Nationwide rail tieup looms as unions threaten strike
CHICAGO June 22 A potential nationwide rail tieup looms with the AFL Switchmen’s Union naming Sunday as a strike date against five lines and two more unions free to strike July 15 The Rock Island Western Pacific Great Northern Chicago Great Western and Denver and Rio Grande Western warned they would halt operations if switchmen walk out Unity of wage disputes with presidential board findings labeled an insult and unjust by conductors and trainmen leaders who vow to use economic pressure for a fair settlement.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Western Pacific
A.F.L. Switchmen’s Union of North America
Great Northern
Chicago Great Western
Denver and
Rio Grande Western
Brotherhood of Railroad
Order of
Emergency Board
F. H. Nemitz
W. P. Kennedy
Presidential Board
Truman
Spe
Sequoia Theater Ceiling Crash Injures Thirty in Redwood City
A balcony ceiling collapse at the Sequoia theater in Redwood City last night dumped about 10 tons of plaster and reinforcing onto moviegoers. Fifteen sent to hospitals, one in serious condition, with Mrs. Vangie Case among the injured. Police and fire officials described the center ceiling giving way and peeling outward as panic briefly spread.
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Redwood City
Calif
Sequoia Theater
Vangie Case
Palo Alto Hospital
William Goldsmith
Joseph Lodi
Douglas says he plans Supreme Court life
Justice William O. Douglas, 51, told a reporter he intends to stay on the Supreme Court the rest of his life. He added that if he avoids more encounters with horses he believes he can beat the record set by Justice John Marshall.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
William O. Douglas
Supreme Court
John Marshall
Weather Forecast and Terrestrial Readings
Partly cloudy and warm with humidity expected tonight and Friday. In Terre Haute and vicinity, low around 68, high near 88, with scattered thunderstorms Friday. Indiana and Illinois show warm, humid conditions with possible showers and storms, south zones 70s to 90s, street thermometer readings 69 at 9am and 83 at 2pm.
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Terre Haute
Vicnity
Indiana
Illinois
Dulles Warns Russia Weak Amid Asia Tensions
In Tokyo on June 22 John Foster Dulles said the captive world of communism is too weak to seek war now with the free world. He warned free countries face internal takeovers by disciplined communist minorities as MacArthur and Johnson Bradley discussions stressed aid for Formosa and a Japan peace treaty.
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Tokyo
John Foster Dulles
State Department
American Chamber of Commerce
Dulles
United States
Asia
MacArthur
Red
Formosa
Japan
Defense
Johnson
Omar N. Bradley
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
U.S
Okinawa
Philippines
Bradley
Shigeru Yoshida
Washington
Stalin ends Soviet linguistics debate with Marr critique
New York dispatch reports Stalin in Pravda condemning Marr and his materialist language theory. The premier declares the Marr school unMarxist and signals a wave of confessions and self-criticism from figures like I I Meshchaninov as Moscow ends months of linguistic contention.
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New York
Stalin
Moscow
Soviet Union
Nikolai Yakovlevich Marr
Marr
Pravda
Service denies charge in Senate testimony
Career diplomat John L. Service testified publicly before a Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee that charges by Sen. Joseph McCarthy and Patrick Hurley alleging disloyalty are false. He admitted wartime contact with Chinese communists but said it was duty as an American intelligence officer and denied plans to undermine Hurley or aid Chinese Reds.
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Joseph R. McCarthy
Wis
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Service
Senate Foreign Relations
Hurley
Amerasia
State Department
Department
Senate
Hurley-McCarthy
Millard E. Tydings
McCarthy
Walter Judd
Minn
George P. Dondero
Mich
Far East
Orchid Winner Morris Chowning Helps Girl Cross Safely
Morris Chowning a city bus driver at 310 Rose avenue won the Orchid for Safety after stopping his bus on Thirteenth street at Linden to permit a small girl to cross. Officers Rausher and Alsop credited him for using a hand signal to halt traffic and yield the right of way.
