West Berlin votes overwhelm anti Communist power shift
West Berlin’s overwhelming 86.2 percent anti Communism vote in the Western sector sparked a split of the Municipal Power Administration with Soviet officials losing influence. Workers at the Bewag plant protested arrests of non Communist trade union leaders and mobile guards, threatening a 3 pm walkout as they demanded release of detainees and removal of police presence.
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Berlin
Hans Witte
West Berlin
Witte
Workers Council of
Benag Electrical
VCO
Bewag
Corporal Warren Serves in Japan with 25th Division
Corporal Kenneth Warren from Thorntown Indiana is assigned to the 25th Infantry Division in Osaka after a brief period at Yokohama. The division, under Maj. Gen. William B. Kean, is a Pacific veteran, taking part in campaigns from New Georgia to Luzon.
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Fighth
Osaka
Japan
Kenneth FE
Warren
R Ro No. 2
Thorntown
4Th
Yokohama
25Th Infantry Division
25Th S5
William Bo Kean
Pearl Hi
New Georgia
Vella la Velle
Arundel
Kolombangara
Luzon Campainn
Raid Uncovers Parley Cards In Indiana High School Games
Indianapolis police seized more than 400 parley cards from a private home after a raid tied to a secret investigation of syndicated betting on high school basketball. Detectives sought the cards’ source but could not obtain enough evidence to arrest the card owner who withheld origins as IHSAA Commissioner L. V. Phillips urged fans to keep gamblers out of high school basketball.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana High School Athletic Association
L. V. Phillips
Civil Rights Dispute Looms Within Democratic Party
The Civil Rights clash across the Democratic party heats up as Southern Democrats seek limits on reforms while President Truman faces pressure from Republicans and minority groups. The fate of FEPC and broader civil rights measures hangs on party harmony and a potential constitutional move to end the poll tax, with the Armed Services issue seen as less divisive. Continued on page 4.
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Democratic Party
Truman
Hay
Congress
Trman
O Truman
Democratic Congress
Trumat
FEPC
Winkler Choral Group Fifth Annual Christmas Concert
The Winkler Choral Group presents its fifth annual Christmas program on December 12 in the afternoon at 4340 o clock. Fred Tanselle tenor soloist from DePauw University Choir and organist Zella O Darnall will accompany. Miss Marian Walker directs with Mrs Abe Akers as accompanist. Full program to be announced later.
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Winkler Choral Group
Lebanon
Marian Walker
Abe Akers
Midwest Storms Kill Dozens and Halt Travel
A Midwest winter storm killed at least 20 people in weekend crashes and plane accidents. The system moved from the Rockies to the Great Lakes, causing ice covered highways, downed lines, and widespread damage. In Kansas and Nebraska temperatures plunged as winds up to 60 mph roared through Chicago and Milwaukee. A Minnesota bus crash and a Nebraska Greyhound wreck left several injured as utilities and services struggled to cope with outages and delays.
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United Press
Midwest
Rockies
North Central States
Great
Court Refuses To Interfere In Alabama Electors Case
The Alabama Supreme Court refused to block the state’s 11 electors from voting for Truman and Barkley. Folsom and three Montgomery residents sought injunctions after federal and state suits aimed to prevent electors from backing the States Rights ticket. The decision leaves Thurmond and Wright as Alabama’s electors for the Nov. election.
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South Carolina
Mississippi
Louisiana
J. Strom Thurmond
Fielding H. Wright
Alabama
Folsom
Montgoms
Truman
Sen
Alben Barkley
Elks Lodge Memorial Service Held by Lebanon Lodge
The Lebanon Lodge B P C E No 635 held a memorial service at the lodge home on Sunday afternoon. Rev Arthur K Korteling of First Presbyterian Church delivered the address. Mrs Zella Darnall performed multiple piano pieces and accompanied vocalist Fred Tanselle on two hymns.
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Lebanon Lodge
B.P.C.E. No
Lodge
Arthur K. Korteling
First Presbyterian Church
Largo
Handel
Fibich
Zella Darnall
West
Spy Hearings To Be Pressed On Hiss Case
Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss faced a Federal Grand Jury amid ongoing inquiries into microfilm copies of stolen government records found on Chambers Maryland farm. Prodded by Rep Nixon, hearings may summon Robert Lovett Franc Sayre Sumner Welles and others to testify on the 10 year old thefts of State War and Navy documents.
