Trickster Takes Tavern Man for 600 Dollars
Joe Sivos the Last Chance Tavern owner at 1465 Lafayette Avenue reported to officers Eberhardt and Butts that a slicker entered Wednesday afternoon and punched a punch board winning 600 dollars worth of tickets. The thief allegedly swapped his winnings for the actual punched tickets and left with the money.
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Last Chance
Lafayette Avenue
Joe Sivos
Sivos
Eberhardt and
Butts
Sives
Senate Scans Drug Reports During Crime Probe
Senate investigators studied reports that a powerful underworld ring profits from narcotics addiction. Commissioner Anslinger said at least 50,000 addicts exist and listed 800 alleged narcotics criminals. The panel also eyed St Louis gambling, Western Union bribe potential, and testimony from Pioneer News owner Molasky with ties to bookmakers in the area.
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Washington
Senate
H. J. Anslinger
U.S. Narcotics Bureau
Anslinger
Special
Kefauver
Tenn
St. Louis
Western Union
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
New York
Trenton
N. J
C. J. Rich and Company
William Molasky
Pioneer News Company
Molasky
Missouri
J. E. Taylor
Pioneer News
Illinois
Belgium swears in pro Leopold cabinet under Duvieusart
A pro Leopold Catholic party cabinet led by Premier Jean Duvieusart is sworn in to restore exiled King Leopold I I to the throne. It aims to repeal the regency act and return Leopold, exiled since World War I, with Parliament to vote confidence on June 20.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold
Social Christian
Jean Duvieusart
Prince Charles
Duvieusart
Prince Baudoin
Harris Runs Out On Trial In Indianapolis
Sullivan County Judge Norval K. Harris failed to appear in Municipal Court to answer drunkenness charges while in St. Louis for a 35th Army Division veterans convention. Judge Howard ordered Harris re arrested on $100 bond after holding him four hours previously. Harris faced forgery embezzlement and bad check charges in his own court. President Truman planned to fly to attend the bivouac in St. Louis.
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Indianapolis
Sullivan County
Norval K. Harris
St. Louis
35Th Army Division
Joseph M. Howard
Harris
Truman
Washington
35Th Division
Indiana Statehouse
Howard
Oscar C. Hagemeier
Saved From Drowning by Unknown Hero
Eleven year old Robert Meyers fell into the Wabash river near Spruce street and was rescued by an unidentified man who pulled him from the surge. The boy was carried to police headquarters by Roy Shanks and later returned to his home on Eagle street.
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Robert Meyers
Eagle Street
Wabash
Spruce Street
Meyers
Roy Shanks
North Water Street
Ambushings of Sheltons Tied to Backwoods Feuds
Fairfield Newfoundland June 8 The Sheltons face renewed violence as backwoods feuds over cattle and land are blamed for the ambush slaying of Roy Shelton 60. Authorities note possible gangland ties from the roaring 20s and recent gambling links. A .401 caliber shot felled Shelton as he drove a tractor in Pond creek bottoms. Hired hand Frank McKibben reported shots near aid arriving and saw distant movement but did not glimpse the killer. Police found disturbed grass and a single-set footprint. The coroner's jury adjourned with the report continued on Page 15.
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Fairfield
U.P
Shelton
Pond Creek
Frank
Whit) McKibben
McKibben
Terre Haute Growth Driven by Chamber of Commerce
The Terre Haute Chamber of Commerce elected Anton Hulman Jr. to a seventh year as president and listed new industries added since 1944. Firms include Charles Pfizer and Company, Terre Haute Cooperage, Vishing Company, Chesty Foods, Cordoba Color, and many others, plus expansions by Terre Haute Brewery and Great Lakes Steel. Ohio Oil moved seven state production heads to Terre Haute with a new building, aided by the chamber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Chamber of Commerce
Anton Hulman, Jr
C. L. Shideler
Chamber
Charles
Cain Blocks Vote on Rent Extension
Senate leaders predicted a vote on rent control extension next week despite a three hour filibuster by Sen. Harry P. Cain of Washington He vowed to continue speaking as long as his health holds He expects the Senate banking committee to move action by Monday and foresees passage of some extension measure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Senate
Harry P. Cain
Wash
Burnet R. Maybank
S. C
Senate Banking Committee
Exams Survive Haven Hall Fire at Michigan Campus
A $3.5 million blaze destroyed Haven Hall on the University of Michigan campus but final grades will be determined by professors’ judgment, removing the need for students to retake the exams. Dean Hayward Keniston confirmed the decision yesterday.
