Nations Study Schuman Plan Conference Opens in Paris
Paris June 20. Foreign Minister Robert Schuman convened six Western European nations to rapidly pool coal and steel in a supranational union aimed at preventing communism. Britain abstained from committing. delegates from France Belgium The Netherlands Luxembourg West Germany and Italy attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph W. Grigg
Paris
U.P
Robert Schuman
Europe
Schuman
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Germany
Italy
Osborn Murder Trial Jury Delays Ruling On Objection
Covington Ind June 20 The Osborn murder trial jury stayed out awaiting Judge Fenters ruling on a third objection. Mary Osborn 39 is charged with poisoning her husband Amandus 49. The trial stalled after the state objected to defense witness Luther Coomer recounting a conversation with the coroner the night after Mary signed a statement. The first defense witness George Osborn 17 said his mother asked about life insurance and the coroner suggested she might benefit from it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Fishere
Veedersburg
Fishero
Japanese Communists Plan Underground Action
Tokyo June 20 Japanese communists have completed plans to go underground in anticipation of their party’s outlawing. Mainichi reports the group aims to paralyze commerce starting with railroads and electric industries during the underground phase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
U.P
Mainichi
Foochow Raid Claims Destruction of Communist Airfield
Nationalist air headquarters in Taipei announced that Chinese warplanes destroyed the communist airfield and installations at Foochow, the Fukien capital, despite resistance from Russian-built fighters and anti-aircraft guns. Foochow lies about 100 miles northeast of Formosa, base of Chiang Kai-Shek’s nationalist forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taipei
Foochow
Fukien
Formosa
Chiang Kai-Shek
Four Wheels and Motor Not Safe Car Ends in Crash
Kansas City, June 20. Two young brothers, riding in a hot rod, fell from the vehicle after it turned a corner, injuring them. Police say driver Wayne Ward Jr., 15, stripped the car too far, leaving no body, lights, floorboards, rear fenders, or secure seat cushion, rendering it unsafe.
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Kansas City
Kan
Wayne Ward Jr
Judy Garland Almost Cuts Throat in Distress at Home
Hollywood report says Judy Garland cut her throat in a despondent outburst during a meeting at two Sunset Boulevard homes. Dr. Ballard treated a minor wound, and Garland rested under care with a bandage. MGM had suspended her for missing a rehearsal with Fred Astaire, part of long studio troubles surrounding Annie Get Your Gun and past suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Judy Garland
Miss Garland
Vincent Minelli
Ralph Wheelwright
Sunset Boulevard
Evansview Drive
Carlton Alsop
Myrtle Tully
Fred Astaire
Judy
M-G-M
Friends
Metro
Betty Hutton
Boston
Youth's Car Comes Back Pile of Junk
A 19 year old youth from Napoleon Ohio watched as his car stalled on railroad tracks in Auburn Indiana. The car was struck by a westbound train, hurled over the engine, and then dropped in front of an eastbound train. The wreckage rolled along U.S. 6, was struck by a truck, and knocked down a utility pole.
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Auburn
Ind
New York Central Railroad
Julian Willford
Napoleon
Ohio
Willford
U.S. 6
Suspect Held in Cafe Theft
Police arrest Raymond C. Smith and Frank M. Tabor after a theft at Night Hawk Cafe on West Wabash. Smith admits taking $45 from the cash register and is found with $35 on his person. Tabor denies involvement. Smith held on $1000 bond with vagrancy charges continued to July 5. investigation continues.
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Ralph Lehner
Night Hawk
Wabash Avenue
Raymond C. Smith
North Thirteenth
Frank M. Tabor
Sixth Avenue
Smith
Flowers
Mahan
Tabor
Lehner
Edgar Gauer
Indian Enterprise Explodes Off Suez Killing Crew
The British freighter Indian Enterprise exploded and sank in the Red Sea about 300 miles south of Suez. 72 crewmen are missing after 73 were aboard. One injured survivor, an Indian seaman, was rescued by the Norwegian tanker H Westfal-Larsen. The ship carried 580 tons of explosives for the Indian government en route from London to Indian ports.
