Fire at Montreal orphanage raises death toll to 32
The Montreal blaze at St. Cunegonde's Hospice left 32 dead with 13 still missing and about 400 residents, including many children and the aged. Two nuns, Mother Superior Rita Gervais and Sister Chauvin, died, and authorities called the fire an apparently accidental elevator shaft ignition.
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Montreal
St. Cunegonde’s Hospice
Rita Gervais
Chauvin
Grey
P. M. Seguin
Seven GIs Slain By Chinese Atrocity On Korean Front
The bodies of seven U S GIs were found shot and bludgeoned eight miles west of Hwachon after a patrol encountered a mountain wilderness. A wounded eighth soldier was evacuated. The incident, labeled an atrocity, occurred during a Contact patrol. Dogtags remained, but watches wallets and other valuables were stolen.
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Korea
U.P
Hwachon
U.S. 24Th Division
Larry Powers
Tucson
Ariz
21St Infantry Regiment
Third Drive Looms as U N Planes Hit 500 Trucks
United Press reports Cold War era clash near Korea front. Communists massed trucks toward Pyongyang while UN forces paused advances. Allied air power shattered 500 enemy trucks and disrupted rear guards as 8th Army digs in 20 to 25 miles north of the 38th parallel awaiting new supplies.
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United Press
Tokyo
U.P
No Man’s Land
United Press Front
William Burson
Pyongyang
Imjin
United Nations
Korea
U.N
West Central Front
8Th Army
38Th Parallel
James A. van Fleet
Kumsong
Kumhwa-Kumsong
Hwachon- Kumsong
East Central
Inje
Truman Lifts Red Trade Ban
President Truman suspends the Kem amendment ban on foreign aid to iron curtain trading allies for up to 90 days. He says the move is interim to study trading situations while opposing a sweeping ban as dangerous and unworkable. Republicans dispute the justification and potential security impact.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Kem
R.-Mo
U.S
Terre Haute Marine Dies in Korea
Mrs. Bernice Abrell of Terre Haute learns her son Marine Corporal Charles Gene Abrell 20 was killed in action June 10 in Korea. Cpl Abrell served with E Company First Marine Division Second Battalion since last July after training at Parris Island and Camp LeJeune. He enlisted August 17 1948 and is survived by his mother brother Paul in the Navy sister Mary Jo and grandparents Mr and Mrs Earl Bowen of Farmersburg.
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Bernice Abrell
Poplar Street
Defense Department
Charles Gene Abrell
Korea
Cpl
Abrell
E Company
First Marine Division
Parris Island
S.C
Camp LeJeune
N.C
Paul
Navy
Sabine
Mary Jo
Earl Bowen
Farmersburg
Partly Cloudy With Showers Forecast For Terre Haute Area
The weather bulletin notes partly cloudy skies with occasional showers tonight and Sunday for Terre Haute and vicinity. Low tonight around 65, high tomorrow near 82. Indiana expected similar conditions with a high of 82 to 86 and Illinois seeing scattered thundershowers with highs 78 to 84.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Deadlock Nears End in City School Board Row
Saturday reports say a disinterested committee will try to settle the deadlock Monday. Members assert the board should act without outside pressure while residents flag unfounded charges and note nonresidents have joined the dispute. The board’s elected duty remains to decide matters freely.
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Liggett
Korean Commander Resigns Post in South Korea
Pusan June 16 Lt. Gen. Chung Il Kwan resigns as supreme commander of South Korean armed forces. No reason given. The 36 year old general indicated he may travel to the United States for study.
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Pusan
Korea
U.P
Chung Il Kwan
United States
MacArthur in race says Kerr
Sen. Kerr of Oklahoma said General MacArthur's Texas speaking tour signals his bid for the presidency. He dubbed the MacArthur swing the Mac-Kado and warned that if MacArthur is not aiming for the White House, there is no chance in Texas.
