Operators claim Lewis violates wage pact amid coal strike
Washington March 19 soft coal operators charge John L. Lewis violated the 1947 wage agreement by striking and urged miners to return to work. The letter signed by O'Neill Moses Moody and others says production should resume before talks resume. They note fund payments have been made and oppose extending pensions to others.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
O’neill
Harry M. Moses
U. S. Steel Corp
Joseph E. Moody
Southern
Lewis O'Neill
Union Welfare and Retirement Fund
Ezra van Horn
van Horn
Moses
U. S. District Court
Union Welfare Fund
Choir to Present Cantata in Linton
The Linton First Baptist adult choir will join the Youth Choir with Mrs. David Shields to present a scriptural cantata on Good Friday evening March 26 in the local church auditorium. The public is invited for an hour of beauty and inspiration in song and reading.
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Linton First Baptist Church
David Shields
Tornadic Wind Hits Linton Area Causes Brief Flooding
A storm area swept into this region about 11 45 AM with winds about 45 mph. In Linton electric lines fell in several city sections while shingles peeled and branches broke. One third inch of rain fell in ten minutes with hail and temporary street flooding. Temperature peaked at 75 before dipping again. Telephone service remained intact.
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Linton
Bell Telephone Company
O. H. Brown
U. S
Elliston
Vincennes Street
Guthrie to Speak on Bikini Atoll Bomb Tests at Meeting
Wayne Guthrie assistant managing editor of the Indianapolis News will recount impressions from the Bikini Atoll atomic bomb tests in July 1946 at a public meeting in the Linton high school auditorium 7 30 Friday evening March 26. Sponsored by the Greene Sullivan Reserve Officers Association the event has no admission fee. I will discuss his nine week trip aboard the press ship USS Appalachian and his witness to both tests. Guthrie has a 27 year association with the News and hosts Ringside in Hoosierland.
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Wayne Guthrie
Indianapolis News
Bikini Atoll
mid-Pacific
Linton High School
Guthrie
Greene- Sullivan Reserve Officers Association
ROA
Appalachian
Bikini
News
Nashville
Brown County
Columbus
Indiana University
I. U. Law School
The
Universiy of Chicago
Spear to graduate at Chicago optometry school
William L. Spear of 489 K Street NW Linton will receive the Doctor of Optometry degree at Monroe College of Optometry Chicago in a March 29 convocation. The Class of 234 is the largest yet, with graduation at the People Church auditorium. Dr Eugene Freeman will deliver the commencement address.
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Monroe College of Optometry
Chicago
William L. Spear
K” Street
Linton
Monroe College
the People Church
Lawrence Avenue
Eugene Freeman
Optometry
Chicago College of Optometry
Doc Sparks in Bloomfield Injury Report
Doc Sparks, injured when a flying bri collapsed the Bloomfield Brick Plant centry smoke stack, is recovering at Freeman Greene County Hospital. He expects four more weeks of confinement. Wayne Sparks was injured in the incident as well. Doc suffers two fractured vertebrae four broken ribs and a broken ankle.
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Doc” Sparks
Bloomfield Brick Plan Centry
Freeman Greene County Hospital
Mr. Sparks
Wayne Sparks
Doc
Boxing Program Held in Linton at High School Gym
Last night at Linton High School gymnasium an eleven bout amateur boxing program featured local and regional fighters. Notable results include Dave Corden of Terre Haute stopping Bob Wenders of Linton in 18 seconds of the first round, with Wenders hospitalized overnight and later discharged. Other results: Hubert Goodman over Billy Woods. Willard Davis over Lewis Short. Paul Elkins over Philip Bolton. Bill Sims over Sherman Rice. Buck Rogers over Jack Quillan. Gary Frater over Charles Hapenning. Bob Binford over Denny Mershon. Joe Esra over Allen Cohen. Willie Wilson and Benny Proffitt had bouts described as tame with few blows.
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Linton High School
Bob Wonders
Linton
Dave Cowden
Terre Haute
Wenders
Freeman- Greene County
Hubert Goodman
Billy Woods
Brazil
Willard Davis
Terre Haute AC
Lewis Short
Short
Paul Elkins
Philip Bolton
Jasonville
Elkins
Bill Sims
Sherman Rice
Buck Rogers
Terre Haute “Y
Jack Quillan
Terre Haute Boys’ Club
Gary Frater
Charles Hapenning
Bob Binford
Hoover AC
Denny Mershon
Joe Esra
Allen Cohen
Willie Wilson
Benny Proffitt
YOUTHS CONFESS TO TRUCK AND CAR THEFTS
Two Jasonville youths Robert Denny 21 and Micheles Clark 19 confessed to stealing a truck in Jasonville last Saturday night and an old model coupe in Charlestown. They drove the vehicles to near Linton and abandoned the coupe on state road 54 beside the Municipal Golf course. They are held on vehicle taking charges after being questioned by Greene County officers.
