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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1952
Page
3
Dwight D. Eisenhower told the American Federation of Labor he favors amendments to the Taft Hartley Act but not its repeal. He did not detail changes, warned the law could be used to break unions, and urged extending its non Communist oath requirement to employers as well.
First major campaign speech by Senator Taft to be carried by NBC radio from Springfield Ohio. Eisenhower’s labor speech will be televised from Rock Island on WEBF channel 4 at 9 30 PM. He argues against power over labor and cites Republican labor laws as model.
Dr H H Bennett former head of the Soil Conservation Service criticizes the split among government soil conservation programs and PMA payments. He urges a unified, locally controlled approach with scientifically trained staff and emphasized outcomes over money, citing past constitutional and program shifts.
The wholesale food index fell to $6.49 this week, its lowest since July 1, and posted the steepest two week decline in three years. Dun & Bradstreet reported the drop, with a 21 cent slide from two weeks ago and a 4.1 percent year over year decrease. The index remains 8.9 percent above the pre Korea level of $5.96.
Taft and Truman set to campaign in Iowa on Oct 8 with Taft scheduled in Shenandoah and Truman to address voters in the same day. Truman will ride by train for Adlai Stevenson while Taft tours for Eisenhower, with specific Shenandoah timing TBA. Taft's itinerary lists 19 states through election day.
Police said a maid Lillian Hopkins 22 planned with five friends to sell her employer’s $30 000 home for 15 000 while the family vacationed in Minnesota. The plot collapsed when title negotiations revealed a mortgage and 87500 worth of valuables were taken. Detective Maurice McCarthy tied the plan to David Krechman and Goldie Krechman.
Dwight D. Eisenhower will travel a 18 car special train from Davenport to Council Bluffs via Des Moines on Thursday to rally Iowa Republicans and back GOP support. Stops include Iowa City Marengo Grinnell Newton Des Moines Atlantic and Council Bluffs with speeches planned at multiple platforms and an Omaha address. only about 240 of 6000 requests could be accommodated.
Defense department reports 736 U S casualties in Korea raising total to 117 973 since start of war. Included are 103 killed in action and 634 wounded with 13 dying. Army 56 killed 214 wounded. Marine corps 44 dead 405 wounded. Navy 2 killed 15 wounded. Air force one lost. Period ends last Friday.
Major Frederick C. Blesse, leading U S air ace in Korea, shot down his eighth MiG-15 near Sakchu amid a coordinated allied air strike. Allied fighters and bomber wings attacked rail lines, storage areas, and troop concentrations from the front to near the Manchurian border, with B-26 and Thunderjet missions reported along with Mustangs and Panther jets.
Washington AP The government will issue an order freezing shipments from major soft coal mines to build an emergency stockpile in case of a prolonged strike. Undersecretary Vernon D Northrop said the Defense Solid Fuels Administration will issue the order. It bars shipments after Sept 18 from mines that have notices from United Mine Workers led by John L Lewis that could end the wage agreement on Sept 20. Most northern mines under contract would expire Sept 30.
Sen. J William Fulbright of Arkansas arrived in Springfield in a rainstorm and went directly to Gov Adlai Stevenson at the executive mansion. He avoided specifics of the visit saying he may stay until Stevenson leaves for Connecticut for a campaign trip. Fulbright said he supports Stevenson in the presidential race.
A freight train struck the rear of a crowded Collinsburg to Pricedale school bus near Collinsburg Pennsylvania injuring 44 and killing four pupils. The bus was about to clear a crossing when the train dragged it about 50 feet. Names identified include Janice Everett 17 and Dorothy Beckinger 14. Witnesses described horrific scenes as rescue workers arrived.
The Linn County Board of Supervisors approved a 344 100 farm to market program for five projects on county roads. It includes three bridges and two road stretches with bridges on each, from Wapsipinicon River east of Paris to Hig Creek south west of Bertram, plus Beverly Road and a two mile Linn township parcel. The plan advances to the Iowa Highway Commission for review for next year construction. Also approved was a road south of Cedar Rapids proposal and a secondary road assessment district petition in Jackson township south of Central City.
The Gazette and KCRG report Eisenhower's Iowa trip on Thursday. Frank Nye and Loyal Meek board the GOP special train at Davenport with Meek riding to Iowa City and Nye progressing to Des Moines and Council Bluffs.
William Sentner of St. Louis emerged as a central figure in the 1938 Newton Maytag plant strike. Convicted in Poweshiek county for criminal syndicalism, his fine was set at 2500 or jail, later reversed by the Iowa Supreme Court in 1941 for lack of evidence of advocating sabotage. Sentner, then IE/W union official, faced federal charges for conspiring to overthrow the government and was held on $25000 bond after arraignment in Rock Island.
The justice department announced the arrests of 18 Communist party leaders in Missouri Washington state and Michigan with operations extending to Illinois Seattle Portland Eugene Minneapolis and Chicago. They face charges under the Smith Act for conspiring to overthrow the government by force or violence.
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