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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1952
Page
1
Moscow summons the first All Union Communist Party Congress in 13 years and hints at a strengthened Presidium and Malenkov influence. The move, framed as peace, may mask a tighter Soviet dictatorship and the potential for escalating tension with the West.
Northeast Iowa endured violent thunderstorms Tuesday night with heavy rain 1.31 inches in less than an hour near Delhi and Manchester. Delaware county saw large hail up to eggs in Delhi while 1.35 inches fell by 2:15 pm. more thundershowers possible tonight and Thursday with warm humid weather and moderate relief later.
A severe hail storm with strong winds struck south of Manchester Tuesday night. Fields and soybeans suffered heavy damage and trees were stripped. The Weather Bureau reported hail in the Charles City area with about 2 inches of rain in Manchester Delhi Cresco Decorah. Delaware county officials warn crop losses could reach nearly a million dollars with some areas seeing up to 50 percent loss. A storm carved a 25 mile by 7 mile path from Strawberry Point to Hopkinton.
Muscatine county hospital bids for additional equipment set to be received by 10 a.m. on Tuesday Sept 30 the change from Aug 26 announced by the Muscatine county board of supervisors. Bids for room and operating furniture office equipment and public area fixtures will be opened in the board room at the courthouse.
Hospital officials report a 38 year old woman in Sao Carlos Sao Paulo state gave birth to five girls. The infants, each under three pounds, were delivered within three hours in an interior village. Parents are Jose Albano 38, a laborer, and his wife Maria.
Charles Noble a 60 year old Detroit camera maker describes seven years in Russian zone prisons after World War II. He says he was released on July 4 and sent to West Berlin awaiting U S approval to return home. Noble recalls daily deaths from hunger in Saxony camps and harsh confinement in Dresden including a potato bin stint and bread denial.
A 75 year old Knoxville woman, Mrs John Kamerick Sr, was rescued after falling into an abandoned 15 foot deep well on her property. She was found in mud and water up to her shoulders and remained submerged for several hours before firefighters pulled her to safety. She remained in critical condition at Collins Memorial hospital today.
New York report identifies Martha Riwe's former secretary as the jilted girlfriend who allegedly sent vice probers into cafe society circles following delinquencies tied to F. Mickey Jelke.
Secretary of State Acheson asks Foreign Secretary Eden to join an Anglo American emergency aid program for Iran to deter a possible Communist coup and keep Iran's oil from Russian control. Britain is cool to the idea while the U S offers a token grant and Iran oil purchases. Britain to favor international arbitration in the Anglo Iranian Oil Co dispute.
The U S Fifth Air Force and Navy planes attacked a Korea west coast ammunition supply and troop billeting area about 25 miles northwest of Pyongyang. About 200 warplanes took part in eight targets with 58 buildings demolished or damaged. The U S Eighth Army reported 3 134 enemy killed or wounded in the week ending Aug 14.
Washington reports the Office of Price Stabilization is drafting an order to raise ceilings on metal goods across steel aluminum and copper containing products. Officials expect the regulation to be issued within ten days and permit producers to increase prices.
Brisk showers at 7:30 this morning did not hinder fairgoers as gates opened. Crowds were 25 to 30 percent above average for opening day with racing on a drying track and Muscatine day events planned including four harness races and a variety of specialty acts. Thrill Day on Thursday features the Aut Swenson Thrillcade and a points system awarding cash prizes, with bands, parades, and dances scheduled through the evening.
Lawrence Gesy of Fonda and LaVerne Bartels of Sac City were electrocuted in a rural Iowa schoolyard when lowering a flag pole to replace a rope and contacting a high tension line. The accident occurred Tuesday afternoon as workers prepared the fall term.
In Tehran six Americans including two lieutenant colonels were attacked by Red inspired Iranians as they drove through streets. MSgt. Paul Goodwin was struck on the arm by a cabbage and was the only one hurt. Major General Wayne Zimmerman said routine measures would keep personnel out of congested areas. Martial law was again imposed by Premier Mohammed Mossadegh on Tehran and suburbs.
Dagmar a television and night club star escaped injury when a dress bow caught fire at an outdoor barbecue in Salisbury Beach New Hampshire. Her husband Danny Dayton received minor burns as he crushed the flames. The incident nearly ended Dagmar’s show business career according to Dayton.
Washington reports that farm prices remain generally lower than four years ago while farm input costs rise. Wheat and corn futures are below support levels, hogs and beef hold near prior figures, and soybeans and eggs show mixed shifts. Net farm income is forecast lower than last year.
Moscow AP The Soviet Union's ruling Communist party will hold its first party Congress in 13 years on Oct 5 to reorganize and set up a fifth five year plan to raise industrial output 70 percent by 1955. A decree says the Politburo will be replaced by a Presidium guiding the central committee between sessions.
President Truman released a revised budget showing direct corporate taxes at about 3 billion dollars less than earlier estimates. He also cut total receipts to 68.7 billion and the deficit to 10.3 billion for the year ending June 30, while individual income taxes rise to 33.5 billion.
Swedish papers accuse Margaret Truman's three American bodyguards of intimidating reporters and photographers during her Stockholm visit. Washington denies incidents. Stockholm police guard city halls as Miss Truman departs by ship for Finland.
Charles R. Svoboda, 41, a former Pacific Building employee, leaped from a 13th floor window, crashed through a two story roof, and died 11 hours later at 3:35 a.m. Officers said he struck head first and suffered severe injuries. He jumped from a window in a men’s toilet opposite the post office.
Hollywood reports Aly Fahn will fly to Chicago tonight after a stay with estranged wife Rita Hayworth. No reconciliation word has surfaced and the couple remains separated.
American diplomats said Russia’s move to abolish the Politburo is a propaganda step meant to fool outsiders and citizens into thinking the Communist party is democratized. Experts see the congress call as propaganda and a display of party necessity, noting Politburo as a byword for dictatorship.
The Politburo remains the de facto ruling body of the Soviet Union and world communism, led by Prime Minister Joseph Stalin with ten core members and alternates. New statutes allow changes to the party name from All Union Communist Party Bolsheviks to Communist Party of the Soviet Union, signaling a major postwar shift.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower plans his first campaign speech from the Idaho Capitol steps after meetings with 10 Western governors. He will call on Americans to reject extremes and pursue a middle course while outlining Western issues like reclamation and water power. Governor Adlai Stevenson, hiding on a Wisconsin retreat, readies for renewed campaigning.
A car struck a culvert on Highway 57 in Waterloo Tuesday night, killing driver Richard Spry 17 and Fay Iverson 19 en route to a hospital. Passengers Mary Clay 19 Hampton and Mary Jane te Duits 19 Davenport were hospitalized with injuries. te Duits listed as serious. Three victims were Iowa State Teachers College coeds.
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