Warren Wins California Primary In GOP Shakeup
California voters nearly reach 3.5 million as Governor Earl Warren captures 70 pledged delegates by defeating Rep. Thomas H. Werdel in a pro-Taft split. Wisconsin support adds regional leverage while Eisenhower backers claim victory. Kefauver sweeps Tennessee to lead Democratic delegation. Brown slates lose influence at the convention.
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San Francisco
Calif
Earl Warren
Robert A. Taft
Wisconsin
Warren
Werdel
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Taft
Springer
Ohio
Eisenhower
Tennessee
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Brown
Edmund G. Brown
Truman
Court Ponders Soreson Plea For Clemency
Vigo Circuit Court Judge Herbert R. Criss heard a clemency plea for Richard Earl Soreson, 23, ex Nebraska, as co-defendants Spice and Donaldson, who urged mercy, face sentences and loss of voting rights. Soreson pleaded guilty earlier and sought work to repay 800 dollars from a Terre Haute Steel burglary. The court ordered 120.05 dollars be paid to cover county expenses and set Friday for further action.
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Herbert R. Criss
Vigo
Richard Earl Soreson
Nebraska
Soreson
Carl E. Spice
West Terre Haute
Duane Donaldson
Terre Haute
Mankin
County General Fund
Army General Grow to Face Court Martial Trial
Maj. Gen. Robert W. Grow, former military attaché in Moscow, will be tried by court martial at Fort Meade Md after the army completed its investigation into charges including improperly reporting and safeguarding classified information. The diary seized by Russian agents was used in propaganda. Trial date not announced and sessions will be closed to the public.
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Washington
Robert W. Grow
Germany
Grow
Moscow
Russia
Fort Meade
Army
Deaths: John A Nicholson former Terre Haute resident dies in Long Beach
Mrs. T. T. McCoy of South Seventh street learns of the death Wednesday evening of her brother John A Nicholson a former Terre Haute resident at his Long Beach California home He leaves Myrtle his widow a son Donald of Long Beach two sisters Mrs McCoy and Mrs Ann Jackson of Los Angeles and two brothers William of St Petersburg Fla and Alexander of Denver Colo Funeral services and burial will be in Long Beach
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T. T. McCoy
South Seventh Street
John A. Nicholson
Terre Haute
Long Beach
Calif
Myrtle
Donald
McCoy
City
Ann Jackson
Los Angeles
William Nicholson
St. Petersburg
Fla
Alexander Nicholson
Denver
Col
Funeral services for Mrs Rosa A Hawkins 80
Funeral services for Mrs Rosa A Hawkins age 80 will be held Friday at 1:30 PM at Bedino Chapel of the Valley. The Rev Archie Brown and Rev J R Mee Bride will officiate. Burial is set for Roselawn Memorial Park. She belonged to Bethany Congregational Church in West Terre Haute.
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Rosa A. Hawkins
North Sixth Street
Bedino Chapel
the Valley
Archie Brown
J. R. Mee-Bride
Roselawn Memorial Park
Bethany Congregational Church
West Terre Haute
Mrs Mary Hines 57 Dies at St Anthony Home
Mrs Mary Hines aged 57 of 702 South Third Street died at 6 a m Wednesday at St Anthony Home She is survived by three sisters Eddie Hines and Lassie Hines both of Indianapolis and Julia Scott of Terre Haute and several nieces and nephews The body was taken to Bell Bracken Funeral Home for viewing Friends may call Thursday afternoon Services Friday at 2 p m at St Paul Baptist Church Rev E B Phillips officiating Burial at Grandview Cemetery
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Mary Hines
South Third Street
St. Anthony Hosme
Eddie Hines
Lassie Hines
Indianapolis
Julia Scott
Terre Haute
Bell & Bracken Funeral Home
St. Paul Baptist Church
E. B. Phillips
Grandview Cemetery
Mrs Grace Sparks 77 Dies at St Anthony Hospital
Mrs Grace H Sparks 77 of 2920 North Fourteenth and one half street died at 6:55 am Thursday at St Anthony Hospital Survivors include two sons Leon V Sparks and Paul W Sparks both of Terre Haute one grandchild The body was taken to Thomas Funeral Home where friends may call Friday afternoon Funeral services set for 1 30 pm Saturday with Rev James Kelley officiating Burial in Roselawn Memorial Park
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Grace H. Sparks
North Fourteenth
St. Anthony Hospital
Leon V
Paul W
Terre Haute
Thomas Funeral Home
James Kelley
Roselawn Memorial Park
Tolbert Manuel Funeral Arrangements in Indiana and Ohio
Tolbert Manuel formerly of Terre Haute died in Cleveland Ohio Tuesday afternoon. The body will be brought to Bell & Bracken Funeral Home Friday evening for calling hours before 10 o'clock Saturday morning. Burial at Highland Lawn Cemetery. Survived by daughter Mrs Isabella Gentry of Cleveland and son Carl Manuel of Terre Haute.
