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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1952
Page
4
The Terre Haute Tribune and Gazette lists contact numbers for calls to reach various departments and services. It notes office lines Crawford 1334 for circulation, Crawford 1332 for sports, Crawford 1336 for composing, and Crawford 1331 for editorial matters. It advertises subscription options including Evening and Sunday, Evening only, and Sunday only with prices and terms.
A period column exhorts readers to avoid idle gossip and unfounded criticism. It urges faith in America, respectful talk about government, and guarding against rumors. The piece promotes responsible public dialogue.
Eisenhower supporters signal Senator Robert A. Taft as a likely Senate majority leader option in a bid to reconcile GOP factions after last month’s campaign. Prominent allies say Taft is acceptable, while Styles Bridges’ camp notes he may withdraw within ten days. Senate insiders cite Carlsson and Smith backing Taft at Eisenhower’s New York doorstep.
Nimrod George Timko notes hunters from Delphi to Merom Ferry report slim hunting as quail rabbits ducks and pheasants vanish. Prairie chickens once widespread symbolize National Wildlife Week 1953, with the National Wildlife Federation urging careful management to preserve habitat and sport in Kansas Nebraska and the Dakotas.
Gov Ernest Gruening announces retirement at term’s end after serving as Alaska’s governor since 1939. He previously led inland territories and possessions in the Interior Department, including two years as administrator.
The piece lauds Governor Gruening for his long service and expertise in Puerto Rico as a model colonial administrator. It suggests the new administration will replace current officeholders with its own party’s nominees, a traditional but criticized practice.
The piece traces presidential travel from Eisenhower to Truman, noting Eisenhower’s Korea trip as a landmark beyond earlier norms, Wilson’s era of diplomacy, and Roosevelt and Truman abroad. It emphasizes that the capital’s location is tied to where the president stays while shaping foreign policy.
On Pearl Harbor anniversary President Truman urged greater civilian participation in the ground observation corps. Volunteers pledge hours weekly to watch for unidentified aircraft and warn of atomic attack risks. Some question the scheme citing radar capability, yet officials stress radar’s limits and the need for human observers to cover gaps.
Britain Argentina and Chile have agreed not to pursue overlapping Antarctic claims by armed expeditions. The cold would likely neutralize any expedition and the potential territorial gains would not justify loss of life.
The piece notes Ireland’s thatched cottages fading as fire hazards and higher insurance push replacement with slate. Traditions fade as fire risks rise, and many old homes may disappear from memory and pictures, a cost of progress.
Professor R. Norris Shreve of Purdue University will visit Formosa to plan an affiliation with the Taiwan College of Engineering. The Mutual Security Agency says Purdue will send a team for two years at the college to provide well trained technical personnel for service in Formosa.
A collection of local items from Terre Haute includes marriage licenses for John Fisher and Gladys Morris Ray Dearmond and Maude Beasley and Carl C. Fuqua to Grace M. Heese. An engineer Nelson Mason at West Terre Haute was injured by a wagon. A Christmas charity show by Harry Prentice will aid 800 to 1,000 children. Public figure E T Spotwood proposes using the Wabash River current for cheap power. Richard Henry from Purdue to visit family for Christmas. May C Dodson plans to spend Christmas in Portsmouth Ohio with son Owen Dodson. Grace Townley plans Europe tour next summer. William Taylor and Harry McIlroy buy R. S. Wheeldon’s grocery and meat market. State Normal will close for holidays with term resuming December 30. Police Chief Fasig bans Christmas turkey raffles and games of chance.
In 1789 the French revolution began. The current baseball commissioner is Rob Manfred. The popular war cry during the Spanish American War was Remember the Maine. A sinecure is a paid position requiring little or no work. The federal act outlawing monopolies in restraint of trade is the Sherman Antitrust Act.
Cakes with candles will be baked today for Celia Johnson British actress Edwin H Armstrong inventor Paul Klee Swiss painter Betty Grable film star and Fred die Steel boxing figure to mark birthday observances across notable names in arts and science.
