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30,000 strike; co 'temporarily' shuts down telegraph and money order services; sees ltd service restored soon; protests strike; token picketing, NYC office
subcom headed by Maj Gens Turner, Harrison, Hsieh Fang, and Col Chang Shun San meets; deadlock persists
McGrath conf with Truman; tells him of opposition to questionnaire and decision to quit if it stands; emerges from conf angry; dispute is apparent, airport incident as Pres and Cabinet assemble to greet Queen Juliana; comment on Truman-McGrath earlier rifts; on Jan repts of replacement by J Miller; dept issues statement on 11 cases in question
Eisenhower seen quitting soon
Saks-Fifth Av: $67,000 in jewels stolen
1952Mike Moore, American lawyer and politician[†]
Michael Cameron Moore is an American attorney and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the Attorney General of Mississippi from 1988 to 2004.
1952Miina Sillanpää, Finnish minister and politician (born 1866)[†]
Miina Sillanpää was a Finnish politician. She served as Deputy Minister of Social Affairs in 1926-1927. She was Finland's first female minister and a key figure in the workers' movement. In 2016, the Finnish government made 1 October an official flag flying day in honour of Sillanpää. She was involved in the preparation of Finland's first Municipal Homemaking Act.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]