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Newspaper
Tucson Daily Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1952
Page
6
Public notice page from the Tucson Daily Citizen dated Tuesday June 3 1952. Contains agency byline of United Press Association and Audit Bureau of Circulations with republication rights and pricing details.
In Tucson cloud seeding is paused for May and June due to poor rain potential while a $70,000 private fund seeks to extend artificial rainfall for the coming year. Supporters cite a 120 percent rainfall year and Langmuir’s studies, while opponents note humidity and health concerns in a desert city. Local officials stress cloud seeding is experimental and aims to protect water supplies for a growing region.
Arizona Album edits reveal the George Martin Drug Co shop at West Congress and Church sold autos fuel beginning 1903 or 1904. A single underground tank and curbside service with a horn signal marked early Tucson motoring commerce. George Martin later led the Crystal Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Andrew and Louis remained involved.
The piece argues the Korean War has no clear objective and has cost the United States dearly. It cites 108000 casualties, 20000 dead, and 24 months of fighting. It criticizes negotiations at Panmunjom and Kaesong as failing to break Chinese resistance. The author contrasts past wars and recalls a Chinese negotiator describing endless talks and the need to defeat such tactics.
In 1952 analysis Sokolsky argues Soviet policy seeks to prolong Korean War, prod US Britain discord, and avoid direct fighting by using truce talks with China and North Korea. He claims Chiang Kai-shek’s truce allowed Communists to arm and strike, while the US bears costly, distant commitments.
Washington reports on a satire about U.S. potatoes shipped to Canada amid price ceilings and Canada newsprint hikes. The piece also notes Senate Majority Leader Ernest McFarland scolding absenteeism and a quip from Sen. Pat McCarran about presidential candidates.
In Coronado a small office holds Adm. William H. Standley who wrote about betrayal of the United States and criticizes the Truman administration and Communist influence. He accuses Harriman and Eleanor Roosevelt of pushing Soviet policy while praising relief aid and wartime lend-lease as fraudulent.
Westbrook Pegler quotes Harriman criticizing Roosevelt era actions, Roberts committee failures, and Kimmel Short as scapegoats. He warns against socialism, warns of Soviet takeovers, and claims American treachery by supposed patriots as unimaginable. He predicts dangers from government handouts and Communist aims.
New York columnist Bob Ruark mocks golf as modern civilization in a tidy capsule. He argues golf drains joy, breeds unhappy players, and inflates self deception with excessive striving and vanity.
Eisenhower arrives back in Washington at 61 after 37 years in the army ready to run for president. Taft immediately attacks, criticizing air power and setting conditions for Ike’s campaign as reporters anticipate future exchanges.
James Marlow notes campaigns may attack Truman Acheson policy from 1944 to 1952 as the most disastrous era in U S foreign policy. Eisenhower may attack Taft on foreign policy if nominated, while Republicans press him before a possible White House run. It questions whether Eisenhower considered entering politics at all.
The Los Angeles Times laments a weekend of deadly and injurious crashes across the region. A dire chase in the San Fernando Valley left five teens and two officers injured, highlighting parental limits and the need for stricter deterrents to unsafe driving.
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