U S toughens stance on Russia after Berlin crisis
Defense Secretary Johnson warned Moscow that the United States will act to deter and punish aggression. Washington moves include a possible counter blockade on Soviet occupied Berlin, reinforced Alaska defenses, and transferring the carrier Sicily to the Pacific fleet along with six new destroyers. Johnson spoke at the University of Virginia Alumni gathering, insisting the U S military must deter and, if needed, strike to end any threat.
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Washington
United States
Russia
Free World
Louis Johnson
U. S
Germany
Berlin
Alaska
Siberia
Sicily
Atlantic
Pacific
Navy
Johnson
University of Virginia
Joe Stalin
America
Soviet Union
U. Sg
State Department
Linton Stockton High to Hold Paper Drive Saturday
Residents are reminded of a waste paper drive by the Junior and Senior classes of Linton Stockton High School this Saturday. Proceeds fund school activities. residents are asked to place bundles on curbs or porches for pickup.
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Linton
Linton Stockton High School
Washington
ID. c
Good Neighbors Help and Highway Safety Calls
A hometown tribute to neighborly aid and modern firefighting that saved Indiana towns. The piece also blasts congressional junkets as wasteful and urges 60 mph speed limits and tougher drunk driving penalties to reduce highway deaths nationwide.
Ingrid Bergman Gives Birth to Son in Rome
Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman welcomed a son in Rome with Italian director Roberto Rossellini named as father. The birth weighed about eight pounds and occurred at a Rome clinic. A priest confirmed Rossellini as father and noted church duties for a child born out of wedlock.
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Rome
Ingrid Bergman
Roberto
Rossellini
Felix Morlion
Pro Deo University of
Rosselini
Linton Waste Paper Pick Up Boosts Washington Trip
Residents must leave bundles on porches or curbs for pickup this Saturday. Proceeds fund travel expenses for the local junior and senior classes' Washington, D. C. trip next spring.
Hospital Reports From Bloomfield Area
Ollie Eugene Scott of Bloomfield Rural Route four had an appendectomy Thursday. Virginia Smith of Jasonville Rural Route one is mother of a six pound eight ounce son born yesterday. Violet Hair of Linton underwent a minor operation this morning. Jennie Spangler of Worthington admitted today for medical treatment. Ada Hoops of Linton dismissed today. Violet Corbin of Linton went home today.
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Ollie Eugene Scott
Bloomfield
Virginia Smith
Jasonville
Violet Hair
Linton
Jennie Spangler
Worthington
Ada Hoops
Violet Corbin
Attractive Bank Employee Held on Embezzlement Charge
Norma Genevieve Benner a 23 year old bank book keeper in Walcott Indiana was arrested after FDIC examiners found a 13599 shortage in two depositor accounts. She admitted embezzlement during questioning and faces federal charges with NYU? the U S commissioner in Hammond Indiana. Benner worked four and a half years at the bank and lived with her mother Edith Clark.
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Wolcott
Ind
Brunet Bank
Bank of Walcott
FBI
Norma Genevieve Benner
U. S
W. L. Clendening
Hammond
Federal Deposit Insurance
Francis J. Moore
Indiana State Financial Institutions Department
Miss Benner
Edith Clark
Walcott Corp
U. S. Marshal's Office
Walter Kekich
Weather Ed Eats His Own Words About Early Spring
Weather editor recalls predicting gloom after attempting a Ground Hog interview. He notes sunshine appeared briefly at 3 p.m. yesterday and calls it a late spring, promising no further Ground Hog reports until February 2, 1951.
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Weather Ed
Truman Seeks Tax Cuts and Revenue Increase Plan
President Truman urged Congress to cut excise taxes by about 655 million dollars annually while raising estate and gift taxes to deliver a net 1 billion dollars in new revenue. Secretary Snyder outlined reductions on travel, telecommunications and retail levies to be offset by a 10 percent tax on television sets and closing tax loopholes.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
House
Ways and Means Committee
Secretary of Treasury
John W.W. Snyder
Snyder
Treasury
Jones Funeral Rites Set for Dugger Resident
Funeral services for Lincoln Jones 67 of Dugger will be at 2:00 p.m. Sunday at Evans Funeral Home in Dugger with Rev. Paul Lewis officiating. He died at 6:10 a.m. Thursday in Mary Sherman Hospital Sullivan and burial will be in Dugger Cemetery.
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Lincoln Jones
Dugger
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Evans Funeral Home
Paul Lewis
Lewis Opens Talks Again As White House Seeks 70 Day No Strike
John L. Lewis offered to resume contract negotiations with all mine owners in response to President Truman's push for a 70 day no strike period. Union sources expect him to reject the proposal while insisting on bargaining for a new contract as a fact finding board investigates. Some northern and western operators had broken off talks earlier, with others anticipated to agree.
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John L. Lewis
John Kennedy
Washington
George H. Love
Love
Truman
United Mine Workers
Lewis
Northern
Mr. Truman
Miners Seek Pact as Taft Hartley Law Looms
The dispute between United Mine Workers and operators over production control and a union contract escalates with the potential use of the Taft Hartley act. White House aides say the president could seek an 80 day injunction if talks fail. George H. Love says producers halted talks over union demand to control mine production.
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George H. Love
One Dead and 64 Hurt in Wisconsin Train Crash
A Milwaukee Road Chippewa Hiawatha derailed near Saukville, killing E. J. Synnott and injuring 64 others as six cars left the track after a broken rail. Ambulances rushed victims to St. Alphonses hospital in Port Washington. several remained hospitalized in stable condition.