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Washington
Robert S. Kerr
Okla
Douglas MacArthur
Texas
Kerr
MacArthur
White House
Rent Ceilings Battle Continues in Senate
Republican senators vow to press rent ceiling fight on the Senate floor after a banking committee backed Truman anti inflation measures. The panel moved to keep base period increases to 20 percent instead of 37 percent, naming Illinois Quad Cities Davenport Moline East Moline Rock Island and other areas as future controls.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Bricker
Ohio
Capehart
Ind
Moody
Mich
Dana
Illinois
Braidwood
Joliet Area
Granite City
Mascoutah
Quad Cities
Davenport
Iowa
Moline
East Moline
Ill
Rock Island
Indiana
Columbus
Bridges Submits China Lobbyist Backed But Didn't Influence
Washington reports that lawmaker Bridges and Senator Butler denied involvement with a China lobby backed by Alfred Kohlberg who allegedly funded campaigns. The article references a Senate inquiry into MacArthur's ouster and notes a Croatian resistance figure, Stephan Novak, received a 13 year sentence for attempts to overthrow Yugoslavia's communist government.
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Bridges
China
Washington
Zagreb
Yugoslavia
U.P
R.-N.h
Cathal J
John Mar
Stephan Novak
Organshall Butler
Democratic National Committee
Douglas MacArthur
Pavelitch
Argentina
Pacific
Novak
Pam
Ante
Boyle
Alfred Kohlberg
New York
Butler
Governor weighs penalties for jailed trucker case
Governor Schricker plans to study permit penalties for Sims Motor Transport Co. after driver John Wesley Lewis was jailed in Hammond, serving a 911 fine for Lake county weight violations. Lewis’s wife asks for his release while PSC records show 13 weight convictions since March 1.
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Indianapolis
Schricker
Lake County
John Wesley Lewis
Chicago
Anderson
Hammond
Lewis
Public Service Commission
Sims Motor Transport Co
Clifford Hardy
PSC
Missing US pilots in Prague confirm landed in Czechoslovakia
Prague dispatches report the Czechoslovak government confirmed two missing US Air Force pilots landed in Czechoslovakia. The pilots an American and a Norwegian were described as well and happy. The F 84 Thunderjets were based with the 86th Fighter Wing at Giebelstadt Bavaria.
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London
United States Air Force
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Germany
U.S
Luther G. Rohland
Bjoern Johansen
Norway
Johansen
U.S. Air Force
86Th Fighter
Giebelstadt
Bavaria
Vigo County Council Set for 9 A. M. Special Session
Vigo County Council meets Monday at 9 in a special session to approve additional budget appropriations totaling 18 465.20 for county departments. The Public Welfare Department seeks 6 600 for remodel at 505 Ohio street and other welfare costs. The welfare move to new offices at 505 Ohio street by Aug 4 leaves some use of current space.
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Vigo County Council
County Department of Public Welfare
Ohio Street
Joseph G. Jones
Lester Pennington
Lester Pennington. the Welfare Department
DePauw to Host Air Force ROTC Unit Activation
Greencastle Ind June 16 An Air Force ROTC unit will be activated at DePauw University on July 1 Maj Gen Harry A Johnson commanding general of the Tenth Air Force Selfrid Field Mich said today
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Greencastle
Ind
U.P
Air Force R.O.T.C
DePauw University
Harry A. Johnson
Tenth Air Force
Selfridge Field
Mich
Stevenson Attacks McCarthyism as Slander
Gov Adlai Stevenson denounces McCarthyism as a hysterical form of putrid slander and argues communism is a global problem to be faced by social change, not by charges from Sen Joseph McCarthy.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
Joseph McCarthy
Wis
Rose Poly Records 62 Degrees at 73rd Commencement
Sixty-two seniors received Bachelor of Science in engineering at Rose Polytechnic Institute's 73rd commencement in the college auditorium. Dr. Frank H. Sparks of Wabash College earned an honorary Doctor of Laws, and C Gene McGlone received a Master of Science. Gold Hemingway medals honored Frederick W. Garry of Guilford Connecticut and Robert G. Rinker for perfect or near perfect records.
