U S Steps Up Arms Shipments to Free Nations
Washington reports from State and Defense Department sources say the United States has intensified arms shipments to Western Europe and allied states since the South Korean invasion. Officials warn Moscow may delay its response to US efforts while naval and air forces in the Black Sea region increase activity. Senator Knowland presses bombing North Korean bases as he argues the war should extend beyond the 38th parallel.
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Washington
United States
Western
Europe
Free Nations
Russia
Korea
State
Defense Department
Black Sea
Turkey
U.S
Congress
Spain
State Department
Moscow
Kremlin
William F. Knowland
Calif
North
South Korea
Resigns Post At Whitestown
The Rev. John R. Spangler, pastor of St. Mark's Lutheran church at Whitestown, has resigned to take full charge of Salem Lutheran church at New Augusta. His resignation becomes effective September 1, but he will serve as supply pastor at St. Mark's until a successor is named. A $51,000 building program is underway at Salem, including a new parsonage and a parish hall.
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John R. Spangler
St. Mark's Lutheran Church
Whitestown
Salem Lutheran Church
New Augusta
Spagler
Lutheran Synod
Monroevill
Spang
Jer
St. Mark's
Salem
Rev. Spangler
St. John's Lutheran Church
Minneapoly Minn
Int
Walter D. Spangler
Park , HI
Carthage College
Carthage
Lutheran Seminary
Gettysburg
Mary Catherine
Weather Outlook Fair and Cooler Tonight
Fair and cooler tonight then generally fair and warmer Friday. Lows around 26 to 28 north and 28 to 52 south, with highs near 80. Clear skies.
Auditor Dies During Golf at Alen Country Club
Boone county auditor J. Clark Mills died this afternoon around 2 30 while playing golf at Alen Country Club. Authorities say death was likely a heart attack. A full obituary is scheduled for tomorrow.
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J. Clark Mills
Boone County
Ing
Alen Country Club
Legion Sponsors Fireworks Show at Lebanon Memorial Park
The American Legion Brown-Polson Post sponsors the Fourth of July fireworks at Lebanon Memorial Park with help from local merchants and several civic groups. Edgar Casey leads the firing, supported by Austin Wall and Robert Hutchinson, with safety and permits coordinated by the Legion. The 1950 display aims to surpass prewar shows, thanks to added funds from the Lebanon Elks Moose Eagles VFW and Lebanon Lions Club.
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Lebanon
Boone County
Lebanon Memorial Park
Brown-Polson Post
American Legion
Edgar Casey
Casey
Austin Wall
Robert Hutchinson
Legion
Lebanon Elks
The
Moose Lodge
Eagles Lodge
Veterans of Foreign Wars Post
Lebanon Lions Club
Local Police Radio Pays Off Dividend
Lebanon police radio donated to the department paid off when an incident at Super Par on Lafayette avenue led to the pursuit of a dark green Buick with Illinois plates. Two men, Edmund T Van Hoose and Carl Hatton, failed to pay for gas and damaged a pump, later stopping on US Highway 52 near 56th Street. They are to be returned to face charges of leaving the scene and failing to pay.
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Lebanon
Lafayette Avenue
56Th Street
Highway 52
Edmund T van Hoose
Carl Hatton
India Backs UN Sanctions Resolution on Korea
United Press reports from Lake Success N Y say India will support the American sponsored UN resolution for sanctions against Korea. The move ends two days of speculation on Nehru's neutrality stance as the Security Council ready to consider fighting aid to South Korea amid protests.
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United Press
Lake Success
N.Y
India
United Nations Today
Korea
Security Council
South Korea
Jawaharlal Pandit Nehru
House Approves Measure To Cut Excise Taxes
Washington June 29. The House approved a Democratic backed bill to slash federal excise taxes by 1.01 billion dollars annually and offset the loss with higher corporation and other taxes. The measure goes to the Senate, where rapid action depends on events in Korea. Republicans backed the tax cuts but opposed raising corporate taxes. The House also defeated a Republican plan to split the bill into separate excise and corporate tax measures.
