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Middletown Journal

Location

Middletown, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1952

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Officials Despairing Of Oil Sales Impasse

Washington AP reports American officials nearly despair of ending the Anglo Iranian oil impasse as Premier Mossadegh shows no interest in the Truman Churchill plan. Two Iranian officials, Hussein Makki and Allahyar Salih, head to the United States to assess oil matters while officials fear a Communist shift and Mossadegh stalls Parliament beyond the planned opening.

Washington Mohammed Mossadegh Truman Churchill Mossadegh Hussein Makki National Front Party Robert L. Garner World Bank Makki Germany United States Anglo-Iranian Oil Co Iran Allahyar Salih Truman Churchill Truman - Churchill Mossadeg

Cincinnati Gunman Fires at Hillbilly Musicians

A 37 year old guitarist suffered five bullet wounds in a Saturday night attack by Harry P. Alvin 46 of Cincinnati and Madison Ind. He told police he aimed at guitar partner Andrew Pottinger over alleged wife attention and fired at both musicians while claiming jealousy of hillbilly music.

Cincinnati St. Bernard Harry P. Alvin Ry P. Alvin Madison Ind Abby Sostherland Good Samaritan Hospital Alvin Southerland Andrew Pottinger Pottinger Jeanette Alvin En Alvin

Author's Wife Dead At 60

Mrs. Mary Appleton Wood Bromfield, 60, wife of author Louis Bromfield, died in sleep at Malabar Farm near Lucas. Born Mary Appleton Smith in Ipswich Massachusetts, she married Bromfield on October 12, 1923. Private burial will be at Malabar Farm's family cemetery.

Mansfield Mary Appleton Wood Bromfield Louis Bromfield Malabar Farm Lucas Bromfield Mary Appleton Smith Ipswitch Mass PiShe Malatar Farm

Chinese jeep surrender story branded UN agent by radio

Tokyo reports Chinese Communist radio in Peiping claimed the soldier who crashed through a barrier and surrendered in the Panmunjom neutral zone was a United Nations secret agent all along. The broadcast offered little evidence and framed the incident as a covert U.N. operation.

Tokyo Peiping U.N Panmumjom Red United Nations

Army Orders Trip From West Germany

The U S Army in Frankfurt withdrew accreditation passes from three members of the Soviet military liaison mission and ordered them out of the American zone in retaliation for similar Soviet actions last month against three U S personnel in Potsdam. The move followed a staged police stand at the mission entrance after three Russian officers resisted surrender of passes on September 5.

Frankfurt Germany U. S Potsdam Berlin

Ike Says Nothing Funny In Issues In Campaign Tour

Gen Dwight D Eisenhower opened a 12 state campaign run at Fort Wayne Indiana telling a crowd of about 5000 that there is nothing funny about the campaign issues He blamed the Stevenson camp for levity and warned of the Korea war dangers while noting his own candidacy rests on stopping peril in America He cited a private poll showing Korea as the top issue among Midwest farmers and touched on taft and Morse shifting campaign roles and support.

Eisenhower Special Dwight D. Eisenhower Fort Wayne Ind America Eisenhower Adial E. Stevenson Illinois Stevenson Korea Indiana William E. Jenner Homer Capehart Monroeville Jenner George C. Marshall GOP Frank Carlson Kansas Carlson Truman Specia Robert A. Taft Ohio Sen Wayne Morse Oregon Morse Washington Taft Kasson Inn Albuquerque New York Detroit Ft. Dodge

Mundt Seeks 20 Billion Dollar Budget Cut

Senator Karl Mundt of South Dakota claims a GOP victory would yield a 20 billion dollar reduction in the federal budget. He cites cuts in military and foreign aid, plus domestic savings, and argues for efficiency, anti corruption, and a proactive foreign policy during NBC forum with Senator Monroney.

Washington Karl E. Mundt South Dakota Mundt A. S Mike Monroney Oklahoma Dwight Eisenhower America

Senator Ellender Holds Back Grain Probe Report

Washington rumors swirl over the final Senate investigation into million-dollar shortages in government grain. Sen. Allen J. Ellender, Democratic chairman of the Agriculture Committee, has copies of a proposed report but will not distribute them to other members. Sen. George D. Aiken and Republicans press for access as Aiken returns from Vermont, while Ellender’s office says he will not be back soon.

