Miners Begin One Week Coal Strike Amid Wage Talks
Miners start a week long stoppage causing wage losses and deductions from the health and welfare fund. The industry fears escalation if contracts aren’t renewed by June 30, with railroads and related sectors awaiting impact and stockpiles at risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UMW
Wnien
Cel
Lewis
Wolkout
Crief
Steel Corp
Philadelphia
Bluefield
W. Va
Illiois
Progressive
Sna
American Association of Railroads
Cifett
Parr Will Head J. U. Alumni Association
Bloomingon Ind June 13 Wilmer Parr Jr Lebanon attorney head the Indiana University Alumni Association this coming year elected by association members to succeed Arthur Mogge Chicago advertising executive who has held the office for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomingen
Ind
Wilmer Parr
Lebanon
Indiana University Alumni Association
Arthur Mogge
Chicago
Thorntown Youth Represents Post At Boys State
Billy Chambers son of Mr and Mrs Gus Chambers of Thorntown attends Boys State this week representing the Thorntown American Legion post The annual event at the Indiana State School for the Deaf draws about 400 delegates from across Indiana based on leadership character and scholarship He is grandson of Mr and Mrs Ora Kernodle of 613 West Main Street
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Chambers
Gus Chambers
Thorntown
Weather outlook with showers and cooling temperatures
Mostly cloudy with occasional showers or thundershowers tonight, continuing in the south portion and clearing slowly north. Cooler conditions with showers in the north. Low tonight near 65 to 66 degrees, 65 to 70 in the south. High Tuesday around 80 degrees.
Parking Meter Fight Cools Off in Bloomington
In Bloomington Indiana a dispute over income from parking meters led to a temporary restraining order and court action. Two county officials were freed on bond while police stopped meter damage after torches and vandalism. Lawyers anticipate possible State Supreme Court review as sides seek to pause enforcement and end litigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Ind
Sue Guisiiy
Penn County
Cieke
Senyty
Phece
Kant
State Supreme Court
County
Frank Byers
Herschel
Clendenning
Atkins
Charces
Malic
Trespans
Tom Lemansco
Ora E Kiser 75 Dies in Illinois
Ora E Kiser aged 75 dies in Illinois after a long life with family in Berwyn Lebanon Ontar etc public records. He was husband of Russell Kiser of Berwyn and father of Edith Mullin and five grandchildren. Funeral set for 2 30 p m Tuesday at Hamilton Funeral Home Hoopeston with burial Floral Hill Cemetery Hoopeston Illinois.
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Clausness
Brie
Jeuani Kiser
California
Lebanon
Rissell Kiser
Berwyn
Tse
Edith Muilin
Boone County Motor Vehicle
Theo Sisters
Theo Sisters, Mrstie Rogers of Long Beach, Cathy Pessii Gioek
Joy Siser
Ontartech
Long Beach
Cali
Cecil Kiser
Flint, Mich
Karen Sue
Judith Kay Kiser
Gail
Beverly
Don Earl Mullin
Hamilton Funeral Home
Hoopston
Floral Hill
U S Officials Debate Spending Cuts and Economic Health
Washington reports show the Senate Expenditures Committee backing a joint resolution to cut 2.11 to 4.0 billion dollars from government spending to balance the 1950 budget. A broader split exists among leaders over prices, wages, and fiscal policy as ADA presses for immediate steps and Brannan farm subsidy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Expenditures Committee
Congress
Truman
Y Polite
New Deal
Americans For Democratic Action Organization
ALA
Brannan Farm
ADA
Simo
Mgr
Motorcycle Crash Injures Boy In Crawfordsville Area
A motorcycle rider named Hoskins suffered a leg injury when his bike was struck by a car driven by Clayton Hodshire. The collision occurred about 1 p.m. three miles west of Advance as Hodshire, Route 1 Jamestown, made a U turn in front of the auto. Hoskins was thrown onto the car and into the road, and was taken to Culver Hospital in Crawfordsville for treatment. Sheriff Rush Robinson investigated the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seve Hoskins
James Trestt
Culver Hospital
Crawfordsville
Advance
Rush Robinson
Robinson Ad Hoskins
Clayton Hodshire
Jamestown
Coality
Dir
Jandel
Sherit Heninsen
Robert E. Miller Graduates and Takes Teaching Post
Robert Eugene Miller, son of Jubal A. and spouse, of Lebanon and Rural Route one, graduated from Ball State Teachers College with a Bachelor of Science in Education. He is qualified to teach art and industrial arts and will teach both subjects at St. Paul, Indiana for the 1949-50 school year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Eugene Miller
Middletown Gardens
Muncie
Jubal A. Miller
Lebanon
Ball State Teachers College
Miller
St. Paul
Ind
Chicago Four Tops at nation barbershop contest
Buffalo showdown reports the Mid State Four from Chicago winning the medalist contest of the Society for the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop Quartet Singing in America. The four members are Bob Mack Marty Mendre Forrest Haynes and Art Gracey. Runners up include Clef Dwellers Oakland Mich Antlers Fi Mich Songmasters Lansing Mich and The Varsity Four Lafayette Ind as the 1950 Omaha center event wrapped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo
N.Y
Chicago
Bob Mack
Marty Mendre
Forrest Haynes
Art Gracey
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of Barber Shop
America
Spebsqsa
Oakland
Lansing
Mich
Lafayette
Omaha
Day Camp To Open Monday At Memorial Park
The Community Service day camp will run Monday through Friday from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. all summer at Memorial Park for boys and girls aged three to ten. Enrollment is continuous, with two week periods and no reenrollment required for return visits. Transportation provided and lunch milk supplied. activities include nature lore crafts music rhythm, stories, dramatics, and games.
