Ruling Halts Subversives Board Cases
The Supreme Court orders the Subversive Activities Control Board to recon sider its finding in the Communist party case halting other hearings. The board may drop challenged testimony or rehear, with May 21 Seattle hearing proceeding. Several pending cases are put on hold including Detroit’s National Negro Labor Council and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Subversive Activities Control Board
Communist Party
Thomas Herbert
Harvey Matusow
Manning Johnson
Paul Crouch
Herbert
National Negro Labar Council of
Detroit
Washington Pension Fund of
Seattle
California Labor School of
San Francisco
American Peace Crusade of
New York
International Union of Mine, Mill and Smelter Workers
United Electrical Radio and Machine Workers of America
Anderson Soldier In 10th Division
Pvt. Robert B. Sexton 21 son of Mr and Mrs Harley L Sexton 1716 Johnson Ave Anderson is a radio operator in Company G 85th Infantry Regiment of the 10th Infantry Division in Germany He entered service in April 1955 and has been overseas since last November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Robert B. Sexton
Harley L. Sexton
Johnson Ave
Anderson
10Th Infantry Division
Sexton
85Th Infantry Regiment
Ehle Elected Controller at Stapling Machine Co
Clifford F. Ehle of Dover New Jersey son of Mr and Mrs Byford J Ehle has been elected controller of the Stapling Machine Company at Rockaway New York He has served the past two years on special assignment to the company president
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford F. Ehle
Dover, N.J
Byford J. Ehle
E. 8Th St
Rockaway
N.Y
Anderson Man Takes Bank Post
Corwin Cummins a senior bank examiner with the Indiana Department of Financial Institutions has resigned to head the trust department at the First Bank and Trust Company of South Bend He and Mrs Cummins will move to South Bend in about a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corwin Cummins
W. 10Th St
Indiana Department of Financial Institutions
First Bank and Trust Company of
South Bend
Mrs. Cummins
Indiana
Anderson Student Wins Poster Award
LaFendra Ebbertt of Anderson High School was named a winner in the Indiana Health Poster Contest by the Indiana Tuberculosis Association. She received a cash prize and an honor certificate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaFendra Ebbertt
G. E. Ebbertt
Anderson High School
Indiana Tuberculosis Association
Ebbertt
One Day In 10 Free Of Highway Deaths
Indiana State Police record 1955 toll 1 146 with 33 deathless days. Two thirds occurred in the first half. after July 1, deaths rose toward a 142 on one October day. The worst days were March 25 with 14 deaths and December 23 with 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Eisenhower Urges Wide Observance for Mother's Day
President Eisenhower on Tuesday called for a broad national observance of May 13 as Mother’s Day to honor mothers and their contributions. He urged Americans to recognize motherhood and promote family welfare across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
Prisoners Escape From Indiana Jail
Three inmates escaped from a Tippecanoe County jail early Tuesday, slipping through a space nine feet above the floor after cutting through wire mesh and a bar. The prisoners were Harold L. Morrow 34 and Kenneth E. Bushman 21 of Lafayette and Robert Washelesky 28 of Chicago, all held on robbery or parole matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lafayette
Ind
Tippecanoe County
Ivan L. Miller
Miller
Harold L. Morrow
Kenneth E. Bushman
Robert Washelesky
Chicago
Morrow
Washelesky
Bushman
Large Receipts Weaken Hogs at Indianapolis Market
Hog prices fell 25 to 50 cents on a large Tuesday run in Indianapolis. No 1 to 3 grade hogs at 180 to 250 pounds brought 15 to 15.25 dollars, with heavier and lighter weights showing varied declines. Cattle and calves mostly steady. hogs and lambs led the softer trend in brisk trading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Sap For Syrup In Montpelier
