Handwriting Expert Testifies in Parker Murder Trial
FBI handwriting examiner Charles A. Appel Jr. testified about Parker's handwriting to compare samples with a letter to the victim's son. The trial, delayed due to a holiday, resumes Tuesday morning. The letter from Indianapolis hinted at a remarriage and stored personal effects as Parker faces murder charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur E. Parker
Vigo
Lillian Marie Johnson
Charles A. Appel, Jr
FBI
Washington, D. C
Parker
Indianapolis
U S Aids Fight Against Reds Moves to China
U S officials disclose new military aid to Chiang Kai-shek's regime with surplus U S war goods at steeply reduced prices. Contracts cover planes ammunition and other materiel for Far East use while a separate plan shifts ammo from the Marianas for nominal cost. MacArthur says he cannot testify in Washington now citing duties and the Japanese political scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Steele
United Press
Washington
State Department
Congress
U. S
China
Department
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S. Army
Pacific
House Committee
Marianas
Far East
Foreign Affairs Committee
Douglas MacArthur
Japan
Claire Chennault
Tokyo
United States
Lawrence H. Smith
MacArthur
Fliers Save Shipwrecked Mexican Airman in Nine Day Drift
Esteban De Leon, rescued after nine days at sea aboard a liferaft, recounted seeing his comrade Neil Womack attacked by sharks and lost at sea as a banana ship Panamanian roatan picked him up 47 miles off Frontera. Coast Guard airlifted medical supplies for De Leon who faced exposure and exhaustion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Tex
Esteban de Leon
Roatan
Neil Womack
Womack
Gulf Transportation Company
de Leon
Carmen Mexico
Carmen
Frontera
Mexico
Emsley Gough
Coast Guard
Tomas
Matamoros
Mex
Gulf of Mexico
Jewel theft ordered at $5000 as rings vanish
James Woodsmall, a Bardach Brothers salesman from Indianapolis, reported $5,000 in rings stolen from his locked car in downtown Moline Illinois Friday night. The sample case held 75 emblem rings and stone sets including tiger eyes. Woodsmall has worked for two years for the Indiana firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moline
Ill
James Woodsmall
Terre Haute
Woodsmall
Bardach Brothers, Inc
Indianapolis
North Ninth Street
Weather Forecast Metrics and River Stage Update
Mostly cloudy conditions with temperature readings from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. on February 21. Sunrise at 6 35 and sunset at 5 34. River stage stands at 12.5 feet and is rising.
Local weather report at six thirty AM
The morning conditions show a 20 degree temperature with yesterday's high of 33 and last night's low of 20. No precipitation is recorded.
Weather outlook for Terre Haute and nearby regions
Cloudy tonight and Sunday with occasional light snow and slowly rising temperatures. In Indiana and Illinois the same pattern occurs with light snow possible in the extreme south portions tonight and Sunday. Temperatures hover near rising but remain chilly through the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Temperature Street Thermometer Reading Noted
Local brief records a temperature reading on Temperature Street at 2 PM with metric notation and street context, noting a measured value in meters. Further details not provided in readable text.