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Tolbert Manuel
Terre Haute
Cleveland
Ohio
Bell & Bracken Funeral Home
Highland Lawn Cemetery
Isabella Gentry
Carl Manuel
Funeral services for Frank H. Yocum Held in Terre Haute
Funeral services for Frank H. Yocum aged 85 who died in California will be held at 1:30 PM Monday at Thomas Funeral Home. Burial is in Grandview Cemetery. The body will arrive in Terre Haute on Saturday.
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Frank H. Yocum
California
Thomas Funeral Home
Grandview Cemetery
Terre Haute
Funeral services for Mrs Anna Kirk at St John’s Baptist Church
Mrs Anna Kirk died Sunday. Funeral services will be held at 2 o’clock Saturday afternoon at St John’s Baptist Church, with the Rev Alfred Bobbs presiding. The body will lie in rest at 2034 North Twenty-first Street until service time.
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Anna Kirk
St. John’s Baptist Church
Alfred Bobbs
North Twenty-first Street
Mrs Josephine Haverkamp Dies in Brazil Indiana
Mrs Josephine K Haverkamp 43 of 190 North Ashley Street Brazil Indiana died after a yearlong illness in Clay County Hospital Survived by husband George H Haverkamp two sisters Mrs Ila Glenn and Mrs Helen Raab and brothers Elmer Smith near Brazil Wesley Smith of Brazil Harry F Smith of Hammond Funeral services set for Miller Sons Funeral Home Saturday at 2 pm with Rev A L Emmert officiating Burial in Cottage Hill Cemetery Friends may call after 4 pm Friday
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Brazil
Ind
Josephine K. Haverkamp
North Ashley Street
Clay County Hospital
George H. Haverkamp
Ila Glenn
Helen Raab
Elmer Smith
Wesley Smith
Harry F. Smith
Hammond
Retirement farmer S P Coltharp dies in Posey Township
Brazil Indiana June 5 Special S Pesse A Coltharp 76 retired farmer of Posey Township dies at home after extended illness He was a member of Eel River Predestinarian Baptist Church Surviving are widow Stella M Coltharp one brother Lee Coltharp
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Brazil
Ind
S. Pesse A. Coltharp
Posey Township
Staunton Road
Eel River
Funeral services for Mrs. Flora Howard held Friday
Brazil resident Mrs. Flora Howard and her sister are named among survivors. Funeral services will be conducted by Elder Carl Reeves at Miller & Sons Funeral Home at 2 PM Friday. Burial follows at Wesley Chapel cemetery. Friends may call after 4 PM Thursday at the funeral home.
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Brazil
Flora Howard
Knightsville
Miller & Sons Funeral Home
Carl Reeves
Wesley Chapel
Praire Creek man Dick T Weir dies at 74
PRAIRIE CREEK Ind June 5 Special Dick T Weir 74 died at his residence two miles southeast of Prairie Creek at 5 30 am Thursday. Survivors include his widow Minnie five daughters Mary Martha at home Ethel May Indianapolis Ruth Motz Pimento Elanor Smith Terre Haute son Paul Prairie Creek two brothers Otis Weir Prairie Creek Everett Terre Haute one sister Ella Weir Prairie Creek nine grandchildren He belonged to Prairie Creek Church of Christ The body was taken to Debaun Funeral Home.
