Tobin Urges Quick Merger of CIO AFL Unity Call
Secretary of Labor Maurice Tobin urged the CIO to bargain a rapid merger with the AFL to mount a united front for the incoming Republican administration. The AFL CIO split over Murray succession and a pivotal convention vote loomed as Reuther and Haywood led rival factions within the labor movement.
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Atlantic City
N. J
Maurice Tobin
C.I.0
A.F.L
Republican National
Tobin
C.I.C
Philip Murray
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers
Allan S. Haywood
George Meany
American Federation of Labor
William Green
C.I.O
Murray
Green
C.so
Reuther
Haywood
Auto Workers Union
Steelworkers
Communications Workers Union
Michael J. Quill
C.I.O. Transport Workers
David J. McDonald
Implicated Staff Tied to Winnie Ruth Judd Flight
In Phoeniz Arizona Hospital Superintendent M W Conway reports at least five Arizona State Hospital staffers are implicated in the sixth escape of Winnie Ruth Judd the so called Tiger Woman. Investigation suggests outside help aided the escape with criminal intent. Judd who killed two roommates 21 years ago was captured after cutting a window screen and hiding in a vacant house.
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Phoenie
Ariz
Arizona State Hospital
Trunk
Winnie Ruth Judd
M. W. Conway
Conway
Los Angeles
Warning on checks issued by Riddle
Acting Chief of Detectives Frank Riddle warns merchants and employers to exercise extreme caution in accepting checks during the Christmas trade. He notes fraud increases with business volume as busy store personnel may miss signs of bad checks.
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Frank Riddle
Weather Summary From U S Weather Bureau
Snow and warmer conditions noted with daytime temperatures around 31 at noon and 32 in the afternoon. River stage is 3.5 feet and stationary. average humidity yesterday was 80 percent.
Local Weather Summary
Yesterday saw a high of 32 degrees and a low of 15 with no precipitation. Conditions were dry and cold overall.
Snow and Warmer Outlook for Terre Haute Region
Forecast calls for snow and a warmer night with snow ending late tonight. Tuesday will be cloudy and warmer with a low near 28 and a high around 38. Indiana sees snow overspreading this afternoon with mix of sleet and rain in the south, ending tonight, while Illinois expects snow this afternoon with mixed precipitation and a warmer Tuesday.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Ice and Snow Blamed In State Traffic Deaths
A forecast of rising temperatures through Tuesday promised to melt ice and snow that contributed to Indiana's weekend traffic toll of seven deaths. Weather improved as sun returned and officials noted several fatalities across the state and neighboring Kentucky from crashes and exposure.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Columbus
Merchants Delivery Warehouse Burns in Crawfordsville
A Merchants Delivery and Storage Co warehouse in Crawfordsville Indiana burned Sunday causing about 250000 dollars in damage. Firemen fought the blaze for over three hours. Former fire chief Elmer Dickman was slightly hurt when a wall collapsed and treated at a hospital. Furniture 250 gallons of paint and a truck were destroyed. Origin undetermined.
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Crawfordsville
Ind
Merchants Delivery and Storage Co
Elmer Dickman
Marines and Army Guard Seoul Ahead of Eisenhower Visit
Armored cars patrolled the streets while U.S. marines with fixed bayonets guarded key centers in Seoul. Jeeps with machine guns prepared to convoy Eisenhower as Secret Service teams gathered. Police jailed unissued IDs and planned to clear 10,000 prostitutes from the city. Koreans touched up banners and readied streetcars, though public enthusiasm waned in the cold waiting period.
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Seoul
Korea
U.p
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eighth Army
Fifth Air Force
Secret Service
Eisenhower
Chinese Ignore Snow To Stage Sneak Attacks
In Korea on December 1, Chinese forces on the Sniper Ridge sector carried out several sneak assaults despite a heavy snow cover of up to two inches. U N troops reported 64 Communists killed in four brief clashes as Marine Air Group 12 and Fifth Air Force units attempted ground and air attacks amid bad weather.
