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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1952
Page
2
Eva Peron dies after a long illness in Argentina. The article notes her influence through media, government offices, the Social Aid Foundation, and her role in advancing women’s voting rights and the Peronist movement. It describes public demonstrations and a potential bid for top leadership, ending with her praise of Juan Peron and his central role.
Police probe a murder of 23 year old Josephine Brown, four months pregnant, found slain on a Jamaica Estates curb after shopping for maternity clothes. A man in a bloodstained shirt was detained briefly. no robbery or sexual assault reported. The husband Russell Brown, 30, found distraught, said he last saw her Friday evening and that she vanished after leaving for a bus stop near Mineola.
Ottawa reports Vice Adm. C Turner Joy says price rises are the era’s biggest change since his three year post Korea tour. He mentions a 20 percent gain on a Ontario trip along the French River and plans to take command at the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis on August 1. He warns against further truce delays.
Three leaders praised North Carolina progress in agriculture industry and engineering at the Resource-use Education Conference closing session in Chapel Hill. Dean Hilton cited 1937–1950 gains in farming yields cattle and poultry. Paul Kelly noted 170000 new industrial jobs and strong synthetic fiber use. Lampe urged preparing for atomic solar and ocean power challenges. The meeting drew about 60 attendees from East Carolina College and Crabtree State Park programs.
Dr Ira M Alt Schuler warns bachelors to stay on guard during vacations noting that idle time tempts risky actions and regrets later as a warning to single men about temptations and consequences.
Chicago reports trace Adlai E Stevenson III’s early reluctance toward a Democratic presidential bid. Across March to July, Stevenson voices include interest in Illinois governorship, doubts about a draft, and quotes about leadership and fate, culminating with acceptance of a nomination.
Senator Brien McMahon of Connecticut was described as seriously ill by his personal physician after a spine ailment. The July report followed a Georgetown Hospital surgery four weeks earlier for sacral ailment. A brother said he had taken a turn for the worse, with a 50 percent chance of recovery.
Gov. Adlai Stevenson asked Frank E. McKinney to stay as Democratic national chairman and McKinney agreed. The motion to retain current officers until new permanent ones are elected passed unanimously as Stevenson and the executive committee plan a later appointment. James A. Farley praised McKinney for his steadiness.
In New York, forger Harvey Markman used Patrolman Arthur Neu’s fountain pen to sign a bogus $40 check with the name of real estate agents. He had passed $3,000 in hot checks, later covered by his parents.
Harry S Truman returned to Independence after helping Stevenson secure the Democratic nomination. He praised running mate John Sparkman, spoke of a likely campaign future, and preferred rest at home with family before possible future campaigning.
At the Chicago Democratic National Convention the late hour call from Frank McKinney set John Sparkman to consider a vice presidential bid. Sparkman, who helped Sen. Richard Russell, said he did nothing to push his name and kept campaigning for Russell’s slate. The event underscored the party’s North South split and the South’s influence on the nomination dynamics. Diamond cutting was first developed in ancient India.
Georges Scapini, 59, former Vichy ambassador to Germany on prisoner matters, was acquitted in absentia of acting against national defense. He faced a wartime trial after returning from Switzerland for a new tribunal, originally condemned to five years hard labor in 1949.
The Soviet Tass denounces both Adlai E. Stevenson and Dwight D. Eisenhower as partisan figures in the cold war. Tass cites Stevenson as aligned with Middle West industrialists and questions Eisenhower's background and foreign policy stance, echoing a Chicago Tribune quote.
Off Entrance Island near Nanaimo two ships collided early today. The Baranof suffered little damage while the Greek freighter Triton had a hull gouge and two dead, one injured. Coast Guard boats assisted as tugs moved in.
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