France election reshapes parliament with De Gaulle leading
In a sharp shift France's general election reduces the Communist share while rallying behind Charles de Gaulle's Rally of the French party which gains the largest representation in parliament. The new assembly totals 627 seats with De Gaulle’s bloc securing a strong coalition option as postwar power realigns. The Third Force coalition emerges with multiple parties aiming for a governing majority amid shifting alliances.
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Communists
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Indiana Demo Chairman Dies
Former Indiana Democratic state committee chairman Sallee died at his home after a heart ailment. Born in Carlisle and raised in Evansville, he entered advertising before politics and served as secretary to the state committee. He led the party from 1919 and again in 1922 after a brief Bosse-backed tenure.
Man and Woman Quarrel Leads to Car Flight and Injury
In California June 18 a man Willie Gerro aged 49 allegedly dragged his girlfriend Carrie in a car after a dispute over an alleged knife threat. He pulled away with her inside, she swerved to escape but he kept pace. Eventually he was caught. he was treated at a hospital for injuries described as his feet and socks burning. He faces charges of assault or intent to harm.
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Calif
Willie Gerro
Carrie
Willie
German Soldier Survives Six Years Buried Alive
A 42 year old German soldier, unidentified by Polish hospital authorities, said he and five companions were buried for six years in a Nazi supply depot near Gdynia after retreating troops dynamited the entrance in 1945. Two others died or committed suicide, while the remaining men reportedly endured darkness, food, water, and mummified corpses until rescue efforts began after Polish workers cleared the wreckage.
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Charles Ridley
Warsaw
Poland
Gdynia
Akademia Hospital
Fhve
Babie Doly
Rhine Witte
Nosey Workman Snapped Nose by Clock at Rushford Dock
In Rushford Eng a workman repairing the village church dock leaned near a clock and the minute hand snapped his nose tip. The accident highlights careless exposure near old clockworks and local safety concerns.
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Rushford
Eng
Ernest Kernodle Dies Saturday in Jamestown Area
Ernest Lee Kernodle, 69, died late Saturday in Witham hospital. A Boone county native born August 21, he farmed on Lebanon route three and worked for the State Highway Department. He was unmarried and a Christian church member. Survivors: brother Lawrence Kernodle of North Salem, sister Mrs. Lillian Hurt and niece Velma Hurt of Frankfort. Funeral services Tuesday at Russell and Hitch funeral home at 2 p.m. with burial in Jamestown Cemetery.
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Ernest Lee Kernodle
Witham Hospital
Boone County
Hill
Jamestown
Kernodle
Lebanon
State Highway Department
Henry I
Mary (Rogers) Kernodie
Christian Church
Janestown
Lawrence Kernodie
North Salem
Lillian Hurt
Velma Hurt
Frankfort
Omer
Wilbur Sharp
Russell & Hitch
Cap Pistol Fatal to Boy in Forest City Farm Home
Seven year old Kennanetta Starrett sought a cap pistol for Independence Day. While his parents were busy on the farm in Forest City, he found his father's 38 caliber revolver and picked it up. The gun discharged, striking him in the head. He died hours later at St Peanes Hospital.
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Peoria
Yesrold
Kenanetta Starrett
Hfe
Forest City
St. Peanes
Hoosier Awarded MH Posthumously
Washington Indiana widow Barbara Faith was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for bravery in Korea. Don Faith commanded the First Battalion, 62nd Infantry Regiment, Seventh Division, and led counter-attacks during five days of fierce fighting in the Chosin Reservoir area, sacrificing his life. General Omar N. Bradley will present the medal in Washington.
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Washington
Don ¢ Faithcrne
Ind
Omar N. Bradley
Barbara W. Faith
Alexandriae la
Faith
62Nd Infantry Regiment
Korea
Chosin Reservoir
Car Overturns North Of Here Fatal For Edith Taylor
A car went out of control eight miles north of here on U S Highway 92. Mrs Edith Taylor 76 of Forsyth Ga died in the crash. Passengers Mrs James Pledger and Floyd Carpenter of Chicago were injured. James Pledger husband of the injured woman escaped serious injury. The car overturned on the island between the lanes. The incident occurred about 2 30 am State police investigated.
