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Newspaper
Muscatine Journal
Location
Muscatine, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1952
Page
1
Partly cloudy tonight then thundershowers with a low of 62 and a high of 86 expected Saturday. Iowa forecast calls for scattered afternoon thundershowers, high 98 and low 60, with Saturday’s high 84. River stage noted at 10.6 feet, down 0.1 foot.
At Halstead street Chicago the Democratic convention opened amid delays and noise as delegates debated the platform and nominations. Norman Thomas watched from the press section while Adlai Stevenson supporters drew attention in the box seats. A minor fire and cafeteria lines punctuated a day of parliamentary detours and overheated rhetoric as party leaders pledged renovation of national administration and urged youth and women participation.
Unofficial first ballot results show Kefauver leading in many states with Harriman, Stevenson, Russell, and Barkley also receiving votes. The tally lists per state allocations for Alabama through district territories, including New York, California, and Texas, with several states not voting or mixed tallies noted.
At the Chicago convention the first presidential roll call produced scattered votes with Kefauver leading at 340 while Stevenson trailed at 273 and Russell at 268. Michigan and Connecticut shifts sparked debate as uncommitted delegates weigh backing, and Truman prepared to address delegates amid steel strike talks.
U.S. Senator Hickenooper spoke at the Des Moines Republican state convention describing the campaign as a crusade to preserve the American system freedoms and opportunities and keep America strong. Delegates outlined a multipoint agenda including selecting a Republican nominee for lieutenant governor. Two state senators led the race for the nomination as 3,030 delegates gathered.
Three week news blackout lifts to reveal deadlock over prisoner exchange in Korea. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison Jr. says continued talks show no near solution while the Allies refuse to force repatriation. The Communists demand 116,000 prisoners. Allied count of POWs awaiting repatriation rises to 83,000 to 170,000 with 13,000 newly added.
Des Moines reports a state fair contest to crown the largest ear of corn in Iowa. The winning ear will be featured at the annual corn show from August 23 to September 1.
President Truman announced an end to the 53 day steel strike after talks with CIO President Philip Murray and U S Steel Chairman Benjamin Fairless. Production is expected to resume in four to five days, with a wage boost and benefits agreed for 650000 workers. Raw steel prices rise by 5 20 a ton, specialty steel by 5 65. New polio cases surface in Iowa with several hospitalizations and one discharge.
The NBC system flashed quick cumulative totals of convention votes on TV. Tally clerks added figures as a shopper would, while mirrors angled at 45 degrees reflected the sums to a second mirror. Readings were then captured by cameras and superimposed on the convention scene.
Iowa's selective service announces a farm deferment plan evaluated by agricultural production needs rather than individual farm conditions. Local draft boards decide eligibility with county production data, labor availability, and efforts to recruit replacements, ensuring county and state agriculture remain undisturbed.
A 13 year old newspaper carrier Wayne Gainer pressed through an air force blockade around a crash zone. Major General Frank Armstrong ordered Maj Ted Silver to deliver the paper to the third house on the lane after the boy insisted the paper must be delivered.
Iowa delegation splits its 24 votes six ways on the first ballot at the Democratic National Convention. Stevenson Kefauver Kerr Barkley Russell Harriman led the slate with varied tallies in Chicago AP report.
Temperatures are expected to run about six degrees above normal with highs around 88 to 91 and lows near 63 to 66. The forecast calls for a cooler night and Saturday, a warmer Sunday with little change after, and total rainfall of about a quarter to a half inch in thundershowers tonight and again around Tuesday.
Dwight Eisenhower the Republican presidential nominee has been invited to address the harvest jubilee in Shenandoah Iowa this fall. No date has been set as officials await his reply.
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