Indiana Democrats urge labor protections oppose tax hikes
Seven Democratic gubernatorial hopefuls urged Indiana policy advisers to back labor protections and oppose right to work laws. They debated taxes with supports for unemployment benefits up to 50 dollars for 25 weeks, federal matching funds, and education aid while calling for a specific platform and curbs on secrecy.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Indiana
Nelson Grills
Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute
Roger Branigin
Tom Johnston
Lafayette
Hugh Dillin
Petersburg
von Eichhorn
Uniondale
Marion County
Robert O'Neal
Tucker
Craig
Dillion
Eichhorn
O'Neal
Jesse H. Jones Dies in Houston at 82
Jesse H. Jones, 82, a Tennessee farm boy who rose to build a vast fortune, wartime commerce secretary and head of the RFC, died Friday night in Houston. He loaned over 50 billion dollars, owned 35 buildings up to 37 stories, and published the Houston Chronicle while controlling major hotels. Prominent figures called him a leading business statesman and the No. 1 citizen of Houston. Continued on page 2.
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Houston
Jesse H. Jones
Reconstruction Finance Corp
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Franklin D. Roosevelt
RFC
Jones
South
Houston Chronicle
Washington
Commerce Weeks
Lyndon Johnson
D.-Tex
Texas
W. P. Hobby
The
Houston Post
New York City
Fort Worth
Dallas
Memphis
Weather Map Update Forecast and River Stage
The United States Weather Bureau provides a weather map on page two with a forecast for warmer conditions. River stage reads 16.3 feet and is falling. sunrise at 5 25 and sunset at 8 11 with temperatures ranging from 42 at 4 a.m. to 62 by noon and 56 at 9 a.m.
Local Weather Summary From Yesterday
Local conditions report yesterday with a high of 59 and a low of 49 degrees. No precipitation recorded.
Forecast for Terre Haute area turns warmer this weekend
Fair and warmer tonight and Sunday in Terre Haute and vicinity. Low tonight around 48. Monday mostly sunny with little change in temperature. Indiana forecasts mirror these conditions with lows near 46 to 52 and Sunday's highs from 75 to 85. Sunset 8 07 p m sunrise 5 19 a m. Temperature readings show 43 at 9 a m and 63 at 2 p m.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Adlai Estes In Final Drive In California
Sen Estes Kefauver and Adlai Stevenson push last weekend of campaigning in California as the Democratic primary nears Tuesday. Kefauver accuses Stevenson of civil rights double talk while Stevenson targets the Eisenhower administration. California offers 68 Democratic delegates and could be a make or break test before the August national convention. Nixon urges voters not to write in his name to avoid ballot invalidation. Kefauver campaigns in northern California on civil rights.
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Estes Kefauver
Adlai Stevenson
California
Kefauver
Stevenson
Eisenhower
New York
G.O.P
Nixon
V. John Krehbiel
Los Angeles
Labor Leader Matt Woll Dies in New York Hospital
Matt Woll, 76, longtime AFL CIO vice president and labor figure, died Friday in a New York hospital. A conservative voice in the American labor movement, he mentored under Gompers and aimed to succeed him. Known for flamboyant style and anti-Communist stance, he chaired many labor and civic committees.
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New York
Matthew Woll
A.F.L.C
Woll
International Photoengravers Union
American Labor Movement
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
William Green
Republican Party
William Jennings Bryan
Iowa Delegation Favors Stevenson at Democratic Convention
Des Moines June 22 The Iowa delegation to the Democratic national convention will go uninstructed but most appear to prefer Adlai Stevenson. The state convention named 82 delegates and alternates to cast Iowa's 24 votes with no instruction effort at the quietest state Democratic gathering in years.
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Des Moines
Iowa
Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Scouting Fair Draws Crowd At Wabash Valley Fairgrounds
The Scouting in Action Fair opens at 2 PM at the Wabash Valley Fairgrounds and runs to 9 PM drawing about 15,000 people. Cubs Scouts and Explorers demonstrate programs from firefighting to conservation across 100 booths with judging by Indianapolis officials. A stage show from 6:30 to 7:30 features Indian dancing, drill squads, a Cub minstrel, and music as the Boy Scout Mothers Federation serves thousands of meals.
