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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 03, 1952
Page
2
Radio Writers Guild strike fails to disrupt radio and TV programs as networks report writers crossed or were replaced by supervisors. Other items note Wall Street firms moving to New Jersey to dodge taxes, a drowning at Indian Lake during a rescue attempt, and a museum plan to plant trees at Fort Jay.
A Korean War veteran, Cap Robert L Smith, became the first quadruple amputee to leave Walter Reed in his own car, driving 1.3 miles home to Middleburg Pennsylvania after about a year and nine operations. He sustained wounds frostbite and mistreatment near Chungjin Reservoir in 1950 and had hands and both lower legs amputated in Japan.
A violent typhoon cut northwestward through six central Philippine islands and touched two others, leaving at least 23 dead 42 missing and thousands homeless. Property damage runs into millions as transportation and communications are paralyzed and farmland lies flooded.
Canadian writer John Murray Gibbon aged 77, famed for his novels and historical works, passed away in Montreal. His career spanned decades with notable contributions to Canadian literature and scholarship.
A news conference indicates about half of 1,206 convention delegates lean Taft with 604 needed for a majority. Taft cites talks with Pennsylvania Governor John S. Fine who holds about 25 votes in his delegation, while Eisenhower supporters push defections in several states. The Louisiana fight and party tensions shadow the prep for the Republican National Convention as Dewey, MacArthur rumors, and the Taft Eisenhower split dominate discussions.
Minutes of talks between the governor and Thomas E. Coleman of Wisconsin reveal Coleman, Taft's convention slang manager, presenting Fine's estimates of Taft’s likely first ballot strength to impress the governor. Meanwhile party men warn, Remember November, urging battlers to target the Truman administration rather than each other.
Connecticut's 22 votes at the Republican National Convention show a Taft lean with Rep. Nelson L Carpenter uncommitted and planning to back Taft on the first ballot. Gov. Lodge remains confident Connecticut will vote solid for Eisenhower though some leaders may waver after the initial ballot.
The article details Soviet and Chinese insistence on broad prisoner repatriation terms in Korea. The Reds demand 116,000 North Korean and Chinese POWs return, while offering to reclassify captives by nationality and area. They seek immediate return of South Koreans held by Allies and oppose returning all Chinese prisoners. NAM opens session urging progress and WHO.
Sacramento Calif Gov Earl Warren heads to Chicago to seek the Republican presidential nomination with 76 votes. He trails Sen Robert A Taft and Gen Dwight Eisenhower but his backers hope he could emerge as a compromise candidate in a deadlock by releasing California and Wisconsin votes.
In Bellingham Washington an internal Revenue agent Hugh Cory spent nearly an hour persuading a taxpayer he owed 36 dollars and 38 cents in LES. The man wrote a check which was later returned after Cory revealed it was the brother who owed the bill.
Berlin reports another 10 East German People's Police deserters reaching the West, bringing July total to 30. Among the group are three officers leaving the Communist army to seek sanctuary in the West.
Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden, ill with jaundice, was reported improving today and remains confined to his home as he moves toward recovery.
Truman says he seeks reelection as Illinois governor and could not accept another nomination. He hints at a draft move at the Chicago convention and would like to return to the Senate if a suitable candidate steps aside post the Missouri primary. Stevenson and Symington are discussed as potential nominees with mixed signals on whether they would withdraw.
Congress approved a compromise to curb presidential power over calling reservists. The plan divides into two groups the ready reserves of 1.5 million veterans who could be activated in an emergency by the president but with Congress setting the number, and standby reserves of long-serving veterans who could be called only if no ready reserves remain and only in wartime or in a Congress-declared emergency.
Tehran says Moscow has no basis to claim Iran violated the 1921 Irano Soviet treaty by accepting renewed U S military aid. A government note was delivered to the Russian ambassador dismissing the protest as unfounded.
Two North Korean soldiers who defected to UN lines near Panmunjom last week were branded spies by Peiping radio. The broadcast claimed the UN used Panmunjom to facilitate espionage activities and was heard in Tokyo.
The subcommittee report says Lattimore and Johns Hopkins professor John Davies faced perjury action over alleged Communist links. Lattimore and Davies deny the accusations while McCarran cites wartime espionage ties involving Harry White and Solomon Adler as motives for probing Treasury and other agencies.
A seven month I R B probe in the lth District uncovered 2 491 150 in delinquent federal income taxes due from 219 taxpayers. Walter R Starr the district revenue collector said the report covers Nov 1 to June 1 and involves Northern and Eastern New York.
Malik cast the sole negative vote in a 10 1 majority backing an American resolution. The Soviet veto, needed by Security Council rules, blocks the investigation. Malik’s vote marks a rare use of the veto in UN history, with France the only other nation to wield it.
Morris Spector, while fueling a new car he bought for his wife, caused a flare of flame that engulfed the vehicle and a second car near his garage and a new home addition. State Police report the loss at $40,000.
Dewey held a crowded ballroom press conference as delegates waited for a Dewey nomination update. He projected modesty while leading New York’s 96 votes for Eisenhower, insisting he would “carry water” and help in any way.
Anvils mark the grave of Ernest Sheldon in Ruitsnam Connecticut after a 38 year career as a blacksmith. He requested the tombstone style before his death, honoring his craft and service to the community.
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