Indiana State Teachers College Holds Graduation Exercises
Indiana State Teachers College awarded degrees to 774 graduates and 36 nurses from St Anthonys and Union Hospitals at a Sunday commencement on the Student Union lawn. Dr. Ralph N Tirey preached on truth and education and urged graduates to defend liberty and uplift society. Emeritus honors were given to Charles Roll and Arthur A Learing.
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Indiana State Teachers College
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Union Hospital
Student Union Building
Ralph N. Tirey
Tirey
Helen Keller
Charles Roll
Arthur A. Learing
Tirey Immedia
Truman pleas for stronger controls faces nation
President Truman plans a national radio address to press for a two year extension of the Defense Production Act and new powers over prices wages rents and strategic materials. Lawmakers study the request as criticism grows from farm and business groups while labor supports some limits.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
Iran Replies to U S On Oil Nationalization Tension
Tehran reports Iran answered President Truman urging moderation in the oil nationalization dispute. Chief Foreign Minister Bagher Kazemi received U S envoy Henry Grady, with the cabinet said to have drafted the reply. British-Iranian talks near start but no clear sign of decisive moves.
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Tehran
Iran
Truman
U.S
Henry F. Grady
Bagher Kazemi
Mohammed Mossadegh
July 16 Abdication Set for King Leopold II of Belgium
King Leopold II notified the Belgian government of his intent to abdicate on July 16 in a letter to Prime Minister Joseph Pholsen. The next day, July 17, Prince Baudouin would be crowned Belgium’s fifth king, Baudouin I, before a joint parliament session.
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Brussels
Belgium
Leopold Iif
Joseph Pholsen
Baudouin
Baudouin I
Appeal For Blood For Brazil Hospital Patient
Clay County Hospital at Brazil Indiana issued an appeal for Type A blood for Mrs. Peachie Smith in critical condition due to anaemia. She is the wife of Harley Smith of Brazil Rural Route 5.
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Clay County Hospital
Brazil
Ind
Peachie Smith
Harley Smith
Mother Dies After Boy Wounds Her With Found Gun
Grand Rapids, Mich. June 11. Mrs Dorothy Evans 27 died after her four year old son Jerome Jablonski found a pistol and fired, wounding her in the throat. The boy’s father John Jablonski had been stabbed by Mrs Evans during a prior legal case. She had been convicted of manslaughter and served time before marrying Ernest Evans who sought to adopt Jerome.
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Grand Rapids
Mich
Dorothy Evans
William Vanderploeg
Jerome Jablonski
John Jablonski
Guardsmen Hurt in Trash Explosion at Camp Atterbury
Five Indiana National Guardsmen were injured in a trash dump explosion during a summer encampment firing course at Camp Atterbury Indiana. Muncie soldiers Pfc Mullins and Cpl Mills suffered leg and eye injuries and were hospitalized along with three others treated for minor injuries. Capt John R Stanley of Muncie fetched help.
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
Indiana National
Charles R. Payne
Wayne E. Irwin
Kenneth L. Betts
Dunkirk
John R. Stanley
Muncie
Montville Crash Damages Three Autos on Trading Cove Hill
A string of rear-end collisions on Trading Cove Hill damaged three cars in Montville on June 11. One vehicle, driven by 40 year old Frank J. Wreck of Ledyard, was nearly a total loss, according to state police.
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Montville, Conn
Trading Cove Hill
Ledyard
Frank J. Wreck
Russia urges inclusive peace conference with Communist China
Moscow demands all WWII powers be invited to a July or August peace conference for Japan. A 19 page note handed to U S Ambassador Kirk by Deputy Foreign Minister Zorin calls for a multilateral council including Russia United States Britain France and Communist China to prepare a treaty for broader approval and rejects bilateral talks on the draft treaty.
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Russia
Japan
China
U.S
Alan G. Kirk
V. A. Zorin
United States
Britain
France
Beef Shortage Debated as Week Begins in Chicago
This week may decide if housewives face beef shortages due to government price rollbacks. The American Meat Institute and the National Association of Retail Meat Dealers warned of severe retail shortages, while a United Press survey found scant panic buying.
