Increase in Sugar Ration Raises Hope for Ten Pound Boost
The piece notes a planned ten pound rise in domestic sugar rations and a new ten point stamp for all future servings. Officials expect final decisions soon with the Agriculture Department signaling a likely ten pound increase to support canning and daily use.
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Washington
U.P
Housewkepublicans
OPA
Housewees
Agriculture Department
August H. Andreseo
Mint
House Food Investigating
Republican Committee
Andresen
State Department
High School Net Tilts Report Trio of Games
Garfield of Terre Haute defeated Vincennes 57 49 in Terre Haute as Towering Lovellette led with fourteen points and Bland added twelve. Bloomfield rallied to beat Lyons 39 31 after trailing three quarters with Lious scoring seventeen for the winners. Farmersburg defeated Midland 38 22 as Hughey and Hunter led Middies with six each and Gardner added nine for Farmersburg.
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Bloomfield Cardinals
Lyons Lions
Farmersburg
Mdland
Garfield
Vincennes
Cardinals
Bloomsfield
Lyons
Lious
Auli
Lions
Gainey
Horn
Pige
Bloom'4
Midland
Hogan
Hughey
Hunter
Terre Haute
Linton High
Hospital report from Linton area redraws patient statuses
Paul Cooksey of Linton admitted Wednesday with a broken back from a Sunshine mine accident in Bicknell. Norman Ham admitted for medical treatment. Mrs Audrey Ringo of Jasonville admitted for treatment. Jerry Herrington of Freedom receiving medical care. Miss Geneva Norris of Sullivan discharged. Mrs Ethel Young returned home in Sandborn. Mrs Miles Sherman and baby to Bloomfield. Mrs Evelyn Turley and baby to Jasonville. Mrs Josephine Girdley and baby of Scotland taken home. Mrs Thomas Willard of Scotland moved to the home of Mr and Mrs Herbert Asdell on Linton rural route.
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Paul Cooksey
Linton
Bicknell
Norman Ham
Audrey Ringo
Jasonville
Jerry Herrington
Freedom
Geneva Norris
Sullivan
Ethel Young
Sandborn
Miles Sherman
Baby
Bloomfield
Evelyn Turley
Josephine Girdley
Scotland
Thomas Willard
Herbert Asdell
Henry Sisk Dies in Chicago After Long Illness
J Henry Sisk 51 of Hammond formerly Linton died this morning at Hines Veterans Hospital Chicago after a long illness. Born May 5 1895 in Kentucky he was World War I veteran and invalid since the war. Survived by widow Lennie Hene Sisk one son Luther Henry four brothers and two sisters. Body to be returned Friday to Welch and Cornett Funeral Home for calling hours. Funeral arrangements pending.
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J. Henry Sisk
Hammond
Linton
Hines Veterans’ Hospital
Chicago
Mr. Sisk
Kentucky
Thomas Earl
Sarah Whitney Sisk
Lennie Hene Sisk
Luther Henry
Ernest Sisk
Crane
Travis Sisk
Charles
Caseyville
Ill
Sylvester Sisk
Clarksville
Tenn
Gertrude Mooreland
Gary
Carrie Hash
Mobile
Ala
Welch and Cornett
Indiana 10 Vote on Sheriff Term
Hoosier voters will ballot next year on a constitutional amendment to lengthen the term of county sheriffs from two to four years. The Senate unanimously adopted a resolution for the election after House approval, completing the two consecutive-session requirement. It now goes to Governor Ralph F. Gates for signature.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Ra Vh F. Gates
U.the
Indiana Senate
Wheat climbs to 26 year high on dust storm fears
Chicago reporting March wheat futures jumped to 2.20 per bushel the highest in 26 years as Kansas dust storms near Dodge City cut visibility and lifted topsoil winds to 55 to 60 mph. Heavy dust settled over Pratt and Hutchinson areas.
