Early Morning Crash Injures Four At Pike
Four people were injured in a late afternoon collision at Pike’s Crossing near the intersection of State Roads 30 and 47. Alfred Weiss of New York City and Beatrice Weiss were seriously hurt. Ray Pierce of Frankfort and Mrs. Phillip Atkin of Lakewood New Jersey sustained lesser injuries. Diana Atkin, also of Lakewood, escaped injury. The Weiss car struck a pick up, then plowed into a house, with injuries treated at Witham hospital. The out of state travelers had been returning from Purdue University.
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Pike's Crossing
Marion Robbins
Rush Robinson
Alfred Weiss
New York City
Beatrice
Phillip Atkin
Lakewood
Weiss
Ray Pierce
Frankfort
Diana Atkin
Pierce
Robbins
Travel Imu Eger
Weiss Auto
Earl Warren
Atkin
Witham Hospital
Purdue University
Frank Erickson Pleads Guilty
New York June 19. Frank Erickson a major bookmaker pleaded guilty to 60 counts including bookmaking and conspiracy. Special Sessions Judge Nathan D. Perlman set June 26 for sentencing and kept his $16 000 bail. Prosecutor Hogan urged immediate jail but the judge declined. Erickson faces a possible up to 60 years and 30 000 fine if max penalties apply.
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New York
Frank Erickson
Nathan D. Perlman
Frank S. Hogan
Erickson
Perlman
Hogan
Gelb
Sun
Weather Update Shows Cool, Scattered Showers This Evening
Mostly cloudy this afternoon and tonight with cooler conditions in the south. Scattered thundershowers or showers are possible in the south portion this evening. Partly cloudy and cool Tuesday with lows around 50 north and 55 to 60 south. Highs near 70 north and 75 south.
Cadets Attend Six-Week ROTC Camp at Fort Eustis
Cadets James C. Stansell and Mitchell J. Vogel, juniors at Purdue, are attending a six week ROTC summer camp at Fort Eustis Virginia. Upon Purdue graduation in 1951 they become eligible for commissions as second lieutenants in the Officer Reserve Corps and for consideration for regular army commissions.
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James C. Stansell
E. S. Stansell
Jamestown
Mitchell J. Vogel
Country Club
Fort Eustis
Purdue
Officer Reserve Corps
Milk Strike Ends At Washington Amid Wider Walkouts
Washington milk strike ends as deliveries resume but Pittsburgh drivers persist in walkout and Los Angeles transit protests threaten delays. AFL drivers approve a nine dairies plan with alternating five and six day weeks, while bakers and longshoremen join the national disruption. Federal conciliators seek a settlement as clergy pray for a quick resolution.
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Washington
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Lutlioh Attmals
AFL
Union
W. Va
AFL International Longshoremen's Association
Obio Lake
Toledo
Lorain
Huron
Fairport
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Longshiremen
Ruhr and Rhineland vote for nationalization but reject Communism
Final returns show Ruhr and Rhineland voters backing government ownership of coal iron steel and power industries while Communists fail to win a deputy by popular vote. North Rhine-Westphalia approves a new state constitution by a three to two margin. Under proportional representation the Communist party will obtain 12 seats in the legislature.
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Duesseldorf
Germany
Ruhr
Rhineland
North Rhine-Westphalia
Communist Party
Proniga
Storms, Floods Kill Twenty-One Across Nation Weekend
A wave of Arctic air and weekend storms left 21 people dead across the United States and displaced about 2,000, with 4,000 more isolated. Floods struck the Pacific Northwest and New England, boats overturned near Long Island, and a light plane crashed in South Carolina. Weather turned chilly in the Northeast while heat and floods caused damage and fatalities in multiple states including Montana and Washington.
