Marines Held by Reds Face Death Threat in China
Four U S Marines captured on a Christmas Day hunting party in Shantung faced a communist ultimatum demanding a complete U S withdrawal from China. One Marine, Pvt. Charles J Brayton Jr, was reported killed, with the four others named as Cpl William L Pollard Pfc Carroll W Dickerson Pvt Robert Hart and Pfc Thomas Kapodistria.
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Shanghai
U. S
China
Charles J. Brayton
Fort Jay
N.Y
Brayton
U. S. Navy
Western Pacific
East Shantung
Cpl
William L. Pollard
Fort Worth
Texas
Carrol W. Dickerson
Olathe
Kan
Robert Hart
Pittsburgh
Thomas Kapodistria
Buffalo
N. Y
U. S. Marine Corps
People’s Liberation Army
Tsingtao
Navy
Marine
Famous Local Pitcher Dead
Mordecai Three-Finger Brown, 71, died at Union Hospital at 4:37 this morning after a lingering illness. He lived at 3325 Wabash Ave and had starred for the Cubs with eight seasons of 20 wins and World Series appearances. His stump finger aided his control and unusual drop on pitches. Brown began with Terre Haute in 1901, then Omaha and St. Louis before eight Cubs seasons from 1904 to 1912.
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Mordecai
Brown
Union Hospital
Wabash Avenue
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Chicago Cubs
Cubs
Coxville
Ind
Brazil
Terre Haute Tets
Omaha
St. Louis Cardinals
Mordecai Brown
Veteran Outlives Insurance Policy
Charles A. Windolph, a Custer era veteran and likely oldest congressional medal of honor recipient, collected 1174 as beneficiary of his life insurance policy. He has outlived two policies and life expectancy tables, and is one of two surviving Little Big Horn veterans. Windolph also received a purple heart sixty years after being wounded.
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S. D
Charles A. Windolph
Windolph
Order of United Workmen
Relief fight grows bitter in Marshall Plan showdown
Senate Foreign Relations Committee chaired by Arthur H. Vandenberg approves 5.3 billion for European Recovery Program for 12 months starting April 1. Taft’s revisionists vow floor strategy as the fight shifts to the Senate on March 1. Marshall calls it a good start despite GOP objections.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Michigan
Robert A. Taft
G.O.P
Vandenberg
Truman
Congress
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Knoxille
Tenn
Taft
State Department
Clyde M. Reed
GOP
Truman Signs Vets Measur to Boost School Benefits
President Truman signed a law raising government living allowances for veterans in school to a maximum of 120 dollars a month. The higher subsistence scale takes effect April 1 with first checks in early May. On the job trainees and certain others are excluded. About 2,014,000 full-time students and 147,000 disabled veterans will benefit.
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Washington
Truman
Veterans’ Administration
Veterans’ Agency
White House
Fire protection talks collapse in Harrison township
Harrison township advisory board resigns over Terre Haute fire protection deal. The board objected to an annual $18,000 payment while the township proposed $3,000. City attorney Everett and legal adviser Kincade discussed legal status as negotiations began January 17 with a Feb 28 deadline extension.
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Harrison Township
Terre Haute
Charles Purcell
William Otte
Virgil G. Ingram
Jenkins
Ralph Tucker
Edward Everett
Leonard P. Kincade
Sweet Girl Kills Mother in Valentine Dance Dispute
Franklin New Jersey report: 15 year old Marion Russo admits killing her mother Lillian Russo during an argument over attending a junior class Valentine dance. Police describe the teen as a sweet kid. The body was found in a bloodstained basement with broken items and a duffle bag. Marion to be arraigned in Juvenile Court on homicide charges.
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Marion
Samuel Russo
Fire destroys garage and auto in South Sixth Street blaze
Fire likely started by an overheated stove destroyed W. B. Barnett's garage and 1942 model car at 3004 South Sixth Street around 5:30 AM. Firefighters from Hose Companies 2 and 9 and Truck 6, with Assistant Chief John Lamb, saved the nearby residence eight feet away and prevented spread. Damages are estimated in the thousands.
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W. B Barnett
South Sixth Street
Barnett
John Lamb
Kittyhawk to be returned to United States
The Wright brothers first powered flight plane Kittyhawk leaves London after 20 years abroad. The Kensington Museum of Science announced it will send the frail biplane back to the United States and the Smithsonian in Washington has promised it a place of highest honor.
