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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 13, 1952

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Supreme Court Set To End Steel Case

The Supreme Court prepares to wind up arguments on whether the government lawfully seized the steel mills or acted as a trespasser. Key figures include John W. Davis for the steel industry and Philip Perlman for the government, debating constitutional authority and due process.

Washington Supreme Court U. S David A. Pine Truman John W. Davis Sawyer Philip B. Perlman CIO Perlman Nine Justice Davis Justice Frankfurter Calvin Coolidge

Students Find Dean's Choice Their Choice

GREENSBORO NC Every class at Woman's College funds a scholarship to aid a deserving girl. In 1948 the class of ’52 raised money by selling stockings stationery and carnivals to support Dr Eugenia Hunter and faculty who secretly selected a promising student. On graduation Dr Hunter reported the fund was invested and student body president June Rainey announced I am the girl.

Greensboro N.C Woman's College of the University of North Carolina Eugenia Hunter

Peru Objects To Tariff On Imported Tuna

Peru denounces a U S congressional bill to impose a three cent a pound duty on imported tuna as a breach of the good neighbor policy and warns its passage would ruin the Peruvian fishing industry.

Lima Peru U.S

Burst Of Anger Blamed By Killer For Bus Shooting

Cleveland man Lawrence Goldsby described the rush hour bus shooting as a burst of anger. He told Detective Captain Kerr he grabbed the cop's pistol and fired after a confrontation on E 63rd and Euclid. He said he deserved mercy for drinking and planned to die in the electric chair. Police note Goldsby was born in Pine Bluff Arkansas and had a troubled past.

Cleveland Lawrence Goldsby Goldsby David Kerr E. 63Rd St Quincy Jand E. 105Th St Euclid E. 55Th St Pine Bluff Ark Air Corps Cincinnati

Knowland Demands Limit On Jet Planes To Europe

Senate Armed Services experts testifying behind closed doors consider Knowland amendment to the foreign aid bill to cap jet plane shipments to allied nations at 10 percent of production until US units are fully equipped. Eisenhower cables warn against large reductions, and 1,572 planes were shipped overseas under mutual aid in 23 months through February, without type breakdowns.

Joe Hall Washington Senate Armed Services Committee Sen Knowland R-Calif United States Byrd D-Va Senate Foreign Relations Committee Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower Russell D-Ga Eisenhower Europe Free World Foreign Relations Committee

Exserviceman’s $86 Tax Refund Gift Earns Research Aid

Washington report notes William P Morris Jr of Conifer New York sent an $86.32 tax refund check to the government. The Agriculture Department accepted the gift and said the money will fund research at its forest products laboratory to advance study Morris requested.

Washington Agriculture Department William P Morris Jr Conifer N. Y Morris Forest Products Laboratory

Ten Klansmen Guilty Of Kidnapping In Carolina Probe

Ten of eleven Ku Klux Klansmen arrested for floggings in coastal Carolina were convicted of kidnapping and conspiracy. Federal Judge Don Gilliam delayed sentences to hear leniency arguments. The Lindbergh act makes kidnapping punishable by death, but no death demand was sought. Testimony linked Leesville grand dragon Thomas L. Hamilton to influence over the defendants.

Wilmington N. C Coastal Carolina Don Gilliam Deae Charles P. Green Thomas L. Hamilton Leesville S.C Association of Carolinas Klans

Soviets Still Hamper Allied Road Patrols

BERLIN Allied highway patrol cars remained confined to Berlin for a fifth day as Russian forces blocked a Babelsberg checkpoint near Potsdam. No explanation was offered for the ban, which was imposed last week.

Berlin Babelsberg Ere

Crazed Pair Still At Large After Lima Hospital Breakout

Two convicted escapees Neville Slusser and Floyd Keith remained at large after a massive manhunt in Parma and Parma Heights, aided by a 60 man posse and aircraft. They fled from Lima State Hospital eight days earlier after abducting guard Wilbur Hardin and forcing him to drive toward Middlepoint. Local police widened road blocks and searched a four square mile area, but no clues surfaced. Ralph Wernecke, tied to a tree, was rescued unharmed.