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U.P
American Meat Institute
National Association of Retail Meat Dealers
United Press
Washington
Joe
Montague
Texas and Southwestern Cattle Producers Association
Institute
George Nepil
New York
More Sirens to Be Needed for Terre Haute Defense Test
Terre Haute held a Sunday air raid drill with 13 participants as part of a larger 23-plane airlift at Hulman Airport. Civil defense officials say more factories with whistles are needed, while Evansville pilots delivered simulated medical supplies and Red Cross personnel for the exercise.
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Terre Haute
Hulman
John K. Lamb
Civil Defense
American Red Cross
Robert McIntyre
Indiana State Aviation Commission
Areonautical
Robert Kadel
Air
Red Cross
Ralph Tucker
Nehru says famine threat in India eased
Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru announced India has averted the famine threat through domestic effort and foreign help. He cautioned that suffering may still occur but that real famine will be prevented, noting the anticipated 2 million tons grain loan from the United States awaiting Senate action after House approval on June 6.
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India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Nehru
United States
House of Representatives
Senate
Farmer beaten and robbed dies in Indianapolis hospital
A 64 year old Hancock county farmer, Noah Fry, died in a city hospital after being beaten and robbed at his farm home near Greenfield. Fry crawled to a neighbor’s house and said two men forced entry at about midnight Sunday. Sheriff Joe Fish said Fry owned two farms and was wealthy. the house was ransacked but only the billfold was missing.
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Indianapolis
Hancock County
Noah Fry
Greenfield
Joe Fish
Fry
U S Yugoslavia Near Accord on Arms Aid
Officials said the administration would provide substantial army and military supplies to Yugoslavia if Marshal Tito asks. Talks between Col Gen Kotche Popovic and U S defense officials were described as satisfactory and nearly concluded.
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Washington
Yugoslavia
Diplomat Disappearance Leaves Britain Reeling
In London on June 11 Foreign Secretary Herbert Morrison admitted in Commons that two British diplomats, Donald MacLean and Guy Burgess, who vanished May 25 remain unfound. The search extended to Greece and Egypt as Morrison warned the incident could spur a major security overhaul. The government has few clues about the diplomats' fate.
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London
U.P
Herbert Morrison
Commons
Donald D. MacLean
Foreign Office
Guy Burgess
Washington
Greece
Egypt
Morrison
Britain
Evansville Man Drowns In Ohio River Boat Accident
P Ermiel Hamm, 27, of Evansville drowned in a motorboat accident on the Ohio River yesterday. His brother Cecil Hamm, 26, swam 200 feet to shore after the boat overturned. James A. Short, 36, clung to the boat as it drifted to the bank near Pigeon Creek.
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Evansville
Ind
Ermiel Hamm
Ohio River
Cecil Hamm
James A. Short
Pigeon Creek
Local Priests to Be Honored in Silver Jubilee Mass
Over 100 Catholic priests gather in Terre Haute to celebrate the ordination silver jubilee of four pastors from Terre Haute Loogootee and Bedford. Monsignor Henry Dugan will deliver the sermon at Sacred Heart church in a solemn high mass at 10 a.m. with Rev. McBarron as celebrant.
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Terre Haute
Loogootee
Bedford
James F. McBarron
Sacred Heart Church
Amos McLoughlin
St. Margaret Mary’s Church
Ralph Doyle
St. John’s Church
Sylvester Bloemke
St. Vincent de Paul
Henry Dugan
Archdiocese of
Indianapolis
White Sox Concession Funds Stolen at Comiskey Park
Burglars broke into a concession firm’s office at Comiskey Park in Chicago and stole a safe containing an estimated 50 000 to 75 000 dollars. The funds were weekend receipts from soft drinks and snacks for crowds at the White Sox versus New York Yankees games. Don McKay of Illinois Sports Service said the money was due for pickup by Brink’s today. Police noted the theft was found when a park employee opened the office. The Sox had just split a doubleheader with the Yankees before 52 054 fans.
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Chicago
U.P
Comiskey Park
Chicago White Sox
New York Yankees
Don McKay
Illinois Sports Service
Brink’s Express
Sox
White Sox
Yankees
Allied push to Kumsong halted in Korean front
U N troops broke the iron triangle by seizing Chorwon Kumhwa but failed to press northeast toward Kumsong. They gained 4500 yards by noon before encountering a half mile high ridge and stout Chinese resistance. Two frontal assaults were repulsed and a third canceled at dusk.