Washington Senate Allen J. Ellender Louisiana Agriculture Committee George D. Aiken Vermont AFL New York Executive Council Congress

Byrnes to introduce Eisenhower in South Carolina

Gov. James F. Byrnes will introduce Republican presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower when he speaks in Columbia on September 30. It will be the first time a presidential candidate campaigns in South Carolina, marking a historic event for the state.

Byrnes South Carolina Columbia S. C James F. Byrnes Gev Dwight Eisenhower

New Japanese Army Foreseen for Hokkaido Defense

The Mainichi Shimbun reports a U S plan to assign a new Japanese army of 14 divisions to defend Hokkaido within two years. Citing a classified note from Lt General Doyle O Hickey to Prime Minister Yoshida, the paper says this signals an eventual withdrawal of American forces as Japan can defend itself against Soviet threats. The 1st Cavalry Division currently on Hokkaido and the 24th Division in Northern Honshu are noted.

Japan Hokkaido U. S Oreones Honshu

Green Set To Convene AFL Meeting

Delegates to the 71st annual AFL Convention gathered to hear an opening address by President William Green who signaled support for Gov. Adlai Stevenson for president. A week from now a decision on nomination is due after Stevenson and Eisenhower address the convention. The AFL Executive Council denounced Taft-Hartley as a failure and urged labor-friendly reforms while cautioning delegates on how views align with party platforms.

NEW York AFL William Green Adlair Stevenson Stevenson Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Council Green Latform Eisenhower Robert M. LaFollette

Polio Epidemic Mounts Across Iowa and Nebraska

DES MOINES reports the polio epidemic deepens in Iowa and Nebraska with record fatalities. Iowa's toll climbs to 106 deaths, 16 above the prior 1949 peak, while Nebraska records 56 deaths and over 1,200 cases, marking the hardest hit states in the nation.

Des Moines Iowa Nebraska

Top Aides Helping Lewis Map Strategy

Washington reports with a looming coal strike a week away as John L. Lewis huddles with a 200 member Policy Committee to map negotiating strategy. The UMW policy group usually approves contracts and helps draft strike plans amid talks, with soft coal and Pennsylvania anthracite settlements extended until Sept. 30.

Washington John L. Lewis United Mine Workers Union Northern Lewis Southern Soft Pennsylvania UMW John Busarello Pittsburgh

Formosa Warns Overseas Chinese Against Red October Day

DW-Chines aboard were warned they would be blacklisted as traitors if they celebrate Red China's National Day Oct. 1. The warning came from Cheng Yen-fen, head of the Nationalist Overseas Affairs Commission.

Taipeh Formosa China Cheng Yen-fen Nationalist Overseas Affairs Commission

Plane Plant To Be Closed By Walkout

In Santa Monica and El Segundo, IAM plans a strike at Douglas Aircraft. El Segundo workers voted two to one to walk out over wages, while Santa Monica workers accepted a 5 cent raise offer. Union leaders say picket lines will form as shifts end. The two plants employ tens of thousands of workers under identical contracts.

Santa Monica Calif AFL International Association of Machinists Big Douglas Aircraft Co el Segundo IAM Douglas Tex Bond Lockheed Aircraft Co Burbank Lockheed Bond

Husband Held For Killing Mother Of 13

RENSSELAER Ind. A railroad section hand, John DeYoung, 51, was held on a preliminary charge of murder after returning from a fishing trip to find his wife Susie, 48, shot at the front door. Their daughter Violet, 20, was wounded critically as nine children slept upstairs in the Virgie home. Officials seek a plan to keep the 10 unmarried children together. the youngest is 3.

Rensselaer Ind John DeYoung Susie Violet Virgie

Trucks Rushing Water To Town Amid Drought

ASHTABULA OH dispatch reports 7000 gallons hauled to nearby Jefferson in 90 minutes as drought grips county seat with 1700 residents. Mill Creek reservoir dried up. Mayor Samuel P. Nizen declared a state of emergency. Industries and schools closed. water service to homes at a third of normal resumed. laundry use banned.

