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Acheson says USSR commits 'internatl crime' in repeatedly charging US with germ war; says wording of 'confessions' by US airmen proves they were dictated by Communist propagandists and may have been signed under duress
Fed Reserve Bd suspends installment credit buying curbs
DENVER, Colo., May 7 -- The 90,000 striking oil workers rejected tonight a Government plea to return to work. The refusal was expected to put the dispute up to President Truman.
House com approves $6,901,100,000; authorizes transferring abroad $1 billion US domestic arms; requires $1 billion Eur mil funds go for defense orders; retains Pres power to transfer 10% from one category to another; asks 10% cut in personnel administering program abroad; allows $100 million for countries asking aid but hesitant to enter accords with US
Fowler, H H, DPA Admr
1952Peter McNab, Canadian ice hockey player and sportscaster (died 2022)[†]
Peter Maxwell McNab was a Canadian-born American professional ice hockey player. He played 14 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1973 to 1987, with the Buffalo Sabres, Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks, and New Jersey Devils. He later served as the color commentator for the Colorado Avalanche from their inaugural 1995–96 season until his death.
1952William Fox, Austrian businessman, founded Fox Theatres (born 1879)[†]
Wilhelm Fried Fuchs, commonly known as William Fox, was an American film industry executive who founded the Fox Film Corporation in 1915 and the Fox West Coast Theatres chain in the 1920s. Although he lost control of his film businesses in 1930, his name was used by 20th Century Fox and continues to be used in the trademarks of the present-day Fox Corporation, including the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox News, Fox Sports, and Foxtel.
In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]