In Montpelier several gallons of sap are required to produce one gallon of maple syrup. The note outlines the high sap to syrup conversion and hints at the labor involved in maple production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montpelier
Flash Floods Force Texans From Homes
Flash floods forced hundreds from homes in Texas as three days of heavy rain swelled rivers and creeks. In Stephenville about 100 people evacuated, while Brownwood saw more than 250 residents leave as a rising lake prompted emergency watch. Dry weather varied regionally from snow and rain in the Plains to sunshine on the West Coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Texas
Stephenville
Brownwood
Nebraska
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Hospital Awards Made In Chicago
Three men and a woman received awards for outstanding service in the hospital field Tuesday night. The 1956 winners include Maude M. Woodward of Kokomo Indiana treasurer of the Indiana Hospital Assn and former administrator of the Clinton County Hospital at Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Maude M. Woodward
Kokomo
Ind
Indiana Hospital Assn
Clinton County
Frankfort
Armed Forces Day plans to be mapped by local groups
Representatives of local groups meeting at the Naval Reserve Training Center in North Anderson to map events for the May 15 Armed Forces Day observance. Plans include a parade, exhibits, window displays, and a courthouse flag raising with leaders Lt Cmdr Wesley B. Scott Maj Robert Slattery and Ray Stanesu coordinating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Reserve Training Center
North Anderson
Ray Stanesu
Dewey St
Stanesy
Cmdr
Wesley B. Scott
Maj
Robert Slattery
Army
National Guard
Navy
Marine
Air Force
Army Reserve
Naval Reserve
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Indiana Court Records Silent on Assault and Divorce Actions
Courthouse minutes list multiple cases in various stages including State of Indiana vs Arthur Holland with affidavits for assault and rape. several divorce complaints. replevin. possession of real estate. and general circuit court docket actions involving parties such as Scott, Deardurff, Good, Hussong, Bronnenberg, Gray, Finney, Whiteman, Walsh, and Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of
Indiana
Arthur Holland
Melvin B. Thornburg
George W. Scott Jr
Betty Ellen Scott
Bagot
Free and Shearer
M. G. Throgmorton
Mary L. Throgmorton
Lawrence H. Robbins
Patricia J. Deardurff
Charles Good
Replevin
Salyer
Woolbert
Phyllis Hussong
Ora
Robert Hussong
William L. Peck
Superior Court
Jordan Bronnenberg
Blanche
Bronnenberg
Jack Kimble
Busby, Davisson
John R. Walsh
Dorothy Johnson
James Johnson
Circuit Court
Manion Warns Against Centralized Power in Address
Former presidential candidate Manion argues that America’s political system rests on self government and warns that centralized power risks dictatorship. He shares a platform with state legislature candidates from both parties, who engage in a Q and A after his speech. Legal notices list divorces, criminal charges, and court actions including guilty pleas and sentences in several Indiana cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Madison
America
Manion
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mr. Manion
George W. McDermott
Charles F. Rutledge
GOP
Arthur Atwell
Wayne Dean
Dale E. Flora
Lewis E. Jones
W. L. Hollingsworth
Harold J. Goehring
Otis A. Kopp
J. J. Bailey
Loren T. McDaniel
Robert L. Rock
Charles W
Chuck) Bailey
The
American Guard
Stevenson Takes Early Lead in DC Democratic Voting
Early returns from Washington DC indicate Adlai Stevenson leading for six Democratic Convention votes. Kefauver trails as vote totals trickle in, with Stevenson supporters Charles Wilson and Margaret Butler among the top counts at 44 and 42 votes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District of Columbia
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
Len Estes Kefauver
Charles Wilson
Margaret Just Butcher
Recruits Ordered to Safety Amid General Panic