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Chicago
Kansas
Dodge City
Kans
Pratt
Hutchinson
Harrells announce birth of son in Indianapolis
Mr and Mrs Gene Harrell of Indianapolis announce the birth of a son born this morning in an Indianapolis hospital. The infant weighs eight pounds and is the couple’s second child. The father is the son of Mr and Mrs Charles Harrell of Linton.
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Gene Harrell
Indianapolis
Harrell
Charles Harrell
Linton
Industrial expansion signals multi million plant upgrades
Major industries begin a broad buildout with at least 42 million dollars in new projects. Crucible Steel in Midland plans 20.85 million for sheet and bar production. Jones and Laughlin nears a cold reduction mill in Aliquippa worth 12 million. Westinghouse Beaver plant adds over 7 million. St Joseph Lead’s Monaca facility advances 3 million. Byers Ambridge expansion slated for a year. Koppers exploring idle butadiene plant in Kobuta. Bicknell Indiana moves to condemn land for water works upgrades with a 144,251 dollar drilling project and funding via revenue bonuses.
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Pittsburgh
Crucible Steel Co
Midland
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Aliquippa
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Beaver
Josephtown
St. Joseph Lead Co
Monaca
A. M. Byers & Co
Ambridge, Pa
Koppers Co
Kobuta
Eisler Labeled Spy Linked to Comintern in U S
FBI Chief Hoover considered Gerhard Eisler as the Comintern liaison in the United States and possible Soviet spy. A 1946 Hoover letter seeking Eisler deportation was read at an American Activities Committee hearing after Eisler refused to testify and was held for contempt. He was taken into immigration custody and slated for Ellis Island detention.
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Washington
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Gerhard Eisler
International Communist Organization
Russia
Communist Party
United States
Hoover
Eisler
House
American Activities Committee
District of Columbia
Ellis Island
New York
Comintern
Legion Pleads For Hoosier Soldier Bonus Passage
Indiana lawmakers faced a push from American Legion leader W S Brunton to pass a World War II soldier bonus now. Brunton urged immediate bonus payments and free fishing licenses, opposing a 1949 referendum plan. Senate action shifted municipal election administration, with votes along party lines and concerns over cost.
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India
Apolis
American Legion
Indiana
W. S. Blunton
Scottsburg
House
Senate
Britnin
Frigid Air Ahead As Cold Wave Drops Friday Night
The area faces a severe cold wave with temperatures plunging to single digits tonight and Friday night. Elliston observer O H Brown logged 16 degrees last night while 2 PM readings rose to 27, with forecasts calling for five to ten degrees and continued cold through Sunday.
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Greene
O. H. Brown
Elliston
U. S. Weather Bureau
Weather Bureau
Navy mine head change announced in midwest coal region
Captain R R Yates USN retired succeeds Captain F C Nyland as officer in charge of bituminous coal mines in Illinois Indiana Iowa and Michigan. Announced by Captain N Collison US NR coal mines administrator. Yates, a University of Illinois graduate, will supervise the area from the Chicago office.
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Washington
U.P
R. R. Yates
USN
F. C. Nyland
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Michigan
N. Collison
USNR
University of Illinois
Chicago
Free fishing licenses bill for seniors in Oklahoma
A bill in the Oklahoma House proposes free fishing licenses for residents on old age assistance. The measure aims to aid elderly anglers and expand access to recreational fishing statewide.
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Oklahoma City
House of Representatives
Thieves Strip Portland Shrine of $350 Lights
Portland father’s Christmas shrine for his Bougainville-borne son was stripped by vandals of 350 dollars in colored lights. No arrests reported.
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Portland
Ore
U.P
Death of Woman Sparks Murder Inquiry in Indiana Farm
Authorities questioned Homer Wilson after a coroner's jury ruled that Mrs Laverne Wilson died from wounds tied to a fire at the couple's Newton county farm. The charred body was found in a burning barn with a cord around the neck and severe injuries. Wilson, hospitalized with burns, said he entered the blaze to rescue his wife, and state prosecutors pursue possible murder.
