Seizure of Rose Island POWs Forces Move to New Camp
In Korea on June 12, about 4,875 anti-Communist prisoners were moved from Compound 95 to temporary Compound 91 on Koje Island. During the transfer some 40 prisoners escaped gates, shouting they would live, while others were grabbed by Reds. authorities deployed tear gas if resistance continued. Brig. Gen. Haydon Boater ordered restraint and potential use of gas. Col. Harold L. Taylor reported 19,000 prisoners moved with 1,000 weeded out for anti-Communist status or other reasons, under Gen. Mark W. Clark’s instruction for uncontested control of new compounds.
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Koje Island
Korea
Haydon L. Boater
Boamner
Comand 95
Harold L. Taylor
Mark W. Clark
United Nations
Boatner backs neutral POW compounds inspection plan
Brig. Gen. Haydon L. Boatner said he fully approved of a proposal for observers from five neutral nations Sweden Switzerland India Pakistan and Indonesia to inspect prisoner of war compounds under his command. The move follows a request by Sen. Richard B. Russell to verify Allied treatment and Geneva Convention compliance. President Truman forwarded the idea to Defense Secretary Lovett and voiced merit and hope for concrete results. PANMUNJOM Korea June 12 Allied truce negotiators told the Communists they would not offer further confessions on prisoner exchange. Maj. Gen. Harrison urged another meeting while Nam Il criticized the Allies, but Harrison found no significance in the shift.
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Koje Island
Korea
WU P
Haydon L. Boatner
Richard B. Russell
D.ga
Sweden
Switzerland
India
Pakistan
Indonesia
United States
Boamer
Truman
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Russell
Panmunjom
United Nations
William K. Harrison
U.N
Nam Il
Harrison
Nam
Senate Backers Lose Seizure Plan In Steel Row
A House Banking Committee voted 15 to 10 to block President Truman's power to seize and operate the struck steel mills. The vote shifts focus to a separate wage and price controls bill as Congress debates how to end the 650,000 steelworkers strike and extend the Defense Production Act beyond June 30.
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Washington
House
Truman
Congress
Senate
House Banking Committee
Rep
Bolling
D.-Mo
Sen
Humphrey
D.-Minn
House Committee
John R. Steelman
Defense Lovett
Defense
Henry Fowler
Nehru urges Asian neutrality against NATO attack
Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru urged Asia to declare neutrality in any global war and denounced NATO as a degenerating force defending colonialism. In a 70 minute policy outline in Parliament he warned the world faces potential disaster.
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New Delhi
India
Jawarhala Nehru
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nehru
NATO
Western
Europe
Gunmen raid midtown hotel in three hour robbery
Three holdup men seized control of the Hotel Emerson in mid Manhattan for three hours. They took over at 4 a.m., imprisoning the night manager and elevator operator, then robbed at least 25 guests entering or leaving. The trio controlled the telephone switchboard, elevator, and desk before fleeing at 7 a.m.
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New York
Weather Update From U S Weather Bureau
The weather bulletin notes fair and humid conditions with morning readings at 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. temperatures listed as 71 and 62 degrees respectively, a noon reading of 71 degrees, and a sunset noted at 5 17. River stage is 4 4 feet and falling.
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Sunest
S.17
Local Conditions and Forecast for Terre Haute Area
Weather data shows yesterday's high and last night's low, rainfall of .37 inches. Forecast calls for fair, warm, humid conditions tonight and Friday with highs near 90 in Terre Haute. Indiana region partly cloudy with scattered showers in the extreme northwest early Friday and warmer, more humid conditions in the north and east. Temperatures tonight 60s to 72, Friday highs around 92. Street readings: 62 at 9 am, 76 at 2 pm.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Korea bans Voice of America broadcasts in South Korea
South Korea prohibits Voice of America on the ten station government network calling the broadcasts bitterly anti government and insulting. The VOA had included editorials from U.S. and foreign papers criticizing President Syngman Rhee and recent political events. The State Department agency had used the network as a courtesy, but the government will not allow its own station to carry anti government criticism.
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Pusan
Korea
Voice of America
the Voice
U.S
Syngman Rhee
U.S. State Department Broadcasting Agency
Clarence Ryee
Office of Public Information
Republic of Korea
Charles Drinkwine Seeks Divorce from Wife in Toronto
Toronto report states Charles Irwin Drinkwine has filed for divorce from his wife. His attorney is William Sipper. The case marks a legal separation action proceeding in Ontario with no further details provided.
