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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1952
Page
4
The Terre Haute Gazette began publication in 1869 and the Terre Haute Tribune was established in 1994, marking a long legacy of local news in Terre Haute. This note outlines the two papers and their origins.
The notice directs readers to call for missed copies of The eeem, gives contact numbers for sports and editorial staff, and lists mail subscription rates by zone with prices for Evening and Sunday, Evening only, and six months. It notes post office filing as second class matter since January 1, 1903.
The Tribune calls for thoughtful discussion, condemns gossip, and urges readers to maintain faith in America and refrain from criticizing government without solid knowledge. The piece emphasizes respect for civic institutions and responsible discourse.
The United States accuses Russia of shorting America by returning 186 of 670 lend-lease ships. Moscow proposes buying 167 ships and offers only 300 million dollars to settle an 11 billion dollar debt, rejecting court action and widening explanations. Karavaev hands a bulky note to Washington, reviving a long deadlocked dispute amid allegations of bad faith.
Governor John S. Fine says the Pennsylvania delegation will delay choosing a Republican nominee until the final moment, with Taft and Eisenhower close in delegates. The piece recalls 1928 Hoover nomination after Mellon and Vare pressured by state interests, noting Indiana’s James E. Watson faced a similar setback as Mellon's influence and Ware’s machinations altered the outcome.
The national report shows 1951 as the best year in Goodwill’s fifty year history with record training, employment, services, and wages. Yet the true significance lies in lives changed, including Ruth, Jim, Frank, and Henry among over sixteen thousand served last year.
The article emphasizes measuring achievement by ability and usefulness rather than a standard gauge. It credits donors and volunteers for funding and sustaining Goodwill Industries locally, noting renewed opportunities for growth through loyal support. Reverend Grob praises the past year and urges continued progress under the Goodwill Way.
A recent AP dispatch reports road engineers proving heavy truck loads cause far more road damage. Tests on Maryland highways show 22,400 pound axle loads crack slabs 6.4 times more than 18,000 pounds, and 44,800 loads crack 12.3 times more than 32,000. With 476,000 trips in six months, highways across 11 states suffer costly deterioration demanding action to cut truck weight.
The essay recalls Thomas Jefferson on classifying news into truths probabilities possibilities and lies noting newspapers modernly err toward speculation. It contrasts partisan past with present caution in reporting and asserts sports and market pages offer the most reliable facts despite occasional misprints.
Reports indicate reforms for next term after difficulties covering the latest steel decision. Wire service reporters now work from four cramped booths beneath the chamber, linked by pneumatic tubes, while daily paper reporters wait in a distant press room. A proposed pneumatic tube from the chamber to the main room would deliver opinions to all reporters simultaneously, easing space and timing tensions.
United States traffic crashes killed 37,500 people and injured over 1,100,000 in the previous year, highlighting widespread roadway dangers and the need for safety improvements.
Indiana State Normal opened summer term for registration with many students. Marriage licenses issued for Jam eson Pettiford Hay Poe Hage Tate. Diplomas awarded at St Ann s School for business writing to Sweeney Flynn Green Toy White. Visitors Mrs Grant Fairbanks Pauline Strow guest of Joseph Strow. Bretell Dailey attended Jasper College exercises as Fred Bretell graduated. Gas stove fire at L Dunham home caused minor damages. O C Hornung bought 928 South Center Street for 5500 and will remodel. Alfred Westphal left Y M C A post for similar role at State Normal. Fifty seven vocational trip applications to Grand Valley Colorado orchards received at Y M C A. Helen Beggs to Pittsburgh Pa for house party.
Walter Winchell notes Barbara Stanwyck, Joan Fontaine, and many stars in a blitz of headlines. Names from royalty to film, theater, and society swirl in rumors of romances, engagements, divorces, marriages, and high society intrigues across continents and studios.
Answers: 1. The wind speed term often used is velocity or wind speed measurement such as miles per hour. 2. A bridge spans a gap with supports below, while a viaduct carries multiple spans over uneven terrain. 3. A presidential salute typically uses 21 guns. 4. A bat is an animal, not a bird. 5. Christopher Columbus was born in Genoa, Italy.