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New York
Whittaker Chambers
Alger Hiss
State Department
Federal
Chambers
Maryland
Washington
Robert A Lovett
Stara. Department
Richard Mo Nixon
Cal
House UnAmerican Actistes Committee
Lovett
Nixon
Suboena
RB Sayre
Sayre
Sumner Welles
State, War and Navy Department
Welles
Time Magazine
Hiss
UN Assembly Votes to Adjourn and Reopen in April
In Paris the United Nations General Assembly voted to adjourn next Saturday night and resume work in New York on April 1. The final tally was 43 for adjournment, 13 against, with two abstentions, shifting reconvening from February 1 to April 1 after criticism over three months of work and rejecting a British plan to stay in session.
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Paris
United Nations General Assembly
New York
Freight Embargoes On Exports Lifted
Washington reports that railroad freight embargoes aimed at exports from the West coast and Eastern Inter-Coastal Trade were lifted today after a maritime strike settlement. The AAR imposed the embargoes on September 1 to prevent freight car tie-ups at ports during the strike.
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Washington
AAR
Cold Blast Hits Hoosier State
A cold wind swept across Indiana driving temperatures near freezing or lower in parts of the state. Weather officials expected subfreezing temps again tonight as a mass of cold air moved from the Northwest. Friday night skies were fair though yesterday saw heavy winds and rain. Lafayette Evansville and Michigan City reported about a half inch of precipitation. South Bend endured the coldest night with low around 12 degrees. Plymouth’s Pennsylvan ia Railroad line blocked two hours by a fallen tree. Telegraph and signal lines snapped and Plymouth theaters lost power from wind damage.
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Indianapolis
Dee 6
Indiana
Pennylvania
Plymouth
Telegraph
Signa
Robbery at West Main Street Victim Ed Fowler
Ed Fowler was robbed near his home at 209 West Main Street as a stranger slugged him and took $223 from his billfold late Saturday night. Officers at Campus Castle on West Main Street responded after Fowler reported the attack and his head lacera tion required hospital treatment at Witham. The burglary occurred at Ed Bryant’s home on 426 North Jameson Street.
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Lebanon
Ed Fowler
West Main Street
Richard Shirley
Arnold Wilson
Lon McCann
Campus Castle
Fowler
Witham Hospital
Ed Bryant
Jameson Street
Nationalists Capture Kichen Near Nanking in Push
Nationalist forces claim recapture of Kichen 130 miles north of Nanking and press Communist troops toward retreat. Reports from Pengpo quote a Nationalist spokesman saying four Communist columns lost over half their fighting strength while crossing the Su River. Army groups from Suchen move toward Su hsien, with diversions to block Communist regrouping along the Yellow River.
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Nanking
Dee
Kichen
Northwest
General Daily News
Shantung
Henan
Pengpo
Pengpa
Nore
Su River
Bock
Suchen
Suhsien
Falichi
Central
Yellow River
Athletic Club For Boys Formed
Arrangements completed last month as Stokes school becomes hub for a new Athletic Club for Boys. Open evenings Monday through Thursday from 6 30 to 8 30 under Community Service sponsorship. Enrollment and membership cards issued at opening. Club modeled after Boys Clubs of America with activities in athletics arts and crafts. Led by Morris DeMoss with volunteer leaders Jasper Merriott James D Miller Robert Bales Fay D Beaman Elver Read Donald Davis Orville Foster Leonard Latham Ed Smiley Harold Reeves Leroy Breedrove Clarence S Barton Harold Stoner Thomas Bine Harold E Holmes Delbert Ho Davis Arthur Brambitt.
