Truman orders Arlington burial for Indian sergeant
President Truman authorized the Army to bury Sgt. John R. Rice in Arlington National Cemetery after Sioux City Memorial Park Cemetery barred his burial due to Indian ancestry. Rice, 37, Winnebago, served in World War I and Korea. His widow, Evelyn Rice, said she was unaware of the policy barring Indians from burial in the local cemetery.
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Hington
Korea
Sioux City
Iowa
Ington National
Truman
Ding
Heidow
Evelyn Rice
Ebaco
Neb
Siong
Association of “American Inian Affairs
Harry H. Vaughn
House
John R. Rice
Arlington Cemetery
Mr. Truman
Sioux City Memorial Park
Set. Rice
White House
Army
Rice
Arlington
Virginia
Potomac River
Washington
Nonsectarian Memorial Park Faces Racial Restriction Debate
The article notes that Caucasian race burial eligibility exists at Memorial Park, which is described as nonsectarian and caste-free but allegedly excludes race. It contrasts a social scene where a man and a girl attend a movie, highlighting seating etiquette and selection etiquette by ushers.
Mutual Savings Banks Hit By Senate Tax Bill
Senate Finance Committee votes to tax mutual savings banks and building and loan associations and tightens tax treatment for cooperatives. Revenue gain near 150 million dollars. Effective dates for corporate tax increases set for January 1, 1951, with broad impact on about 600 mutual banks and nearly 6,000 lending associations and cooperatives. Smaller farmer groups largely exempt.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
House
Staf
Trucker to Appeal Fine Under Overweight Law
A Winchester trucker appeals a 1038 dollar conviction for driving a 37300 pound truck on a bridge posted for 20000 pounds. Magistrate J Milton Dick, with Attorney General Hall Hammond, says a bridge is part of a highway and the new overweight rate applies, with an appeal to Circuit Court set for August 30 1952. Ballenger Girls 4 H Club met at Mary Jean Lantz home with reports on clothing and College Park, a canning demonstration, and plans for next month.
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Cumberland
Winchester
J. Milton Dick
Hall Hammond
Ellicott
Hammond
Ballenger
Mary Jean Lantz
Miss Lantz
Barbara Derr
Nellie Scheffer
College Park
Leste Wiles
Mary Culler
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Cheerios Mussellman
Lang
Armour
Ya-bu
Swanson Margarine
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Palma Villa
Mama Doll
Donald Duck
Studson Paper
Lastis
Peoples Drug Store
Richard Mugu
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Peoples Hay
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BAYER
Johnson & Johnson
DR. Lyon
Conti Castile
GEM Jr. Nail Cups
Dupont
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