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Tokyo
U.P
United Nations
Iron Triangle
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Kumsong
Red
Pyonggang
U.N
Reds
U.S
Wiliam Burson
No Early Peace As Marshall Warns On Korea War
Tokyo dispatch reports U S Defense Secretary Marshall saying China faces a difficult situation and expecting no early peace in Korea He left for Washington and voiced no optimism for a swift end while suggesting tension could endure years though not the war itself.
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Tokyo
U.S
Marshall
Washington
Combat actions close to Kumhwa and Chorwon reported
Afternoon rain hindered air support as Communist forces massed near the 38th parallel. An 8th Army communique described a tank infantry action into Kumhwa and a second push toward Chorwon, with both towns found in ruins. Officials noted Reds retreating toward Pyongyang for a renewed stand.
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U.S
Seoul
38Th Parallel
8Th Army
Kumhwa
Iron Triangle
E.D.T
Red China faces financial crisis says Taiwan paper
A Taipeh newspaper reports China faces a financial crisis with Communist reverses in Korea blamed. China News quotes that the Communist financial front is crumbling and may collapse within a year if current trends continue.
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Taipeh
Formosa
Red
Two Terre Haute Architects Honored In Indiana Society Election
The Indiana Society of Architects elected Miss Juliet Peddle secretary and Allison Vrydagh a director at its annual Indianapolis meeting. Lloyd V. Moser of Lafayette was named state president. Peddle, daughter of the late John B. Peddle, earned a University of Michigan architecture degree in 1922 and ran her Terre Haute office since 1939 with a wartime hiatus. Vrydagh trained in Terre Haute, joined Johnson Miller and Miller, then became partner in Miller and Vrydagh.
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Indiana Society of Architects
Indianapolis
Juliet Peddle
Opera House
Allison Vrydagh
Miller & Vrydagh
Miss Peddle
Vrydagh
Lloyd V. Moser
Lafayette
John B. Peddle
Rose Polytechnic Institute
University of Michigan
Perkins, Fellows and Hamilton
Chicago
Edwin H. Clark
Terre Haute
Commercial Solvents Corporation
Miller and Vrydagh
Judge orders forfeiture of bond in wife desertion case
City Court Judge Edward S. Everett forfeited a $500 bail posted by Charles C. Harvey after his wife Dorothy Harvey charged desertion. The court ordered the money paid to Dorothy in weekly installments by Harvey’s father, with a bench warrant possible if he is found.
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Edward S. Everett
Dorothy Harvey
South Third Street
Charles C. Harvey
Everett
Harvey
Five Die in Guanatanamo Bay Navy Base Fire
A flash fire at the United States naval base at Guanatanamo Bay Cuba killed five people and left one missing with 11 others treated for burns. The blaze started when leaking gasoline ignited and caused minor damage to installations and paint loss on several anchored ships. The dead include two American officers identified as Commander James Marshall and Lieutenant C J Peddicord. A navy enlisted man is missing and presumed dead as divers search for his body.
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Havana
Cuba
United States Naval Base
Guaantanamo Bay
James Marshall
C. J. Peddicord
Navy
State rests case in Van Zant trial
Newport Ind June 11 The state rested its case today in the Circuit Court trial of Edward Van Zant on charges of embezzling proceeds from the sale of 1 023 bushels of soybeans allegedly belonging to James Perona Blanford postmaster
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Newport
Ind
Edward van Zant
James Perona
Blanford
Weather Summary From The U S Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy conditions reported by the U S Weather Bureau. Temperatures noted at 6 am and 9 am with noon value. Sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 8 17 indicate daylight length. River stage remains at 4.9 and stationary.
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Indiana
Local conditions report yesterday's high and last night's low with no precipitation. Forecast calls for partly cloudy skies in Terre Haute through Tuesday with little temperature change and a night low near 56. Indiana expected to remain generally fair with highs in the mid to upper 70s and cooler nights, Illinois similar with brief showers possible west-central today and highs around 75 to 84.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
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