Des Moines Declares Emergency as Record Flood Looms
Des Moines and surrounding areas moved into a state of emergency as residents prepared for what officials warn could be the worst flood in city history. Crest expected 29 to 30 feet by Thursday. Governor Beardsley urged federal disaster aid for flood-stricken counties. Businesses, levees, and evacuation centers were mobilized while authorities warned residents to relocate to safety.
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Des Moines
Willan S. Beardsley
Eisenhower
Lawn
Boone
Joseph Vane Dresser
Leonard Mawel
Cnty
Ita
Panin
Oere
Hort Central
Ttame
Sioux City
Floyd
Egypt
Webster
Mohammed Naguib
Nulind
Webster City
Boune
New Signals Installed on 14th Street In Progress
New traffic control signals are being installed at the intersections of Main and 14th Street, 24th and Merridian Streets. Crews from Industrial Service Company of Indianapolis began work on the Ath and Meridian intersections under supervision of state traffic engineers, part of the city’s program to improve traffic safety.
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Main
Merrdian
Naland
Wright
É Industrial Service Company
Indianapolis
Meridian
Ion
M State Highway Department
Taffic Engineers
Floyd Kiipe
Anderson
Compton
Jackson
New York
Karl T
New Boulevard Mercury-Vapo
Main St
City Light
Frank Yarling
Cornell Medical Center
Newating
City Iight
8Th St
Park Ave
Compton Named GOP Convention Speaker in Indiana
Madison County delegates announce Mayor Noland Wright will address the Republican State Convention in Indianapolis at the state fair grounds Friday just before noon. Al vin Caaf and George Chambeys lead the planning with a Fifth District GOP caucus at 7 p.m. at the Columbia Club.
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Wright
Madison County
Noland Wright
Indiana
State Fair Grounds
Indianapolis
Alvin Caaf
George N. Craig
Columbia Club
George Chambeys
GOP
Meridian St
Wrald Anderson
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Indiana Supreme and Appellate Courts
Supreme Court
Northern District Appellate Court
Haralt Acher
Indiana State Supreme Court
Alter County
Achers
Madison County Women's Republican Club
Karl Martin
E. 8Th St
William Bych
Hiss Eligibility To Pension Backed By Administration
The administration backed Alger Hiss pension eligibility despite his conviction, with the Civil Service Commission and Budget Bureau noting retirement pay for federal workers even while imprisoned. The meeting discussed upcoming Republican ballot selections for Indiana state offices and noted several local officials and figures in attendance.
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Hiss
Administration
Civil Service Commission
Budget Bureau
White House
Tnd
Rep
Clardy
R-Mich
Arrangements Set For Retailers Event At Country Club
More than 250 persons are expected to attend the annual June dinner and outing event of the Anderson Retail Division at the Anderson Country Club. The group includes merchants store managers department heads and clerks. Numerous prizes valued at 400 will be distributed among winners of various contests. Also noted are biographical mentions of Dr Arthur H Compton and his wartime research contributions and a reference to a death penalty bill approved by a Washington subcommittee for peacetime espionage with a maximum life sentence.
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Anderson Retail
Anderson Country Club
No Time For Action on Federalism and Housing Hearings
Senate Rules chairman Jenner doubts time for hearings on proposals to strip McCarthy of chairmanships. McCarthy allies push to force action before full Senate. Dewey blames Brownell and loyalty boards for Communist influence in government in a TV appearance.
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Wintiam B. Jenner
Senate Rules Committee
Joseph Kt. McCarthy
Merbert II. Lelpan
Senate
Ralph B. Planters
Spiritualist Camp at Chesterfield Opens With Dedication
The 67th annual Chesterfield Spiritualist Camp Convocation opens Friday with a bulfet dinner in the dining room. Dedication of the new auditorium The Cathedral of the Woods, a $100,000 structure, follows Saturday at 9:30 am with flag raising and services at 10 am. Homer Warren Wilkins of Des Plaines will lead the dedication. Mable Wiffle, secretary of the board, and board members will participate. Mass Automatic Bells carillon broadcast music decors the ceremonies with Harvey Sampson of Indianapolis providing organ music and Mrs Judith Reed of St. Petersburg assisting. Representatives from Associated Builders, Inc oversee construction.
