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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1950
Page
1
The weather report from Hulman Field forecasts a cool period tonight with easing humidity. Highs near 90 on Monday, lows around 68, and a 1 soon decline in humidity may aid sleep. Thunderstorms could end the heat wave Monday as farmers report weather affecting corn and hay crops.
Frank Erickson, a major bookmaker, is sentenced to two years in prison and a $30,000 fine for running a coast to coast bookmaking operation. He also receives multiple one year terms on counts tied to conspiracy and bookmaking, with suspended terms for good behavior.
In Vevay Indiana on Ind 56 near eight miles east of town a 23 year old man Andy T Harlow was found in a ditch with fatal knife wounds and scalp severing. Sheriff Ora Scudder said no clues to the killer and motive appeared robbery was discounted. Friends were questioned but offered no information.
Verdie R. Ratcliffe, 70, a passenger on a Terre Haute City Lines bus, sustained a back injury when the driver Frank Stewart brake to avoid a car leaving a space on Wabash avenue just east of Center street. Ratcliffe was thrown into a seat and taken to Union Hospital by Ball ambulance.
Partly cloudy conditions with early morning 76 degrees rising to 832 by noon. Winds calm. Sunrise at 5 25 and sunset at 8 21. River stage 13 feet and rising.
Fair and cooler conditions tonight and Tuesday. Temperatures: yesterday's high 91, last night 75. winds light. Indiana mostly fair through Tuesday with cooler area north. Illinois mostly fair. cooler central portions this afternoon and tonight. Street thermometers reach 77 am and 89 by 2 pm.
Vatican radio reports nearly 1,000 priests monks and nuns were seized in Budapest on June 9 by communist secret police. Authorities raided monasteries and convents, breaking doors and climbing walls at night. About 322 clergy and 600 nuns were detained. each could take ten pounds of possessions.
Western presses warn of a broader crisis as the Korea conflict deepens. London editors frame it as a struggle between Russia and America satellites, while Italian and French papers blame Moscow and Ho Chi Minh. Tass counters with North Korean claims of invasion, contradicting other reports.
Senator Ellender claimed enough votes to finish a 2 billion dollar increase in farm price support funds as the Senate prepared to vote on the farm bill. Opponents led by Magnuson and Morse urged returning the measure to a conference to tighten import restrictions on Canadian Mexican and other nations.
Clarence Taylor's suit for 190 dollars taken at his arrest over the George Baldwin mutilation murder was dismissed with prejudice in Superior Court No 2 after relatives of Baldwin and Taylor settled the issue out of court. The agreement remains undisclosed.
San Francisco marks the fifth anniversary of the United Nations charter signing with a ceremony at the opera house tonight. The event, held in the city credited as the U N birthplace, commemorates the 1945 signing and the hopes of postwar cooperation.
A 4000 switchmen strike cripples four major lines the Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Denver and Rio Grande Western Chicago and Great Western and Western Pacific. Great Northern reports near normal passenger service but crippled freight. Strike demands a 40 hour week with pay boost, rejecting an 18 cent offer. About 35 000 other workers laid off as negotiations fail.
Four major railroads pass through Terre Haute report no disruption from the 4000 AFL switchmen strike in the west. Officials say eastern lines likely avoid re routes, though some westbound traffic to the coast could be redirected if needed. The strike began Sunday affecting Chicago Rock Island Pacific Denver Rio Grande Western Western Pacific and Chicago Great Western with embargo on Texas Pacific noted.
Mayor Ralph Tucker and three city officials left for Indianapolis to participate in the Indiana Democratic Convention on Tuesday and Wednesday. Included in the party were City Attorney Edward S. Everett City Controller David C. Russell and Charles Britton superintendent of city parks.
President Truman orders rapid U S arm shipments to South Korea and calls urgent strategy talks at the White House with Acheson and Johnson. MacArthur ordered to inspect Far East ammunition for possible air deployment as Washington debates fighter planes and UN's stance in the widening conflict.
Conservative MP Peter Geoffrey Roberts urged Britain to seek the use of the atom bomb against communist controlled Northern Korea. Prime Minister Attlee told MPs Britain is deeply concerned over the fighting as Churchill pressed for a fuller statement.
Chiang Kai shek in Taipei condemns the invasion of the Korean republic as another expression of the vicious schemes of Soviet Russia in a message to President Syngman Rhee.
In a dramatic move northern communist forces reached the outskirts of Seoul after piercing two southern divisions near Uijongbu. Gen Chai Ung Jun broadcast a surrender demand as the North’s advance drew both tactical success and concerns over morale and reinforcements.
The United Nations Security Council, with nine votes in favor and Yugoslavia abstaining, ordered a halt to hostilities in Korea. The measure calls for Communist forces from the north to pull back from the south and excludes Russia from participation in this decision.
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst DeWitt MacKenzie argues Russia could use Korea as a strategic base if controlled by unfriendly powers. He notes South Korea’s value for threat against Japan and potential leverage in global tensions with the United States and Western allies.
President Truman pledged full US support for United Nations actions to end the North Korean invasion of South Korea. He commended the Security Council’s swift withdrawal order and promised vigorous backing to terminate the breach of peace, showing concern for Korea and cooperation by American personnel.
Ary St John ambulance driver from Paris Illinois died of a heart attack at 9 am while en route to Union Hospital causing the ambulance to crash into the John Smock wood shop in Libertyville. The patient John Winnett of Metcalf Illinois survived with others unhurt. The body was taken to Bedino Black Chapel and burial set in Edgar county cemetery. Mrs Alice St John widow survives.
Frank L. Miklozek resigns as deputy city attorney with resignation effective June 29. He will take over acting postmaster duties on July 1 in Terre Haute and has served the city administration for two and a half years. He praised the mayor and city staff in his letter.
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