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Seoul
Korea
Sniper Ridge
Central Asia
Victor Kendrick
United Press
Central Front
Rocky Point
Sniper
Pinpoint Hill
U.N
Marine Air Group 12
Fifth Air Force
Phi Beta Psi Basket Bridge Party Tuesday
The Tribune-Star Christmas basket bridge party sponsored by Phi Beta Psi will be held Tuesday at 8 p m in the Mayflower Room Terre Haute House with a Levins style show. Proceeds fund a Christmas food basket for needy Terre Haute families including nuts candies and a holiday meal. Applications for baskets are due at Family Service Association 912 Cherry Street by Wednesday December.
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Phi Beta Psi
Tribune-Star
Terre Haute
Family Service Association
Cherry Street
White House Keeping Discussed As Mrs Ike Visits Mrs Truman
Mamie Eisenhower and Bess Truman shared greeting at the White House ahead of the Eisenhowers moving in. The two women chatted about housekeeping and posed for photographers on the front steps during the visit.
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White House
Ike
Mrs. Truman
Washington
Mamie Eisenhower
Bess Truman
Mamie
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Pennsylvania Ave
Bess
President Truman
Eisenhower
Truman
Mrs. Eisenhower
Mary Jane McCaffee
Four Dead and Two Missing in U S Tanker Blast in Japan
The Navy reports two dead two missing and nine injured after an explosion aboard the tanker Ashtabula at Sasebo Japan. Both the Ashtabula and repair ship Ajax suffered casualties with one missing from each vessel. Dead include Fireman William E. Jones and Fireman Apprentice Raymond J. Marlier.
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Washington
Navy Today
Sasebo
Japan
Ajax
William E. Jones
Sterling
Raymond J. Marlier
Hazel E. Marlier
Miami
Fla
Orville L. Lemay
Clyde O. Lemay
Hastings
Neb
Ashtabula
Lloyd H. Matteson
Virginia B. Matteson
Sullivan
Ill
Lena Matteson
Charleston
Bobbie G Hubbard
Obbie Hubbard
West Frankfort
Former Egyptian Princess Fathia Gives Birth in Los Angeles
The former Princess Fathia of Egypt now Mrs. Riad Ghali, 21, has a son born at St. Vincent's Hospital in Los Angeles. The baby weighed seven pounds five ounces and was delivered Saturday night.
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Los Angeles
Fathia
Egypt
Farouk
Riad ‘Ghali
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Woman Killed Four Hurt In Casey Crash
A head on crash near Casey Illinois Sunday afternoon killed Mrs Edna D Neer 55 of Paris Illinois and injured four others including her daughter and son in law. Charles Willian 19 and his sister in law Joan Willian 18 were seriously or lightly hurt while the Neer family survivors and other relatives are named. Coroner Howard Swinford ruled accidental death and a coroner jury will proceed. Funeral plans for Mrs Neer are set at Ward Funeral Home Paris with burial in Rupp cemetery near Martinsville. Continued on page 2 column 8.
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Charles Willian
North Twenty-sixth Street
St. Anthony Hospital
Inlaw
Joan Willian
Grand Avenue
Casey
EdnaDvran Neer
West Washington Avenue
Paris
Mary Jane Neer
Cleveland
Richard Neer
Air Force
Paris Hospital
Clark County
Howard Swinford
Warmer Weather Expected to Clear Terre Haute Snow
After a 15 degree cold snap, light snow fell in Terre Haute with more snow possible tonight. Traffic cleared main highways as 1.8 inches remained Saturday. Temperatures may rise to 38 by Tuesday per the Weather Bureau at Hulman Airport.
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Terre Haute
United States Weather Bureau
Hulman
Probe finds $7.75 driver license charge in Indianapolis
Police investigated claims that two teenage boys bought drivers licenses for 7.75 dollars instead of the regular 1.25. Bureau records indicate the boys had driver examinations and were connected to a license branch manager who was fired a year earlier.
