Foreign Arms Plan Pressed For Senate Approval
Washington reports that administration allies push for Senate approval of a Foreign Arms plan to deploy modern weapons to Western Europe excluding atomic arms. Senator Connally oversees a 1.2225 billion program with Republican opposition over credits and fund reallocations while committees stress new mass producible weapons to deter Soviet aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Administration
Senate
America
Europe
Connally
Texas
Truman
United States
U.S
Senator Lodge
R.-Mass
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Western Europe
Soviet Union
Jet crash kills at least three in Bedford Virginia
A navy experimental AJ-1 jet on its first transcontinental flight exploded and crashed near Bedford Virginia killing at least three aboard. The crew included a navy lieutenant commander and a North American pilot James A. Moore Jr. of Downey California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bedford
Navy
E. L. Johnson
Los Angeles
North American Aviation Corporation
Edwards
Calif., Air Force Base
Bureau of Aeronautics
James A. Moore, Jr
Downey
Calif
Moore
Patricia
Paterson Mine
Here
Nine B-29 Crew Saved At Sea Near Guam
A rescue boat picked up nine survivors from a B-29 crash in the Pacific southeast of Guam. Two are still missing. The bomber from the 28th Bombardment Squadron had flown an 18 hour round trip to Okinawa when it ditched after sending distress signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guam
U.P
Pacific
Okinawa
British Admiralty seeks saboteurs after submarine hit
The British admiralty hunts saboteurs after sand was found in the works of the submarine Tally-Ho undergoing refit at Devonport dockyards. The 1,900 ton patrol submarine is believed to carry a new underwater breathing apparatus enabling longer submersions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British
Admiralty
Tally-Ho
Devonport
Spy Laws Strengthened in Canada Bill Hikes Espionage Penalty
Ottawa report notes the House of Commons passed a bill to stiffen spy laws. Espionage penalties rise from seven to 14 years and the government gains broader power to prosecute those owing allegiance to Canada, including aliens, and to act against disclosures of official secrets abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
House of Commons
Canada
Weather Summary for Today and River Forecast
Partly cloudy conditions with temperatures around 81 at 4 pm and 2 pm readings. Sunrise is 5 23, sunset 8 21, river stage 12.61 feet and falling.
Local conditions report with temperature ranges
Highest temperature yesterday was 8 5, and the lowest last night was 72. Precipitation is listed as trace.
Forecast for Terre Haute and Vicinity
Partly cloudy warm and humid tonight and Saturday in Indiana and Illinois. Lows 70s to 75, highs in the lower 90s. Scattered thundershowers possible in northern Indiana tonight and Saturday. Illinois sees afternoon or evening showers. Street thermometer shows 75 at 6 am and 88 at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Killer on the lam near Ontario wide manhunt expands
In Langton Ontario on June 23 a major pursuit for a bandit killer stretched across the Hamilton London corridor. Police and volunteers with rifles tear gas planes and dogs comb bush north of Lake Erie after a double homicide and a robbery of a car carrying $23 000 and a Sten gun.
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Langton
Ont
Ontario
Hamilton-London
Lake Erie
Art Lierman
William Goddyn
Landlady Renounces Home Quietly Transfers Property
In St Louis on June 23 a widow Mrs Grace C Hill gave a two story frame house to federal rent director Grover C Vandover via quit claim deed and challenged him to profit at legal rent rates. Vandover declined to accept the house and promised a review of her case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
U.P
Grace C. Hill
Grover C. Vandover
Vandover
Enka Strikers Face Charges Amid Morristown Plant Violence
In Morristown Tennessee three CIO strikers Emory Wells age 25 Fred Jones 27 and Junior French were charged with assault with intent to murder in a shot epicenter at the American Enka Rayon plant as armed troopers kept order. Victor McDaniel 30 the most seriously wounded identified the gunmen. State officials eyed patrols and guard budgets while highway troopers maintained a heavy presence around the plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morristown
Tenn
U.P
Medlin
Textile Workers Union
C.I.0
Sam Neal
Gordon Browning
National Guard
Indictment of Dr. Sidney Weinbaum for Perjury and Fraud
Dr. Sidney Weinbaum a 52 year old former Jet Propulsion Laboratory worker at Caltech is indicted by a U S grand jury on eight counts of perjury and fraud FBI agents arrested him last Friday and he is free on a 5000 dollar bond He allegedly lied to army review board about communist party membership stating he was not a member while records show he belonged to the communist professional unit 122 under the name Sydney Empson born in Russia he said I am not subversive I am confused after his Pasadena arrest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Sidney Weinbaum