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Chesterfield Spiritualist
Uig
Cathedral
Harvey Sampson
Indianapolis
Jdith
St. Petersburg
Fla
Associated Builders, Inc
Ew Alditorium
Union Rejects U S Steel Contract Offer
FITTSBURGH The CIO United Steelworkers Wage Policy Committee rejected U S Steel s proposed agreement calling it completely factory. The union leader David J McDonald said some high ranking company officials favored a strike and that Benjamin F Fairless was not included in the statement. The wage panel approved the international officers report on negotions though McDonald declined to discuss the state of negotiations. Continued on page C1. United Honduras development reports unidentified planes bombing near the border as rebels invaded Guatemala.
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Wage Polency Committee
Internatonal
Gimson
McDonald
Pacta Calama
Foreign Ministry
Santa Rosa de Copan
Guatemala
Guatemala City
California
Atlvek
Manduran
Tera
Cuvntomalat
Cal
Carl Nos Castillo Armas
Honduras
Castilla Armas
Bia
Camolan
Workers Raise 585,400 For Library Fund
The Citizens' Committee for Anderson College reports $25,550 raised at yesterday's breakfast, bringing the total to 785,400 for the new library on campus. The drive, led by Everett Harting and Linfield Myers, targets $250,000 of the $500,000 goal with 800 workers to call on donors. next breakfast drive is Tuesday, June 29, at the YMGA Mulberry Room.
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Anderson College
Citizens’ Group
Everett A. Harting
Linfield Myers
Harting
Drive Reel
Advance Girls Committee
YMGA
Tely
Imu
Manon woman’s marriages end in directed verdict
Manon Indiana Alda Shard Mack Pace, 41, had three marriages and one divorce. A directed verdict in Grand Circuit Court upheld that she married Doris Staerd in 1923 in Tennessee, then Wesley Mack in 1963, and Albert Pace earlier, with subsequent name changes and claims of prior vows. The record notes three husbands living and a claim of innocence in a timing dispute.
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Manon
Ind
Alma Shard Mack Pace
Waa
Wigaity Tiraday
Grand Circuit Court
Doris Staerd
Tennessee
Uren
Wesley Mack
Albert Pace
Mack
Steward
Oo Ste
Pace
Democrats Nominate Tipton Man For State Office in Tight Battle
INDIANAPOLIS Democrat nominating battle features Tipton man for state office amid a tight race. Key figures include Mort O Connor, Floyd Harper, and Herbert Lamb as unopposed candidates seek secretary of state. The contest highlights factions within the party and a broader slate including state auditor and appellate court judges. Local figures from Terre Haute, Indianapolis, and Fort Wayne appear in a sprawling report with references to veterans groups and Guatemalan exile links.
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Tipton
Indianapolis
Ind
Martin
Mana
Mort O'Connor
Floyd Harper
Earbly
rTipton
Wantin
Herbert
Park
Colam
Harner
Talphi
Tackar
Terra Haide
Mellale-McKinney
Harper
Futore
Ana Ea
Liberation Army
Orellana Portillo
Melale-McKinney
Ausillary
Anni- Farget-Me
Nat Sale
Copan
Handurlov
He Job
Daugh
Rettonee Auras
Clinton Green
Boonville
Charles P. O'Conner
Indianapa
Satuirday
Guatemala
Insi Nia
Carlos Agef
Flower Sylea
Anm
Indiana
Asong Dis
Eea
Hartford City Couple Injured In Auto Truck Crash
A Hartford City man and his wife, Elmer and Cly McCarthy, both 35, suffered nonfatal injuries when their eastbound car clipped a westbound semitrailer on Ind 7 near Chester, causing the car to skid under the trailer and buckle the left wheel. The truck jackknifed and left the ditch. the truck driver Ray Merideo of Brazil, Indiana, escaped injury. Troopers Fred Lee and George Allen led the investigation.