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Rose Polytechnic Institute
C. Gene McGlone
Frank H. Sparks
Wabash College
Ford L. Wilkinson, Jr
Rose
Hemingway
Frederick W. Garry
Guilford, Conn
Robert G. Rinker
M. M. Rinker
North Tenth Street
Garry
Rinker
California Institute of Technology
Car
Deputies Destroy 47 Seized Slot Machines in County Yard
Sheriff John Trierweiler and deputies destroyed forty seven illegal slot machines seized December 13 1948 in a Vigo County warehouse. The act followed a Vigo Circuit Court order by Special Judge Frank Fisher. Spectators watched as serial numbers were checked and machines burned to metal for sale with proceeds to county fund.
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Vigo County
John Trierweiler
Frank Fisher
Vigo
Trierweiler
County General Fund
Indianapolis Man Found Dead at Local Hotel
William S. M. Hughes aged 61 of 3615 Coliseum Avenue Indianapolis was found dead in bed at a local hotel Saturday morning. A heart attack is suspected. He had been negotiating oil leases in the area for two to three years. Survived by wife Bessie and son Shannon, both of Indianapolis. Funeral arrangements pending at P. J. Ryan & Sons Funeral Home.
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William S. M. Hughes
Coliseum Avenue
Indianapolis
Hughes
Bessie
Shannon
P. J Ryan & Sons
US Destroyer Thompson Hit by Korea Shore Batteries
On June 16 near Tokyo the U S destroyer mine sweeper Thompson was struck 14 times by Communist shore batteries off Korea's east coast. Three sailors were killed and two officers and one enlisted man seriously wounded, the navy reported. The destroyer Arnold J. Isbell silenced the enemy guns.
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Tokyo
U.S
Thompson
Korea
Navy
Arnold J. Isbell
Three Die On Thompson Destroyer in Navy Losses
The navy announced Willis Devon Gregg of Elkhart Indiana and two other men were killed on the destroyer mine sweeper Thompson during the action reported yesterday.
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Washington
Navy
Willis Devon Gregg
Elkhart
Ind
Thompson
Thompson Steams to Japanese Port After Transfer
After transferring wounded to Isbell the Thompson headed to a Japanese port under her own power. The navy said the ship was not severely damaged. This marks the second U.S. warship damaged off Korea this week and the eighth ship damaged or lost by enemy fire in the war. Two days earlier the destroyer Walker suffered 33 casualties, including 26 sailors killed, from an underwater explosion likely from a floating mine.
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Thompson
U.S
Korea
Walker
Atomic Bomb Obsolete Claim Sparks Cryptic AEC Quote
New Orleans June 16. AEC physicist Dr. Edward Teller was quoted saying the atomic bomb is obsolete. Rep. F Edward Hebert related the remark after a chat in Eniwetok during April and May tests. The comment compared to prewar airport craft shows shifting tech views.
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New Orleans
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
U.S
F. Edward Hebert
Eniwetok
Associated Press
Edward Teller
Los Alamos, N.M
Hebert
United States
Home Packing Plant Workers End Four Day Walkout
An agreement reached Saturday between Home Packing Company management and Local No. 381 of Amalgamated Meat Cutters ended the four day walkout. Floyd Dillon said union members will return to work at regular starting times with Sunday night shipping room employees reporting June 17 and all others June 18.
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Home Packing Company
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Terre Haute Marine
U. S&s. Weather Bureau
G.O.P
William M. Boyle, Jr
China Lobby
Asia
Jack Bell
Circuit Court
Board of Review
Harrison Township
Honey Creek Township
Lost Creek Township
Otter Creek Township
Depauw
AIR Force
Rose Poly
Boy
Court
Kansas City
Dad
Joseph Francis Zaidarsic
O. Q. Claflin III
William Cauchy
Chisholm
Minn
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