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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1950
Page
1
Truman Stirs Congress on War Threats and Defense
President Truman says Russia is preparing for war prompting Congress to boost defenses and approve a 1.2225 billion military aid package for Western Europe. Senate Republicans criticize his focus on abroad threats while supporting national security measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Russia
G.O.P
Wherry
Nebraska
Brewster
Maine
St. Louis
Senator Hill
D.-Ala
Hill
Congress
T. H. Man Held in Gun Attack
Ira Paul King, 57, Terre Haute salesman, held in Evansville jail on assault with intent to kill after a quarrel over Mrs Lena Barber led to Eugene Castleman, 40, wounded with two .38 caliber bullets. Mrs Barber, 54, treated for hatchet wound. King admits shooting Castleman to protect Barber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
Ira Paul King
Terre Haute
King
Eugene Castleman
Hotel McCurdy
St. Mary’s Hospital
Lena Barber
Welborn Baptist Hospital
Castleman
Lowell Chappell
Martin Thomas
Two Killed as Race Car Slams Into Family
In Fort Collins Colorado a stock car left the track at 50 mph and crashed through a fence into a family area. Lynn Howard nine and Margaret Howard eleven were killed. Oliver Howard and two other children were only lightly hurt while Lucille Howard thirty six and the driver Stan Wiebers thirty five were seriously injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Collins
Colo
Stan Weibers
Wieber
Lynn Howard
Margaret Howard
Oliver Howard
Route 1
Greeley
Lucille Howard
Wiebers
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity and Illinois
Partly cloudy and warmer tonight and Tuesday with mild overnight lows around 62 to 68 degrees. Highs reach mid to upper 80s or near 90 in Illinois, with local thunder showers possible in Indiana north areas and the northwest portions of Illinois. Temperature readings show 57 at 6 am and 77 at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Waute
Indiana
Illinois
Vigo County Tax Totals And Distributions Revealed
Taxes totaling 3,165,546.75 were collected in Vigo county during the spring period. County Auditor Joseph G. Jones certified the figure to the county treasurer Fred Bauer, with the June settlement prepared by Deputy Auditor Lester Pennington for state filing in Indianapolis. The state will receive 125,617.54, while Vigo county's share of 471,850.54 funds the Public Welfare department at 345,730.30 and the bond and interest fund at 43,296.02. Terre Haute civil city faces 769,267.69 with 297,000 advance and 5,000 audit fees reducing its net. Terre Haute school city stands at 831,971.91, minus 330,000 advance to 501,971.91. Small towns receive portions: Riley 3,939.49, Seelyville 9,348.82, West Terre Haute 39,399.75. Township divisions total: Fayette 51,373.81, Harrison 221,078.91, Honey Creek 71,264.89, Linton 985,812.48, Lost Creek 55,724.05, Nevins 31,839.64, Otter Creek 76,252.06, Pierson 41,007.33, Prairie Creek 36,071.51, Prairieton 18,319.30, Riley 32,816.24, Sugar Creek 221,143.33. Checks to units await state approval of the settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigo County
Joseph G. Jones
Fred Bauer
Lester Pennington
James M. Propst
Indianapolis
State of Indiana
Riley
Seelyville
West Terre Haute
Fayette
Harrison
Sugar Creek
Small plane crashes after fishing trip near Angola
Five people were slightly injured when their airplane crashed after taking off from Tri-State Airport near Angola. Pilot Lowell Ash and four others from Shelbyville were returning from a day of fishing when the plane nosed over into a road bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angola
Ind
U.P
Tri-State
Here
Shelbyville
Lowell Ash
Mary Ash
Glen Ash
Rosemary Ash
Glen
Rosalie
China Rebels Active Near Hunan and Kwangsi Fronts
News reports say 70 000 nationalist guerrillas have begun a drive against communists on the borders of Hunan and Kwangsi in South China. The forces reportedly overrun large areas between Suining in Hunan and Sanchiang in Kwangsi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Hunan
Kwangsi
South China
Suining
Sanchiang
Mail changes cut Terre Haute deliveries to one daily
Beginning Tuesday the Terre Haute area will get one mail delivery per day in residential zones as carriers serve larger routes. Business district mail is cut to one delivery on Saturdays. Other reductions include window service limits and suspension of some circulars and magazines. money orders remain available 9 to 5 daily and 9 to noon Saturdays. Substations Twelve Points and Idaho follow weekday 5 30 pm and Saturday 8 am to noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
