Allied push toward Iron Triangle in Korea gains pace
United Nations forces surged through artillery and ice toward the Iron Triangle area around Chorwon Kumhwa and Kumhwa as they pressed a multi‑sector advance on a roughly 25 mile front. Front reports indicate gains despite heavy fighting with the Red Army’s presence shaping a difficult battle line.
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Iron Triangle
United Nations
Cherwon
Nd Kumhwa
Red Army
Jar Plateau
Chorwon
Worker Mishap Near Zionsville Causes Injury
A worker from Construction Com was operating a saw west of Zionsville when the tool kicked back and pulled him off balance. He suffered a back injury and wound up with a leg injury near the ground. He was taken to Witham hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Urlow
Zionsville
Eisenhower Visits Normandy Beach to Honor D Day Legacy
Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived at the Normandy coast for a first postwar visit and warned that the free world will rally again if France is threatened. At St Mere Eglise and the St Laurent cemetery he laid wreaths honoring Allied soldiers from the 1944 invasion and recalled milestones of the landings as Cherbourg and Milestone Zero highlighted the victory route.
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Omaha Beach
Normandy
Rien
Dwight DD
Eisenhower
France
St. Mere Evlise
Europe
St. Laurent
Cherbourg
Paris
Ve How
St. Mere Eglise
Alles
St Mere Eglise
Marines Recall Bridge Built in Korea In Easter Box
Cpl Max A Rhoades of Thorntown learned a photo in The Reporter showed a bridge he and the Assault Platoon built near Hoengsong Korea during harsh weather. The box note connected home and unit, highlighting Lt Cpl Blanding and 281 men of the 1st Marine Division with many wounded or remaining. Rhoades, a Marine Reservist, went active in November 1950 and arrived in Korea in January.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boone County
Korea
Max A Rhoades
George W. Rhoades
Thorntown
Robert Rhoades
International
Cpl Rhoades
A. T
Hyenesong
Hoengsong
Cpl Blanding
IS Marine First Division
Diary Reveals Tragic Fate Of Downed Fliers
In Durango Colorado a 35 member search party found the bodies of Dr. John J. Durango and Bob Button near Red Mountain Creek canyon four miles from a downed light plane. A diary recovered from Button details a perilous crash landing in a blizzard near Wolf Creek Pass with freezing conditions and a brief fire before death.
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Red Creek Canyon
John J
Robert M Durango
Colo
Wolf Creek Pass
Piedra Peak
South River Peak
Bob
Red Mountain Creek Canyon
Harry £. Larson
Button
Larson
Theater Owners Secure TV Rights for Outdoor Fights
Nathan L. Halpern for Fabian theaters Loews RKO and United Paramount said a contract with the International Boxing Club grants exclusive TV rights to outdoor fights this summer. The Joe Louis Lee Savold bout at the Polo Grounds would be shown in Washington Baltimore Albany Cleveland and Chicago movie houses at theater prices, but not in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Nathan L. Halpern
Fabian Theaters
Loews
RKO
United Paramount
International Boxing Club
Joe Lewis- Lee Savold
Polo Grounds
Halpern
Washington
Baltimore
Albany
Cleveland
Chicago
Chamber seeks four way stop at coffin corner intersection
Dean Hall of the local Chamber of Commerce asked the State Highway Commission to install a four way stop at the US 52 by pass and State Road 39 intersection nicknamed coffin corner. He cited one death and three injuries since May 15 and noted Memorial Day traffic incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US. Highway 52
Coffin Corner
Dean Hall
Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Commission
Samuel ©. Hadden
Commission
Hall
Alta Cline
Thorntown
Hissing Carburetor Snake Attack Ends Trip
Harold Crankshaw rushed home from a Smoky Mountains trip thinking his motorcycle carburetor hisswas faulty. His wife recalled him adjusting the carburetor each time the sound occurred. At home they found a two foot rattlesnake coiled around the cylinder, its head on the carburetor, and Tike lay dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
Harold Crankshaw
Great Smoky Mountains
Crankshaw
Tike
Military Plane Crashes at Kelly Air Force Base
A four engine C-97 of MATS crashed on takeoff from Kelly AFB San Antonio killing nine crew members. Six bodies recovered, others presumed dead. The plane struck a filling station and Grey Eagle Cafe, igniting fires that destroyed the cafe and caused a woman to be badly burned.
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San Antonio
Tex
Kelly Air Force Base
Military Air Transport Service
MATS
Kelly
Grey Eagle Eafe
Somerset Road
Kelly Reservation
Cife
Visit Of Mobile Unit Is Success
Boone County Red Cross reports 86 pints donated by county residents for plasma and armed forces use during the Indianapolis Blood Mobile Unit’s first Lebanon visit since the war. About LIU registrations were noted by noon, with some missing appointments or failing the required medical checks. Visitors from Lafayette and Frankfort chapters praised the project. 40 volunteers staffed the day, and rural residents supplied roughly half of the recruits.