Slayer May Change Plea
In Chicago on Feb 21, defense and prosecutors discussed rehabilitating 13 year old Howard Lang if he pleads guilty to the October forest preserve killing of 7 year old Lonnie Fellick. Attorney Samuel Andalman urged care plans to avoid street roaming or exposure to hardened criminals. Proceedings occurred in Judge Daniel A. Roberts chambers with DA officials and prison officials present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Howard Lang
Samuel Andalman
Lang
Howard
Lonnie Fellick
Andalman
District Attorney's
Daniel A. Roberts
Joseph Ragen
Illinois Penitentiary
Clarence Farber
Roy G. Barrick
Warmer Weather Heads This Way
CHICAGO February 21. Winter’s latest cold snap chilled residents from east of the Rockies to the Atlantic seaboard today but warmer weather was on the way for some sections. Readings were below seasonal in the north central region and New England, with 20 below in North Dakota and Wisconsin and around 15 below in Minnesota and lower Michigan. Temperatures were near zero in northern New England. A moderating trend and rising temperatures were forecast for the Midwest over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rockies
Atlantic Seaboard
North Central Region
New England
Florida
North Dakota
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Michigan
Midwest
Ashida Named Japan Premier After Vote Landslide
Hitoshi Ashida, a conservative former foreign minister, was elected Japan's fifth premier since the war by Diet vote. He won 216 votes to 180 for Shigeru Yoshida, 8 for Tetsu Katayama, and 3 for Ryuichi Tokuda. The Social Democratic Party backed Ashida, making the choice largely formal as he succeeds Katayama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Hitoshi Ashida
Japan
Diet
Ashida
Shigeru Yoshida
Tetsu Katayama
Ryuichi Tokuda
Social Democratic Party
Katayama
Chemist B burns in Atom Project blaze at Los Alamos
Alison L. Frohman of Columbus Indiana, a 38 year old chemist at the Los Alamos atomic project, suffered first and second degree burns after a heating flask broke and flames spilled on his clothes. He rolled in snow to extinguish the fire on his clothing and then returned to extinguish the fire inside before seeking medical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Alamos
N. M
Alison L. Frohman
Columbus
Ind
Frohman
Beat Servant Accused of Feeding Frenzy in Indianapolis
Vincent Eugene Harris and his wife Mary Agnes faced charges for mistreating a 65 year old servant, Nettie Luck, after she ate too much. Police say they admitted tying her to a chair all night and battering her, with bricks and a milk bottle also hurled at the Harris children. Luck, once housed in the Harris home after leaving an infirmary, weighed about 75 pounds and may have suffered malnutrition during seven months with the family. Harris described tying Luck with a clothesline six to eight times as punishment for eating heartily, and spoke of losing patience after she ate half a loaf of bread.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Vincent Eugene Harris
Mary Agnes
Nettie Luck
Harris
Luck
Harrises
Harris Home
Survey Finds Food Prices Fall 3 Percent
Chicago report shows a 3 percent drop in food prices from Jan 13 to Feb 17 based on a Labor Department telegraphic survey of 20 foods across 12 cities. Grocers say housewives curb purchases awaiting further declines. pork, lard, bacon, eggs and lettuce led declines. onions potatoes canned tomatoes coffee and milk rose. Continued on page 3 column 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Labor Department
Ewan Clague
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Los Angeles
Czechoslovakia Crisis Deepens Over Police State Demands
Communist Premier Klement Gottwald accused Western spies of undermining the government as 12 non communist ministers resigned over Nosek’s police state actions. He called for an all party government, early elections, and action committees to form a national front, rallying 80 000 in Prague.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Czechoslovakia
Klement Gottwald
West
Gottwald
Old Town
Communist Bloc
Vaclav Nosek
Nosek
Social Democrat Party
Court Suspends Prison Sentence for Forgery Case
Irene Hight pleaded guilty to passing a worthless $12 check in Vigo County Indiana. Judge H DeWitt Owen gave a suspended one year term in the Indiana Woman's Prison with two years probation and ordered her to return to Denver Colorado where a job awaited, promising leniency if she stayed on the straight and narrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flshe
Irene Hight
Indiana
Twenty Executed in Athens Today