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Orchid For
Morris Chowning
Rose Avenue
Rausher and
Alsop
Thirteenth Street
Linden Street
Rent Control Bill Passed Extends Federal Controls
Washington June 22 A bill extending federal rent controls for six months with optional six month extension advanced through Congress. The House approved 176 to 145 and the Senate 40 to 24. President Truman was expected to sign promptly, despite deviations from his one year extension plan.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Senate House
Chicago
Fuerstenberger 82 Dies in Terre Haute
George Fuerstenberger 82 lifelong Terre Haute resident and Freeb Brothers salesman died at St. Anthony's Hospital at 1 30 a m Thursday. Surviving wife Minnie son Gene three daughters Mrs Leo J Baxter Mrs G R Gray and Mrs E P Kerr two grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 2 pm at Isaac Ball Funeral Home with Rev L O Richmond officiating burial Highland Lawn cemetery.
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George Fuerstenberger
Terre Haute
Freeb Brothers
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Fuerstenberger
Knights of Pythias and Travelers Protective Association
Minnie
Gene Fuerstenberger
Leo J. Baxter
G. R. Gray
Chicago cleans up crime scene say veterans reporter says
Veteran crime reporter Robert T. Loughran reports Chicago has less organized crime vice and gambling than in the past and predicts the Senate Crime Investigating Committee will find a cleaner city when it visits next month. Des Moines and Kansas City police chiefs corroborate the trend.
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Senate Crime Committee
Chicago
Robert T. Loughran
United Press
Capone
Kansas City
Des Moines
John C. Prendergast
Senate Crime Investigating Committee
Prendergast
Martin H. Kennelly
Brazil Man Dies in Crash Near Ashboro
Gerhard Carlson 44 of Riley former Brazil resident was killed instantly at 1 25 a m Thursday when his car collided head on with a truck driven by Edgar Fulford Edwardsport. Carlson was reportedly on the wrong side of State Road 59 near Ashboro. Fulford had no time to avoid the collision. Carlson's body was taken to Lawson & Son Funeral Home pending funeral arrangements. an inquest was planned for late afternoon.
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Brazil
Ind
Gerhard Carlson
Riley
Edgar Fulford
Edwardsport
Fulford
Carlson
Ashboro
Lawson & Son Funeral Home
Bus Hearing Opens at Capital Today
Mayor Ralph Tucker and city officials travel to Indianapolis for an informal Indiana Public Service Commission hearing on Terre Haute City Lines proposed reduction in intracity bus service. They argue the cut harms riders as patronage and revenue fall. the change would take effect next Sunday after PSC review.
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Ralph Tucker
Board of Public Works and Safety
Frank Doyle
Joseph Conrad, Jr
Clarence Searcy
Indianapolis
Indiana Public Service Commission
David Russell
Edward S. Everett
Terre Haute City Lines, Inc
P.S.C
Dale Dubie
Shriners Close Conclave With Hollywood Light Show
In Los Angeles a million dollar finale ends a five day Shriner conclave drawing 135000 visitors. Hubert M Poteat is named new imperial potentate succeeding Harold Lloyd while George Jessel and Bill Goodwin host. Cleopatra leads a lit parade. 14000 nobles from 67 temples were in a five hour electric display.
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Los Angeles
Hubert M. Poteat
Wake Forest
N.C
Harold Lloyd
George Jessel
Bill Goodwin
Cleopatra
Poteat
Wake Forest University
Sudan
New Bern
Imperial Council
Parker Denies Guilty In Assault Case At Vigo Court
Arthur Parker 49 arraigned in Vigo Circuit Court before Judge H DeWitt Owen pleads not guilty to assault and battery with intent to rape and to a habitual criminal count. Trial set for Oct 2. Parker linked to a Sept 15 1947 assault on Bonnie Collins and to a murder conviction later reversed on appeal.