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Toronto
Ont
Charles Irwin Drinkwine
William Sipper
Allies Hold Newly Won Ground In Old Iron Triangle Area
Allied riflemen with bayonets, tanks, and fighter-bombers pierced into Communist lines along the iron triangle near Pyongyang Chorwon and Kumhwa. Western edge saw heavy Reds attempts to retake lost ground while eastern sectors faced multiple tank infantry assaults. By nightfall the Allies remained in control with heavy Chinese casualties reported east of Kumsong and near several hill positions.
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Seoul
Korea
United Nations
Pyongyang
Chorwon
Kumhwa
Kumsong
Eighth Army
Meyers Offers Government Tax Deal
Bennett E. Meyers a former Air Force general with prior perjury and tax fraud sentences reportedly offered the government a settlement of 429000 in tax claims. An IRS intelligence unit chief in Dayton said a Washington conference with tax officials is under way on two pending cases totaling 216000 in personal taxes and 213000 in business taxes. Meyers previously claimed poverty to avoid a 15000 fine for evading 61400 in income taxes and served 17 days short of a year.
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Washington
Bennett E. Meyers
Air Force
Max Weaver
Internal Revenue Bureau
Dayton
Army Air Force
Meyers
Man who gambled away $3000 confesses hoax river death
Dallas salesman Coy L. Shepherd known as Tom Davis recounted losing about $3000 gambling and writing bad checks before claiming he committed death by his own action near the Wabash River at Lafayette. He told a revival service and later informed Lafayette police that no complaints existed. He then revealed the tale to a Dallas newspaper after visiting the church pastor. He later returned to church to share his troubles before about 50 listeners.
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Dallas
Texas
Lafayette
Ind
Coy L. Shepherd
Tom Davis
Christian and Missionary Alliance Church
Shepherd
Henry P. Knapp
Knapp
Manslaughter Trial Opens In Vigo Circuit Court
Jurors selected for the manslaughter case against 21 year old William J. Waters of Oyster Bay New York as Vigo Circuit Court opens before Judge Herbert R Criss. Prosecutors seek proof Waters stabbed Conductor Paul Wendholt 63 of Evansville on a C E I L train causing fatal cerebral contusion.
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William J. Waters
Oyster Bay
Long Island
New York
Vigo
Herbert R. Criss
Thomas M. Patrick
Robert Nunn
Patrick
Waters
Paul Wendholt
Evansville
C.&e.i
Winfield Fox
C.&e.l
Wendholt
Vigo County
Denzil M. Ferguson
Grandson Witnesses Bloomington Double Tragedy
In Bloomington Indiana a 53 year old Shelton Hamlin killed his ailing wife Hazel Hamlin then died by suicide in their home two and a half miles northwest of Bloomington. A six year old boy witnessed the scene and reported the grandmother’s statement about not suffering. The coroner will rule murder and death by own action.
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Bloomington
Ind
Shelton Hamlin
Hazel Hamlin
Fred Davis
R. E. Lyons
Hamlin
Sore Footed Husband Pleads To Return Home
Lincoln police failed to mediate a domestic dispute as a tired farmer asked officers to tell his wife to return home for chores because his foot is sore. She refused, saying he should do the chores himself and that she has a good job and will not return.
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Lincoln, Neb
Lincoln
Convict Slays Girl Hostage in Carmel Shootout
An escaped convict, Donald Snyder, 25, seized nine year old Betty Lou Arnold as police closed in and stabbed her to death with a butcher knife. School bus driver Alex Williams and Trooper Raymond Scarrachio fired. Snyder was wounded by bullets and surrendered. District Attorney prepared murder charges.