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
U.S. Grand Jury
FBI
Army Review Board
Communist Party
No. 122
Sydney Empson
Dr. Weinbaum
Weinbaum
Russia
Pasadena
Developments In Japan Hint U S May Support Formosa
AP analysis reports potential shift in U S policy as General MacArthur and John Foster Dulles favor prompt aid to Formosa. Defense Department views pressure to help Chiang Kai-Shek grow with Chiang strengthening defenses and Reds delaying mainland attack. Decision hinges on Pentagon report after Johnson conferences with MacArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
U.S
Formosa
Tokyo
MacArthur
John Foster Dulles
U. S. State Department
Washington
Chiang Kai-Shek
Defense Department
United States
Chiang
Man Charged With Murder In Luella Taylor Slaying
Virgil Coleman, 30, confessed to killing 87 year old Mrs Luella Taylor at 1527 North Twenty-ninth street Indianapolis officers said Coleman broke down and cried admitting the crime. He claimed no robbery occurred and fled after striking her with his fist ending when authorities found her body. Coleman faced prior assault charges and was held without bond awaiting grand jury action. Maud Dudley and Hannah Johnson remained in custody as witnesses with $2000 bonds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luella Taylor
North Twenty-ninth Street
Virgil Coleman
Coleman
Indianapolis
Taylor
Clint Seward
James Porter
Huerta Trimble
Frank Riddle
S. Beasley
Melvin
Herbert R. Criss
Criss
Maud Louis Dudley
Hannah Johnson
William Easterday Dies at 84 in Terre Haute
William E Easterday 84 of 101 Monroe Boulevard died this morning at Union Hospital. He lived in Terre Haute for 60 years and served on the Methodist Temple board, once supervised the church school, and was a charter member of Amico I1.C.C.F. lodge and Alma Rebekah lodge. He leaves three brothers and four sisters. Services at H P Martin Funeral Home Saturday at 2 pm with burial in Vandalia Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William E. Easterday
Monroe Boulevard
Union Hospital
Mr. Easterday
Terre Haute
The
Methodist Temple
Church School
Amico I1
Joe E. Easterday
J. A. Nerry
Taylorville
Ill
E. M. Doyle
Vandalia
G. F. Boettner
Murphysboro
Edna L. Bullington
Decatur
H. P. Martin
Barkley Funeral Home
Will contest settled in Terre Haute estate case
The Mary Smith Young will contest involving about 150000 is settled by compromise approved by Probate Commissioner Frank R. Miller. Executor Terre Haute First National Bank pays one half to attorney John F. O'Brien with the remainder to contestants after expenses and legacies. Beneficiaries include Flora Rucker Josephine Weist Ethel Glass Reynolds and others with Margaret Friend payable if located.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Smith Young
Frank R. Miller
Terre Haute First National Bank
John F. O’brien
H. DeWitt Owen
Vigo
Margaret Friend
Flora Gulick Boys’ Club
Union Hospital
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Patria Allen Kelly
Marie Bunce
Mabel Sipple
Young
Louis D. Smith
Terre Haute Central League
Franklin Young
Pastor admits sex assaults in Linneus area
The Rev. Merritt Kirks, 27, a war veteran and pastor of Disciples of Christchurch, confessed to raping a 14 year old girl on a country road and beating two companions unconscious with a German Luger pistol. If convicted he could face the death sentence. Church officials and local residents express disbelief and sympathy for his wife and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linneus
U.P
Merritt Kirks
Kirks
Walter Manlove
Disciples of Christchurch
Europe
Manlove
Hurley Attebury
Mendon
Senator Service questioned over Amerasia data leakage
Senate investigators questioned career diplomat John S. Service about FBI testimony alleging he passed secret military information to Philip Jaffe in the Amerasia case. McCarthy claimed a concealed microphone in Jaffe’s Statler Hotel room recorded the May 1945 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Senate
John S. Service
FBI
Amerasia
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
Service
State Department
McCarthy
Wis
Inquiry Committee
Philip Jaffe
Amerasia Magazine
New York
Mike
Senate Inquiry Committee
Jaffe
Statler
Coplon Ruling Seen Monday in Spy Case
Federal Judge Albert J. Reeves may rule Monday on Judith Coplon's motion for a new trial after a hearing on claims the government concealed wiretap evidence. Coplon, once sentenced to 40 months to 10 years for espionage, received a further 15-year term in New York for conspiring with Valentin Gubitchev to relay U.S. secrets to Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Albert J. Reeves
Judith Coplon
Russia
Reeves
Miss Coplon
Justice Department
John M. Kelley, Jr
New York
Valentine Gubitchev
U.S
Moscow
Orchid Safety Winner: Earl Burton Stops Truck for Pedestrians
Orchid winner Earl Burton, 56, of 1561 South Eighteenth Street, halted his westbound truck on Wabash at Seventeenth to let eight children and four adults cross. Officer William Gundlach praised the gesture noting they would have lacked time to cross safely.
