Rent Control Bill Passed and Political Activity Policy
The Senate approved a conference report on a rent control measure with a partyline vote. Democrats 30 to Republicans 10 supported it, while 18 Republicans and six Southern Democrats opposed. The same session approved a Hatch Act amendment softening penalties for federal workers in political activities, allowing at least 30 days suspension without pay by a unanimous Civil Service Commission vote.
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Senate
White House
Civil Service Commission
Virginia
Maryland
Majority ratify J H pension plan
International Harvester announced that a majority of its United Automobile Workers locals have accepted a non-contributory pension plan. Six of nine locals ratified including Evansville Fort Wayne Indianapolis Louisville and Memphis. Melrose Park and two Chicago locals did not yet decide. The plan covers about 20 000 workers with $100 monthly pensions at 65 after 25 years of service and disability benefits from 50 to 100 starting at 65 after 15 years.
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Chicago
International Harvester
United Auto Workers
U.A.W
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Louisville
Memphis
Death by own action and cancer take lives of aged couple
Evansville Ind June 22 Coroner Victor Cowen reported that octogenarians Sam Angemeier 83 and his wife Margaret 80 were found shot to death in their home. Mrs Angemeier died hours after being found crawling on the kitchen floor. The couple was discovered by son in law Donald Doyle who broke into the house after neighbors reported no lights since Saturday. The coroner said Mrs Angemeier did not know her husband was dead.
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Evansville
Ind
Victor Cowen
Sam Angemeier
Margaret Angemeier
Donald Doyle
Angemeier
National Air Races Cancelled for 1950 in Cleveland
The 14th running of the National Air Races was canceled for 1950. Labor Day weekend spectacle which drew about 200000 last year was called off by the executive committee. Secretary Louis Johnson's refusal to permit military planes to participate was cited as the decisive factor.
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Cleveland
Louis Johnson
Debate Over Linguistic Policy and State Department Loyalties
The article reports on innense debate over language policy and alleged Russian influence. It notes remarks by former Ambassador Clarence E. Gauss defending State Department China policy and denying slanted views, plus Ferguson and Tydings handling inquiries into Amerasia, Barkley, and foreign penetration funding concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
China
Clarence E. Gauss
State Department Loyalty Board
Service
Joseph Stilwell
Chiang Kai-shek
J. Sen
Homer Ferguson, R
Mich
Judiciary Committee
G.O.P
Amerasia
Alben W. Barkley
Tydings
Theodore F. Green
R.L
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr
Mass
Senate Appropriations Committee
State Department
Justice Department
FBI
McCarthy
Three youths questioned in Chicago burglary wave
Three Chicago youths Montague Pitts 19 Leroy Edmonds 18 and Herman Foster 16 were questioned after admitting five recent robberies in Chicago. They were captured after a failed escape from Lafayette jail and returned to Chicago with a .32 pistol and stolen goods.
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Chicago
Lafayette
Ind
Montague Pitts
Leroy Edmonds
Herman Foster
Ray Tighe
Peter McKierlan
Tighe
McKierlan
John Olson
Pitts
Edmonds
Foster
Olson
Indiana
Credit Men to Meet Discuss Bad Accounts at Luncheon
The Terre Haute Association of Credit Men will hold a luncheon Friday in the Deming Hotel Silver Room to discuss Bad Accounts. President George O. Nichols will direct the discussion. Tomorrow's meeting will be the last until September with a July board meeting planned to map next year’s program.
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Terre Haute Asociation of Credit Men
Deming Silver
George O. Nichols
Nichols
Lemon Sauce Enhances Classic Bettys
Lemon rind and lemon juice stirred into butter or margarine and sugar elevate Banana and Apple Bettys, adding bright, fresh flavor to the traditional dessert.
Floods hit northern Idaho as Kootenai dikes fail
Northern Idaho faced widespread flooding as two major dikes on the Kootenai near Bonners Ferry washed out. Water depths of five to 15 feet covered 3700 acres, with 200 Army troops deployed to defend the town. The Columbia remained flood high from Canada to Oregon, prompting evacuations of families and livestock in normally flooded lowlands.
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Associated Press
Idaho
Pacific Northwest
Kootenai River
Bonners Ferry
Columbia
Canada
Pacific Ocean
Portland
Ore
National rail tieup looms over wage talks
The Brotherhoods did not back a boost for trainmen and conductors while proposing a 40 hour week and 18 cents an hour for 75 000 yard employees. About 125 000 members seek pay scales by locomotive weight and a shorter basic day. They will meet in Chicago July 10 to map future action. Arthur J Glover says the switchmen represent 25 000 workers. carriers claim 95 percent of nation’s railroad switchmen. Rock Island serves 8000 miles. Western Pacific 1195 miles across CA NV and UT.