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Ann Arbor
Mich
Haven Hall
University of Michigan
Literary College
Hayward Keniston
United States Sends Advanced Weapons to Europe
U S officials say top anti tank arms are shipping to European allies, chiefly France, under a military aid program. Weapons include bazookas rocket launchers and recoilless rifles still in secret status. The army pursues a long range program to field tanks superior to any potential enemy. Senate Armed Forces and Foreign Relations panels hold hearings on a $1 222 billion administration request.
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Washington
United States
France
U.S
Russia
Europe
Senate Armed Forces and Foreign Relations Committees
Interpleader filed in Baldwin murder case
City Attorney Edward S. Everett filed an interpleader in Superior Court No. 2 seeking to turn over about 190 dollars taken from Clarence Taylor at arrest to Attorney N. George Nasser who will defend Taylor in the Baldwin murder case. Taylor has been re indicted alongside Goldie Juanita Wilson and Myrtle St John. Seven Baldwin relatives are summoned to appear June 26. The case involves money found with the body of George Baldwin, mutilated and left in a ditch near a Chicago suburb.
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Edward S. Everett
Cleon Reely
Superior Court No. 2
Clarence Taylor
George Baldwin
Taylor
N. George Nasser
Nasser
Baldwin
Goldie Juanita Wilson
Myrtle St. John
Wilson
Randolph Mayes
Sarah Baldwin
Grace Yuille
Jack R. Baldwin
Warren Baldwin
Homer Haddix
Herschel Haddix
Anna Oakley
Chicago
Two Killed in Truck Collision at Hartford City
A collision of two trucks at a county road intersection last night killed Harold Knox 36 Hartford City and Chester Thornton 48 Portland. Five were injured including Mrs Hazel Knox and three Knox children Jimmie 12 Larry 10 Carol Jean 7 and Virgil Arnold 53 Portland. Knox drove a Blackford County Farms Bureau gasoline truck while Thornton and Arnold rode Hood Wholesale Grocery Company of Portland truck.
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Hartford City
Ind
Harold Knox
Chester Thornton
Portland
Hazel Knox
Knox
Jimmie
Larry
Carol Jean
Virgil Arnold
Blackford County Hospital
Arnold
Jay County Hospital
Blackford County Farms Bureau
Thornton
Hood Wholesale Grocery Company of
Mauna Loa Lava Flows Into Ocean After Week of Eruption
Mauna Loa on Hawaii continues erupting after a week, with molten lava pouring into the sea 25 miles from the eruption site as observers report ongoing activity near Honolulu.
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Honolulu
Mauna Loa
Island of
Hawaii
Six Die in Terre Haute Motor Massacre’s First Five Months
Six persons, five pedestrians, were fatally injured in Terre Haute during the first five months of 1950. Victims include John Kelly 76 at Ninth street and Wabash avenue Gordon W Roberts 27 in a two car crash at Eighteenth and Chestnut Ralph McDaniels 47 at Fourth and Cherry James Minnich 77 at Thirteenth and Poplar Mrs Helen Gilbert 33 crossing an intersection and Harry Byington 74 at Six teenth street and Wabash avenue.
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Terre Haute
John Kelly
South Eleventh Street
Ninth Street
Wabash Avenue
Gordon W. Roberts
Eighteenth
Chestnut Streets
Ralph McDaniels
Chestnut Street
Fourth
Cherry Streets
Thirteenth
Poplar Streets
James F. Minnich
North Thirteenth Street
Helen Gilbert
Buckeye Street
Harry Byington
North Sixteenth Street
Sixteenth Street
Japanese Communists Defiant After Purge Threats
In Tokyo the remaining 33 communists in the diet pledged to oppose occupation policies and oppose war preparations. MacArthur has purged 41 communist leaders, with hints of a third purge to begin late this week. Akahata threatens a general strike and a Kyoto protest meeting, while censorship warnings loom.
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Tokyo
Diet
Red Party
MacArthur
Red
Osaka
Chubu Nippon
Japan
Communist Party
Communist Diet
Akahata
Bar Illegally Detains Patron in Chicago Tavern Suit
Robert Hardy sues tavern owner Samuel Lamb and saloon owners Mark Coe and Frank Rusin for 15000 under the Dram Shop Act claiming his brother James Hardy was held prisoner in the tavern from March 28 to April 26 and forced to drink daily while funds, totaling 700, were withdrawn from James’s bank. James suffered a heart attack and remains under medical care.
