House Set to Act on Draft UMT Bill Thursday
Washington report says the House will move Thursday to pass the Senate approved universal military training bill. It would require all 18 year olds to register, serve 24 months with four months basic training, extend Selective Service to 1955, and lower the draft age to 18 1/2. Rep Vinson predicts swift House approval after a voice vote in the Senate.
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House
Washington
Senate House
Senate
Vinson
D.-Ga
House Armed Services Committee
U.S. Improves Jet Fighters but Russia May Outpace It
A U P analysis notes Russian MiG-15 engines in Korea outperform early U.S. jets. Air Force officials acknowledge Russian engines have greater power and longevity, with American engines not yet at full capability. Gen. Vandenberg cites Russian mastery in jet engine development and its impact on future weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
North Korea
Russia
Hoyt S. Vandenberg
Air Force
Senate
MacArthur
Vandenberg
America
Donald L. Putt
Korea
Senate Committee
Yalu River
Plans For Air Raid Tests Sunday In Terre Haute
Civil defense officials schedule a Sunday air raid warning and a mock air lift. A meeting Tuesday at city hall will plan next Sunday's test and the plan includes a 1 PM siren and a 10 AM fly-in by 25 to 30 Evansville planes with emergency medical supplies.
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Civil Defense
City Hall
Terre Haute
John K. Lamb
Evansville
Wayne Lowe
Civilian Protection Corps
Lamb
Montrose Methodist Church
Orchid for Safety awarded to J. C. Carter
J. C. Carter of 2138 Rogers Avenue received an Orchid for Safety from Mayor Ralph Tucker after he returned shattered glass fragments to the street cleaner following a jar mishap at City Hall. Police Chief Frank Riddle commended Carter for the courteous act observed just after leaving City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Carter
Rogers Avenue
Ralph Tucker
Frank Riddle
Carter
Reds Hold Valley Under Heavy Fire In Korea
June 4 dispatch describes American tanks planes and machine guns blasting Chinese forces in a Korean valley. Capt Robert L. Rice commands the operation to destroy as many Chinese as possible with air strikes napalm and white phosphorus artillery.
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Korea
Robert L. Rice
Evansville
Ind
Eces
Tragic Des Moines River Crash Claims Waterloo Family
A Waterloo family on a Kansas trip perished when their car veered after passing a semi and plunged into the Des Moines River ten miles west of Oskaloosa. Six drowned. Dorothy Postel and other relatives survived or were recovered. Heroic bystanders aided survivors and recovered the six bodies.
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Oskaloosa
Kansas
Waterloo
Des Moines River
Dorothy Postel
Gabriel Bruccini
Knoxville
Clayton Moorman
Fenton
Mich
Lyle Earl Postel
Namie Payne
Mary Jean Postel
Buchman Celebrates 73rd Birthday At MRA Conference
Dr. Frank Buchman founder of the Oxford group and Moral Re-armament was honored at the MRA 25 nation conference on Mackinac Island. Delegates from the British foreign office the U.S. Congress Germany and Formosa testified to the workability of Moral Re-armament principles during the 12 day gathering.
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Mackinac Island
Mich
Frank Buchman
Oxford
Michigan
Buchman
British Foreign Office
U.S
Taxpayers Lose Window to Protest Real Estate Assessments
Vigo County taxpayers who failed to file petitions by March 31 cannot protest current year real estate assessments. Indiana tax officials say protests must wait until 1952, with reassessment requests due by March 31, 1962.
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Vigo County
Indiana
The
Tax Commission
New York Markets Averages and Sales Report
At 1 o'clock Eastern time on Monday June 4 195, market averages were reported with sales totaling 700000 shares. The data comes from J E Bennett Co in the Merchants National Bank Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Bennett & CO
Merchants National Bank
E.S.T
Tax Evasion Trial of West Coast Gangster Opens
The federal government brings Mickey Cohen to trial in Los Angeles on income tax evasion charges for 1946 47 and 48. He and wife Lavonne plead innocent. Judge Ben Harrison orders 100 jurors due to Cohen’s notoriety as a Hollywood gambling figure amid gangland feuds.
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Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
al Capone
Hollywood
Lavonne
U.S
Ben Harrison
Cohen
Capone
Underworld
Benjamin (Bugsy) Siegel
Murder, Inc
California
Jack Dragna
Siegel
California Crime Commission
Dragna
Driver Arrested After Two Car Crash In City
Robert Wiggins 33 of 3232 N Fourteenth and One Half St was arrested for driving without a license after his car collided with a vehicle driven by Jacob Partington 69 of R R 7 near Ninth and One Half streets and Ohio. Police Officers Mahan and Pierce made the arrest. Partington’s car was struck as he turned from Ohio onto Ninth and One Half Street.
