Amateur show highlights at Vigo County Fair
Tonight at the Vigo County Fair a grandstand program features thirty amateur entertainers from surrounding communities plus the Boyle Woolfolk troupe. Winners are judged by an electric applause meter with Mayor Ralph Tucker Alex Stern and Frank Cardinal as judges.
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Vigo County
Boyle Woolfolk Troop
Ralph Tucker
Alex Stern
Frank Cardinal
Wilma
George Martin
Terre Haute
Richard Baker
Roseanne Baltesu
Linda Thomas
Margy Knnseley
Larry Crabb
Billy Gene McFarland
Gary Ray Grimes
Paris
Ill
Linda Calvin
Farmersburg
Loretta Silvestro
Sandra Lynn Eastwood
Paul Roman
Ward Watson
Prairie Creek
Carl Valentine
Frozen Fresh Foods, Inc
Reserve
Champ
House Group Approves War Funds Budget
Washington August 24 The House Appropriations Committee voted emergency funds totaling 16 771 084 479 to support the Korean War and arm against Communism The package funds a major military buildup including tanks warplanes and an initial hydrogen bomb program 4 000 000 000 for foreign arms aid and aims to double the marine force while expanding divisions and training for replacements Continued on Page 12 Column 1.
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Washington
U.P
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Korea
House
Democratic officials visit Vigo County Fair events
Visitors include U S Senator candidate Alex Campbell Indiana Secretary of State Charles Fleming Sixth District candidate Jack Mankin and State Auditor James Propst. They attend a meeting of local Democratic precinct workers and candidates at the Eagles Club tonight.
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Alex Campbell
Indiana
Jack Mankin
Charles Fleming
James Propst
Vigo County
Eagles Club
Nationwide Rail Strike Set by Unions for Monday
President Truman disclosed at a news conference that railroad unions have called a nationwide strike for Monday after assurances from both unions and railroad management that this step would not occur. Seizure of the roads appears the likely government response unless a settlement or mediation advances.
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United Press
Washington
U.P
Truman
White House
National Mediation Board
Vigo County Fair Program Highlights Weekend Events
The Vigo County Fair lists daily programs with livestock parades free acts and musical shows. Highlights include 4-H Club band performances, harness races, Hoosier Harmony Boys, Western horse shows, quadrilles, and motorcycle time trials and races across Friday Saturday and Sunday.
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Hoosier Harmony Boys
Western and Society Horse Show
Western and Society
Hillbilly Band
Poteat to Visit Terre Haute Shrine Next Week
Imperial Potentate Hubert McNeill Poteat will visit Terre Haute and Zorah Shrine on Aug 29 30. A 6 PM dinner at Terre Haute House opens events with a reception at the temple followed by a floor show. Poteat speaks at High Twelve Club Wednesday noon. He then goes to Rizpah Temple Madisonville KY.
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Terre Haute
Hubert M. Poteat
Hubert McNeill Poteat
Shrine
Terre Haute and
Zorah Shrine
Terre Haute House
Poteat
Temple
North Seventh Street
Zorah
Potentate Poteat
High Twelve
Hubert Thomas
Wake Forest
N. C
Rizpah Temple
Madisonville
Harold Lloyd
Sudan
Temple of the Shrine
Rabban
Imperial Council of
Order of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine For
North America
America
Directory of
London
England
Progress in City Bus Parley Reaches Definite Gains
The Amalgamated Association of Street Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes and Terre Haute City Lines reported definite progress in wage hours and working conditions talks. Hobart Autterson, state labor conciliator, announced a follow up meeting for Wednesday Aug 30 at the State House. The talks come after the union's Aug 15 contract expiration and Gov. Schricker's appointment of Autterson.
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A.F.L
Terre Haute
Hobart Autterson
State Division of Labor
Autterson
Commissioner of Labor
State House
Terre Haute House
Henry Schricker
Son of Churchill Wounded in Korea
War correspondent Randolph Churchill son of Winston Churchill was wounded by a mortar burst during a Naktong River crossing foray with a U S patrol. He was at Eighth Army headquarters in Korea on August 24.
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U.S
Eighth Army
Korea
Randolph Churchill
Winston Churchill
Naktong River
Brazil Plant Converts to Morrill Carpet Factory in Brazil Indiana
The former Libby McNeil Libby packing plant in Brazil Indiana is being converted into a Morrill Manufacturing Company carpet factory. Remodeling underway for a facility with 54827 square feet on 6.86 acres near East National Road and the Pennsylvania Railroad. About 100 workers expected at startup with potential doubling after expansion. Owners Morris and William Lichtenstein, brokers include C M Smith and J B Pfister Co. Terre Haute realtors.
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Brazil
Ind
Libby, McNeil & Libby
Morrill Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Dalton
Morris and
William Lichtenstein
Brothers
East National Road
Pennsylvania Railroad
Canning Company
Goodman Coal Company
C. M. Smith
J. B. Pfister Co., Inc
Terre Haute
British Charge German Slave Labor in Uranium Mines
British control commission report claims 300000 German slave laborers in East Germany mine uranium ore for the Soviet war machine. Workers are unskilled, paid under $2 weekly, and endure prison camp conditions in a “Little Siberia” setup amid intensified production for atomic weapons.
