Rear Area GIs Need 40 Points For Rotation
Tokyo dispatch reports rear area troops must reach 40 points for rotation home after January 1, raising from 38. Front line soldiers earn four rotation points monthly, near front three, rear two. Families in Japan add one point monthly. others get 1 percent. Clark and Washington clash over replacements. February draft call raised to 53,000.
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Tokyo
Korea
Mark W. Clark
U.S
Japan
Clark
Far Eastern
Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Army
Clinton Youth Sustains Burns In Station Fire
Lloyd Peewee Rivera, Clinton High School star, escaped serious burns when kerosene used to clean a grease room ignited near a fuel burner at Shew's service station on North Ninth street. He suffered second degree burns on his left leg and was treated at Vermillion County Hospital. Firemen confined the fire to burning accessories outside the station. Local police investigated.
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Clinton
Ind
Lloyd “Peewee” Rivera
Shew’s
North Ninth Street
Rivera
Vermillion County Hospital
Concrete Operators End Meeting Here
Over 100 operators of ready mixed concrete plants attended a two day conference which ended today at Rose Polytechnic Institute. Ernest Horne of Indianapolis president of the Midwest Ready Mixed Concrete Association led the sessions. Speakers included professors from Purdue Illinois and Rose Poly with Dr F L Wilkinson welcoming delegates.
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Rose Polytechnic Institute
Purdue
Illinois
Rose Poly
Hotel Deming
Ernest Horne
Indianapolis
Midwest Ready Mixed Concrete Association
Roland Hutchins
F. L. Wilkinson
Rose
C. P. O’leary
The
Terre Haute Concrete Supply Corporation
Association
R. E. Mills
Purdue University
Wayne Wallace
Portland Cement Association
Young Woman Hurt In Auto Accident
A passenger, Marcella Archer 18, was injured when an auto driven by Robert Church 19 lost brakes and hit a tree at Thirteenth street and Fifth avenue. She was taken to Union Hospital for minor injuries and held overnight for observation.
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Robert Church
North Third Street
Thirteenth Street
Fifth Avenue
Marcella Archer
North Fourth Street
Union Hospital
Flowers
Toney
Church
Arrest Request Sparks After Christmas Gift Exchange
In Chicago on December 30 Mrs. Alvin Smith told her ex husband that she had ordered a Christmas present for him when he came from Detroit to visit their two children. The present was an order for his arrest for failing to provide $750 in child support. Smith said he paid it.
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Chicago
Alvin Smith
Detroit
Smith
Detroit Man Sentenced for Auto Theft in Burglary Plot
Detroit on December 30 reports James H. Smith, 25, stopped for speeding and claiming to hurry to commit a burglary. Police found he drove a stolen car and he received a two to five year prison term for auto theft.
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Detroit
James H. Smith
Smith
Hanover Greyhounds Rally Past Central Hilltoppers in Narrow Win
Hanover's Bud King led the Greyhounds with 26 points as they mounted a late comeback to edge Indiana Central 67 66. Bright added 20 and Jack Sinclair 15 for Hanover while Don Thomas provided key late free throws and a surge to reclaim the lead.
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Grizzlies
Hanover
Hilltoppers
Greyhounds
Bill Bright
Bloomfield
Central
Dave Johnson
Don Thomas
Bright
Ed Orrill
Jack Sinclair
Bud King
Rocky Marciano predicts rematch with Walcott in Philly
In a Philadelphia interview, Rocky Marciano vows to stay off the canvas in the first round and aims to finish Walcott sooner than the September bout. He doubts shedding much weight after a three month layoff, estimating a six to seven pound cut.
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Walcott
Philadelphia
Rocky
Rocky Marciano plans sparring tour before Chicago bout
The Terre Haute Tribune notes Rocky Marciano will train in Brockton and spar in February in several cities after reaching good shape. His wife Bar says they will move to a new seven room ranch in Brockton with three week old Mary Ann, and a possible flying tour may include Honolulu Guam Manila Tokyo Singapore before the Chicago fight.
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Terre
Rocky
Weill
Honolulu
Guam
Manila
Tokyo
Singapore
Chicago
Chunky al
Methodist Temple Burns Mortgage and Honors Secretary
Methodist Temple celebrated burning a $25,000 mortgage from 1948 after a lasting repairs program totaling $50,000 since 1945. Rev. R A Ulrey led the ceremony with trustees as Enid Royer received a 25th year service recognition plus a Florida vacation and $200 gift.
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Methodist Temple
R A. Ulrey
Jack Thomas
Enid Royer
Chest Fund Leaders Set Clean-Up Drive End Date
United Community Chest leaders announce clean-up days to finish the campaign. Six civic club teams will contact remaining donors, reporting to Community Chest headquarters at 16 North Eighth Street. Team captains include Rotary George Wiemuth Kiwanis Charles Evinger Optimists Dirk Kirk Exchange Ray Rischer JCC Fred Suller Lions Harry Frey with Ronald Lammers as Civic Club chairman presiding.
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United Community Chest
Civic Club
Community Chest
North Eighth Street
Rotary
George Wiemuth
Kiwanis
Charles Evinger
Dirk Kirk
Exchange
Ray Rischer
Heiress Nancy Oakes Begins Second Honeymoon After Nassau Wedding
28 year old Nancy Oakes eldest daughter of Lady Eunice and the late Sir Harry Oakes married Baron Ernest Lys sard Von Hoyningen Huens in Nassau. The couple departed for Europe for a second honeymoon after their Monday night ceremony following her annulled first marriage to Alfred De Marigny tied to a 1943 unsolved murder in which De Marigny was acquitted.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Nancy Oakes
Baron Ernest Lyssard von Hoyningen Huens
Europe
Nancy
Eunice
Sir Harry Oakes
Mexico City
Alfred de Marigny
de Marigny
Harry Oakes
Man admits setting mother’s home fire in Christmas burglary
Dallas C. Cullison Jr., 26, told police he believed his mother did not care for him. He pleaded innocent to burglary and arson charges from a Christmas Day fire at his mother’s Baltimore home and was ordered held for the grand jury without bail. He said the fires may have been sparked in a temper.