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Stokes School
Community Boss Athletic Club
Wevick
Community Service
Boys Clubs of America
Morris DeMoss
Jasper ©. Merriott
James D. Miller
Robert Bales
Fay D. Beaman
Elver Read
Donald Davis
Orville Foster
Leonard Latham
Ed Smiley
Harold Reeves
Leroy Breedrove
Clarence S . Barton
Harold Stoner
Thomas Bine
Harald E. Holmes
Delbert Ho Davis
Arthur Brambiett
Roy Eades Rites At Indianapolis Tuesday
Mrs Earle Clark reported Roy Eades died Sunday night at his Indianapolis home He was a half brother of the late Charles Mark of this city son of the late Mrs Cornelia Eades of Lebanon Survivors include his wife five children Elizabeth Helen Cornelia Joseph and Roy Starr Eades a brother Frank Fades of Indianapolis two sisters Mrs Ward Lovett of near Roachdale and Mrs Sallie Sanders of Bedford Body at Shirley Brothers funeral home 5877 East Washington Street Indianapolis funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday
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Earle Clark
Roy Eades
Indianapolis
Eades
Charles Mark
Cornelia Eades
Lebanon
Elizabeth
Helen
Cornelia
Joseph
Roy Starr Eades
Frank Fades
Ward Lovett
Roachdale
Sallie Sanders
Bedford
Shirley Brothers Funeral Home
E. Washington Street
Former Jap Premier Faces Bribery Charge
Tokyo reports that the Japanese House of Representatives voted 140 to 120 to permit arrest of former Prime Minister Hitoshi Ashida and two Diet members on bribery accusations linked to a fertilizer company. The case led to his government's resignation in October. Ashida likely faces custody tomorrow.
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Tokyo
House of Representatives
Tokyo District Court
Hitoshi Ashida
Diet
Ashida
Five Township Elections In Boone County Named Committeemen
Five townships in Boone county held elections last week to name agricultural conservation community committeemen and delegates to the county convention. Results include Venter Delegate Oren J Schenck and others listed for each township, with several alternates and regular members noted. The remaining townships meet this week before the convention set for Friday December 10.
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Boone County
Agricultural Conservation Community
Venter
Oren J Schenck
Bare Quick
Ors J Schenck
Baren Quick
Lester Shetburne
Joseph A Woodard
Mott Shirting Worth
Lou
Jack
Tevin Peters
Low de Jackson
Train Peters
Adrian Cline
Robert Carey
Charles Carey Harrison
J Harold Weaver
Omer Green
Wilbur Thompson
Charles Winsmore
Alonzo Hysong
Leslie A. Weaver
Eugene Seamahorn
Alt
17 Year Old Clerk Wins Radio Jackpot in Pawtucket
Alice Heaney, 17, a meal market clerk from Pawtucket, wins a $26,200 radio merchandise prize on Stop The Music. She plans to return to work and shares pride in identifying the mystery melody Nancy Pawson. The haul includes a 1949 car, Rio de Janeiro trip, motorboat, diamond ring, piano, watch, wardrobe, silver service, department store credit, and luggage.
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Pawtucket
Alice Heaney
ABC
Nancy Pawson
Rio de Janeiro
Ice Skating Rink To Be Built At Memorial Park
The Park Board approved a civic project with Community Service and the Lebanon Lions Club to construct a 120 by 120 foot ice skating rink on the Memorial Park baseball diamond infield. The ice will be six and a half inches thick, with sunk boards and pegged supports set in fill dirt, to be banked.
Delayed Executions In Pearl Harbor Case Seven Japanese Warlords
The U S Supreme Court, in a 4 to 4 decision, agreed to review convictions of former Japanese premier Koki Hirota and Gen Kenji Doihar, delaying seven wartime leaders including Hideki Tojo from hanging. Oral arguments set for December 16, while other actions included Alabama electoral suits and a wage law ruling.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Pearl Harbor
Koki Hirota
Kenji Doihar
Hideki Tojo
Alabama
Truman-Barkley
James E Folsom
States Rights Ticket
Great Britain
Far East
Douglas MacArthur
Robbers Take 8100 From Shelbyville Savings Office
In Shelbyville Indiana three men forced two women workers into a back room and stole about 8100 from the First Federal Savings and Loan Association. Two robbers were armed and guarded the assistant secretary and the bookkeeper while the others rifled cash drawers.
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Shelbyville
Ind
Federal Savings and Loan Association
Havel Thralls
Lorena Heuer
Auto Crash Hospitalizes Three Lebanon Residents
Three Lebanon residents were hospitalized after a two car collision on State Road 39 near Antioch Saturday at about 4:45 PM. Mrs. Marcella Straughan and her daughter Susan, and Miss Lora May Dodd, were treated at Witham Hospital for rib injuries cuts and shock. Virgil Wells and others suffered lacerations but were not kept.
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Lebanon
Witham Hospital
Antioch
Marcella Straushan
Chicago Street
Susan
Lora May Dodd
Jameson
Wells
Straughan
Miss Dodd
Martha Sicks
Norma Johnson
Pat Johnson
Charles
Frances
Withers Hospital
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