06 Jun 1950
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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1950
Page
1
Fair and warmer conditions expected in Terre Haute and vicinity. Tonight and Wednesday stay mostly sunny with a touch warmer temperatures. forecast lows around 60 and highs near 85. Indiana and Illinois areas similarly fair with slight warming and highs in the mid to upper 80s.
General MacArthur outlawed 24 central committee members from further propaganda or public activity under the occupation law. The action followed by a fire at party headquarters where secret documents were burned. The move signals possible broader outlawing of the Communist Party in Japan.
A Senate crime inquiry moves to the narcotics underworld with strong suspicions of organized crime ties. Commissioner H J Anslinger of the Bureau of Narcotics appears at a secret session as the first witness, expected to shape the narcotics inquiry alongside gambling and crime investigations.
M Sgt Elmer Bender a prisoner of the Chinese communists for 19 months has re enlisted in the Marines He formerly of Cincinnati Ohio was freed by the Chinese Reds along with Navy Electrician William C Smith of Long Beach California The Marine sergeant now assigned to the Marine air station at El Toro California said he and Smith were writing the story of the 19 month imprisonment.
In Quebec on June 6 police said 3 year old Nicole Renaud who vanished Saturday in a suburban forest was likely killed by bears. Authorities halted the search with about 1000 police soldiers and civilians involved. Bear tracks were found near the disappearance site eight miles north of Quebec City. Lt. Martin Healy stated they have concluded Nicole was devoured by bears.
Washington report notes Russia's Marshal Stalin earned an unofficial badge as the worst dressed man on the international scene. Haberdasher Paul D. Gilbert of South Bend Indiana, head of the National Association of Retail Clothiers, awarded the tongue in cheek title.
The Supreme Court closed its 1949-50 term by ruling that state universities in Texas and Oklahoma must desegregate and grant equality to Black students. Chief Justice Vinson ordered the University of Texas to admit Heman Sweatt to its law school and required Oklahoma to end separate treatment for G. W. McLaurin in graduate study and other facilities.
Orchid winner Elzie Stevens of 1311 South Fourteenth street came to the aid of a lady motorist whose car stalled in front of 10 North Second street. Officer T Long said Stevens investigated, found the car locked in gear, borrowed a tow chain, and towed the vehicle free despite straining his own car, refusing compensation when thanked.
Richard Large 37 of Dresser remains in custody as a material witness in the murder of Fred Hubbard 37 of Lafayette avenue after a gunshot incident near a Wabash River levee camp. Bail set at 5000, lie detector tests reported inconclusive, with details continued on Page 2.
AP analysis notes declines for Communist parties since 1948 in Belgium and Japan. Belgian MPs fell from 23 seats in 1946 to 12, losing six. Japanese House of Councillors seats dropped from three to two. Italian Christian Democrats won a decisive triumph in 1948, stalling communist gains as Europe watched.
Saint Mary of the Woods College held its 109th commencement with Archbishop Paul C. Schulte presiding. Sixty graduates received degrees including 42 BA 9 BS 6 BS in home economics and 2 BS in music education. Mary Kathryn Sonderman earned magna cum laude and a medal for scholarship.
Lava rivers still stream from Mauna Loa as dikes form on both sides of the main fissure. An earthquake shook the mountain and forced more families from homes while seismographs were knocked out. Vast flows reach forests farms and the Kona coast.
In Chattanooga on June 6 the U S Commissioner of Internal Revenue said one of every four individual income tax returns is erroneous and 91 percent of errors favor the government. Understatements total 1.3 billion dollars while overstatements reach 90 million.
Recount of three precincts in Lost Creek township certified that A. Jack Hoskins won the Democrat trustee nomination with 195 votes to Lawrence Leach 192 and Hubert A. Thomas 97. Tallys differed slightly from the canvas board. Two ballots marked all three names were deemed mutilated for the trustee race.
A tip from Governor Driscoll led to a St Louis raid on a major gambling handbook. Detachments seized two men Sydney Wyman and Steve Montefelice, thousands of betting telegrams, and horserace paraphernalia. Wyman named as kingpin, arrested on operating a handbook with $1000 bond. ongoing federal case against organized gambling.
One bandit is dead and three others, including two patrons, are wounded after a running gun battle with police near the Little Casino cafe in Greenwich Village. The getaway car crashed, two bandits were captured, and a third fled into a cafe kitchen where he was shot dead by officers.
Fifteen remaining members of the 16th Infantry, last to storm Omaha Beach on D-Day, returned unannounced six years later. They visited the beach in a bus marked tourist, laid a wreath at the division monument, and noted their foxholes were gone while recounting memories.
United States destroyer Saufley rescued 37 survivors from life rafts after a C-46 crash 270 miles northeast of Miami. A total of 28 of 62 Puerto Rican laborers aboard are missing and presumed dead as search efforts continue with ships and planes.
Belgium's coalition cabinet of social Christians and liberals resigns after pro Christian social party victory in the parliamentary elections. Regent Prince Charles to name premier designate. talk centers on whether revived government will be another coalition or a social Christian one.
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