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Chicago
Robert Hardy
James
Samuel R. Lamb
Mark D. Coe
Frank Rusin
James Hardy
Lamb
Hardy
Man Sentenced in Clay County Burglary Case
Brazil Indiana June 8 Special Roy Love a 40 year old Indianapolis man was found guilty by a Clay Circuit Court jury Wednesday afternoon for part in the Clay County Farm Bureau office and storeroom robbery at Clay City He received two to five years for first degree burglary and five year disfranchisement plus ten years for automobile banditry with concurrent execution as clemency recommended by the jury and Judge Robert B Stewart ordered the sentences served together.
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Brazil
Ind
Roy Love
Indianapolis
Clay
Clay County Farm Bureau
Clay City
Michigan City
Robert B. Stewart
Orchid Winner Gail Wey Receives Safety Honor
Gail Wey of 821 North Thirteenth Street was awarded the Orchid For Safety on Thursday on the recommendation of Officers S Beasley and Melvin. The officers observed Wey driving east on Wabash Avenue at about 730 am when he stopped to let a woman cross, paused amid heavy traffic.
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Gail Wey
North Thirteenth Street
S. Beasley
Melvin
Wey
Wabash Avenue
Food prices rise swiftly in United Press survey
A United Press survey in 19 cities shows meat prices rising sharply with beef leading increases and wholesale food prices at the highest level since January 1949. The Agriculture Department warns meat prices will stay high through summer with possible brief declines and further advances likely.
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United Press
Dun and Bradstreet
Agriculture Department
Chicago
Porterhouse
Omaha
Atlanta
Weather Brief Partly Cloudy With Mild Temperatures
Partly cloudy conditions with 6am 85 high and 76 at noon. Sunrise 5 23, sunset 7 15. River stage 4.3 feet and steady. Yesterday’s high 64 and low 64 with no precipitation. Local conditions note no rain.
Weather Outlook for Terre Haute and Surrounding Areas
Partly cloudy and warm through tonight and Friday with scattered showers or thunderstorms. Lows near 68, highs around 90 in Indiana and Illinois. Northern parts see showers mainly at night. temperatures from 67 in the morning to 84 by afternoon.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Senate group backs Truman three year draft extension
The armed services committee recommended a three year extension of the peacetime draft act, with the president retaining power to order inductions for men aged 18 to 26 if needed. A Russell amendment would require racial segregation if requested in writing by a drafted person. The Senate bill differs from the House version which proposed a two year extension and congressional control over inductions.
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Washington
Senate
Armed Services Committee
Truman
Russell
D.-Ga
Armed Services
President Truman
Army
Navy
Air Force
House
Congress
Chamber of Commerce of the
Eden Wins Divorce After Testimony of Desertion
Former Foreign Secretary Anthony Eden won a divorce decree in London after testifying his wife deserted him in 1947 to live in America. The 53 year old Eden said she insisted on visiting the United States in 1946, he accompanied her there, and she refused to return to Britain. She did not contest and was not present at the hearing.
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London
Anthony Eden
America
Eden
Britain
Francis Hodson
United States
U.S
Bermuda
Edens
Winston Churchill
Conservative
King George VI Honors Seven New Peers On Birthday
London celebrated the official birthday of King George VI with seven new peerages and honors to distinguished Britons. The ceremony added to the pomp and pageantry in the capital as the king marked the day with royal tributes.
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London
George VI
Lie Sees Different Peace Road From U S Officials
The UN secretary general Trygve Lie urges new negotiations to curb the arms race while U S leaders advocate strengthened deterrence through Atlantic pact military buildup. A bipartisan push in Congress seeks an immediate UN General Assembly session to halt arms racing. Dean Acheson backs Lie’s approach and U S U N efforts continue.
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Trygve Lie
U.S
Washington
Russia
United Nations
Congress
United Nations General Assembly
Dean Acheson
Lie
United States
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Indiana State Teachers College
Sullivan
Edmund C. Hahesy
Anton Hulman
Cain
Lodge
Max Boyd
Reely
Clay CO
Orchid
U. S&s Weather Bureau
A.m
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