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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1950
Page
4
Daily Terre Haute Tribune Gazette rates listed for various editions and delivery zones. The notice outlines phone contacts Crawford numbers for offices and editors and indicates postage dates and responsibilities for unsolicited submissions.
Washington reports show the military will purchase 27 000 new trucks and passenger cars and rebuild 23 000 average ones. Air Force list includes 401 buses 470 cars 910 trailers and 27 ambulances. The bill totals 100 million for tanks and 92 million for new and rebuilt cars and trucks.
Harlan L. Paine Jr. argues in The Modern Hospital that waking patients at five or six for wash, breakfast and brushing harms recovery. He notes move toward seven wake and 7:45 breakfast in Winchester Mass. hospital improved mood without extra staff, urging more initiative across hospitals to redesign routines.
The Tribune urges readers to avoid gossip and unfounded criticism of government. It advocates faith in America and cautions against spreading rumors or speaking without knowledge, emphasizing responsible discourse.
The North Korean attack on South Korea shocks the world and tests Western diplomacy. The United States rushes military supplies, the UN Security Council convenes, and leaders weigh broader Soviet moves in Europe and Asia as a possible prelude to a larger conflict.
Democrats back Hawaii statehood arguing for gains while acknowledging two Republican senators may bolster the GOP in the Senate. Senator Hugh Butler of Nebraska leads the opposition despite his party's potential benefit.
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat notes the Detroit Arsenal is producing four 45-ton M-46 General Patton tanks daily with 90 mm guns and 800 hp engines built at an Muskegon plant. It adds a thousand war-surplus tanks are being reconditioned at two per day while 600 engineers test new mobiles.
A National Gallery painting of Cornelis van der Geest by Anthony van Dyck is partly forged, with the head authentic but the body added a century later to raise the price. X ray revealed the alteration, sparking questions about forged works and the difficulty for experts to distinguish imitation from genuine art.
Charles G. Ross recalls a moment in August 1918 at the University of Missouri when a coed with a dripping candy captured her attention during a journalism lecture. He pivoted from teaching to newspaper work, later winning a Pulitzer and serving as President Truman's press secretary. The coed, now Mrs. Ernest Hemingway, lives in Key West, Florida.
A UCLA project described by Dr. H D Huskey of the Federal Bureau of Standards reports a translating machine that types a foreign text into a magnetized drum to yield an English translation. The system would face challenges with terms such as democracy liberty and popular will whose meanings vary across languages.
Falls City Nebraska Alfred Kessler a railroad worker celebrating his 12th wedding anniversary wagered one dollar he could kick as high as a light blob on a wall. He says he has done it before while recovering from a fractured arm.
Miss Marie Bishop travels to Chicago for summer with relatives while Miss Josephine Pierce visits her uncle at Earlham College in Richmond. Marshall Turner enters Culver Military Academy summer session as Miss Helen Dunningham earns St Joseph's gold medal. Zanesville tops Tets 3 to 1 as police push to curb fast driving. new $1 600 frame house planned on Spruce Street. Attorney J Everett Sanders settles Dan Davis Coal trustee reports. Harry J Cole returns from Ridgefarm to Terre Haute. Harriett Law heads to Wilmington Delaware for summer with Charlotte Simmons.
Note format answers based on common knowledge: Washington finished his term at Mount Vernon, Fort Duquesne was built by the French, The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse was written by Richard Malden in some sources or by authorship controversy, e.g. is Latin for example, Joshua caused Jericho to fall after marching around the walls for seven days and blowing horns. the walls fell after the people shouted.
Today's aspects align sun with Uranus enhancing illumination and courage for original solutions. Expected above average luck spans the coming year, and children born today may enjoy multiple fortunes.
The term describes hardened skin or a callus. Derived from Latin callosus from cal(l)us, it denotes thick-skinned or undurated skin.
Pearl Buck Martin Anderson Nexo and Lée Simonson stage designer Richard Crooks Peter Lorre and Babe Didrikson Zaharias celebrate birthdays. The list pairs writers actors designers athletes with dates unspecified in this fragment.
The quote attributed to Benjamin Franklin contrasts moral choices with their consequences. It cautions that wrongdoing leads to unavoidable burdens, urging prudence and responsibility in actions.
Timeline items note Virginia ratification in 1788 the Constitution. Early 19th century births and world events include Scots physicist Lord Kelvin and American WWI entry in France. 1944 Cherbourg falls to Allies and 1945 United Nations charter signed in San Francisco.
