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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1952
Page
1
On June 3 British military police barraged Radio Berlin with barbed wire, sealing the Russian operated station in the western sector. About 20 Russian guards were inside the red brick building as British and German police surrounded the compound.
On Koje Island Korea June 3 American guards fired riot guns into a prisoner of war compound wounding four North Korean inmates who refused to remove clothing from a barbed wire fence. Two prisoners were sent to a camp hospital. two received first aid. Earlier a flagpole was rebuilt in Compound 604 after a flag was knocked down. Brig Gen Haydon L Boatner warned POW leaders to haul down red flags. A Patton tank had smashed a flagpole in Compound 602 yesterday. One POW was killed and another wounded by an accidental machine gun discharge in Compound 78. Continued on Page 2 Column 6.
No Escape. Berlin reports a Communist police shooting a Russian Zone German who attempted to break through a road blockade to reach free West Berlin. The East German was fleeing toward the American sector when shot. Eyewitnesses said the body lay unattended for hours as a warning.
The text describes Western Allied decisions following Communist seizures near West Berlin. In retaliation for these actions, U.S., France and Britain coordinated with occupation officials. The move limits access to a building, permitting exit but banning reentry, signaling escalating tension in the divided city.
Rescue efforts at the Penokee iron ore mine near Gogebic County report faint tapping sounds from 2900 feet deep, raising hope some miners may be alive though officials doubt recovery. The five men Victor Cox Christopher Hocking Serafin Zacharzewski Jorma Olkonen Matt Krocker were trapped after a cave in on Monday afternoon.
The US Weather Bureau reports a yesterday high of 80 and a low of 62 with .26 inches of precipitation. Forecast calls for partly cloudy mild conditions in Terre Haute tonight and Wednesday with a low near 60 and high around 78. Indiana generally fair with a few thundershowers near the Ohio River this afternoon or early evening. cooler north. Illinois mostly fair, cooler tonight north, with highs in the 70s to 80s and lows in the 50s to 60s. Temperature readings at 6 am 64 and 2 pm 80.
State police halted all blue cars driven by lone motorists after the phantom gunman struck a fourth time near Springfield Lincoln Decatur Joliet Plainfield. Victims describe a medium built man in a blue car. A dent near Smiths car window suggested a possible .38 shot. Previous attacks near Lincoln Plainfield. No serious injuries or arrest.
In Mount Vernon Indiana two Posey County youths, eleven year old Danny McFadden and twelve year old Douglas McFadden, were rescued after four hours trapped in a tunnel cave-in near McFadden Lake. Firemen and rescuers used resuscitation gear and oxygen via hose to revive the older boy after freeing them.
West Point N Y June 3 523 cadets graduate in the 150th commencement exercises Air Secretary Thomas K Finletter will deliver the commencement address marking graduation day at the United States Military Academy.
Four atomic researchers at Argonne National Laboratory were rushed to Billings Hospital in Chicago after a mishap during a secret late afternoon experiment with fissionable materials. The team of Dr. Peter A. Morris Aaron J. Ulrich Louise Kollman and Roland A. Bach faced potential radiation sickness with officials saying it would take time to determine the damage. No explosion occurred and no lab property was damaged.
Gen William K Harrison told Communists at Munsan that the UN command will not drive POWs to them at bayonet point. Nam II rejected any pledge to release prisoners and said the next move is up to the Communist side. A further Panmunjom session was set for the next day at 11 am local time.
A June 3 tornado south of Parkersburg Iowa killed 8 year old Ruth Miller and injured her siblings as it destroyed a home and a schoolhouse serving as a polling place. The storm wrecked farms, snapped power lines, and swept away a ballot box with primary votes.
President Truman told Syngman Rhee he was shocked by political turmoil in South Korea, delivering a note via the U S Embassy. He urged immediate steps to ease the crisis as UN troops and aid defend democracy. Rhee has martial law in the provisional capital. the National Assembly, jammed by arrests, may be dissolved.
