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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1952
Page
1
The article reports that Soviet pressure on Berlin prompts new Western airlift plans. John M. Hightower outlines how Allied forces prepare to maintain supply routes and support the divided city amid rising tension.
United States Britain and France contemplate Western airlift and armored convoy options to counter Soviet travel restrictions between East and West Germany. Acheson returns with a report on German independence, NATO security guarantees, and plans for a European Defense Community while Berlin remains volatile.
Tokyo reports a provisional contract to be signed in Peiping for 30 million pounds sterling barter trade between Japan and Communist China. Kei Hoashi, in Peiping for the Asia Pacts Peace Congress, conveyed that both sides agreed to sign. Goods to export include galvanized iron sheets spinning machines bicycles typewriters ammonium sulphate newsprint caustic soda and cotton goods.
Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower said he will leave the military next Tuesday but will not campaign for the GOP presidential nomination. He turned over his post as supreme Allied commander in Europe to Gen. Matthew Ridgway and returns to the United States tomorrow. He warned NATO faces risks from misunderstandings, accidental incidents, local thinking, and complacency as defenses build.
Sen. Monroney Sen. Ikman and Sen. Moody urge Congress to approve $45 monthly extra hazard pay for frontline soldiers in Korea. They note urgency to aid men in foxholes while Sen. Russell supports examining the overall hazard pay system.
Rumors of a break in the Lorius case circulate as James Christensen, Illinois crime investigator, reportedly pursues a tip about a possible skeleton. No bodies found, Lorius car found abandoned in Dallas six days after disappearance of four travelers from Illinois and California.
A House appropriations subcommittee will study President Truman's request for a 3.341 billion expansion of the atomic weapons program. Chairman Thomas plans ample consideration with top military officials testifying, while unsure of urgency. Maybank and McMahon voice support for boosting atomic energy funding to keep ahead.
Vice President Barkley said he would accept the Democratic nomination if chosen at Chicago. Supporters in Iowa and Kentucky praised his potential to unite the party and win in November. President Truman avoided signaling a preferred candidate while confirming a campaign tour and plans to back the party.
United Nations troops beat off two North Korean Red forces attempting to seize Luke the Gook's Castle a 3000 foot peak above East Korean valley fronts. Ground action elsewhere remained minor as Allied bombers hit a rail bridge on the northwest coast and Tokyo briefings reviewed Korea combat operations.
Mr and Mrs Orrin Francis ordered a halt to building their new house after discovering a sparrow nest in the basement. Carpenters stopped work until the mother sparrow hatches her eggs, delaying the project in Upton Massachusetts.
Senate actions on extending wage-price controls have been postponed to Wednesday after a rejection of a plan to end controls on June 30. The Banking Committee bill would push controls to March 1, 1953, with Truman urging a two year extension.
CAPETOWN South Africa The Senate advanced Prime Minister Daniel Malan’s bill to override the courts and establish a parliamentary tribunal as the supreme authority. The measure, aimed at preserving white supremacy, now requires formal ratification after House amendments.
MOSES LAKE Washington a desert area was transformed into a working farm in under 23 hours as 300 volunteers built a seven room house and prepared 110 acres for crops. The event marked first irrigation water from the Columbia River for the Columbia Basin project with Donald Dunn of Marion Kansas receiving the farm worth 75000 dollars.
The Taft Eisenhower contest gains momentum as ads target Eisenhower's record before South Dakota's primary for 14 GOP delegates. AP tally shows Taft leading Eisenhower 411 to 386 nationally, with Alabama giving Taft 9 of 14 votes. New Mexico convention also boosts Taft with a 21 delegate lead.
Vienna reports that Ana Pauker has been relieved of all posts effective immediately, per a Bucharest radio quote. Romanian Hungarian and Czechoslovak monitors heard no confirmation of the move.
Nam I denounces the killing of a Red prisoner on Koje Island as an atrocity and hints at potential reprisals against Allied prisoners in North Korea. Gen Nam demands immediate stop to atrocities while Maj Gen Harrison calls Nam’s reaction hysterical but notes the internee screenings were fair. Washington affirms the UN Command legal right to seek voluntary repatriation under the Geneva convention. A Communist correspondent says Nam’s warning of intensified fighting is not an idle threat.
Seven week old Lloyd B. Cook, son of Mr and Mrs Archie Cook, was found dead from suffocation in a couch corner in his parents trailer near Milford on Thursday. Parents discovered the infant with head and face buried against the couch corner while he slept.
In Tokyo, two protesters were killed and a third injured as police opened fire near Itabashi on a crowd of about 200 demonstrators who hurled acid bottles and stones. Two policemen and three newsmen were hurt, including AP's William C. Barnard. Demonstrations also surfaced in Kobe and Shinjuku with police breaking up crowds.
Cheyenne Wyoming 27 year old World War II veteran Donald Rankin pleaded guilty to mailing a dynamite bomb to Bowling Green Ohio resident Douglas McGray. Rankin had previously pleaded not guilty and admitted mailing 15 sticks of dynamite on January 5 from Cheyenne to McGray.
Ira H. Swinehart and Marvin Wright, both Fernald plant workers, pleaded guilty to carrying concealed weapons before Magistrate L. D. Lane. Each was fined $20 and costs. Swinehart is 64, Wright 24, according to Cincinnati reports.
In Sundays Journal Tips On Stray Toppers note Middletown police may recover hats and tricycles found in the city jail along with hundreds of other abandoned items. A jail interior story and pictures are planned for Sunday.
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