The court described the defendant as sane but intoxicated at the time of the tragedy. Pate told the committee McKeon would receive a fair trial in a prejudice free setting and the Marine Corps would avoid branding him a goat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pate
McKeon
Marine Corps
Suspect Faces New and Arraignment Continued
Mc Eldery Estelle pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact in a fraudulent check case and received a $25 fine with a suspended 90 day term to the Indiana State Farm. Perry Chris Taylor admitted guilt to an escape charge and drew a one year term at the Indiana Reformatory. Elmer Jackson Peeler pleaded not guilty and temporary insanity to escape charges. Cecil Russell forgery charge dismissed. Gerald Bayles pleaded guilty to issuing a fraudulent check and the case was continued for evidence submission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burton W. Ellis
Wanda W Ellis
State of Indiana
McEldery Estelle
State Farm
Elmer Jackson Peeler
Eddie R. Stewart
Eddie R Stewart
Perry Chris Taylor
Indiana Reformatory
Gerald Bayless
Marie Tansler
Albert Tansler
Jack Davidson
Opha Kelley
Page One New
Indiana State Farm
Pendleton
Eisenhower’s NATO Role Shapes Talks On Common Purpose
A White House statement notes President Eisenhower’s deepening interest in the matter, rooted in his experience as NATO supreme commander in 1951-52. The remarks offer no concrete details on specific administration plans, leaving purposes and methods to be explored at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Eisenhower
NATO
Board Names Group and Inspectors Listed in Detail
A detailed roster lists board names Basil Hosier Wil fred Allen and Earl McCarel along with inspectors by ward and pet numbers. The document enumerates numerous individuals assigned as Pet. 1 through Pet. 13 across multiple townships including Anderson Boone Duck Creek Green Jackson Lafayette Monroe and more with several entries marked not named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Basil Hosier
Wilfred Allen
Earl McCarel
Adams
Fred Hodson
Everett L. Johnson
Anderson City
Thomas Spencer
Lenore Hurley
Fred van Noy
Leonard Robinson
Obert E. Eckhardt
Orville McNeil
Isera Brown
Melvin
George Jester
Ward
Orville Campbell
Pearl Levi
J Bayne Burton
Ben Scott
Frank Nichols
Nellie Ban Dalsen
Delores Tatman
Georgia Michael
Milburn Stottlemyer
Anderson
Wiliam Lawler Jr
Mary Hendricks
Robert F. Handy
Harry Bright
Lois Gill
Irene Lempereur
William E. Zuck
Boone
Lee Montgomery
Duck Creek
Robert Meyer
Fall Creek
Church Cox
Noah Stoner
Green
Frank H. Adams
Jackson
Harold Beck
Lafayette
Roy Scott
Evelyn Hays
Ann Me. Conahay
Monroe
Carl Jones
Mildred Miller
Stella Flecker
Lila Weaver
Phala Lewis
Matthew Hall
Merlin Fuller
Pipe Creek
Frank Harting
Rosanne Stokes
John Stevens
John D. Kiefer
Goldie Zirkle
Frances Ripperger
Marvin Call
Augusta Jones
Ross Leak
Bernice Wentz
Gertrude Kelley
Dora Birkinbine
Delbert Cochran
Richland
Rex Scott
Stony Creek
Roy Huntzinger
Lulu Mae Reed
Union Two
Ralph Mattingly
William Martin
van Buren
Irene Black
Freda de Long
Marine court martial set over Ribbon Creek tragedy
The Marine shakeup followed the Ribbon Creek death march at Parris Island with McKeon facing a general court martial for homicide charges. Piercing testimony cited vodka drinking by McKeon and two NCOs, while Pate announced leadership changes at Parris Island and LeJeune to prevent recurrence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas
McKeon
Pate
Defense
Charles E Wilson
Parris Island
J. C. Burger
Camp LeJeune
N.C
Homer L Litzenberg
LeJeune
Elwyn B. Scarborough
Richard J. King
Marine Corps
San Diego
Alston P. Coughlin
Alexandria
Carl Vinson
D-Ga
Vinson
Corps
Congress
Richard B. Russell
Senate Armed Services Committee
Russell
Court of Inquiry
Ribbon Creek
Abnormal Coolness Forecast For Midwest
Weather Bureau predicts May temperatures will be above normal in the eastern and southern U.S. with the Gulf States warmest. Below normal readings expected from the Great Lakes to the Pacific, coldest in the Northern Plains. Rainfall expected subnormal in the Southeast and Northwest with above normal precipitation elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Weather Bureau
