Supreme Court upholds Smith Act in Communist leaders case
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 2 that the 1940 Smith act is constitutional and upheld the convictions of 11 top Communist Party officials for conspiring to overthrow the U S government. Jail terms up to five years and fines of ten thousand dollars were affirmed. The decision signals nationwide prosecutions of Communist Party members through federal cases and future actions are expected.
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Washington
U.S
Communist Party
Supreme Court
Vinson
United States
New York
Irving Saypol
Graud
Federal District Court
Justice Department
Raymond P. Whearty
McGrath
House Appropriations Committee
Three Fighter Planes Collide Over Ohio Killing Two Pilots
At 1800 feet south of Dayton three Air Force fighters collided. Lt. R G Hayes parachuted to safety after his F 51 Mustang crashed on a farmer’s field. The F 86 Sabre and F 82 with twin Mustang fuselage crashed nearby. their pilots were killed. Name details withheld. Franklin C Winters, a 111 mission Korean War veteran, witnessed a head on collision in his formation and one wing sheared off a jet.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
R. G. Hayes
Bruno Kalu
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Flight Test Division
Air Development Force
Wright-Patterson
Hayes
Franklin C. Winters
Eugene
Ore
Plane Explodes Killing Four Near Jackson Tennessee
Four men died when a United States air force C-119 exploded during a rainstorm and crashed on a farm 15 miles southwest of Jackson Tennessee. Three crewmen were ejected and used parachutes. two were injured. Pilot Captain Russell D Brewington of Nashville reported sudden midair loss of control and deployment of the rip cord.
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Jackson
Tenn
Air Force
Here
Tennessee National Guardsmen
Russell D. Brewington
Nashville
Probers Eye Defense Industry after Hollywood Inquiry
The House un American Activities Committee plans to shift focus from Hollywood to defense industries amid ongoing hearings on communism. The panel may visit movieland again to conclude its inquiry. John Garfield’s testimony is under review by the justice department for possible perjury after he claimed ignorance of a Communist movement.
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Washington
U.P
House un-American Activities Committee
Hollywood
Defense Industries
Movieland
John Garfield
Justice Department
Transit Strikes Hit 14 Cities Across Nation
Associated Press reports 14 cities face transit walkouts as Detroit seeks arbitration to end its 46 day strike. Ninety Pennsylvania bus drivers joined others in wage disputes while New York warns of a possible strike after board rejection of union demands for a 40 hour week.
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Associated Press
Detroit
A.F.L
Union
New Castle
Sharon
Farrell
Pennsylvania
Chattanooga
Tenn
Muncie
Anderson
Richmond
Ind
Marion
Ohio
Little Rock
Ark
Ogden
Utah
Pocatello
Idaho
Duluth
Shirt Tales Out In Toronto Bold Outings
In Toronto two men wore only shirts in public. One, in an undershirt, boarded a city bus, paid and sat down, prompting a stampede before police charged him with vagrancy. The other stood on a busy corner in a dress shirt, refused to identify himself, and was taken to a police station for a mental examination.
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Toronto
Sixty-Two St Mary's Graduates Receive Their Diplomas
Sixty-two graduates received bachelor degrees at Saint Mary of the Woods College during the 110th commencement. Archbishop Paul C. Schulte presided and John Pullan Ryan delivered the address. Elizabeth Catherine Cronin led with summa cum laude honors and Maude Helm Rockwell Medal.
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ST. Mary-Of-The-Woods
Mary Ronan Gollings
St. Mary-of-the-Woods College
Golling
Marjorie Dunn
Harrisburg
Ruth Reuter
Milwaukee
Martha House
Vincennes
Student Government Association
Beth Cronin
Cincinnati
Patricia Gualdoni
Fairfield
Jane Bell
North Arlington
N. J
St. Mary's
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College
Paul C. Schulte
D.D
Indianapolis
John Pullan Ryan
Saint Mary’s
Elizabeth Catherine Cronin
Ohio
Maude Helm Rockwell
Martha Ann House
Katherine Suzanne Rehnen
Fort Wayne
Patricia Elizabeth Flynn
Flushing
N. Y
Joan Katherine Timko
Columbus
Indiana
Miss House
Miss Rehnen
Jane Duffey
Mary Joan Hughey
Joan Specht
Evansville
Helen Hart Ryan
Washington
Eleanor Therese Milligan
Gary
Norma Ruth Etienne
St. Croix
Graduation Romance Dims as Cancer Victim Faces Loss
Betty Thompson 17, bound for graduation, faces lung cancer and a missing leg. Her fiancé Tom Amburn 19, a sailor, postponed their wedding after a Norfolk VA leave. She plans to enter the ceremony with crutches, while remaining brave amid bleak news.
