Sheriff Promises Axe Raids on Next Gambling Sweep
Crown Point Indiana June 23. Lake county deputies arrested three bookies in Hammond and Gary and seized equipment as Sheriff Jack West vowed to raid repeaters with axes. Fines of 17 dollars were paid by Hammond men Joseph White and Stanley Gretski and Gary resident Tom T Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown Point
Ind
Lake County
Jack West
Hammond
Gary
Justice of the Peace Court
Joseph White
Stanley Gretski
Tom T. Martin
Martin
Edward G. Gifford
WWCA
William J. Murray
Lake County Criminal Court
Srand
David Stanton
Gary Women’s Citizens Committee
Gary Crime Commission
Women’s Committee
Schricker
J. Emmett McManamon
Prosecutors Back Anti-Gambling Edict In Indiana
Indiana prosecutors at the state association convention endorsed Gov Schrick er s anti gambling edict two months after his warning. A resolution praised the ultimatum passed 50 to 15 by voice vote as slots were removed from counties. They also agreed that church or private club games of chance are legally gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Lick
Ind
Indiana
Gov. Schricker
Indiana Prosecutors’ Association
Three Vigo Graduates Earn Harvard Honors At 300th Commencement
Three Vigo county graduates and one from Greene county earned Harvard University degrees in its 300th commencement. Hubert L. Dreyfus of Terre Haute earned a bachelor of arts with highest honors and Phi Beta Kappa. Quentin R. Stiles graduated cum laude. Donald A. Schabel, from South Sixth Street, earned cum laude in law after completing Indiana University AB. Walter W. Sapp, Bloomfield, completed magna cum laude with a bachelor of arts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vigo County
Greene County
Harvard University
Hubert L. Dreyfus
Stanley Dreyfus
A.A. 5
Terre Haute
Phi Beta Kappa
Harvard
Quentin R. Stiles
Hugh Stiles
St. Mary-of-the-Woolds
Donald Albert Schabel
Francis W. Schabel
South Sixth Street
Indiana University
Schabel
New York
Millbank, Tweed, Hope and Hadley
Bloomfield
Walter W. Sapp
Pilots Picnic Sunday at Van Leer Lake
Members of the Wabash Valley Pilots Club hold an all day picnic at Van Leer Lake 22 miles south of Riley. Dinner at 12 30 pm. Air strip open for flyers. Boating fishing swimming and horseshoes featured. Soft drinks and coffee provided by the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wabash Valley Pilots Club
van Leer Lake
Riley
Hungary Spy Trial Witness Admits Guilt
The witness acknowledged guilt and willingness to head a state and form a temporary government. He named US Minister Nathaniel P. Davies, now on leave, and described passing a legation document to Albert Sherer for forwarding to Davies. He said he was an interwar intelligence agent for the Horthy regime and later worked in the US legation gathering confidential information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nathaniel P. Davies
America
Legation
Groesz
Albert Sherer
Davies
Pongracz
Horthy
Hungary
US Legation
Louis Revey
State Department
Chris Petrow
Vienna
Catholic Church
Rites Monday for Clarence E Lane
Clarence E Lane 58 former Bell Telephone engineer died at his Terre Haute home Saturday morning He had 27 years with Bell labs and recently moved here He held AB and MS from University of Town He is survived by his widow Erma C and two sons Marvin K and Kenneth E Funeral arrangements at Thomas Funeral Home with services Monday at 2 PM Rev R A Ulrey officiating burial in Roselawn Memorial Park
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence E. Lane
Bell Telephone Laboratory
New York City
Terre Haute
Lane
Bell Laboratory
University of Town
Bell Company
Methodist Temple
Erma C
Marvin K. Lane
Albuquerque
N.M
Kenneth E. Lane
Chicago University Reserve Unit
Thomas Funeral Home
R. A. Ulrey
Roselawn Memorial Park
World Court Soon Weighs Iran Oil Dispute
Iran faces a bold Oil Nationalization crisis as Mossadegh presses the expropriation bill. The United States weighs a $25 million Eximbank loan to shore up Iran while Britain prepares possible action and evacuations amid heightened tensions at the Persian installation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
World Court
Mossadegh
Iran
The
Hague
Britain
Suez Canal Zone
Cairo
U.S. State Department
U.S
Police Use Plane in Meat Roundup
