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Cleared by State Dept Loyalty and Security Bd; returned to post
Truman urges Cong extend wartime emergency powers; lists power to take control of rrs as essential
recd by Queen Elizabeth II; leaves London for Lisbon
Ross elected; comment by Repub Chmn Gabrielson, Repr Hall
House (Celler) subcom, after session with Morris, unanimously bars immunity grant; Morris says he had not asked for it; that action will not hamper inquiry; believes McGrath sought it; explains earlier denial of need for subpoena; sees probe futile without it; says probe will start when top posts are filled
1952Emmett Ashford becomes the first African-American umpire in organized baseball by being authorized to be a substitute umpire in the Southwestern International League.[†]
Emmett Littleton Ashford, nicknamed Ash, was an umpire in Major League Baseball (MLB), working in the American League from 1966 to 1970. He was MLB's first African American umpire.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]