Ashtabula, O Jefferson Mill Creek Samuel P. Nizen

Desperate Bank Robbers Still Unfound Near Allentown

Police and federal agents, aided by roadblocks, hunted three escaped robbers described as desperate and vicious. Despite tips and hundreds of miles of coverage, no decisive lead emerged after 72 hours. The fugitives, Joseph Nolen Ballard, and Elmer Schuer, had stolen cars, looted stores, kidnapped a family, and robbed a diner since breaking from Lehigh Valley area police.

Allentown Pennsylvania FBI Arthur Cornelius Seete Philadelphia Pen-Mar Here Studebaker Joseph Nolen Ballard Harlan County Elmer Schuer Chicago Lewisburg West Reading Hamburg

Bombers Smash Red Supply Targets Near Manchuria

U S Sabre jet pilots report nine MIG15s shot down with another destroyed and two damaged in North Korea. Allied fighters attacked the Sinuiju industrial complex near Manchuria, hitting an oxygen plant a distillery and a rope factory. Navy planes razed Hoeryong and surrounding facilities while B26 bombers hit the North Korean highway net destroying 120 vehicles. Ground fighting centered on Finger Ridge as South Korean troops failed to hold the crest against Chinese forces.

Seoul Korea North Korea Red Sinuiju Manchurian U. S. Navy Hoeryang Manchuria Soviet Siberia Finger Ridge Hoeryong Komusan

ROKS Smash Spy Ring Seized by Korean Police

South Korean police announced the arrest of 17 women spies linked to a ring operating from within a United Nations unit in Pusan. The two alleged ringleaders were Miss Pak Chung Ja, 25, and Miss Yoon Chil Sung, 24, graduates of Seoul Women’s Medical College. Pak reportedly received special Communist training in North Korea and returned to South Korea six months after the war began.

Pusan Korea United Nations Organization Pak Chung Ja Yoon Chil Sung Seoul United Nations Miss Pak Miss Yoon U. N

First Taft Talk For Eisenhower Broadcast On NBC

The first Taft campaign broadcast for Eisenhower will air at 9 p.m. Eastern on NBC. Taft’s opening speech titled Progress Through Liberty will originate from a Springfield rally. Taft said he plans to be active three to four days weekly over six weeks, covering about 15 or 16 states.

Washington Robert A. Taft Dwight D. Eisenhower NBC Arthur E. Summerfield Republicanational Taft Springfield O. Taft CBS

Nehru's Party Urges Big Five World Disarmament Talks

In Bombay the All India Congress Party led by Prime Minister Nehru calls for a United States Britain France meeting with Russia and Communist China to settle East West differences and start world disarmament. The Congress Committee at Indore unanimously approves the resolution drafted by Nehru urging the Big Five conference.

Bombay India Jawaharla Nehru All- India Congress Party United States Britain France Russia China Congress Committee Indore Nehru

Stevenson To Aim Guns At 4 States

Governor Adlai Stevenson maps a campaign swing targeting four doubtful states Connecticut Massachusetts New York Maryland and Virginia as he counters Taft Eisenhower influence. He plans major speeches in Springfield and Massachusetts while focusing on visibility and lightening up the West tour.

Springfield Ill Adlai Stevenson Atlantic Seaboard Connecticut Massachusetts New York Maryland Virginia Henry Wallace Correst Eissenhower Mass Stevenson Klaxon

Long Search Ends Day Too Late

Sgt Kenneth E Micken an Air Force man in Tampa found his father Matthew Micken dead in a traffic crash a day after the 61 year old fisherman vanished from Superior Wis The son learned of the death in a newspaper report the night before and realized the man was his father who had left the family years ago perished Friday night in the crash near MacDill AFB.

Tampa Fla Kenneth E. Micken Matthew Micken Sgt Micken MacDill Air Force Base Mickey Superior Wis

Two Missing in Kyushu Floods

Kyushu News Agency reports two people are missing after floods hit Japan's southern island of Kyushu. Emergency crews scan affected areas as rainfall and rising waters disrupt residents and transport.

Tokyo Kyushu Japan Kyot O

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