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Indianapolis
Police
Clyde Black
Motor Vehicle Bureau
Soviet Move to Block India Peace Plan Vote at UN
At United Nations in New York the Soviet Union seeks to block passage of India's Korean peace plan. Western powers push for an affirmative vote on Menon's revised text with a time limit for freeing war prisoners who refuse to return home. Vishinsky signals obstructive tactics as Indian delegate Menon prepares a final speech and possible revisions through diplomacy.
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United Nations
N. Y
U.P
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
India
Vishinsky
V. K. Krishna Menon
U.N
Menon
Peiping
UN Legal Advisers Urge Dismissal for Communists at U N
Three international legal experts told U N Secretary General Trygve Lie to fire any employee who belongs to the American Communist party or refuses to testify about alleged subversive activities. The panel urged a hearing before dismissal and said past admitted Communist ties should not alone trigger firing.
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United Nations
N. Y
Trygve Lie
Lie
Senate Internal Security Committee
U. S
International Organization
Prison Break Outs Rock Western State Penitentiary
Eight convicts escaped from Western State Penitentiary using a sheet rope after overpowering four guards and an assistant deputy warden. One fugitive was caught in McKeesport, nine others remained at large with a manhunt spanning nearby states.
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Pittsburgh
Western State Penitentiary
McKéesport
Clairton
Cormack F. McNelis
Steel Company
John Peterman
William Engle
Virgil Toney
Ingram
Toney
Howard Brannan
Knife Wielder Gets 221 Yrs In Killing Of Man
Aubrey Stevenson, 45, pleaded guilty to a second manslaughter count in Vigo Circuit Court. He received 2 to 21 years in the Indiana State Prison for the fatal stabbing of George Herman Mitchell after an altercation at a North Nineteenth street tavern. The case followed prior indictments challenged by Stevenson and delays in trial.
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Vigo
Aubrey Louis Stevenson
Vigo County
Indiana
Stevenson
George Herman Mitchell
Mitchell
Nineteenth Street
Herbert A. Gerdink
N. George Nasser
Criss
Nasser
Gerdink
John R. Jett
Herbert Criss
Rosenbergs in Final Try to Escape Death Penalty
New York December 1 a substitute judge opened a hearing on a last ditch legal maneuver to save Julius and Ethel Rosenberg from the electric chair. Motions to set aside their death penalties were to be argued before Federal Judge Sylvester Ryan who replaced Judge Irving Kaufman after the latter disqualified himself over claims of bias.
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New York
Julius
Ethel Rosenberg
Sylvester Ryan
Irving Kaufman
Kaufman
Saar voters back French led party in decisive referendum
In the Saar region 93 percent of 621,948 eligible voters cast ballots as French backed Christian Peoples party won 54.9 percent to lead over Social Democrats 32.4 and Communists 9.4 amid a French German tug of war over the territory.
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Saarbruecken
Saar
Hitler
Germany
Saarland
Jers
Communist Party
Johannes Hoffman
Christian Peoples Party
Social Democrats
Communists
Democratic Party
City Council Sets Tuesday Session on Terre Haute Sewage Plant
Mayor Ralph Tucker called a special council meeting for 7:30 p m at City Hall to act on the ordinance for a Terre Haute sewage disposal plant. Estimated project cost is 5 185 000 dollars with land option expiring December 15, urging passage before lapse.
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Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute
Film Actors Guild Strikes Hollywood in TV Commercial Battle
The Screen Actors Guild declares a nationwide strike against producers of filmed TV commercials. Guild president Walter Pidgeon says it is the first strike in 19 years and forecasts a tough campaign. The union seeks a fee for first performance plus extra payments for repeats and a one year limit on use.
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Hollywood
A.f.l.screen Actors Guild
Guild
Walter Pidgeon
John Dales, Jr
Lamb Recovering From Duodenal Hemorrhage
John K. Lamb executive vice president of the Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce is recovering from a duodenal hemorrhage suffered Friday night at St. Anthony Hospital, according to hospital reports.
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John K. Lamb
Terre Haute
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