Federal officials prep crackdown on butter fraud wave
Washington reports the Food and Drug Administration has asked Congress for nearly a million dollars to beef up enforcement as oleomargarine taxes end on June 30. Officials warn of widespread substitution of colored margarine for butter and expect a large bootleg ring and many smaller operations delivering oleomargarine to the butter market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Food and Drug Administration
Congress
Oklahoma GI Homer Cook Surrenders in Munich Flat
Homer Cook an Oklahoma former GI ill with blood poisoning surrendered to American and German police in Anna Sperer’s Munich flat after a 60 hour escape. He wore fatigue trousers and an undershirt and was wounded in the hand. Anna, who aided his escape, traveled toward Nuernberg hoping for his surrender. He faced 19 charges and a trial was set for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Munich
Germany
U.P
Oklahoma
Homer Cook
Anna Sperer
Cook
Anna
Dachau
Cpl
Albert Levison
Ashland
Pfc
Emil Skaggs
Ansted
W. Va
Muskogee
Okla
Nuernberg
Chuck
98Th General Hospital
Rosenheim
Large release in fatal Dresser levee shooting case
Richard Large 37, held as material witness in the June 4 shooting death of Fred Hubbard on the Dresser levee, was released from Vigo county jail. A vagrancy charge was dismissed and his $5,000 bail set aside. a habeas corpus petition remained pending.
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Richard Large
Fred Hubbard
Dresser Levee
Vigo County
Large
Logansport
John R. Jett
Harold Roseberry
John Halter
Terre Haute
Vigo
Samuel E. Beecher, Jr
Jett
John Trierweiler
Hubbard
Dresser
Weather Forecast and River Stage Report
Morning to afternoon temperatures and sun events noted. River stage stands at 7.3 feet and is falling, with sunrise at 5 23 and sunset at 8 19.
Local Conditions Reported Temperature and Rain
Yesterday saw the highest temperature at percent nine and the lowest last night at 67. Precipitation measured at .16 inches.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity and Illinois
Thunder showers and cooler tonight with a fair, cooler Saturday in Indiana Illinois and surroundings. Low temperatures range from the 50s to mid 60s, highs from the 70s to near 80, with cooler conditions persisting in northern areas and scattered showers possible in central and southern portions. Temperature readings at 6 a.m. and 2 p.m. show 70 and 89 degrees.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Encampment Opens Today for Grand Army of the Republic Groups
Delegates gather for the second memorial encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Indiana. Sessions run Friday afternoon through Monday morning with groups including the Woman's Relief Corps and Daughters of Union Veterans. Headquarters are Terre Haute House and Hotel Deming. A memorial campfire is set for Saturday at 8 p.m. in the Sycamore Theater. Department President Laura E. Needham announces opening events at the Mayflower Room.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Department of Indiana
Woman's Relief Corps
Ladies of the Grand Army of the Republic
Daughters of Union Veterans of the
Sons of Union Veterans of the
Auxiliary
Sons of Union Veterans
Terre Haute House
Hotel Deming
Sycamore Theater
Department
Laura E. Needham
Lafayette
Woman’s Relief Corps
Mayflower Room
Ex convict nabbed after bank robbery and gunfight
Portland police and FBI clash with Wayne Long a day after his release as he robs a bank. A running gun battle wounds Long and an FBI agent while eight agents close in. They pursue him to seek his prison friend Omar Pinson.
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Portland
Ore
FBI
Wayne Long
Leonard Frank
Omar Pinson
Oregon
Contractor Found to Build Intersection in Indianapolis
The Indiana state highway commission selects a contractor to build a new intersection at West Sixteenth Street and U S 52 after two failed bids. William D Vogel Construction Co of Indianapolis wins the bid at 230 094 dollars. Berns Construction Co also of Indianapolis bids 77 436 dollars for paving part of Ind 56 near Clifty Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
West Sixteenth Street
U.S. 52
William D. Vogel Construction Co
Berns Construction Co
Clifty Falls
Divorce Verdict in Detroit Man Cited for Extreme Stinginess
In Detroit on June 16, Homer Gilbert Clements lost his bid to keep his wife Mary in a divorce case. His mother-in-law testified he was so stingy he counted cookies and bologna portions to deny his wife meals while at work. Mary was granted the divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Homer Gilbert Clements
Mary
Field Marshal Smuts Illness Causes Deep Concern in Britain
The 80 year old Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts at his Pretoria home has collapsed then developed pneumonia. His illness threatens the British empire and commonwealth as he has long been a central figure in South Africa politics and anti isolationist leadership.
