Star Times Sold. Post-Dispatch Acquires St Louis Paper
The Pulitzer owned Post-Dispatch buys the Star-Times, St Louis after noon daily, which will cease publication after today. Star-Times staff numbers 575 with 275 office news workers and 300 mechanicals. The sale leaves two major dailies in St Louis, and Star-Times features to be folded into Post-Dispatch features starting Monday.
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Post-Dispatch
St. Louis
Post- Dispatch
Star- Times
Elzey Roberts
Globe-Democrat
Pulitzer Publishing Co
Joseph Pulitzer
Pulitzer
Canada
Joseph Pulitzer, Jr
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Louis Times
Pulitzer Prizes In Journalism
New York World
Roberts
Reds Vanish In West Dig In In East Front Lines Shift
AP reports large Red forces digging in eastern Korea while vanishing on the western front. Allied tanks advance toward Kumhwa and Kum Song as North Korean artillery and patrols test UN lines in driving eastern operations near Inje and Kumhwa. The dormant Red air force shows life with two infiltrations deep behind UN lines.
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Korea
United Nations
Kumsong
Chupa
Kumhwa
George A. McArthur
U. N
Yanggu-Inje
McArthur
Inje
Japan
U. S
Thomas J. Finletter
Manchuria
Finletter
Pyongyang Valley
Iron Triangle
Kumhwan
Red
Second NSLI Dividend Checks Mailed To Policyholders
About 1,060,000 second National Service Life Insurance dividend checks were mailed by the Veterans Administration. It expects a total of 8,200,000 checks to complete payments early next year for NSLI policies in effect at least three months between 1948 and 1951. Separate checks go to each policyholder.
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Washington
National Service Life
Veterans Administration
N.S L.S
Weather outlook shows scattered thunder showers tonight
Partly cloudy conditions with scattered thunder showers tonight and again Saturday afternoon or night. Temperature stays steady with tonight’s low around 60 to 65 degrees and a high on Saturday similar to today.
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Illinois
MacArthur decries fear in Texas stadium speech
Gen Douglas MacArthur addressed about 20 000 people at Rice Stadium in Houston praising courage and denouncing propaganda that fuels fear. He warned against appeasement and said the nation must stand strong. The general continues his Texas tour with appearances in San Antonio and Dallas.
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Houston
Texas
Rice Stadium
Douglas MacArthur
Rice Institute
San Antonio
Dallas
Fort Worth
New York
MacArthur
Ourtney Whitney
Whitney
Carroll Martin
Houston Post
Illinois House Passes Coal Bidding Advantage Bills
Twelve measures would require public institutions in Illinois to buy coal from Illinois producers if bids are within 10 percent of the lowest bid. Supporters say the move aids the state coal industry. opponents warn it shifts tax money to subsidize one sector and hurts out-of-state competition.
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Ill
Illinois
State
House of Representatives
Park and Sanitary
House
Sprague
Paul Powell
Vienna
Horsley
Western Kentucky
Recommend Search for New Coal Markets
Springfield Ill June 15 AP a legislative committee investigating the Mt Olive mine closure urged new coal uses and markets. The panel led by Senator Timothy Donnelly urged enacting a bill to fund a coal experiments commission with 115000 dollars to prevent further mine closures and idle workers at Bell and Zoller No 15 mine.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Mt. Olive
Timothy Donnelly
Carlinville
Bell and Zoller Coal Company
Truman Asks For Two Year Controls Act
President Truman urged a two year inflation control law to curb rising prices and defend the nation. Congress debated extending the Defense Production Act while critics urged alternative tax and credit measures amid wartime pressures and warnings that inflation could aid Soviet aims.
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Korea
National Association of Manufacturers
N. A.M
Today’s Index Overview of News and Sections
The paper outlines sections for area and national news on page 1 local news on page 3 editorials on page 4 women’s news on pages 6 and 7 sports on pages 9 and 10 comics on page 10 classified ads on pages 14 and 15 and pictures on pages 8 and 16.
