12-Year-Old Wins Central NY Soap Box Derby in Record Time
Eugene Armani, 12, of 412 Newcastle Rd, becomes the first Class B winner to claim the grand championship in 14 years of Central New York Soap Box Derby racing. His car set a 34.22 second time at 25.92 mph on Broad Street, from Ackerman Ave to Westcott St, breaking this year’s Derby records.
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Soap Box Row
Eugene Armani
Newcastle Rd
Broad St
Ackerman Av
Westcott St
Syracuse Soap Box Derby Champion Gene Armary Fights Freezer Woes
Eugene Armary, 12, of Cherry Road School in Westvale, won the 1952 Syracuse Soap Box Derby after freezing and de-icing his car wheels and bearings from a refrigerator trick. He then raced to victory and will travel to Akron, Ohio for the national finals with about 150 finalists. Armary, the youngest Class B winner, credited a quick de-icer wash and oiling for saving his run. He noted rival Tom Wallace as a stronger car contender while expressing eagerness to see other entrants. (Concluded on Page 23, Column 3)
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Gene
New‘castle Rd
Westvale
Syracuse
Akron
Tom Wallace
1952 Derby Success Tied to a Large Team Effort
A community Derby event succeeded thanks to Derby Director Bernard J. Smith Gene Cohen of the Herald Journal Herald American and a corps of Pit Chiefs Milt Howard Earl Greene and Ken Offke with Recreation Department instructors. Officials broadcast timing and results with Frank Shattuck GE timing Jim Deline WSYR PA Elliott Gove WSYR and Bo Amos waving winners at the Broad Street course.
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Bernard J. Smith
Gene Cohen
Herald-Journal
Herald-American
Milt Howard
Earl Greene
Ken Offke
City Recreation Department
Bo Amos
al Newton
Brewerton Speedway
Carl Batcharie
Frank Canton
American Automobile Association
William H. Bamerick
Arthur Grimm
Earland Farmer
Frank Shattuck
Jim Deline
WSYR
Elliott Gove
Results of 1952 Soapbox Derby Heats First Round
The first round of the 1952 Soapbox Derby lists heats with drivers and times. Notable results include Larry Humphreys at 34.54 and Eugene Armani at 34.65, with several heats featuring spins or incomplete finishes and multiple drivers advancing toward the semifinals. Concluded on Page 25, Column &
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George Knaul
Robert Hanyak
Robert Gale
Richard Lavin
Anthony Picciotti
Robert Hutchins
New Steel Talks Open Amid Threats of Seizure
In Washington a renewed push to end the 45 day steel strike brings government pressure for direct talks in Pittsburgh. A union shop dispute stands as the main hurdle while a possible partial seizure of steel plants looms to protect war production.
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Washington
Defense
John IR. Steelman
White House
Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Murray
Libel Mills
Allied Industries
Council of Economic Advisers
Council
Truman
National Grange
Daniel A. Reed
Korea
Omaha
Union Pacific Railroad
No Puerto Rican Poll This Time
Chicago dispatch notes Democratic delays on nominating a president and confirms no poll of the 6 member Puerto Rican delegation. Jose Benitez, Puerto Rican delegate, told the platform committee there would be no island poll on the convention floor. The scene echoed a prior Republican conclave moment.
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Chicago
INS
Joseb Benitez
Platform Committee
Island
Hope for Korea armistice fades as mediation stalls
An official London source said India failed as go-between and mediation waned. Panmunjom talks yielded no progress with Brig. Gen. William Nuckols giving no comment. Peiping radio and reports from Korea echoed stalled negotiations and renewed deadlock amid strict secrecy in London.
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Tokyo
London
India
Ipostman
Peiping
Washington
Korea
Wiliam P. Nuckols
Panmurjom
Panmunjom
Margaret Truman Heads to Wales and Scotland Tour
Margaret Truman departed Dublin en route to Wales then Scotland and on to Salzburg Austria for the annual music festival. The itinerary includes stops in the British Isles before attending the festival in Salzburg.