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Field Marshal Smuts
Britain
Jan Christian Smuts
Pretoria
South Africa
British Empire
Commonwealth
Association of Nations
Smuts
British Commonwealth
Peru Claims Control After Arequipa Revolt
Peru's military government says it has full control of Arequipa and has arrested revolt leaders. Official broadcasts report over 120 killed and about 300 wounded since Tuesday, with total deaths officially eight soldiers and 63 wounded though unofficial counts span 40 to 200. The unrest blamed on Accion Civica, communists, Apra, and Democratic League.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arequipa
Peru
Radio Continental
Lima
la Paz
Bolivia
Radio Landa
Accion Civica
Civic Action
Apra
Democratic League
Pacific haze still mystery in Hawaii air
Honolulu reports the Pacific haze may originate from Southern California deserts. Weather officials cite a June 6 windstorm that carried desert sand across the Pacific, with the haze spanning over 1,000,000 square miles from Wake Island to Hawaii for three days before breaking up with an northeast trade wind.
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Honolulu
California
U.S
Simpson
Washington
Pacific
Wake Island
Hawaii
Sinking off Bhavnagar causes 28 feared drownings
In the Gulf of Cambay off Bhavnagar India a sailing vessel carrying 28 young Indians on a pleasure trip reportedly sank during a monsoon gale. Only two bodies have been recovered and the fate of the others remains feared.
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Bombay
India
Gulf of Cambay
Bhavnagar
Missing Wife Gilda Brooks Body Found in Genesee River
In Rochester New York on June 16 the badly decomposed body of 26 year old Gilda Brooks was found in the Genesee River by the coast guard. District Attorney Clarence J. Henry says the case goes to the grand jury and the charge of first degree assault against her husband Nicholas P. Brooks remains. Brooks 30 held without bail since December. He is accused of pushing her from a pier last November 4 though he claims she jumped or fell. The assault charge rests on a statement by 15 year old Orsenus D. Bitely Jr. that Brooks forced them to Rochester by car before pushing his wife into the river. Bitely then accompanied Brooks on a cross country trip and was later found in Oklahoma City.
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Rochester
N. Y
Gilda Brooks
Rome
Genesee River
Coast Guard
Clarence J. Henry
Nicholas P. Brooks
House Brooks
Orsenus D. Bitely Jr
Brooks
Bitely
Oklahoma City
Armed Gang Hijacks 15 Slot Machines Near La Porte
A gang of seven to eight masked men seized fifteen slot machines from the Elks Country Club two miles northwest of La Porte Indiana at 8 30 a m The raid forced club staff and two guests into the dining room while machines were moved to a small truck A local sheriff said the machines had been emptied the previous Wednesday with an estimated value of at least several hundred dollars and a party was held at the club the night before
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LA Porte
Ind
Elks Country Club
Ray Walters
la Porte County
Youth wins suit against ex fiancee
Bruce Ross, a Colorado College student, won $300 in a suit against his former fiancée Joan Bromley. He said she would not marry him until he had a $1,000 bank account and that he sent $610 from Germany where he was stationed. Bromley married another man in 1947 and kept the ring but returned nothing else.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
U.P
Bruce Ross
Ross
Joan Bromley
Germany
King Gustaf V Celebrated on 92nd Birthday in Stockholm
King Gustaf V turned 92 today as flags flew across Stockholm. He ascended the Swedish throne in 1907 and has enjoyed one of the longest reigns among Swedish rulers.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Gustaf V
Gustav
Truman vetoes basing point bill on delivered price
President Truman vetoed the basing point bill which would let manufacturers charge identical delivered prices in different regions by absorbing freight. He warned the measure would weaken public protection under anti trust laws and hinder the FTC and Robinson Patman Act enforcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
Truman
Senate
Federal Trade Commission
President Truman
Congress
Storm Rips North Central Indiana with Widespread Damage
A severe thunderstorm swept across north central Indiana causing uprooted trees, blocked highways, and damaged buildings from Lafayette to New Castle. No injuries were reported though electricity was out for up to an hour in several towns and several structures including a pottery plant and an epileptic village facility sustained damage.
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Indiana
Lafayette
Kokomo
Anderson
Muncie
New Castle
Kokomo Standard Sanitary Pottery & Radiator Company
Alton Heath
Yorktown
Parker
Hagerstown
U.S. 36
Woman accused in truck crash despite claims she cannot drive
Chicago June 16. Mrs Violet Labash, 35, was charged by Hyde Park police with four traffic violations after a semi trailer she allegedly drove collided with a car driven by William Kelly. Police say she cannot drive and charged improper turn driving while intoxicated leaving the scene and no license.