Crowd reacts as stadium sits mostly empty during MacArthur remarks
The text notes 20,000 attendance with many Houstonians surprised at the 70,000 seat stadium being far from half full. Whistles ring out and a voice shouts Pour it on Mac as MacArthur claims a deliberate campaign to pervert the truth create fear and confuse the American people.
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MacArthur
Fire Traps 40 Aged in Montreal Hospice Blaze
A Montreal fire at St. Cunegonde home for the aged and orphans trapped forty residents and killed at least two. Nuns guided about 200 children to safety as flames raged through a five story landmark. smoke persisted after two hours and several elderly residents were blind.
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St. Cunegonde
Wedemeyer Retirement Slated for July 31
San Francisco Lt Gen Albert C Wedemeyer will retire July 31 after his retirement request was granted by the army The 56 year old general will be relieved as Sixth Army commander Wedemeyer testified at the MacArthur hearings earlier.
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Albert C. Wedemeyer
Department of the Army
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Wedemeyer
MacArthur
Seven Die and Two Hurt in Navy Plane Crash
A twin engine navy patrol plane on a training flight crashed in marshland near Jacksonville Florida along the St Johns River between here and Green Cove Springs. Seven crewmen were killed and two injured. The Navy reported no clear cause and a witness said the wheels were down as if for landing.
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St. Johns Rivr
Here
Green Cove Springs
Drive-Yourself Yachts in Europe Attract Tourists
Paris June 14 AP British naval veterans offer 10 drive yourself river boats with skipper handling optional self powered trips on Dutch Belgian and French waterways. Rates from 12 a day or 96 to 186 for eight to fifteen day cruises with Paris Seine routes added this year.
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Henry Offord
D W
Tiger) Child
Offord
London
Holland
Rhine and Main
Frankfurt
Germany
Offord and Childs Heave
Seine
Paris
Troyes
Sindfast
Britain
Sweden
Kensington
Commander Child
Deal
England
Child
Hermann Goering
Admiralty
Truck Weight Cutting Bill Voted Down
Illinois House motor vehicles committee defeated a measure to revert truck weights to 59 000 pounds. The 11 to 10 vote left the bill technically alive but unlikely to be revived. Supporters warned roads would deteriorate. opponents cited safety and business concerns for tankers and heavy equipment.
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Springfield
Illinois
House
Motor Vehicles Committee
Dennis Collins
DeKalb
I. Mac Downing
Macomb
Chester G. Moore
Chicago
Interstate Commerce Commission
Leland J. Kennedy
D-Alton
John Lewis
R-Marshall
Johnson testifies fears on recognizing Red China at UN
Secretary Louis Johnson tells the MacArthur inquiry he feared U S recognition of Red China despite British talk and United Nations dynamics He cites possible UN Security Council votes against U S positions and notes tensions with Dean Acheson over policy He discusses Inchon and Formosa decisions and Johnson’s own 1949 views before leaving the cabinet
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Louis Johnson
Defense
United States
China
Johnson
Senate
MacArthur
State Department
United Nations
Security Council
John
Truman
Ein Dean Acheson
Douglas MacArthur
Inchon
Korea
U. S
House Member C. H. Lynch Dies in Springfield
Charleston June 15 Staff State Rep Charles Lee Lynch a first term Democrat from Charleston collapsed in the House chamber and died early today at St. John’s hospital in Springfield. He was 49 and had just participated in a debate on a pending bill. He worked for the Decatur Herald & Review earlier and ran radio stations WDZ in Tuscola and WLBH in Mattoon before news careers in Charleston. He also served as city editor of the Charleston Daily Courier and Charleston Daily News and was known as a harness race official.
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Charles Lee Lynch
St. John’s Hospital
Springfield
Lynch
Decatur Herald & Review
WDZ
Tuscola
WLBH
Mattoon
Charleston Daily Courier
Charleston Daily News
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