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United Press
Pacific Northwest
Connecticut
Long Island Sound
Great Fee Harbor Inlet
N. J
Obi
Hopatella
Crooksville
Roseville
White Cottage
Sultonham
Rose Farm
Tropic
Saitollo
Johnathan Creek
Hayes
S. C
New York
Bronx Zoo
Fifth Avenue
Pacific
Milwaukee Railroad
Skybank Canyon
Missing 15 In Atlantic Flight
Mrs Donna Wetherald, wife of pilot WRB Wetherald, asks the Coast Guard to help locate 15 missing people from a missionary DC 3 that radioed nearing Maracaibo Venezuela on June 9. The craft carried three crew, seven missionaries from Chico California, and five children. It refueled in Kingston Jamaica before vanishing over land. Venezuelan authorities have been in contact. The Coast Guard noted searches would fall to Venezuela.
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Miami
Fla
Coast Guard
South America
Donna Webhes
DC 3
Maracaibo
Venezuela
New Tribes
Chico
Calif
Wetherald
Kingston
Jamaica
W RB Wetherald
World Telegram And Sun Idle For 6th Day
New York editors and commercial staff continued a six day strike at the World Telegram and Sun. Representatives of the newspaper and the New York Newspaper Guild are set to meet with federal mediators again at 10:36 a m tomorrow to seek resolution.
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World Telegram and
Sun
New York
New York World Telegram and Sun
New York Newspaper Guild
Duff urges hard US stance over Britain Marshall plan promises
Pennsylvania Governor James H. Duff told UP at the Governors conference that America should deliver an ultimatum to Britain to fulfill Marshall plan promises or face the loss of federal support. Duff, a 67 year old GOP leader, dismissed talk of his own nomination while confident he can beat Senator Myers in November if elected.
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White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
James H. Duff
Pennsylvania
Great Britain
United Press
Duff
E. Dewey
Earl Warren
New York
California
Ald
Joseph Ro Grandy Dott
Senate
Frances J Myers
Shriners Gather in Los Angeles for Imperial Council
In Los Angeles on June 19, the 76th Imperial Council opens with a corner stone laying for a $1,900,000 Los Angeles ape hospital for crippled children. Imperial Potentate Harold Lloyd presides as thousands of Shriners in red fezzes fill the city. The Al Bedoo Temple of Billings and the Syria Temple of Pittsburgh parade at Santa Monica today and tonight.
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Los Angeles
iLos Angeles
Imperial Council
Imperial
Harold Lloyd
Billings
Mont
Syria Temple
Pittsburgh
Santa Monica
Traffic Deaths Reach Total Of Nine In Indiana Weekend
Weekend highway crashes in Indiana left at least nine dead amid rain and cool conditions. Maurice Pierce, 37, fell from an Indianapolis Water Co reservoir dam while fishing. A Chicago family of four burned when their car crashed into a bus after being struck from behind. William Freischlad and two children perished. his wife Helen, 29, survived the crash. Deputies Foster Kam, 41, and another man were jailed for unknown reasons.
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United Press
Indiana
Gertsen
Maurice Pierce
Indeanapolis Water Co. Reservoi Bank
Chicago
I County
Foster Kam 41
Gark
Wander Sia
Vogeler May Be Freed In Hungary In Near Future
United States tentatively accepts three conditions for the release of Robert Vogeler, an American businessman jailed in Hungary on spy charges, with his British associate Edgar Sanders. Vogeler, former ITT executive from La Grange IL, received a 15 year term. Sanders 13 years. Conditions include reopening U S consulates in Hungary and the release of wartime reparations Hungary says it denied Germany holds.