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Jasonville
Robert Denny
Micheles Clark
Denny
Jasonvlle
Clark
Charlestown
Linton
Greene
Explosion Kills At Least Nine In Centralia Illinois
Rescue workers recovered five bodies and hunted for more after a two story building housing a tavern and pool room exploded. Twenty three people were injured as the roof blew off and walls collapsed. Officials feared up to ten more bodies may be buried beneath debris.
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Centralia
Ill
Tib Woolright
Kenneth Owensby
Esther Parks
Hospital Report From Bowen Mine Injuries And Births
Fred Bowen of Jasonville was admitted after an accident at the Bowen mine causing foot injuries. Wanda Moore of Linton Route 2 and Bobby Wenders were admitted for treatment, with Wenders discharged today. A baby boy weighing 8 pounds was born to Mrs. Sam Stockholm of Linton. Ross Record of Bloomfield suffers severe burns from kerosene on a live fire. Miss Mary Ellen Carpenter of Linton had an appendectomy. Miss Shirley Ann Mounier also underwent an appendectomy.
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Fred Bowen
Jasonville
Bowen
Wanda Moore
Linton
Bobby Wenders
Sam Stockholm
Ross Record
Bloomfield
Mary Ellen Carpenter
Shirley Ann Mounier
Mystery at Midland Solved by Lyons Gypsy Camp
Lyons residents breathe easier after police conclude a traveling gypsy colony sought furnace repairs at Midland High School. State troopers and Greene County sheriff traced 50 plus residents across twelve trailers, cleared the group from Lyons park, and asked all but one ill family to leave.
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Lyons
Midland High School
Midland
Wright Township
Orville White
A. J. Messick
Ira Griffith
Goysies
Greene County
Charles Mansfield
Jasonville
Joe Feeney
Ned Woodward
Lyons Park
Colony
Tornadoes Kill 16 Injure 300 Across Missouri Illinois
Two tornadoes ripped through eastern Missouri and southern Illinois killing at least 16 and injuring more than 300. Hospitals overflowed as refugees were housed. towns like Bunker Hill and Gillispie suffered heavy damage while the Red Cross coordinated emergency aid and relief centers.
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ST. Louis
Missouri
Illinois
Dwight Green
Illinoi
Illinois Highway Patrol
Ilinois
Vilages
Dmage
Alton
Red Cross
Vroman
Bunker Hill
Fosterburg
Lydia Bruggeman
H. G. Bassett
Sadie Tichena
Julius Keen
Lee to Advise British Miners on Open-Cut Operations
Hugh B. Lee of Maumee Collieries Company is retained as consultant by Stuarts and Lloyds Ltd of England. He will travel to England April 22 aboard the Queen Mary for about five weeks with Mrs. Lee. Lee has 25 years with Maumee and prior mining experience in phosphate chromite gold and silver.
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Terre Haute
Hugh B. Lee
Maumee Collieries Company
Stuarts & Lloyds, Ltd
England
Northamptonshire
London
Indiana
Lee
Mrs. Lee
Maumee
Mr. Lee
Florida
Thanks for Quilts From Local Church Groups
Miss Nola Yoder and Rest Haven staff express gratitude to the Alpha Bible Class of the Methodist church and the Loyal Sunday School class of the Dagger Christian church for donated quilts. The gifts were greatly appreciated.
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Nola Yoder
Rest Haven
Alpha Bible
The
Methodist Church
Loyal
Dagger Christian Church
Wind Storm Strikes Indiana Towns Injuring Dozens
Screaming winds across northern and central Indiana caused extensive damage and injuries. In Lee near Fort Wayne the high school roof was torn off injuring six pupils and scattering 425 students, with officials noting the lunch hour spared a disaster. Bunker Hill endured the worst winds at up to 95 mph injuring Charles Ellers, while a poultry shed slammed into a Pennsylvania freight train, derailing eight cars. At Peru, Mrs Eugene Correll is mentioned.
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Winslow
Ind
Louisiana
Ohio
Pennsylvania
French Lick
Oakland City
Petersburg
Indiana
Lee
Fort Wayne
Miami County
Bunker Hill
Indianapolis
Charles Ellers
Peru
Eugene Correll
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Emory University
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Ginter
Wood
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Truman
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Spear
Chicago School
DOC Sparks
Bay Fields
Howard Lytton
Jasper
Texas
Ernest Pouehlein
Southern Illinois
Gillispie
Theresa Passetti
Hyke Bushman
Harry F. Wahlgren
Union
Mississippi River
Litchfield
Bonne Terre
Missouri River
Tll
Bahn
John Hanafin
News-Herald
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