Truman Seeks New Military Aid as Peace Talk Advances
Washington reports President Truman voiced optimism about reaching lasting peace as Congress considers a $1,222,500,000 mutual defense aid package for next year. Defense Secretary Johnson urged extended draft authority amid tensions with the Soviet bloc and recent Baltic air incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Defense Establishment
Congress
Louis Johnson
Vinee Sear
Senate Armed Services Committee
Omar N. Bradley
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House
Johnson
China
Baltic
Truman
Dean Acheson
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Far East
Soviet Union
Bradley
Acheson
Changes in Flower Show Classes at Friendly City Garden Club
Changes are announced for two classes of the Friendly City Garden Club's Flower Show to be held next Friday in the gymnasium of St Joseph's school. Section 1 Specimens allows any flower grown by the entrant and shown in a small glass bottle or Coca Cola bottle. Classification 19 Flower Arrangements uses the entrant's favorite container with fresh cut foliage. No flowers. Mrs Norvin Strickland of Indianapolis will judge.
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Friendly City Garden Club
St. Joseph's School
EU Frent
Norvin Strickland
Indianapolis
Time Change Graduation at St Josephs Parochial
Graduation exercises at St Josephs parochial school move to 8:00 PM tonight from the previously reported 7:50 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Jozeph's Parochial School
Fire Fatal to Woman in New Home Blast Evansville Area
In Daylight, Indiana, Mrs. Jacqueline Weis, 31, died from burns after an explosion and fire leveled her new six room two story home last night. Her husband Clarence and their four children moved in yesterday. authorities believe a gas heater caused the blast with no serious injuries to the family except the victim.
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Evansville
Ind
Jacqueline Weis
Here
Weis
Clarence
Mauna Loa erupts as lava flows toward Pacific
Honolulu reports dramatic Mauna Loa eruption with 20,000 foot plume, lava streams moving at over five miles per hour toward the ocean near Hookena. No towns affected, traffic snarled on Hawaii island highway. pilot observer Capt G B Blackmore witnessed the glow from 75 miles away. Continued on page 4.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Hawaii Island
Pacific Ocean
Hookena
Islands
Hilo
Hawai
Pacific
Kona
Ocean
Capt
G B Blackmore
Pan American Airlines
Hawaii
Havana reelects Communist Mayor in landslide win
Havana Cuba June 2 UP Communist backed Nicolas Castellanos was reelected mayor as the government party scored a crushing defeat for rival Antonin Prior Socarras brother of President Carlos Prior Castellanos. With 1201 of 13 precincts reporting Castellanos led by about 45000 votes in a two to one margin.
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Havana
Cuba
Nicolas Castelanos
Castellanos
Antonin Prior Socarras
Carlos Prior Castellanos
Communists
Weather outlook with showers and storms this weekend
Occasional showers and scattered thunderstorms through tonight and Saturday. Showers likely taper in the north this afternoon. Cooler conditions in the north Saturday. Thunder expected with a low of 58 tonight. Highs reach 70 to 75 in the north and 76 to 82 in the south on Saturday.
Two Lebanon Men Elected To Posts In Conference
Two Lebanon men were elected to posts at the 99th session of the Northwest Indiana Conference of the Methodist church held at Trinity Methodist church in Lafayette. Willett H. Parr Jr was named to the Indiana State Council of Churches and the Rev John Barkley was elected trustee of the Wesley Foundation at Purdue University. Two trustees for the Methodist Children's Home were also elected, Dr T L Stovall of Terre Haute and the Rev E E Franklin of Lafayette.
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Lebanon
Northwest Indiana
Methodist Church
Trinity Methodist Church
Lafayette
Willett H. Parr, Jr
Indiana State Council of Churches
John Barkley
Wesley Foundation
Purdue University
Methodist Children’s Home
T. L. Stovall
Terre Haute
E. E. Franklin
Five Acre Corn Club Entries Due June 15
Announced by the Indiana Corn Growers Association and the Agricultural Extension Service the five acre club entry deadline is June 15. The project teaches farmers methods to improve corn yields with October yield checks and study of planting rate row width fertilization and variety. Last year 25 adults and nine juniors participated. W. B Acton Harrison township produced 124.8 bushels for high adult yield and Keith Kendall Sugar Creek township 1219 bushels for high junior yield.
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Indiana Corn Growers Association
Agricultural Extension Service
W. B Acton
Harrison Township
Keith Kendall
Sugar Creek Township
Acheson urges fast aid to allies to stem Communism
Secretary of State Dean Acheson asked Congress to provide immediate arms aid totaling 2 22.5 million to assist friends, especially in the far east, to halt Communism. He gave reasons for aiding all eligible nations and stressed dangers in the Orient and the need for a flexible program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Acheson
Congress
Far East
Acheson
It Pays To Advertise In Perth Amboy Ad
Mildred Janke advertised in a June Perth Amboy newspaper seeking a husband who would be provider and under forty. The response was so strong that the suitors prompted him to disconnect her telephone today.
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Perth Amboy
Novo
Mildred Janke
Desperadoes Sought After Georgia Mountain Shootout
A large posse swept two miles west of Fairmount Georgia chasing three gunmen in a stolen car after a running gun fight from Chattanooga Tennessee. Deputies and troopers blocked roads as bloodhounds failed to trail the fugitives believed to be William J Parker and Beatrice Russell aliases Watson.
