Storm Ravages Midwest and Northeast Amid Wide Destruction
A severe storm pounds Indiana and Illinois causing extensive damage and six deaths. A separate wreck in New Jersey kills seventeen. About 300 pupils celebrate the last day of school at St. Peter's parochial school in City Park. W. J. Hamilton buys the Forst 5 and 10 store with Fred Dillingham as local manager. Federal agents launch a major crackdown on Chicago drinkers, described as a leading alcohol center.
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Indiana
Illinois
New Jersey
St. Peter's Parochial School
City Park
Mine Run improves through plain apology
A brief editorial fragment urges daily progress by embracing simple apology as the key to better human relations. It hints at ongoing work tomorrow to fix what is wrong and build what is right. The note continues a thread about practical ethics in everyday life.
Bicknell Sailor Injured in Highway 41 Crash
Ralph Fox a sailor from Bicknell was critically injured and his wife slightly hurt when their car collided with a truck driven by Carl Dycus of Evansville on US 41 north of Pimento. Dycus faced charges of intoxication reckless driving and related offenses after testing at Terre Haute City Hall.
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Ralph Fox
Bicknell
Carl Dycus
East Franklin Street
Evansville
Pimento
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Terre Haute
Dycus
Elliott
Trowbridge
Mrs Ora Benefield Dies Here Sunday
Mrs Ora Benefield 83 lifelong Sullivan county resident died at Freeman Greene county hospital at 9:45 Sunday morning after a three day illness. Survived by two daughters Marjorie Willard Sullivan route 1 and Robetine E Smith Linton three grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Body to Reisinger and Kresge Funeral Home Carlisle friends may call. Funeral two o'clock Tuesday at the funeral home with Rev C S Marcis officiating. Burial in I O O F cemetery Carlisle.
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Ora A. Benefield
Sullivan County
Freeman Greene County
Marjorie Willard
Sulivan
Robertine E. Smith
Linton
Reisinger and Kresge
Carlisle
Birth announced for Karla Kay Huber in Chicago
Mr and Mrs Wallace Huber of Chicago announce the birth of a daughter weighing 8 pounds 3 ounces born June 9 at Presbyterian hospital. The baby is named Karla Kay. The Hubers are former Linton residents with Mrs Huber previously Miss Juanita Bicknell. This is their second child.
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Wallace Huber
Chicago
Ill
Presbyterian Hospital
Karla Kay
Linton
Huber
Juanita Bicknell
Lard and Oils Price Up Under OPA Ruling
Washington reports OPA raised point values for lard shortening and oils to 12 points a pound from 10 for the third quarter of 1945. Butter remains 24 and margarine 12. Industrial use for fats also cut to a common basis for manufacturers restaurants and households.
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Washington
U.P
OPA
Showdown With Truck Strikers In Chicago
The Office of Defense Transportation prepared for a showdown with striking Chicago truck drivers unions led by Ellis T. Longenecker. Army drivers will man trucks or escort nonstriking workers as 12,000 drivers reportedly stayed off duty after a strike over wage increases.
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Chicago
U.R
Office of Defense Transportation
Ellis T. Longenecker
DDT
Longenecker
ODT
War Labor Board
WLB
Chicago Truck Drivers Union
AFL Brotherhood of Teamsters
AFL Teamsters Council
License Issued For Emil Staf Ford And Eva Huffman
Marriage licenses were issued Saturday in Clerk Frank Lenning's office to Emil V. Staf ford and Mrs. Eva Huffman, both of Linton.
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Frank Lenning
Emil V. Stafford
Eva Huffman
Linton
Inducted at Keesler Field into AAF airplane mechanics course
Pvt. Kenneth W. Cooper of Clayton Indiana and husband of Mary Ruth Cooper of Linton Indiana was enrolled in the U S Army Air Forces airplane mechanics training program at Keesler Field Biloxi Mississippi. The 76 day course covers basic aircraft and engine mechanics including electrical systems engines fuel and oil systems propellers structures instruments and basic inspection. The program paves the way for further specialized training on heavy bombers or cargo planes.
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Keesler Field
Biloxi
Miss
Kenneth W. Cooper
Goldie Cooper
Clayton
Ind
Mary Ruth Cooper
Linton
AAF Training Command
Keesler Feild
Onboard Cook Everhardt Serves And Slices Through War
Paul E. Everhardt, ship's cook on a Pacific cruiser, recalls peeling onions near Japan. A Hymera Indiana native, he enlisted in 1942, trained at Great Lakes and Bloomington, and served in Bougainville, Marshalls, Marianas, Philippines, Philippine Sea, Leyte Gulf, Yap, Formosa, and Iwo Jima. His brother Marion is a Marine lieutenant.
