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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1952
Page
1
Britain told Red China that remaining British businessmen in China will close operations or dispose of their 300 million pound to 840 million dollar investments and quit. About 120 Britons would receive exit visas to leave as businesses wind up. The decision was made by the firms, per a Foreign Office note.
Britain plans to withdraw British businessmen from China amid limited access to Peiping officials and no move by Communist China to open a London mission. Selwyn Lloyd expected to discuss the withdrawal in the House of Commons as British owners seek to sell assets to Chinese government agencies with little optimism.
A 20 year old University of Washington student Art Jessett disappeared while descending Mt. St Helens with three companions. Rescue teams from Seattle Portland and Mt St Helens ski patrol battled frigid conditions to reach him. a rope rescue was attempted with six climbers lowering Ford Oliphant into the crevasse where Jessett was trapped. Despite efforts the ice hole yielded two groans then silence as the heat of bodies melted the ice and hindered extraction.
Two GOP senators Ferguson Michigan and Watkins Utah questioned James P. McGranery’s fitness for attorney general. They said his integrity ability and veracity are most questionable and filed a minority report opposing the committee majority’s confirmation vote.
President Truman presses civil rights as a unifying issue in the Democratic contest while Eisenhower expands in the GOP delegate fight. Oregon yields a bloc for Eisenhower, Taft trails. Vermont and other states shape the tally. AP estimates show Taft about 450 delegates vs Eisenhower 375 and 337 for Taft and Eisenhower respectively in the evolving count.
A car struck Stanford Bell, 39, at a crosswalk in Cincinnati on Sunday, sending him 70 feet and killing him instantly. Police are investigating the fatal crash and reviewing dashcam footage and witness statements.
Denver at the bargaining table as 22 unions press for contracts ending a nationwide 20 day oil workers strike. About 6,000 have returned to work, with 90,000 on strike. Sinclair vote on a 15 cent hourly raise and night differential looms for roughly 10,000 workers. California CI oil plants to vote on a 15 cent raise plus shift increases. Weekend settlements include Atlantic Refining at Port Arthur Texas with 350 strikers. Other settlements near 15 cents at Texas Co refineries Lockport Lawrenceville Illinois Pure Oil Toledo Charleston Dawes West Virginia, Standard Wood River, and Socony Vacuum Augusta Kansas refineries.
Richard Goff, 12 year old son of Mr and Mrs John Goff of Columbus, drowned Sunday while fishing in the Olentangy River.
The U S Supreme Court recessed without a decision on the steel seizure case. Justices weigh whether President Truman had inherent constitutional power to seize the mills with uncertainty over a quick ruling.
Plymouth England widow Ann Davison sets sail for Florida in a 23 foot boat hoping to become the first woman to solo cross the Atlantic. Her husband drowned on a previous attempt after a 19 day struggle against gales.
In Waukesha Wisconsin three newborn robins were moved from a bank vault construction site to a tree eight feet up by WAUX station manager Mig Figi and crew chief Jack Schomake. The birds, born in a ceiling hole left by a strike stalled vault work, were adopted by a foster robin family on a front yard tree. The contest winner for the best rescue idea offers a $25 defense bond to be announced tomorrow.
ADA delegates defer endorsement of a presidential candidate until after July party conventions. The group, led by Truman, aims to avoid weakening its influence at Chicago conventions. The vote included supporters of Kefauver Hariman and Stevenson, with a policy to endorse only after both national nominating events and with two thirds support.
President Truman rejects a conciliatory plan by DNC chairman Frank E. McKinney to bridge the party split over civil rights. Truman urges enactment of his proposals to Congress and pushes for a strong civil rights plank at Chicago. Lehman supports a firm civil rights position, while Georgia Senator George doubts McKinney's prevailing view.
Senate leaders weigh the House tax rider that would let all congressmen deduct living expenses in Washington as a business cost. Ellender supports it, noting the shift taxes the $2,500 expense allowance. Bridges says many lawmakers favor it, while George cautions it may go too far. The measure would alter how congressional costs are taxed starting next year.
A British brewer announces a special coronation beer for the 1953 crowning. The brew will cost about five shillings and seventy cents a pint and be more than three times as strong as normal beer. It is set for release a week before the coronation.
Boston and Rhode Island lawmen clash over the Brink's robbery and the murder of Carlton M. O'Brien. Rhode Island Attorney General William E. Powers accuses Boston authorities of ignoring leads linking the January 17 1950 Brink's job to the Saturday ambush in West Warwick. He cites evidence tying Joseph F. McGinnis Alfred A. Gagnon and O'Brien to the crime as he presses for a unified probe.
A sudden Communist order today closed one of five border crossing points for German passenger trains linking the Soviet zone with West Germany. The East German government halted passenger traffic on the feeder line between Gutenferst in Thuringia and Hof in Bavaria, the frontier center in the American zone. This was the first interzonal rail cut since the Berlin blockade ended in May 1949.
US aviation investigator Scott Magness and Brazilian Air Force Maj Miranda Correa were held by 30 armed parachutists in the jungle near a Pan Am crash site in Brazil. The group sought transport back to civilization amid a conflict between an official expedition and volunteers. Final rites were held at the crash scene and immediate burial ordered due to terrain.
In Panmunjom Vice Admiral Joy accused North Korea of lying about screening prisoners as talks stalled. Gen Nam Tl ree defended opposition to keeping captured personnel, while Maj. Gen. Harrison was named U S Naval Academy superintendent and will take over as senior U N truce delegate Friday. Joy said the Reds knew screening would occur and objected only when results disappointed them.
A Detroit gunman was killed and Glenn Schmidt Palutorium owner’s son Robert Schmidt wounded during a 2 am holdup by six men at the Glenn Schmidt Palutorium night club in Newport. The assailants, armed with .45 revolvers, looted no cash and fled in a car. Robert Schmidt exchanged fire, aiding the capture of one attacker. the dead gunman was identified as Michael Trapiano of Detroit.
New Delhi reports indicate at least 45 people were killed and 35 injured in a head on collision of two passenger trains seven miles from Bipkaner near the Pakistan border in Northwest India understood from Northern railroad headquarters.
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