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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1952
Page
4
Tokyo reports Japan ready to expand trade with Southeast Asia. Experts say Japan will compete with England and the United States as it rebuilds its economy with strong U S aid and a reasonably bright outlook for growth in postwar markets.
Reports from Allied authorities describe Japan's postwar recovery with over 2 billion dollars in aid and a self supporting economy. Industrial activity rose 45 percent above prewar levels and living standards neared those of the 1930s while democratic reforms progressed across labor, industry, and agriculture.
Edwin Townsley of Betten dorf and Leonard Townsley with family from St. Paul Minnesota visited sister Lena Chance in Washington Sunday. John Wo Applegate of Chi CHO spent the weekend with his mother and sister Mrs. John Applegate. Maraar mt Mroo and Mr WB Pipi were guests yesterday at the home of their brother Phil Dupuis.
United States forces face fallout from Koje Island panic as commanders Dodd and Colson are fell to colonel ranks after failed rescue concessions. Clark orders new smaller enclosures, UN and Red Cross fault the oversized stockade, and talks resume on returning ROK guards to duty to curb prisoner abuse and propaganda leverage.
The report states Virginia has a sufficient coal reserve to sustain its current annual production for a span of one thousand years. In another note, Mrs. W. K. Gites of Burlington is to be discharged from Mercy hospital in Iowa City and return home on route two Washington today.
Eisenhower supporters forecast winning most or all of Connecticut's 22 GOP delegates at the state convention as Taft lags in the race for presidential nomination. Taft backers argue gains elsewhere will offset any Connecticut delegates amid contests in Texas Alabama Virginia and New Mexico. Democratic targets include Missouri Kentucky and Florida with delegates at stake across several states as primary dates loom. Russell and Kefauver are contenders in the Florida and Georgia race contexts with primaries upcoming.
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