In New Albany Indiana on June 3 the CIO United Furniture Workers called a strike at Gunnison Homes plant a U S Steel subsidiary after failed talks. The union won bargaining rights last month against AFL Falls Cities Carpenters District Council. The union seeks 25 cents hourly wage increase retroactive to Jan 12 and a union shop. Gunnison offered 10 cents with no retroactivity. The current average wage is about 1.20 dollars per hour.
In Indianapolis at Manual High School a 13 year old, Dale Mortenbeck, jabbed a pencil into a dynamite cap in a study hall causing a blast that severed three fingers. A fellow student, 14 year old Jerry Beck, was blown from his chair. Mortenbeck said he found the device at an airport.
Fifty eight graduates received bachelor degrees at Saint Mary of the Woods College. Archbishop Schulte was delayed. the conferral was led by the Right Reverend Henry F Dugan. President Edward J. O'Donnell gave the address. Jean O'Neil led honors with the Maud Helm Rockwell Medal and cum laude. Five others earned cum laude across arts, sciences, home economics, music education, and fine arts. Seven Indiana students listed among the grads. Freshman gold medals for temperance essays awarded to Dorothy Hein and Anne Knoerle.
Four retiring IS Teachers College faculty members will be honored at a 4 pm tea in the Student Union. Honorees are Dr David A Glascock chairman of the men’s physical education dept Dr Waldo F Mitchell chairman of the social studies dept Dr Hazel T Pfennig English professor and Mrs Rose Small English associate professor. All will receive emeritus recognition at the 81st commencement on Sunday June 15.
Pendleton Ind June 3 Four prisoners on a plumbing detail overpowered a guard and escaped from the Indiana Reformatory late Monday night. Identified are William Calhoun 28 East St. Louis Ill sentenced Vanderburgh County 10 to 25 years for robbery Norman Poole 22 Portland Ore sentenced Lake County 10 to 25 years for armed robbery Harry Cooper 24 Indianapolis sentenced Marion County 2 to 5 years for second degree burglary John T. Scott 23 Shelbyville sentenced Bartholomew County 1 to 10 years for grand larceny Supt Lane said the guard was not injured and the escapees fled on foot.
Pittsburgh dispatch notes a day-old steel strike shuts defense steel production as 650,000 United Steelworkers walk out after a Supreme Court ruling against government seizure. Unemployment spreads to coal miners. both sides consider talks but no date set. White House weighs options, with Truman amid debate over invoking Taft-Hartley or seeking new legislation.
Philadelphia June 3 The Pennsylvania Railroad announced about 9 000 employees system wide will be laid off starting June 5 due to the nationwide steel strike The railroad spokesman said the action is regretted but no other course is open amid severe business losses caused by the strike
Union and industry sources view little chance for a quick deal as mills remain guarded by skeleton crews to prevent equipment damage. Workers say they are unprepared for a prolonged strike after a three mill closings since January and repeated court rulings shaping the dispute.
Fifteen thousand workers at Japan's largest steel plant, Yawata on northern Kyushu, walk out for 24 hours in a wage dispute. A union spokesman says they demand a nine percent boost to the basic wage of 50 dollars monthly.
Dr Carl S Ell Northeastern University president and Brazil native from Indiana was awarded the honorary Doctor of Humane Letters at Boston University commencement in Boston Gardens. President Harold Case praised Ell for expanding higher education for youth and improving regional human relations.
The Calumet area steel industry shutdown nears completion after a Supreme Court decision on President Truman's authority. USW district director Germano says workers are angry but will maintain cooling of furnaces and await wage-stabilized contracts. Servel, Inc. says its Evansville plant can run about three weeks with current steel on hand.
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing and the Terre Haute UAW local resumed talks at Hotel Deming with federal conciliators present. Raymond Barnett leads the union team, B F Coleman heads the company group. The 350 pilot plant workers began the strike May 7 amid construction of a new $5 million plant on North Thirteenth Street.
New York bank teller Charles Lehanka spied a robber brandishing a pistol and two nitro vials, and he simulated a fall to trigger the alarm. The bandit fled the Irving Trust branch empty handed, ending the hold up.
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