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Newspaper
Reno Evening Gazette
Location
Reno, Nevada, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1952
Page
1
Mrs. Jeanne D Arc Michaud was found guilty of interstate transportation of stolen goods after a three day federal trial in Carson. The jury deliberated about ninety minutes on the $1.5 million La Vere Redfield burglary case. Sentencing to be set by Judge Roger Foley.
United Nations delegates clashed over inviting Red China and North Korea to germ warfare talks. Sir Gladwyn Jebb won a challenge to the agenda ruling, with the council voting 10-1 against Russia on the point. The session then placed the item on the agenda.
In San Francisco on June 25 Municipal Judge Homer Buckley ordered Walter Speed to attend traffic school after Speed held up traffic on the San Francisco Oakland Bay bridge by driving 30 miles per hour in a 40 mile per hour lane.
In Tokyo's Shinjuku station, 2500 Korean and Japanese Communists clashed with about 1000 steel-helmeted police. The half hour battle left 30 officers and 18 rioters injured, 20 rioters arrested, and fires set at the station. Rioting continued in Osaka with 102 demonstrators jailed and an American general slightly burned. The Reds marked the second anniversary of the Korean war with planned protests across major cities.
A House subcommittee approved a plan for the Post Office Department to issue a special postmark urging citizens to vote in general elections. The decision was unanimous. The slogan wording would be up to the department but must be strictly non partisan.
In Seoul and Tokyo top UN commanders warned that a new Communist offensive could decide the war. General Van Fleet said Reds would be piled up on barbed wire if they attack again, while General Clark emphasized readiness for renewed fighting and a push for a ceasefire at the table. The Fifth Air Force reported control of the skies with several MIG-15s shot down or damaged.
Moscow reports that Russia warned foreign airliners to stay away or face being shot down or interned. The note, delivered by Foreign Minister Andrei Vishinsky, responds to a Swedish inquiry about a missing transport plane. Soviet authorities claim foreign planes have recently violated the frontier while asserting Soviet planes do not.
Rep. Davis reports the GSA advertised for bids on rivets to fix a San Angelo post office door hinge rather than buying a few cents’ rivets locally. The agency sought manufacturers as far as Wisconsin, saying the call cost more than the rivets themselves. Davis faults oversight and calls for action by purchasing officers.
In Denver Eisenhower outlined a domestic policy speech while Senator Taft spoke of a possible first ballot nomination at Chicago. Taft claimed a majority of delegates and noted strategy with Maryland Pennsylvania and Virginia delegations. Langer wins North Dakota renominat ion amid a GOP primary contest.
Washington June 25 The Senate rejected Sen. Douglas s effort to trim the interior department appropriation bill by eight million dollars from the Indian health education and welfare services allocation. Douglas argued federal staff levels should reflect the 405000 Indians under the Indian bureau care with about one employee for each 30 Indians.
In Los Angeles on June 25 25000 aircraft workers and North American Aviation faced a possible strike after 23 hours of negotiations failed to yield a pact. Federal conciliator Harry Malcolm called negotiations rugged and said some progress occurred. Cyrus Ching urged postponement to avoid halting F 86 Sabre jet production vital to Far East air operations.
In Pusan on the Korean war anniversary crowd of 6000 watched President Syngman Rhee dodge a pistol shot by a Korean secret society member. The weapon misfired as military police and bystanders seized the assailant and officials aided subduing him. Lt. Col Herbert Harmon and Capt. F. William Tench helped overpower the attacker.
UPI reports Lt Gen. Glenn A. Barcus said the US Fifth Air Force has knocked out 1147 Russian built planes in two years of the Korean War. One thousand one hundred forty seven destroyed or damaged, with 474 shot down and 79 probably destroyed. B-29 losses not included.
Washington June 25 AP The House joined the Senate in urging President Truman to use the Taft Hartley law to halt the three week steel strike by seeking an injunction. The move was added to a wage price control bill as a request not a directive.
A House appropriations subcommittee approved less than half the funds requested for a vast atomic expansion program. Representative Gore said the 1.45 billion dollars granted would permit the AEC to proceed with its full program toward a complete family of nuclear weapons.
National Geographic reports wind speeds at about 100 miles above earth would be too weak to topple a hat due to thin atmosphere. The piece notes radar tracking of these ghost winds and Cambridge researchers finding a tornado streaking at 1100 miles per hour.
President Truman vetoed the McCarran-Walter immigration bill calling it infamous. The 302 page measure would admit 154,658 foreigners annually, 380 more than current levels, with supporters saying it clarified laws from 1798 while opponents warned of racial bias and moral harm.
In MUNSAN Korea on June 25 United Nations and Communist truce negotiators marked the second anniversary of the Korean war by accusing each other of sparking the bloodshed. They argued peace lies in each side's plan for war prisoner exchanges, the main hurdle to an armistice. Nam acknowledged a reported Allied disclosure that Soviet Russia offered German soldiers a choice to return home if they surrendered, a point UN reps say is not relevant to current talks.
Washington June 25 The Senate commerce committee refused to act on the renomination of Thomas C. Buchanan to the Federal Power Commission. Chairman Edwin C. Johnson said that means Buchanan is out of a job. Buchanan a Beaver Pennsylvania lawyer has served as chairman at times and his term as a member expired Sunday.
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