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Sec Acheson confirms he cleared Clubb, overruling Dept Bd; cites apptmt of authorized official, not identified, to study Clubb appeal, and acceptance of this official's conclusion Clubb not security risk; Sen McCarran urges Cong reversal of Acheson ruling and end of Clubb pension; Sen Ferguson statement
US reptd concerned over alleged feud between Field Marshal Papagos and 'Palace Guard' around King Paul; fears effect of King's link to pol and charge he seeks to 'rule' instead of 'reign'; rift development revd; recent charges against pro-Papagos officer group (IDEA) and command changes cited
supplementary rept by them to Dewey on LIRR reorgn
Pres Truman tribute to Masaryk
1952Denis Napthine, Australian politician, 47th Premier of Victoria[†]
Denis Vincent Napthine is an Australian former politician and veterinarian who served as the 47th premier of Victoria from 2013 to 2014. He held office as the leader of the Victorian division of the Liberal Party of Australia (LPA) and was a member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the district of Portland from 1988 to 2002, before transferring to that of South-West Coast from 2002 to 2015.
1952Jürgen Stroop, German general (born 1895)[†]
Jürgen Stroop was a German SS commander and perpetrator of the Holocaust during the Nazi era, who served as SS and Police Leader in occupied Poland and Greece from 1942-1943 and 1943-1944. He held the rank of SS-Gruppenführer und Generalleutnant der Polizei from 1942-1945. He led the suppression of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising in 1943 and wrote the Stroop Report, a twelve-page account of the operation annexed with many original documents and pictures. Following the defeat of Germany, Stroop was prosecuted during the Dachau Trials and convicted of murdering nine U.S. prisoners of war. After his extradition to Poland, Stroop was tried, convicted, and executed for crimes against humanity.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]