Chicago authorities pursued a hijacked meat shipment by air and ground seizing 24 000 pounds worth 15000 the farm near Oaklawn. Pilot officers Mary McInerney and Jack Doyle joined ground units to trap truck owner Julius Szakonyi 41 and question accomplices Harry Sorriano 50 and William Devito Elmhurst.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Swift and Company
Ann Arbor
Mich
Oaklawn
William Hughes
James Oakey
Thomas McIinerney
Jack Doyle
Julius Szakonyi
Szakonyi
Harry Sorriano
William Devito
Elmhurst
Freeze Resigns as VP of Texas Consolidated Oil
Allen E. Freeze former assistant comptroller of the Reconstruction Finance Corporation resigns as vice president of Texas Consolidated Oil Company. The move follows criticism by RFC Administrator W Stuart Symington for payments received from the oil firm while he was still with the agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dallas
Tex
U.P
Allen E. Freeze
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Texas Consolidated Oil Company
Freeze
RFC
W. Stuart Symington
Speech Workshop At Purdue University Attended By Two Terre Haute Residents
Edith Walsh and Edward Jordan of Terre Haute attend the annual speech correction and hearing rehabilitation workshops for teachers and school nurses at Purdue University. They receive special scholarships from the Indiana Society for Crippled Children and Adults. The three week course includes classroom instruction and lectures by specialists in speech correction and hearing rehabilitation. In the afternoons they observe over 50 children at a clinic for remedial instruction in stuttering cleft palate cerebral palsy articulation auditory training and lip reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Walsh
Edward Jordan
Terre Haute
Purdue University
Indiana Society For
State To Appeal Court Ruling On School Funds
Indiana aims to appeal a Marion Superior Court decision that set August fund distribution on the 1951 law. Auditor Millis says the 1951 method would add about 2.5 million dollars for Indiana schools, funded from the general fund, with total distribution between 58 and 63 million dollars depending on enrollment and staffing. The Gary school district led the suit against State Superintendent Wilbur Young, whose 1949 formula had supported the prior plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
J. Emmett McManamon
John L. Niblack
Marion Superior Court
Wilbur Young
Frank Millis
Niblack
Gary
Young
State Supreme Court
Judge Endorses Happy Plumpness in Divorce Hearing
In Waterbury Connecticut Judge James E Murphy dismissed a divorce petition by Vin cenza C Jeanette of Naugatuck charging intolerable cruelty. He noted photos showing the couple happy and later thinner and urged that couples be plump and pleasant rather than thin and faulting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterbury
Conn
U.p.superior Court
James E. Murphy
Vincenza C. Jeanette
Naugatuck
Murphy
Two Indiana youths wounded by shell at Camp Lejeune
Two Indiana marines were among 23 wounded when two mortar shells fell short of a command post during a maneuver at Camp Lejeune North Carolina. Pvt. Robert J. Spillman Evansville was listed as seriously wounded and Cpl. William O. Chase Indianapolis wounded but not serious. An Indianapolis marine was killed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Camp LeJeune
N. C
Marine Corps
Robert J. Spillman
Evansville
William O. Chase
Indianapolis
Spillman
C. W. Spillman
West Virginia Street
Chase
Harry M. Chase, Sr
Middle Drive
Woodruff Place
Indianapolis Mariner
Edwards Fellowships Established From Edwards Estate
Indiana University will create graduate and professional fellowships worth up to 1500 each funded by a trust of over 200000 from the estate of John H Edwards a Hoosier lawyer who died in 1945 Edwards longtime lawyer in Mitchell and Bedford and former assistant secretary of the interior The Edwards fellowships were announced by IU president Herman B Wells at the Lawrence county IU Alumni Club meeting in Spring Mill State Park Inn near Edwards birthplace
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mitchell
Ind
Indiana University
John H. Edwards
Washington, D. C
Herman B Wells
I.U
Edwards
Lawrence County
Spring Mill State Park Inn
Department of the Interior
Mitchell and
Bedford
Debt settlement and 3 percent interest for Bradfish creditors
