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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1952
Page
4
The Terre Haute Tribune and Gazette, established 1869, issues daily except Sunday. Instructions for missed copies, mail subscription rates, and delivery deadlines are provided, with contact guidance and postal classifications noted.
Editorial urges readers to avoid idle gossip and rumor, to refrain from criticizing without understanding, and to maintain confidence in the nation and its government. Emphasizes responsible discourse and measured public commentary.
Labor observers weigh John L. Lewis and the United Mineworkers potential demand for a new contract this year. A steel disruption worsens defense production and prompts calls for early negotiations to avoid repeated costly mistakes in labor talks and possible coal industry strike.
A reader challenged Voltaire attribution in Desmond McCarthy’s article. McCarthy admitted fabricating the line as a joke, noting many famous quotes are misattributed. The piece cites Emerson Hubbard Mencken as other examples and warns of numerous hoaxes.
The article argues that business profits do not drive prices, noting profits average about 5 cents per dollar of sales over the last decade, with 1951 at 4 cents. It highlights retailers’ low margins, with first nine months of 1951 profits under 2 cents per dollar and food chains often earning just over one cent, countering consumer blame.
The text argues that inflation harms both businesses and consumers, with prices rising post war. It notes unavoidable costs like labor and taxes have climbed even more than pre-war levels, reducing retailer profits while the profit motive fuels growth and high living standards, asserting the overall benefits outweigh the costs.
The platform denounces universal military training and the draft as damaging to productivity serenity and security. It equates serenity with core aims, impractically urging passivity. The piece argues the US faces danger and requires action, noting six million American youths trained in boot camps across three wars and questioning conscientious objection.
A New York study finds Jewish applicants to medical schools in the state are only half as successful as non Jewish peers. The 72 scholarship winners’ filings expose possible bias, though sources vary by policy and individual prejudice. The piece argues discrimination contradicts American merit and medical service ideals.
Farmers may grow an efru, a UN FAO unit measuring food for raising diet by 1,200 calories daily for a month to aid emergency reserves. Experts note 1,900 calories is a basic diet and propose 7,000 tons cereals 1,500 tons vegetables 500 tons each milk oil sugar. Estimated cost around 1.65 million dollars.
New York The Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Co an nounced it can no longer compete with city owned bus lines and expanded private car use and will discontinue all passenger service July 7 unless the State Public Service Commission objects P K Partee general manager said the company a subsidiary of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co urged New York City to take over Staten Island rail passenger service but the city would not commit The city's reduced bus fares and parallel bus lines cut rail passenger traffic in half
In Milwaukee the county superintendent of schools notes a quirky ritual as several girl typists vie for a single typewriter. The last three to use it left their posts for marriage, reflecting a humorous local custom.
June 19 items include marriage licenses for Pullett and Taylor Credfield and Tuttner McCarthy and Kipp. Vigo county grand jury visits Glenn Home with county officials. Roosevelt delegates barred at Chicago convention. YMCA reports about 100 applications for vocational trips to Grand Valley. Local residents travel to Lake Maxinkuckee and Indianapolis. Tax report shows 721216.57 in collections with 169982.22 delinquent. Red and Gun Club shoot judged by Murphy and Einecke.
The linen duster was used to wipe dust from furniture and surfaces, keeping homes neat and clean. It served as a practical cleaning tool for household chores.
Today marks birthdays for notable figures Charles Coburn veteran actor Guy Lombardo band leader Mildred Natwick and Blanche Yurka prominent actresses across stage and screen.
The term es pou s il noun denotes the act of espousing or marrying. It also covers betrothal ceremonies and the broader sense of adopting or taking up a supporter. Originates from Old French espousailles and Latin spousalia from sponsus.
The statement urges maintaining accuracy over speed for a year to end the period happily. It frames success and happiness as attainable through optimism and determination, especially for today’s child, and emphasizes steady effort.
A quotation attributes the central fire of a boundless beneficent will to inspire love for the Right, derision of hate for the victorious, and a moral spark across mankind.
Birth of Sir Douglas Haig in 1861 and the Statue of Liberty arrival in 1885 mark pivotal Allied era milestones. In 1935 the Wagner Act became law in the United States confirming labor rights. In 1948 Soviet rail and road closures severed Berlin from Western zones, isolating British and French sectors.
A long dust coat protected clothing in early car travel. A line about a master killing a girl to search for hidden gold. Bronze awarded. Mentions David Lloyd George and Abraham Lincoln as contextual names.
Walter Winchell’s Celebs About Town pages spot Winthrop Rockefeller inheriting 2 million from a trust, James Thurber, Ethel Merman, Jeanette MacDonald, Gene Raymond, Merriman Smith, Admiral Halsey, and other figures at bars, theatres, and venues. Notes on social climbs, marriages, divorces, and radio media figures mix with Broadway gossip and notable New York landmarks.
The passage collects eccentric characters such as Buffalo Belle a rodeo leftover guarded by bells and a deerskin outfit and Horace a Lexington era revealer who patrols a nightly beat. It also mentions a cabbie Vito and a Lincoln look alike, plus Sweet Sue the aggressive booking agent and the Nature Boy in Central Park. Major league talk includes Ford Frick and mikes in dugouts amid insults. News and gossip note DiMaggio’s girl Niagara Falls interview trouble and Jimmy Durante’s campaign button. Celeste Holm romance aside, Nicky Blairs chatter and a Briton calling Americans stoop shouldered for IOUs cap the page.
Independent yet affectionate individuals may face conflicts if they insist on personal control. Read tomorrow based on your birthday star. Tomorrow’s sign notes Gemini Cancer Leo Virgo Libra Scorpio Sagittarius Capricorn Aquarius Pisces Aries Taurus with practical prompts.
Patricia Neal argues that acting skills benefit all workers from housewives to executives and should be taught in public schools. She cites actors as master communicators and notes congressmen and officials often act well in public while urging separation of acting from sincerity in conveying convictions. Neal, touring star of Something for the Birds, spoke after filming location work in Washington.
Belgrade's Politika denounces a minority of political refugees in Yugoslavia, targeting those who shirk work or spread pro-Russian propaganda. The article, reflecting government views, singles out refugees from Italy opposed to Prime Minister Alcide De Gasperi and hints at a crackdown.
Dr. Herman Bandesen cautions readers that antihistamines can be deadly if misused or taken without medical advice. Overdoses cause excitement, hallucinations, impaired movement, fever, convulsions, coma, and potential organ damage. Emphasizes doctor's supervision, keep medicines away from children, and prompt stomach evacuation if overdose occurs.
An article extols the Father Land Son Indian Guides run by the YMCA to foster father son companionship through outdoor activities and Indian symbolism. It traces origins to Osage founders in 1926 and notes ritual, tribe naming, and shared service to family and community as guiding aims.
The outgoing season centers on the Cezanne show at the Metropolitan and the Matisse showcase at MoMA. Cezanne’s influence on American artists like Knoths and Rattner is noted as substantial yet his talent is seen as a promise shaped by relentless work. Matisse’s work is described as visually effortless but born from hidden effort, with warnings that many young artists misread ease as virtue.
Members of the Holiday Club, formed in 1945 with 16 founders, now own a bus after seven years of pooling 2 dollars weekly. They purchased an army surplus bus for 500 dollars and spent 300 dollars on repairs to make it road ready.
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