A concise chronology notes Antonio Stradivarius, famed violin maker, died in 1737. It also marks 1766 as the settlement of the New York Canada boundary, 1787 as New Jersey’s ratification of the U S Constitution, and 1939 as Heywood Broun, noted columnist and labor leader, death.
The word flicker is defined as to flutter or flap the wings without flying and to waver unsteadily or burn fitfully. As a transitive verb it means to cause to flicker or paclpitate with origin traced to Anglo Saxon Flicorian.
The message projects a vibrant year ahead with success despite possible difficulties. It notes a child born today is expected to have a strong yet compassionate personality.
Quote from Elizabeth Barrett Browning about seeing the divine in everyday nature. It notes that only the truly attentive remove shoes before the holy, while others merely pick fruit.
A compact quiz item recounting items 1 through 5 with questions about 1789 Ford C Frick the remember the Maine slogan and the Sherman Antitrust Act presented as a brief trivia prompt.
Chicago reports Robert G. Schmal of the National Safety Council says that the single drink is the most dangerous when driving. It takes about 60 minutes for the liquor to assimilate into the body, delaying the full effect.
Walter Winchell tracks New York celebrity chatter with notes on Dolores Gray Veronica Lake Erich Remarque and Hedy Lamarr sightings with Manhattan Christmas decorations and showbiz gossip across clubs and TV. Mentioned are Virginia O Hanlon Douglas teaching PS 31 and a nod to Taxi star Kyle MacDonnell and others in a fast paced society column.
The Moslem Advisory Board formed a committee to study the high divorce rate among colonys Muslims. More than half of 2,091 marriages from January to September ended in divorce, with 1,119 failing. The panel also investigates the marriage age for Moslem girls.
Manila House Speaker Eugenio Perez urges revival of a citizens military training program to create a 120000 strong reserve for emergencies. He notes Quezon’s historic plan that mobilized quickly in WWII and proposes increasing youth training from 6000 to 10000 annually.
The prison system for punishment of criminals did not begin until toward the end of the 18th Century, although isolated prisons were used earlier.
The column profiles a born December figure with a duty driven, public minded temperament. It lists birthday star interpretations for Sagittarius through Scorpio with guidance on home duties, friendships, trust, real estate, legal matters, studies and happiness, framed as a daily forecast.
JP Al Gordon fills his second acting role in six months while pursuing film production. He is president of Gateway Productions in San Francisco, producing educational films with wife Darley Fuller. He plays a gangster in The System, a Warner Bros. feature with Frank Lovejoy. His lineage includes Nathan H. Gordon, a pioneer exhibitor.
The column notes diverse topics from animal facts to hearing sensitivity and rural population trends. It references the cheetah, ear sensitivity to sound, and Illinois towns losing residents, plus a rough Panama Canal length estimate.
A new compound related to morphine, n-allyl normorphine, is being tested to reduce opiate dangers during labor. Used about 10 minutes before delivery it offsets opiates, shortens time to first breath, and improves newborn respiration. The drug aims to lower overdose risks for patients and babies while preserving pain relief.
Advice explains there are no definite symptoms and describes itching around the rectum and diarrhea as possible signs. It emphasizes stool examination to identify the worm type, noting that the worm or its eggs are often found in the stool.
New York police sergeant Michael J. Curley urges psychology students and officials to engage with youths personally to curb juvenile delinquency. He led a neighborhood program in the Upper West Side, aiding 1,000+ children through camps, medical care, and community support offered by doctors, nurses, businesses, and volunteers.
A compilation of varied trivia notes from scientific and social topics. It covers natural history geography demographics agriculture and health with statements on species names climate thresholds migration patterns and historical dates. The items read as brief educational facts rather than narrative reporting.
In Sycamore Missouri the Aid Hodgeson mill remains one of the few small grist mills in commercial operation in the Midwest and still uses the burrs and turbines built by founder Alva Hodgson. Fred Leach took over in 1949 and continues producing corn meal and whole wheat flour by the same old techniques.
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