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Boone County
American
Red Cross
Indianapolis’ Center
Lebanon
Lafayette
Frankfort
Red
First Biennial Indiana Ceramic Exhibition at Herron Museum
Mrs. Paul T. Payne, a former Country Club Park resident, is represented in the First Biennial Indiana Ceramic Exhibition at the John Herron Art Museum in Indianapolis. The exhibit runs through July 1. Also featured is sculptress Mrs Bayne with models titled Nita and Blue Baby.
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Paul T. Payne
Country Club Park
Indiana
John Herron Art Museum
Indianapolis
Bayne
Nita
Blue Baby
Schedule For Bible School Opens June 11
The Union Daily Vacation Bible School, with Centenary Methodist First Baptist Central Christian and Presbyterian churches, opens Monday June 11. Mrs Harold Gentry is general superintendent and Mrs Euge Burns assistant. Registration at churches from 9 am for different age groups, daily classes 9 am to 11 am, seven of ten days required for attendance certificates, parade at 11:15 am, course from International Council includes crafts Bible study recreation and songs, with a mother’s day program June 21 and a closing picnic June 22 at Memorial Park. Divisional superintendents are Mrs J B McKay kindergarten Mrs DeLue Ackerman primary Mrs Gordon Kernodle junior and Mrs R K Head intermediates.
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Union Daily Vacation Bible School
Centenary Methodist
First Baptist
Central Christian
Presbyterian
Harold Gentry
Euge Burns
Methodist Church
Christian Church
Methodist
Akien
International Counci
Memorial Park
J. B MckKay
DeLue Akerman
Gordon Kernodle
RK. Head
Indiana police seize 58 slot machines in five cities
In Indiana, state police and excise officers confiscated 58 slot machines across five cities including Tell City Cannelton Rockport Bedford Hauntingon and Washington. Machines stored, unused since Gov Schricker banned slots. One arrest made: John Shaffer alleged Huntington Labor Temple manager.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Jasper Post
Knights of Columbus
Tell City
Cannelton American Legion Post
Rockport
VFW
Bedford Moose Lodge
E.ht
Bedford
Hauntington
Labor Temple
Washington Legion
Schricker
John Shaffer
Huntington Labor Temple
Farmers' Meat Price Rollback Sparks Wider Uproar
The nationwide revolt against meat price controls widens as stockyards slow beef output and packers ration supplies. Cattlemen blame high costs, while President Truman reiterates support for the rollback order amid White House talks with industry leaders.
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Truman
Four State Prison Inmates Fail Break From Michigan City Prison
Four state prison inmates including a life term offender tried to dig out from Michigan City prison. They tunneled under the insane hospital about eight feet deep and ten feet long before being caught and placed in solitary. Warden Alfred Dowd said they were assigned to hospital work and had about 60 feet left to reach the south wing. Authorities had hints of the plot several days earlier. Two inmates had 10 to 20 year burglary terms. the others 2 to 5 years for burglary.
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Michigan City
Ind
Alfred Dowd
Dowd
South ii
Partly cloudy night and Thursday with showers
Partly cloudy to night and Thursday with scattered showers southwest and extreme south. Slightly warmer north and central portions tonight.
Service Friday For G. W. Bundy
George Washington Bundy 80 of Thorntown died after a two year illness. Survivors include widow Cora Sutton Bundy a foster son Leo Bundy six foster grandchildren four foster great grandchildren and several nieces and nephews. Burial will be in Maple Lawn cemetery Thorntown after services at the Christian church Friday at 2 pm with viewing at Russell and Hitch funeral home.
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George Washington Bundy
Roune County
Thorntown
Mr Bundy
Abraham
Rosetta
Petrow) Bundy
Lebanon
Cora Sutton
Christian Church
Smartsburg
Eagles Lodge
Crawfordsville
Loyal Order of Moose
Moosehart
Montgomery County
Leo Bundy
Maple Lawn Cemetery
Russell & Hitch
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Durango
Upper
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Alamdia
State Commission
Payne
NAVY
North Pole
Fsigid
Defense
Jane
Fred Hateh
Chicago Livestock Exchange
American Meat Institute
AMI
East St Louis
D Smith
Armour
Plint
Mr. Irish
Swift
East St. Laws
Acer
Michael Howlett
Sumilay
Peoria
Milwaukee
Green Bay
Howlett
Cudahy Packing Company
George A. Hormel & Co
Austin
Mirus
Wilson
Francises Ja Keys
Openaiek
White House
Defense ‘Mobilver
Charles E. Wilson
Economie Stabler
Eric A. Johnston
Price
Michael V Disalle
Mest
Superior Meat Products, Inc
Gary
Johnston
DiSalle
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Rey Turner
Oklahoma
Turner
Truman MiSalle
G. W. Bundy
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