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Dalton
Georgia
Tennessee
Piney Woods
Fairmount
North Georgia
Gordon County
H. H. Prater
Chattanooga
William J. Parker
Huntsville
Ala
Beatrice Russell
Watson
Anniston
Father Of 5 Year Old Plugs Sonior President
Washington wire reports a Tennessee father, C. H. Sparks of Frankewing, proposes his five year old son Frank H. Sparks as U S president. The plan includes abolishing taxes and emptying government roles, funded by paychecks to the boy and beer fueled perks, with the elder Sparks boasting of a campaign built on flattery and a ridiculous platform. The piece notes the boy was born in 1945 and is only five, making the scheme clearly fanciful.
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Plugs Sonior
Harman W. Nichols
Washington
U. S
C. H. Sparks
Frankewing, Tenn
Frank H. Sparks
Tennessee
Heifitz
Army
Navy
Sparks
Daddy Sparks
Sparks, Sr
Utilities To Bill On Cards In Postcard Billing Change
Lebanon Utilities will switch to postcard billing effective immediately. Notices will be sent on cards showing past and current readings and the amount due. The change lowers mailing costs and improves controls over accounts receivable, announced by superintendent Thomas Burrin.
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Lebanon Utilities
Thomas Burrin
Burrin
Frazier Rites To Be Tomorrow
Funeral services for Kenneth Frazier age 45 a native of Advance will be held at 2 p m tomorrow in the North Christian church Advance Burial will be in New Ross cemetery He died Wednesday afternoon of a heart attack at his home 3738 North Pennsylvania Indianapolis He was born October 14 1904 son of Joe and Ada Frazier His father preceded him in death his mother survives in Advance He is survived by his widow Betty Loden three children Mrs James Brendel of Zionsville Bill K Frazier of Anderson and Keith L Frazier of Long Beach Calif two grandchildren and a brother Merrill Frazier of Sidney Ohio He worked on county roads while a resident of Advance and for Mallory s in Indianapolis about ten years The body was moved from an Indianapolis funeral home to the Frazley residence near Advance today.
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Kenneth Frazier
Advance
North
Pennsylvania Street
Indianapolis
North Christian Church
New Ross Cemetery
Joe
Ada (Justus) Frazier
Betty Loden
James Brendel
Zionsville
Bill K. Frazier
Anderson
Keith L. Frazier
Long Beach
Calif
Merrill Frazier
Sidney
Mallory’s
Frazley
Rent Control Up To Cities
Washington reports the Senate Banking Committee approved by 8 to 5 a bill to extend federal rent control until December 31 and let cities vote on a further six months. The measure, similar to a House bill, would drop ceilings for hotels except New York and Chicago, affecting Chicago under the proposal. Chairman Burnet R. Maybank noted several Democrats on the committee reserve the right to oppose the extra six months local option.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
House Banking Committee
New York
Chicago
Senate
New York State
Burnet R. Maybank
D.S
Chinese Reds Seize Marshall Plan Goods in Shanghai
Washington reports Chinese Communists have confiscated about 4 million dollars worth of Marshall Plan goods, chiefly cotton, in Shanghai. They seized 22,287 bales of raw cotton on March 17 after ECA officials refused to surrender the material. Hoffmann said the move betrays the intended aid flow and will be credited by the Communists regardless of how the proceeds are used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul G Hoffman
Marshall Plan
Shanghai
ECA
Ctinese
China
Hoffman
George St. Louis
Escanaba, Mich
St. Louis
Communists clash as Tokyo premier tours for election
Forty armed police were deployed at Mito 75 miles north of Tokyo to block 300 Communist demonstrators opposing Premier Shigeru Yoshida. The protest followed a meeting with Gen. Douglas MacArthur amid plans for a general strike and possible measures to curb the Communist party. Authorities warned police nationwide to prevent unrest during the anticipated demonstrations and strikes.
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Tokyo
Mito
Shigeru
Yoshidani
Yoshida
House of Councillors
Douglas MacArthur
Communist Party
Pan
Frankie Miller Found Guilty of Manslaughter in Franksport Case
Frankie Miller 20 was found guilty by a 12 juror panel in Frankfort Indiana of manslaughter in the slaying of Leland Holliday who had lured her from her husband and abandoned her for another woman. Circuit Judge Fred Campbell will sentence Monday. The case features Miller describing her relationship with Holliday since she was 17 and the branding scars she bore.
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Frankfort
Ind
Frankie Miller
Leland Holliday
Fred Campbell
Indiana
Frankin
Johnnie
Hell
Frankie
Holliday
Cairo
Local Woman Reports Attempted Molestation While Walking Home
Mrs. Charles Martin of 1903 South Hamilton street told city police last night that a man about 19 or 20, five feet tall, wearing a white star jacket, grabbed her in the 600 block of South Meridian around 10:30. She broke away and hid in a nearby house until officers arrived.
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Charles Martin
South Hamilton Street
Martin
South Meridian Street
Sto Fe
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Mig Pro Whien
New Home
Philippines
Methodists
Parr
Rev
Barkley
Bulletin
Ingrid Bergman
Son “Robertino
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Rome
Rossellini
Ingrid
Renato Roberto Giusto
Robertino
Frazier
Senate Committee For
Anna Bornholdt
Fred Bornholdt
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