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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 22, 1952
Page
1
Allied forces regain an Eastern Front hill after 15 hours of fighting northeast of the Punchbowl, rebuffing a North Korean assault. U S Sabre jets claim four MiG-15s damaged as air battles yield America's 20th jet ace Capt. Robinson Risner.
Northern soft coal miners cheered the new contract that ends the strike threat and raises daily pay to 18.25 dollars with 40 cent per ton welfare fund payments by operators. UMW President John L. Lewis and Bituminous Coal Producers Association head Harry L. Moses announced terms just before a planned strike by 170,000 workers.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower will undertake a 10 day tour from mid October traveling by train plane and automobile through 12 states. Wisconsin McCarthy's communists charges figure as political context on the itinerary.
Investigators urge the Internal Revenue Bureau to justify why most top posts in a major reorganization avoid competitive civil service exams. Only 26 of 175 new positions will use tests open to all applicants. over 80 percent are filled by internal direct appointments.
A registration push targets individuals who changed names never registered turn 21 by November 4 haven’t voted in two years or moved since last registration. Eligible voters may register at the Board of Elections in the Middletown Federal Savings and Loan Building from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Monday through Wednesday.
Congressional aides study secret FBI documents about a 1946 Kansas City vote fraud case to decide if a full DOJ probe and testimony from Tom Clark are warranted. The panel plans open hearings and potential witnesses, including Clark, amid claims he ordered the FBI to hand files to the DOJ in 1947.
Stockholm reports Tage Erlander and his Socialist Agrarian coalition holding a majority in the lower house with 136 of 230 seats. Opponents gain six seats while the Communists lose three of eight. Final mail ballots awaited. liberal and conservative critique focused on taxes and housing.
A C47 transport plane struck a car during an approach to Truax Field in Madison, killing four occupants: Clark Dickie 58 Elizabeth Dickie 52 Fay Dickie 30 and Catherine Blank 70 all of Milwaukee. The plane landed safely after slicing the car’s top. Lt. Col. S J Wicker piloted the craft.
Four year old Robert Schuschu suffered a swarm sting on Sunday near his home in Cleveland. He endured about 200 stings through his shirt and overalls before hospital doctors treated him with an antitoxin and ointment and released him.
Five American soldiers endured 72 hours wthout water and food in a bunker on Old Baldy as Chinese forces shelled relentlessly. They were rescued when U S second Division troops retook the hill, with one private first class from New York and a California master sergeant among the witnesses recalling the siege and their improvised medical care.
In Bordentown New Jersey two brothers Thomas Conger 21 and Benjamin Conger 20 vow to bury their parents John 47 and Loretta 38 who died in an auto accident and to care for 11 surviving children aged 21 to 10 months. The brothers who are married want a shared farm house to keep the family together while earning about 108 a week total and facing little or no inheritance.
MILWAUKEE Three children of Mr and Mrs Leo Linnemannston died last week of polio and yesterday Barbara 13 awoke and told her mother My head aches and my neck hurts Spinal tests at Milwaukee South View Isolation Hospital showed Barbara had become the fourth member of the family to be stricken.
Eisenhower spoke by telephone with running mate Nixon amid a controversy over an expense fund beyond Nixon’s Senate salary. Nixon signaled he would stay on the ticket and address the issue in a nationwide TV and radio broadcast. Hagerty noted a 15 minute call but gave no decision on continuing with Nixon.
Senator Nixon announced a radio television report to voters outlining his personal and political finances. He said he would address the $18,000 expense fund issue and resume his Western campaign tour after the speech, with Eisenhower’s approval.
The Indianapolis Star reports top Republican leaders were surveyed on Richard M. Nixon's vice presidential prospects. National Chairman Arthur E. Summerfield sent telegrams to state chairmen and national committeemen to gauge their views.
Nixon refused further comment on remaining on the ticket but said he will present his entire personal financial history since entering politics. He stated he believes truth is the best answer to smear and misunderstanding.
Soviet radio reports 40 Bulgarian Catholics including 28 priests will be tried in Sofia on charges of treason and spying for France and the Vatican. Indictment accuses church members of planning a military coup and acting with French intelligence, receiving subsidies, and using churches to harbor criminals.
In Tulsa a block-long Coliseum was struck by a fire described as a million-dollar disaster. The blaze razed the entertainment center within two hours on Saturday.
Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson told the AFL convention that the Taft Hartley act should be repealed and outlined five proposals to bolster the Labor Department. He pressed for broader use of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, a labor extension service, retraining for workers displaced by machines, faster processing at the National Labor Relations Board, and attention to migrant farm laborers. Stevenson contrasted Democratic aims with Republican tweaks to the act and praised AFL stance against intra union communism.
Pope Pius appeared on a balcony at Castel Gandolfo greeting a pilgrimage of several thousand people. His physician said he has completely recovered from a cold and slight fever and he has resumed his regular schedule of audiences.
Illinois Finance Director Joseph Poistil draws salary from Signode Steel Strapping Co. and says he donates the equivalent of his $10,000 state pay while still receiving company checks. He notes the arrangement to Gov. Stevenson and the Nixon incident sparks his comment.
Police cornered three escaped convicts in a seventh-floor Harlem apartment. Two brothers from Kentucky were killed and a third captured after a fierce gun battle that left Detective Philip Lamonica mortally wounded and Officer Nicholas Cotter wounded. a woman witness aided the capture of Elmer Schuer from Chicago.
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