Beverage firm seeks 7 and 12 percent cent coins for pop
From San Diego the United Press reports a beverage company argues a dime is too high and a nickel too low for a bottle of pop. It asks the government to mint coins worth 7 and 12 cents so they fit beverage dispensers. The item shifts to memories of Scotland and wartime, then quotes on law enforcement and a funeral-like confession joke, ending with a note about a wire-recording gadget and a teaser for tomorrow.
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San Diego
Calif
United Press
Fritz Kuhn Escapes Dachau Interment Camp
Fritz Kuhn, deported Bund leader, escaped from Dachau last night as American authorities report. He awaited trial before a Bavarian denazification court on charges tied to his Nazi party ward chief role, after deportation from the United States in September 1945. He had worked at a Munich chemical plant during his stay.
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Munich
Fritz Kuhn
Bund
United States
Dachau
Kuhn
Bavaria
Germany
U. S
Two Illinois Boys Held In Indiana
Terre Haute Indiana February 4 Police held two teenage Danville Illinois boys for Illinois authorities after they were arrested for carrying two pistols and 1200 rounds of ammunition. Charles Douglas 17 and Charles Neblock 15 were picked up while hiking through Terre Haute wearing parts of army uniforms with packs on their backs. They carried the pistols and ammunition in their knapsacks.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Danville, Ill
Illinois
Charles Douglas
Charles Neblock
Divorced woman held on murder charge in state capital
Indianapolis Feb 4 UP Harvey Samuel Broglin 35 was shot to death early today and his former wife Jeannette Weaver Oder 46 was arrested on a murder count. She admitted shooting him after he visited from Beech Grove and she told police she and Broglin drank in bars the night before.
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Indianapolis
Harvey Samuel
Broglin
East Side
Jeannette Weaver Odor
Beech Grove
Windsor Weaver
Weaver
Oder
Edward Oder
Marion County Superior Court
Field accuses union in Chicago newspaper merger dispute
Marshall Field says a typesetters strike helped push the merger of the Chicago Sun and Times. He sent a letter to the Chicago Federation of Labor, noting the papers produced from the Times plant during the strike. Field accuses union leader John Pilch of gloating over job losses and potential further shutdowns. The Sun and Times and several related editions continued via photoengraving during the strike.
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Chicago
U.P
Marshall Field
Morning Sun
Afternoon Times
Field
Chicago Federation of Labor
Times
John J. Pilch
Chicago Typographical Union
Pilch
the Sun and Times
The
Sun and Times
Daily News
Tribune
Herald-American
Journal of Commerce
Calvin E Keller Dies After Illness in Washington Twp
Calvin E Keller 81 lifelong Little Shiloh resident in Washington township died at home after two months of illness following a stroke. Born Oct 6 1866 he married Martha Jane Keller who died in 1944. Survived by sons Ovid and Earl a daughter Myrtle Barstow two grandchildren Juliet and John Calvin Keller. Funeral at Little Shiloh Church Thursday at 2 PM with Rev Powell Forbes officiating. Burial in Prairie Chapel Cemetery.
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Calvin E. Keller
Little Shiloh
Washington Township
Lyons
Mr. Keller
John
Emily Keller
Five year term imposed for Paragon bank robbery
Forrest Wayne Cooper 26 of Ellettsville Ind began a five year prison sentence for the December 12 Paragon State Bank robbery. Donald Richardson 17 of Bloomington faced sentencing, with his outcome pending a juvenile investigation. Richardson aided by driving the getaway car.
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Indianapolis
Ellettsville
Ind
Paragon
Forrest Wayne Cooper
Robert C. Baltzell
Cooper
Donald Richardson
Bloomington
Richardson
Civic Garden Club Valentine Party Time Change
Members of the Civic Garden Club will hold a Valentine party at Mrs. Earl Aikin's home Monday evening at 7 30 oclock. Members were asked to note the time change for the meeting.
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Civic Garden Club
Earl Aikin
Baby Born in Lewis Names Howard Lee for Family
A boy born to Mrs. June McCammon of Lewis Tuesday is named Howard Lee. Various patients were admitted for medical treatment today, and several others were dismissed or taken home, including Mrs. Ellis Hayes and Janice Borders.
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June McCammon
Lewis
Howard Lee
Danny Stropes
Miriam Henderson
Crane
Grace Deckard
Switz City
Shirley Ann Deckard
Patricia McDonald
Jasonville
Ellis Hayes
Janice Borders
Eunice Due
Westphalia
William Frederick
Linton clubs plan joint meeting with Indiana university professor
Arrangements are made for a combined gathering of the Greater Linton club and the Linton Business and Professional Women's club at 6 20 pm Thursday in the I O O F hall. Prof Garrett G Eppley of Indiana University will be the principal speaker.
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Greater Linton Club
Linton Business and Professional Women's Club
I. O. O. F. Hall
Garrett G. Eppley
Indiana University
Eppley
Life term given on slaying count
James Despain 25 of Taylorville faced a life term after Judge George W Long said he could not be personally responsible for taking the prisoner's life. Despain pleaded guilty to murder while robbing a filling station at Columbus Indiana December 30. Victim: James Pel ly, 70. Robbery netted $400. Despain, arrested in Tampa, will never be paroled.
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Columbus
Ind
U.P
James Despain
Taylorville
George W Long
Despain
James Pelly
Long
Tampa
Fla
Winter Snow Covers Indiana State With Five Inches Reported
Hoosiers face three to five inches of snowfall across Indiana with more on the way. State police warn of icy highways as freezing rain and frigid conditions loom. In Evansville about 10 000 gas workers return to duty as restrictions ease and 1 000 resume operations in surrounding plants.