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Washington
Wright Brothers
Kensington Museum of Scence
London
United States
Smithsonian Institution
Murder trial delayed again in Gary area case
The murder case of Joseph Muscarello 34 Chicago was postponed indefinitely after a legal move shifted the case to Lake county. He was to face trial March 1 for the slaying of Irene Schwasky 30 Chicago whose body was found in a Gary area swamp.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Joseph Muscarello
Chicago
Lake County
Muscarello
Irene Schwasky
Gary
George Cohan
Porter
Nolle Prasse
Jack West
Grand Jury
Cohan
Driver Figures in Fatal Accident Near Veedersburg
A two car crash on icy pavement east of Veedersburg Indiana killed 16 year old Kathleen Good Linden High School cheerleader. Kathleen was riding with her brother Charles when his car skidded on State Road 34 into the path of Lester J Bruens of Terre Haute on U S Highway 41. Kathleen Dowell 17 of West Point also injured in crash en route to Covington game.
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Veedersburg
Ind
Here
Kathleen Good
Linden
Kathleen
Charles
Lester J. Bruens
Terre Haute
Bruens
Mary Anne Dowell
West Point
Covington
Miss Dowell
Good
Electrician Burned Touching Live Wire at Vigo Plant
Roy Turley 36 of Jasonville, an electrician at Pfizer Chemical's Vigo Plant, touched a high-tension transformer live wire and was burned on hand and foot. He was unconscious briefly but not believed to be in serious condition at St. Anthony's Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfizer Chemical Company
Roy Turley
Jasonville
Vigo
Chemical Corps
St. Anthony's Hospital
Turley
Rockefeller and Barbara Sears wed in Palm Beach
Winthrop Rockefeller married Barbara Sears in a midnight ceremony at West Palm Beach First Presbyterian Church. The couple began a 10 day honeymoon and will reside at 770 Park Avenue, New York, with Rockefeller returning to his Socony Vacuum duties.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Winthrop Rockefeller
America
Rockefeller
Barbara Sears
Winslow Drummond
First Presbyterian Church
West Palm Beach
Park Avenue
New York
Socony- Vacuum Co
Woman Indicted for Ambush Killing of Ex Husband
Indianapolis February 14 A well to do wife admitted killing her ex husband from ambush and now faces a first degree murder indictment. Mrs Jeanette Oder 46 was named in the grand jury presentment for shooting Harvey Samuel Broglin 35 a bartender in the doorway of her home on February 4. She said she oiled a gun fired a practice shot then brewed coffee before firing three times as he walked up the steps.
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Indianapolis
Jeanette Oder
Harvey Samuel Broglin
Broglin
Armed Forces Gag Alleged Sparks Senate Debate
Three senators condemned Defense Secretary Forrestal for ordering Army Navy and Air Force personnel to submit future statements and speeches for his office review. They argue the rule suppresses public friction and curbs free testimony, while some praise it as potentially improving congressional evidence.
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Washington
Secretary of Defense
Forrestal
Army
Navy
Air Force
Johnson
D-Colo
Gurney
R-S. D
Senate Armed Services Committee
Morse
R-Cre
Congress
Thomas
Utah
Senate
Wright Brothers Biopic Begun by Warner Bros
Warner Bros studio began filming a Wright brothers biography in Hollywood on February 14, delayed by Orville Wrights death on January 30. The studio has held rights to the story for 12 years.
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Hollywood
Warner Bros. Studio Today
Wright Brothers
Orville Wright
Europe Must Help Itself To Win Aid From United States
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst DeWitt Mackenzie argues the Marshall Plan requires European nations to self help and mutual cooperation to qualify for American aid. He notes widespread effort yet warns against relying solely on U S generosity as Europe recovers from catastrophe.
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Europe
United States
DeWitt Mackenzie
Sam
U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
America
Western Europe
Western
Grain trends inch up as wheat corn and oats gain
New York reports a modest rise in wheat corn and oats after Feb. 4 price drop while stocks show rising tendencies. Soybeans fall the daily limit of 8 cents at the open in Chicago pits.