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Washington
House
Senate
Korea
Tax Framing Ways and Means
Truman
Chief Calls for Care as Holiday Traffic Rises
Chief James Waggoner urged nationwide efforts to reduce the Fourth of July holiday death toll as traffic fatalities for the first quarter rose nine percent from last year. The National Safety Council coordinates the program urging extra care during the four day weekend.
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Lebanon
James Waggoner
National Safety Council
Waggoner
Dairy and Beef Cattle Show Talk At Boone County Meeting
About 200 4 H Club members and parents from several Indiana counties heard Paul Jackson, cattle fitting and showing expert, speak at a Boone County Guernsey Breeders Association event. He urged early training, constant brushing, and inexpensive blanket making from feed bags, stressing wash with soap and daily hand rubbing to bring out bloom and sheen. He urged persistent participation in shows and maintaining spirit regardless of judge placement.
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Boone
Hamilton Clinton
Hendricks
Montgomery
Marion
Paul Jackson
Boone County Guernsey Breeders Association
Lee Seale
McMillen Feed Mills
Jackson
Breezy Hil Jersey Farm
Cincinnati
Public Service Co. Strike Is Settled
A wage dispute involving Public Service Co. of Indiana and 3,000 AFL electrical workers ends with a five percent raise and expanded health and hospital insurance. Ratification by union members is required. Prior to settlement observers feared a strike that could disrupt power across 72 of Indiana’s 92 counties.
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Indianapolis
Public Service Co. of Indiana, Inc
AFL
Indiana
Public Utilities
Thomas R. Hutson
Schricker
Hoosier G.O.P. Convention Sets Friday Nomination Session
Indiana Republicans gathered at the Claypool hotel as the 1950 state nominating convention began with 19 candidates vying for six spots on the November ticket after a 1 p.m. CDT filing deadline. Sen. Homer E. Capehart faced no opposition for renomination while Leland Smith Logansport, Cass county GOP leader, sought the secretary of state post. Six convention votes were anticipated with last minute filings likely to raise the contest count.
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Homer E. Capehart
Leland Smith
Logansport
Cass County
GOP
Platform
GOP Convention Delegates Listed
Sixteen Boone county delegates and local leaders will attend the state GOP convention at the Coliseum Fair grounds. Ralph Harvey presides. Senator William F Jenner and Ollie M Bercy to give the keynote. Lebanon and Mrs Edward Nance Arcadia represent Sixth District on the state committee. Delegates include Clifford G Anteliff Ben Herr Route 1 Leaton L Day 724 West Chicago Thorntown Robert K Denny Route 2 Thorntown Harold Evans Marcus Stewart.
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Boone County
Fairgrounds
Ralph Harvey
William F. Jenner
Ollie M Bercy
Lebanon
Edward Nance
Arcadia
Clifford G Anteliff
Ben Herr
Leaton
L. Day
Chicago Street
Robert K. Denny
Thorntown
Harold Evans
Marcus Stewart
Hogs Hit New High On Chicago Market
Live hog prices rose 59 cents to 21.50 a hundred pounds on the Chicago market reaching a nine month high. A part load paid as much as 91.75, with observers crediting demand factors linked to July and August livestock tightness and possible war effects. Cattle prices rose up to 75 cents in steers and heifers. other classes steady.
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Chicago
An Old Brass Bell Sheds Whimsical Boone County History
Dr. R H Wiseheart found a large dinner bell with a homespun tale in Boone County The bell’s donor Russell Wynkoop shares a letter recounting 1872 Rowe family migration from Shelby County Kentucky Pa Rowe a Civil War veteran settled near Mount Zion church Ruth Rowe traded produce for the bell It tolled at Pa Rowe’s funeral and during mishaps and weddings, becoming a neighborhood emblem as the Wrens signoff notes this bell has long shaped farm life in the county.
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R. H. Wiseheart
Russell Wynkoop
Rowe
Boone County
Shelby County
Kentucky
Michigan Road
Pa Rowe
Lebanon
Mount Zion Church
Richeys
Richimans
Adlers
Browns
Shelbys
Tripps
Lehmans
Finmy
Stewart Chapel
Max Road
John
Jack
Ahab
Bennington
Ezekial
Bechtell
Ruth Rowe
Will Richey
Will
John Kiser
Max
Canterbury Extension Thermometer Reaches Record Total
Citizens from Canterbury and Lebanon County donate generously to the Canterbury college Lebanon extension fund. The total climbs to the seven thousand range, with donors list including Dr. K. M. Headley Dr. MOC Shaw Metzger Lumber Co Helena Chambers Farm Management Service and many others.