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Memorial Park
H. Fl Yeldman
Community Service
Production Credit Group Officers Attend Ohio State Seminar
Kidit officers and directors of the Greencastle Production Credit Association will attend an agricultural seminar at Ohio State University in Columbus on June 15 16 and 17. Russell Bean Lebanon field representative reports the event is a short course on financing agriculture held annually alternately at Ohio State and Purdue for farmer production associations in Ohio and Indiana. Bean will represent the Greencastle association at the seminar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kidit
Greencastle Production Credit Association
Ohio State University
Columbus
Russell Bean
Lebanon
Ohio State
Purdue
Ohio
Indiana
Mr. Bean
Greencastle
Alvin Delaney Dies In Hospital
Alvin Delaney 41 died during an appendectomy at Founta hospital and lay in Myers Mortuary. He lived with his wife Pauline Padgett and five children Oris Melvin Evelyn Leona James at home. Survived by father James, stepmother Hazel Delaney, brother David of Thorntown, sisters Helen Martin Sylvia Newman Ruth Newman Waugh, and several aunts and uncles. Funeral plans incomplete.
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B. Delaney
James
Clara Delaney
Pauline Padgett
Wesleyan Methodist Church
Pleasant View
Oris
Melvin
Evelyn
Leona
Hazel Delaney
David Delaney
Thorntown
Helen Martin
Sylvia Newman
Ruth Newman
Waugh
Myers Mortuary
Horn
Houser Graduates From DePauw University in Greencastle
Ralph L. Houser of Lebanon received a Bachelor of Arts degree at DePauw University during the 110th commencement on campus. Dr Clyde E Wildman, DePauw president, conferred the degree. Dr Richard Raines Bishop delivered the commencement address on Crisis and Character before the largest class in DePauw history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greencastle
Ind
Ralph L. Houser
N. Jameson Street
Lebanon
DePauw University
Clyde E. Wildman
DePauw
Richard Raines
Indiana
Methodist Church
Favor Caution By Atlantic Pact
Crawfordsville Indiana June 1 UP Methodists of the Northwestern Indiana District favor caution by Atlantic Pact nations to preserve world peace. The report says the alliance could bind the United States to arms and is not an instrument of peace unless actions are guarded. It also urges Congress to liberalize entry of displaced persons regardless of fate faith nationality or occupation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crawfordsville
Ind
Indiana
United States
Allance
Corgre
DUV Annual Meeting Honors Lebanon Women
Daughters of Union Veterans and Grand Army of the Republic members gathered in Murten for the annual encampment with Lebanon attendees earning honors. Mrs. Alvin Power chaired as past department president. Mrs. Clifford Bradshaw and Mrs. Addie Campbell led in roles. a memorial service paid tribute to deceased members. national president Bernice Hecht Elshart attended. text encampment to be held in Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lebanon
Daughters of Union Veterans of the
Connectist
Vie
Campbell
Indianapolis
Mix
Bradshaw
Airs Adams
John
Adems
Jonestore
W. &. Wittinghill
Chaplin
Bernice Hecht Ed Elshart
Terre Haute
Former LHS Teacher Retires At Manuel
Miss Gretchen Scotten, a Lebanon High School English teacher about 30 years ago, retires from the Emmet Manual Training High School faculty in Indianapolis. She taught at Manual for 25 years and also served at Butler Cumberland Tipton Muncie schools. Scotten is a Manual graduate and attended Ball State Teachers College IU extension Columbia Butler and Chicago universities.