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New York
Chicago
Grain market near bottom as prices steady in Chicago pits
Traders split on whether the sharp price drops have ended with a possible bottom. Retail grocery prices continue to fall with Safeway cutting butter to 86 cents, lard to 25 cents, flour to 47 and 89 cents, and detergents and soaps priced lower, signaling pass-through of wholesale cuts.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Safeway
New York
Weather Temperature Record and Local Conditions
The report notes temperatures from 6 am to 6 pm with a 24 degree start and 30s peak, river at 1.5 ft, and a 0.64 inch precipitation. Terre Haute forecast calls for a cold wave tonight with Sunday fair and continued cold. Indiana and Illinois expect lows near zero to single digits and highs around 5 to 20.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Local Temperature Readings At Street Thermometer
Temperature street thermometer records a.m. reading and notes 23,2 p. m. reading 31. The fragment notes two daily readings on a city device.
Youth Drowns Fleeing Home Near Terre Haute
Wayne Smith an 11 year old boy died by drowning Friday evening after fleeing from his parents near Honey Creek about five miles southeast of Terre Haute. He left Maryland School and sought his grandparents home then ran into a field and disappeared into the creek. A neighbor Paul Ladika pulled him from the water but revival efforts failed. Coroner ruled accidental drowning. Survived by father Harry K Smith mother Esther Baker sister Joyce Smith and grandfather Charles McLain. Funeral set for Monday at Pilgrim Holiness Church with burial at Bethseda cemetery.
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Wayne Smith
Honey Creek
Terre Haute
Harry K. Smith
Esther Baker
North Fourteenth Street
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Maryland
Whitcomb Heights
William Adams
Joseph Whittington
Sheriff's Office
Paul Ladika
Robert Halstead
Fox
Fire Department
James V. Richart
Joyce Smith
Charles McLain
West Terre Haute
Fox Funeral
Riley
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Twentieth
Hulman Streets
Bethseda Cemetery
Jailed After Trucks Collide In City Court
Joseph Rogers 30 of 1000 North Water Street jailed on intoxicated driving after his northbound truck hit a southbound semi driven by Bernard Salmond 31 of 2736 Hulman Street on Second Street. Salmond was turning left onto Mulberry Street when collision occurred. Judge Herbert R Criss revoked Rogers license 90 days and fined $20 plus costs.
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Second and
Mulberry Streets
Joseph Rogers
North Water Street
Rogers
Second Street
Bernard Salmond
Hulman Street
Salmond
Mulberry Street
Herbert R. Criss
Soldier Killed in Auto Truck Crash at Elwood
Staff Sgt. William Francis Leibl 25 of South Bend was killed when an automobile skidded into a big truck in Elwood Indiana. Three others in the car were slightly hurt. The truck driver was Harold F Burt of Jasonville.
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Elwood
Ind
William Francis Leibl
South Bend
Harold F. Burt
Jasonville
Heavy damage across wide area tied to cold wave storms
A cold front sweeping the eastern United States produced winds floods and freezing weather with at least 45 deaths and widespread damage. Ten deaths stemmed from a tornado and about 10 000 people were left homeless by floods as storms struck the Pacific Northwest the Rockies and the Mississippi valley. Many fatalities resulted from traffic accidents exposure drownings and tornado impact while fuel supplies showed signs of easing.
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Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Pacific Northwest
Rocky Mountains
Mississippi
New York State
Ohio
State Swept By New Cold Wave
A cold wave hit Indiana with drifting snow and ice hazards for Hoosier travel. Temperatures fell below freezing after milder days, causing floods on some streams and delaying trains and buses as ice and water covered highways in scattered areas. No road closures were reported. The Indianapolis Weather Bureau forecast a cold weekend.
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Indiana
Hoosier
Indianapolis Weather Bureau
Aftermath of Tornado and Floods Strikes Mournful Regions
Torrential rains followed a Newton Massachusetts tornado causing floods on dairy farms and cotton lands. Rescue crews sought more victims as Red Cross reported at least 15 seriously injured and death toll may rise beyond six. Trees blocked roads and 15 to 20 homes were flattened with many missing. Thousands displaced in Ohio and Tennessee valleys with freezing temperatures. Snow and sleet in Tennessee added to misery.
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Newton
Mass
Red Cross
Ohio
Tennessee
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Stepmother
United Press
Tribune-Star
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Ohio Rust Bros
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