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Lebanon
Beone County
Canterbury College Lebanon Extension Fund
K. M. Headley
Moc. Shaw
Metzger Lumber Co
Helena Chambers
Farm Management Service
Henderson
Boone Grain & Seed Co
Bandas
385 May Die In Holiday Traffic 385 May Die In Holiday Traffic
National Safety Council predicts 385 deaths on the four day Fourth of July weekend. From Friday 6 pm to Tuesday midnight, 102 hours, about 38,900,000 vehicles will travel 5,800,000,008 miles using 370,000,000 gallons of gas. Council President Ned H. Dearborn warns it could be the worst traffic decade. He adds hopes it does not mean the biggest death toll and urges extra caution.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Ned H. Dearborn
Still Conferring On Railway Strike
In Chicago on June 29 a government mediator sought grounds to resume talks to settle a 4000 switchmen strike against five western railroads. National Railroad Mediation Board chair Francis O Neill met separately with AFL switchmen and carriers groups including Rock Island, Chicago Great Western, Western Pacific, Great Northern, and Denver and Rio Grande Western. The carriers urged pressure on the strikers to return to work and accept a presidential fact finding board report.
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Chicago
Francis O'Neill
National Railroad Mediation Board
AFL
Rock Island
Chicago Great Western
Western Pacific
Great Northern
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Daniel P. Loomis
Carriers’ Conference
Russ Decline To Aid In Halting Korean Warfare
Moscow states Russia rejected a United Nations appeal for help to repel North Korean invasion of South Korea. The Soviet note, released by Tass, argues the Security Council resolution is invalid without all five permanent members present. Russia did not attend the meeting, and China was represented by a Nationalist delegate with no lawful right to vote.
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Moscow
Jine
Russia
United Nations
South Korea
Security Council
Chinese People’s Republic
Trygve Lie
Tass
Council
United States
Britain
France
China
Tsiang Ting Fu
Berlin Mayors Shock as Power Is Cut in Sectors
West Berlin mayor Ernst Reuter said Soviet forces have cut electric power to the American British and French sectors starting tomorrow. The action follows tense postwar standoffes and heightens the divided city crisis.
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Berlin
Ernst Reuter
West Berlin
South Koreans recapture Kimpo Airport near Seoul
United States and Korean forces strike back after North Korea seized Seoul early in the week. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's headquarters say lines along the Korean waist are stabilizing as South Korean Republican troops drive toward the Han river and Inchon area while U S naval units bomb North Korean positions along the coast.
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Tokyo
Seoul
Kimpo
Han River
Douglas MacArthur
Korea
Suwon
U.S
Japan
MacArthur
U. S
One
Samchok
North
South Korea
Inchon
Ongjin Peninsula
Transport Plane Crash Fatal Top
Twenty six paratroopers on a night jump bailed out seconds before a transport plane crashed near Nashville killing four crewmen. The Fairchild Packet, twin engined, was part of a night maneuver from Seward Air Force Base to Fort Campbell. Crew horses were found among the wreckage about 20 miles from the jump site.
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Nashville
Tenn
Ith Airborne Division
Fort Campbell
314Th Troop Carrier Wing
Seward Air Force Base
Smyrna
Bomb explosion at Pueblo depot kills two, injures eight
Pueblo Colorado June 29 UP A bomb blast at the Pueblo Army Ordnance Depot killed two civilian employees and injured eight others, two seriously. Authorities said the explosion occurred as small aircraft were being transported to another plant to be made harmless.
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Pueblo
Colo
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Claypool Hotel
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Canterbury
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Perkins Co
Elston Conner
John D. Coons
Glenn Amos
Leavell & Bates
Isadore Eichman
UN Security Council
Bulletin
Cheung Hing
Amoy
Hong Kong
Air Force
Colorado
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