Weatherford Texas reports Henry J. Bradfish Sr once offered creditors one third to settle his Bradfish Grain debts in 1932. After his death April 8 his son Henry J. Bradfish Jr now mails 1932 creditors notices of full repayment with 3 percent interest as per the elder’s will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weatherford
Tex
Henry J. Bradfish Sr
Bradfish Grain Company
Bradfish
Henry J. Bradfish Jr
Worker Injured Falling From Scaffold at Allis Chalmers Plant
Oscar Cheesman age 29 of 702 South Nineteenth Street suffered a broken right wrist and back injuries in a fall from a scaffold on the roof of the new Allis Chalmers plant on East Wabash Avenue Friday. He was rushed to Union Hospital by Isaac Ball ambulance and is listed in fair condition. He is employed by Hartman Company roofers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Cheesman
South
Nineteenth Street
Allis- Chalmers
East Wabash Avenue
Isaac Ball
Union Hospital
Cheesman
Hartman Company
Elks Country Club Summer Opening Hosts Terre Haute Elks
Terre Haute Elks Lodge No 86 will host the Elks Country Club summer opening with dinner and dance reservations filling up. Belmont Brothers jugglers in naval uniforms headline a floor show emceed by Bill Quillen, billed as among the nation’s best entertainers in their field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Belmont Brothers
Air Force B29s to aid hunt amid Africa jungle patrols
Report notes 15 B29s expected to arrive from Europe to assist in the ongoing hunt. Yesterday French American and Liberian aircraft patrolled the jungle as tribesmen moved through rain soaked bush. A tornado hit Dakar area and radio contact with the Constellation near Roberts Field failed, forcing a return flight to Liberia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Dakar
Roberts Field
Liberia
Johannesburg
South Africa
New York
Leopoldsville
Belgian Congo
Accra
Gold Coast
Lisbon
Portugal
Azores
Idlewild Airport
N. Y
Governor Silent On Subpena In Crime Committee Case
Florida Governor Fuller Warren, at a secret vacation spot in Daytona Beach, refused to comment on a subpena ordering his appearance before the Senate crime committee in Washington on July 9. Committee chairman Herbert O Connor signed the order after a Miami hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daytona Beach
Fla
U.P
Fuller Warren
Senate
Herbert O’connor
Miami
U.S. Marshal's Office
Pensacola
Warren
Washington
Three Die in Ohio Crash Involving Patrol Car
A Columbus man Michael Hartig 35 and passengers Paul Hadru 40 and Margaret Hadru 36 died when Hartigs car hit a parked Ohio Highway Patrol unit and then collided with a tractor-trailer on U S Route 40 near Columbus. The truck driver Earl Gipson 27 of Indianapolis survived with chest injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
U.P
Ohio Highway Patrol
Here
State Highway Patrol
Michael Hartig
Hartig
Paul Hadru
Margaret
Hartig Auto
Earl Gipson
Indianapolis
Running Traffic Light Pays Off
Chicago cab driver Otto Hanson tested the alertness of police by running a stop light and later picking up a fare who pulled a gun, then was stopped by Officers Ernest Butell and Andrew O'Donnell who shot the thief in the left hip as he resisted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Otto Hanson
Hanson
Ernest Butell
Andrew O'Donnell
Truman to Speak at Arnold Center in Tennessee
President Truman will address the Arnold Engineering Development Center in Tullahoma, Tennessee on Monday. The speech will be broadcast live by Mutual and American networks at 1 p.m. Eastern, and recorded by NBC and CBS for a 10:30 p.m. rebroadcast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Arnold Engineering Development Center
Tullahoma
Tenn
Mutual
MBS
American
ABC
E.S.T
National
NBC
Columbia
CBS
Three Injured in Highway 41 Crash North of Terre Haute
A three car collision on U.S. Route 41 north of Terre Haute injured six passengers and bystander none. Walter L. Engle 44 slowed for traffic. his wife Mrs Engle 41 sustained knee and leg bruises. Phyllis Overpeck 11 and Erma Hurst 14 were cut. Other passengers included Jim and Carl Riggen 12 Donald Easton 11 and Mike Overpeck 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Walter L. Engle
Filbeck Hotel
Ambrose L. Hermes
Pekin
Ill
Hermes
Engle
Ralph Bath
Phyllis Overpeck
Erma Hurst
Jim Riggen
Carl Riggen
Donald Easton
Mike Overpeck
Death of Herbert Jesse Smith at 61 in Terre Haute