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Robert Wiggins
North Fourteenth
Onehalf Street
Mahan and
Pierce
Ohio Streets
Jacob Partington
Ninth
Ohio Street
Wiggins
Twenty Terre Haute Men Drafted for June 19 Induction
About 20 men of Terre Haute and vicinity will be notified to report for induction into the army June 19, the Vigo County Selective Service Board announced Monday. The youths will report to the bus station at 6:30 in the morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Three men captured after long Lake Michigan chase
In St Joseph Michigan three suspects were arrested after a chase along Lake Michigan. They were wanted for questioning in a $4200 theft of nylon hose from Watervliet. One man swam shore to evade追追. two were nabbed after abandoning a car in a swamp. Names: Francis J Burke Ralph J Moore Paul Maleck. Burke admitted breaking into the Boston store in Watervliet and stealing a car later at Bittner's corner.
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ST. Joseph
Mich
Lake Michigan
Watervliet
Berrie County
Erwin H. Kubath
Francis J. Burke
Chicago
Ralph J. Moore
Baltimore
Paul Maleck
Burke
Boston
Here
U.S. 12
Bittner’s Corner
ICC Examiner Hears Terre Haute Chicago Alcohol Freight Rate
Interstate Commerce Commission examiner L E Masoner presided at a Monday hearing in the Federal Building to assess reasonableness of proposed reductions in shipping rates for alcoholic beverages between Terre Haute and Chicago. Green Line Motor Express, Inc. represented by to justify a recent rate cut proposal.
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L. E. Masoner
Interstate Commerce Commission
Federal Building
Terre Haute
Chicago
Green Line Motor Express, Inc
Public Service Commission of Indiana
Eastern Motor Express, Inc
Indiana
State House
Indianapolis
Ind
C.S.T
Arnold J. Atwood
Chicago Market Prices for Hens and Poultry Parts June Report
Market hens irregular and prices listed across many poultry categories including colored hens, leghorn, fryers, broilers, capons, ducks, turkeys, geese, and guinea. Butter cheese eggs potatoes and onions noted with steady to weaker trends and current receipts and track prices from U S markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Springs
White Rocks
Plymouth Rock
Gray Cross
White Cross
Fryers
White Rock
U. S
Alabama Triumphs
Idaho Russell
California
Alabama
Grain prices and bids in Chicago market report
Chicago market notes crop futures prices with cash wheat listed as none and corn bids at various grades from No 3 to No 5, oats bids, barley malting and feed values, soybeans listed as none. The report captures bid spreads and sample values for wheat corn oats and barley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Market Declines in Light Trading
Prices weakened today in the stock market as buyers stood by idly. Losses among lenders were frequent in the $1-$2 range. Nickel Plate opened off 4 at 200 with no selling pressure in major divisions. Downside stocks included Southern Pacific, Bethlehem Steel, General Motors, Goodrich, Standard Oil New Jersey and American Smelting. Corporate bonds fluctuated quietly in a narrow range.
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New York
Southern Pacific
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Goodrich
Standard Oil
N.J
American Smelting
Indianapolis Hogs Steady to Higher as Cattle Fall
Indianapolis market report shows hogs active with gains up to 50 cents on some weights, bulk 170-250 lb at 21.50-22.00, 250-290 lb at 20.50-21.50, and sows up to 18.50. Cattle and calves opened slow with yearlings and steers down about 1.00. cows mixed to 25 lower. Sheep 500 head fairly active with lambs up 50, best native spring lambs 35.00, rams and ewes mixed 15.50-22.00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Hogs and cattle market report from St. Louis National Stockyards
Hogs 16 500 head uneven with lighter weights down to 10c, heavier weights up to 25c. Bulk 180 240 lbs mostly $21.50 21.85, 190 220 lbs $21.90, some $22, 240 300 lbs $21 21.50. Sows 400 lbs down $18 19, heavier sows $17 17.75. Cattle 1 800, calves 900. trade slow. Steers $34 34.50, heifers and yearlings unevenly lower. cows $23 28, vealers $32 37, crime to $40. Sheep 900, lambs $35 35.50, a few $36. ewes $15 culls down to 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis National Stockyards
Chicago
Chicago livestock market closes with higher hogs and mixed cattle
June 4 Chicago livestock report shows hog receipts around 12 000 with activity steady to 15 cents higher. Hogs top near 22 00 in sparse sales while most weight classes range 20 00 to 21 90. Cattle and calves total about 11 000 head with slow slaughter steer and heifer trade 50c to 1 lower. cows and bulls also down with prime stock fluctuating and buyers steady on dealers.
Bids Sought for Vigo County Mosquito Control Contract
Vigo County Indiana Board of County Commissioners invites sealed bids for mosquito control throughout Vigo County. Bids due 9:00 a m CST Friday June 9 1951 at the Auditor's office Terre Haute. Include certified check or surety bond and non collusion affidavits.
