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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1952
Page
2
An earthquake described as fairly severe was logged by Fordham University seismograph last night. The Rev. Joseph Lynch estimated the epicenter about 4,000 miles from New York in an undetermined direction. The first shock occurred at 10 02 P.M. Eastern Standard Time and the second at 10 11 08.
The Veterans Administration advises disabled World War II veterans to begin a four year VA training program by July 25 or face removal of longer courses. Officials say only shorter periods of training will be permitted. The change affects those planning to train for occupations on the four year track.
West Berlin police report the giant Radio Berlin building in the British sector has been abandoned by its Communist occupants. Fewer than 20 workers remain as the last file rooms and script writing departments move to the East after the British barricaded the building for a week.
Mrs. Edward Davis and husband face a $28,434 damages suit over an entryway mat. The plaintiff claims the couple failed to warn about the mat, did not illuminate the porch, and did not provide a safe entry and exit.
Soviet recall of its ambassador to Romania Anatoly Lavrentiev, 48, to be replaced by Alexander Bogomolov, former envoy to Czechoslovakia. Bogomolov, a wartime envoy to the Czech government in London, succeeds Lavrentiev in Prague. Other shifts move Georgi Pushkin, Alexander Panyushkin, Georgi Zarubin, and Andrei Gromyko among deputy foreign ministers and ambassadors.
Civil defense groups in 34 states adopt Dr. Martin J. Hea outline “Treatment of Atomic Bomb Injuries” as standard first aid for mass casualties. About 750,000 leaflets issued. approved by medical boards and health departments in Washington New York Alaska and many states. The pamphlet provides step by step treatment from burn assessment to wound care using plasma saline dressings and pressure bandages.
Chicago dispatch notes Gen. Douglas MacArthur will deliver a keynote speech with his wife Jean and son Arthur forming a triple household. The article recounts their long partnership and travels from Manila to Corregidor and Australia, portraying their bond as a family unit rather than a crowd.
A large bloc of De Gaulle followers in the French Parliament plans to form a new party after bolting from the Rally of the French People. The rebellion cuts the RFP to about SG seats in the assembly and 20 in the Senate, shifting dominance to the Socialists and Communists with the Catholic PRM.
Former President Herbert Hoover travels to Chicago for the GOP gathering and calls for party unity without vituperation. He declining to name nominees but hopes for constructive debate during his platform address and private delegate talks. Hoover notes his long, traveling involvement with conventions and expects a vital meeting.
Peter Driscoll 13 year old son of New Jersey Governor Alfred E. Driscoll was confined to his hotel room with illness amid a polio scare at the Republican National Convention. Governor Driscoll and his wife traveled from Texas after a governors conference as polio fears spread.
Willoughby dispatch chief Charles W. Rittenhouse faced a 3000 bee swarm that broke loose from a shipment bound for A. R. Beigieman of Hirt land Ohio. Mail workers watched as Beigieman was summoned to regain control. only one man, Reigzleman, was stung.
A Senate subcommittee pressed the armed forces to shed non fighting duties and use more personnel for combat roles. It cited waste and inefficiency and urged private industry help to conserve manpower, questioning why an Air Force wing uses 22 for 6 pilots and Navy training centers employ one trainer for every two and a half trainees.
The Schenectady County Council of Churches arranged a noon meeting to urge Governor Dewey’s counsel to address alleged gambling in Schenectady. The group seeks a special grand jury and a special Supreme Court term to carry out an investigation.
Chicago reporting recalls the famous smoke filled room origin linked to Gen. Lucius D. Clay and journalist Ray Rapper. The room at the Drake Hilton in Chicago hosted discussions that led to Harding's nomination in 1920 while Harvey occupied the suite. Clay dismisses the notion, saying I smoke but this isn't a smoke filled room.
Jersey City N J Henry Krajewski pig farmer and candidate for president on the poor man's ticket canceled his Chicago bid after a taxing day of campaigning. He was hospitalized for exhaustion and heat prostration amid a strenuous campaign swing.
More than 12 000 Republicans crowded Convention Hall seeking a presidential candidate. The scene contrasts a lively outdoor show with tense internal battles over rules and delegate loyalties as Taft and Eisenhower vie for the nomination amid undecided delegates and potential floor fights.
Mrs Katherine G Reed wife of Col Deilen W Reed of Fairfield Iowa faces 17 charges for violating U S currency and rationing rules in occupied Germany. A German servant testified he acted as a black market intermediary for her. Reed pleads innocent as trial opens with details of seized scrip coupons and gasoline coupons.
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