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Earl Burton
South
Eighteenth Street
Burton
William Gundlach
Wabash
Seventeenth Street
Gundlach
Wabash Avenue
Funeral rites for longtime city salesman George Fuerstenberger
Funeral services for George Fuerstenberger age 82, a well known city salesman for 50 years, will be held Saturday at 2 p m at Isaac Ball Funeral Home with Rev L O Richmond officiating. Burial in Highland Lawn cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Fuerstenberger
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Isaac Ball
Rev
L. O. Richmond
Highland Lawn Cemetery
East Locust Bus Service Saved in Terre Haute Compromise
A compromise ending a dispute between Terre Haute and Terre Haute City Bus Lines preserves the East Locust street line after 6 PM and Sundays. The route will circle fully with no transfers at Nineteenth and Locust, and overall schedules shift to 30 minutes after 6 PM while rush hours remain unchanged. Public hearing attendees included Mayor Ralph Tucker and city officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ralph Tucker
Indiana Public Service Commission
Indianapolis
East Locust Street
Nineteenth
Locust Streets
Tucker
Dale Dubie
Terre Haute City Lines, Inc
Mayor Tucker
David C. Russell
Edward S. Everett
Frank Doyle
Clarence Searcy
Joseph Conrad, Jr
Chicago
Judge Pro Tem Named by Harris in Sullivan Indiana
Sullivan attorney Jesse E. Bedwell served as judge pro tem of the Sullivan Circuit Court today named by Judge Norval K. Harris while Harris serves a 60 day term at the Indiana State Farm for contempt of the Supreme Court Bedwell was a defense witness at Harris pre sentence hearing Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Ind
U.P
Jesse E. Bedwell
Sullivan Circuit Court
Bedwell
Norval K. Harris
Harris
Indiana State Farm
Supreme Court
Atom Smashers Set to Trigger Chicago Fair Opening
Atom smashers nationwide will flash chain reactions to open Chicago's 10 million dollar lakefront fair. From Stanford to Pittsburgh to Champaign and Chicago, a sonic pulse will start at 11 45 a m to trigger a mock atomic blast and fireworks signaling the fair’s debut with 75 000 expected attendees. The event runs through Labor Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Fair
Chicago
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Pittsburgh
Champaign
Ill
Stanford
Westinghouse Corp
University of Illinois
University of Chicago
Crosby Kelly
United States
Peacetime Draft Set For 2 Or 3 More Years
Washington June 23 The peacetime draft will extend 15 days by a stopgap bill and likely run two or three more years under current trends. Congress approved the 15 day extension by voice vote in the Senate and unanimous House approval while the Senate advanced a three year extension subject to differences with the House. The future authority to order inductions remains debated with Republicans seeking tighter limits and the president seeking broader power when Congress is not in session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Truman
Senate
House
Armed Services
Senate Armed Services Committee
Taft
Ohio
Wherry
Nebraska
Saltonstall
R-Mass
G.O.P
Armed Services Committee
George
D-Ga
Navy to build new flushdeck carrier in 1951
Washington reports the navy will begin construction in 1951 of a flushdeck aircraft carrier nearly as large as the halted controversial super carrier. Runway about 25 feet longer than current 986 feet. projected length around 1,090 feet with cost expected below 125 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of Defense
Johnson
U. S
Congress
Warm and Humid Across Most of the U S
The weather map shows warm and humid conditions from the Gulf and South Atlantic states into the Great Lakes. Thunderstorms reported in western Iowa eastern Minnesota Wisconsin and upper Michigan with small craft advisories on three Great Lakes. Coastal California mild and fair with scattered Pacific Northwest showers. Cooler readings in the northern Rockies northern Great Plains Colorado and New Mexico.
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Gulf
South Atlantic States
Great Lakes Region
Iowa
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Great Lakes
California
Pacific Northwest
Rockies
Great Plains
Colorado
New Mexico
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Frank Lausche
John O. Pastore
Rhode Island
John S. Battle
Virginia
Chester Bowles
Connecticut
Boyle
Lausche
Robert Taft
Don Whitehead
British Admiralty
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ENKA
James E. Goins
DeWitt MacKenzie
William Easterday
Coplon
Orchid
Edwin B. Hankinson
Associated Press
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