Tito makes Belgrade appearance amid Balkan bloc plan
Yugoslav Premier Marshal Tito appeared publicly in Belgrade with top communist leaders two hours as Albania and Bulgaria offered no response to the Yugoslav party's proposal for a Balkan bloc based on equality. The move followed Cominform criticism and was part of Yugoslavia's reply to that stance.
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London
Marshal Tito
Cominform
Albania
Bulgaria
Balkan
Tito
Belgrade
Yugoslav Communist Party
Yugoslavia
Communist International Information Bureau
Western Germany offered right to form own government
The United States Britain and France proposed a Western German state uniting the three western zones with an occupation statute in place of a peace treaty. A democratic constitution would be drafted by Sept 1 and approved by referendum while Allied control of Ruhr coal and steel and continued occupation were included. Moscow and German communists opposed the plan citing risk of permanent division.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Britain
France
Warsaw
Moscow
Lucius D. Clay
Sir Brian Robertson
Jerre Koenig
U.S. Army
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Ruhr
Russia
Western
Tito Dehes Russ Twice
Relman Morin reports on Tito Dehes winning back to back Russian titles in a surprising double victory. The article notes the athlete’s rise and the details of each triumph, highlighting competition and venues.
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Tito Dehes
Tito Defies Moscow with Balkan Federation Proposal
Washington observers see Tito refuting Cominform charges as he revives the Balkan federation idea, marking a bold stand by Yugoslavia against Moscow. The Kremlin faces a rare satellite pushback as Tito rejects public censure and asserts Yugoslav policy.
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Georgi Dmitrov
Dmitrov
Balkan
Tito
Moscow
Balkan States
Kremlin
Indiana Sets New High for 1948 State Income Tax
Indiana reports a record 65,154,122.36 in income tax for the 1948 fiscal year ending June 30, up 11,051,979.39 from 1947. Walter L Sturdevant notes four quarterly periods topped 10 million dollars for the first time, with 1,493,103 taxpayers and an average payment of 43.63 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Walter L Sturdevant
Sturdevant
Installment Credit Reaches New High
The Federal Reserve reports consumer credit outstanding at end May reached 13.8 billion dollars, with installment credit totaling 6.957 billion and auto mobile installment credit at 1.559 billion. Both figures set new highs, surpassing prewar peaks from 1941.
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Washington
Federal Reserve Board
Classified Ads Service Pause for Independence Day
The Tribune Star classified department will be closed all day Monday July 5 in observance of Independence Day No ads accepted that day Ads may be placed Saturday and Sunday nights until 745 for publication Monday and Tuesday July 6
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the Tribune-Star
Police Say Sick Officers Skip Duty for Games
Passaic New Jersey police officers claiming illness are found at boxing matches dice games and ball games. City Physician Samuel Ginsburg criticizes leaders for failing to rest at home and cites specific cases including a patrolman at a fight in Newark and others seen at a New York ball game.
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Passaic
N. J
Samuel Ginsburg
Public Safety Department
Ginsburg
Newark
New York
Four Injured in Seventeenth and Poplar Collision
Four people were injured when a car ran a red light at Seventeenth and Poplar streets, colliding with a northbound vehicle. George W. Allen and wife Gladys, both 41 and 34, along with Almeida Griffith 45 and son Frank 18, were rushed to Union Hospital. Sharon Allen escaped injury.
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Union Hospital
Callahan
Seventeenth
Poplar Streets
George W. Allen
Gladys Allen
South Nineteenth Street
Almeida Griffith
R. R. 2. Cory
Frank Griffith
Sharon Allen
George Allen
Kuykendall
Carpenter
O'Leary
Miller
Sedletzeck
Griffith
Poplar Street
Allen
Seventeenth Street
Chicago joins in hunt for Petillo
Chicago police joined the search for Kelly Petillo the racing driver wanted in Indianapolis on a charge of knifing his ex secretary. An anonymous call said Petillo was headed for Chicago and authorities asked Chicago police to cooperate.
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Chicago
Kelly Petillo
Indianapolis
Petillo
Next Move In The Yugoslav Crisis May Come From Russia
AP analysis says Moscow’s handling of Tito damaged its leverage. The piece notes Western democracies hardened stance, with Bevin accusing the Russians of a war of nerves as Britain and the United States sharpened responses to Soviet pressure on Germany.
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Russia
Marshal Tito
Moscow
Democratic Front
Washington
Britain
America
Germany
Bevin
House of Commons
Bloodstained airliner fight erupts over Bulgaria
A Junkers 52 transport carrying 17 passengers was hijacked by Bulgarian anti communists in flight. The plane landed in Istanbul with 19 aboard, the pilot dead and two crew wounded. Censorship followed as Turkish police investigated the in flight violence amid a rise in anti communist refugees fleeing eastern Europe.
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Edwin B. Greenwald
Istanbul
Turkey
Bulgaria
Varna
Black Sea
Sofia
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Germany
France
England
Cabinet Post Remains Open After Steelman Declines
President Truman announced John R. Steelman declined appointment as secretary of labor. Steelman prefers his current role assisting the president, focusing on labor issues and the railroad wage dispute. A successor to the late Lewis B. Schwellenbach has not been chosen.
