Allied Guns Roar as New Year Opens Front
UN forces on the Korean front fire a synchronized midnight salute to 1953 amid snow and cold. Reports say no large offensive by Chinese forces occurred, with rumors of a threat and several minor engagements near Yonchon-Chorwon and Old Baldy.
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Allied Guns Roar
GM AM
FHIS
Victor Kendrick
Seoul
Korea
U.P
United Nations
U.N
Yonchon-Chorwon
Old Baldy
Mayor Tucker Announces New Appointments
Terre Haute Indiana Mayor Ralph Tucker announces city appointments and police promotions effective Thursday. Ernest J. Zwerner named city attorney replacing Clyde R. Randall who resigns for health reasons. Herman Compton named smoke abutment engineer. Police promote Edward Ryan to captain and Herman Elbrecht to lieutenant. New sergeants are William Gundlach William Head and Edwin Bingham. Chief Riddle remains acting chief of detectives. Detective Chief James Evele has retired to join Allis Chalmers as security director.
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Ralph Tucker
Edward Ryan
Herman Elbrecht
William Gundlach
William Head
Edwin Bingham
Ernest J. Zwerner
Clyde R. Randel
Herman Compton
Leon Kelley
Ryan
Tucker
Frank Riddle
James J. Evele
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Riddle
Randel
City of
Terre Haute
Indiana
Clyde R. Randall
Wall Street broker kills family then kills self in Long Island
Charles Weigold a 27 year old vice president at a Wall Street brokerage murdered Florence Scholkopf 26 and her two sons James 3 and John 4 in their Long Island home then shot himself dead. The killings followed a broken engagement and heavy drinking after a cousin of Mrs Scholkopf rejected him.
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Sea Cliff
N. Y
Wall Street
Charles Weigold
Florence Scholkopf
James
John
Scholkopf
Long Island
Walter Scholkopf
Weigold
Rosenbergs Death Fate Hinges on Ike or Truman
The fate of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg may rest with President Dwight D. Eisenhower or an executive clemency appeal by President Truman before he leaves office. The couple faces the electric chair in the week of Jan. 11, with Eisenhower taking office Jan. 20. Federal Judge Irving R. Kaufman suggested delaying the execution to permit an appeal.
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New York
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Gen
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Truman
New York City
Eisenhower
Irving R. Kaufman
Classified Ads Schedule for New Year Holiday
The Tribune Star classified department closes all day Thursday January 1 for New Year observance. No ads accepted that day. Thursday copy due by 7 PM Wednesday December 31. Friday ads accepted until 7 45 PM Wednesday evening.
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the Tribune-Star
AC Workers Vote For Union Shop At New Plant
Production workers at the Allis Chalmers plant on North Thirteenth street voted 331 to 44 for the modified union shop in an election held Tuesday. Bernard Coleman said 404 employees were eligible to vote. The poll was conducted by Thomas Watkins of the Indiana Department of Labor. The union shop was part of a settlement ending a strike last August. the total workforce is expected to reach 2,500. A pilot plant on East Wabash avenue also adopted the modified shop clause soon after the strike.
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Allis-Chalmers
North Thirteenth Street
Bernard Coleman
Thomas Watkins
Indiana Department of Labor
A. C
East
Wabash Avenue
Supervisor Cornell Renounces Salary Boost in Scarsdale
P Supervisor George W Cornell requested a cut of $1000 from his recent salary rise as Scarsdale supervisor for the part time post. The board approved his request saying the increase was fair and should not raise total pay.
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Scarsdale
N. Y
George W. Cornell
Cornell
New Year Celebrations in Terre Haute Led by Local Clubs
Special services and party nights usher in 1953 in Terre Haute with galas at the County Club Phoenix County Club Elks City Club Shrine Temple Kerman Grotto and Knights of Columbus Hall. Dinner dances at Country Club and Phoenix Club feature music by Lee Knowles and Walt Loftiss with late dancing and floor shows.
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Terre Hauteaus
Sheriff’s Office
County Club of
Terre Haute
Phoenix County Club
Elks’ City Club
Shrine Temple
Kerman Grotto
Knights of Columbus Hall
Country Club of
Walt Loftiss
University of Illinois
Chicago
Phoenix Country Club
Lee Knowles
Indiana Legislature Faces Craig Plan And Other Big Issues
Indiana lawmakers in 1953 confront Gov elect George N Craig’s state government reorganization plan along with budget tax highway safety and local relief. Major cabinet departments include Commerce Police Health and Correction with driver training under police and a 60 mph speed limit proposed.
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Irwin J. Miller
Indianapolis
Indiana
George N. Craig
G.O.P
Indiana Municipal League
Department of Commerce
Public Works and Supply
State Fair Board
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Financial Institutions
Insurance
Employment Security
Public Information
Athletic Commission
Aeronautics Commission
Economic Council
State Police Department
Department of Health
Department of Correction
New Year’s Tribune Announces Single Thursday Edition
The Tribune states there will be only one edition printed on Thursday New Year’s Day at 10 o’clock in the morning and asks carriers agents and drivers to govern themselves accordingly.
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the Tribune
Churchill to Meet Eisenhower Aboard Queen Mary
Prime Minister Winston Churchill sails from Southampton aboard the Queen Mary for talks with President elect Dwight D. Eisenhower in New York. The visit aims to renew Anglo American wartime cooperation and align on Korea, Soviet talks, atomic knowledge, and a longer rearmament effort.