John F. Nolan
Nolan
Idaho
Man Admits Trying to Derail P R R Train
Wayne county authorities hold Walter Baumer twenty seven Tulsa Oklahoma as the second man in a week to plant tie plates and spikes on a Pennsylvania Rail Road train near Richmond Indiana The Union passenger train from Chicago to Cincinnati hit the obstruction causing a brief delay Police say Baumer gave no motive for the act Earlier Albert Stonecipher grave digger aged forty nine was arrested a week earlier for similar rail obstructions near Dublin awaiting grand jury action
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
Ind
U.P
Wayne County
Pennsylvania
Walter Baumer
Tulsa
Okla
Chicago
Cincinnati
Albert Stonecipher
Dublin
Stonecipher
California Teacher Loyalty Oath Sparks Campus Debate
AP reports on the loyalty oath dispute at the University of California where 4000 faculty faced a June 15 deadline to sign a communism disclaimer. The piece notes widespread state laws mandating teacher oaths, with 26 states plus territories requiring such oaths as of 1949 and details differing rules for public and private institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Board of Trustees
University of California
Board of Regents
Alaska
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
District of Columbia
Ohio University
Morristown Strife Prompts Patrol Reinforcements At Enka Plant
Morristown Tennessee police bolster 50 officers to guard non strikers returning to the American Enka Corp rayon plant amid new violence and dynamite reports. Governor Browning declines comment on National Guard return. last guard unit left May 29 after 11th week of CIO Textile Workers strike seeking higher wages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
Tenn
Strifetown
American Enka Corp. Rayon
Nashville
Robert Medlin
Gordon Browning
National Guard
C.I.O. Textile Workers Union
Oil Driller Hurt Near Farmersburg
Arthur Clark aged 24 of Terre Haute suffered serious injuries when he was struck by a swinging crane during drilling near Farmersburg. He worked for the Gillum Oil Company and was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital by Fiddler ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Clark
Terre Haute
Farmersburg
Gillum Oil Company
Clark
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Wage hike reported at Oak Ridge
An arbitration board in Washington granted a 13 cent general wage increase for 700 laborers and carriers on atomic construction jobs in Oak Ridge Tennessee effective today. AFL official Fred Stratton, business agent of Local 818, said the wage hike was reported as the workers began a wildcat walkout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Ridge
Tenn
A.F.L
Washington
Fred Stratton
A.F.L. Union
Mayor Seeks Meeting Over Bus Service Cuts
Mayor Ralph Tucker plans a meeting with Terre Haute City Lines Inc officials to discuss reports of bus service cutbacks on several routes. In a letter to Dale Dubie, the line manager, the mayor urged a conference to confirm and address contemplated further reductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Tucker
Terre Haute City Lines
Incc
Dale Dubie
Abductor Charles Burton Surrenders in Indianapolis
Charles Burton a 33 year old former Indianapolis policeman surrendered as the accused abductor of his wife Bonnie Burton 30 hunted in five states He told Sheriff James Cunningham his brother urged him to give up since returning Saturday Mrs Burton was brought back from Memphis where prosecutors protected her home The couple’s car was found abandoned in Indianapolis and Mrs Burton testified she crawled through a car window when Burton slept
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Charles Burton
James Cunningham
Bonnie Burton
Memphis
Tenn
George S. Dailey
Jealous Suitor Kills Woman Then Himself in South Dakota
Willow Lakes S D June 12. A jealous suitor shot and killed 30 year old divorcee Mrs Belva Arends deputy treasurer of Clark county then killed himself. Sheriff Emil Scharm said the man Lester Crisp 39 year old hardware store employee wanted to go steady with her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willow Lakes
S. D
Belva Arends
Clark County
Emil Scharm
Lester Crisp
Four Die As Cruiser Goes Over Dam Near Pittsburgh
Four people died and four survived after a cabin cruiser went over an Allegheny river spillway northeast of Pittsburgh. Hull Wright perished while attempting rescues. James Woffenden led the effort with an 18 foot skiff. Survivors include James McHugh Charles Reilley and Jack Krieg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allegheny River
Pittsburgh
