 17000 crowd, urging unity against communism and warning against compromising with evil. He appealed to Massachusetts voters to reelect Republican Senator Lodge as he warned that victory requires moral strength not mere compromise.
Adlai Stevenson stood in a half hour line to cast a straight Democratic ticket at a crossroads hamlet near his 70 acre Des Plaines river farm. He greeted about 150 students after voting, spoke of candor and tough stances, and headed to Springfield to await returns.
In Columbus, Ohio, 1,600 rioting inmates at the state penitentiary have been confined since Sunday. Warden Ralph W. Alvis reports about 35 surrender notes from blocks G H I and K. Talks of relocation to Camp Perry and awaiting unconditional surrender continue as guards stand firm and a prisoner death is confirmed.
The Linn county board of Supervisors authorized special election clerks to assist overburdened election judges as Cedar Rapids and surrounding precincts experience record turnout. Auditor Otto F Han zlik requested the help amid swamped offices and long lines. Voters queued for hours as turnout neared the 1940 high marks with thousands more expected before closing.
Across the nation fair weather aided voters in casting ballots for a presidential election, with forecasts of 55 to 60 million votes. Early returns showed Eisenhower and Stevenson competing, while precincts from Sharon New Hampshire to Missouri reported varied patterns. Officials stressed lines would vote if still in line at closing time and noted machine shortages in several counties.
Bernard Baruch, veteran adviser to Democratic presidents, said he voted for Dwight Eisenhower and was first to cast a ballot at his polling place. He shouted that the voting machine did not work. Herbert Hoover and James A. Farley voted nearby as MacArthur failed to register to vote at the Waldorf Astoria-area polling place.
A New York polling place had 40 people waiting as a voting machine broke down. A woman voter pulled a hairpin from her hair and used it to repair the device. In Kentucky, J. J. Isaacs found his missing cat at the polls after worrying for days.
Nine people were killed and twenty five injured Monday in a collision between a loaded bus and a heavy truck in Puebla Mexico. Authorities reported a chaotic crash scene as rescuers rushed to aid the injured and transport them to area hospitals.
Voters packed polling places in mild weather for an apparent all time turnout rush. Officials reported early heavy voting, with Polk County Des Moines noting a likely record vote surpassing 1,215,430 from 1940 and estimates reaching 1.5 million statewide. Sioux City also saw a continuous stream of voters since polls opened.
President Truman voted Tuesday at the Memorial Hall near his Independence home then boarded a train to Washington. He ballots with daughter Margaret present as he left town in a swift departure.
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