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Gretchen Scotten
Lebanon
Emmet Manual Training High School
Indianapolis
Manual
Scotten
Butler
Cumberland
Tipton
Muncie
Ball State Teachers’ College
Indiana University Extension
Columbia
Chicago
Oppenheimer Praises Lilienthal On Atomic Progress
Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer testified before the House Senate Atomic Energy committee that postwar bomb production by the AEC has progressed better than he feared. He credited Lilienthal led commission for steady, sane policy and a vigorous Los Alamos lab transition, while stressing no law violations and limited concern over a uranium oxide mishap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Atome Energy Commission
Oppenheimer
Los Alamos
N. M
House-Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Lembast Commission
David EB. Lilienthal
Army Atomic Bomb Research
Civilian “Commission
House
Gapinheimer
Atom Commmission
Liwenthal
Hon
Auther Nation
Cormimission
United States
Russia
Lox Alamos
Argon Neational
Chicago
fMickenloopers
Arganne
Supreme Court finds Standard Oil contracts violate anti trust laws
The Supreme Court affirmed 6 to 3 that Standard Oil Co of California exclusive dealer contracts in seven western states violate Sherman and Clayton acts. The ruling upheld convictions of Standard Oil and Standard Stations, Inc. under U S anti trust law. Investors face sharp market losses as New York stocks fall to two year lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Standard OW Co
California
Standard Oi
Standard Stations, Inc
New York
Boy Born In Airplane 6 000 Feet Above Los Angeles
Long Beach California June 13. Mrs Jean Fish 24 and her baby born in a plane over Los Angeles reported in excellent condition today at Long Beach Navy Hospital. The baby, the couple's fourth, arrived as the plane flew at 8000 feet with Lt Mary Foster assisting.
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Long Beach
Cal
Jean Fish
Los Angeles
Long Beach Navy Hospital
St Barney
Hollywood Writers Lose Contempt Conviction on Communism Question
The U S Court of Appeals unanimously upheld the contempt conviction of John Howard Lawson and Dalton Trumbo for refusing to reveal if they were or had been members of the Communist party to the House Un American Activities Committee in 1947. They were sentenced to one year in jail and fined $1100. The ruling, written by Justice Bennett Champ Clark, asserts the committee has authority to ask witnesses about Communist affiliation and to punish refusals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Court of Appeals
Congress
John Howard Lawson
Dalton Trumtr
Fone Delty
House
American Activities Committee
Communist Party
Roth
Lawson
Trambo AH
Hollywood
Bennett Champ Clark
Schricker Seeks To End Strike In Indiana
Indiana Governor Henry F Schricker reached out to Bendix Aviation workers and union leaders to a conference at his office to resolve the 55 day CIM United Auto Workers strike at the Bendix South Bend plant. State officials offered full facilities to aid a settlement as federal mediators cited deadlock. The walkout began April 20 and involved 7500 workers.
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Indianapolis
Henry F Schricker
Indiana
CIM
United Auto Workers
South Bend
Schricker
Stanley Ladd
Bendix
W. E. Store
Commissioner of Labor
Thomas R. Hutson
Arthur Vint Detroit
Ford Motor Co
Stage Believed Set For The Final Compromise Bid
Paris January 1 Acheson Vishinsky Bevin Schuman clashed at a four power talks as the stage for a final German compromise appeared set after a secret ministerial meeting Only hints of new Soviet proposals were offered with a plenary exchange and a 90 minute secret session to follow speculation ranged from an honest German settlement to a secret proposal for a heads of state meeting including Stalin and Truman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Jané
Russia
Germany
Incone
Bia
Pour
Wittt
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Vishinsky
Ernest Bevin
Robyert Schuman
Bevin
Saint Vladimir
Schuman
Vishninsky
Jesuf Stabe
Truman
Yeggs Fail To Open An Unlocked Safe
Denver police report yeggs battered the lock off a safe in a lumber company office but abandoned the attempt as a bad job. The safe was found unlocked by firm officials and no theft was recorded.
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Yeggs
Denver
Berlin Strike To Be Settled
Berlin observers expect the West Berlin rail strike to end by Wednesday after four power talks fail to resolve the little blockade. A vote by striking workers was anticipated to back a compromise plan to restore trains by Wednesday morning as Allied officials weigh overall transport issues. Maj. Gen. George P. Hays said he no longer expects a midnight deadline by the Big Four to be met.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Fiig
Russia
Britain
France
United States
George P Hays
Paris
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Parr
J. U. Alumni Association
Thorntown Post
Ora E. Kiser
Illinois
U. S
Robert E. Miller
Chicago Four
Alvin Delaney
Rosston
Houser
DUV
LHS
Manuel
Lilienthal
Bulletins
Calif
Clark
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