Recreation Day Parade and Prize Winners Display Community Fun
A lively town Recreation Day featured a parade from First Baptist Church to the park with prizes in each division. Winners included Miss Flannon with valentine décor for first, Kerry Barge and Butch Johnson in bike divisions, and Sue Ante in the tricycle class, while Lions and Dover 4H teams swept honors among floats and scooters. Evening activities included a Rotary baseball game, umpiring by Doris Lewallen and Betty Quick, and a public dance at the pavilion with live music by Jimmy Boatman and Johnnie McGitinis. The Montgomery Ward store supplied prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Sposs
Charles Parr
Montgomery Ward
Bee E Stanley Collins
Rick Antie
J Johnson
Kayarge
Jess Shaw
Margaret Jimmy Jorden
Sally
Sue Witt
Dennis Tarsellc
Lea Lawler
Dorothy 2 Potts
Thelma Deoimass
Willett Parr Jr
Sue Ante
Madeline Hubble
Kennedieted
Eddie Lucas
Jimmie Head
Stew
Elfen
Arlene Rogers
Kenny Baker
Karen Kay Lucas
Lions! ‘Club
Dover
Boone County Motors
Lenox Bros
Shelby Chevrolet
Indiana Gas and Water Co
Lebanon Concrete Products
W. E. Blackwell and Son
Dodges
Rogers Shaw
Percy McGhee
Herman McRoberts
Roland Dish
Co. Weddie
al Doran
Doris Lewallen
Betty
Lions
Huff and Puff
Heys
Bharley
Johnnie Watson
Irons
Jack Messimin
Offire
Phil Adler
Rotarians
Butch Neuman
Jack Cole
Doc Wiseheart
Dick Adney
Watson
Buri Chambers
Jimmy Boatman
Johnnie McGitinis
Gill Net Fisherman Convicted and Fined in City Court
A. J. Padgett of Anderson was fined $35 and costs $15 by Mayor Herbert L. Gregg for possession of a gill net in violation of state fishing law. Padgett was arrested on Mud Creek May 21 by state conservation officer Robert S. Perkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. J. Padgett
Anderson
Padgett
Herbert L. Gregg
Mud Creek
Robert S. Perkins
Second Bomb Blast Hits Barcelona Cathedral Cloister
In Barcelona on June 3 a small bomb exploded in the cloister of the cathedral marking the second blast since Generalissimo Francisco Franco arrived. No casualties were reported though several operators were injured. The explosion occurred during commemorative services for martyrs of the war of independence. Franco and government members were absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barcelona
Francisco
Frant
France
Franco
French Officers Foil Arms Plot In Paris Seizure
Paris June 3 The government announced the seizure of two bus loads of arms and the arrest of 16 people in an alleged plot to demoralize the French Army. Among the detainees were three high officers from General Charles de Gaulle’s Rally of the French People and a member of de Gaulle’s private protective police. Police said ammunition submachine guns rifles and pistols came from Perigueux in southern France and the buses were halted on the edge of Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Charles Petraulin
DeGaulle
National Assembly
Pe Feaulie
Interior Ministry
Perigeux
France
Mendon
Longjumeau
Interior Department
Two Quizzed In Death At Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Indiana police questioned Willie Pearson and Roscoe Gray after the body of Dorothea Stansberry was found in apartment 1 with no marks of violence. Husband Merie Stansberry reported she had not been seen since yesterday. Coroner Jesse Burks found no foul play and will send vital organs to the state health laboratories. the scene indicated a liquor party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Jane
State Board of Health Laboratories
Pearson
jPolice
Airforce Officer Seeks Hearing on B38 Program
Washington reports Air Force Secretary W Stuart Symington asks for an official hearing on charges surrounding the B-36 program. He agrees with the House Armed Services Committee to investigate within security limits and says Rep. James Van Zandt’s allegations should be answered now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Forse
W Stuart Aymington
Carl Vinson
House Armed Services Committee
Symington
Air Force
James E. Varn
Ex-Communist Witness Flips on Hiss Perjury Case
Former Communist spy courier Chambers, key accuser in the Alger Hiss perjury trial, admitted under cross examination that he lied to the Grand Jury about espionage knowledge. He testified calmly about past relationships and a visit to Adolf Berle in 1939, denying earlier statements about Bykov and a Brooklyn meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alger Hiss