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Newton
Homer Wilson
James Eaton Jr
Laverne Wilson
Eaton
Wilson
Miller Infant Taken by Death
Four month old William Dale Miller son of Clyde and Norma Miller of Linton died in his sleep from a heart ailment. Born Sept 23 1946 he was four months and 13 days old. Survived by parents a brother and four grandparents and one great grandfather. Funeral 2:30 pm Saturday at the grandparents home with Rev Harve Rice officiating. Burial in Pleasant Grove cemetery.
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William Dale Miller
Clyde Miller
Linton
Clyde Edward
Norma Ramsey Miller
John Edward Miller
George E. Miller
Annse Ramsey
Vincennes
Noah Lynch
M. J. Aikin and Son Funeral
South Linton
Indiana Legion District Meeting Set in Bloomfield
Jamie Hern of Indianapolis Southern serves as vice commander and will be the speaker at the Seventh district joint American Legion and Auxiliary meeting at the Bloomfield Legion home Sunday afternoon. Delegates from 53 posts in 11 counties attend as the district finale follows two days of Bloomfield sessions. A 10 o clock Sunday morning district business session precedes open house and Greene county Legion basketball tournament early rounds for the state title.
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Jamie’Hern
Indianapolis
Indiana American Legion
American Legion Ord Auxiliary
Legion Home
Bloomfield
American Legion
Hern
Secial
Indiana
New Legion
Greene County American Legion
Benzol Blast Causes Big Sewer Ring in Terre Haute
A blast in Terre Haute Indiana released 2000 gallons of benzol from ruptured tanks at the Indiana Gas and Chemical Company. The explosion sent a bulge seven blocks long in the city sewer and hurled a manhole cover seventy feet into a home roof. Two seven foot diameter holes damaged the brick and concrete street.
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Tere Haute
Ind
Tocs Y
Indiana
G43 and Chemical Company
Miner Hurt in Sunshine Mine Accident Near Bickner
Paul Cooksey, 31, of Linton, injured in a Sunshine mine accident near Bickner. He suffers a broken back with a fractured third vertebra, is hospitalized at Freeman-Greene county hospital, while X rays show the injury as serious but not critical. No other miners were harmed.
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Paul Cooksey
Linton
Freeman-Greene County
Sunshine Co
Bickner
Army Officer Held for Theft of Prized Jewels
Col Edward J Murray, an Army officer and former custodian of a Tokyo bank vault, is held on suspicion of bringing home diamonds from Japan worth about 210000. Customs seized two diamonds over 10000 and a safe containing 528 gems valued at 200000. Murray awaits transfer to Tokyo for a board investigation.
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U.P
Bank of Japan
Japan
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Isit
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Tokyo
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Leake
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Verlan Mackey Expires at 57 in South Bend Home
Verlan Mackey 57 former Jasonville resident died Monday night at his home in South Bend. Survived by son Este Mackey of South Bend mother Amanda Mahan Hymera two half brothers Frans and Harvey Mahan Hymera five sisters Florence Hickman Longview Este Pierce Seral Mahan Indiana Flora Stewart Terre Haute Elizabeth Hoggett Hymera. Funeral 2 PM Friday at Coalment Church of God with Rev. Fred Puckett officiating burial Mt. Pleaga cemetery near Lewis. McClanahan Funeral Service Jasonville in charge.
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Verlan Mackey
Jasonville
South Bend
Mackey
Li'l Mackey
Este. Mackey
South Wend
Amanda Mahan
Hymera
Frans
Harvey Mahan
Florence Hickman
Long
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Edwards Daughter Born to Spencer Coach in Greencastle
A daughter was born Monday to Mr and Mrs Herbert Edwards of Spencer at Putnam County hospital in Greencastle. The mother is the former Mary Rogers of Linton. The father is coach of the Spencer high school basketball team.
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Herbert Edwards
Spencer
Putnam County Hospital
Greencastle
Mary Rogers
Linton
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