Indiana Doctor Is Killed in West Case Is Studied
A missing tan sedan is the chief lead in the murder of Dr. Edward Muentzer 36 in San Francisco. Police suspect an acquaintance killed him with a wrench and bound him with cords. motive unclear as background shows a medical career and prior legal issues.
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Indiana
West
San Francisco
Edward Muentzer
Muentzer
California
Battle Creek
Mich
Indiana University Medical School
Army Medical Corps
Ricky Butler
Butler
Chicago
Joseph I. Muentzer
Vincennes
Ind
Indianapolis
Vinson Urges U S to Keep Synthetic Rubber Plants
Chairman Cal Vinson of the House Armed Services Committee said the government should not sell its synthetic rubber plants, warning the world is in a fix. He spoke as Secretary Sawyer backed private sale with 10 years of government controls. Vinson urged extending the current law for three to five years. Other notes: Senate expected for cotton and potatoes bills with a potato price support rider. a judiciary subcommittee approved a gambling and racketeering investigation and discussed world peace approaches with VFW and Amvets.
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Washington
Cal Vinson
House
Armed Services Committee
Georgia Democrat
Charles Sawyer
Sawyer
Truman
Vinson
Senate
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Amvets
VFW
World Federation
Atlantic Union
United Nations
Amvers
Fire destroys Belvidere sewing machines plant
A large fire swept the national Sewing Machines foundry in Belvidere Illinois today likely totaling the building. Fire crews from Belvidere Rockford and Sycamore fought the flames threatening nearby crane and main plant while disrupting morning traffic. The firm manufactures machines under its own brand and for Montgomery Ward and others.
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Belvidere
Ill
National Sewing Machines Foundry
Rockford
Sycamore
Montgomery Ward
Truman Faces Pressure on Peace Talks With Russia
Washington reports mounting pressure on President Truman to pursue peace talks with the Soviet Union. Officials fear a new Soviet offensive and view Moscow exploiting U S atomic arms race concerns. Congressional sentiment, led by his party, questions the administration stance as disarmament talks may still be revived.
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Washington
Truman
Russia
Moscow
United States
Dean Acheson
Millard Tydings
Armed Services Committee
Tom Connally
Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Kremlin
Linton Musicians Place In State Solo and Ensemble
Linton high school drum quartet earned Division II placement and Marta Powell placed Division II in E flat saxophone at the tenth annual solo and ensemble auditions on the Terre Haute ISU campus. The Linton B flat clarinet quartet also reached Division III. About 2,400 musicians from 175 Indiana schools were judged, with participants having earned first division ratings in the February district contests.
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Linton High School
Indiana State Teachers College
Terre Haute
Marta Powell
Linton
Indiana School Music Association
Stud
Quapaw Council Plans Regular Meeting Tuesday Evening
Quapaw Council No. 0 will hold its regular meeting in the hall here Tuesday at 7 o clock. Two candidates will be initiated and all degree team members are urged to attend. Plans mention attending the school of instruction at Greenfield on March 1.
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Quapaw Council No. 0
School of Instruction
Greenfield
Population Center To Move to Illinois
United Press reports the U S population center is likely to shift westward in the 1950 census. Indiana University professor Wilbur A Cogshall notes the center moved from Columbus to Bloomington to Spencer to near Linton and Sullivan county near the Indiana Illinois line, with a monument in Lee Sherrard park near Linton marking the 1930 1940 site.
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United States
Linton
Carlisle
Wabash River
United Press
Wilbur A. Cogshall
Indiana University
Cogshall
Emer
Itus
I. U. Astronomy Department
Columbus
Bloomington
Spencer
Sullivan County
Indiana-Ilinois
U. S
Lee-Sherrard Park
G L Aydelotte Succumbs Here
George L. Aydelotte aged 71 died at 4 20 this morning in Freeman Greene county hospital after three years of illness He lived in Linton 48 years and worked as a barber owner and rural mail carrier from 1912 to 1947 He was active in the Linton Central Christian church city park board and golf course affairs He is survived by two brothers a niece and a nephew. funeral arrangements to be announced
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George L. Aydelotte
U. S
Freeman- Greene County Hospital
Aldelotte
Linton
Asa Williams
Aydelotte
J. W. Aydelotte
Tulsa Okla
Thomas D. Aydelotte
Lyons
D. H. Vass
Donna Aydelotte
Bill Aydelotte
Joseph Aydelotte
Welch and Cornett Funeral Home
Friends
Gun Accident Fatal in Indianapolis
Ernest Montgomery aged 27 died after dropping a pistol during a pistol shooting with his son Elvis aged 24 in Indianapolis. The fatal incident occurred Saturday when the firearm discharged from the dropped weapon at their home.