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Chicago
Violet Labash
Hyde Park
William Kelly
Suspect Kills Self in Vigo County Jail
Erman L. Williams aged 39, jailed on vagrancy and burglary charges, hanged himself with a belt in his cell at Vigo County jail shortly before 6 a.m. Deputy Lawrence Thomas found the body after hearing a detainee’s alarm. Williams, a janitor and window washer, confessed to recent office burglaries and left behind a daughter and three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Erman L. Williams
South Thirteenth Street
Vigo County
Williams
Lawrence Thomas
Thomas
Nevelland Thompson
South Fourth Street
Thompson
Beecher and
Beecher
Miss Umstot
William J. O’connell
Mr. Beecher
O’connell
Bell & Bracken Funeral Home
Marcella
Roy
St. Louis
Winston
Hece
Terre Haute
Hoosier missionary dies in Belgian Congo
New York report states James L. Pottenger a 33 year old Methodist church missionary from Nappanee Indiana died in the Belgian Congo on June 10. Church officials have not released the cause of death.
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New York
James L. Pottenger
Nappanee
Ind
Belgian Congo
Long Distance Swimmers Await Open Season On English Channel
New York June 16 Two American swimmers begin attempts to cross the English Channel aboard the Queen Elizabeth. Shirley May France 17 from Massachusetts sails with ambition while George Fraser a war wounded welder from Dennisport Massachusetts enters his first crossing. Grandmother Betty Cohn stays behind in the Hudson for a 15 mile warm up as Shirley May displays her high school friend John Francis McMahon's pin.
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Jay Breen
New York
U.P
Hudson River
Shirley May France
Massachusetts
Elizabeth
George
Scotty) Fraser
Dennisport
Mass
England
France
Betty Cohn
Hudson
Shirley May
Fraser
John Francis McMahon
Fall River
McMahon
Link to Fuchs Ring Tied to New York Chemist Arrest
FBI arrests David Greenglass 28 of New York City on charges of sharing atomic secrets with Harry Gold linked to Klaus Fuchs ring. Alfred Slack, 44 of Syracuse, admits giving explosive sample to Gold as probe widens. Gold and Semenov connections noted. cases proceed to Knoxville grand jury. espionage verdicts carry death potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alfred Dean Slack
Syracuse
N. Y
Slack
Kingsport
Tenn
FBI
U.S
New York
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Harry Gold
Philadelphia
David Greenglass
New York City
Greenglass
Klaus Fuchs
Russia
Fuchs
U. S
Gold
Semen M. Semenov
Amtorg Trading Corporation
England
Oak Ridge
Miners Strike Halts 4000 Work in Harlan County
About 4,000 Kentucky miners in Harlan County walk off the job amid a dispute over selecting an umpire for UMW District 19 arbitration. The union demands a candidate it supports, while operators refuse, delaying the new contract signed March 6. George Ward of the Harlan County Coal Operators Association notes the prior umpire was discharged last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harlan
Harlan County
U.M.W. District 19 Arbitration Board
United Mine Workers Union
Fourman Board
George Ward
Harlan County Coal Operators Association
Ward
Seven Hurt in Two Car Crash Near Muncie Indiana
Seven people injured in a two car collision five miles southwest of Muncie on Indiana 67. Among the injured are Mrs Bessie Putnam 63 and Paul R Wagner 42 and his wife Beulah 44 and Herschel Wagner 24 and Dorothy Ann 20. All taken to a hospital. three listed in serious condition. Sylvia Wagner 11 escaped injury. The Wagners and Mrs Putnam were en route to Sylvania Ohio.
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Muncie
Ind
Illinois
Indiana
Bessie Putnam
Paul R. Wagner
Beulah
Herschel Wagner
Dorothy Ann
Lawrenceville
Ill
Clay R. Moody
Yorktown
Lavonne Morris
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Navy
Mediterranean
Edwin B. Hankinson
U.S. Sixth Fleet
Hanson
Newport
Powers
International
U. 8
Champ
DeWitt MacKinzie
Afrikanders
United Party
Daniel F. Malan
King Gustaf
Bill
The
Associated Press
Hoosier
English Channel
Utica
Knoxville
A. van W. Hancock
Sundure Paint Corp
Kentucky
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