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Here
Edith Taylor
Forsyth
James Pledver
Floyd Carpenter
Chicago
Pledger
Carpenter
Witham Hospital
James Pledger
Fis
Mostly fair warm spell continues into Tuesday
Weather outlook states mostly fair skies and continued warm temperatures tonight and Tuesday. Lows around the Knight hos appear unclear, with daytime highs reaching the mid 80s to 90s.
Ruff Time of It at the Bronx Club
A rough looking man with sideburns in New York’s Bronx 20 is seen wearing a ruff for laughs. He overexerted himself and broke his arm, treating the fracture with a bandage while trying to maintain a playful persona.
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the Bronx 20
New York
Armour and Co reports five million dollar loss in beef
Armour and Co. announced a four quarter loss of five million dollars in beef slaughter for February through April blamed on price controls. The firm cited a price squeeze and need for working capital after net profits fell from seven point six six eight five one two million to seven hundred forty seven thousand in the first two quarters.
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Chicago
Armou & Co
S Com
Armour
Fo W. Specht
Catholic Home Fire Toll Reaches 37
A Montreal report says the death toll from a church home fire reached 37 as investigators opened a formal inquiry. Nuns and workers believed at least two more victims remained in charred ruins after the Hospice Ste Cunegonde was swept by flames last Friday, with an acetylene torch reportedly used by workmen building an elevator shaft cited as the possible ignition source.
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Montreal
Ste. Cunegonde
Gre
Becomes Sole Owner of Local Shoe Store
Ruddell Apple announced purchase of the remaining half interest in the Wooley & Apple shoe store from the Bo Wooley estate. Apple, associated since 1935 and half owner since 1947, will operate the firm as Apple Shoe Store.
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Ruddell
Apple
Wooley & Apple Shoe
Frank Bo Wooley
Apple Shoe Store
Rev Barkley to Begin Fourth Year at Lebanon Church
Reverend John W. Barkley, pastor of Centenary Methodist Church, is reassigned for a fourth year to Lebanon, per the Northwest Indiana Conference ending its Greencastle meetings. Theodore Roberts will replace Burgette. other local assignments include Barle in Lafayette, Kirkpatrick in Monticello, Ross in Chesterton, and Frank remaining in current posts.
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John W. Barkley
Centenary Methodist Church
Northwest Indiana
The
Methodist Church
Greencastle
Barkey
Lebanon
JE. Byrd Wall
Whitestown
C. E. Barle
Trinity St Lafayette
Rey
Kirkpatrick
Montivello
Robert Ross
Shannon
Chesterton
Frank
Reds no longer crudely armed now loaded with Russ weapons
Bio by Perguson notes the Chinese Reds and North Korean troops are now equipped with modern Russian weapons. A U P correspondent observed abandoned Soviet gear along a Chungcheon road and noted lend lease trucks repurposed, Russian textiles, and winter and summer uniforms labeled in Russian. The piece argues Stalin’s support raises risks for UN forces and may prolong the Korean war.
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Perguson
U.P
Korea
Stalin
America
Russia
Harold Knapp
Youngstown
Chorwon
U. N
U. P
William Burson
Chunchen
Kueerthyh Horsnit
U.N. Army
United Nations
American Marine and Cuban Janitor Die at U S Embassy
In Havana a U S embassy incident left Sgt. Robert J. Shelton a 22 year old American Marine and Agustin Fernandez a Cuban janitor dead from gunshot wounds. Police say Shelton likely killed Fernandez after an argument before taking his own life. Bodies were found in the embassy Visa section by cleaners between midnight and 6 am. No burglary link suspected. Shelton’s home address was not released.