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Indianapolis
Ernest Montgomery
Eeotier Elvis
Flood Waters Recede in U S
Floodwaters rose in the lower Mississippi Valley but tributaries fell northward. In Louisiana the Red Black and Ouchita rivers crested while 9 000 residents were homeless and 20 000 refugees remained. Guardsmen moved cattle from Racciourici Island as Kentucky Tennessee Ohio and Indiana saw falling rivers and fewer refugees.
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Chicago
Mississippi Valley
Big River
Ouchita
Louisiana
Raymond Hufft
Marksville
Jonesville
Ferriday
Hufft
Francis
Arkansas
Kentucky
Tennessee
Ohio
Indiana
National
Coast Guard
Racciourici Island
Mississippi River
Morganzi
Mississippi
American Found Guilty of Spying in Budapest Trial
Robert A. Vogeler, an ITT executive, and six co-defendants were found to have engaged in spy and sabotage activities at the Standard Electric plant in Budapest. Prosecutors seek the death penalty, the court set sentences to be announced tomorrow.
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Budapest
Hungary
Robert A. Vogeler
Gyula
Vogeler
Alapai
International Standard Electric Company
International Telephone and Telegraph Company of New York
IT & T
Standard Electric
Vilmos Olthy
Vo- Beler
Portland blast toll set at four
The Portland Indiana blast at a cafe last Wednesday raised the death toll to four with Mrs. Mabel A. Hawkins among the victims. Hawkins died after severe burns in Jay County Hospital as investigators from the state fire marshal completed their inquiry. Twelve people were injured when flood waters from the Salamonie river flooded the area before the explosion.
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Portland
Ind
Mabel A. Hawkins
Salamonie
Fire damages Warren Fitzpatrick residence on A Street
A fire at 1140 A Street Southeast caused minor damage to the Warren Fitzpatrick residence Sunday evening around 5 25 by a defective flue. The Linton Fire Department forced a small roof opening to extinguish the flames.
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Warren Fitzpatrick
Linton
Mercy Slaying Trial Begins for Deathbed Patient
The trial of Dr. Hermann N. Sander opens in Manchester New Hampshire for allegedly murdering by air injection a dying cancer patient. His wife Alice stands by him as veniremen are questioned individually. 145 jurors were named in county venire.
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Manchester
N. H
Hermann N. Sander
Alice
Yellow Court Room
Harry Wright
Harold E. Wescott
Hillsborough County
Wescott
Dr. Sander
Abbie C. Borreto
State of
New Hamshire
Dismissal of Ten Greene Circuit Criminal Dockets
A plea of guilty by Cecil Mayfield led to ten cases on the Greene circuit court calendar being dismissed at Bloomfield courthouse. Mayfield received a suspended sentence and 40 days to pay costs after a guilty plea for child neglect before Judge Edwin B. Long. earlier he had pled not guilty. The dismissed cases include ve hicle taking embezzlement forgery fraudulent checks and gaming house related charges against several defendants.
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Greene Circuit Court
Bloomfield
Cecil Mayfield
Edwin B. Long
Indiana State Penal Farm
Long
Mayfield
State of Indiana
Lawrence Calvin Golden
State
Cecil Wagner
Ray Rawley
Glenn Inman
Clifford Green
Alva Denny
Harris Hearing Set Friday for Judge Harris Arraignment
Sullivan Indiana February 20 The Sullivan circuit court will host the arraignment of Judge Norval K Harris on forgery mistepresentation and issuing a bad check charges. Pretrial motions will seek to quash indictments while defense counsel includes former Judge Walter Wood and ex prosecutor James A Watson. Special judge Ralph A Seal of Vincennes will preside after Indiana Supreme Court appointment.
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Thomas J. Gallagher
John K. Purcell
James A. Watson
Harris
a_ national ‘committee
New York
Ralph A. Seal
Vincennes
Indiana Supreme Court
Hart visits Terre Haute and Linton during flying hours
Lt. j.g. John FE Hart of the United States Naval Air Forces based in Norfolk Va flew to Terre Haute Sunday where his parents met him and brought him to Linton to visit his uncle Frank Hart and aunt. The trip counted toward his flying hours.
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J.g. John FE. Hart
United States Naval Air Forces
Norfolk, Va
Terre Haute
Mrr
William Hart
Linton
Frank Hart
Hart
Judge Extends No-strike Order Against Miners
Federal Judge Richard B. Kee extended until March 3 the temporary no strike order against John L. Lewis strike actions by soft coal miners. He weighed converting the order into an 80 day Taft Hartley injunction and denied a motion to vacate it. The ruling followed private talks with government and union lawyers as reports of defiance and potential contempt circulated.
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Washington
Richard B. Kee
John L. Lewis
Keech
Welly K. Hopking
Rte
Lewise
Truman
House
Sam Rayburn
UMW
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Jon L. Lewis
Barbourville
Richland Coal Co
Mac
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Minera County
W. Va
Nicholas County
Progressive Miners Union
Kentucky
Indianapolis
Indiana
Hoosierland
South Bend
H. A. Rogers
Indianapolis Coal Merchants Association
Hoosier
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