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Wabash Valley Fairgrounds
Wabash Valley
London
William D. Boyce
Bey
Boyce
Boy Scouts of America
Indianapolis
Thomas Davis
Boy Scout Mothers’ Federation
Communists Seek Armistice Commission Meeting
In Seoul on June 2, Communists called for a Monday afternoon meeting of the armistice commission in a move to denounce the Allied decision to oust neutral truce inspectors from the Republic of Korea. Allied spokesmen said the group would discuss alleged violations by the United Nations command while neutrals are ordered to depart next week. Swiss and Swedish commission members were not expected to oppose the Allied orders.
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Seoul
Armistice Commission
Republic
Munsan
United Nations Command
Republic of Korea
U. N
Two trusties escape from Indiana State Prison
Michigan City Ind June 2 Arthur P Carie 30 and Clyde E Harrison 45 trusties at the Indiana State Prison walked away from a work detail outside the institution s walls Friday Carie serving a term for wife desertion from Knox County and Harrison a Marion County fraudulent check sentence
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Michigan City
Ind
Arthur P. Carie
Clyde E. Harrison
Indiana State Prison
Carie
Knox County
Harrison
Marion County
Teens Cause Red River Prank Sees Arm in Car Trunk
Four Texarkana youths planned a prank by placing a boy in a car trunk with an arm hanging out and pouring ketchup on it. They drove to a filling station asking for directions to the river, prompting the attendant to call police. Deputies set roadblocks in Texas and Arkansas. the four were arrested in Garland, Arkansas, charged with malicious mischief and released on bonds of 30.25 dollars each.
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Texarkana
Tex
Red River
Texas
Arkansas
Garland
Ark
Atlanta Police Hunt Brutal Woman Killer
Atlanta police launched a thorough investigation into the brutal slaying of Mrs. Inez Johns a 30 year old secretary during a downtown payroll robbery worth 2400 dollars. The killing occurred at her desk during lunch hour and police suspect a rapid in and out attack within ten minutes.
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Inez Johnson
Atlanta
A.P
J. L. Moseley
Inez Johns
Ingram
Moseley
Baccalaureate Services Sunday in City High Schools
Joint baccalaureate services for seniors from city high schools will be on Sunday at 2 pm in the Student Union auditorium. Dr. J. A. Raney of the Indiana State School for the Deaf will give the address on "The Golden Fifty" and be introduced by Wayne P. Watson. Students from Wiley, Garfield, Gerstmeyer, and State will participate, with a combined choir and a hymn by Vivien Bard.
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J. A. Raney
Indiana State School For the Deaf
Wayne P. Watson
Terre Haute
Barbara Lowe
Wiley
Frederick L. Black
Garfield
Linda Lou Cottom
Gerstmeyer
James
Fremont Democrat suggests borrowing from Republicans
SUGGESTION FREMONT NEB JUNE 2 R V GRAFF delegate to the Dodge county democratic convention proposes a plan to stabilize party finances Borrowing from the Republicans as a source of funds is floated as a practical measure he says could shore up the party’s financial base.
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Fremont, Neb
R. V. Graff
Dodge County
Fremont
Tito Given Warm Welcome By Russ Chiefs
Yugoslav President Tito arrived in Moscow hailed as a dear friend of Russia. Molotov resigned as foreign minister and was replaced by Dmitri Shepilov, signaling a shift toward competitive coexistence. Tito, in marshal’s uniform, was greeted by top Soviet officials at Kiev Station after a long train journey.
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Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Russia
Mario di Stefano
Shepilov
Pravda
Clifton Daniel
Truman
Moscow
New York Times
U.P
Tito
V. M. Molotov
Cominform
Molotov
Josef Stalin
Stalin
Dmitri Shepilov
Kiev
Moscow Radio
Yugoslavia
Terminal
Petition Filed Against Honey Creek School Plan
About 500 Honey Creek township property owners signed a remonstrance filed with County Auditor Everett J. Acree opposing the township school building program. The 30 year lease with Honey Creek School Building Corporation was questioned as unnecessary and costly with annual rent of 58 500, totaling 950 000 for a five unit junior and senior high school. Continued on page seven.