Twenty persons including a woman were executed in Athens today. Nine were convicted by an Athens military tribunal on Feb. 17 for involvement in the killing of a police officer and plans to assassinate Greek political leaders. The others were members of a communist execution squad that killed hundreds of civilians near Athens in the 1944 civil war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Celebrates 106th Birthday Sunday
WARREN Indiana February 21 Mrs Anna Hummell plans a party tomorrow for her 106th birthday anniversary Trustees of the Methodist Memorial Home will host and dozens of friends will join in congratulating her The Pennsylvanian born matriarch recalls stories of her father farming with oxen and a wagon ride to a James Buchanan rally feature in this family history Birthday memories span generations with daughter granddaughter and great grandchildren among her descendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren
Ind
Anna Hummell
Methodist Memorial Home
Truman in Puerto Rico Urges democratic collaboration with island
President Truman arrived at Isla Grande Airport San Juan on a Caribbean tour and urged world nations to emulate the democratic collaboration between the United States and Puerto Rico. He praised island self government and the appointment of island-born Governor Jesus T. Pinero as a significant step toward greater autonomy. He plans to visit St Thomas and St Croix before returning toward Cuba and Guantanamo Bay, stressing federal insular cooperation and Puerto Rico’s capacity to self govern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Juan
P. R
Truman
Caribbean
United States
Puerto Rico
Isle Grande
Jesus T. Pinero
Key West
Fla
St. Thomas
Virgin Islands
St. Croix
Cuba
U. S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Pinero
Washington
Suits Recall Degnan Case In Chicago
Two damage suits totaling 125000 dollars against 17 policemen over alleged false arrest and brutality in the Suzanne Degnan murder investigation were settled for 20000 by Hector Verburgh and his wife. Police officials faced the claims as the city said it bore no liability and officers would pay their own damages. The case tied to the abduction and dismemberment of six year old Suzanne Degnan, a crime later confessed by William G. Heirens, now serving life terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Suzanne Degnan
Hector Verburgh
John C. Prendergast
Walter Storms
Raymond Crane
Uniformed Police
Verburgh
Mary
Marvin J. Peters
Degnan
Verburg
William G. Heirens
University of Chicago
Quintuplets Offered Modeling Jobs at 500 Per Hour
New York February 21. Lewis Mittman a furniture manufacturer offered the Dionne quintuplets modeling jobs at 100 dollars an hour each and scholarships to the Barbizon School of Modeling. The 500 dollars per hour collective fee was believed the highest ever offered. The telegram was sent to the five girls at Callander Ontario.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lewis Mittman
Barbizon School of Modeling
Callander
Ont
Fire guts White's Pharmacy block in Clinton Indiana
Fire of undetermined origin gutted the White's Pharmacy block at Main and Elm in Clinton Indiana causing about 300000 in losses. The Root Store branch and upstairs offices and businesses were destroyed while Silver Front restaurant suffered heavy water damage. Firefighters from Clinton Terre Haute North Terre Haute and Rockville fought the blaze for hours with reinforcements from Dana and nearby lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Ind
White’s
Terre Haute
North Terre Haute
Rockville
Main
Elm Streets
Root Store
W. F. Cohn
W. N. Kelley
Prudential Insurance Company
Silver Front
Plato Mills
White Block
Ferris Cory
Cory
Zenis Nicoson
Nicoson
Dana
Rosenblatt
North
Hillsdale
Baker’s Apparel
R. C. Linberg
Clinton Presbyterian Church
Yazoo River Nears Crest After Flood Lifts Cotton Belt
The Yazoo River, swollen by six tributaries, is expected to crest today near Greenwood Mississippi. Residents remain calm while guarding sandbag walls as the river rose past the 40 foot mark overnight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yazoo
Mississippi
Greenwood
Local man Murphy found guilty in Illinois holdup case
Francis Michael Murphy, 56, of 218 North Fifth Street, convicted by a Circuit Court jury in Salem, Illinois, of participating in a $2,100 holdup of a Centralia department store bank messenger. A ten day delay in sentencing was set as defense may seek a new trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Michael Murphy
North Fifth Street
Centralia
Ill
Salem
Murphy
Terre Haute
Voorhees
Kenneth Kincaid
South First
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Feve
Hauptman
Bulletin
Owen
Chiang
White
Sharks
U 8. Weather Bureau
Robert T. Loughran
Atom Project
George Pipal
Merriman Smith
Quints
Yazoo River Nears Crest
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