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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1952
Page
9
The merchant ship Nidar with 1000 tons of iron and other strategic goods was turned over to Nationalist Chinese authorities after a mutinous Chinese crew seized control off Kinmen. The Panamanian-flagged vessel, already under suspicion of shipping to Chinese Communists, was to be investigated as to ownership and destination.
Max H Bratton 39 of McCordsville suffers a broken leg and severed finger after youths force his car off U S 67. A soldier reports they fired at him. Bratton injured when a gasoline tractor trailer hits the wrecked car during recovery. Wrecker driver George Wilkerson hurt. Denzil J Arwine 33 of Indianapolis charged with reckless driving.
Pvt. Paul J. Cracco 20 of Camp Atterbury died after a Friday night auto crash that injured five other soldiers and a civilian. Mrs. Ethel Mooney 18, wife of Sgt. Edward Mooney, damaged in the crash, was hospitalized with leg back injuries and shock. State Police said a speeding car crossed the center island on U S 52 near Traders Point and struck a tree.
Waverly Ind Dec 20 7 Harry Martin Wagaman 67 of Martinsville died Friday evening in a collision with a car carrying Indiana University students returning home for Christmas. Five students were hospitalized at Johnson County Hospital Franklin from Ind 37 three miles northeast of Waverly. Lois Neukam 20 Fort Wayne fractured pelvis. others injured Martin Crell 20 Warren Anderson 18 Sondra Loos 18 Fort Wayne and Luann Lorber 20 Columbia City.
Archie P. Lovitt 65 an International Harvester worker died after being struck by a car driven by 19 year old Thomas E. Brendel at a North Side Fort Wayne intersection Friday night. Lovitt's wife resides in South Bend.
Vigo County Tuberculosis Society reports 16254.85 raised to date with 412.50 added since Friday noon. Goal is 23000 by December 24 to bolster 1953 tuberculosis fight. contributions may be mailed or given at post office booths staffed by local women groups and hospital auxiliaries.
Stockholm reported Sweden's 1953 naval calendar estimates show at least 165 Soviet submarines in Baltic and Arctic waters with 72 of them active. The calendar lists 340 known Soviet subs, while Jane's Fighting Ships cites no fewer than 370. It also mentions a rumor of growth to 750 by 1955.
The District Court of Appeals reduced Noah Dietrich’s alimony from 2750 to 1650 dollars monthly. Mrs. Carol Dietrich, 46, has 1100 dollars monthly income from her property. Dietrich, 63, must also pay 650 dollars monthly for three children and over 4000 dollars yearly in taxes. Mrs. Dietrich alleges extreme cruelty and adultery. a separate maintenance action and annulment countersuit are noted.
In Tokyo area Tachikawa Air Base held the fourth annual Christmas party for Japanese children. About 22,000 children were invited as guests at the nationwide event staged by U S personnel.
The Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra announced a competition opening January 3 to select an instrumental soloist for its January 24 children’s concerts. Eligible contestants must be between 12 and 18 years old.
Robert Henry Best, a treason convict and former American newspaper man, died at the U S Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in Springfield Missouri. He was serving a life sentence for Nazi propaganda broadcasts during World War II and died after an illness of some time. Best admitted 300 broadcasts from Germany between 1942 and 1945 and was buried after transfer to Spartanburg South Carolina. He was 56 and survived by his wife Erna.
At Enola Arkansas eight members of the John Hilton Bryant family were buried in a rural cemetery after a kerosene explosion destroyed their home. The parents Thomas Bryant and Marie Bryant along with six of their seven children were laid to rest. Only Shirley Bryant survived with severe burns and is expected to recover, while she plans to spend Christmas with relatives.
Indianapolis man Thomas M. Turner was fined $50 and sentenced to 60 days on the State Penal Farm for failing to report earned wages while collecting unemployment benefits during the first week of 1952. Municipal Judge Scott McDonald imposed the sentence.
