Communists poised for limited drive as U N predicts four-day window
Allied officers on the western front foresee a limited Communist offensive within four days, marking the Korean War anniversary. U N. patrols push toward Kaesong near Seoul while Chinese forces mass behind Pyongyang. air losses include two Sabre jets and a Mustang. Lt Gen Van Fleet vows troops can hold.
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Tokyo
U.N
Manchuria
James A. van Fleet
United Nations
Kaesong
Seoul
Pyongyang
North Korea
Pyo
Yalu River
Far East Air Forces
FEAF
Four Communist leaders missing as FBI raids sweep NY
FBI agents hunted four missing leaders of the alternate politburo while indictments target 12 000 others in a nationwide crackdown on the Communist party plot to overthrow the government. Seventeen high ranking Reds were arrested in dawn raids in New York and Pittsburgh with bail set at 191 000 and two arrestees named Claudia Jones and Pettis Perry among those seized.
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New York
U.P
FBI
American Communist Party
Justice Department
U.S
G-men
Pittsburgh
Samuel H. Kaufman
James E. Jackson
William N. Marron
New York State Party
Sidney Steinberg
National Labor
Fred Fine
Harold Medina
Claudia Jones
Trinidad
Pettis Perry
Negro
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Park Avenue
Congress
Communist Party
Communist Party of the USA
Moulton estate case set for trial in Superior Court No 2
The Moulton estate accounting case, filed March 13 1949, is scheduled for jury trial in Superior Court No 2. Lawrence Moulton seeks to settle assets found at Merchants National Bank Terre Haute and other deposits tied to Fred A Moulton Minnie Moulton and Alton R Moulton. Continued on Page 3. Across the state Overseas veterans register for the 30th Indiana VFW encampment with 20000 expected. Returnees from Korea and Camp Atterbury will attend the parade and banquet with U S Rep James E Van Zandt set to speak. Mayor Spence Walton seeks advancement. William Cox roams toward retirement as department commander.
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Moulton
Lawrence M. Molton
Fred A. Moulton
The
Merchants National Bank
Alton R. Moulton
Lawrence Moulton
Miami County
Minnie Moulton
Merchants National Bank of
Terre Haute
Indianapolis
Indiana Department
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Korea
Camp Atterbury Hospital
U. S
James E. van Zandt
Altoona
Spence Walton
Mishawaka
William Cox
Jasper
Fireman Richard Gray dies in gas main blast crash
Capt. Richard Gray 55 of 2509 N Thirteenth St. dies en route to a gas main blast at Twenty-first and Hulman. Fire Chief Zenis Nicoson and Patrolmen Walter Thompson and Wayne Jones are severely injured. The blast, at Owen Effner’s home, prompted a crash with Chief Nicoson’s car on Nineteenth and Washington. Investigators probe gas lines as Coffin 22 is treated at St Anthony’s. Continued on page 2.
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Zenis Nicoson
Wayne Jones
Walter Thompson
Nineteenth
Washington
Nineteenth Street
Washington Avenue
Richard Gray
North Thirteenth
Nicoson
Plum Street
Eighth Avenue
Seabury Avenue
Twenty-first
Hulman Streets
Emory Northrop
Gray
Thompson
Owen Effner
Hulman Street
Clifford E. Coffin
North Fourteenth
Coffin
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Terre Haute Gas Corporation
Francis Fischer
Walter Noffsinger
Northrop
Senate backs limited wage price control bill
The Senate banking committee approved a wage price control bill by 12 to 1, denying President Truman broad new powers and restricting price rollbacks to the Jan 25 Feb 24 average. Chairman Maybank said the measure goes to the Senate with debate to begin Monday, while Senator Moody vows to fight the rollback limit.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Truman
Maybank
S.C
Dirksen
Ill
Senate
Ecuadoran President Arrives in U S for 10 Day Visit
President Galo Plaza Lasso of Ecuador arrived in Washington for a 10 day state visit. At a dinner in his honor he was toasted by President Truman.
