Bleak Christmas Ahead for 30 Korean Orphans
Near the Western Front Korea December 19 Pfc Fritz Moeller, 22, bought land in an off limits village to build an orphanage for 30 Korean refugee orphans, most of whom are blind. Army objections were overcome but Moeller is broke after spending 600 of his own dollars. He plans no special Christmas, hoping at least the children stay warm.
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Robert Brown
Western Front
Korea
Fritz Moeller
Moeller
Egypt Reports Clash With Israel Toll On Gaza Front
Egypt said one Egyptian and four Israeli soldiers were killed in an hour long clash in the Gaza strip amid rising tensions. Jordan imposed a curfew on Bethlehem to quell Baghdad pact protests as Christendom pilgrims gathered.
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Jerusalem
Egypt
Gaza Strip
Jordan
Bethlehem
Christ
Gaza
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Syria
Gaza Valley
Holy Land
Mailman turns out to be missing sister in California
In Mill Valley California Marie MacDonagh, a Shoreline Market clerk, discovers James Conley the mailman delivering her mail is her long lost half brother separated twenty five years ago. After a brief reunion they plan to spend Christmas together following the revelation.
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Mailman
Mill Valley
Calif
James Conley
Marie MacDonagh
Fire destroys two Ashmore buildings in Ill town
In Ashmore Illinois on December 19 two Shoots Grocery buildings were wiped out by a fire that burned nearly two hours. The stores suffered more than 30000 in damage. The blaze began in a rear storeroom of Weyman Shoots general store. An adjoining restaurant and tavern were saved. Paris Charleston and Ashmore volunteer crews fought the flames, hampered by water shortages, aided by railroad tank cars and trucks.
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Ashmore
Ill
Shoots
Weyman Shoots
Coles County
Paris
Charleston
Donations To Basket Fund Seeks Support For Trib Star Relief
Donations to the Tribune Star Basket Fund continue to aid needy families in Terre Haute. Send money to Tribune Star office 721 Wabash Avenue. gifts will be published. A Friend two dollars. previously reported three hundred two dollars twenty five cents. Applications for baskets must be filed with the Family Service Association at 912 Chestnut Street by 12 noon Tuesday December 20.
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Tribune-Star Basket Fund
Terre Haute
Tribune-Star
Wabash Avenue
Family Service Association
Chestnut Street
Desert trek pilots hunger drove 35 mile survival tale
Phoenix teen John De Castro, 19, flew solo from Phoenix to Tucson. Run out of gas on a desert Gunnery Range with rockets and machine guns overhead. Five days without food or water left him exhausted yet alive, using improvised methods to keep the engine running before rescue.
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Ariz
John de Castro
Tucson
Air Force
Aeroncajet
John DeCastro
John McKenna
Tragic BB Gun Accident Kills 12 Year Old Boy
Norman Koch Jr accidentally shoots Thomas Dwight Moreland Jr with a rifle while playing at the Fontanet Rowe home. Moreland dies at Union Hospital. Vigo County coroner investigates. Surviving are Mr and Mrs Thomas D Moreland. Continued on Page 9.
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Thomas Dwight Moreland, Jr
Harrison Road
Moreland
Thomas D. Moreland
Oscar Rowe
Fontanet
Norman Koch, Jr
Rowe
Koch
Mattox
Union Hospital
Vigo County
D. M. Ferguson
Pope Pius XII to deliver 17th Christmas Eve message
Pope Pius XII, aged 79, will give his 17th annual Christmas broadcast on Saturday December 24 at 4 a.m. Central Standard Time. The address will be aired by Vatican radio and via European and other networks linked to the Vatican station.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
Vatican Radio
Vatican
Police Hunt Hit-Run Driver After Woman’s Death on Ind 37
Police seek identity of a woman aged 55 to 60 killed by a car on Ind 37 southwest of Indianapolis. Her death is part of a weekend spike that pushed Indiana’s 1955 traffic toll past last year’s total, with 1,083 deaths to date. A 19-year-old Indianapolis motorist is being questioned. Several other fatal crashes occurred around the state, including a Goshen milk-truck collision, a Hebron area skid on snow, a Covington county-road head-on, a Knox two-car crash, a Monticello pedestrian fatality, and a Gary woman among the weekend victims.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Ellis Homey
Goshen
Ind. 4
Francis A. Nelma
Valparaiso
Ind
Edna Mae Feirsridge
Knox
U.S
Plymseams
Earl McClelland
Monticello
Marian Baggett
Gary
Irvin Defense Rests Without Giving Case
In Princeton Indiana Dec 19 testimony in the first degree murder trial of Leslie Irvin ended as the defense rested without calling witnesses and the court sustained an objection to testimony about a second slaying. Judge A Dale Eby prepared final jury instructions as final arguments commenced.
