Local youths join Navy as airman and sailors
Navy recruiters announced Thursday that Jack Jay Myers, 19, of 2009 Locust Street, was accepted as an airman recruit at the Indianapolis induction center. Two area men, Robert Eugene Fuqua, 19, 1321 Fifth Avenue, and James David Swalls, 17, R. R. 5, Terre Haute, were accepted as seaman recruits. The volunteers have been sent to San Diego for training. Indian money called wampum consisted of clam shells.
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Navy
Jack Jay Myers
Locust Street
Indianapolis
Robert Eugene Fuqua
Fifth Avenue
James David Swalls
R. R
Terre Haute
San Diego
Calif
Storms hit Indiana causing floods and telegraph outages
Thunderstorms and heavy rains engulf Indiana early today causing damage to power lines and communication cables. Indiana Bell reported two major cable breaks between Indianapolis Vincennes and Lebaston Lafayette with 1,500 telephones out briefly. Some Indianapolis streets were waterlogged with over two inches of rain in places. Temperature dropped across the state while forecasts showed storms easing in some areas and persisting in the far north. None of the largest snakes are poisonous.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Indiana Bell Telephone Co
Indianapolis Vincennes
Lebaston
Lafayette
Weather Bureau
Martinsville
Muncie
Kokomo
South Bend
Evansville
Board Opposed Punishment of Koje Officers
A board of high ranking officers urged no punishment for Cols Francis Dodd and Charles Colson over Koje Island actions. Testimony showed Gen Mark Clark overruled the board, recommending both be reduced to colonel, a move Pace and Collins supported. Dodd and Colson were later assigned to posts in Japan.
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Washington
Koje Island
Francis T. Dodd
Charles F. Colson
United Nations
Army
Frank Pace, Jr
J. Lawton Collins
Mark Clark
Pace
Kellogg
Henry K. Kellogg
409Th Engineer Brigade
Far Eastern Command
Collins
House Appropriations
Dodd
Colson
Japan
Far East
Convention Posts Being Announced In Indianapolis
Indiana's two Democratic congressmen at the state convention June 24 received key assignments. Rep. Winfield K. Denton of Evansville was named permanent chairman and Rep. Ray J. Madden of Gary was chosen temporary chairman. Other officers include Ray Gilbert secretary Andrew Jacobs parliamentarian Neal Edwards sergeant at arms Mayor Peter Mandich chief usher Mrs Myrtle Collins assistant chief usher Jesse L Dickinson chief doorkeeper Leonard Rauscher assistant chief doorkeeper Joseph G Wood chief inspector.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Winfield K. Denton
Evansville
Ray J. Madden
Gary
Madden
Ray Gilbert
Seymour
Andrew Jacobs
Neal Edwards
Anderson
Peter Mandich
Myrtle Collins
Bainbridge
Jesse L. Dickinson
South Bend
Leonard Rauscher
Joseph G. Wood
D.A.V. Robbed At Ninth Street Home
The Disabled American Veterans post at 309 North Ninth Street was entered early Thursday. A burglar broke a north side window to gain access and stole about $35 in cash, according to custodian Floyd Baker and police.
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Disabled American Veterans
North Ninth Street
Floyd Baker
Indiana S and L League elects new officers
The Savings and Loan League of Indiana elected Louis M. Hershberger of Crawfordsville as president, William D. Cameron of Connersville as first vice president, and Willard Jordan of New Castle as second vice president on Wednesday.
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Indianapolis
the Savings and Loan League of Indiana
Louis M. Hershberger
Crawfordsville
William D. Cameron
Connersville
Willard Jordan
New Castle
Red Cross delegates named as deficit persists in Terre Haute
R G Nunn announced O Keith Owen Jr and Robert Sibbert will represent Terre Haute at the ARC national convention June 23 to 25 in Cleveland Ohio. The local chapter met its $53364 basic goal but is $4225 short of the city share in a $6 million flood relief project. An additional $500 was raised by a mail appeal toward a $1000 target. The board voted against joining a united fund appeal, citing national policy and business employee fund limits.
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R. G. Nunn
American Red Cross
Terre Haute
O. Keith Owen, Jr
Robert Sibbert
A.R.C
Cleveland
Ohio
United Fund Appeal
Red Cross
United Fund
Soldier Hagelberger Sentenced to Death for German Slayings
In Nurnberg Germany Pvt Richard A Hagelberger 19 of Chula Vista California was sentenced to death by a U S Army court martial for the carbine slaying of two German civilians last April The court recessed to decide the penalty while his buddy Pvt John F Vigneault of Goffs Falls New Hampshire had already been sentenced to death for his role in the killings near Neustadt after a ride from two Germans following an evening drinking session.
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Nnernberg
Germany
Richard A. Hagelberger
Hagelberger
Chula Vista
Calif
John F. Vigneault
Goffs Falls
N. H
Neustad
Aavern
Draft call for 450 physicians issued
Washington June 12. The Defense Department ordered selective service to draft 450 priority one physicians in August unless enough volunteers enlist. If inducted, they would be the first large physician draft since World War II. Last summer a call for 485 physicians was postponed after volunteers appeared. only three physicians have been drafted to date, in July 1951.
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Washington
Defense Department
Selective Service
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Pyrex
ROOT
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Walter Wanger
Los Angeles
Wanger
Jennings Lang
Joan Bennett
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Root's
Sullivan
Ind
Robinson
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