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Alex Williams
Snyder
Betty Lou Arnold
Williams
Betty Lou
Mrs. Snyder
Putnam County
Fred A. Dickinson
Phantom Gunman Roams From Tell City To Illinois
TELL CITY Indiana June 12 7 The phantom gunman of the highways traveled farther than expected with strikes near Sullivan Indiana Monday and in northern Illinois at dawn Tuesday Orville Brock a Tell City area farmer reports he was shot at twice Monday night on Ind 237 He did not report to police until Wednesday Brock said he heard a shot after meeting another car and saw the flash of a second shot He found a dent in the rear axle Brock adds Illinois police are skeptical saying many so called shots are rocks tossed by tires of passing cars
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Tell City
Ind
Sullivan
Illinois
Orville Brock
Brock
Illinois girl drowns after slipping into canal
Rita Bast, 12, daughter of Mr and Mrs Ned Bast of Edwardsville, drowned Wednesday in a canal near Edwardsville. She and her brother Charles were visiting a great grandfather's farm when they waded the canal behind the farm. Charles said she slipped from the bank while removing her shoes.
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Edwardsville
Iil
Rita Bast
Ned Bast
Charles
Wade
Body recovered of Edgar Fulk in Indiana gravel pit
The body of eight year old Edgar Fulk son of John Fulk of South Whitley Ind was recovered from a gravel pit west of town Wednesday. He had been missing since Tuesday.
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South Whitley
Ind
Edgar Fulk
John Fulk
Butler Here on Brief Stop in Terre Haute
Paul M. Butler of South Bend, new democratic national committeeman, is in Terre Haute en route to Turkey Run for a Sixth District booster meeting with Charles Skillen as principal speakers. A Vigo county delegation led by Lawrence V. Letzkus will accompany him. Butler praises Indiana GOP disarray and urges Schricker for U S Senator, arguing Democrats offer proven leadership.
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Paul M. Butler
South Bend
Terre Haute
Turkey Run
Butler
Charles Skillen
Indiana
Lawrence V. Letzkus
Vigo County
G.O.P
Republican Party
Taft
Eisenhower
William Jenner
United States Senate
Henry Schricker
Schricker
United States
69 Korean War Casualties Released by Defense Dept
Washington June 12 Defense Department identified 69 additional casualties from Korea. The list shows 11 killed 53 wounded three injured in battle zone accidents one missing and one captured by the enemy.
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Washington
Defense Department
Maybe the Wren Has a Nest Egg
Dover Ohio June 12 They finally spotted the thief who has been stealing coins from Mrs. D L Staneart s mailbox But forgiving postal authorities have decided against prosecution The dastardly deeds have been perpetrated by a wren that entered a small opening in the box at nearby Tippecanoe The coins had been left to pay for postage Mrs Staneart hasn t found out yet what the bird does with the money.
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Dover
Ohio
D. L. Staneart
Tippecanoe
Tourists ready to spend nearly a billion in Rockies this summer
Denver reports an AP survey showing nearly three quarters of a billion dollars will be spent by about 20 million out-of-state visitors across the Rocky Mountain states this summer. Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico expected to draw a large share as national brands forecast a strong season for tourism and attractions like Yellowstone and Grand Tetons.
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Rockies
Denver
Rocky Mountain
Associated Press
American Automobile Association
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Howard Sharp
Commerce and Industry Commission
Yellowstone National Park
Grand Tetons Country
Pickets Block A C At Allis Chalmers Terre Haute Plant
Eight male employees gained entry to the strike bound Allis Chalmers plant in Terre Haute as mass picketing continued. General Manager Martin L. Carson said he sent a telegram to Governor Schricker accusing local police of failing to prevent intimidation, while noting women workers entered without trouble. The 340 member C I C United Automobile Workers strike has reached its sixth week after rejecting the company's contract offer.
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Terre Haute
Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company
Martin L. Carson
Carson
Henry F. Schricker
B. F. Coleman
C.I.C. United Automobile Workers
Charles Wilson
Division of Labor
Reds Extend Border Vigil Around Berlin
Berlin June 12 The So viet zone government ordered an extension of shoot-to-kill security measures to Berlin border and frontier with West Germany. Walter Ulbricht signed the order to deter entry by diversions spies and terrorists, with two year penalties and possible death for major violators. The move followed Western meetings in the blockaded city over Communist pressure.
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Berlin
West Germany
Walter Ulbricht
German Democratic Republic
Western High Commission
Quakes Rock Argentina in Andean Foothills Toll Rises
Three earthquakes in two days near San Juan Argentina killed 40 people and injured 65. Thousands shelter outside in freezing weather fearing collapsing structures as tremors topple weakened buildings. Panic surged after the second quake.
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San Juan
Argentina
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