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Princeton
Ind
Leslie Irvin
Gibson Circuit
A. Dale Eby
Irvin
Evansville
W. Wes
Europe Suffers From Cold Wave
London reports savage winter blizzards across northern Europe with at least eight deaths and heavy frosts. Five in Scandinavia, three in Britain. Eight ships icebound between Sweden and Finland. Helicopters tried to aid the Judith Mary crew but weather halted rescue. Temperature fell to 25 degrees in London.
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London
Europe
Helsinki
Scandinavia
Britain
Gulf of Bothnia
Sweden
Finland
Gulf of Finland
Weather Map Headlines and Local Conditions Summary
Local weather map notes indicate sunrise at 7 05 and sunset at 4 79. River stage shows a falling trend with no precipitation reported yesterday or last night, and the highest and lowest temperatures recorded were 4 and 7 respectively.
Terre Haute Area Weather Forecast
Fair and quite cold tonight with increasing clouds and cold Tuesday. Low around 3 degrees. Indiana forecast similar with light snow possible in the north by afternoon or evening. Lows of 5 below to 5 above north and 5 to 15 south. Highs Tuesday 15 to 25 north and 25 to 35 south. Temperature readings at 6 am and 2 pm show 22 degrees.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Zere
Girl 7 Succumbs to Accident in Seventeenth and Poplar Collision
Nadeline Kendall seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold R Kendall of 1458 Poplar street died after being struck by a car while crossing Seventeenth and Poplar streets. She attended Davis Park School and was rushed to St Anthony Hospital with severe head and body injuries.
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Nadeline Kendall
Harold R. Kendall
Poplar Street
Seventeenth
Poplar Streets
Frank Street
St. Anthony Hospital
Hickman
Davis Park School
Doctor in the Family opens with Dr. Ernst at Valhalla hospital
Dr. Rupert Ernst, a European refugee and new staff assistant at Valhalla hospital, courts Linda Thornton despite her disapproval. His arrival sparks tension in the Thornton family as the engrossing novel by Elizabeth Seifert debuts in this issue of The Tribune.
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Rupert Ernst
Valhalla
Ernst
Linda Thornton
Linda
Thornton
Elizabeth Seifert
the Tribune
Five Below Expected In North Indiana Weather Watch
A frigid cold wave threatens Indiana with temperatures from five below to five above zero tonight. Northwestern areas may hit minus five, while Lafayette saw zero and Indianapolis eight. Snow flurries are forecast Tuesday with lingering cold through midweek.
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Indiana
Winter Arrives Two Days Early Across Nation
Winter, officially due on Wednesday, staged a coast to coast preview with gales on the Pacific Coast and Arctic born winds whiping snow eastward from the Rockies. The Weather Bureau at Washington issued a special cold wave warning.
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Pacific
Rockies
Weather Bureau
Washington
Former Merom President Dies at 77 in Colorado Springs
Dr. Charles B. Hershey of Colorado Springs died Sunday at 77. former president of Union Christian College Merom Indiana from 1915 to 1923. he retired as dean of Colorado College. a Darke County Ohio native, he also studied at Illinois and Harvard. survivors include his widow two sisters and two brothers.
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Colorado Springs
Colo
Charles B. Hershey
Union Christian College
Merom
Ind
Colorado College
Darke County
Union Christian
University of Illinois
Harvard University
Pre-Christmas Shopping Hours in Downtown Terre Haute
Downtown Terre Haute stores publish holiday hours for December leading up to Christmas. December 19 from noon to 8 30 PM, December 20 from 9 30 AM to 5 PM, December 21 from 9 30 AM to 8 30 PM, December 22 from 9 30 AM, December 23 from 9 30 AM, and December 24 from 9 30 AM.
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Terre Haute
Fine and jail for motorist in DWI case
David R. Cowden 29 of 1111 Harding Avenue pleaded guilty Monday to driving while intoxicated receiving a total fine of 114.75 dollars, a 30 day jail term, and a two year license suspension. Judge Edward S. Everett recommended lifetime suspension, citing prior DWI convictions after a Saturday stop by State Trooper Ned Woodard on U S Highway 41 near Farmersburg. Cowden warned to never drive again as he was deemed a highway menace. Continued on page 9 column 6.
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David R. Cowden
Harding Avenue
Edward S. Everett
Everett
Cowden
Ned Woodard
Farmersburg
Woodard
Cow
Admiral Ingersoll Takes Command in Ceremony at Buckner Bay
Vice Admiral Stuart H. Ingersoll assumed command of the U S 7th Fleet in a Buckner Bay ceremony aboard the cruiser St Paul in Formosa Okinawa He succeeded Vice Admiral Alfred M Pride who will head the U S Pacific Fleet Air Force in San Diego on February 1 aboard the St Paul Buckner Bay Okinawa Formosa December 19 main entities Ingersoll Pride St Paul Buckner Bay Okinawa San Diego U S Pacific Fleet Air Force
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Formosa
Stuart H. Ingersoll
U. S. 7Th Fleet
St. Paul
Buckner Bay
Okinawa
Alfred M. Pride
U. S. Pacific Fleet Air Force
San Diego
Calif
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