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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1952
Page
1
In Los Angeles on August 6 the AP reports 14 California Communist leaders were found guilty of plotting to violently overthrow the government and plan to appeal the conviction. Judge Mathes ordered juror protection. sentencing was postponed. Many defendants from San Francisco and Los Angeles face up to five years and $10,000 fines.
Partly cloudy conditions in southern Illinois with highs near 91 yesterday and 88 today. Overnight low 62, current 70. Precipitation totals 0.38 inches from yesterday to today. note lake levels Crab Orchard Lake 14 inches and Little Grassy Lake 10 inches below spillway.
The Pally Free Press published by Southern Imonoie Publications, Inc. lists public evenings except Sundays and holidays. The address is 227 West Mate Street Carbondale Illinois and the paper is entered as second class matter at the Carbondale post office under the March 6 1878 act.
On August 6 in Hiroshima survivors gathered at a central memorial to pray for the dead. Nagasaki officials echoed protests over U S attitudes toward victims and urged long term relief loans. Estimates of Hiroshima toll vary between about 120 000 to 200 000 dead.
Dr Bella V De Dodd once a leading female Communist figure in New York has rejoined Catholicism. Baptized April 8 at St Patrick Cathedral after catechesis with Archbishop Fulton J Sheen, she says she is happier now. A former Hunter College politics lecturer and Teachers Union (Ind) rep, she was expelled from the party in 1949 during its leaders’ trial and later sought reconciliation.
Seoul Aug 6 AP The U S Fifth Air Force said its Sabre Jet pilots shot down six Communist Migs in four separate air battles over North Korea, raising to 10 the Russian built fighters destroyed in two days. One Mig was damaged in today’s scrambles involving Sabre pilots from the Fourth and 51st Fighter-Interceptor Wings. Fighter-bombers swarmed over North Korean targets in bright weather.
Ellis Arnall predicts constant price rises and says a special session of Congress may be needed to curb inflation. He plans a resignation discussion with President Truman and warns food costs rose rapidly last month, the most in U.S. history.
Clouds seeded by a hired firm brought scarce relief as rain fell across Connecticut and parts of New England. The storms dropped brief totals aiding crops while officials formed a relief group to monitor results and decide on resuming operations.
President Syngman Rhee held a strong lead over three opponents in unofficial returns from about half the polling places in Pusan Korea after Tuesday's first direct presidential selection.
Eisenhower's first major speech since winning the Republican nomination is under party scrutiny as about 14 000 attend at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The 12 minute address outlined a 10 point program for America's future and raised questions about its political implications.
The Hambletonian trotting classic was postponed today due to rain and will be run Thursday. Morning showers stopped briefly before a second downpour led officials to delay the start, prompting a change in the schedule.
A bus carrying Hindu worshippers and snake charmers overturned in Hyderabad state during the Nagpanchami festival. King cobras on the roof escaped as the baskets loosened, panicking the driver and sending the vehicle into a chasm. 24 people died.
W. Stuart Symington won Missouri's Democratic senatorial primary with a landslide led by St. Louis backers and labor support. J. E. Taylor trailed by about 150,000 votes as Callahan’s machine faltered amid independent revolt in St. Louis. Symington will face Republican James P. Kem in November.
For seven nights limestone rocks about the size of a fist have fallen on the roof of Lewis Schattin’s farm house five miles north of Evansville. Neighbors guard the property as the source remains undetermined in this Evansville area mystery.
New York Aug 6 John L Lewis faces a high-stakes question as miners may strike in October over wage hikes. Labor contracts expire at end of September, potentially triggering renewed pay demands and a higher coal price. A wage increase could lift steel and oil demand, impacting defense needs and production.
A quarantine keeps hog shipments from Chicago's Union Stock Yards halted after a consignment showed vesicular exanthema symptoms. The ban started Tuesday to curb possible swine disease spread.
Beverly Hills August 6 AP Mrs Bernie widow of band leader seeks Rose arrest after she says he showed an affidavit by her former maid accusing her and Eleanor Holm of improper acts The affidavit obtained in Los Angeles cites New York events in 1944 and is described as fabrication The case carries a maximum 5000 fine and one year in jail if charged in California
Adlai E Stevenson outlined a campaign plan with Sen Richard Russell of Georgia to win deep South support for the Stevenson Sparkman ticket. Mississippi and South Carolina showed signs of backing as Byrnes Burnett Maybank and Johnston spoke for the ticket while Brannan voiced farm vote confidence. Stevenson to speak at the American Legion convention in New York on August 27.
Secretary of State Edward J. Barrett announces strong labor backing for his bid for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination in Illinois. He cites an avalanche of labor support as the party prepares to select a nominee by the State Central Committee.
Circuit Judge Grover W. Watson of Farmer City remains in satisfactory condition at Decatur and Macon County Hospital after undergoing surgery Monday. He entered the hospital Friday for treatment.
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