Igor Stravinsky the American composer and Ralph Bellamy the actor of stage screen and television are listed as eligible for birthday greetings on this date.
The entry defines integrity as completeness undivided soundness and moral uprightness. It traces origin from French integrite and Latin integritas, noting honesty and unimpaired state as core meanings.
Entries note the 1673 discovery of the Mississippi River by Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette, the 1775 Battle of Bunker Hill in the American Revolution, and 1948 Britain and France agreeing to set up a separate state of West Germany under Western Allied control.
A compact moral verse reflecting on the world as a stage where God’s omnipotence justice knowledge love and providence enact the roles shaping human life and fate.
Advice about staying focused today to ensure success and happiness in the coming year. It notes good fortune for a child born under these influences and cautions against unwise business actions.
A compact note on speed and motion mentioning velocity as rapid movement or rate of travel across a context, with emphasis on measurement and relative pace.
In Corinth Mississippi a mother dog carried a dead puppy across a highway and buried it in a wooded spot. Witness R F Ross described the scene noting the dog had tears in her eyes upon returning, highlighting a poignant moment of animal grief.
A collage of quick notes covers Italy’s length and breadth, the brown bear in Rome and captivity, desert climates, Galapagos tortoises aging to 300 plus years, St. Louis nicknamed the mound city, Tibetan tongue greeting, Chicago’s 1856 coed high school, tomatoes once hog feed, Pascagoula River humming, 1619 Virginia Assembly elections, post Civil War wallpaper, and early bathtubs used by Napoleon.
Born to day you have a mix of seriousness and humor and aim for substantial ambitions. You work hard and still find time to play. You inspire enthusiasm, share laurels on success, bear blame for failures, and seek home and family happiness with many romances before settling down.
A syndicated horoscope lists daily guidance for Gemini through Taurus. It urges balance between work and play, helping the ill, budgeting, routine adherence, personal grooming, supporting music and arts, self improvement, resisting others’ sway, alertness, attending lectures, organizing outdoor activities, and diplomatically pushing goals.
Hollywood reports Mary Castle pressed to break her contract for a new deal with Universal International and lands a featured role in Gun Hand with Rock Hudson and Julia Adams. She dies in a staged shooting scene, praising a strong part over a dull one as the film showcases Western horsemanship by Universal contract players.
After Rose Marie Sebastian, 11, was nearly paralyzed by polio, a letter she and her mother sent to a zoo led to help from a monkey importer. A Costa Rica trapped monkey began a long journey to her bedside as the girl awaited the animal for companionship in her room.
Vincent Massey, heir to a vast Canadian family fortune, became Canada’s first native-born governor general on February 28, 1952. The appointment sparked debate over Britain’s influence in the Commonwealth, with Massey seen as a British style aristocrat and a symbol of Canadian independence. A longtime public servant and business leader, he led the Massey Harris empire, served as Ottawa’s minister to Washington, and held other prominent roles before his 1952 appointment and later positions. He was born February 20, 1887, in Toronto, and married Alice Stuart in 1915, with two sons.
The column parodies shifting political signals from railroads to TV hookups and consumer quirks. It lampoons candidates seeking audiences, jokes about chloro phyll purchases, a centenarian drinking coffee, and the beat of public opinion on TV and music ads amid sports taunts.
In Proctor Arkansas customers must navigate a signless storefront that resembles a house. The front door stays locked while the back door is sometimes found unlatched. Alvah Phillebaum dislikes interruptions during reading and rest.
An organ recitalist, astonished to learn a lime tenor’s past as a convicted murderer, discovered all 12 voices in the hospital choir were inmates. The project at Dannemora State Hospital uses music for mental therapy with 400 prisoners, leading to a formed choir and inmate community singing.
In Memphis, pilots Richard Kite and Paul Angell soared to a notable achievement setting a local aviation distance mark. The event drew attention from aviation enthusiasts and supporters in the region.
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