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London
United States
Robert Vogeler
Hungary
Vogeler
Edgar Sanders
International Telephone and Telegraph Company
la Grange
Til
Sanders
U. S
Sanders J
Budapest
Denatideu
Germany
Democrats Boom Farley For Governor Of New York State
Albany New York June 12 Farley former Post master General James H Farley emerged as a leading governor candidate to succeed retiring Thomas E Dewey The Young Democrats endorsed him at a state convention in New York City The soft drink company executive would face Hankey the 52 year old GOP nominee in likely head to head race
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Albany
N. Y
James H. Farley
Thomas E. Dewey
New York State
Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
New York City
Ltfy Doe 2
Hankey
Lions Convention Held In Fort Wayne
More than 1,000 delegates to the Indiana Lions Club convene in Fort Wayne to elect officers. International president Walter C. Fisher spoke at the banquet. Darlene Joy Morrow of Lapaz was crowned queen with four runners-up serving as attendants. she previously held Queen of the Lakes title at North Webster Mermaid Festival.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
Indiana Lions Club
Walter C. Fisher
Ontario
Darlene Joy Morrow
Lapaz
Miss Morrow
North Webster
Elizabeth Reid
Logansport
Jane Allen Webb
Lawrenceburg
Helen Na
Underwater Stunt Begins In Lake Shafey Tank Display
Monticello Ind June 19 (UP) Paul Abbott 27, World War II veteran, sealed in a 10 by 10 ft steel glass tank 200 ft offshore at Ideal Beach to stay underwater until Congress lowers taxes. Five thousand spectators endured 48 degree rain as Abbott viewed by a six by eight ft glass pane. He received air via three tubes, slept underwater, and complained his radio would not work. Abbott’s sponsors hoped to draw tourists and spotlight tax issues while he lives in the tank with comforts and concrete ballast keeping it in place.
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Monticello
Ind
Paul Abbott
Abbott
Lake Shafey
Congress
Lovai
Oscar
Churulusco
Abbot
Ideal Beach
Forest, Ind
Killed and 40 Hurt as Truck Overturns on Mountain Road
Cumberland Maryland report: a truck carrying Lonaconing high school students overturned on a mountain road after brakes failed. One girl, Jean McFarland, 16, of Lonaconing died after admission to Allegheny hospital. Ambulances rushed injured teens to area hospitals. three remain critically hurt.
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Cumberland
Lonaconing High School
Here
Maryland
Jean McFarland
Lotlaconing
Allegheny Hospital
Conferees Agree On Six Month Local Option Rent Control
Washington June 19 UP House and Senate conferees agreed on a six month local option extension of federal rent controls through December 31 with communities allowed to vote for another six months. The measure, similar to Senate action, leaves June 30 as the current expiry and preserves local option decontrol for counties under the same basis as cities and states. President Truman is expected to approve the compromise despite not the administration’s preferred one year extension.
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Washington
House
Senate
Ign
Chicago
Truman
Brent Spence
Day.s
Sorority Delegates Named for Psi TotA Xi Convention at Purdue
Mrs. Byron Jones and Mrs. James Pauley will act as official delegates for Omega Chapter at the 47th annual national convention to meet June 23 and 24 in the Purdue Union building West Lafayette. Brookston Chi Chapter members will hostesses with Mrs. John Hughes as general chairman. Mrs. Dewey Young of Columbus grand president will oversee sessions. Miss Leah Flint Indianapolis grand advisor will be parliamentarian. Preconvention council Thursday June 22 will install Gamma Mu Chapter. Mrs. Charles Weddle to conduct. Reports from grand officers Friday. charity and educational projects explained by guests including Mrs. Paul C. Morton. Friday night includes Little Theater Players production. Saturday ends with formal dinner and dance.
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Byron Jones
James Pauley
Omega Chapter
Psi Tota Xi
Purdue Union Building
West Lafayette
Chi Chapter
Brookston
John Hughes
Dewey Young
Columbus
Leah Flint
Indianapolis
Gamma Mu
Charles Weddle
Paul C. Morton
Grand Presidents Club
L. V. Phillips
Paul W. Nicely
Eliza Fowler
Little Theater Players
Purdue
North
Formosa Ex-Governor Executed For Treason
Gen Chen Yi former Formosa governor was executed for treason before dawn in Fitang prison. Authorities said no relatives claimed the body and he would be cremated and buried in a pauper's grave.
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Taipei
Formosa
Chen Yi
Fitang
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