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Berlin
East
Germany
Siberia
British Control Commission
Prominent Democrats To Host Dinner With Noted Visitors
Vigo County Democratic Central Committee hosts a dinner at the Eagles Club in Terre Haute with chairmen and precinct leaders present. Noted visitors include United States Senate candidate Alex Campbell, Congress candidate Jack Mankin, Secretary of State Charles Fleming, and State Auditor James Propst. The event emphasizes fellowship and brief remarks, with roll calls and polling reports to be reviewed.
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Letzkus
Alex Campbell
United States
Jack Mankin
Congress
Charles F. Fleming
James M. Propst
Democratic Central Committee
Sugar hoarders warned as 32 million pounds land in Philadelphia
Four ships arrived at the Philadelphia port carrying 32 000 000 pounds of sugar. The brief notice urges potential hoarders to heed the new supply in the harbor and markets.
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Philadelphia
Trieste Guard Put On Alert Amid Yugoslav Tension
Ten thousand British and American troops stand ready in Trieste on the Italian Yugoslav border as observers warn the Yugoslav army would be a tough adversary for any new Communist offensive. The force is combat ready but relies on uncertain Italian support, with reinforcements possible if a strike occurs, following global tension patterns like Korea.
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Trieste
Yugoslavia
Rome
Kremlin
Tito
U.S
Korea
Wily Bloomington Dog Bites Pedestrians Then Catcher
City police hunted a wily dog after it stuck its head through a fence and bit passing pedestrians. The dog then jumped the fence, bit the municipal dog catcher, and leaped back over before it could be caught.
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Bloomington
Ind
A Glimpse Into the Hell That Is War
A first hand account describes blistering heat and brutal hill assaults as troops haul carbines and machine guns under enemy fire. Wounded soldiers stagger from the hillside to ambulances and hospital trains, while medics tend the injured and a sleeping car becomes a makeshift ward. The night train carries them toward a life forever altered by war.
Navy calls 42 local reserves to active duty in Terre Haute
Forty two members of the Organized Naval Reserve in Terre Haute were ordered to active duty. Most are petty officers and World War II veterans. They must report by Sept 15 and will go to Indianapolis for physical exams before possible immediate duty afloat via west coast stations. Names include Bernard Latona, Willard Glass, Lawrence Lidster, Harry Downey.
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Organized Naval Reserve
Terre Haute
Surface Division 9-51
Naval Reserve Division
Ninth Naval District
Indianapolis
West Coast
Bernard J. Latona
Sixth Avenue
Willard H. Glass
Lafayette Avenue
Lawrence Lidster
North Eighteenth Street
Harry D. Downey
Truman appoints delegates to U N session this fall
President Truman announced a five member United Nations delegation: Warren Austin, Lodge, Dulles as Republicans and Sparkman and Eleanor Roosevelt as Democrats. Acheson may head the delegation with alternates including John Ross Cooper Cohen and Edith Sampson among others.
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Washington
Truman
United Nations
Warren Austin
Senator Lodge
Mass
John Foster Dulles
G.O.P
Sparkman
Ala
Eleanor Roosevelt
General Assembly
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Acheson
John Ross
Austin
John Sherman Cooper
Benjamin Cohen
Edith Sampson
Chicago
Draft X Ray Physician Earns 450 Daily for Enlistment X Rays
An Omaha physician in the Fifth Army area has averaged 450 a day by X raying selectees and recruits. He earned 9000 in the first 20 days of August. A public information officer says the doctor operates under army rules and is the only available X ray man in Omaha. Colonel Sweeney of the Nebraska district supports keeping the enlistment operations running.
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Chicago
U.P
Omaha
Fifth Army
Hardin C. Sweeney
Nebraska Military District
Sweeney
Truman names Walter J Donnelly to Austria post
President Truman designated Walter J Donnelly as minister and high commissioner for Austria. Donnelly currently serves as ambassador to Venezuela.
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Washington
Truman
Walter J. Donnelly
Austria
Donnelly
Venezuela
Red Korean Division Threatens Pusan Front
A heavily armed North Korean division moves east toward the Korean south coast threatening Pusan. Three columns of Red soldiers near Taegu and Chinju press a route toward Masan as U S planes bomb and strafe advances.
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Tokyo
Pusan
Taegu
Stan Swinton
Chinju
Masan
U. S
Marines Move Toward Korea as UN Forces Hold Bridgehead
Tokyo Aug 24 U P More marines planes and US warships head for Korea as Admiral Sherman confirms reinforcement moves. General Collins says UN ground forces will likely maintain a sizeable bridgehead in southeast Korea while MacArthur urges speed and wider national participation. Collins cautions of hard fighting ahead.
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Tokyo
U.P
Korea
Forrest C. Sherman
J. Lawton Collins
Army
United Nations
Sherman
Collins
United States
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Japan
Far Eastern
Sunrise Sunset and River Stage Report at Local Station
Noon readings list sunrise at 6 11 and sunset at 7 33 with river stage at 3 9 feet stationary. The brief notes a Sam and a Sam m time references with no additional events or locations provided.
Local Conditions Report Summary
The report notes yesterday's high temperature and last night's low of 59 degrees. Precipitation data is unavailable in the readable text.
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Nene
Weather Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Partly cloudy and warm tonight and Friday with mild nights and warm days. Indiana follows a similar pattern with temperatures near 60s to mid 80s, Illinois sees scattered thundershowers and cooler highs near 40s to 70s, pollen counts listed for Chicago St Louis and Indianapolis.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Wisconsin
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