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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 1952
Page
1
An Associated Press reporter probes Lady Wonder, Richmonds famed talking horse, after she helps locate a missing Massachusetts child. The horse answers questions by levers, matching names, places, and figures, with doctors and psychologists noting no trickery after tests in 1928 and 1946.
Washington AP Sen McCarthy alongside Butler and Stennis urged President-elect Eisenhower to seek General MacArthur's military insights for a new Korea plan. MacArthur hinted at a clear solution without excessive Allied casualties and said he would discuss it with Eisenhower, while stressing allied coordination and swift informal briefing.
In Columbus Ohio two WWII veterans will lead the GOP in the 100th General Assembly with Rep William Saxoe of Mechanisburg chosen speaker after a secret ballot 68 to 33 over Gordon Renner. Rep Kline L Roberts of Columbus named floor leader, defeating Berry and Stanley. Roberts, a former POW and field artillery captain, also won on a second ballot. George H Kirkpatrick was named honorary speaker for life as the caucus reappointed Burge as whip and Guess as clerk.
CAMP POLK La Maj Gen Leo M Kreber commanding general of Ohio's 37th Infantry Division said 1000 of his men to be shipped to Korea next month will get Christmas leaves Kreber disclosed Monday night the new assignment of the personnel The new shipment will bring to 5650 the number of men ordered overseas as individual replacements from the 37th
The XF-91 fighter, built by Republic Aviation and piloted by Russell Roth, completed the first faster-than-sound flight by an American combat-ready aircraft. Officials emphasized it was armed and ready for combat, though still considered experimental.
Washington reports Rev Georges Bissonette has been issued a visa by the Soviet Embassy to enter Russia as the sole Roman Catholic priest, replacing Rev Arthur Brassard in Moscow under the 1933 US recognition treaty. he is currently with Assumption College in Worcester, Massachusetts.
A 64 year old man was found in a Frakfort Indiana freight car after spending 60 hours there. He painted his feet with iodine claiming they were frozen. He said he was locked in at Bellefontaine Ohio and identified as Robert V Newport of Uniontown Pennsylvania.
Allied pilots tangled with Communist MIG jets over North Korea as the U S Fifth Air Force said one MiG was destroyed. Credit for the kill went to British exchange pilot Fit Lt Graham F Huse of Hanley Staffordshire. Sabre pilots engaged two MiGs and one escaped back across the Yalu. B26 invaders scored their biggest total in two weeks with 155 vehicles destroyed on routes south from Pyongyang and Takchon area targets. Fourteen B29s dropped 140 tons on four targets including the Yongyoncham supply area. The ground front remained quiet with the temperature just above freezing.
London experiences a four day fog that began lifting this morning as a southwest wind disperses the haze. Air Ministry weather officials expect clearing during the day and London transport services to return to normal while visibility at London and Northolt Airports improves to about 660 yards.
President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower and his party crossed the International Dateline aboard the USS Helena for a Tuesday of discussions on Far East issues. The ship nears Pearl Harbor by Thursday morning with plans for further talks with military leaders before the general departs for New York.
A four story Franklin Mortgage Bid building at 40 W Gay St downtown Columbus burned, causing about $200000 damage and injuring or disabling 24 firemen. Nine were hospitalized while ambulances ferried them and oxygen to hospitals as a wall between the blaze and adjoining Urlings held. Fire cause not learned, and the rear basement origin is noted by Fire Chief Walter J Strickladen.
Midland painters Hess Hensley and Robert Cook stayed awake 98 hours 41 minutes to win a $1,000 prize, planning to buy Christmas presents. Amarillo walkers and a base airman added to the string of odd feats while Dallas police logged 170 drunks, culminating in a man who drove onto a trolley trestle and slept through near disaster.
United Nations diplomats awaited France’s reaction to appeals for resumption of direct negotiations with Tunisia aimed at greater self government for the violence torn protectorate. The U S and 11 Latin American nations urged peaceful settlement, despite a French boycott of the debate, as Brazil and others proposed a moderating resolution urging talks toward Tunisia’s self government under the U N Charter.
New York longshoreman Anthony Tischen testified before the State Crime Commission about ex convicts being recruited for Sing Sing era pier work. He described how his “worse record” aided dock hiring and cited reliance on ex convicts for waterfront supervision. John E Slater of American Export Lines urged more city and state protection on the docks amid efforts to curb waterfront crime.
SANTA FE N M Calm returned to the New Mexico State Prison after an escape bid by 14 inmates. Eight guards were freed when captors opened the gates. Warden Morris Abram said six more inmates, unnamed, face punishment. Gov Mechem ordered an investigation after the 20 hour rebellion led by Robert Eads, 22, of St Louis.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky left New York aboard the Liberte saying the United Nations General Assembly is not satisfactory as an instrument of peace. He cited India's Korean war plan and urged patience until a 120 day political conference decision. he wished Christmas and New Year greetings to Americans.
Nine Coast Guard lighthouse keepers plus crew and repair staff have spent their 10th day stranded on St Georges Reef off the California Oregon coast. A new North Pacific storm threatens the area though winds may ease later. Previous weekend storms killed 14 people in California and Oregon.
Senator O Conor Md voiced disappointment with Secretary Achesons posture toward Communist penetration of the United Nations In a letter dated Oct 12 to Senator Wiley Wis he called the protest weak and quoted Acheson saying US citizens who are Communists are not in the best interest of the UN or the government The exchange highlights tension between Congress and the State Department over Cold War policy.
In Winchester England an astonished judge adjourned a murder trial after discovering four defense witnesses had taken the afternoon off. Justice Croom Johnson called it unprecedented saying he had never seen such a thing in a murder case. The defense attorney said witnesses might not be called Monday, and many slipped away after the luncheon recess.
Washington officials push to recruit new industry members to the Wage Stabilization Board after a mass resignation halted operations over Truman’s coal miners pay raise ruling. Fowler and Putnam vow wage controls will continue, while CIO head Walter Reuther plans talks to drop controls.
On Bernera in the Outer Hebrides the first talking pictures were shown this week in the schoolroom hall. Postmistress Chrissie McLeod said the display was powered by an engine from a local fisherman’s boat. The 350 inhabitants, many new to cinema, felt the sensation of talkies.
The Supreme Court will rule on whether segregated public schools violate the Constitution amid challenges from four states and the District of Columbia. NAACP argues segregation impairs education and violates equal protection. Thurgood Marshall leads the case for the association with John W. Davis among the replies.
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