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Paul E. Everhardt
USNR
Japan
Everhardt
Gilbert Everhardt
Hymera
Ind
Navy
Great Lakes
Inl
Bloomington
Bougainville
Marshalls
Marianas
Philippines
Philippine Sea
Leyte Gulf
Yap
Formosa
Iwo Jma
Marion
Marine Air Corps
Sixteen Poles Pleaded Guilty To Red Charges
Sixteen Poles admitted to operating secret radio stations and aiding anti Soviet propaganda during 1944 in Poland and Ukraine. They faced charges of espionage and sabotage and alleged orders from Okulicki directing underground activity. The trial opened in London with observers and diplomats present.
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Okulicki
Germany
Britain
Europe
Afanasiev
Jan Jankowski
London
Nobles Club
Jankowski
Adam _ Bien
Stanislaw Jasiukowicz
Red Army
Antui Pajginski
Stanislaw Mierzwa
Sty
Bandits elude police after holed up loot recovered
In Indianapolis two armed robbers fled after a Saturday night holdup. They were believed shot during a chase and left behind a bag containing 3200 dollars. police recovered the loot.
Court denies rehearing in Jewell Ridge mine travel time case
The Supreme Court refused to rehear the case on underground travel time payments for soft coal miners. Jewell Ridge Coal Corp. had urged disqualification of Justice Hugo L. Black amid labor law ties. Justice Jackson dissented on Black’s eligibility but joined denial on the merits of rehearing.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court Today
Jewell Ridge Coal Corp
Virginia
Hugo L. Black
Black
U. S
Crampton Harris
UMW
Jewell Ridge
Robert H. Jackson
Jackson
Bay City Court Courtroom Turns Into Butcher Shop
In Bay City a judge jury and spectators watched as Bernard Keirns wearing a white coat cut four hindquarters of beef in a demonstration to show he had not violated OPA rules. The scene occurred in a federal courtroom drawing an unusual crowd and attention.
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Bay City
Mich
U.P
OPA
Bernard Keirns
Suit Filed in Greene Circuit Court at Bloomfield
Chester Bowes Adm OPA sues Woodrow Bailey in Greene circuit court Bloomfield over the weekend. The complaint seeks relief as filed in the court records.
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Greene
Bloomfield
Chester Bowes
Supreme Court halts Bridges deportation ruling
The Supreme Court 5 to 3 canceled an order deporting Harry Bridges, the West Coast labor leader, to Australia as a communist. The decision ends a long deportation battle begun in 1938 after Attorney General Biddle ordered Bridges’ removal in 1942.
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Washington
U.P
Supreme Court
Harry Bridges
Australia
Bridges
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
High Court
Communist Party
The
Marine Workers Industrial Union
Congress
William O. Douglas
Stanley Reed
Wiley B. Rutledge
Hugo L. Bacl
Frank Murphy
Douglas
Marshall Field to Sell Airplanes in Chicago
Marshall Field and Co. announced it will become the first department store to sell airplanes. Over the counter sales start around Oct. 1 in the sporting goods section, with Parks Aircraft Sales and Service, Inc. of East St. Louis contracted for exclusive rights to sell Erecoupe planes in the Chicago area.
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Hughston M. McBain
Field’s
Parks Aircraft Sales and Service, Inc
East St. Louis
Chicago
Livestock Prices Report From Indianapolis Auction
Hogs 5 000 head active steady good and choice 160 lbs up 140 160 lbs and some lighter weights at 14 80. 100 140 lbs 13 50 to 14 50. Good and choice sows 14 05. Cattle 1 400 calves 600 mostly choice around 1100 lb steers 16 75 small lot 16 25 loads good 16 50. Two loads mixed grade 1080 lb steers range up common to good 14 60. Cows generally steady few good beef cows 13 to 14 25. Bulk common and medium 9 25 to 12 75. Most canners and cutters 7 to 9. Dealers active steady top 16. Sheep 100 supplies tight quotable generally steady good and choice spring lambs largely 15 to 15 50.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Moonlit corn planting in Howard County farms
Howard county farmers used bright moonlight to plant corn and plow fields in Kokomo Indiana. They paused planting after dusk until moonrise and then worked into the early morning to catch up after heavy rains.
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Kokomo, Ind
U.P
Howard County
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