Violent Death Toll Rises In Indiana Week End
United Press reports at least 14 people died in Indiana during the weekend from violent causes. The toll includes six traffic deaths, two fires, and three gas poisonings, with victims ranging from an 82 year old retiree to a four year old girl. The incidents occurred across towns including Indianapolis Columbus Fort Wayne Elkhart Portland Muncie Henryville and Salem.
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United Press
Indiana
John Bloom
Indianapolis
Ethel Fay Henderson
Columbus
Ind. 9
Miss Henderson
Muncie
Ind
English
Searles
Elkhart
Clara Louise Davis
Charles Hines
Portland
Hines
Alan Geupel
Indianapolis Construction Company
C. Powell van Meter
Geupel
John P. Olemski
Clinton
Herbert W. Keehn
Allis Chalmers
la Porte
Robert Sullivan
Salem
Sullivan
Palestine Post Blast Injures Dozens in Jerusalem Attack
In Jerusalem a five story Palestine Post building was hit by Arab attackers using a Jewish barrel bomb. Twenty injured including nine seriously. one woman died of a heart attack. Damage estimated at 600000 dollars. Arab assailants blocked by British police and Haganah, exploded truck bomb near Jaffa Road. Several Jewish newspapers, censor offices, and the United Press bureau were housed in the building. Casualties also include six Arabs and one Jew killed in Acre and Jerusalem the same day.
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Jerusalem
Palestine Post
Holy Land
Jaffa
Haganah
Ted Lurie
Gershon Agronsky
Martin Agronsky
American Broadcasting Company
John Donovan
National Broadcasting Company
Donovan
Palestine Censor
United Press Bureau
Acre
Fuel Outlook Grows Colder Amid Gas Shortage
The nation faces a worsening fuel shortage as cold air sweeps the Midwest and Northeast. Grand Forks and Minot report record lows while New York and Washington warm slightly. Drought-stricken California receives scant rain. Modesto pilot drops dry ice to seed rain. Virginia and North Carolina see heavy snow with drifts six feet high, hindering work and swelling unemployment. Detroit gas service falters delaying 200,000 autoworkers returning to plants. Cheyenne Wyoming loses water due to a ruptured 30 inch main affecting 22,500 residents. More than 1,000 veterans live in a housing project awaiting updates.
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United Press
Mississippi River
Montana
Dakotas
Great Lakes
Grand Forks
N. D
Minot
New York City
Washington
Albany
California
Francis Lagier
Modesto
Calif
San Joaquin Valley
Virginia
North Carolina
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company
Detroit
Cheyenne
Wyo
Tax Cut Bill Up for Vote
Rep Coughton warns that if Republicans trim the tax cut from 6.5 billion to about 4.25 billion, Democrats may join to override a veto. President Truman seeks 3.2 billion in individual relief financed by a corporate excess profits levy. Coughton argues the bill is too large and risky for the treasury.
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Associated Press
Washington
Rep
Coughton
House
Congress
Truman
Dougton
G.O.P
Treasury
Indianapolis Officials Review Wabash Sewer Plan and Bonds
City leaders and Indiana State Stream Pollution Board members met in Indianapolis to discuss stopping pollution of the Wabash River and the planned sewage disposal project costing about 2.35 million dollars. The Terre Haute delegation will meet bond firm McCord Ice and Miller regarding revenue bonds, while preliminary plans and service charges for residential and commercial users were reviewed with figures around 4 dollars per month for residents and 4 cents per 1 000 gallons plus 5 80 dollars per ton solids for industry.
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Indianapolis
Indiana State Stream Pollution Board
State Board
Terre Haute
Ralph Tucker
Edward S. Everett
David Russell
Albert Ellis
McCord, Ice & Miller
Paul Kleiser
Thomas T. Hardman
Metcalf & Eddy
Boston
Kleiser
Gas curtailment ends as Terre Haute plants reopen
Warmer weather ends gas shortages in Terre Haute with R S Brunner stating that supply has greatly improved and no local industries or bakeries will be forced to close. The American Can Company and others had paused operations. normal supply expected to resume soon, with many plants to return to full time by tomorrow.
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R. S. Brunner
Terre Haute Cas Corporation
American Can Company
Quaker Maid Company
Owens- Illinois Glass Company
Wishing Corporation
John Spence
Can Company
Fire Routs 66 Families In Four Story Building
A multi thousand dollar blaze gutted a four story apartment building in Upper Darby Pennsylvania near dawn. The fire displaced 66 families leaving residents scrambling for shelter and warm clothing as firefighters battled the flames through the pre dawn. Local authorities estimated the damage and began searches for displaced tenants.
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Upper Darby
Can Gandhi’s Spirit Influence Indians After Death
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst weighs Gandhi’s posthumous impact as India faces a volatile subcontinent. The assassination raises questions about whether the Martyr's spirit can still quell hate and prevent fratricidal conflict. Time alone will reveal if Gandhi remains a unifying force across India. Continued on page 3, column 5.