Chambers
Hiss
Lloyd Pan Stryker
Grand
Federal Grand Jury
Pola Eplled
Stryker
Ited
Kaufman
Wel Hattorn
Stryeer
Bykov
Byker
Brookyn
Cai
Boris Byov
Brooklyn
Mrs Eisler Seeks Deportation Delay
New York June 3 Mrs Gerhart Eisler wife of the Communist leader who fled on a Polish liner will appear in federal court next Tuesday to plead for time to settle her affairs before deportation Judge Alfred Coxe granted a habeas corpus petition for Mrs Eisler yesterday She seeks permission to leave Ellis Island two weeks before her scheduled deportation date to pack her possessions and put her affairs in order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gerhart Eisler
Alfred Coxe
Easler
Ellis Island
Two Men Confess To Philippine Plane Bombing
Manila reports two men confessed planting a time bomb on a Philippine Airlines liner that exploded over the sea killing all 13 aboard. Confessions came from Daet Camarines Norte investigators. Names withheld pending formal charges. Evidence cited includes mastermind link and possible love-triangle motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Daet
Camarines Norte
Providence
Dart
Ludvig Suitren
Litchfield
Minn
Richart Parker
Rochester N.Y
National Bergan of
NBI
Runce
Itri
Caetat
Stane
Rev Vaught Begins Apostolic Pastorate
The Rev William Vaught of Lafayette has accepted the pastorate of the Apostolic Faith Assembly on South Meridian Street and will preach Sundays morning and evening. He will be assisted with music by Mrs. Vaught, a singer active in evangelical work. They will reside in Lafayette after years in ministry in California Ohio and Detroit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Vaught
Lafayette
Tne Apeside Faith Assembly
South Meridian Street
Moraine
Vaught
Californiia
Ohio
Detroit
Mich
Vavatt
Clinton 4 H Junior Leaders Visit Boone County Club
Boone county 4H senior leaders hosted Clinton county junior leaders at Memorial park for a pitch-in picnic. About 100 attended as Devon Woody Boone county president welcomed guests and Clinton county president Munts Caldwell spoke. Announcements for the next meeting on July 6 at Lindbergh school followed, then Don Swisher and Shirley Thompson led games after supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone County 4H Club
Clinton County
Memorial Park
Devon Woody
Boone County
Clinton County Club
Munts Caldwell
Lindbergh School
Don Swisher
Shirley Thompson
Purdue Fraternity Serenades Mitchell J Vogel Family
About 60 members of Purdue's Phi Gamma Delta serenaded the Mitchell J Vogel family in Country Club Park last night. The men honored Mrs Vogel's brother-in-law Roy Ingrahm, who wrote the words and music to a new melody titled My Phi Gam Girl. The crowd watched as they formed on the Vogel lawn and sang several choruses ending with a shivering rendition of the ballad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Country Club Park
Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity
Purdue
Mitchell J. Vogel
Warns Of Corn Loan Deadline In Hnone County
A. Wright, chairman of the Hnone County Agricultural Conservation Committee, announces June 36 as the last day for completing corn loans and urges interested farmers to apply before June 20 at the AAA office. The office will move to erson South Meridian Street later this month and township committees are urged to submit acreage reports promptly. Wright stresses the deadline for forms and notes most work should be done by mid June with township officials involved in processing applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Firsi A. Wright
Hnone County Agricultural Conservation Committee
AAA
Wright
Othiers
South Meridian Street
Rogers and Smith
Wrightigi
Jane
Wright Clinton
William N. Scott Dies Suddenly at Rosston Home
William Nelson Soult, a well known farmer and stock dealer born near Boon County, dies suddenly at his Rosston home after years of illness. He was a son of Joseph W. and Mary Bl Inn Clarks Scott, natives and longtime residents in the area. He had lived near Slabtown until 2016. Continued on page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Nelson Soult
Rosston
Scott
Joseph W
Mary
Clarks Scott
Boone County
Slabtown