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Chicago
Arthur J. Glover
Rock Island
West Coast
Western Pacific
California
Nevada
Utah
Bishops Seek End to Persecution in Hungary Memo
Hungaria quotes a April memo showing Hungary's communist government intensifying actions against religious orders despite appeals. The memorandum states the church owes itself and the nation a voice to demand rectification from top authorities to protect its roots.
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Hungaria
Roadmen Unaffected by Penns Change
Pennsylvania Railroad officials stated the St Louis Division move to Indianapolis affected only local office staff. The St Louis Division is now the Southwestern Division with offices in Union Station Indianapolis. Schedules for freight and passenger trains were not altered.
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Carl F. Barraider
Pennsylvania Railroad
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Southwestern
Union Station
Barraider
Terre Haute Union Depot
R. E. Blosser
R. R. Taylor
Everett E. Hicks
J. M. Shultzabarger
R. D. Jordon
I. C. Golab
J. A. Campbell
C. J. Henry
M. M. Bauman
O. B. Peterson
E. J. Amberg
M. D
M. J. Mullin
E. G. Kuhns
Spirit of
New York
Redmon couple to wed in June garden ceremony
Redmon Illinois June 22 The engagement and upcoming marriage of Richard Graham son of Mr and Mrs J F Graham to Miss Betty Newhart daughter of Mr and Mrs Willoughby Newhart both of Redmon is announced The couple were married June 10 at the home of the bridal pair and will reside in Redmon following the ceremony
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Redmon
Ill
Richard Graham
J. F. Graham
Betty Newhart
Willoughby Newhart
Graham
Death notices for Katherine Gognat Lillie and relatives
Katherine Gognat Lillie, 67, died at her home in Farmersburg area. Survived by husband, a daughter at Terre Haute, two daughters in Centerline and Hymera, a son, sisters and brothers in multiple states, and several grandchildren. Bodies and services arranged through Callahan and De Baun funeral homes with rosary and church services planned in Farmersburg and Mount Olive Church.
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Katherine Gognat Lillie
John W. Lillie
Clara Sohn
Agnes
Terre Haute
Centerline
Mich
North Fifth
Hanley
Emma Gatlinrothers
Lambert Halter
Vincennes
Michael Halter
Chicago
Benjamin
Farmersburg State Bank
Farmersburg
Funeral services for William E. Gray
Funeral services for William E Gray a 51 year old city fire department captain will be held at 830 Friday morning at Callahan Funeral Home with solemn high mass at St Ann Calvary Cemetery Pallbearers will be Chief Zenis Nicoson James Baker Raymond Kyle Levi Foss Joseph Rabb and Virgil Stewart all members of the fire department The rosary is to be recited at the Callahan Chapel Thursday night at 8 oclock
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William E. Gray
Callahan Funeral Home
St. Ann's Calvary Cemetery
Zenis Nicoson
James Baker
Raymond Kyle
Levi Foss
Joseph Rabb
Virgil Stewart
Fire Department
Callahan
Funeral services set for Clarence Donham
Funeral services for Clarence Donham age seventy who died Tuesday will be held at 2 PM Friday at Gillis Memory Chapel. Burial will follow at Roselawn Memorial Park.
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Clarence Donham
Gillis Memory Chapel
Roselawn Memorial Park
Special Virgil Ray Morris dies in Indianapolis heart attack
Virgil Ray Morris 46, a former Brazilian resident, died Tuesday evening of a heart attack at his Indianapolis home. Survived by sister Mrs. Ross Farlee and brother John W. Morris, plus three nieces and three nephews. Body at Miller & Sons Funeral Home with services Friday at 1 PM. Rev. R. C. Dillman to officiate. Burial at Hudson Hill Cemetery near Cloverdale.
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Brazil
Ind
Virgil Ray Morris
Indianapolis
Ross Farlee
Poland
John W. Morris
Miller & Sons Funeral Home
R. C. Dillman
Hudson Hill Cemetery
Cloverdale
Charles Sharpe Dies at 67 in Hymera Home
Charles Sharpe of Farmersburg, aged 67, died at 9 30 this morning at the home of his daughter, Mrs Joy Gilman, in Hymera. He had recently retired after a career as a cashier.
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Farmersburg
Ind
Charles Sharpe
Joy Gilman
Hymera
Death of Alexander Dunn at Rockville Sanitarium
Clinton Ind June 22 Alexander Dunn 70 of 440 Mulberry street died at 3 45 p m Wednesday at Rockville Sanitarium He is survived by his widow Catherine two sons Alexander Dunn Gary and George Dunn South Bend five daughters Catherine McCarty Chicago Jeannie Glover Michigan Center Leville Watson Danville Rita Bragale Clinton and Mary Stull South Bend a sister Belle Douglas Glasgow Scotland and 11 grandchildren The body was brought to the First Funeral home.