Cleveland Lima State Parma Catholic Incarnate Word Academy Parma Heights Neville Slusser Floyd Keith Cincinnati Slusser Keith Metropolitan Park Ralph Wernecke Wernecke Middlepoint Lima Wilbur Hardin Hardin

Arnall predicts boost in food price ceilings soon

Cleveland report says Office of Price Stabilization will raise margins on select grocery items within days. Arnall, speaking at the Super Market Institute, notes supermarkets and chains asked OPS to study earnings to justify price increases. He cites an interim study finding that earnings warrant some gains, while urging confidence in competition to limit hikes.

Cleveland Ellis Arnall Arnall Office of Super Market Institute Super Markets OPS Institute

Commander Of Wasp Collision Story At Naval Inquiry

BAYONNE N J The carrier Wasp skipper testified how destroyer Hobson crossed left across her bow and split the Wasp in two with 176 lives lost The hearing used television cameras for what may be the first time Capt McCaffree traced the maneuvers on a chart and described Hobson’s sudden turn and engines reversed to avoid collision Other witnesses recounted the moments before and after the disaster including a seaman who heard Tierney say Somebody didn t change course and was washed away The inquiry also heard how life saving equipment from the Wasp rained into the sea and how the Hobson officers repeatedly reversed rudder in a bid to avoid impact

Bayonne N. J Wasp Hobson Naval Board of Inquiry B. C. .McCaffree Peter A. Mahoney Providence R.J Tierney Mahoney Ens Donald E. Lane Buchanan Lane Harry C. Raps Port Washington N. Y

Taft Eisenhower delegate fight tightens in West Virginia

National Round-Up notes the Taft Eisenhower contest for Republican and Kefauver leanings in Wyoming Rhode Island and West Virginia. It details tentative delegate counts for the Chicago conventions and shows Taft leading Eisenhower in preference polls while many delegates remain uninstructed.

Associated Press Rhode Island Wyoming West Virginia Congress Chicago Robert Taft Ohio Harold Stassen Minnesota Dwight Eisenhower Taft Eisenhower Stassen Sen. Estes Kefauver North Dakota Minot

Communists Face New Restrictions In South Africa

Capetown South Africa government tightens control under the Suppression of Communism Act Justice Minister C R Swart began restrictions yesterday declaring individuals propagating communism as Communists. The South African Communist party legally dissolved in 1950 but the act allows accusations without party membership.

Capetown South Africa C.R. Swart South African Communist Party

Hunt Escaped Killer Near Ponce After Fatal Shootings

Police renewed their hunt for Antonio Correa Cotto an escaped killer who vanished from the island penitentiary October 28 1950 after a shooting stabbing orgy near Ponce that left five dead and at least four wounded Police Chief Beningo Sow said Correa was believed hiding near Ponce where he exchanged shots with pursuers before the killings.

San Juan Puerto Rico Antonio Correa Cotto Ponce Beningo Sow Correa Island

Reds Level New Charges At Parleys

In Munsan Korea North Korean General Nam Il accused the U N of barbarous treatment of prisoners and claimed an Allied plane killed a delegation member during a full dress armistice session Vice Admiral C Turner Joy dismissed the claims as propaganda The Allies said they would investigate Nam spoke most of the 35 minute meeting focusing on prisoners of war and the armistice obstacle He did not mention Brig Gen Francis T Dodd’s capture and release on Koje Island

Munsan Korea U.N Adm C. Turner Joy Nam Il Nam Francis T. Dodd Koje Island

Bankers Find Fancy Wrappings For Pretty Sum

CHICAGO A fortune in cash and securities totalling 120712 was found in a safe deposit box owned by 85 year old widow Cora Drapier who died five months ago. The money in the pillow case will be counted Thursday. The safe was rented in 1915. Before her death she left nearly all her estate, about 300000, to her attorney Pierre J Peloquin.

