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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1952
Page
1
The Labor Day weekend toll kept the three day holiday deadly but below last year’s level. Traffic accidents killed 417, drownings 55, and other misadventures 69. National Safety Council projections and weather factors influenced the results. Ned H Dearborn called the traffic toll a shocking slaughter and urged awareness.
Secretary General Trygve Lie said public opinion in most UN states would enthusiastically welcome an armistice in Korea roughly on the present battle lines. He cited disillusionment from failed truce talks but said success would ease anxiety. Ambassador Gross predicted Korea discussions would feature at the General Assembly, though not move talks to New York. Lie called UN the main hope for peace, but noted it cannot be the sole instrument for preserving it now.
A coroner's report will determine if eight year old William Hopkins of Blanchester died of food poisoning after an ill meal with his mother Ray Hopkins and sisters Carol five and June twelve. The four were taken to Children’s Hospital after Sunday. William died on arrival while the mother was released and the sisters remained under observation.
The Associated Press survey records 21 fatalities in Ohio from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Sunday. This figure, two more than the prior year, accompanies total weekend deaths of at least 31 across all accidents. Four drownings and eight other causes are noted among the cases.
A safety council report shows highway conditions worsened over a long weekend with deaths tallied from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday. In 1952 the council records an average of four traffic deaths per day, including those caused by injuries that appear days or weeks after accidents.
In Marseille France Richard Miller 27 of Chicago and four companions attempted to sail a raft made from metal drums carrying 75000 ping pong balls across the Mediterranean despite Coast Guard condemnation labeling the craft unseaworthy and a menace to navigation. The five defied authorities and shipped out of harbor.
A weekend fire destroyed The Flame, a nightclub near Mayfield, New York. Fire crews battled the blaze but the building burned to ash with the cause not disclosed. No injuries were reported. The club had been a local entertainment spot for residents in this upstate area.
Governor Lausche ordered the Highway Patrol to investigate vandalism at a Cleveland Heights veteran Ralph Patterson Jr home. A Cleveland newspaper said union agents pressured Patterson to quit work and tear down his stone masonry. Patterson said he signed an agreement under pressure and that grease and stain were left on the work. The governor sought guidance on using state funds for a reward and condemned the act as an assault on an American’s right to work on his own property.
Governor Adlai Stevenson said he is very well satisfied with his Michigan swing and reactions to his labor policy stance. He outlined future farm policy plans, then headed to Denver and Kasson Minnesota for speaking engagements, while contrasting Democratic and Republican records on major issues.
Philip Mickman, a 21 year old Royal Air Force enlisted man, swam the English Channel from England to France in 18 hours 44 minutes. He returned to Dover aboard a motor boat that accompanied him during the crossing. Mickman described a rough channel with a severe buffeting but said he feels perfectly fit.
West German police announced the capture of a Communist spy ring linked to East Germany. Three alleged leaders were arrested including Ludwig Wisz, an East German official described as a brilliant industrial expert, and Johann Kraus, a Frankfurt city assembly member. The ring operated in Ruhr centers and sought access to West Germany’s Federal Defense Commission. The third arrestee’s name was not released.
A 73 year old woman Maybelle Welty died at General Hospital from injuries after leaping 67 feet from the U S Grant Bridge into the Ohio River. Sheriff Burl Justice said Eugene H. Newman, 26, who threatened to jump earlier, will be returned to Ohio Penitentiary after a three hour standoff.
Tokyo marks the seventh anniversary of Japan signing surrender documents as an independent nation. Leading newspapers barely note the day. only Hiroshima shows a memorial wreck site, with few scars visible in busy Japan.
House investigators called T. Lamarr Caudle to a closed session to discuss his handling of tax cases before his firing as assistant attorney general last November. The subcommittee cited two cases, including a St. Louis grand jury probe later tied to James Finnegan’s misconduct charges and a six year lapse in a Detroit war frauds case that was dropped. Caudle led tax prosecutions at the time. public testimony depends on today’s session.
The Hoboes of America Inc. concluded their convention in Hamburg early today and dispersed for the year. The 1953 session will be held at St. Paul Minnesota.
A Navy aerologist aboard a plane reports the season's second tropical hurricane near 23 N 63 W moving about 15 mph. Winds reach 138 mph with the center 1,300 miles east southeast of Florida. No land threat noted as the system rapidly develops and may intensify.
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower assails the Truman administration as corrupt and demands a wholesale purge of political bosses in Washington He vows a hard hitting Dixie campaign tour noting the Washington mess is not limited to one agency and costs Americans through higher taxes and prices He urges restoring decency and integrity in government without naming individuals
Seoul Korea. U N infantry repulsed three Chinese thrusts against Allied defenses in Old Baldy and Bunker-Siberia Hill sectors on the Korean Western Front. Clouds hindered Allied air raids as U S Navy strikes hit Manchuria and Siberian border targets. Twenty-two B 26 bombers hit Sinchang. 22 secondary explosions reported. Patrol clashes along the 155 mile front. Chinese probe of Old Baldy driven off.
Cleveland resident John Petrich a non swimmer dived into Lake Erie to rescue his 5 year old son from drowning Monday. After he pushed the boy to safety another man pulled the 34 year old father from the water and saved him.
President Truman signals satisfaction with Adlai Stevenson campaign program and discloses a joint strategy for speeches. He frames a split focus with Stevenson, telling crowds he will discuss past achievements while Stevenson outlines the future. He criticizes Eisenhower and McCarthy, praising Taft and planning West Virginia stops.
President Truman told a Parkersburg West Virginia crowd that the Eisenhower command endangers atomic war by talking about liberating enslaved peoples behind the Iron Curtain. He denounced John Foster Dulles and other Republican minds as cruel pollsters behind policy.
A windstorm at Carswell Air Force Base in Fort Worth Texas destroyed one B36 bomber and damaged six others. Two airmen were slightly injured and a civilian, Mrs. W C Connor, 44, was killed when a sign board blew into her car. Ten more civilians were hurt. Maj Gen Samuel E Anderson said 25 percent of base planes were damaged. The B36, America’s large long range bomber, was designed to carry 10,000 pounds of bombs on a 10,000 mile mission. The Consolidated Vultee plant near the base also suffered major damage.
Cordell Hull remained on the critical list at Bethesda Naval Hospital after cerebral thrombosis. Officials said he had a good night and his condition was unchanged, with a false death alarm earlier. President Truman initially mourned Hull before learning the report was in error.
A Marine 2nd Lt. John J. Bissell of Pittsburgh received the Purple Heart for wounds from the Western Korea battle. He is a direct descendant of Sgt. Daniel S. Bissell of Winsor Conn., who was awarded the first Purple Heart after the Revolutionary War.
Thousands of Southeast Kentucky and Northeast Tennessee coal miners remain away from work in an extension of the United Mine Workers memorial holiday. District 19 members did not report to pits as the 10 day holiday ordered January 23 by UMW president John Lewis continued beyond the planned end date. operators reported no showings by mid morning.
Covington Kentucky storm damage reports say Summit Hills Country Club near here in Kenton County was virtually destroyed by a lightning strike during a Cincinnati area storm. Loss estimated around 100000 dollars. Clubhouse largely burned with only about a quarter remaining.
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