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September 18, 1952

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M'GRATH ON STAND, DENIES JUSTICE UNIT BLOCKED TAX JURY; Dares Head of House Inquiry to Prove Obstruction on St. Louis Fraud Cases CRITICIZES CAUDLE OUSTER Former Attorney General Also Defends Slack, Accused of 'Whitewash' Attempt M'GRATH DEFENDS JUSTICE BUREAU

By Luther A. Hustonspecial To the New York Times

Chelf subcom hearing: McGrath testifies; criticizes Caudle ouster; says he should have been allowed to resign; denies own resignation was asked by Truman because of N Morris ouster and his (McGrath's) protest against Morris financial questionnaire of Dept; denies Dept blocked St Louis tax inquiry as charged by Judge Moore; defends Slack, denying he went to St Louis to make 'whitewash' rept; says personal income outside dept, '50-51, was $40,000

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Navy Uses Robot Missiles Against Targets in Korea; TV Enables Controllers of Drone Planes to Guide Them to Mark -- World War II Hellcats Are Expended in Tests GUIDED MISSILES HIT FOE IN KOREA

By the United Press

US Navy uses obsolete F6Fs fitted with TV transmitters, electronic devices and 1-ton bombs as guided missiles; uses AD-3 with TV receiver as mother plane; catapults 3 such missiles from carrier Boxer; silent en damage inflicted and location of power plant, tunnel and bridge hit in 1st raids; repts 1st operational guided missile unit headed by Lt Comdr Kurtz

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Notable Births

Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos

1952Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos, Greek politician[†]

Giorgos Dimitrakopoulos is a Greek politician who was a Member of the European Parliament for New Democracy; part of the European People's Party.

Rick Pitino

1952Rick Pitino, American basketball player and coach[†]

Richard Andrew Pitino is an American basketball coach who is the head men's basketball coach at St. John's University. He was also the head coach of Greece's senior national team. He has been the head coach of several teams in NCAA Division I and in the NBA, including Boston University (1978–1983), Providence College (1985–1987), the New York Knicks (1987–1989), the University of Kentucky (1989–1997), the Boston Celtics (1997–2001), the University of Louisville (2001–2017), Panathinaikos of the Greek Basket League and EuroLeague (2018–2020), and Iona University (2020–2023).

Notable Deaths

Frances Alda

1952Frances Alda, New Zealand-Australian soprano and actress (born 1879)[†]

Frances Davis Alda was a New Zealand-born, Australian-raised operatic lyric soprano. She achieved fame during the first three decades of the 20th century due to her outstanding singing voice, fine technique and colourful personality, as well as her frequent onstage partnerships at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, with Enrico Caruso.

Historical Context for September 18, 1952

In 1952, the world population was approximately 2,584,086,339 people[†]