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Suez
Egypt
Red Sea
London
H. Westfal-Larsen
Death of Pole Performer Ends Circus Act in Pueblo
In Pueblo Colorado Franz Heinzmann known as Francisco the king of the air died during an 80 foot pole act at a Shrine sponsored show. He climbed 40 feet and swayed the 12 foot arc when the pole snapped. The crowd of 1 800 watched as he was killed instantly. The show continued as attendants removed the body. Continued on page 9 column 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pueblo
Colo
Francisco
Franz Heinzmann
Polack Bros. Circus
Heinzmann
Lloyd Selleck
Shrine
Public School Standoff Delays Paris Union District
Paris Ill June 20 special report notes a 3-3 deadlock over E W Eveland as Paris High basketball coach. Board members split pro and anti Eveland with no meeting date set. With under 70 days to school year start, the district remains unorganized, owes teachers over 40000, and lacks a budget to qualify for 100000 state aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris, Ill
Midwest
Paris Union
E. W. Eveland
Paris High School
John J. Taflinger
Rodney L. Bell
C. Eugene Scott
Charles S. Levings, Jr
L. Don Morris
anti-Eveland
Karl R. O’hair
pro-Eveland
O’hair
Roberts
Missing Plane Hunt Expands For 15 Americans
Miami dispatch reports an expanded search for 15 Americans missing since June 9 when a DC-3 disappeared near the Venezuelan coast. Coast guard HQ sought help from Caracas air attache and State Department urging Venezuela to launch air ground searches near Maracaibo. mission aircraft owned by New Tribes Mission of Chico, California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miami
Fla
Venezula
Coast Guard
U.S
Caracas
Venezuela
Kingston
Jamaica
Maracaibo
New Tribes Mission
Chico
Calif
Donna Wetherald
Ben Wetherald
U.S. State Department
Wetherald
Victim of Local Man s Gun Dies in Love Triangle
In Evansville Indiana an inquest was planned for Eugene Castleman a 40 year old man who died from gunshot wounds suffered June 11 after a dispute over his estranged wife Lena King Barber. Ira Paul King a 57 year old Terre Haute clothing salesman was sought for questioning. King admitted shooting Castleman twice when Castleman attacked him and Mrs Barber with a hatchet. Barber remained hospitalized with bruises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evansville
Ind
U.P
Eugene Castleman
Ira Paul King
Terre Haute
Castleman
Lena King Barber
King
Harris Subpoenas Four Judges and Eleven Attorneys
In Terre Haute Judge Norval K. Harris subpoenaed four judges and eleven attorneys to appear before the Indiana Supreme Court in Indianapolis at 9 a.m. CST Wednesday. The move aims to present evidence in Harris's contempt of court case, with prosecutors and many local lawyers known to Harris. Reports say subpoenas may extend to other adjoining counties as well.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Norval K. Harris
Indiana Supreme Court
Indianapolis
Thomas A. Williams
State Supreme Court
John Trierweiler
H. DeWitt Owen
Vigo
Clay A. Phillips
Superior Court
Albert R. Owens
Superior Court No. 2
Herbert R. Criss
City Court
Frank R. Miller
John Hoke Beasley
Frank Miklozek
Herbert A. Gerdink
David Rosenfeld
Hunter J. van Leer
Samuel E. Beecher Jr
Ernest Causey
Eaton Dudley
Floyd Dix
Robert Duffy
Harris
Purcell
Sullivan County
Sullivan Circuit
Cochairman
Paul Robeson
Committee For the Defense
New York
U.P
Bus Service Curtailment Discussed At Thursday Meeting
A planned review of Terre Haute's bus curtailment plan will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday by the Public Service Commission with Mayor Ralph Tucker City Attorney Edward Everett and Terre Haute City Lines officials. Council members Conrad Doyle and Searcy are expected to attend as the company delays cuts amid a revenue downturn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Public Service Commission
Ralph Tucker
Edward S. Everett
Chicago
Terre Haute City Lines, Inc
Joseph Conrad
Frank Doyle
Clarence Searcy
Dale Dubie
Tucker
Dubie
Chiang Kai-shek rumors denied by U S officials
Top American military authorities emphatically denied that nationalists Chiang Kai-shek was in Japan or Okinawa. The rumors had circulated from Hong Kong and Formosa amid Chiang’s retreat from the Communist mainland of China.