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Arthur Parker
Vigo
H. DeWitt Owen
Parker
Bonnie Marie Collins
Collins
Lillian Marie Johnson
Indiana Supreme Court
Clay County
Judge Harris Begins Temporary Duty at State Farm
Sullivan Circuit Judge Norval K. Harris begins a 60 day temporary assignment in the Indiana State Farm cattle barn after a contempt sentence. He was fingerprinted photographed and given meals with inmates. Superintendent Albert Ellis calls the tenure cooperative and temporary while assessing aptitudes.
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Joe Adams
Indiana Supreme Court
Norval K. Harris
Sullivan County
Indianapolis
Indiana State Penal Farm
Putnamville
Harris
High Court
John K. Purcell
Ind
Sullivan Circuit Court
Indiana State Farm
Albert Ellis
Ellis
Scandal Hits Monte Carlo Craps Tables
June 22 Monte Carlo reports an uproar at the new American-tourist friendly craps tables. Guests gasped as a group of Americans stripped to shirtsleeves and shouted craps slang, shocking the casino staff including director-general Henri Pontie who called it the maddest night ever.
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Monte Carlo
Henri Pontie
Hungarian bishops surrender to communist government
Hungarian Roman Catholic bishops signaled readiness to negotiate with the regime after years of conflict. They face possible oath to the new constitution, while other denominations have already sworn. Mindszenty’s trial and church school nationalization flagged friction.
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Budapest
Hungary
U.P
Joseph Cardinal Mindszenty
Joseph Groesz
Kolachsa
U S Proposes UN Authority to Check Arms
The United States asked the United Nations to set up an international authority to supervise and regulate ordinary arms and armed forces. The proposal, circulated to the U N Commission on Conventional Armaments, targets rifles artillery naval and aircraft weapons but excludes atomic bombs and weapons of mass destruction.
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Lake Success
United States
United Nations
U.N. Commission
Commission
U N Campaign Intensifies To Seat Chinese Reds At U N
AP analysis notes the Cold War clash over seating in the United Nations. Trygve Lie leads efforts to oust Nationalist China and seat the Communists with Britain expected to back the move. London severed relations with Chiang Kai-shek and recognizes Peiping.
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Red Russia
United Nations
U.N
London
Chiang Kai-shek
Peiping
China
Trygve Lie
Russia
Europe
U.N. Economic and Social Council
Geneva
Gun battle at Enka plant in Morristown injures four
Four men were wounded when a 25 minute gun battle broke out at the American Enka textile plant in Morristown Tennessee. About 75 state troopers arrived with riot gear while 20 nonstrikers inside the gates were deputized armed and warned not to shoot. Witnesses said carloads of workers were fired upon as they approached the gates and strikers fired from across the highway in the dawn attack.
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Morristown
Tenn
W.P
Enka Textile
Seige
David Potter
Parliaments study plan for a European coal steel authority
Delegates from six nations France Belgium the Netherlands Luxembourg West Germany and Italy discussed a European parliament to control coal and steel production. Britain declined to join and Paris proposed the authority be answerable to a federal parliament with annual public reviews. Jean Monnet outlined how national legislatures could select the assembly members.
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Paris
Robert Schuman
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
West Germany
Italy
Britain
Europe
Jean Monnet
Monnet
European Parliament
European Consultative Assembly
Tribune-Star Ad Manager Wins National Award
Margaret J. Wiggs of The Tribune Star Publishing Company earned the top National Want Ad Week promo award from the Newspaper Classified Advertising Managers. The honor recognizes a week long local promotion April 16 to 22 with an 11 page Sunday section front page promotion and daily stories featuring department staff.
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Margaret J. Wiggs
Tribune-Star Publishing Company
Wiggs
Miss Ray
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Davenport
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Munich
Cook
Germany
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Frankfurt
William L. Ryan
John L. Steele
John L. Service
Orchid
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