28 Aug 1948
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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 28, 1948
Page
1
Terre Haute and vicinity bake under mid ninety temperatures through Sunday with no relief expected from the heat wave. Very limited chances of scattered showers exist, offering little help to farms and crops as heat persists and hospitals report no heat prostrations in the last day.
Moscow reports indicate progress on Berlin at Moscow talks with a communique possible in four capitals. In Berlin, John J. Meehan an United Press correspondent and eight others including four American soldiers were released by Soviet authorities after overnight detention.
Roy Harbaugh 19 of Beaver Dam Kentucky dies in a single car wreck southeast of Michigan City Indiana. Three others Gerald Heuer 27 and two La Porte girls Joan Metheny 14 Dorothy Cox 16 are hospitalized at Clinic Hospital with injuries. Police say the cause of the overturn is unknown.
Frederick Walden Davis aged 53 of 1322 South Fourth Street died last night at Hillcrest Hospital Vincennes after a two week illness. A Terre Haute Tribune Star printer for years, he began in 190? and worked as ad man or operator until illness. Survived by widow Gladys two daughters Lorraine McMasters and Gertrude Trust, one granddaughter two brothers John Davis of Macon Georgia William Davis of Oklahoma City and sister Sadie Runyon of Inglewood California. Body returned from Vincennes then to Cross Funeral Home for services Monday at 3 pm with burial at Highland Lawn cemetery.
The Soviet Union charged that General MacArthur's Japan labor edict violated Potsdam. Kislenko accused US occupation authorities of repressing workers while Sebald defended the policy as pro labor. Kislenko cited Toho Studios strike and claims of reprisal. UK member Shaw urged clear lines between emergency orders and long term law.
Paul Ryan, former civilian public relations officer at the Crane Naval Ammunition Depot, has been named secretary-treasurer of the Watertown Chamber of Commerce. He supervised employment of civilian navy personnel at the depot during World War II.
Ousted Soviet Consul General Jacob M. Lomakin sailed from New York for Sweden aboard a Swedish line ship. He said he would go to Paris for the United Nations General Assembly meeting next month, with possible stop at his homeland. The departure followed President Truman's order and Russia’s closing of its consulates after the Kasenkina case.
Charles Evans Hughes, retired Chief Justice of the United States, died last night at 86 in Osterville Massachusetts. Private funeral services were planned in New York with the Supreme Court marshal en route to escort the body. A Riverside Church service in New York was expected to be arranged later today.
The navy Flying boat Caroline Mars landed in Lake Michigan off Chicago at 11 25 a m after a nonstop 4748 mile flight from Honolulu. Its 24 hour 12 minute endurance and 185 to 190 mph average speed set a record for a Mars type craft. The craft departed Keehi Lagoon Hawaii and faced escort delays before reaching Chicago and circling the lake front with Hellcats and Corsairs.
City Councilman Joseph A. Conrad filed an ordinance to ban all comic books depicting crime thuggery immoral material and salacious pictures. Penalties for sale and distribution range from one to one hundred dollars. The council plans action at the next meeting.
AP analyst argues Moscow uses forceful, uniform methods across society and diplomacy. The piece cites purges in science and culture to enforce party lines, noting the Academy of Sciences aligning heredity views with the Red party. Continued on page 2 column 6.
Charles Evans Hughes former chief justice of the United States died at the Vi ann a Club in Osterville Massachusetts at 9 15 p m He passed hours after his son Charles Evans Hughes Jr announced he was sinking The death followed a heart attack and old age His wife had died in 1945 His son and two daughters Catherine Waddell Riv erdale N Y and Elizabeth T Gossett Bloomfield Hills Mich were at his bedside The body was taken to New York City for private funeral services at Riverside Church Time of service to be announced later
Former Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes died last night at a Osterville Massachusetts club where he had been convalescing from an illness that had kept him at his Washington home for months. He was 86.
The Indianapolis News and Star announce a merger, forming Indianapolis Newspapers Inc. Mounting costs drive consolidation. operation begins immediately from the Star plant. Eugene C. Pulliam to lead as president, with N. G. Mason as secretary and Richard M. Fairbanks on the board. The two papers will keep their identities in joint operation.
In Chicago a 14 year old boy, Roy Adams, was found guilty of suffocating eight year old Nancy Schuler on May 27. The jury sentenced him to the minimum 14 years in prison. Adams expressed surprise at the lenient penalty and said he accepted the outcome.
Nearly 500 maintenance workers of the Indiana and Michigan Electric Company voted to strike over wages and working conditions. United Mine Workers Local No. 12530 leadership said a walkout would affect South Bend Elkhart Fort Wayne Buchanan and Benton Harbor if arbitration laws curb the dispute. The union originally sought a 35 cent hourly raise but rejected a 3 cent offer.
Partly cloudy and warm this evening into Sunday. Indiana forecast calls for fair to partly cloudy with scattered thunder showers mainly north. Illinois sees partly cloudy, warm and humid conditions with widely scattered thundershowers west central and extreme north tonight and Sunday. Street thermometer readings show 71 at 6 am and 96 at 2 pm.
Paris reports Premier Andre Marie’s month old cabinet resigns over wage and price disputes. President Vincent Auriol seeks a successor while former premier Robert Schuman may hold foreign duties until a new cabinet forms. The crisis follows failed reform talks on milk bread rail fares and tobacco prices.
In Indianapolis a 38 year old woman prisoner, Mrs Anna Jane Phillips, was found dead in her cell from a hanging using underwear as a noose. Detained after a home disturbance with her husband Earl, 49, she was to be sent to General Hospital for observation.
Harman W. Nichols profiles Ivan Tannehill chief of forecasts in a hot 90 degree office. The piece humorously notes the clash between perfection and reality as Tannehill recalls a lone observer sending Arizona data by wire and jokes about early two week forecasts amid summer heat.
United Press reports the heat wave killed about 85 people with drownings and heat illnesses, led by Illinois with 16 deaths and Michigan with 15. Forecasters predicted no relief, while disruptions included 45,000 Detroit auto workers idled and fruit spoilage losses estimated at $600,000. Cities from Chicago to Kansas City recorded 100s while Seattle saw 60s.
Indiana officials announced 89 draft boards are prepared to register Hoosiers aged 18 to 25 as selective service starts Monday. Col. F Lyle Summers said offices are in 81 counties to process about 206000 people from August 30 to September 18. The process is described as simpler than the 1940 draft, when 414162 registered in one day. this time registration will span nearly three weeks. Twenty five year olds begin Monday and report to local boards from 8 am to 5 pm for 16 questions.
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