Herbert Jesse Smith 61 died at his home 935 North First Street at 12 45 Saturday. Survived by wife Margaret six daughters Anna Lawrence Juanita Page Dorothy Andrews Pauline Urbain Gertrude Roberts and Margaret McGlone all Terre Haute five sons Roy Robert M Plen G Herbert Jesse Jesse Edward Gary Ind one sister Goldie Gooch Terre Haute one brother Rev Plen Smith Terre Haute twenty four grandchildren and three great grandchildren. He belonged to Local Union 328 Masons and Plasters Union. Bodies taken to Bedino Chapel Valley for services at 1 30 Monday afternoon burial Bethesda cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Jesse Smith
North First Street
Margaret
Anna Lawrence
West Terre Haute
Juanita Page
Texarkana
Texas
Dorothy Andrews
Saginaw
Mich
Pauline Urbian
Gertrude Roberts
Margaret McGlone
Terre Haute
Roy
Robert M
Plen G
Herbert
Jesse
Jesse Edward
Gary
Ind
Goldie Gooch
Plen Smith
Union 328
Masons and Plasters Union
Bedino Chapel
Mrs Beulah Thompson 48 Dies in East Rochester N Y
Mrs Beulah May Thompson 48 formerly of Terre Haute died Thursday evening at her East Rochester New York home. She is survived by husband Truman two daughters Patricia Montorieff of East Rochester and Dorothy Nelson of Washington D C her mother Dora Beaman of Terre Haute three sisters Mary Holland Edith Beaman and Betty King and two grandchildren The body will arrive in Terre Haute Monday morning and funeral services will be held Tuesday at Callahan Funeral Home with Rev Clyde Montgomery. Burial will be in Grandview cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beulah May Thompson
Terre Haute
East Rochester
N. Y
Truman
Patricia Montorieff
Dorothy Nelson
Washington, D. C
Dora Beaman
Mary Holland
Dayton
Ohio
Edith Beaman
Betty King
Callahan Funeral Home
Clyde Montgomery
Grandview Cemetery
Mrs Mary Geisert dies. rites set at St Benedicts
Mrs Mary U Geisert widow of William F Geisert died Friday at 5 45 PM at 915 North Eighth Street. Survived by daughter Gertrude Berry Terre Haute sister Antoinette Frisz Indianapolis brothers John Frisz Springfield OH and Joseph Frisz Vincennes. Body to P J Ryan Sons Funeral Home with services at 8 30 AM Monday and requiem mass at 9 AM at St Benedicts church burial Calvary cemetery rosary Sunday 7 PM in Ryan Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary U. Geisert
William F. Geisert
North Eighth Street
St. Benedict's Church
St. Benedict's Altar Society
St. Anthony's Hospital
William J Scanlon 74 dies at home in Terre Haute
William Joseph Scanlon 74 dies Friday at his residence 329 Walnut Street. A World War I veteran and member of Kriefenstein Post American Legion and Disabled American Veterans. Surviving brother Pete Scanlon of Terre Haute and several nieces and nephews. Body to Isaac Ball Funeral Home. Service 8:30 Monday at the funeral home with a 9:00 requiem mass at St Joseph's Church. Rosary 7:30 Sunday at Bail Chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Joseph Scanlon
Walnut Street
Kriefenstein Post
American Legion
Disabled American Veterans
Pete Scanlon
Terre Haute
Isaac Ball
St Joseph's Church
No Korea Defeat, Van Fleet Tells U N Leaders
General Van Fleet told U N leaders in Korea that the forces shall not be defeated on the eve of the war's first anniversary. He praised U N success, cited minimum casualties and called the mission to repulse Communist aggression.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth Army
Korea
James A. van Fleet
United Nations
U.N
van Fleet
Walter H. Walker
Matthew B. Ridgway
Death of Ben A Crow at 81 in West Union
Ben A Crow aged 81 died at his West Union residence after a lingering illness. Survived by wife Laura four daughters Mrs Jack Cline Marshall Ill Mrs Milo Prust West Union Mrs Otho Miller West Union and Mrs Ellis Evans Noble Ill one brother James West Union three granddaughters and one great granddaughter. Body to Prust Funeral Chapel then home. Services set for Monday at 3 PM Central.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Union
Ben A. Crow
Laura
Jack Cline
Marshall
Ill
Milo Prust
Otho Miller
Ellis Evans
Noble
James
Prust
C.S.T
Death of Mrs Dee Martin En Route to Texas
Mrs C W Dennis of 114 North Thirty fifth street received word Friday night of the sudden death of her sister Mrs Dee Martin. She died yesterday afternoon in San Antonio while traveling from Oxford Maryland to Brownsville Texas to visit her parents Mr and Mrs J H Downs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Dennis