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Hartford City
Chester
Fie
Fred Lee
George Allen
Elmer McCarthy
Marlford Cly
Marlford City
Lee
Ray Merideo
Brazil
Til
Alien
Mo Maen Solemn G Ayen
Three State System of Turnpikes Bridges Studied
Governors of Ohio Indiana and Kentucky met to coordinate a joint study of highways bridges and navigation on the Ohio River. The conference backed a five day outlook forecasting cooler weather and urged expedited plans for toll roads and dam locks with a weather station to monitor river conditions.
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Cincinnalt
Ohio
Kiliana
Kentucky
Ohio River
Govs
Frant F. Gausghe
George “N. Craig
India
Lawrence W. Wetherby
Ken
Keky
Wiplway
Indiana
Philadel
Marl
Congress
Davis
Ure
Land
Grerhup
Markland
Ind
Heatwave Lingers As Air Moves Slow Across State
State weather office reports a slow moving cool front bringing widely scattered evening showers and thunderstorms. Heat saturated air rises creating heavy condensation as temperatures stay high across major cities.
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Qlhr
State Weather Office
New Councilman to Be Elected Monday in Fourth District
Members of the city council will meet in special session Monday at 7 p.m. in City Hall to elect a new councilman for the Fourth District following the sudden death last week of John Gray. The session was called by council president Jr. Bart Martin.
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Bleck
John Gray
Yestering
Bart Martin
Want Ad Cancelled After First Day Frigidaire Sold
Several readers report rapid sales from Bulletin-Terald Wantads with buyers snapping up Frigidaire refrigerators. The ad noted a Frigidaire in good condition and attracted many calls, suggesting demand outpaced supply for used appliances.
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Bulletin-Terald
WantAds Offer Convenience for At-Home Item Sales
The notice highlights using WantAds to sell items from home, noting you can place ads by phone at 3547 and have them run for a few days. The tone emphasizes ease and avoiding leaving the house.
Educators Observe Industrial Methods At GM Plants Here
Educators from Purdue Wabash and Indiana University visit GM units Delco Remy and Guide Lamp as part of a GM program to bond industry and educators. Prof Warold Ameine chair Industrial Engineering Purdue and Dr Frank Sparks president Wabash College are guests observing engineering and manufacturing operations and personnel administration.
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Naleo-Remy
Sparks and
Jr. Broch
New Arrivals in Anderson and Vicinity
Newborn announcements list multiple families in Anderson area. Names include Mr and Mrs Ruderl Driskell with a son. Mr and Mrs Gayle Wable with a daughter. AME and Mrs Paw Smith with a daughter. Mr and Mrs Robert Sears with a son. Mr and Mrs Dow Rower with a daughter. Mr and Mrs Lebrom Millee with four sons. Mr and Mrs Benny Patterson with a daughter. Mr and Mrs Richard Sailee with a daughter. Mr and Mrs Miriam Reed with a son. Mr and Mrs Robert Hittle with a daughter. Mr and Mrs David Gill with a son. Also a birth at Randolph Air Force Base in Texas a son to Mr and Mrs Richard Granger. maternal grandmother Alice Toops. paternal grandparents William Granger and others.
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Horn
St. Sohn's Hospital
Ruderl
Driskell
Dard St
Gayle Wable
Paw Smith
Robert Sears
Pendleton
Dow Rower
Poplar St
Lebrom Millee
Ward St
Benny Patterson
Sheridan St
Richard Sailee
Crosy St
Miriam Reed
Mexandera
Robert Hittle
Elva St
David Gill
2Nd St
Ein Antonio
Tex
Richard Granger
Randolph Air Force Base
Alice Toops
Sherman SL
William BE. Granger
E. 1M
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14Th Street
Mabel Lyons
Candinate Forelerk
Supreme and Appellate Courts
Washington
Fisenlares
Alpha
Massaghhusetts Institute of Techtelary
Woosler
Wilsoty
Washington State College
Arthur H. Compton
Washington University
Lewis
Asea
Campton Asa
Unia
Youse Jin
Thesday An
Thomas E. Dewey
Herbert Brawnell
Dewey
Brownell
Charles M. Ferguson
Fletcher Sr
15Th
Fletcher Sts
Ralph K. Lane
Ferguson
James W. Ross
Fletcher St
Herald Phatol
Chesterfield
U.S. Steel
Tegucigalpa
Devel'iment
DAV
Iowa
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