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Atlanta
Betty Thompson
Betty
Tom Amburn
Plue
Amburn
Norfolk
Naval Air Station
Sioux Falls
S. D
Navy
Alden resigns Vigo welfare post for health reasons
Ernest G. Alden of 1128 South Seventh street resigns from the Vigo County Board of Public Welfare after eight years saying health requires a change. He notes welcomed appointments to the board and praises the welfare department. Judge Herbert Criss has not yet named a replacement.
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Ernest G. Alden
South Seventh Street
Vigo County
Mr. Alden
Judge Criss
Jane Werneke
Farnum Anderson
Board of Public Welfare
Welfare Department
Alden
Welfare Board
Rose Orphans Home
Tito Spies Sentenced in Sofia Case
A Bulgarian district court in Sofia sentenced one man to death and two others to long prison terms for belonging to the Tito espionage agency in Bulgaria. Rude Pravo reported the verdict from Prague.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
Sofia
Tito
Bulgaria
Rude Pravo
Palsy Drive Fundraiser Tonight in Terre Haute
The Terre Haute Association for the relief of cerebral palsied children conducts a fundraising drive this evening from 7 to 8. Women from churches sororities auxiliaries and civic groups will canvas. Collectors report to the Lawton Byrum Post at 31 South Thirteenth Street. Virgil King serves as president and in charge.
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Terre Haute Association For the Relief
Lawton- Byrum Post
South Thirteenth Street
Virgil King
Wage Dispute Settled After 20 Minute Strike
Wage talks between G I O Communication Workers and Southwestern Bell Telephone Co end in full agreement after a 20 minute strike that mobilized 5 000 workers in six states. Union official Frank P Lonergan says wage increases up to 10 percent or eight dollars weekly, plus reclassification of 28 jobs and upward reclassification for 21 cities, were granted. The company withdraws an 11 point objectionable program.
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ST. Louis
U.P— G
Frank P. Lonergan
District 6
Lonergan
Denies Third Stay for Nazis in Death Case
Chief Justice Vinson refused to intervene in the death sentence case of seven Nazi war criminals. They had a stay expiring today at 8 a.m. Central, while lawyers said executions would wait if appeals are pending. Attorney Magee said a formal hearing petition was requested. Lower courts have held the Germans are enemy aliens under U.S. courts. The seven had two prior stays, the latest on May 24 just before scheduled execution.
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Washington
Vinson
C.S.T
Warren Magee
Magee
High Court
U.S
Jabara to Spend Month with Family before Duty
Capt James Jabara the first jet ace to down five or more enemy planes will report to Scott Air Base Belleville Illinois around July 10 after a 30 day leave. He leaves for McKinney Texas to join his wife and two children before duty with the air training command at Scott Field.
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Washington
U.P
James Jabara
Scott Air Base
Belleville
Air Force
Jabara
Korea
Air Training Command
Scott Field
McKinney
Tex
County Deal Still Open on Welfare Bureau Move
County commissioners weighed options for relocating the Welfare Bureau from Ohio street as the building is transferred to Bowsher insurance. They have three properties under consideration Bedino Funeral Home South Sixth Beal store room North Thirteenth and the Third and Ohio corner owned by Ira Hall. They favor temporary rental and had initially planned a county annex beside the courthouse.
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County Commissioners
Welfare Bureau
Ohio Street
Bowsher Insurance Agency
Bedino Funeral Home
South Sixth
Beal
North Thirteenth Street
Third
Ohio Streets
Ira Hall
Fire Ravages Passaic Shopping Heart in Massive Blaze
A five hour $1,000,000 fire in Passaic New Jersey gutted a major electrical appliance store and multiple textile factories along with a dress shop delicatessen luncheonette and men’s clothing store. Thick smoke harmed dozens of other retailers. The fire began in the basement of Arrow Electric Company, one of the state’s largest firms, and spread rapidly through the building’s air conditioning system.