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Saukville
Wis
Milwaukee Railroad
Chippewa Hiawatha
Streamliner
Green Bay
Milwaukee
Peter Huettmann
St. Alphonse Hospital
Port Washington
Overseas GIs Fed Up With Some Actresses
HOLLYWOOD February 3 u p American soldiers overseas are fed up with glamour girls sent from Hollywood They want actors who seem human and relatable not aloof divas Many star visitors demand special rooms bathrooms and equipment while some mingle with troops others stay aloof The army favors Lois Andrews and Patricia Medina who attended parties and sang with soldiers into the early hours
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U.p
Germany
G. I
Never-Never Land
Air Force
Aamless
Army
Lois Andrews
Patrica Medina
Public
Miss Andrews
Miss Medina
Universal-Inter- National
Berlin
Francis
Former County Man Acquitted in Slaving Case
WINAMAC Ind Feb 3 Ralph Pritchett 26 of Michigan City former Jasonville resident was acquitted by a Pulaski circuit court jury in the brutal roadside slaying of 66 year old John Felz Monon Felz body found half covered with leaves along State Road 43 near Francisville on Nov 8 1949 Pritchett testified he struck Felz in self defense after Felz made improper advances while they rode in his car
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Ind
Ralph Pritchett
Michigan City
Jasonville
Pulaski
John Felz
Monon
Pritchett
Felz
State Read
Francisville
Spurrock Evidence Will Be Completed
In Bedford Indiana on February 3 the defense prepared to finish testimony in the murder trial of 72 year old Mrs Ida Sturrock accused of killing her grandson Roscoe Owings aged 32. Owings allegedly threatened to kill before the shooting and Sturrock cried on the witness stand as Ezra Kinzer corroborated a report that Roscoe Deckard heard Owings say he would knock her brains out.
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Bedford
Ind
Ida Sturrock
Ezra Kinzer
Sturrock
Roscoe Deckard
Owings
Barkley to Speak at Indiana Democratic Dinner
Vice President Alben W Barkley will be the principal speaker at Indiana Day democratic Temple March 4 in Indianapolis. Fort Wayne revenue commissioner Conn J Sterling announced Barkley acceptance and said Governor Schrick er and State Democratic Chairman Ira L Haymaker would also speak at the $25 dinner. The event follows Charles F Brannans 1949 banquet with Jefferson Jackson dinner at Murat.
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Indianapolis
Alben W. Barkley
Indiana's
Conn J. Sterling
Fort Wayne
Bark
Sterling
Schricker
Ira L. Haymaker
Charles F. Brannan
Jefferson Jackson
Muraty
Ac- Agriculture
Council 253 Becomes Practice at Red Men’s Hall
Members of the Chickateth Council No. 253 degree of Poca hontas are invited to meet at 1:30 Sunday afternoon at the Red Men’s hall for practice. The session aims to prepare prospective members for the council’s degree team.
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Chickateth Council
Pocahontas
Red Men’s Hall
Terre Haute Man Faces Life Term
Terre Haute Indiana February 3 UP A 48 year old man Arthur E Parker who won a new trial for a murder conviction faces new charges that could yield another life term The grand jury indicted him for assault and battery with intent to rape Bonnie Marie Collins plus four prior felonies including burglaries and a 1944 forgery sentence Police say Parker admitted killing his landlady Lillian Johnson and led investigators to graves with a skull and bones keeping a grim record of prior incarcerations in Marion Morgan counties and a federal prison.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Arthur E. Parker
Lillian Johnson
State Supreme Court
Vigo County
Parker
Bonnie Marie Collins
Collins
Johnson
State Reformatory
Marion County
Morgan County
U. S. Treasurer
Rites Held for Herman L Hayden at Family Home
Funeral services for Herman L Hayden aged 63 were held Thursday morning at the family residence on Coal City route two. Burial followed in Worthington cemetery.
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Herman L. Hayden
Coal City
Worthington Cemetery
British Scientist Faces Espionage Charge in London
German-born Dr Klaus Fuchs, a leading British atomic scientist trusted with major U S bomb secrets, was charged in Bow Street with giving information useful to an enemy. He allegedly supplied atomic research details to unknown individuals in 1945 and 1947 and was held for a hearing.
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London
America
Russia
Klaus Emil Julius Fuchs
Scotland Yard
FBI
United States
Bow Street
Fuchs
Lifelong Greene County Woman Martha Kirk Dies at 83
Mrs. Martha Jane Kirk 83 lifelong Greene County resident died at 2 15 this morning at her brother Louis Wrights Koleen home after a long illness. She was born January 9 1867 in Jackson township daughter of Samuel and Rebecca Parham Wright. Survived by brothers Louis Wright Koleen Albert Wright Bloomfield. Allen Wright Worthington preceded in death. Body at Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home Bloomfield. Funeral 1:30 Sunday at Ashcraft Chapel Church with William Dummit officiating. Burial in church cemetery.
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Martha Jane Kirk
Greene County
Louis Wright
Koleen
Kirk
Jackson Township
Samuel
Rebecca Parham Wright
Homer Kirk
Albert Wright
Bloomfield
Allen Wright
Worthington
Jenkins and Sons
Ashcraft Chapel
William Dummit
Temperature Report From Elliston Weather Observer
O H Brown US Weather Observer at Elliston reports last night’s low of 16 degrees and a 2 PM rise to 38 degrees. He notes the winter low was 9 degrees on December 14 and White River fell to 16.50 feet, signifying flood danger past.
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O. H. Brown
U. S
Elliston
Brown
White River
Indiana Professor Chosen to Direct U S Census
President Truman nominated Roy Victor Peel a government professor at Indiana University to head the 1950 census. Peel has served at Indiana since 1939 with a wartime period at the Office of Wart Information in Sweden and will take over as the census begins in April.
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Washington
Roy Victor Peel
Indiana University
Truman
J. C. Capt
Philip M. Hauser
Peel
Indiana
Office of War Information
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