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Washington
Truman
John R. Steelman
Steelman
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Queen Elizabeth Searched After Bomb Report
The giant liner Queen Elizabeth was searched from stem to stern after a report of a time bomb aboard. Sailors, police, and firemen checked the ship with electrical detecting apparatus but found nothing suspicious as the vessel sailed for Europe at 1 a m.
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New York
Stem
Europe
New Demands on Railroads Prompt Wage Proposals
Chicago July 1. Officials of railroad trainmen and conductors unions filed demands for a 25 percent wage increase, affecting most of the nations 1,350,000 workers. The move follows prior wage boosts and aims for earlier implementation, with other unions seeking a 40 hour week and rule changes.
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Chicago
Brotherhoods of Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Brotherhood of Enginemen and Firemen
Switchmen’s Union
Auto Trolley Crash Kills 2 in Indianapolis
Two killed and 14 injured when a northbound trackless trolley collided with a car at an intersection in Indianapolis. Victims are George Albert Jackson 28 and Mrs. E Kathleen Peck. Trolley operator Robert Woodall 29 listed serious with brain concussion. car driver Robert Maddox also serious. Car owned by Armour and Company plant.
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Indianapolis
George Albert Jackson
E. Kathleen Peck
Robert Woodall
Logansport
Ind
Indianapolis General Hospital
Robert A. Maddox
Armour and Co
Flying war hero among five killed in transport crash
Five Navy Reserve fliers died when a twin engine transport crashed five miles north of Fredericksburg Virginia. Among the dead was War Hero Al len W. Smith known as Snuffy, credited with downing a Tojo bomber and aiding the sinking of two Japanese cruisers. All victims were from Atlanta area. A sawmill worker witnessed the wing buckle before the nose dive.
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Fredericksburg
Navy Reserve
Here
Allen W. (Snuffy) Smith
Atlanta
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Fair and warmer weather with increasing cloudiness tonight and Friday. Indiana and Illinois observers report generally fair skies with warming trend and scattered showers or thundershowers possible in the northwest Friday afternoon, as above normal temperatures move in.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
US Army Sees Korean Plot Papers On July Invasion
U S Army reports captured Korean documents outline a July invasion by a peoples army from the north into the American occupation zone. The papers claim a unified government after guerrilla activity and indicate instructions would arrive by June 27 or 28.
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Seoul
U.S Army
Korea
People’s Army
U.S
Wanju Gun
Wanju
South Korea
North Korea
South Korean Labor Party
Opens Mouth Gets Prison Sentence
William Schreiner a 46 year old San Antonio man began a two year term after trying to keep silent. Detective Frank Robbins tracked him after a jewelry store theft and nabbed him in a theater. Schreiner fled up stairs to the balcony before being confronted and coaxed to open his mouth revealing the diamond ring.
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Lincoln
Neb
William Schreiner
San Antonio
Tex
Frank Robbins
Schreiner
Robbins
Headquarters
Ground Breaking For Cagles Mill Reservoir Project
Governor Ralph Gates broke ground for the Cagles Mill Reservoir creating a 1 240 acre lake 35 miles east of Terre Haute. Anton Hulman Jr Clyde R Black and Col Benjamin Talley spoke as local citizens from four counties joined the ceremony. Authority to start dam work was handed to Kenney Construction Company with US Army Corps of Engineers participation.
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Ralph Gates
Cagles Mill
Terre Haute
Anton Hulman, Jr
Indiana Flood Control and Water Resources Commission
Clyde R. Black
Logansport
Putnam
Clay
Owen
Vigo
Gates
Kenney Construction Company
Chicago
Benjamin B. Talley
United States Army Corps of Engineers
Louisville
Paul Mason
Cincinnati
Russians quit Berlin four power rule halts city government
Berlin July 1 Russians withdraw from the kommandatura ending four power rule in the city. A British spokesman cites Col Boris Kalinin blaming American commander Col Frank Howley and Western currency for the collapse. US and UK boost air relief as talks loom over Germany’s fate.
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Berlin
Germany
Kommandatura
Boris Kalinin
Frank Howley
Italian transport plane crashes near Brussels killing nine
Nine people died when an ALJ Line Italian transport aircraft crashed in heavy rain near Keerbergen Airdrome, Brussels. The craft carried six passengers and six crew, with four injured initially reported and one later dying.
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Brussels
Here
ALJ
Keerbergen
Guerrilla fire victim Lydia James laid to rest in Clinton
The body of Lydia Ruth James 29 formerly of Hillsdale arrived in Clinton Ind from Saigon Indo China where she was killed March 7 in guerrilla fire. She served with the WACs in World War II and later worked as a public affairs assistant for the federal state department. Survivors include her parents a brother a sister and a grandmother. Funeral services will be at First Funeral Home with burial at Helts Prairie cemetery.
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Clinton
Ind
Lydia Ruth James
Hillsdale
Saigon
Indo- China
James
Wacs
Federal State Department
Otto James
Jack
Anna Harney
Burbank
Calif
Anna Jackson
R. R
Crawl
Wayne Jewell
Helts Prairie Cemetery
Banks Close on Monday for City Holiday in Terre Haute
The Terre Haute Clearing Association says all city banks will shut Monday and urges residents to conduct business by 12 noon this Saturday. City building loans offices will also close for the holiday.
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Terre Haute
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