Week of April 8, 1952

General Eisenhower sweeps New Jersey in the Primary -winning 38 Republican

votes. Runners up are Senator Taft and Harold Stassen. On the Democratic side,

Senator Estes Kefauver was the only one on the ballot.

Illinois GOP primary. In the Democratic primary,

Senator Kefauver of Tennessee wins.

President Truman seizes the steel industry in the

name of the United States, averting a shutdown amid

a nationwide walkout. “I don’t want to see the

government running the steel plants a moment longer

than is absolutely necessary to prevent a shutdown.”

General Eisenhower announces he will be resigning

from the military on June 1, five weeks before the Republican National

Convention meets. In his letter of resignation, Eisenhower said he felt the

groundwork has now been completed for the defense of Western Europe against

the threat of Soviet aggression.

The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals turns

down a second plea for mercy from

Sing-Sing Prison for giving wartime

secrets to the Soviets. The couple was

convicted in March of 1951

At the mart - Carrots - 4 cents a pound

... Grapefruit - 5 cents a pound ...

Jumbo Shrimp - .67lb ... Clorox Bleach - 1/2 gallon - .25

New at the mart - Kellogg’s Mell-O-Bran Bread! Made with Kellogg’s All-Bran

golden shreds of wheat.

In Caracas, Venezuela - 46 perish when a

band of pickpockets yell fire in a church.

promises to pay $500 a month support for

Week of April 8, 1952

their daughter Liza (5).

for walking out on the Senate’s Kefauver Crime

Committee a year ago. The act was witnessed on

television, as the proceedings were broadcast live. It’s

the first prison term for Costello since he was 24. He told

newsman he had “no comment.”

University of Chicago professor Hugh Walpole goes on a

rampage near the campus and kicks-out four store

windows. “I’ve never broken widows before ... not at all

characteristic of me.” He said he had just attended a

gathering at the home of a science fiction writer and Martinis were served.

report for induction into the Army on May 17...The Giants

acquire Third Baseman Bob Elliot from the Boston

Braves in exchange for Pitcher Sheldon Jones and cash

The FCC begins

to issue TV

station licenses

after a four-year

hiatus. There are

only 108 TV

stations operating. A floodgate of

applications is hitting the commission.

About half the U.S. population can

receive TV signals. With the new

applicants, the FCC has opened-up a

new TV band - UHF. The old allotment

of 12 VHF channels was not enough to cover the country without significant

interference.

Television executive William Dozier gets a temporary order restraining his wife,

Joan Blondell, from taking their 3 year-old daughter out of the United States. The

actress wants to take the child on a movie-making trip to Spain. Dozier said that

he opposed it due the possibility of war and food shortages and that he would be

deprived of visiting her.

Week of April 8, 1952

Eddie Fisher, “The Blacksmith Blues”- Ella Mae Morse, “Blue Tango” - Hugo

Winterhalter, “Perfidia” - The Four Aces, “At Last” - Ray Anthony

contract with the studio.

Saturday Night TV includes - Hit Parade, Beat The

Clock, One Man’s Family, Sammy Kaye, Ken Murray

Show.

At the movies -

Costello

Haywood, Rory Calhoun, David Wayne

Donald O’Connor, Debbie Reynolds

Hutton, Cornel Wilde, Charlton Heston,

Dorothy Lamour