A. P. Wirephoto
Jack Kreig
Lock No. 3
Kreig
J. R. Montgomery
A.P. Wirephoto
Hull Wright
Wright
James Woffenden
Woffenden
Hull
William Fisher
Carol Krieg
William Lahey, Jr
James McHugh
Charles Reilley
Jack Krieg
McHugh
Lahey
Chicago
Blind and Deaf Grad Plans Lecture Tour
Totally blind and deaf 25 year old Rob ert J. Smithdas, a new St. John's University honors graduate from Brooklyn, aims for a lecture tour and graduate study at the University of Michigan. He experienced commencement through his friend John Spanier, his companion for four years, who shared the ceremony. Smithdas lost sight and hearing at age six due to spinal meningitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Robert J. Smithdas
St. John’s University
Brooklyn
University of Michigan
Smithdas
John Spanier
Jubilee Wednesday marks silver jubilee of Father Justin Phelps
Catholic clergy from Terre Haute and Franciscan priests will assist Rev. Justin Phelps of St. Josephs church as he celebrates his silver jubilee on Wednesday. A solemn high mass will be sung at 10:30 A M and Father Justin will be honored at a Terre Haute House banquet that evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Justin Phelps
St. Joseph's Church
Justin
Terre Haute House
Reverend Phelps’s Silver Jubilee Mass at St. Joseph’s
Rev Justin Phelps of St Josephs church South Fifth street will celebrate his silver jubilee mass Wednesday at 10:30 am with assistance from several Friars Minor Conventual priests. A banquet follows at 6:30 pm Mayflower Room Terre Haute House with all local Catholic clergy and visiting Franciscan Rev Wenceslaus Hertvik.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justin Phelps
St. Joseph's Church
South Fifth Street
Order of Friars Minor
Terre-Haute House
Franciscan Order
Wenceslaus Hertvik
Knights of Columbus
St. Joseph's School
Fifth
Ohio Streets
Dairy Strike Shrinks Washington Milk Supply
Washington and suburbs face milk shortages as nine large dairies remain closed for a third day amid a wage dispute. The AFL Milk Drivers and Dairy Employes Local 246 says only three dairies were struck while six were locked out, with talks over reducing the six day week to five days without pay cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
District of Columbia
A.F.L
U S reassured after observing ECA and colonial exploitation
Clarke Beach reports that critics feared postwar aid would drain colonies. He notes about 200 million dollars in ECA funds plus 100 million in counterpart funds invested in colonial dependencies with development projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Europe
ECA
Senate Rejects Move to Recommit Rent Control Bill
The Senate voted 44 to 25 to reject shelving the rent control bill and sent it toward final passage. Republican Wherry led the motion to recommit to banking, a move seen as likely to kill the measure. Senator Cain’s 12 hour filibuster and Democratic support shaped the outcome as the banking chair warned the bill would return to the Senate without changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senator Wherry
Nebraska
Senate
Banking Committee
Wherry
Cain
R. Wash
Donnell
Hendrickson
N. J
Langer
N. D
Millikin
Colo
Saltonstall
Mass
Maybank
D-Sc
Com
Death by Own Action Stuns Houston Baseball Crowd
At Buffalo Stadium Houston five decades old laundryman Stanford B. Twente shot himself while seated beside telecaster Dick Gottlieb during a Texas League game. The inquest ruled death by own action after Twente warned a waitress he would kill himself before the end of the fifth inning. The shooting occurred as Don Stephens prepared to bat for Houston against Tulsa, Twente dying later in hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Stanford B. Twente
Dick Gottlieb
Buffalo Stadium
Twente
Justice of the Peace
Tom Maes
Maes
George Chapman
Don Stephens
Tulsa
German Smithy Fireman Tools Sell In Terre Haute Ad
A Terre Haute family offers a BLACKSMITH anvil and vise from Germany for 25 dollars. Brought to the area by a former city fireman, the items have served the valley for decades. Seventy-five readers responded, proving the tools remain useful as long as service lasts. Call C-1331 to place a Want Ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune-Star
Terre Haute
Wabash Valley
Tribune- Star
Germany
Want
Atlantic
Valley
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Louis A. Weissman
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T. H. Man
County Welfare Department
China
Man
P.R.R
California
David Taylor Marke
Gib Staley
Jim
Phelps
Hubert Krobunski
James Hermes
Pleasure Ridge Park
By Clarke Beach
Gilbert
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