North Thirty Fifth Street
Dee Martin
San Antonio
Martin
Oxford
Brownsville
Tex
J. H. Downs
Death of James E Brush in Corpus Christi Texas
Mrs. Cora McCormick of 2221 Liberty Avenue learns of the death Thursday of her son in law James E Brush at Corpus Christi Texas. Survivors include his wife Beatrice McCormick Brush a son Michael and a sister Mrs Nora Walterer Staunton Ind. The body will arrive in Brazil Ind Monday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cora McCormick
Liberty Avenue
James E. Brush
Corpus’ Christi
Texas
Beatrice McCormick Brush
Michael
Nora Walterer
Staunton
Ind
Brazil
Presidents plea to United pilots to end strike
President Truman urged United Air Lines pilots to return to work immediately to aid national defense. In a telegram to Air Line Pilots Association president David L. Behncke he warned the strike could hinder security efforts and asked pilots to resume duties while the National Mediation Board reviews the dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
United Air Lines
David L. Behncke
Air Line Pilots’ Association
A.F.L
Behncke
National Mediation Board
Death of Cyril Warner at Dunkel Nursing Home
Cyril Warner aged 59 died Friday at the Dunkel Nursing Home where he had resided two weeks. He leaves four sons Louis Anderson Jack Marshall James in the U S Navy and William in the U S Air Corps, mother Mrs James Warner of Westfield Ill and sister Mrs Alva Lee of Westfield. Body at Marrs Funeral Home with services set for 2 pm Sunday Central Standard Time conducted by Rev G W Gibson. Burial in Richwood Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. W. Gibson
Richwood Cemetery
Man Charged With 43000 Theft In Real Estate Case
William McNeil, 64, was held on grand theft charges for failing to complete a real estate deal. Deputy D A Logan Lindley said McNeil received 43000 from Mrs Clare D Book of Bloomington Ind. the funds were to buy 160 acres near the University of California Santa Barbara campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
William McNeil
Indiana
Logan Lindley
McNeil
Clare D. Book
Blomington
Ind
Long Beach
Lindley
University of California
Santa Barbara
Lewis Visit Sparks Trouble in U A W Ranks
DETROIT June 23 Union tensions rise as John L. Lewis visits for Ford Local 600 anniversary event. U A W officials urge boycott while locals vote to approve or oppose. Nine Chrysler locals boycott. five GM locals attend. two Ford Local 600 officials resign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United Automobile Workers
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Lewis
U.A.W International Board
Ford
U.A.W
Henry Ford
Walter Reuther
Emil Mazey
Carl Stellato
Reuther
Chrysler
International Board
General Motors
Flint
U.a.w.s
Election set aside by NLRB ruling
The National Labor Relations Board set aside the 1949 collective bargaining election at Bryan Manufacturing Co in Monticello Indiana where employees rejected AFL Electrical Workers Union representation. It ordered no longer recognizing the employer bargaining committee and offered full reinstatement to two former workers Richard N. Mow and Harold D. Rinker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
National Labor Relations Board
Bryan Manufacturing Co
Monticello
Ind
A.F.L. Electrical Workers
N.L.R.B
A.F.L
Richard N. Mow
Harold D. Rinker
Monticello to Open New Sewage Plant This Week
Indiana board heard Monticello will begin operating its new 160000 dollar sewage treatment plant this week. Technical Secretary Poole reported at the session. The board also noted Chesterfield bid advertisements for sewers and a treatment plant and a complaint about limestone company discharges into Clear Creek near Bloomington. Engineering plans for Fairfield Manufacturing Co. sewage disposal in Lafayette were approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
U.P
Indiana Stream Polution Control Board
Monticello
B. A. Poole
Chesterfield
Clear Creek
Bloomington
Fairfield Mfg. Co
Lafayette
Also Mentioned on This Page
VIGO
George W. Davis
Mr. Davis
Davis
Maude Barrick
Bert Davis
Earl Davis
Delmar Davis
William Berry
Helen Tiefel
Kansas City
Oakley
Elks Ft. Harrison Country Club
Bill Quillen
Florida
Mrs. Beulah May Thompson
Gen. van Fleet
Mrs
Cyril Warner
NLRB
Thieck
Terre Haute, Ind
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!