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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1952
Page
1
Taft enters New Hampshire to lead a drive for the GOP nomination as the first U S presidential primary nears. Eisenhower and Kefauver rivals vie for delegates and the nonbinding popularity ballot. Knowland announces re election bid in California.
Washington reform investigator Newbold Morris, after a 15 minute talk with President Truman, said he will stay on the job despite being "sacked" in Washington. He refused to discuss details of the talk or whether the president asked him to remain, noting only that income questionnaires for 25 000 higher bracket federal workers are pending.
The Army said an individual believed to be a Soviet agent entered General Robert W. Grow's Berlin room last summer and photographed his diary. Excerpts printed in a hostile book claim Grow warned of imminent war with Russia and attacked U.S. military policy as part of Wall Street influence.
Emil Ulm aged 50, a court clerk in the Common Pleas Court of Judge Louis J. Schneider, collapsed and died today in Cincinnati.
In Chicago a fur-clad suburban matron refused to pay a $10 speeding fine and chose a traffic survey instead. Evelyn Mancou, 39, of Highland Park, stood at a street corner counting cars to satisfy the requirement, but police chief Walter Yackel of Kenilworth postponed the survey due to cold weather.
Antoine Pinay won the French premiership in the National Assembly with 324 votes, nine above the required minimum, while 206 voted against him. Over twenty supporters came from Gen. Charles de Gaulle’s followers in a dramatic party switch.
Sen. Brewster of Maine urged President Truman to run again or allow the GOP to choose Taft, calling on Truman to “call his bluff.” He cited a White House recollection and said Truman hinted he would back a Democrat to beat Taft if Taft failed to secure the nomination. He framed the remarks as an attempt to influence the Republican race amid New Hampshire’s primary.
Wilbur Gary a 42 year old war veteran, his wife and seven children faced a hostile crowd of about 150 outside their new $8 700 home in Rollingwood Tract, San Pablo California. Deputies dispersed the crowd and Sheriff Long pledged night guard protection.
Washington AP House investigators pressed Atty. Gen. McGrath to explain why the Justice Department will not release records. Rep Chelf warned of subpoenas or direct action to the President as the committee probes alleged corruption and government irregularities. Duggan argued the request would burden half a million files.
Cleveland financier Cyrus Eaton testified before the Senate Elections Subcommittee that he contributed 30000 to the 1950 Democratic campaign against Senator Robert A. Taft. Eaton said much was given through Otis and Co. employees, with reimbursement to the workers. The panel investigates Ohio's 1950 Senate race in which Taft defeated Joseph T. Ferguson.
A C-97 stratocruiser carrying 58 patients failed to lift off at Haneda Airport. The landing gear collapsed during takeoff, propeller fragments injured two people whose injuries were described as slight. The aircraft never left the ground.
Emergency meeting as Aneurin Bevan and 56 Labour MPs press for Attlee’s leadership. Bevan and allies vote against the government motion while Attlee abstains and Bevanites back the rebellion. Churchill government survives with a 95 vote margin on the no confidence motion.
The Nobel Committee in Oslo nominates six Americans among seventy seven total nominees for the 1952 Peace Prize. Named Americans include Frank Buchman of the Oxford Group, Ewing Cockrell, Raphael Lemkin, James Shotwell, Clarence Strait, and Giuseppe Borgese. Also named are Canadians Lester B. Pearson and Louis St Laurent.
SEOUL American Sabre jets destroyed a Communist MIG and damaged another in a ten minute air engagement. Ground firefights west of Mundung Valley left 40 Reds dead and 30 wounded as U N raiders struck in Eastern Sea. The defense department reported 306 more American casualties this week, totaling 106,298 with 67 dead 233 wounded and six missing.
Senate investigators scrutinized Morris and his law partner Houston Wasson over legal work for China Trading and Industrial Development Corp. ships and oil shipments to Communist forces. The panel noted eight surplus ships were used and Morris may be called to testify while McCarthy assailed his honesty over 1947 letters urging ships for China.
The Fifth District Court of Appeals in Canton Ohio ruled 2 to 1 that charity bingo is illegal. The decision upheld a common pleas court ruling after United War Veterans of the U S sought a declaratory judgment. Judge Putnam dissented partially urging legal charity bingo with profits to charity.
A political column by John M. Hightower argues against a new wave of isolationism. He warns it would harm global cooperation and domestic progress, urging continued engagement with international partners and multilateral strategies.
President Truman urged Congress to approve the full 7.9 billion dollar Mutual Security Plan to confront the Soviet threat and urged nationwide radio appeals. In Korea, deadlocked UN talks persisted as negotiators pressed for neutral inspections while Washington and Moscow weigh top level action.
A Mississippi jury acquitted former Sheriff Robert E. Lee and four deputies in 45 minutes on all counts in the beating of handcuffed prisoner Murry Gray. The 1950 case began with Gray's burglary questioning at Magnolia, with conflicting testimonies on the use of a leather “slap stick” and whether Gray was flogged while restrained.
U S District Judge John H Druffel recalls the grand jury in Cincinnati to probe alleged income tax violations by two well known physicians. He orders an immediate investigation ahead of the Justice Department action and directs possible indictment if warranted.
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