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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1952
Page
3
Elizabeth Taylor arrived from London and said married life with Michael Wilding is wonderful. She will travel to California to rejoin her husband in about two weeks and resume film work in Hollywood.
Probate filings reveal William Gray of Milton left one fourth of his 75000 dollar estate to "those men who served in World War I with me." The list, sealed in a Boston bank, will be delivered to the executor. Other items mention wage cuts, a divorce, and Kiwanis International convention opening in Seattle with delegates from the U S Canada Alaska.
Biologists on Sanibel Island Florida plan to release more than 1,500,000 mosquitoes today to study the range and habits of the Notorynchus biter from coastal marshes. The effort, part of a broader experiment, aims to map movement from Everglades to Punta Gord, testing radioactive tracers and alpine defense analogies in a climate study context.
In South Korea a massive explosion at a military ammunition dump sent flames and smoke skyward. Wind shifted late afternoon, preventing firefighting nearby. Police suspect sabotage tied to Red guerrillas, recalling past killings of an American guard and others in the Haeundae region. Local workers reported a laborer who stole from the site last March, and another source noted Communist handbills circulated recently.
King Feisal II of Iraq will visit the United States for about two months starting in September after currently attending events in England. The trip to the United States is described as routine with no real signs of changes to the plan.
The Defense Ministry reported guerrillas attacked a Cor munise island off Shanghai about 275 miles away, killing 30 and withdrawing after using transport. Also reported are a London Soviet diplomat case, Swiss neutrality on Korea prison camps, and trial testimony on bank fraud involving Titus and Klock with checks and deposits discussed during cross examination.
Swift & Company charged in federal courts in Boston and New Haven with more than 440 violations of price ceilings under the Defense Production Act. Investigations by the Justice Department led to grand jury style informations filed by the Office of Price Stabilization. Swift asserted compliance and said hearings dates were not yet set.
Washington action revived a bill to boost social security benefits by about 300 million annually. Rep Coughton urged a modified measure, offering an 8 to 12 percent increase for beneficiaries while dropping a key provision granting the Federal Security Administrator power to regulate medical exams for total and permanent disability claims.
Richard Dawley, 14, of Auburn, fell from a tractor on a farm near the city limits Saturday. He was taken to Mercy Hospital for treatment of a laceration and remained in the hospital. The incident occurred at a rural location on the outskirts.
Willard Storage Battery Co in Cleveland announced about a six percent cut in automotive batteries. Prof William James Ent Wistle, 56, a Spanish professor at Oxford University since 1932 and director of Portuguese studies since 1933, died in Oxford England.
During a high profile espionage trial seven Swedes faced charges of spying for Russia. Enbom, 33, admitted guilt and could face life with hard labor. others, including a woman, risk at least two years. Meantime Erlander spoke against Soviet espionage while tensions rose over a downed American Catalina and unanswered questions about air force engagements over the Baltic.
A chaotic dispatch covers 26 drivers seized in a traffic enforcement net near Albany. The report details police checkpoints on Routes 9, 40, and nearby streets, fining violators and noting a DC-3 wreckage casualty and a Baltic Sea aircraft incident involving a Catalina and Swedish forces. The piece mixes traffic enforcement data with wartime air losses and unreliable fragments.
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