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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1952
Page
1
James A. Michener describes life on the Korean front through a reporter’s lens. He profiles a soldier named Harry Harper and the brutal routine of daily baths, treks, and trench life high in the mountains. The piece sketches extended front lines, daily hardships, and the scale of American efforts in Korea.
President Syngman Rhee explained the martial law decree covering Pusan and 21 counties as necessary and overdue due to guerrilla activity and to curb violence. Gen. James Van Fleet met Rhee in Pusan with American Embassy officials after the slayings of five U S soldiers near Tongnae.
Chief John A. Kinney announced 17 new patrolmen to fill vacancies in the Syracuse Police Department. They will be sworn in at 10 30 A M in Kinny s office, with the appointments effective June 1. Several appointees are relatives of current officers including Robert L Busch son of Sgt Bernard Busch and brother of Patrolman William Busch and James C Stapleton son of Patrolman Cornelius Stapleton.
The milk foundation named Nancy Eigiesbach 16 of Chicago as dairy dream girl saying she knows how to milk a cow.
Marquis Childs notes in today's editorial that political spending by both parties this year is rising faster than ever. The page also lists regular features and sections including Amusements, Classifieds, Our Schools, City Life, and Sports, with page numbers for each.
The U S Navy reported 24 South Korean sailors were killed and 21 injured in a May 21 collision between the South Korean navy frigate Apnok and the U S ammunition carrier Mount Baker in Korean waters. Mount Baker suffered no injuries and only minor damage.
General Eisenhower today secured all 22 Connecticut GOP delegates at Hartford defeating a Taft faction. The RNC delegate count showed Eisenhower 381 to Taft 399, with Republicans nationwide at 1,001 of 1,206 pledged. Porter warned of walkouts if Eisenhower delegates are not seated, while Texas and San Antonio conventions split over rival camps.
Maj. Donald E. Adams of Mount Clemens Michigan, flying with 21 Sabres, shot down one MiG-15 twenty miles south of the Yalu River for his sixth kill in his 94th mission. Communists massed 300 men at Uliongbu corridor north of Seoul as Eighth Army stayed alert along a 155 mile front.
Donald S. McChesney and local leaders show confidence Eisenhower will be the Republican nominee. McChesney is abroad until mid July. county committee chair George Traister and vice chair Norma Stone remain officially uncommitted but are expected to back Governor Dewey and Eisenhower at the Chicago convention.
James P. McGranery took office as attorney general and pledged to apprehend, prosecute and convict violators with due protection of civil rights. He warned against witch hunts and chaotic charges while the Justice Department faces congressional scrutiny over past prosecutions and laxity in rooting out wrongdoing.
Moline police race to gauge damage after Earl McGlaughlin, the city's pistol shooting champion, loses part of a trigger finger when a two man prisoner slams a cell door on his hand during a scuffle. The injury jeopardizes his participation in the upcoming state marksmanship contest.
Senator Carlson of Kansas said he will vote to cut 500 million from the 6.9 billion foreign aid bill as the Senate enters its second day of debate. He spoke after returning from Paris where he met Eisenhower, though they did not discuss the measure. Carlson leads the Eisenhower movement and heads the local headquarters.
Jennifer the pink eyed hen, owned by Charles Rogers, produced 10 eggs in under an hour after being moved indoors. RSPCA notes the hen appeared sickly before the event and a veterinarian assessed her, finding her in apparently good condition.
Thirty girls were overcome by smoke when a smoke bomb exploded in the basement of Yavapai Hall at the University of Arizona. Three male students are held. Shirley Bledsoe from Oklahoma, with prior lung ailment, stopped breathing but was revived. she remained serious for hours. Yavapai Hall had hosted a prior incident, with several students suspended by the university.
A short humor item notes that people who live in glass houses might as well answer the doorbell. The quip plays on the old saying with a playful domestic image.
The weatherman predicts fair and warmer conditions tonight and tomorrow with a high around degrees and an overnight low near 45. A Minnesota centered low may bring light rain late tomorrow night or Thursday morning, but no prolonged rain is expected. Cooler conditions are forecast starting tomorrow night. overall travel, golf, and picnicking should be fine with scattered showers possible Sunday.
The Duke of Windsor arrived to visit his mother Queen Mary and missed seeing his niece Queen Elizabeth I by hours. The Queen and family traveled to Balmoral Castle in Scotland for a week long vacation, a trip that surprised the Duke who had written of his plan to come.
An excited resident led Policeman James Welsh to Greenlawn Cemetery where a hovering light was traced to a punctured rubber balloon. A Signal Corps battery end flashlight bulb attached by two heavy strings explained the mystery.
Six Western European states Germany France Italy Belgium Netherlands and Luxembourg sign a 50 year pact to form a European army under Gen Matthew Ridgway with US Britain and Canada as allies. The treaty creates a single style uniform pay scale mixed staff and a governing structure to defend democracy against communism. United States and Britain pledge to defend the six nations and Allied sectors of Berlin.
East Berlin telephone exchanges and the lifeline highway to the west were blocked by Soviet and East German forces. The action comes after West Germany and the United States Britain and France signed a separate peace, signaling the potential start of a Berlin blockade.
Herb Tintie Jr a 24 year old high school teacher from Dumont New Jersey served in the 45th Division Korea Corps He weighed 263 pounds when he entered the army after nineteen months of training in the United States and Japan and duty in Korea he now weighs 175 pounds a fashionably slim figure
Paris based report says the Big Three western foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting in West Berlin to discuss retaliation fears tied to a German peace treaty and a six nation European Army accord. East German propaganda seizes on a frontier shooting, while West Berlin braces for further Communist harassment.
Gen. Matthew Ridgway arrived to assume Allied supreme command and warned a Soviet attack on Western Europe is a possibility due to Moscow's capabilities. He denied reports of a definite plan to end the Korean War and said he had not seen the Washington rumor.
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