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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1952
Page
1
Terre Haute residents cleared four inches of fresh snow that coated trees and created slushy, hazardous streets. Two early evening crashes caused about $200 damage. one driver arrested for no operator’s license. Weather shows a freeze tonight, with a rise to mid thirties and more precipitation later in the week.
A major blaze heavily damaged Key Auto Paint Shop at 1800 Wabash Avenue late Monday. Loss estimated at 7000 with five late model used cars in the structure. one destroyed and three moved to safety. Employee James Nehl burned slightly. Wayne Milpourn present. cause under investigation.
Public attendance at a 7:30 p m special meeting was urged as Terre Haute debates a 5 185 000 sewage treatment plant. Frank J Doyle says business would pay 69 percent of costs while residents bear 31 percent under current plan. some urge tax funding to retire bonds.
In federal court settlement the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad gains access to the new Wabash River Power Plant north of Terre Haute. Officials say both the C E I and Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific will serve Public Service Company of Indiana at the plant, after Milwaukee objected to crossing its track just north of the station under construction.
Walter P. Reuther gained decisive backing from the United Rubber Workers and Oil Workers Union boosting his pledged total beyond 2.8 million votes in the race to lead the CIO. He predicted an overwhelming victory as the 14th annual convention nears Thursday.
Pittsburgh dispatch reports two inmates recaptured after a break from Western Penitentiary were dupes for six other fugitives who executed a careful escape plan. The six escapees remain at large as police withhold clues while DA Malone notes the dupes were left to mislead officers. A rope fashioned from sheets and twine helped climbers descend 75 feet from a roof.
Dr. Arthur H. Compton marks the ten year anniversary of the first controlled atomic chain reaction and says nuclear energy offers great potential for useful power. He notes the event’s vision and recalls Enrico Fermi’s guidance at Stagg Field as the first pile achieved self-sustaining reaction.
The 60 drivers of the Black and White Cab Company extended their strike into a second week with no settlement. The Teamsters want a $5 weekly pay increase while other taxi firms operate under new contracts. The company proposed a 40 cent fare increase but cannot raise the guaranteed pay, as drivers earn a 43 percent commission.
The weather bureau notes cloudy skies with little change tonight and Wednesday. Rain arrives by Wednesday night in Terre Haute and vicinity, with highs in the 30s and lows around 25. Indiana sees rain south, rain or snow north later Wednesday. Illinois follows with rain or snow, warmer in places. River stage 3.1 feet and falling.
Cincinnati December 2 Senator Robert A Taft denounces Martin Durkin the Democrat chosen as secretary of labor calling the nomination an incredible appointment by President elect Eisenhower He criticizes Durkin's partisan Truman Democrat background and questions Eisenhower cabinet balance and party representation.
A high administration source says the White House will approve the full 1.90 per day wage increase for 350,000 soft coal miners negotiated by John L. Lewis. The decision, expected within days, would allow coal producers to raise prices to cover the full amount, effectively decontrolling coal wages and prices.
President elect Eisenhower completes his cabinet naming Martin Durkin as secretary of labor and Sinclair Weeks as secretary of commerce. Walter Williams of Seattle was named undersecretary of commerce. Announcement released by Arthur H. Vandenberg Jr. with two visits planned to Morningside Heights.
Martin P. Durkin, president of the Plumbers International Union and soon to be secretary of labor under Eisenhower, spoke at Terre Haute last August for a House dinner and ceremony dedicating the new headquarters of Plumbers and Steamfitters Union No. 157 at 610 North Thirteenth Street.
George M. Humphrey is set as secretary of the treasury. Durkin, a Chicago labor leader and lifelong Democrat who voted for Gov. Adlai Stevenson, calls his Washington nomination a surprise and says he may switch parties to fit the cabinet. Durkin previously led Illinois labor under both parties and began as a steamfitter's apprentice. He suggests Eisenhower aims to modify Taft Hartley Act sections.
President-elect Eisenhower’s cabinet is listed with nine confirmed posts. Dulles of New York becomes Secretary of State and Humphrey of Cleveland leads Treasury. Wilson of Detroit is Defense chief, Brownell of New York is Attorney General, Summerfield of Flint Postmaster, McKay of Oregon Interior, Benson of Salt Lake City Agriculture, Durkin of Chicago Labor, Weeks of Boston Commerce.
South Korean defenders fought Chinese assault forces on Sniper Ridge near Kumhwa as a 750-man battalion pressed to the crest through a blinding snowstorm. The attack stalled under heavy artillery while REME infantry and allied air support pressed counterattacks. Nearby, a MIG-15 was shot down by 1st Lt. James F. Low.
Terre Haute banks mailed 949000 in Christmas savings to customers who paid weekly since last Dec 1. Totals included 468000 from Terre Haute First National, 331000 from Merchants National, 110000 from Indiana State, and other banks. Additional companies like Motor Freight Corp distributed payroll savings to 110 employees totaling 20490.
Pupils at Deming School on Sixteenth Street and Eighth Avenue were sent home at noon Tuesday and early Monday due to the heating plant failing to provide adequate heat. Dillon Cagle, chair of a Deming patrons committee, calls the situation disappointing after a city school board member claimed a new heating system was installed last year.
The United Nations Political Committee voted 53 to 5 to back India's Korean peace proposal, with the five Soviet bloc nations opposing. Nationalist China abstained, saying it doubted the plan would work, and a follow up meeting was scheduled to record delegates' reasons.
President Syngman Rhee called for an immediate all-out offensive to expel Chinese Reds from North Korea. He claimed success without Japanese or Chinese Nationalist troops and said Russia would not enter a world war. Rhee warned that failure to act risks annihilation.
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