In a dramatic account, the Hebrew army marches around the city for seven days, trumpets sound blown by high priests, the people raise voices, and the walls finally crumble. Vincente Blasco Ibanez is noted in connection with Exempli gratia meaning for example.
In Kalamazoo Michigan a life sized snow man stands beside the church bulletin board. The sign reads This poor man froze to death. Come in. Warm welcome. Rev. Charles R Hulbert leads the church.
Walter Winchell surveys Broadway week with mixed reviews on Julius Caesar at the Arena. Basil Rathbone lauded while Herald Tribune’s Barnes pan the Shakespeare classic as overquoted.
The Intelligentsia notes Budd Schulberg’s The Disenchanted based on F s Fitzgerald life and Orson Welles satirizing a Hollywood agent in Paris. Dreiser’s wife signs with World Publishing for My Life with Theodore Dreiser. Marguerite Merington at 90 issues The Custer Story to strong reviews. Joel Lewis rises from office boy to Printer’s Ink managing editor.
The item surveys court rulings against racial segregation at two universities and on Southern railroads. It notes the death of Daytona Beach resident James Crow and includes social commentary on Eva Peron and Max Lerner. The piece touches on a World-Telegram strike and June Times excerpts about Truman era optimism and social clichés.
A collection of light anecdotes from a Central Press columnist. A Kent State professor debunks slot machines with tests. Canaries available in room colors to blend with interiors. A North Dakota farmer reports a circus elephant in his barn. Hockey season progresses late. Tokyo police report 75 snakes in lost articles, owners may claim them after a hangover.
A newspaper note reports Pluto is now believed to be only half its previously estimated size. The piece dismisses sensational UFO chatter and mocks a Canadian sighting of a bright egg shaped object as likely the moon.
Born to day science and philosophy attract you most. You excel in mathematics and memory and fancy the occult. You are decisive yet willing to listen, with a penetrating mind that sees to the heart of problems. You may swing between highs and lows and should seek a middle path. You enjoy music and poetry and may develop talent in them for happiness. You are a homemaker at heart and likely to be a good wife and mother with strong ideals in love. To learn tomorrow read your birthday paragraph.
Daily guidance for each zodiac sign with cautions about health, planning, and routine. It notes high pressure days, best hours for activity, and urges caution on new offers while promoting careful organization and steady progress. Distributed by United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
Hollywood star Barbara Hale jokes she would rather be a 20th century girl as she endures 16 elaborate gowns for the technicolor epic Lorna Doone. She jokes about learning to walk with yards of silk and metal cloth and notes the outfits are heavy and clumsy.
Oklahoma will ballot a world government proposal, aiming to be third state to back United World Federalists. Ardmore oilman Wirt Franklin funds the drive. Connecticut and Massachusetts led with two large margins.
Moles vary in size shape and color and are usually harmless. Some moles resemble keratoses or may hide melanoma a cancer type requiring physician diagnosis. Surgical removal is common for irritated or disfiguring moles and leaves a small scar while preventing recurrence.
The boom in historical outdoor productions expands tourism and culture. Paul Green’s Lost Colony returns to Roanoke Island with The Common Glory at Williamsburg. Unto These Hills debuts in Cherokee with Kermit Hunter and Jack Kilpatrick. Green plans Pilgrim Fathers and California mission plays. Broadway picks include Paul Lukas in Call Me Madam in New Haven and Robert Alda in Guys and Dolls. Frank Loesser may have two shows active concurrently.
Facts cover diverse topics from pioneering presses in the Eiffel Tower foundations to aging eyesight and high chimney dimensions. The notes include social costs of parole versus imprisonment, early cafeteria culture, and broad consumer quantities and spending patterns across the United States.
Great Lakes Illinois U P The Ninth naval district lists Harry R. Craig of Greensburg Kansas as its most conscientious seaman Captain J R Wallace chief of staff commends him for driving 200 miles weekly to drills Since 1949 he has driven 100 miles each week to Hutchinson Kansas and back to attend organized reserve Wallace notes few officers or men can match his perfect attendance and personal sacrifice.
GAMB IER O. Kenyon College announces William R. Hay aged 39 as the oldest undergraduate elected to the Phi Beta Kappa honor society. Hay, a senior in economics, faced a late start after leaving high school at the start of the Depression and working as a laborer, machine hand, and orchestra leader before college. He plans to work after his June graduation.
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