Chicago Cora Drapier Pierre J. Peloquin

Brazil Purge Spreads as Reds Purged Across Ranks

O Globo reports the Brazilian government is conducting a sweeping purge of Communist elements in civil and military ranks resulting in more than 150 arrests. The crackdown targets leftist influence across institutions, signaling a broad security drive.

Brazil Rio DE Janeiro O Globo

Joint Chiefs Seek Full Report on Promises by Colson

In Seoul Gen Charles Colson faced sharp criticism over concessions promised to Communist POWs that aided Brig Gen Francis Dodd’s release. The Joint Chiefs ordered Gen Mark Clark to report swiftly, and Brig Gen Hayden Boatner was named to command the Koje Island camp as Colson and Dodd were reassigned.

Charles F. Colson Koje Joint Chiefs of Staff Francis T. Dodd Colson Dodd Mark Clark Far Eastern Pentagon James A. van Fleet Hayden L. Boatner New Orleans Boatner Kose 1St Corps Korea U.S. Eighth Army U.S Washington Defense Department U.N United Nations

Oil Parleys Only Last two Minutes

Washington The Wage Stabilization Board opened informal discussions on the oil strike to expedit e settlements in the national interest The unions refused to end the walkout but attended the meeting About 90 000 oil workers are on strike President Truman eyeing Taft Hartley action Seventy plus refineries pipelines and distribution plants idle Flights cut Navy operations at Quonset Point reduced by one third Emergency provisions possible

Washington Wage Stabilization Board WSB Nathan L. Feinsinger J. J. McKenna O. A. Knight CIO Oil Workers Union Coalition McKenna Truman

Five More MIGs Fell Before Allied Jetmen

U S airmen said they destroyed five Communist jets and possibly shot down two more while damaging six in six battles over North Korea. The Eighth Army reported troops killed at least 100 enemies in patrol skirmishes. The 1st Marine Division secured a sector near Panmunjom, replacing the 1st Division a month ago. UN fighter-bombers hit a rail line near Huichon in 100 places as part of saturation bombing.

Seoul U. S North Korea Fifth Air Force Eighth Army U.S. 1St Marine Division Panmunjom Far East Air Forces United Nations Huichon

Stones Do Give Blood

SYRACUSE N Y. Red Cross regional blood program records list 23 Stones as donors in a campaign noting that stones can yield blood like others. The item highlights donor names and the ongoing appeal for blood donations.

Syracuse N.Y Red Cross

Air Force Reveals Facts On Two All Jet Bombers

Washington reports the Air Force has dropped the classified tag on two new all jet bombers the YB 60 and YB 52. It lists wingspans 206 and 185 feet with swept back design and confirms production of the YB 52 at Boeing Seattle while omitting weight speed range and some performance details for both aircraft.

Air Force Washington The Boeing Aircraft Co Seattle Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Co Fort Worth Tex

Lustron Head Ties to McCarthy Under Senate Hearing

Carl G Strandlund former Lustron Corp chief testified to the Senate Elections Subcommittee denying claims he boasted of wielding influence in Washington. He defended paying 10000 dollars to Sen McCarthy for a 1948 housing article while Benton presses ethics questions and McCarthy defends his conduct. The hearing, led by Sen Delay, paused a detailed explanation of Lustron affairs.

Washington Carl G. Strandlund pust-McCarthy Congress Strandlund Lustron Corp Senate Elections Subcommittee Sen McCarthy R-Wis Hearstings Sen. Benton D-Conn Wisconsin McCarthy Benton Walter L. Dunham Reconstruction Finance Corp Gillette D Lay John P. Moore

Tragic Death Hangs Boy After Coal Run

Ten year old Hugh James Stevens was found hanged from a tree in the yard of the Bedford Heights home after fetching a bucket of coal. Police termed it death by misadventure as coroner's ruling awaited.

Cleveland Hugh James Stevens Bedford Heights

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PTC Aan Ie Sa Dell Re Aera Karl R. Bauman Gilliam South Carolina North Carolina Texas Eastern States Houston, Tex Houston Hunt Reds U.S. Joint Chiefs Clark China John Randolph Seoul, Korea Lustron
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