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Washington
Galo Plaza Lasso
Ecuador
Truman
Weather Summary for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Occasional showers and thunderstorms expected tonight and Friday. Local highs near 82, lows 65 to 65. Indiana outlook calls for showers in north and west portions this afternoon with cooler northeast. Illinois sees showers tonight and east Friday followed by fair, warmer later Friday. River stage 3.8 ft and falling.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Lew
Illinois
Van Fleet vows unstoppable drive at front in Korea
Lt. Gen. James A. Van Fleet praised a reinforced battalion during an attack demonstration near the 8th Army front in Korea. He declared allied forces could not be stopped by Chinese and North Korean troops and urged doubling firepower in the next engagement. Thousands of UN and South Korean officers observed the display.
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U.S
Korea
James A. van Fleet
United Nations
van Fleet
Marines Die in Accident at Camp Lejeune
Eight Marines were killed and 23 injured when two defective mortar shells fell short and burst among an advancing company during a training exercise at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. Witnesses said gunners realized the shells were defective moments after firing and attempted to warn the forward post.
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Camp Lejeune
N. Cmn
North Carolina
Wilmington
Tal ledale Mine Dispute Shuts Snow Hill Work Stoppage
About 400 miners idle at the Talleydale Mine of Snow Hill Coal Corp since Tuesday afternoon. Unofficial word cites a dispute over top men as the cause, but details remain unclear. No settlement appears near as no meeting was scheduled to reconcile factions. A prior committee meeting adjourned without accord.
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Talleydale
Snow Hill Coal Corporation
Accardo Refuses Senate Inquiry in Miami Contempt Citation
Martin Leo Accardo of Coral Gables Florida refused to answer questions before the Senate crime investigating committee today and the panel said it would recommend that he be cited for contempt.
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Miami
Fla
U.R
Martin Leo Accardo
Coral Gables
Chicago
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
First Day of Summer Brought by Time Change
Terre Haute residents mark summer arrival later than the clocks. The weather bureau notes summer begins at 11:25 p.m. local time for standard time adherents and 12:25 a.m. tomorrow for those exempt. Mark Purcell of Rushville predicts a mild, pleasant season.
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Terre Haute
Truck prices cut by International Harvester today
Chicago June 21 International Harvester trimmed list prices on its light model truck chassis by 3.4 to 6.4 percent today, prompting market attention and potential impact on trucking costs.
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Chicago
U.P
International Harvester
Atterbury 10 Have Company Tomorrow Terre Haute Guests
Tomorrow will be Terre Haute day at Atterbury Air Force Base with Terre Haute citizens invited by Brigadier General Lacey V. Murrow commander of the 434th Troop Carrier Wing. Murrow, former vice president of the Association of American Railroads, has roots in Greensboro and is linked to Edward R. Murrow.
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Terre Haute
Great Air Base
Atterbury Air Force Base
Lacey V. Murrow
434Th
Gen. Murrow
Association of American Railroads
Washington, D. C
Greensboro
N. C
Edward R. Murrow
Spokane
Wash
Murrow
Washington State College
Army Air Corps
General Murrow
State of Washington
Second Air Force
Beef Prices Decline as Demand Slows Amid Supplies Tight
Retail beef stocks run low across many regions while consumer demand wavers. Major retailers report 40 percent normal beef on hand as shoppers shift to other foods. Detroit chains cut sirloin prices while higher cuts lag in sales. Eggs rise slightly on brisk demand and seasonal patterns. poultry prices edge up in some markets.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Hauser Ordered Out After Kefauver Testimony
Hans Hauser, husband of former Virginia Hill who testified before Kefauver, must leave the United States by September 1 or face deportation. The Immigration Service served the notice on the former Sun Valley ski instructor in Seattle.
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Seattle
Hans Hauser
Virginia Hill
Kefauver Crime Committee
United States
Sun Valley
Idaho
Immigration Service
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H. D. Quigg
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State
F.W
Dick Gray
Bank Truman
UO. S. Weather Bureau
Accardo
Chief Nicoson
St. Anthony's Hospital
Atterbury 10
Ings
Evansville
Ind
Frank McDonald
Earl William Smith
McDonald
Smith
Hauser
Akron
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