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Vigo County
Board of County Commissioners
Indiana
Joseph G. Jones
Court House
Terre Haute
Honey Creek Township
Honey Creek High School
U. S. 41
Local Businesses and Services Listings at Wabash Area
A dense listing of neighborhood shops and services with openings and promos. Includes Kiddieland at 29th and Wabash, Moose Lodge meeting details, restaurants like Doherty's Y's Tavern and Johnnie's Grill, beauty and beauty school ads, home nursing vacancy, and a lost billfold notice. Multiple personal ads and small business promos accompany nothing beyond contact cues.
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Boyer & Co., Inc
Opera House
Welfare Finance Corp
S. 7Th St
Bate
Im Onne
Fairbanks Block
Wabash Ave
Crawford
Charles Coddry
United Press Aviation
Indiana Loan CO
Orchid
George S. May Company
Federal Home Loan Bank System
Central Federal Savings and Loan Association
Citizens Savings and Loan Association
Fort Harrison Savings Association
Indiana Savings, Loan and Building Association
Wabash Federal Savings, and Loan Association
Reds
Korean Valley
Robert W. Gibson
M.R.A
Coast L. T4hs . Corp
Lone Star
E. Doehler-Jarvis B. & O
Wee ohns-Mann
Libby McNeil Best Foods Axe Y
Ches
Ohio
Nat. Dairy del
McKess. & Robb
del. W
Murray Corp. Aviation
Amer. Airlines
Gt. North
Avco Corp Se
Norf. & West
Steers Owens Ill. Gil
Bendix Avia
Louis. & Nash Silve Oliver Farm
So Ry
Union Corp. Aeeee
UN. Pac
West Eloc United Airl
Utilities Tobaccos
United
Com
Philip Morris
Pwr
Reyn. Tob. B. Twa
Wat. Wks
Loril Rd
Pwr. Me Li
Richfield Oil
Cal
Heel
Pac. Light
Atl
Cer de Pasco
N. J
Sunray Oil Wee
Park Utah
Howe Sound
Stone & Webster
Sinclair Oil Insp
UN. Corp
Houston Oil
Kennecott
Std
Oil Calif
Miami
General Skelly Oil Ltd. Oil of Ind
Phel Dodge
Te Standard Ohio
Suns Ne Mine
Shell Union
U.S. Smelt Am
Car & F. Socony Va
Auto Lt Steels
Star & Barry
Inland Steel
Carbide
Acme
Beth. Steel
Entert
Int
Harv
Armco Stl. Corp
Twent
Cent
Fox
Minn
Moline Pwr
Zeni
Am. Cry
U. Ss
Nat. Dept
Por. B
Wheeling
Allied
Alleg
Mercantile
BEL Ameous Crue
Kroger
Zinc
Ss Ss. Kresge
Young. S. & T
Mont. Ward
St. Joe Lead
Marsh. Field
Can
J. Cc. Penney Anchor Cap
Motors
Salway Sete
Bohn Alum
Sears Roe
Cent Motor
Woolworth
Blaw-Knox
Willys-Over
Gimbel Bros Cater
Gen. Motors
Hudson
Armour Ill
Crown Cork
Chrysler
Pfd Com. Trust
Nash Kelv
Cudahy
Colgate Palmeeeese
Mack Truck
Swift
Com. Cit Packard
Int. Packers
Climax
Studebaker
Wn Jon
Gram. Paige
Hs Coal
Crane Co
White Motor
Isl
Crk
Lehigh Valley Coal
Secomole, Pitts. Coal
Burroughs
Am. Dist
Lehigh Cl. & Navy
Curtis Pub. Hir
Cluett-Pea Nat
Kodak
Schenley
U S. Ind. al
N. Y
Robert Gair
Gen. Cable Sae
Borden Co. Rails
Greyhound Natl
Gillette Ss
ICC
Indianapolis Livestock
ST. Louis Livestock
Chicago Livestock
Pierson Township
Howard Harbaugh
Pierson School
Richard L. Beckwith
C. C. Chandler
South Lake
Kiddieland
29Th St
Lodge
Moose Lodge
Coakley
Wabash
Roots Notions
Miller Drugs
Herb Fischer
Helen
Huffer’s Beauty Shop
Camille Mitchell
Ida Mae
Alma Owens Harper
Fern Ladson
Doherty
Spelterville
N. 13Th St. Rond
Davis Restaurant
Charles Simon Restaurant
Johnnie’s Grill
Ladson’s Bakeries
Sears-Roebuck Co
Oriental Shop
Clark
Edith’s
South 5Th
Krausbek
S. 18Th St
Fuller Brush
Fred J Buttrey
Grace Miller's Shop
LOST
Penn
R.R
G. L. Myers
Lcs
Ohio St
Gheen
Woody Strong, Inc
Dodge
Plymouth
Eagle
Roven
Laun
Deming Hotel
Tribune-Star
Hanover Shoe Store
E. Nat'l
Rousch Motor Co
H. W. Baesler
Richard R. Tucker
Vigo
N. 7Th
L. & J. Cafe
Farr’s Fish Market
Harding
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