Gas and chemical workers authorize strike at Oak Ridge lab
Washington reports that 10 gas coke and chemical workers sanctioned a strike at the Oak Ridge atomic laboratories. In Jacksonville, the 10,000-ton tanker SS Flagship Sine faced engine flooding from a broken casing with 12 feet of water as it sailed 125 miles off the south Atlantic coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Oak Ridge, Tenn, Atomic Laboratories
Jacksonville
Fla
Escape From West Virginia State Prison Ends in Slay of Suspect
Reported escape from West Virginia State Prison near Moundsville led to a pursuit as guards and lawmen chased a Ford sedan carrying fleeing convicts. A fatal shooting occurred during the incident, with authorities noting a shotgun was used and a suspect died en route to a hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndly
Moundsville
George
Ami
Sherriff Ko Oewick
Tre Bane
George Jone
Georg
Sear Heys Gerdes
Hibs
Lebanon Woman Named Director in Angus Breeders Group
A West Central Indiana Angus Breeders Association meeting in Crawfordsville named Mrs. Richart Wail of Lebanon as a director for a one year term. Charles Shabb of Hillsboro was re elected president, with Arthur Bry Lafayette secretary treasurer and Walter Schiver Lafayette as directors. Other officers and board members were chosen for multi year terms. The group approved articles of incorporation and set future committee work, with fall plans noted for Page 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Centra Indiana Angus Breeders’ Association
Crawfordsville
Chares Grobb
Hilfebore
Walter Schiver
Richart Wail
Lebanon
Charles Shabb
Hills
Arthur VV Bry
Lafayette
Truculent Turtle Pilot Honan Visits Corpus Christi
Commander John B. Honan, flying the P2V-1 Truculent Turtle, returns to Corpus Christi after weekend with parents. He will finish Texas training then command a patrol squadron, heading to Whitbey Island near Seattle and Kodiak Island for three months duty. The flight set a record for longest nonrefueled journey from Australia to Ohte.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Honan
Corpus Christi Tex
Bernard Honan
Texas
Whitbey Island
Seattle
Wash
Kodiak Island
Corpus, Christi
Ias
Panama
Lebanon School Board Approves Safety Improvement Plan
The Lebanon School Board approved 89,241 for safety upgrades at Central and Harney grade schools including fireproofing, sash replacement with wire glass, and fire escape work under architect Robert F Hutchinson. Projects, recommended by the State Fire Marshal, also include painting the senior high and gym, new rest rooms, and metal sash installation at Harney and Central. Contracts were awarded to HH Dickey, Sam Breshar, John Berkley, and Platt & McCoy for various tasks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon School Board
Larney
Robert F Ftutchinson
Indiana
Senate Leaders Seek To Pass The Taft Hartley Repealer Act
Senate Democratic leaders moved to win passage of a labor bill by offering five amendments aligned with Rayburn proposals as debate loomed. The plan aimed to show Truman’s promises are not idle while risking uphill odds in advancing a Taft Hartley repealer this session.
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Washington
Senate
Sam Rayburn
House
Alben W. Barkley
Truman
County land tract sold to Fred Siess
Clark Mills of Boone county announced a public auction sale of 5.7 acres of county property to Fred Siess. The tract lies about 1.25 miles south of there on U S Highway 52 between the old road and the bypass and brought $8,200.
First Baptist Vacation School Set to Run Two Weeks
The First Baptist Church Vacation School begins Monday June 6 and runs daily through June 17 with a closing program on June 19. Four departments serve ages 4 to 15, including a Junior Hi with a Mediterranean world study and an electric map feature. Daily schedule covers devotionals, Bible study, movies, and hands on activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
At & Pm
Churchill
Pauls
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Jane Flannigan
Airforce
Piot
Rev. Vaught
Clinton
M. J. Vogel
William N. Scott
Bulletins
West Virginia
Siain
Mrs. Wall
Angus Breeders’ Board
Cmdr
Honan
Ocal
St Marie-du-Mont
Barkeep
Paul Patrix
St. Marie-du-Mont
Normandy
Fred Siess
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