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Winston Churchill
New York
Eisenhower
Great Britain
United States
Britain
Churchill
Korea
Josef Stalin
Open Bids on Vigo Clay Highway Work
The State Highway Commission opened bids on 13 paving projects including Vigo County 5.86 miles on Ind 246 from Ind 63 at Middletown to US 41 and 7.326 miles on Ind 246 to Ind 159 at Lewis. Bituminous Materials Co of Terre Haute bid $485,526.81. In Clay County 6.58 miles on Ind 59 from US 40 in Brazil to the Clay Parke line, Bituminous Materials Co bid $139,078.
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Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
Vigo County
Middletown
U.S. 41
Lewis, Bituminous Materials Co
Terre Haute
Truman Sees Better World Peace Prospects
President Truman said the outlook for world peace is better than a year ago and noted no new plan for ending the Korean War had been submitted. He criticized dairy import restrictions under the Defense Production Act and avoided comment on MacArthur's criticisms and diplomat Vincent's loyalty case.
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Washington
Truman
Brannan
Douglas MacArthur
John Carter Vincent
MacArthur
Korea
Far East
Vincent
Charles Murphy
State Department
China
Tangier
Secretary of
State Acheson
New Scalp Flap for Brodie Twin
In Chicago on December 31 doctors performed a 2 hour 15 minute operation to place a new scalp flap across the brain of 15 month old Rodney Dee Brodie to cut infection risk in the pair’s separation from his twin Roger Lee. Rodney’s flap followed the 12 hour 40 minute operation two weeks earlier that divided the twins who were joined at the skull top. Roger remained in a coma more than 300 hours after the separation. The university hospital said Rodney was resting as expected after the Tuesday surgery.
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Chicago
Rodney Dee Brodie
Rodney
Roger Lee
Roger
University of Illinois Educational and Research Hospital
Hoosier Airman Killed in Korea
Ninth casualty in a Royal Hellenic Air Force C-47 crash near Korea. P A/IC J. L. Hulse of Granmer Indiana among the dead as Far East Air Force confirms the routine courier flight disaster.
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Tokyo
P—A
J. L. Hulse
George Hulse
Granmer
Ind
Royal Hellenic Air Force
Korea
Far East Air Force
Acheson Says U.N. Loyalty Risk Hits U S Reputation
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told a House subcommittee that U N employment of Americans of questionable loyalty poses no national security threat but gives the United States a black eye. He cited ongoing questions about disclosure and loyalty reports tied to U N staff.
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Washington
Dean Acheson
Acheson
House Judiciary
U.N
United States
Congress
State Department
U. S
Rep
Keating
R.N.Y
Justice Department
Chelf
D.ky
Ross Malone
New York
Malone
FBI
U.S
Trygve
Adrian Fisher
State
Eisenhower and Taft Resolve Key Early Administration Issues
President elect Eisenhower met with Senate Republican leaders in New York to settle two potential conflicts. Taft backed broader prior consultation on appointments, and a standoff over farm price supports was defused after Benson agreed to study the issue and Eisenhower kept an open mind.
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New York
Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Senate
Congress
Taft
Martin Durkin
Ohio
Milton R. Young
North Dakota
Ezra Taft Benson
Benson
Young
Captain scolds private over pinup ban then apologizes
An East front report says a captain berated a private for violating a division order banning pinup pictures. He later apologized after learning the pictured bathing beauty was his wife.
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Eastern Front
Korea
Cop Hater Changes Mind When Police Play Santa
A Glendale ex convict known as a cop hater vowed to go straight after police officers secretly bought Christmas gifts for his wife and two sons in jail. Bryngyleson cried upon learning of the generosity and wrote a grateful letter to the police chief. He waived a preliminary hearing and planned to plead guilty January 13 in Superior Court.
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Glendale
Calif
Santa Claus
Harvey E. Bryngleson
Bryngleson
Dorothy
Robert
Larry
Carl R. Eggers
License tabs go on sale Friday in Vigo County
Automobile license plate tabs for 1953 will go on sale Friday at the Vigo County license bureau on 728 Cherry Street. Deadline is February 28. Manager Jess C. Monroe said purchasers must show receipts for personal taxes payable this year. Forms were mailed to car owners and papered used if they own that car. otherwise the vehicle title must be shown. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday and 8 a.m. to noon Saturday.
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Vigo County
Cherry Street
Jess C. Monroe
Trailers Camp Death Ruled Accidental
Johnson County Coroner Walker Maguire said a verdict of accidental death will be returned in the shooting of Sgt. Clyde W. Rose of Odessa Texas. Rose’s German war bride Ursula, age 22, testified she fired the shot Saturday while examining a gun in a trailer camp.
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Edinburg
Ind
Johnson County
Walker Maguire
Clyde W. Rose
Odessa
Tex
Rose
Ursula
Weather Notes From U S Weather Bureau
The report details cloudy conditions with the temperature at noon 32 and 2 pm 36 along with sunrise at 7 10 and sunset at 4 36. River stage reads 3 4 feet and humidity averaged 76 percent yesterday.
Local Weather Outlook for Terre Haute and Region
Local conditions show yesterday's high at 44 and low last night at 31 with no precipitation. Forecast calls for cloudy to partly cloudy skies in Terre Haute and vicinity with a low of 25 tonight and a high of 40 Thursday. Indiana and Illinois expect cloudy conditions with minimal temperature changes. lows range from 24 to 34 and highs from 33 to 40.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
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