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Gandhi
Gandhi the
Funeral for Claude M. Gray set for Wednesday
Claude M. Gray 55 president of the Baltimore Transit Company and former Terre Haute resident will be buried after funeral services at H. P. Martin Funeral Home at 2 30 p m Wednesday. He was found shot to death Sunday in his Baltimore home with two chest wounds and the head near an unlit oven. An autopsy was ordered. police reported he was a Rose Polytechnic Institute graduate class of 1921. Continued on page 2 column 5.
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Claude M. Gray
Baltimore Transit Company
Terre Haute
H. P. Martin
Terre Haute Tuesay
Gray
Rose Polytéchnic
Tony
Baltimore
Associates of
Iowa City Rock Island Rocket wreck kills freight conductor
A collision near Iowa City between the Rock Island Rocky Mountain Rocket and a freight train killed conductor Clifford E. Hull of Silvis and injured 22 others. Nine seriously hurt include Sol F. Gallamore and Thomas J. Hughes. University and Mercy Hospitals treated victims, with some remaining under observation. The crash occurred as the streamliner stopped at the Iowa City station amid University of Iowa students disembarking. Five freight cars and two passenger cars derailed. Hull died in the caboose. Colorado College basketball players were aboard but none among the injured.
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Iowa City
Rock Island Railroad
Rocky Mountain
Streamliner
Chicago
Denver
Clifford E. Hull
Silvis
University
Mercy
Mercy Hospital
Sol F. Gallamore
Thomas J. Hughes
Bill Gradley
Moline
University Hospital
Helen McGuide
Colorado Springs
Colo
University of Iowa College
Hull
Colorado
Sees His Shadow Groundhog Predicts Early Spring Nearby
Mr. Groundhog appeared north of Ft. Harrison and saw his shadow signaling six weeks until spring. He retreated to Otter Creek township promising to return with jonquil and daffodil symbols of the season.
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Groundhog
Ft. Harrison
Otter Creek Township
WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TERRE HAUTE AND REGION
Local conditions report a temperature of 12 at 6 30 AM with yesterday's high 32 and low 11, no precipitation. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies with light snow tonight, and colder Tuesday across Indiana Illinois with snow in the north and freezing rain or snow in the south midweek. River level 2.8 feet and conditions frozen.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Temperature Street Thermometer Readings Report
Local note records a morning and afternoon street thermometer reading with a 13.2 at 2 p.m. and an unspecified a.m. value. Reading details are fragmentary and lack full context or locations.
Fire protection standoff between Harrison township and Terre Haute
Harrison township officials rejected Terre Haute's offer of fire protection at 2.25 per capita, proposing a counteroffer after a meeting with Terre Haute's public works and safety board. Mayor Ralph Tucker cited higher city costs and indicated the township may establish its own department, with a residents meeting set for Friday at Rankin School to hear about a temporary contract. Honey Creek township may also counter later this week as negotiations continue to prevent loss of life and property from fires near the city.
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Harrison Township
Terre Haute
Verne G. Jenkins
Jenkins
Rankin School
Buel Watson
Honey Creek Township
Vern McMillan
Tucker
Wright laid to rest in Dayton after pioneer aviator funeral
Four men of war and peace gathered in Dayton to bury Orville Wright, co inventor of the airplane. Funeral services for the 76 year old pioneer aviator were set for 1 30 p m in the First Baptist church.
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Dayton, O
Aviation
Orville Wright
C.S.T
First Baptist Church
Plan Expands Veterans Facilities Across Four States
A Veterans Administration official and American Legion leaders from Wisconsin Indiana and Illinois discussed expanding hospital capacity for veteran tuberculosis and neuropsychiatric cases. VA plans include 600 beds at McIntire Hospital Downey Illinois with a March unit arrival and a 200 bed general hospital in Fort Wayne Indiana plus expansion of Tomah Wisconsin for psychiatric care and a Marquette University clinical residency.
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Chicago
Veterans Administration
American Legion
Wisconsin
Indiana
Illinois
Veterans
Charles G. Beck
McIntire Hospital
Downey
Beck
Lester Benston
The
Benston
Elgin
Jacksonville
Ill
Fort Wayne
Ind
Tomah
Wis
Marquette University
Milwaukee
Disorders ignite across six new points in India
Premier Nehru urged peace in Gandhi’s name as riots spread to six new locations. casualties rose to 27 dead and 107 wounded. New Delhi saw disorder for the first time since Gandhi’s assassination. Calcutta faced a Mahasabha home attack linked to Gandhi’s killer. Police fired to disperse crowds as nationwide conspiracy fears surfaced.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
Mohandas K. Gandhi
India
New Delhi
Gandhi
Calcutta
Shyama Presad Mookerjee
Mahasabha
Nehru
Dominion
Sardar Patel
Congress Party
Russia Protest U S Actions Over Shipping and Iran
Moscow radio reports Russia filed two more protests against the United States in a week. The notes attack bomber flights over Soviet shipping in Japanese waters and U S military activity in Iran as threats to borders and freedom of merchant shipping. Protests also cite U S plans to reopen Mellaha air field and U S warships in Italian ports as violations of the Italian peace treaty.
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London
Russia
United States
Moscow Radio
Iran
U. S
Mellaha
North Africa
Washington
Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Yellow Sea
Sea of Japan
Moscow
Ivan Sadchikov
Tehran
Pravda
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