52 World's Champion Liar Spins One About Mosquito
The Burlington Liars Club named Airman Third Class Harry V. Cummings of Dallas the 1952 World's Champion Liar for a tale about Japanese mosquitoes told while stationed near Tokyo. Texas-born Cummings is the third Texan winner in recent years. An honorable mention went to John S. Kendix of Brooke Army Hospital, San Antonio, with a hospital-ship boiler fable.
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Burlington
Wis
John S. Kendeix
Brooke Army Hospital
San Antonio
Russian science under party control warned as weak link
Dr. Conway Zirkle of the University of Pennsylvania warned at AAAS that Soviet science is collapsing under obedience to the party line. He cited genetics as destroyed by anti science, with other fields like biology, medicine, and geology heavily tainted by political orthodoxy while physics and mathematics remain capable.
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ST. Louis
Conway Zirkle
University of Pennsylvania
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Russia
Zirkle
Odd Electrical Quirk Lights Linked to Oven in Dayton Home
In Dayton, Rev. and Mrs. H. Russell Caylor found dining room and kitchen lights only worked when their electric stove oven was on. A DP&L repairman fixed a blown fuse, but the peculiar effect persisted until final repair. The stove remained electric.
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J. C. Clinton
H. Russell
Taft Satisfied On Ike Appointment And Farm Policy
President-elect Eisenhower won a general understanding with Senate leaders on future appointments and farm price supports. Sen Milton Young. Sen Robert Taft. Ezra Taft Benson. Martin Durkin. parity policy. 90 percent of parity through 1954. open mind on post 1954 handling.
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Taft
Ike
New York
Esenhower
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Congress
Eisenhower
Martin Durkin
Ohio
Eisen
Hower
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
GOP
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Young
UN to Set Up Three Man Panel on Loyal Yanks
The United Nations plans a three member panel to review American employees suspected of disloyalty. Secretary General Trygve Lie will demand full evidence from the U S government to justify firings. Seventeen current suspects are reported, with 29 Americans already dismissed by the UN.
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United Nations
N. Y
Trygve Lie
U. S
Lie
Washington
FBI
Hasty Bridge Opens Injuring Fourteen On Bus
Fourteen people were slightly injured when Tower Bridge lifted suddenly as a passenger bus crossed. Witnesses say the signal warning to raise the bridge did not function, sending passengers tumbling to the front of the bus. The incident occurred above the Thames near London docks as the central roadway lifted for river traffic.
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London
Tower Bridge
Thames River
London Transport
Engine Kills Man in Cleveland Collision
Stanley Peters, 54, was struck and killed by a railroad switch engine in Cleveland on Tuesday. Authorities report the incident as a fatal industrial accident with no further details provided.
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Cleveland
Stanley Peters
Artillery Duels and Air Strikes Mark Korea Front At Year End
Predawn artillery duels and Allied air strikes closed 1952 on Korea’s battlefront. Twenty one B29s from Japan and Okinawa dropped over 200 tons on the Yalu ore plant near Sinanju and a key supply center near Pyongyang. Eighth Army reports 1,814 enemy casualties in the week ending Dec 28.
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Seoul
Korea
Japan
Okinawa
Yalu River
Sinanju
Pyongyang
Red
Choak-tong
Uiji
Yalu
Wollywon
Air Force
Eighth Army
No Action Taken On Fire Chief Dismissal
Mayor Malcolm K Arthur said Monday's meeting with City Safety Director John Foland and Fire Chief Harry Hague III produced no action on Foland's recommendation for suspension or dismissal. City Solicitor Walter Schutt said Foland acts as purchasing agent and policy setter for police and fire departments, while Hague's alleged verbal rule violations were not officially documented. Both sides expressed hope differences could be resolved.
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Malcolm K. Arthur
John Foland
Harry Hague III
Foland
Hague
Arthur
Walter Schutt
Schutt
Patrol Crackdown Aims at New Year Traffic Toll
State Highway Patrol blocks off New Year period with all personnel including supervisors and plainclothes officers. Lt. H W Sowers says intoxicated and reckless drivers to be jailed after Christmas weekend led Ohio to top traffic fatalities. More patrolmen available as penitentiary detail ends.
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State Highway Patrol
H. W. Sowers
Sowers
Ohio
Train collision injures 26 near Fort Smith Arkansas
A Kansas City Southern freight train and a Frisco passenger train collided near Fort Smith Oklahoma seven miles south of the border. Twenty six people were injured and only one required hospitalization. The cause was not immediately known and the passenger locomotive ended on top of the freight locomotive.
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FT. Smith
Ark
Kansas City Southern
Here
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Atlantropa Plan Author Hermann Soergel Dies
Hermann Soergel 65 author of the Atlantropa Project dies from auto accident injuries in Munich. His utopian plan aimed to dam the Straits of Gibraltar to reclaim Mediterranean land and envisioned irrigation of African deserts through the Atlantropa Society with 1200 members.
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Munich
Germany
Hermann Soergel
Straits of Gibraltar
Mediterranean
Soergel
Europe
Atlanticp Society
Ohio Idle Pay List Doubles
The Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation reports benefits recipients rose from 47 000 in 1937 to 83 000 by end of 1952. Maximum weekly benefits increased from 15 to 28 dollars.
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Columbus
Ohio Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
New Year's Day Early News Journal Schedule
The News Journal will publish on New Year’s Day following its usual custom. The edition goes to press Thursday at 9:00 a.m. All news must be received by Thursday 8:00 a.m.