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Tokyo
Chiang Kai-shek
Japan
Okinawa
Hong Kong
Formosa
Chiang
China
Point Four as a tool against communism in Asia
Secretary of State Dean Acheson told governors the Truman Point Four program will be a powerful weapon against communism, especially in Asia, by aiding underdeveloped areas in food, health and education. He argued bipartisan support, warned against viewing it as philanthropy, and said it would foster global peace. He outlined practical work through public health, sanitation, agriculture, and technical aid, even suggesting U S state experts could assist foreign publics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Cutter
Whitesulphur Springs
W. Va
U.P
Dean Acheson
Truman
Asia
Acheson
Orchid Winner Injured While Working at Pfizer Plant
John Enrici aged 38 of 2101 North Seventh Street, an employee of Citizens Independent Telephone Company, was seriously injured around 9 15 AM Tuesday while repairing communications installations at the Pfizer Company south of the city. He fell from a telephone pole and may have broken his back. taken to St Anthony's Hospital by Ryan ambulance with condition described as not good. Ironically the Orchid for Safety winner had earlier helped push a stalled car for another motorist after learning of engine trouble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Enrici
North Seventh Street
Citizens Independent Telephone Company
Pfizer Company
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Ryan
Webster
J. S. Beasley
Enrici
Third
Ohio
Thunder Showers Forecast For Terre Haute And Region
Local conditions show 14.1 ft river rise and 72 degree high yesterday. Forecast calls for cloudy skies with thundershowers tonight and Wednesday across Indiana and Illinois, with warmer north portions and highs ranging from the 60s to low 80s, lows near 60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Bean Planting Off Schedule in Vigo County
Vigo county reports about twenty-five percent of corn and soybeans in the Wabash river bottom and heavy clay areas unplanted due to persistent rains. County Agent A D Luers notes forecasts call for more rain while the Wabash river may crest at 15 feet, risking bottom-area flooding and delayed planting as weeds threaten young crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigo County
Wabash River
A. D. Luers
U. S. Weather Bureau
Luers
Missing tot found dead in Lake Michigan
The four year old Jimmy Knaus who vanished after his mother refused him ice cream was recovered from Lake Michigan. A playmate James Reamer 6 said he saw him fall in the water prompting a lake drag. Police and ninety officers searched Rogers Park area overnight near the Degnan case site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Jimmy Knaus
Lake Michigan
James Reamer
Jimmy
Rogers Park
Suzanne Degnan
William Heirens
Germans favor the West in postwar poll
An official American occupation poll released in Frankfurt shows 54 percent of Germans questioned favor aligning with the West in the cold war, 42 percent prefer neutrality, less than 0.5 percent favor Russia, and the remainder have no opinion.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Russia
Western Germany Joins Council of Europe For Peace
AP reports optimism in western Europe as western Germany agrees to join the Council of Europe and embraces the Schuman plan to pool coal and steel with France. The move signals a tentative alliance between former rivals to foster peace and prosperity amid postwar recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Germany
Council of Europe
Schuman
Ruhr
London Times
Plane Falls Near Lebanon Killing Four
Four people die in a small plane crash seven miles south of Lebanon Indiana. The victims include instructor Robert Lahr aged 25 and student pilot Clinton Ferguson 30, his wife Marcia Ferguson 30, and their son Ronald Part ridge 8. The single engine craft departed Baer Field Fort Wayne at 10 pm and vanished until found by farmer Claude Armstrong. Police logged the disappearance at 1 am and a stopped watch 11 37 marked on Ferguson.
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Lebanon
Ind
Here
Robert A. Larr
Lafayette
Clinton Edward Ferguson
Battle Ground
Marcia Ferguson
Ronald Partridge
Lahr
Halsmer
Ferguson
Fort Wayne
163Rd
Indiana Air National Guard
Baer
Armstrong
Conn Marker
Stalin Gets to Keep Joe in Power in Moscow Vote
Moscow June 20 officials in parliament unanimously backed Premier Joseph Stalin to remain in office. Eleven Communist Party Politburo members attended as the two houses also approved resolutions calling for prohibition of atomic weapons and branding as war criminals members of the first government to use atom weapons. The resolutions echoed those from a World Peace Partisans Congress in Stockholm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Joseph Stalin
Communist Party
World Peace Partisans
Stockholm
Dr Paul Nichols Home Ransacked In Monday Night Break In
The residence of Dr Paul Nichols at 2600 North Seventh Street was entered between 8 and 9 45 p m Monday by intruders who cut a rear screen and raised a window. Deputies John Halter and Barney O Connor found drawers pulled out and contents scattered but could not tell if anything was stolen. A burglary at Ace High Service Station at Fruitridge and Wabash also occurred after closing Monday night with a pried rear window pane. Norman Lowery reported the break to deputies at 6 30 a m Tuesday. The cash box held about 250 dollars in cash and 78 in checks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Nichols
North Seventh Street
John Halter
Barney O'Connor
Ace High
Fruitridge
Wabash Avenue
Norman Lowery
Lowery
Col Penns Widow Dies After Prolonged Illness
Mrs Cora E Penn 83 widow of Col William Penn died at 8 30 am Tuesday at 525 South Sixth after an extended illness She was daughter of the late John H and Mrs O Boyle pioneer Terre Haute resident A sister Mrs A Z Foster survives A longtime social figure she helped in Women’s Department Club and belonged to St Stephen’s Episcopal church The William Penn Masonic Lodge at Twelve Points is named for her husband who worked with Vendalia Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad Services set for 3 o clock Thursday at P J Ryan Sons Funeral Home Rev Thomas Mabley to officiate burial at Highland Lawn cemetery
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Cora E. Penn
William Penn
South Sixth Street
John H. O'Boyle
Terre Haute
A. Z. Foster
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Berlin
General Confederation of Labor
Free German Trade Union Federation
Britain
Osborn
Bob Thomas
Cafe Register
Polack Circus
Supreme Court
Orchid
Weather Surese
W. Europe
DeWitt MacKenzie
Ft. Wayne
Stalin
Joe
Col. Penn
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