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Indianapolis
Canada
Indiana
Evansville
Ind
Seymour-Bedford - Franklin - Columbus
Welders Defeat Jasonville Fives in Gritty Junior High Battle
The Linton Junior High A team remains undefeated after a 35 29 win at the local gym. Wilson and Prudhome led scoring while Harper and Neal starred for the Jasonville Juniors. Jasonville sank 15 free throws. In B grade, Linton Reserves won 19 9 with Griffiths and Holmes shining and Pittman standout for Jasonville.
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Linton
Jasonville
Wilson
Prudhome
Harper
Neal
Griffiths
Holmes
Pittman
Freddy Vogel Burned After Boiler Spill in Huntingburg
Five year old Freddy Vogel, son of Mr and Mrs George Vogel of Jasper route three, fell into a kettle of hot water at his grandfather's home while helping butcher hogs. He suffered burns over three fourths of his body and was taken to Stork Hospital in Huntingburg in critical condition.
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Huntingburg
Ind
Freddy Vogel
George Vogel
Jasper
Stork Hospital
Freddy
Fred Vogel
U S Charges Romania With Violating Peace Treaties
The United States accuses the Communist-dominated Romanian government of breaching Yalta Moscow Potsdam accords through chicanery and violence. A 2300 word note delivered to Romania’s foreign office accuses subversion of elections and suppression of opposition parties, and cites a prejudiced trial of Dr. Juliu Maniu and Peasant party members.
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Washington
United States
Romania
Yalta
Moscow
Potsdam
Rudolf E. Schoenfeld
Bucharest
Britain
Juliu Maniu
Romanian Peasant Party
Boy Scouts End Trek Near Terre Haute in Cold
Three Boy Scouts aged 13 to 14 from Terre Haute started a hike toward Canada with supplies and plans to camp until the border. Cold, dark conditions forced them to abandon the trip and return to parents, with Sheriff Ira Miller noting the plan now resumes in 1950.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Wabash
James Gentry
John E. Ralston
Clarence Shadduck
Ira Miller
Jasonville Man Named in Charges
Henry Shields aged 53 of Jasonville route two was arrested Tuesday on intoxication and operating a vehicle with a blind window after his car collided with a Terre Haute driver at Third and Poplar streets.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Henry Shields
Jasonville
Shields
Wilma Knew
Third
Poplar Streets
Invasion repulsed in north Palestine by Arab forces
Jerusalem reports say British forces repulsed an invasion of north Palestine by an Arab band in Syrian uniform wielding French rifles. The bulletin came as global tensions surged amid postwar unrest and shifting alliances.
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Jerusalem
Palestine
Noblesville
Ind
Ralph W. Miller
Frankfurt
Germany
Martin Niemoeller
New Delhi
Rashtriya Sevak Sangh
Mohandas K. Gandhi
Indianapolis
Charles Ettinger
Indiana
Statehouse
Nellie Hutchinson
Washington
John L. Lewis
Philip Murray
Murray
United Steelworkers
CSO
U. S. Steel Corp
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Mrs. Mary Collins Taken to Clay City Home
Mrs. Mary Collins, longtime Linton resident hospitalized since November with a fractured hip, has been moved to the Clay City home of her daughter Mrs. Bill Melton. Miss Bertha Collins is at her sister’s home aiding in care.
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Mary Collins
Linton
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Bill Melton
Clay City
Bertha Collins
Mystery Island in Bering Sea
Bogosley Island near the Aleutians shows three volcanic cones and a history of eruptions since 1796. It has periodically disappeared and reappeared with the latest eruption recorded in 1910. Sea lions and birds return with each reappearance.
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Anchorage
Alaska
U.P
Bogosley Island
Bering Sea
Aleutians
Former Mishawaka Mayor’s lost cap rediscovered
Melvin W. Mix served as Mishawaka’s second mayor from 1902 to 1906. The mayoral cap he wore in office was found by Mayor E Spencer Walton during a city hall cleanup after he assumed the role.
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Mishawaka, Ind. &,P
Melvin W. Mix
E. Spencer Walton
AFL Pilots Strike Grounds 22 National Airlines Planes
A strike by 145 AFL airline pilots grounded all 22 National Airlines planes in Miami and Chicago. Pilots say planes were not maintained safely while management claims the move is a smokescreen for issues around a pilot discharge. The CAA maintains all aircraft are approved for flight.
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Miami
Fla
AFL
National Airlines
Newark
N. J
Chicago
David L. Benneke
Air Lines Pilot Association
New York
New Orleans
Florida
Behncke
CAA
National Mediation Board
John Will Speak at Meeting Here in Linton
Roy John secretary of the Associated Retailers of Indiana will speak at 6 o'clock next Tuesday evening at a Linton Retail Merchants association dinner meeting. He will discuss The Problems Contrasting The Retailer Today. Reservations must be made with President Sheppard before noon Saturday.
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Roy John
Associated Retailers of Indiana
Linton Retail Merchants’ Association
John
Fredrick Sheppard
Linton Association
Indiana
Sheppard
Knockout by Proxy Stuns Pittsburgh Movie House Employee
A theater worker in Pittsburgh was knocked out during the Louis Walcott bout after slipping on a slick floor while carrying a can with fight film. The can allegedly fell on him causing injuries he says exceeded those of the boxers.
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Pittsburgh
Louis-Walcott
Louis
Walcie
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