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Baltimore
Dallas C. Cullison Jr
Callise
Avrum K. Rifman
Mule Train? Trumpet Stolen From Student’s Room
Manhattan Beach California December 30 Richard Mattson a high school junior reported his trumpet stolen from his bedroom Monday. Tracks outside his window suggested the thief rode away on a donkey ending with the unlikely Donkey Serenade.
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Manhattan Beach
Calif
Richard Mattson
Births in Clinton Area Include Three Newborns
Recent births in Clinton and nearby areas include a son Thane Edred to Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Doane Jr. of Clinton R.2 Fairview Park at Union Hospital Terre Haute, mother formerly Miss Della Kerr. A daughter born at Vermillion County Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wyatt of Universal. A son born at Vermillion County Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wilson Jr. 1205 South Eighth Street.
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Clinton
Ind
Thane Edred
Charles H. Doane, Jr
R. A
Fairview Park
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Della Kerr
Vermillion County Hospital
Lloyd Wyatt
Universal
Arthur Wilson
South Eighth Street
Polio Chapter Approves $650 in Treatments
Vigo County Chapter of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis approved $650 for hospital and physician expenses for polio victims in the last two weeks. Payments on an iron lung were postponed about a month as finances are to improve. The polio headquarters will be open weekdays 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 20% South Seventh Street, with Mrs. Lila Sturtevant in charge.
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Vigo County
National Foundation For
Terre Haute House
Dick Forbes
South Seventh Street
Lila Sturtevant
Kaufman Dropped From CBS This Is Show Business
New York December 30 George S Kaufman playwright was dropped from the CBS television program This Is Show Business after he quipped Let’s make this one program on which no one sings Silent Night His remark on December 21 aimed at limiting the Christmas carol in commercial product promotion not as an anti religious statement.
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New York
George S. Kaufman
CBS
Kaufman
Broadway musical stars announce upcoming marriage in New York
Joan McCracken 30 a Broadway singer and dancer known for Oklahoma and Bloomer Girl will wed Robert L. Frost 25 an actor from Evanston Ill. Both have prior marriages and recently took out a license with no wedding date set.
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New York
Joan McCracken
Robert L. Frost
Evanston
Brazil auto license bureau to move to ground floor
The Brazil auto license branch will relocate from the second floor to the ground floor of the Clay county courthouse. Branch Manager George R. Lawson said the move, effective at year start, places the office in the room now used by the county surveyor. Permission was arranged with the county commissioners with cooperation from county surveyor-elect Oscar J. Jenkins.
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Brazil
Ind
Clay County
Brazil Auto License
George R. Lawson
Lawson
Oscar J. Jenkins
High Noon Named Best Film of 1952 by Critics
New York critics select High Noon as 1952 best film. Other awards go to Best Actor Sir Ralph Richardson for Breaking Through the Sound Barrier and Best Actress Shirley Booth for Come Back, Little Sheba. Best Director Fred Zinnemann for High Noon and Best Foreign Film Forbidden Games.
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New York
Sir Ralph Richardson
Shirley Booth
Fred Zinnemann
Children Help Save Miller Residence From House Fire
Neighbor children spotted flames around a chimney at the Joseph Miller residence in West Terre Haute. They called the fire department, entered the home and shut an overheated stove draft, limiting damage to about 150 dollars. no one was home at the time.
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West Terre Haute
Joseph Miller
Liggett
Miller House
Pickfair Suffers Slight Fire Damage
Beverly Hills California December 29 Pickfair the mansion of Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks was damaged by fire yesterday Miss Pickford and her husband Buddy Rogers were inside the home when the blaze started in the servants quarters causing several thousand dollars in damages the cause is undetermined
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Um — Pickfair
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Miss Pickford
Buddy Rogers
Senior Bowl Rivals Open Heavy Drills in Mobile
In Mobile Alabama on December 30 the North and South squads began full scale two a day workouts ahead of next Saturday's Senior Bowl. Maryland's Jack Searbath who starred in the North South Miami game last week will duel North passer Charley Maloy from Holy Cross. Maloy, eager after sitting out the East West game, praised coach Biggie Munn for not using him.
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Mobile
Ala
Maryland
Jack Searbath
Miami
Charley Maloy
Holy Cross
Maloy
San Francisco
Biggie Munn
Tom O’connell
Illinois
Illinois Tourneys Result Scores Across Multiple Cities
The report lists scores from various Illinois tournaments in Paris Westville Hoopeston Benton Athens Robinson Hebron Danville Shelbyville Joliet Bradley Bloomington East St. Louis Mount Pulaski Gillespie Lewistown Alton Lawrenceville Carbondale Wood River Centralia Marion Lincoln Centralia Champaign accer Flora ferrin Granite City Pinckneyville Litchfield Patoka Johnston City Mt. Carmel Vandalia Tilden Tech Chicago against Pana.
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Marion
Lincoln
Centralia
Champaign
Accer
Flora
Ferrin
Granite City
Pinckneyville
Litchfield
Patoka
Johnston City
Mt. Carmel
Vandalia
Tilden Tech
Chicago
Pana
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Siegel
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Methodist Temple Burns Mortgage
American Legion
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Eisenhower
Dwight David II
Morningside Heights
N.Y
Maj
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International Soundphoto
Don Williams
Worcester
Mass
Vince Martinez
Paterson
N. J
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Madison Square Garden
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