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Newspaper
Syracuse Herald Journal
Location
Syracuse, New York, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1952
Page
2
The Presbyterian Church in the U S A reports declining foreign missionary forces as the General Assembly deliberates, authorizing a study to strengthen foreign missions. In New York City taxi fares rise to 25 cents for the first fifth of a mile, with five cents for each additional quarter mile.
General Dwight D. Eisenhower will use a forthcoming Abilene Kansas speech to address domestic issues alongside foreign policy. Campaign aides expect remarks on labor management relations and federal spending, with peace prospects as the central theme.
In Tokyo Vice Admiral Robert P. Briscoe said Soviet submarines in the Pacific stay near bases in Russia and China and are unlikely to act. He voiced eagerness to handle any challenge to U S forces in the Far East.
Christopher D. Smithers 87 Locust Valley organizer of IBM and firm director. Myron Hunt 84 Pasadena architect of Rose Bowl Hollywood Bowl Hunting ton Art Gallery. Hugh A. Grady 81 Broadway production supervisor and longtime Arthur Hammerstein administrator. Arthur R. Bauder 86 University of Alabama professor emeritus and former Lafayette Stephens Stetson professor in Pittsburgh.
Baruch warns inflation costs have raised defense expenses by 12 billion dollars and could add 10 billion more next year. He urges Congress to trim unnecessary spending, restore cuts in defense funding, and adopt a 10 point plan for a unified, efficient defense program with clear production targets and a national strategy.
Senator Dirksen said there is growing support to end wage price controls on June 30 as debate opens on extending the controls. Senator Maybank forecast the Senate would keep controls until March 1 per Banking Committee guidance. Maybank will lead the debate on the extension bill late today or tomorrow.
Delegates from both parties faced a split convention with Taft and Eisenhower camps disqualified by the state committee. The Taft faction named an uninstructed delegation while Eisenhower backers urged national committee intervention. A September Governor’s Convention could decide the state electors amid lingering disputes.
Kentucky Democrats pledged their 26 nominating votes to Alben W. Barkley for the party’s presidential nomination. Barkley, 74, had not stated if he would run, but the home state delegation named him a state at large delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, voting as a unit for Barkley.
Connecticut Republican leaders said all 22 delegates to the national convention would back General Dwight Eisenhower. Twenty delegates were firmly aligned, with two undecided but leaning to the majority. No delegate indicated support for Eisenhower rivals.
The day’s convention nominated 55 year old Hartford manufacturer William Purtell by acclamation for U S senator and renominated congress at large Antoni N. Sadlak.
Leesburg Virginia police report Maurice Ray Fox, a 39 year old who fled a mental hospital two weeks earlier, killed his father William Fitzgerald Fox a Capital Airlines pilot Captain Robert O Connor and cosmetic firm manager Lian Tie in a Jonesy area farm near Leesburg. He was arrested shortly after in a drunken stupor with a 12 gauge shotgun beside him.
Senate supporters of a 5.9 billion foreign aid bill move to a final vote after securing absentees for a tight decision on a 500 million dollar reduction. Debate limited with aim of nightfall action. Republicans accuse stalling as they failed to push a larger cut.
Koje normal reassignment not disclosed. Before Koje incidents, he was slated for duty with the Army Chief of Transportation in Washington. Clark’s personal representative found the prisoner situation touchy but under control. Maj. Gen. Blackshear M. Bryan and Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boamner toured the rebellious camp. Bryan led the inquiry board for the Dodd kidnapping. Washington faces calls for fuller explanations of the Kose riots. Senator Bridges seeks investigation of Gen Ridgway's role as Ridgway moves to NATO command in Paris.
Paris officials confiscated all copies of L Humanite and Liberation and mobilized 20 000 police to stop a mass demonstration planned in Paris against General Ridgway at Place de la Republique at 6 30 P M.
Two con artists admitted placing a worthless seven dollar check in a church collection. They said they believed they ought to give something.
An industry member of the Wage Stabilization Board warned that rising labor costs threaten a business recession. Richard F. Doherty told the House Labor Committee the steel and petroleum disputes could spark another wage push, requiring costly fiscal inflation to avert downturn. He faulted the WSB as a stabilizing agency and called its dispute practices an unstabilizing factor.
The East German government imposes a no man’s land 1 600 feet deep along the 375 mile border with West Germany creating a dead zone behind it. West Germans will require East German documents to travel into East Germany and Berlin effective Sunday.
The bruised body of four year old Mary Louise Wargo was found stuffed in a pillow case on a vacant lot in Newark's industrial area. A physician said she likely died from strangulation or suffocation after a two hour search by her mother.
London report says Charles Laughton cancelled a planned 300 mile Atlantic flight after a plane experienced engine trouble. A reception committee led by J. B. Priestley had awaited the actor in London but officials confirmed no one from the party had arrived.
Aboard U S S Douglas off Korea communist forces in Hungnam joined to spot an American flag waving on a harbor island. A Fox destroyer raiding party painted the ship name on the cliff and raised the flag to surprise sister ship U S S James C Owens as it arrived.
Florida voters show Ke f a u v e r leading among Democrats with 117 delegates and Russell predicting at least 18 nominating votes. In the Fourth District Kefauver wins both delegates. Dan McCarty defeats Brailey Odham in governor's race. Republican Harry S. Swan faces long odds statewide.
A 600 ton freighter named B F surfaced as missing and presumed sunk in the St Lawrence River. Marine officials say the iron hulled ship, converted from a coastal coal carrier, left St Anne des Monts May 13 bound for Three Rivers loaded with 300 cords of pulpwood and heavy seas.
Four major national food distribution groups reject claims that OPS price adjustments will meaningfully raise consumer costs. They argue competition keeps prices down. Last week OPS raised ceilings on nine canned fruits and vegetables, costing over 100 million annually. Other moves include expanded investigations into shortages and a broad rise in metal allocations by the NPA for durable goods.
The National Safety Council estimates 310 Americans will die in traffic accidents during the Memorial Day weekend if motorists fail to drive with extra caution. Roads are expected to be jammed with more than 35 million vehicles over a three day period from 6 PM tomorrow to midnight Sunday.
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