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Clinton
Ind
Alexander Dunn
Mulberry Street
Rockville Sanitarium
Catherine
Gary
George Dunn
South Bend
Catherine McCarty
Chicago
Jeannie Glover
Michigan Center
Mich
Leville Watson
Danville
Ill
Rita Bragale
Judge Harris begins term amid tensions and violence
Reported gunfire at a plant strike escalates as guardsmen and police reinforce Kingsport. Victor McDaniels was gravely wounded with five shots near Hamblen Hospital while others, including James McCamey and William McGinnis, were treated. Governor Browning and national guardsmen oversee a tense 12 week CIO textile strike.
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State Highway Patrol
Carl Gilbert
Victor McDaniels
Hamblen Hospital
James McCamey
William McGinnis
Gilbert
Kingsport
Nashville
Senate Labor
National Guard
Washington
White House
C.I.O
Jack Quinton
Funeral Rites Planned for Frank Petkovsek 67
Frank Petkovsek 67 died at 5 25 Wednesday at home on R R 3 Clinton. Survived by widow Anna a daughter Veronica Rombough Terre Haute a stepson John Babyak Chicago two stepdaughters Mary Massa Centenary and Anna Lowden Clinton and nine grandchildren. Body taken to First Funeral Home.
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Clinton
Ind
Frank Petkovsek
R. R
Anna
Veronica Rombough
Terre Haute
John Babyak
Chicago
Mary Massa
Centenary
Anna Lowden
Death of William Ogle in Paris Illinois
William Ogle 63 of Paris Illinois died Wednesday morning at home on East Monroe street. Survived by widow Leta four children Mrs Wilma Cash Charles Bennie and Margie Ogle mother Mrs Richard Ogle and five sisters. Funeral Friday at 2 PM at Zieren Funeral Home with burial in Barr Johnson cemetery near Bell Ridge.
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Paris
Ill
William Ogle
East
Monroe Street
Leta
Wilma Cash
Charles
Bennie
Margie Ogle
Richard Ogle
Zieren Funeral Home
Barr & Johnson
Bell Ridge
Paris Tea Room owner dies during Meridian visit
Edgar L. Doyle, 53, and his wife Macie operated the Washington Tea Room in Paris. He died of a heart attack Wednesday night at a relative's home in Meridian, Mississippi, where he had been visiting for a week. He is survived by his widow and his father, a resident of Raymond, Illinois.
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Paris
Ill
Edgar L. Doyle
Macie
Washington
Meridian
Miss
Cohe Dent
Raymond, Iil
Requiem Mass Set For Peter Dolian In Indiana Church
Requiem mass will honor Peter Paul Dolian 30 of Coalmont who died Monday. The service will be at 9 00 Friday morning at St Joan of Arc Church Jasonville led by Rev James Hill. Burial follows in Calvary Cemetery Terre Haute.
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Coalmont
Ind
Peter Paul Dolian
St. Joan of Arc Church
Jasonville
James Hill
Calvary Cemetery
Terre Haute
Railroads Protest Steel Truck Rates
Indiana steel truck drivers from Calumet to Indianapolis won a rate break as the Public Service Commission approved 26 cents per 100 pounds with a 32 000 pound minimum. Railroads face 27 cents per 100 pounds with an 80 000 pound minimum and contest the legality of the new rates, with a July 18 hearing ordered.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Calumet Area
Public Service Commission
PSC
Church sale ends in total loss as rush leaves stock unpaid
In Johannesburg a church jumble sale exploded into chaos with a stampede at opening. Customers surged past attendants, knocked them over, and fled with the entire stock without paying.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Golden Wedding in Paris Celebrates Sanders Couple
Paris NL June 22 Special Mr and Mrs Bert Sanders Sr mark their 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at noon and a 2 to 5 reception on Sunday June 25.
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Paris
Bert Sanders
Dempsey Carpentier Fight Broadcast Debut at Jersey City
The first radio broadcast of a heavyweight boxing bout covered the Dempsey versus Carpentier match held in Jersey City New Jersey on July 2 1921.
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Jersey City
N. J
Lt Col Moore Assigned At Maxwell AFB Alabama
Lt Col Howard W. Moore of Farmersburg Indiana recently completed the Air University Air Command and Staff School at Maxwell Field Alabama He is assigned as aid force liaison officer Headquarters 6th Army presidio San Francisco prior to the Maxwell course His overseas service includes the European Theater of Operations from Oct 1942 to Aug 1943 and again from Apr 1945 to Aug 1947 He holds the Silver Star and is the son of Mr and Mrs Elza Moore of Farmersburg Indiana
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Maxwell AF Base
Ala
Howard W. Moore
Farmersburg
Ind
Air University
Air Command and Staff
Coleonel Moore
6Th Army
Presidio
San Francisco
California
Maxwell
Elza Moore
Farmersburg, Ind
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Marr
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