In West Frankfort Illinois widows and fatherless children face a blue Christmas a year after the New Orient mine disaster. A memorial service is planned at the high school auditorium with a roll call of victims and brief remarks by clergy. Survivors mostly remain in Southern Illinois, with few considering leaving.
In Kure Japan on December 20, Australian sergeants at the British Commonwealth base remembered Patrick Michael O'Brien, a ferryman stranded between lands. They sent two bottles of Christmas beer with aspirins, plus cigarettes, clothing, handkerchiefs, and playing cards via a plane to the ferry company. A "Slow Boat to China" recording capped the gift.
Florida Attorney General Richard Ervin says there is no legal reason to bar married children or pregnant girls from public schools. He told State School Supt. Thomas D. Bailey that barring married pupils would be questionable and not in the schools' best interests. Bailey noted uncertainty over counts of married pupils but said boards had asked for guidance.
Washington reports outgoing Economic Stabilizer Roger L. Putnam urged the nation to maintain wage price controls for at least a year or more. He told a NBC program that wiping out controls would be foolish and called for stronger standby legislation with no loopholes and no blanket exemptions for privileged groups.
Hollywood December reports actor Rod Cameron showing satisfactory progress after surgery for a stomach ulcer. The operation occurred yesterday at St John’s Hospital in Santa Monica, with doctors optimistic about his recovery.
Deputy U.S. Marshal Thomas Reavey received a Christmas card from Theodore Green, who is serving 20 years for bank robbery. The note said he was having a swell time and wished Reavey were there.
Four Terre Haute natives take key changes in Milwaukee Railroad operating department. Otto A. Beerman retires as division superintendent based in Marion Iowa after 45 years with the railroad. F G McGinn moves Jan 1 to Iowa division superintendent succeeding Beerman. W J Hotchkiss shifts from Milwaukee to Savanna Illinois division. Martin Garelick moves from Chicago terminals to Portage Wisconsin as trainmaster.
Esther Nicholas Vidor, 51, in a Los Angeles divorce case against 57 year old director King Vidor, must name the women he associated with within 10 days. The judge ordered the detailed charges after she accused infidelity and cruelty and noted his long night absences since their 1937 marriage ended by estrangement.
Melvin Thomas Voland, 23, of Jonesboro was killed when his convertible collided with a trailer truck at Ind. 9 and 28, one mile north of Alexandria. Three Marion youths, Claude Stevens 21 in serious condition, Donald Medlin 23, and James Mark Jr. 25, were injured. Fred D. Smith of South Bend, the truck driver, escaped injury.
Mrs. Gertrude Jenner aunt of Senator William E Jenner left nearly 200000 to the Indiana Masonic Home at Franklin and to Kosair Crippled Children’s Hospital in Louisville Ky The bulk of her estate funds operating rooms in memory of her husband James W founder of a Louisville engraving firm
The West Terre Haute Lodge No. 687 F and A M invites members to a meeting on December 22 at 7 p.m. for the M M degree with refreshments. Visitors welcome. W M A Brown and Secy Edward J Eames sign.
Salable hogs 400 of 1,500 total. barrows gilts and sows 50 to 1.00 higher week, but midweek rally. barrows and gilts at 16.17 average for midweek, 170-230 lb butchers 17.00-17.50. Cattle salable 400. choice prime steers 1.00-2.50 lower, good 50 to 1.00 down, commercial unchanged to 50 lower, prime heifers down 75-1.25, cows 50 higher, cann ers up 50, bulls 50-1.50 lower. calves unchanged to 1.00 higher. prime steers 700-1,500 lbs 31.00-36.50. Slaughter lambs steady to 50 lower, early lambs 22.50 peak, closed 22.00.
Legal notice item noting a vacancy for male patients with emphasis on excellent care and project code C-4263.
Advertises sales positions with transportation furnished and weekly pay. Claims a role under a successful sales manager handling era and Catholic Bibles. Located at 500 S 2nd and promotes a large selection of used cars and trucks at reasonable costs.
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