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Havana
Cuba
United States
Robert J. Shelton
Agustin Fernandez
Shelton
Woman Held on Murder Charge in Slaying of Sister’s Husband
Indianapolis June 1. Mrs Rebu Stuch 26 was held on a murder charge for killing her sister's husband Rufus Grubbs 35 and wounding his brother Burnel 25 after claiming they plotted to rob her of her virtue. She said Rufus and Burnel proposed she sleep with Burnel and threated to kill her husband if she refused.
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Indianapolis
Rebu Stuch
Rufus Grubbs
Burnel
Szuch
MacDonald
Wo Va
Rufus
Red-Head
Stuch
James
Hope
W Va
Chicago
Burnes
Saudh
Jimmy
Thorntown Native Promoted By Eli Lilly And Company
Thorntown native Eugene N. Beesley has been promoted to vice-president in charge of executive administration by Eli Lilly and Company. He will become an associate director of sales with duties starting July 1. Beesley, a Wabash College and Indiana University Law School graduate, joined Lilly in 1929 as a medical service representative and rose to sales manager for the Cleveland district and then manager of the trade relations division in Indianapolis. He lives at 68 East 70th Street, Indianapolis.
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Eugene N. Beesley
Thorntown
Eli Lilly & Company
Wabash College
Indiana University Law School
Beesley
Cleveland
Indianapolis
East 70Th Street
Nora Ann Shirley 1879 196? Dies in Zionsville
Nora Ann Shirley age 72 died last night at her daughter Audra Coval’s home in Zionsville after a two week illness following a stroke. Born March 5, 1879 in the county to Henry and Martha Jane Wilson, she lived in Whites Town for 12 years and with her daughter for 16 months. She was the widow of Charles C. Shirley who died August 2. She was a member of the Salem Methodist Church.
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Nora Ann Shirley
Whitestown
Zionsville
Audra Coval
Shirley
This County
Henry
Martha Jane (Rude) Wilson
Charles C. Shirley
Methodist Church
Salem
Swarm Intensifies Near Triangle Front In Korea
United Nations forces strike north toward the Triangle area as Communist units mass for a possible new spring offensive. U S Sabre jets shoot down five MiG 15 fighters and damage two others over the Manchurian frontier in a second day of air battles. Advancing UN columns push across no man’s land along a 60 to 700 mile front, with Reds reoccupying bunkers north of the 38th parallel near Seoul and around Kumesong. The third offensive may begin within two weeks, analysts say, amid heavy fighting and reported losses on both sides.
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United Nations
Korea
Manchurian
Advanciny
No Man's Land
Pyongyang
James A. van Fleet
Seoul
Kumesong
Reds
Sinuiju
Local Resident Expires Sunday in Lebanon
Mrs. Cynthia Elnora Cooper 84 died Sunday morning after a two week illness at Witham hospital. Born August 28, 1866 in Parke county, she married Charles B. Tomlinson in 1481 at Harveysburg. She later wed Freeman Cooper January 28, 1927 in Danville Alabama and lived in Crawfordsville before moving to Lebanon in 1937. Surviving are her husband and several children, with numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren referenced.
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Witham Hospital
Cynthia Elnora Cooper
Cooper
Parke County
Harveysburg
Charles B. Tomlinson
Memphis
Tenn
Danville
Freeman Cooper
Crawfordsville
Lebanon
S10
West South Street
Methodist Church
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Clyde Campbell
Jackson
Claude M. Henderson
Jackson, Tenn
Thelma Stigall
Columbus
Indiana University graduates 2861 in 122nd commencement
President Herman B Wells addressed 2861 graduates at Indiana University's 122nd commencement in Bloomington. He urged the class to safeguard national freedom, calling it the nation’s most powerful asset and noting 990 will complete degrees this summer as part of the ceremony.
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Bloomington
Ind
Herman B Wells
Indiana University
Wells
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