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Margaret
Wales
Dublin
Ireland
Margaret Truman
Scotland
Salzburg
Austria
Five Missing as Fire Hits Three Ships Off Long Island
Coast Guard rescues 48 from three ships after flames enshroud the Norwegian freighter Black Gull in the Atlantic near Long Island. Gripsholm sailors save six women among survivors. one passenger and seven crew members remain unaccounted for.
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New York (U
Coast Guard
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island
Dng
Mackinack
Black Gull
Gripsholm
Loyalty pledge urged as Democratic rift widens
Southern anti Truman forces won a first round in Democratic convention delegate contests. Senator Estes Kefauver urged a fair play amendment to bar Mississippi and Texas delegations from voting until seated. Harriman campaign managers planned a loyalty pledge to bind all delegates to the party nominee. Concluded on Page 9.
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Kefauver
Chicago
Estes Nefauver
Mississippi
Texas
Refaucver
White House
Averell Harriman
Harriman
Democratic National Convention Monday Program Details
Eastern Daylight Time program for Monday at the Democratic National Convention lists a daytime session with calls to order by Frank E. McKinney invocation by Samuel Cardinal Stritch welcome by Mayor Martin H. Kennelly and remarks from Adlai Stevenson and Paul Douglas. Evening session features Theodore Francis Green presiding and a keynote by Gov. Paul A. Devers.
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Civicago
Frank E. McKinney
Democratic National Committee
Samuel Cardinal Stritch
Chicago
Martin H. Kennelly
Dorothy Vredenburgh
National Committee
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
Paul H. Douglas
Ilinois
J. M. Arvey
Elizabeth A. Conkey
Theodore Francis Green
Rhode Island
J. Ralph Mingee
McKinney
Paul A. Devers
Massachusettts
Five Year Old Boy Missing Near Four Mile Lake
Search efforts continued for a five year old boy missing since early yesterday in heavy timber near Four Mile Lake in Klamath Falls Oregon. Authorities coordinate teams and aircraft as daylight searches resumed with no immediate leads.
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Klamath Falls
Ore
PIA
Poy
Four Mile Lake
Unity Democrats Fret Over Anti-Filibuster Plank Fight
In Chicago last night Unity Democrats raced to avert a convention floor clash over a proposed anti-filibuster plank. Senators Lehman and Humphrey stood firm against linking civil rights to a possible rule change, while Dixie leaders warned the fight could split the party. Informal talks continue as time runs short.
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Chicago
Unity Democrats
Harmony Bloc
Herbert H. Lehman
D-N. Y
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minm
Platform Committee
Senate
Dixie
Inere
John J. Sparkman
D| Ala
Brooks Hays
Aniel
Warren G. Magnuson
Francis J. Myers
D-Pa
Women led Albany policy ring busted in raids
Police arrested twenty people in the Albany area on a women operated policy ring with a weekly take exceeding 15000. The operation centered at Delmar home of Mrs Lucy Ardizone with bankroll provided by Mrs Wanda Cercone of Schenectady. Bail set at 300 each, cases referred to grand juries in Albany and Schenectady counties.
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TaWiGidude Faans Uleee
Albany - Schenectady - Troy
Albany
Schenectady
Delmar
Lucy B. Ardizone
Wanda Cercone
Ardizone
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Kenneth Graves
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Corcoran
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Howard Carroll
Eugene Armary
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Larry Humphreys
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Tony Recco
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Steven Smallwood
John Hanyak
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Bob Nevin
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Fred, Crause
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Thomas Restani
Edward Scott
Ted Antonacci
Anthony Prince
Raymont Brant
James Dummitt
Ronald Grady
Richard Kahute
Richard David
Franklin Hyde
Frank Adolfi
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James Swan
Thomas Dombroski
Leary
Harry Humprey
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Earl Stvers
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Alan Spillett
Thomas Dombrowski
Andrew Susko
Larry Humphrey
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Winchell
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Tennessee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
G.O.P
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Lehman-Humphrey
Julian B. Elway
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