West Terre Haute Notes Social Roundup
June notes from West Terre Haute document local residents hosting visits and travel. Frank Piper ships out to Army Air Base near Geneva New York. gatherings include Ralph McPheron Gladys Robertson and extended family from Effingham Bloomington Newburgh Mt Vernon Milwaukee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Terre Haute
Paul N. Frost
Joan Piper
South Fourth Street
Frost
Frank Piper
Army Air Base
Geneva
New York
Ralph McPheron
Gladys McPheron Robertson
Terre Haute
Albert Barnes
William Dammermann
Laura Barnes
Beverly
Effingham, III
School Tax Hike Seen as Necessary
Indianapolis June 20 State school officials say local school taxes will rise despite 58 million dollars slated for state aid. The State Board of Education defers local funding estimates to districts. Superintendent Wilbur Young suggests possible local increases from two to five million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
General Commission
State Board of Education
Wilbur Young
Public Instruction
Pack aging Packs a Powerful Punch speaker A P Bondurant
A P Bondurant vice president and advertising director of Glenmore Distilleries Company will address the Advertising Club of Terre Haute at a Mayflower Room Terre Haute House dinner. He helped develop Eskimo Pies and oven ready biscuit packaging and will demonstrate ideas. Reservations by calling C 9595 until 4 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AD Club
A. P. Bondurant
Advertising Club of
Terré Haute
Bondurant
Glenmore Distilleries Company
Mayflower
Terre Haute
Glenmore
Wabash Valley
Two Bus Train Collisions Kill and Injure in Germany
Last night two crashes in South Germany left multiple dead and 31 injured as bus passengers and train travelers suffered harm. Authorities urged calm as救援 teams worked at the scenes.
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South Germany
Dual Tragedy Ends Romance in Scottsbluff
The body of 57-year-old farmer Ben Specht was found in a shed with his German wife Elizabeth, 58, nearby in a bloody scene. Sheriff Warrick called it attempted murder and death by own action. Elizabeth was reported near death at Scotts Bluff Hospital. The couple, married in October after a two year courtship through the mails, had never met in person before the marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scottsbluff
Neb
Steve Warrick
Ben Specht
Elizabeth
Pay Status for Aviation Unit in Terre Haute
Associate Volunteer Unit No. 5 will go on pay status July 1 with 25 officers and 50 enlisted men. Members receive pay for two training days monthly. Lt. Jack C. Hart notes a few openings for qualified personnel. The unit will meet Thursday at 8 pm for training-plane preparations, with St. Louis aircraft arriving Friday at 2 pm and remaining at Hulman Airport until Sunday at 4 pm.
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Naval Flyers
Terre Haute
Jack C. Hart
Hart
Naval Reserve Training Center
South Fruitridge Avenue
St. Louis Naval Training Station
Hulman Airport
Indianapolis Barber Killed by Car in Traffic Crash
William Edward Smith a 66 year old Indianapolis barber was killed yesterday when struck by a car at a street intersection in Indianapolis. The accident occurred June 19 and police said the driver remained at the scene.
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Indianapolis
William Edward Smith
Barber
Movie Listings At The Theaters This Week
Theaters present a slate of films including Molly with Berg and Hansen, Soldiers Three with Granger and Pidgeon, Fighting Coast Guard with Donlevy, Apache Drums starring McNally Gray Muse, Night Into Morning with Milland Davis, Little Giant with Abbott Costello, Senorita from the West, Trigger Trio, Pistol Packin Mama, Harriet Craig, September Affair, Father’s Little Dividend, Frenchie, Marshal of Heldorado, Southside 1-1000, The Gunfighters, You’re in the Navy Now, and other titles at various venues across Liberty Indiana Orpheum Savoy Fountain Rex West Virginia Idaho Lyceum Garfield Swan Best East Side Drive In Corral and more.
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Liberty
Molly
Gertrude Berg
Peter Hansen
Soldiers
Stewart Granger
Walter Pidgeon
Grand — “Fighting Coast Guard
Brian Donlevy
Forrest Tucker
Ella Raines
Indiana
Stephen McNally
Coleen Gray
Clarence Muse
State
Ray Milland
Nancy Davis
Orpheum
Little Giant
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Senorita
West
Savoy
Trigger
Fountain
Pistol
Mama
Rex
West—‘Square Dance
Katy
Virginia
Harriet Craig
Corral
Idaho
Lyceum
Frenchie
Heldorado
Swan
Southside
East Side
Navy
Fireball Engine Showcases Valve-in-Head Design
The piece highlights valve-in-head engines like the Fireball, noting they perform with high test fuel and are built to handle future not-so-high-test fuels. It promotes Buick dealers as the source to learn about this technology and sample the broader motorcar engine trends.
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Buick
Civilian supplies to be curtailed in coming months
New York June 20 Eric Johnston of the Economic Stabilization Administration warned that defense production demands will tear large holes in civilian goods supply in the next months. He said the cost of living index is rising by the month.
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New York
Eric Johnston
Johnson
Battle Zone Casualties Report Shows Large Losses
A wartime tally lists 237 wounded 54 missing two taken prisoner of war and 27 injured in area combat incidents indicating heavy fighting and disruption across front lines.
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Louis Britzius
South Seventh Street
Britzius
Vinita Britzius
Newburgh
Ind
Mary Durell
Mt. Vernon
Ls.t.c
Margaret Lewis
North Seventh Street
E. Nicholas
South Third Street
Bloomington
Diana University
Lewis
Jack Lewis
Milwaukee
Wis
Dale Baker
Poplar Street
Mr. Baker
George Baker
West Edwards Street
Hutchinson
Kan
Alpha Baker
Gladys
Capt. Baker
Mary del Griffith
Washington, D. C
Elizabeth Nicholes
Hanna Morris
Wallace E. Miller
Summitt Hill
Miller
Harriet Morris
Doyle Haley
Francisco
Wabash Ave
St. M. W. Carty
Mer
Munich
Germany
Joan Crawford
Wendell Cory
Pete Smith
J. Taylor Arc
Smart
Technicolor
Joel McCrea
Shelley
Gregory Peck
Helen Westcott
Uae
Lena veRouse
Jean
Fontaine
Joseph
Washington
Defense Department
Ruth Terry
Jack LaRue
Vera Vague
Apache
Technicol
M-G-M
Ray Mill
John Hodiak
Lewis Stone
Jean Hagen
Terre Haute Auto Company
Wabash Avenue
Col
Eta
Red Sally Skelton
Forrest Macponaco
Carey
Marta Toren
Jeff Chandler
Garfield
Bill Williams
Jane Nigham Rutherford
Marshal of
Jimmy Ellison
Fuzzy Knight
Trianon Ballroom
Jimmie Adams
NHN
Don Defore
Andrea King
Moe Tracy Bennett Taylor
Haythorne
East Poplar
DU EL
Trenchie
Gary Cooper
Jane Greer
Pao
Havana
Warren Douglas
Mimi Aguglia
Leon Belasco
Slammin
Sammy Snead
Fighting Coast Guard
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