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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1952
Page
2
Washington stares down a gloves off TV debate between senators Kefauver of Tennessee and Taft of Ohio. The fiery exchange over foreign policy drew cheers and slurs with Taft calling it the hottest broadcast of the year. The two are leading their parties in convention delegates. Concluded on Page 3, Column 3.
Georgia Democrats announce a 28 vote delegation for the Democratic convention. Maine primaries will nominate candidates for the U S Senate House and governor. General Eisenhower opens a Denver political headquarters. Kefauver holds an outdoor rally supporting DC six delegate votes. Russell meets convention delegates in Bis marck N C. Kerr meets Iowa delegates in Des Moines Juncheon.
At a Denver breakfast with farm editors General Eisenhower promised to bring the nation's best brains to bear on agricultural problems if elected president. He said he has no ready answers but is determined to tackle farm issues with expert help and invited editors to meet to discuss the farmers' challenges.
George Coyle of Palisades Park N J watched his identical two year old triplet sons split up in different directions at the amusement park on Father’s Day. He later gathered the trio after each father conducted separate searches for his child.
Marquis Childs discusses the Soviet era refugees trapped by strict immigration limits, detailing their perilous flight, possessions abandoned, and prolonged waiting. Regular features are listed across Amusements Financial Bridge Classified Pres Quiz City Life Radio-TV Deaths Social Editorials Sports and Letters. Page references are provided for today’s sections.
Georgia party leaders name a slate led by Gov. Herman Talmadge to cast the state's 25 Democratic National Convention votes for Senator Richard Russell. The State Democratic Executive Committee will select 36 delegates with alternates and possibly up to 200 honorary delegates for the Chicago convention.
A blast at Habunde near Pusan tears through the U S Army ammunition dump killing one soldier and leaving 33 missing or injured. Two Americans are missing, four hospitalized, and 24 others lightly hurt. Civilians also injured as fires, smoke, and phosphorus filled the area. Police suspect guerrilla sabotage. area residents flee toward Pusan as officials report salvaged stock rather than front line munitions.
Russia's Jacob Malik called a UN Security Council meeting for Wednesday at 3 PM to discuss Soviet charges that the UN is conducting germ warfare in Korea. The move follows failure to obtain action in the Disarmament Commission. Malik, June chair, also raised new members and the stalled applications of 14 countries despite UN Assembly pressure in Paris.
United States, Britain, and France begin a series of discussions on Korea Indo China and Germany to counter Moscow’s moves. Moscow names Andrei Gromyko ambassador to London heightening fears the talks will test the Western alliance and core defense posture. France seeks more U.S. aid in Indo China while Korean truce talks and POW handling are also on the agenda.
A cool air mass from the Midwest should clear the heat wave by tomorrow noon. Tonight will stay warm with temperatures not dropping below 72. Thunderstorms are possible early tomorrow as the high reaches the mid 80s. Southwest winds 15 to 25 mph with gusts to 35 mph late tonight and tomorrow.
John P. Barbieri, 30, endured 20 lashes in Delaware's first public flogging in three years after pleading guilty to beating Mrs. Belle Davis, 59. The sentence, carried out in a New Castle County Workhouse courtyard, lasted 45 seconds with no blood drawn. He remained calm as he was led to the infirmary for observation.
Bernard E. Klock testified in Syracuse Federal Court that he took three to four thousand dollars worth of good checks from Paul Titus of Auburn in exchange for overdrawn Titus checks. Klock, former Syracuse Trust Co. bookkeeper, pleaded guilty to misapplication and conspiracy involving bank funds and is the government’s witness in Titus’s trial. Titus, an appliance dealer, is charged with aiding misapplication and conspiring with Klock and another bookkeeper. This is the fourth day of the trial.
US 45th Division troops repelled an artillery supported Chinese assault on a hill west of Chorwon. The five day battle left Reds with over 4,000 casualties and about 750 Chinese killed in a bitter seven hour engagement. Fighting continued along the 155 mile front with clashes near Panmunjom Yonchon Kumhera and the Punch Bowl. American Sabrejet pilots claimed three jets destroyed and one damaged as Lt. James Low of Sausalito became the 17th US jet ace.
In a tense exchange a barber told a furious customer to relax noting the man had earlier complained about his long nose. The quip references the nose as a light jab amid the minor injury.
Chicago reports 76 deaths over four days from a heat wave, with six direct heat related fatalities and 70 drownings. The oppressive weather stretched from Texas to the Atlantic coast, melting records as temperatures hit up to 108 degrees.
Five days of clashes across more than a dozen Soviet Zone villages as East German police move to evict residents from frontier security areas. Police riot squads, hundreds of arrests, and at least 30 reported casualties accompany attempts to deport villagers and seize political unreliables from jails in Kaltenwordheim and Streudorf.
In Copenhagen four Danish Air Force fighter pilots, recently returned from U S training, said they were afraid to fly jets and offered to switch to bombers. An Air Force spokesman confirmed their dismissal despite the offer.
A Swedish Catalina mercy flight was attacked by two MiG-15 jets over international waters in the Baltic. Seven crewed rescued by a German freighter Muensterland after collision with Russian planes. Sweden demands punishment and a prompt Soviet investigation with measures to prevent recurrence. Premier Tage Erlander delivered a stern protest to the Soviet ambassador.
Wholesale buyers report a rapid price decline as several weeks of scarcity ease. New crop potatoes from Virginia flood the market while California and Carolina supplies retreat toward lower wholesale figures. Prices fall from ceilings of 460 a bag to around 5.50 for a hundredweight bag in Central New York, with California slips to 7 and black market pricing fading. George Kling of Loblaw Markets notes further declines. Joseph Russo Jr. reports higher weekly sales after the drop.
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