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Passaic
N. J
Arrow Electric Company
Hayworth seeks $3 million in Yasmin settlement
Rita Hayworth's attorney Bartley Crum said Aly Khan balks at a $3,000,000 settlement for their daughter Yasmin. Crum planned to fly to Paris to discuss the money with Aly's lawyers as Hayworth starts a six week Nevada residence for divorce action. She argues the trust fund is needed to raise Yasmin as a Moslem.
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New York
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Yasmin
Bartley Crum
Paris
Aly
Miss Hayworth
Nevada
Crum
Retreat Toward Heart of Iron Triangle In Korea
Allied troops widened a 3000 yard advance through open trenches as Communist withdrawals from Chorwon line shifted the iron triangle bastion bounded by Chorwon Kumhwa and Pyonggang. Front reports say Kumhwa remains hotly contested with heavy fighting and rearguard actions across Yanggu Inje and Hangye as UN air and artillery press the advance.
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Tokyo
Chorwon Line
Korea
United Nations
Iron Triangle” Bastion Bounded By Chorwon, Kumhwa
Pyonggang
Chorwon
Kumhwa
United Press
Robert W. Gibson
8Th Army
Yanggu
Inje
Hangye
U.N
Yongpyong
Double Censoring Of Korean News Ends Soon
Far East command announces censorship of Korean war news will end June 15. Eighth Army hands over censorship to HQ censors at Eighth Army HQ. War correspondents lose phone access. bulk reporting via teletype from Eighth Army. Immediate tactical updates may be telephoned to Tokyo news agencies by HQ censorship.
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Tokyo
Korea
Far East Command
General Headquarters
Eighth Army
G.H.Q. Censorship Office
Reds Do All They Can To Delay Missionary's Return
Mary Mann a 66 year old Methodist missionary who went to China in 1911 still faces delays in returning to Indiana. Reds held her exit permit for nine months. She boarded a blockade running steamer but was intercepted by a Nationalist warship and sent to Quemoy. After embassy inquiries she is to sail for Hong Kong on Friday.
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Indiana
Bany
Ind
Miss Mann
China
Fukien
Ormos
Amoy
Hong Kong
Quemoy Island
Iss Mann
U.S
Foreign Office
Formosa
Keelung
Terre Haute Records Cold Morning In Indiana Weather
Terre Haute logged the state's lowest minimum at 42 degrees in an Associated Press weather tally. Lafayette 60 miles north had 43, Evansville 52. Other readings: South Bend 44, Marion 48, Indianapolis 49. Warm-up forecast for tomorrow with temps back to near seventy in places by mid day.
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Terre Haute
Associated Press
Lafayette
Evansville
Weather Bureau
South Bend
Marion
Indianapolis
Fort Wayne
Stripper Dorothey Sarasky Slaying Confession Shocks City
New York police disclosed that August E. Jagusch, 41, a former New Orleans burlesque dancer Dorenthy M. Sarasky was slain in a lovers lane encounter on Staten Island on May 19. The nude body was discovered on May 23.
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New York
New Orleans
Herman Methfessel
Methfessel
August E. Jagusch
Dorenthy M. Sarasky
Staten Island
American Ambassador to India to report to Truman
U S ambassador Lou Henderson will fly to Washington June 12 to report on Indian American relations. He will be away six weeks and this is his first trip since New Delhi asked for 2 000 000 tons of wheat from the United States.
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New Delhi
India
U.S
Lou Henderson
Washington
United States
Weather Summary for Noon and Evening
The report shows noon temperature 65, 9 am 66, 5:42 pm 66. Sunrise 5:24, sunset 8:15. River stage is 4.9 and remains stationary.
Local Conditions Weather Brief
Yesterday saw a high of 46 and a low of 42 with trace precipitation. No significant weather events reported.
Weather forecast for Terre Haute and nearby areas
Terr e Haute and vicinity report fair cool conditions tonight with a warmer, fair Wednesday. Lows 46 tonight and highs around 75 tomorrow. Indiana predicts cool tonight and warm Wednesday with lows 40 to 46 in the north and 46 to 54 in the south and highs 75 to 78. Illinois shows fair cool tonight with lows 42 to 48 north and 46 to 54 south and highs 75 north to near 80 south. Temperature readings at 9 am 44 and 2 pm 67.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
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