Gulf States
Bureau
Great Lakes
Pacific
Pacific Northwest
Joyce Jefferson 6 Dies After Weeks Ill
Funeral services for Joyce Ann Jefferson six daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas M Jefferson 1194 W 2nd St will be Thursday at 2 p m at Albright Funeral Home with Rev R A Burchfield officiating Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery Friends are being received at the funeral home Final rites for John Lewis Degman 64 of 713 Main St who died Monday morning at St Johns Hospital will be held this morning at Brown and Butz Funeral Home Rev Walter Graeflin of Fairfax Church of the Nazarene will officiate Burial will be in East Maplewood Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joyce Ann Jefferson
Thomas M. Jefferson
W. 2Nd St
Albright Funeral
R. A. Burchfield
Fifth Street
John Lewis Degman
Main St
St. John’s Hospital
Brown and Butz Funeral Home
Walter Graeflin
Fairfax Church of the Nazarene
East Maplewood Cemetery
Obituary Notices for Local Residents
Funeral services are listed for John H. Vance aged 84 at Fisher Brothers Funeral Home Lapel officiated by Rev. Monroe G. Schuster with burial in East Maplewood Cemetery. Lillie Y Jackson aged 73 dies at St John’s Hospital with services at Harold E Rozelle Funeral Home led by Rev. Wilbur V Day. burial in IOOF Cemetery Alexandria. Minnie A Julian 68 dies early Monday with services at North Anderson Church of God led by Rev. William B Eddy. burial Memorial Park Cemetery. Eva Mumauch 80 dies at home with services at Waltz and Hiday Funeral Home led by Rev Raymond Breaker. burial Bronnenberg Cemetery Ches terfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Vance
Madison Ave
St. John’s Hospital
Fisher Brother
Lapel
Monroe G. Schuster
Central Christian Church
East Maplewood Cemetery
Lillie Y. Jackson
St. John's Hospital
Harold E. Rozelle
Wilbur V. Day
Noble Street Method
T Church
IOOF
Alexandria
Eva Mumauch
Rt. 1
Middletown
Waltz and Hiday
Raymond Breaker
First Friends Church
Bronnenberg Cemetery
Chesterfield
Modlin of Stockton Dies. Longtime Anderson Native
Thomas Modlin age 8, former Anderson resident and retired plans worker, died recently in Stockton California. He lived in Anderson 33 years before moving to California in 1918. Survived by widow Minnie Modlin, two sons H Eugene Modlin Ravenswood WV and William A Modlin Stockton, daughter Mary D Colton San Francisco, six grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral services and burial will be in Stockton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Modlin
Anderson
Plans
Stockton
Calif
California
Minnie Modlin
H. Eugene Modlin
Ravenswood
W. Va
William A. Modlin
Mary D. Colton
San Francisco
Deaths in Madison and nearby counties
Services for Mrs. Edna M. Steele 65 of Middletown will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Church of the Nazarene with ministers Lemoine Wright and Claude Kennedy. Burial is in Mechanicsburg Cemetery. She died Sunday in St. John's Hospital Anderson. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna M. Steele
Middletown
St. John’s Hospital
Anderson
Church of the Nazarene
Lemoine Wright
Farmland
Claude Kennedy
Mechanicsburg
Jenner Praises Barkley In Tribute After Death
Senator Jenner of Indiana paid tribute to Senator Barkley of Kentucky who died Monday. He praised Barkley for courtesy and good temper, noting his fair debate and respect across party lines in the true American political tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Jenner
Ind
Sen
Barkley
D-Ky
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Moscow
Llp
House Commerce Committee
Ways and Means Committee
Commerce Group
J. Percy Priest
Ehle
Eastern
Etampes
France
Z Waghelieng Royal
Mt Renee
Royal Crown
Box 15-A
Brooklyn 1
Cal
Stanesu
Anderson Rea
Courthouse News
Circuit
Charles R. McGuire
Patricia McGuire
West 12Th Street
YMCA
Anderson Bank
Meridian St
Personal Finance Co
Lincoln Loen Corp
Midwest
Otis A
Kopp
Joyce Jefferson
John L. Degman
Lillie M. Jackson
Mamie A. Julian
Chester St
Eva M. Mumauch
Madison
Lauds
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