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Honey Creek Township
Everett J. Acree
Honey Creek School Building Corporation
Trustees Consider Bids For Southside School
The Terre Haute Board of School Trustees opened bids for the new southside elementary school at Eleventh street and Margaret avenue. Total low bids across construction, lighting, plumbing and heating approximate 476260 dollars. Bids were referred to architects Weber and Curry and the superintendent for review with a special board meeting set for Monday June 4 at 4 p.m. Base plumbing and heating bids ranged from 103000 to 112000 dollars from Terre Haute firms City Plumbing and Heating Inc Christman Company Prox and Burger Inc Freitag Weinhardt Inc. General construction bids were led by W H Sanford Corp at 338000 dollars with John Continued On Page 2.
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Terre Haute
Wayne Watson
Weber and Curry
Labor Federation Chiefs Meet Here
A state-wide leadership conference of the Indiana State Federation of Labor convened Saturday morning in Terre Haute. Nearly 200 representatives attended as the two day meeting opened after 10 o'clock with a Friday executive board session. The event featured speeches by William McSorley and John Raber and included plans to discuss gubernatorial and congressional candidates. A dinner at 6:30 p.m. in the Mayflower Room was sponsored by the Vigo County Central Labor Union with Wiley Payne as chair. Carl H. Mullen presided, with Hubert Autterness assisting, as state officials and seven vice presidents joined in the sessions and coverage by Louis Hutchinson of Indianapolis.
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Indiana State Federation of Labor
Terre Haute House
Eee Bi
William McSorley
Washington, D. C
John Raber
Bristol
Indianapolis
Indiana Farmers’ Union
Ralph Tucker
Congress
House
Senate
Indiana General Assembly
Mayflower
Vigo County Central Labor Union
Wiley Payne
Carl H. Mullen
Hammond
Hubert Autterson
Terre Haute
Stanley Elliott
Anderson
O. B. Chambers
Kokomo
John Soucie
Evansville
Marie Bailey
South Bend
John O’donnell
Samuel Ashe
Otto Suhr
Indianapoli
Louis Hutchinson
The
Leader
Two Thousand Doctors Volunteering to Enlist
Washington reports the Defense Department expects about 2000 young doctors to volunteer for military service between now and September. This would fill nearly half of the 4600 medical officer need for the year starting July 1. A Pentagon spokesman said about 2006 interns have signaled they will complete a two year service obligation and most plan to sign up before September.
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Washington
Defense Department
Pentagon
Bachman Era Ends at Williams ton High School
In Bachman family news, Dale Bachman, 17, becomes the 11th and last Bachman child to graduate from Williams ton High School, ending a 24 year streak with at least one Bachman enrolled each year since 1932. Three sets of twins were among the siblings. George Bachman, the eldest, started in 1932 and now his son will enroll in two years.
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Landing
Mich
Wrestler Fights Back During Eight Hour Jail Escape
Willam Robert Long, 32, former pro wrestler, escaped from St. Anthony Hospital after a fire escape exit. He was captured after an eight hour pursuit by eight patrolmen, sustaining minor injuries to officers while Long faced charges of escape, resisting arrest and assault. He pleaded not guilty in City Court with bond set at 500 dollars and his trial date moved to June 12.
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Willam Robert Long
St. Anthony Hospital
Long
Loudermilk
Carpenter
Poplar Street
Fifth Street
Seventh Street
Boczki
Head
Belt
Lowder
Wham
Miller
Frank Wright
Wright
Vigo
Union Hospital
Soviet Union names Dmitri Shepilov foreign minister
In Moscow on June 2 the Soviet Union announced a top level reshuffle with 50 year old Dmitri T Shepilov replacing Vyacheslav Molotov as foreign minister Molotov remains deputy chairman as party observers note the timing may please Tito and soothe Stalin era allies The move follows Molotovs resignation and a long anticipated personnel shift amid a broader desanctification of Stalinist leadership
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Dmitri T. Shepilov
Vyacheslav M. Molotov
Tito
Shepilov
Communist Party
Pravda
Stalin
Molotov
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Kremlin
Foreign Ministry
Supreme Soviet Presidium
Supreme Soviet
Council of Ministers
Vyache
Slav M. Molotov
Erik Braadland
Norway
Nikita Khrushchev
Cominform
International Organization of Communist Nations
Marshall Klementi Y. Voroshilov
Actor Hersholt Dies in Hollywood at Home
Hollywood mourns as actor Jean Hersholt, famed humanitarian, dies at his home after a long illness. The longtime star and benefactor passed away June 2, leaving a legacy in film and charity work.
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Hollywood
Jean Hersholt
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