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Prairie Creek
Ind
Dick T. Weir
Minnie
Mary
Martha
Ethel May
Indianapolis
Ruth Motz
Pimento
Elanor Smith
Terre Haute
Paul
Otis Weir
Everett
Ella Weir
Prairie Creek Church of Christ
Debaun Funeral Home
Funeral services for James P. Pirtle held in Clinton
Funeral services for James P. Pirtle 67 of St. Bernice will be at 2 p.m. Friday at his residence with Rev. Mrs Belva Skidmore officiating and burial in Roselawn Memorial Park. The body was moved from First Funeral Home to the residence Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Ind
James P. Pirtle
St. Bernice
Vermillion County Hospital
Belva Skidmore
Roselawn Memorial Park
Elden Todd Dies in Montezuma at 70
Elmer Todd aged 70 died at his home in Montezuma on June 5. He leaves a sister Minta Hartman of Pine Bluff Arkansas and a brother Gilford Todd of Hillsdale. Funeral services set for 2 PM Friday at Brown Funeral Home with Rev Earl Raymey officiating, burial in Oakland Cemetery.
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Montezuma
Ind
Elmer Todd
Minta Hartman
Pine Bluff
Ark
Gilford Todd
Hillsdale
Brown Funeral Home
Earl Raymey
Oakland Cemetery
Funeral services held for Mrs Essie H Lavely in Clinton
Funeral services for Essie H Lavely 77 of Mecca will be at 10 Friday morning at First Funeral Home. Burial in Helt's Prairie cemetery follows after death Tuesday at Vermillion County Hospital.
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Clinton
Ind
Essie H. Lavely
Mecca
Vermillion County Hospital
Helt’s
Quiet day on Korean Front as skirmishes ease
Allied and Communist patrols clashed lightly on the Central Front with about 30 to 40 Reds encountered. Western Front reported no significant contact while artillery caused roughly 59 casualties among about 155 Communist troops in Mundung and Satae valleys and near the Punchbowl on the Eastern Front.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Mundung
Satae
Squirrel hunter uses wheelchair to chase game in Alabama woods
Lester Matthews, 32, paralyzed from the waist in an automobile crash 14 years ago, continues hunting each season by rolling his wheelchair through the woods. A crack shot with a .22 rifle, he has won awards for expert shooting from his chair and earns a living operating a portable shooting gallery moving through southern Alabama towns.
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Ozark
Ala
Lester Matthews
Alabama
Poly Boys Get Steel Peace Commissions Talks Opened
Fifteen Rose Poly technic Institute students will become second lieu tenants in the Army Reserve on June 7 at Fort Belvoir. Read names from Terre Haute and nearby areas. The ROTC program deferments keep them in the full course, with oath at 9 15 a m and commissions during the day’s commencement exercises.
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Rose Polytechnic Institute
Army Reserve
Terre Haute
Wabash Valley
Robert E. Heckelsberg
Donald Heckelsberg
North Ninth Street
Larry F. Leonard
Mary B. Leonard
South Seventh Street
Robert J. Waldbieser
Carl C. Waldbieser
North Fifteenth Street
John L. Davis
John F. Davis
North Main
Clinton
Richard L. Englum
Cleone C. Banning
South Central Avenue
Paris
Illinois
John C. Pirtle
Harold E. Pirtle
Sullivan
Indiana
Leonard D. Pyle
Leonard R. Pyle
R. R. No
Rockville
Carl H. Bals
Thomas A. Grinslade
Indianapolis
James D. Dunlop III
New Augusta
Robert P. Failing
Oak Park
Ralph A. Forsaith
Cannelton
Robert E. Johnson
Shelbyville
Chris A. Scharpenberg
Illness Fatal to John P Masselink
John P Masselink aged 46 died at 1724 South Fifth Street at 10 30 am Thursday after illness. He worked as a field inspector in the Indiana Gross Income Tax Division for two years. Survived by wife Helen M and two sons Jackie and Richard M Masselink. Body to P J Ryan and Sons Funeral Home with services at 8 30 am Saturday and requiem mass at 9 am at St Margaret Mary's Church. Burial in Calvary Cemetery. Rosary at 7 30 pm Friday at Ryan Chapel.
