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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1952
Page
1
The July 15 consumer price index rose to 190.8 of the 1925 39 average, up 1.2 points from June, aided by a sharp food price increase. The cost of living climb, tied to wage gains for over one million autoworkers, reflects gains across clothing, shelter, and services with food leading the rise.
North Korea witnessed two large RAF style air sweeps as 38 Okinawa based B 29s and B 26s struck Pyongyang. The night raid dropped 3250 tons of bombs on military and industrial zones, destroying 400 acres and igniting fires. A daylight strike hit a cement plant at Osu with 63 buildings destroyed and 29 damaged.
Spencer parties R R Jackson and George H Williams have purchased the Spencer Daily Report from W J McGiffin Newspaper Company. The sale transfers ownership of the local paper to the two buyers, with plans for continued publication in Spencer.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower, addressing about 20 000 in Boise Idaho, urged a middle of the road policy and attacked centralization of power in Washington. He warned extremes lead to tyranny and promised change. GOP leaders from seven states lauded his remarks as he traveled to Kansas City for a midwestern conference.
Gov Adlai Stevenson said in Boise Idaho that Dwight D Eisenhower appeared to be a me too candidate who approves most Democratic legislation since 1932. He spoke to reporters at the woodland retreat where he is drafting campaign speeches.
In Winston-Salem North Carolina a 27 year old pediatrician Dr Norma Holt stabbed her 3 year old daughter Vickie to death with scissors and wounded her two other children a four year old girl Ann and a one month old boy Larry before attempting suicide with poison. Detective Lt. J R Bowles identified the victims and described the injuries.
House investigators plan hearings starting Tuesday focusing on a top Justice Department official described as the prime target. The department shakeup under James P. McGranery follows many resignations by aides to former Attorney General J. Howard McGrath, with more changes expected. James A. Mullally, a veteran Cr iminal Division lawyer, was suspended pending a probe of his outside activities amid racket investigations.
Richard Miller 26 and Michael Jones led a four man crew sailing the Kentooki raft made from 75 000 ping pong balls in steel drums. Maritime authorities in Marseille blocked the Mediterranean trip after the crew began from Lyon and two members quit before the project was halted.
Oakland informant reports Francis Van Wie of San Francisco was jailed in Oakland for allegedly marrying his sixteenth wife while still married to his fifteenth. The case highlights his noted history of multiple marriages.
Aut Swenson Thrilleade of auto daredevils thrilled West Liberty fairgoers as damp track dried for afternoon show and night performances. Autoball polo on cars and motorbikes, clowns and Lone Tree band provided entertainment while Four-H winners from Wapsie eye Iowa state fair competition.
West Liberty auctioneer reports 125 calves sold including the reserve grand champion Angus calf weighing 860 pounds. The top price of 65 per hundred was bid by West Liberty State Bank for Top Baby Beef. The grand champion Hereford shown by Harlan Harvey was not sold and will be shown at the state fair.
Roger Braun of Fulton township shows Angus to capture the reserve championship at the fair. Today features the baby beeves auction not for further showing and late exhibit releases to owners. Wednesday included a prize livestock parade and varied specialty acts ending with a Legion tent dance after Thrillcade.
A wind and rainstorm struck the Missouri State fairgrounds early today killing one person and injuring twelve. Winds toppled ferris wheels and carnival rides and damaged buildings, while the storm damaged other areas as the fair was not in operation.
Seoul report says 30 soldiers in the 45th Infantry Division feared drowned during a training crossing of a river swept by a nine foot flash flood. 12 bodies recovered. search for 18 more continues with dredges and grappling hooks.
Kathleen McCulley a four month old from Wapello Iowa is improving at Children's Memorial hospital in Chicago after emergency Major surgery. Reverend Lester C McDonald flew the baby and her parents with a nurse from Burlington to Chicago for treatment.
Two Belmont amateur artists were painting trees when a man in a car suddenly posed nude before their easels. They ignored him and continued painting as he mugged. The women packed up and left. police were notified.
Bonn Germany socialist leader Dr Kurt Schumacher the strong foe of West German rearma ment and alignment with the West died Wednesday night at age 56 from a circulatory ailment He was a key force second to Chancellor Adenauer in postwar Germany.
About 23 000 International Harvester workers began a plant wide strike in Chicago and nearby towns amid a congressional probe of their union FE UE. The walkout followed a breakdown in talks over a 15 cent hourly raise and union security. Rich mond Indiana Louisville Ky plants also affected.
Ex G I Frank Hagostak travels from Dingle Ireland to meet Breda O Sullivan, his Irish pen pal born from a bottle find. Breda tended oats on her mother s farm while Frank boarded a bus to Tralee. No farewell wave or audience from Dingle folk as six years of letters conclude with his return to Johnstown Pa.
An Iowa soldier in the Far East will not be returned home to bury his wife who died Aug. 6. The Army said there were no valid reasons to authorize Pvt. James Christensen of Bancroft for a return, marking a second denial after a prior refused request. A Bancroft petition, copied from the White House, failed to present new grounds for reentry.
The Iowa Liquor Control Commission cites illegal resale as a key reason for over one million dollars in annual sales and earnings declines. In the year ending June 30 1952 overall sales fell to 39 073 906 and earnings to 6 472 475 despite a $40 million annual business. Gallons sold dropped to 2 511 377 with six stores exceeding one million dollars in sales. Blended whiskey comprised about 60 percent of total sales across Des Moines Cedar Rapids and Waterloo locations.
President Truman said there should be new blood in the Democratic party but he knew of no mess in Washington. He declined comment on Stevenson Sparkman campaigns and warned opponents would misstate government facts, insisting he will provide truth. He referenced 20 years of party work and rejected personal inquiries about his daughter and Swedish press claims.
Iowa State Board of Education warns funds are lacking to equip and staff a 750000 hospital school for handicapped children. Construction may finish early next year, but without equipment money the building could sit idle for six to sixteen months awaiting the 1953 legislature. Dwight G. Rider, board president, emphasized the delay threatens immediate use.
King Faisal II of Iraq, 11, dines on soup and roast turkey aboard the Denver Zephyr during Burlington stop. A State Department aide accompanying him vetoed interviews and photographs, marking Burlington’s first royal visit.
Roanoke Virginia reports that George Betzold sold a family liability insurance policy to a local man. Betzold filed a claim under the policy after the man’s police dog bit him. The incident highlights questions about coverage and liability.
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