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News-Journal
New Pickup Schedule Starts Thursday for City Waste
City Engineer D Robert Conard announced a Thursday start for the new trash and garbage pickup area south of the Pennsylvania Railroad and west of South Wall street. Residents may participate without cards. waste must be placed on the route and garbage wrapped where daily pick-up isn’t available.
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D. Robert Conard
Conard
Pennsylvania Railroad
South Wall Street
Wilmington
Dun Is Delayed By Quirk In Mail
In St Joseph Missouri Raymond Brown mailed a calendar to a friend in Rising Sun Colorado. A neighbor Mrs Josephine Hoff dropped a water bill payment in the mailbox. The Hoff letter returned from Rising Sun and had slipped into the calendar envelope.
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ST. Joseph
Raymond Brown
Rising Sun
Josephine Hoff
Turnpike Money Earnings Leap in Ohio Construction
The Ohio Turnpike Commission reports earnings over 22 million dollars from invested funds during construction. Officials say investments will yield more than 7 million dollars by project completion, surpassing early estimates.
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Columbus
Ohio Turnpike Commission
Composer Dies in Cleveland at 54
Beryl Rubinstein, 54, director of the Cleveland Institute of Music, pianist and composer, died Monday of lung cancer. He was a soloist on programs presented by numerous symphony orchestras.
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Cleveland
Beryl Rubinstein
Cleveland Institute of Music
Bowing Out Wet Gray Foggy 1952 Finale
CHICAGO The old year ends its 366 day tenure in a wet gray foggy scene. Temperatures stay near seasonal levels nationwide. Rain drenches wide areas from the Mississippi Valley to the Atlantic Coast along the Ohio River Valley and Gulf States.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Ohio River Valley
Gulf States
Atlantic Coast
Despondent Groom Ends Honeymoon With Blast
Leonard Edge, 32, a construction worker from Baker Oregon, married Monday to Opal Parker in Boise Idaho, killed himself in a hotel room using dynamite and a blasting cap. Coroner Clyde Summers noted suicide notes showing despondency. The bride returned to Baker before the explosion.
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Boise
Idaho
Clyde Summers
Leonard Edge
Edge
Opal Parker
Baker
Ore
Summers
Identical Triplets Born in Newport Tenn
A 24 year old wife gave birth to identical triplets three girls by Caesarean section in Newport Tennessee. Dr Glenn Shults said all three babies are doing fine. The event is extremely rare occurring about once in 35300 births.
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Newport
Tenn
Glenn Shults
Roy B. Brown
Psychologist Warns New Year Resolutions Fail Often
Columbia University psychologist Ralph Hefferline says New Year's resolutions are often ineffective self deception. He notes resolutions split the self into competing parts like a parent child dynamic and fail because underlying tension is not addressed, likening bad habits to safety valves that relieve stress.
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New York
Ralph Hefferline
Columbia University
Mississippi
Fire at William Weber Rest Home Displaces Thirteen Patients
A $10,000 blaze at the William Weber Rest Home sent thirteen patients to nearby hospitals and homes for safety. No injuries were reported.
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Bryan
William Weber Rest Home
Acheson to Tell Panel About UN Aide Selections
Secretary of State Acheson is summoned to testify before House investigators over alleged laxity in keeping subversives off the UN staff. He appears with John D. Hickerson as the panel cites a 53 witness list from Deputy Atty Gen Malone showing FBI loyalty reports on UN employees. Malone notes few U.S. nationals have been discharged by Lie, and Fisher reports a new UN loyalty clearance plan. Truman is expected to sign orders for full FBI field investigations of current and future UN workers who are U.S. nationals.
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Washington
Acheson
House
John D. Hickerson
Justice Department
Chelf
D-Ky
State Department
Atty
Ross Malone
New York
Malone
FBI
U. S
Trygve
Adrian Fisher
Fisher
Truman
Airliner hijack attempt ends with shootout over Quemoy Island
Miss Mary Alice Ireton of Bethel Ohio a State Department librarian aboard a PAL DC-3 hijacked by Hung Tsu Chun a 23 year old Communist agent. The plane diverted toward Communist China after shots rang out near Laoag Northern Luzon. Passengers survived and landed on Quemoy Island as Nationalist forces seized the aircraft. Cap Perlas the pilot was shot as the hijacker fired at him during the ordeal. The assailant surrendered to Nationalist troops. The incident began about 15 minutes after takeoff from Laoag en route to Aparri. Continued details appear on Page Two.
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Mary Keton
Bethel
Wilmington College
Philippines
China
Laog
Aparri
Luzon
Quemoy Island
Amoy
International
Cincinnati
Mary Alice Ireton
State Department
Clermont County
Ohio
Norwood
Delphos
New Richmond High School
Taipeh
Formosa
Hung Tsu-Chun
Taipei
Hung
Fukien
the Philippines Air Line
PAL
Quemoy
Red
Carlos Barranda
Laoag
19 Year Olds Granted Draft Access Across States
Washington selective service said states may draft 19 year olds to fill quotas after exhausting older pools. An official noted several states would need to call 19-year-olds to meet the February 53,000-man target.
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Washington
Selective Service
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Fred Craven
Atlanta
Craven
Elliot Stein
Bristol
Conn
West
Red Agent
Nanchang
Oo Kweiun
Philippine ‘Islands
U. S. UN
Miss Ireton
New Richmond
Forrest W. Tucker
Ann Ireton
Eduardo Diago
Diago
Pedro Perlas
Perlas
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