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John P. Masselink
South Fifth Street
Masselink
Indiana Gross Income Tax Division
Helen M
Jackie
Richard M. Masselink
P. J. Ryan and Sons Funeral Home
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Calvary Cemetery
Ryan Chapel
Three New Divorces Filed in Superior Court No. 2
Alice Lee seeks a decree from John G. Lee for cruel treatment and restoration of her maiden name Roll after a 1947 marriage that ended with separation in 1952. Opal Irene Rogers files for a one year limited divorce from Charles E. Rogers with support and recovery of $207.20, asking a restraining order and failure to provide for her as claimed. they married in 1939 and separated in 1952. Mary L. Pell seeks divorce from Forrest Pell of the YMCA. they married in 1946 and separated in 1952, requesting title to household goods.
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Superior
Alice Lee
North Ninth Street
John G. Lee
Seventh Avenue
Roll
Opal Irene Rogers
North Twenty-fifth Street
Charles E. Rogers
Mary L. Pell
South Twenty Eighth Street
Forrest Pell
Y.M.C.A
Katyn Massacre Records Sought by House Panel
Washington June 5 A special House committee urged full State Department access to wartime Katyn Forest mass killing records about 4000 Polish officers. The probe questions whether American reports blaming the Russians were suppressed to spare Moscow and notes two military reports were sent from the Pentagon or lost.
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Washington
House
State Department
Katyn Forest
Russia
Moscow
Pentagon
Truman Silent On Plans To Time Steel Crisis Action
President Truman refused to reveal any legislation or actions to Congress on the steel dispute. He also stated he does not expect war in Europe this summer and explained his decision regarding a European tour for his daughter Margaret and Mrs Snyder Horton, daughter of the secretary of the treasury.
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Congress
Truman
Europe
Margaret
Crucie Snyder Horton
Death notice for Don Phil lips former Terre Hauteau
Word of the death of Don Phil lips former Terre Hauteau at his home in San Diego Wednesday has been received here. Phillips,
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Don Phillips
Terre Hauteau
San Diego
Phillips
Vigo County official and Rose Poly graduate dies
The deceased was a son of the late Frank Phillips who served as Vigo County commissioner for several years and graduated from Rose Polytechnic Institute. He is survived by his daughter Mrs. Millicent Hammerling who lives north of Terre Haute.
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Frank Phillips
Vigo County
Rose Polytechnic Institute
Millicent Hammerling
Terre Haute
Youths Admit Auto Theft in Kentucky Incidents
Two 17 year old Maysville youths, Frank Bilsing and Harry J Phil lips, were arrested by Officer Glenn Means at Fourteenth street and Wabash avenue and jailed on vagrancy charges pending a federal investigation. They allegedly acknowledged stealing a car June 2 and confessed to other thefts in Indiana and Kentucky en route to Terre Haute. They had $17.40, a fishing rod, tools and other items.
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Maysville
Glenn Means
Fourteenth Street
Wabash Avenue
Frank Bilsing
Harry J. Phillips
Bilsing
George Maloof
Edgar Gauer
Indiana
Kentucky
Terre Haute
Eisenhower Talks Wage Board, Sets Campaign Swing
Eisenhower outlined how he would apply his wage stabilization stance to the steel dispute. He held a news conference and planned meetings with Republican state delegations from Iowa Missouri Kansas Arkansas Colorado and Oklahoma at Chicago. He would depart Kansas for New York to chair a Saturday briefing and prepare a June 14 speech in Detroit while meeting East Coast delegates in between.
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Wage Stabilization Board
Eisenhower
Chicago
Iowa
Missouri
Kansas
Arkansas
Colorado
Oklahoma
Kansas Town
New York
Columbia University
Detroit
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Jesse A. Coltharp
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Baltimore
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James D. Pirtle
Korea Battle Front
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U.S. Steel
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Jones & Laughlin
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Youngstown Sheet and Tube
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Republic Steel
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Bethlehem
Eee Randall
Inland Steel
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