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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1952
Page
1
A sprawling plant north of Terre Haute on Thirteenth Street becomes a focal point as reports indicate a prison riot incident and a rush work on a new controls bill. The unfolding crisis at the Allis-Chalmers plant may portend grave losses or a future prosperity depending on the outcome.
Today the AC and union meet with three conciliators under Mayor Ralph Tucker's oversight. Talks reopen at 2 pm after a noon recess, with hopes for a Monday agreement. Police kept order as 32 officers covered a picket line amid protest over police involvement.
Up-President Clarence B. Randall of Inland Steel calls the union shop the only issue in the steel strike and rejects a compromise. He blames President Truman for the production tieup and cites Murray’s Gary speech where Murray claimed no Taft Hartley injunction if the strike was postponed.
The nationwide steel strike has cost nearly a billion dollars in lost production as 10 million tons remain unavailable. Steel sells at 110 dollars per ton, with vitally needed output dwindling across industry. About 230,320 allied workers have been laid off or furloughed, and further layoffs loom in days ahead.
Police hunted George Noble after Sheriff Ralph Morris was wounded by three bullets at a Austin area home. State police from two posts and many locals joined the search with two planes aiding. Noble, 57, fled into woods and reportedly warned officers he would shoot anyone taking him alive.
The Associated Press reports cooler air from Canada eased heat in parts of Indiana Illinois and Ohio but the eastern and southern regions still faced record heat. The death toll reached 44 with thousands suffering heat prostrations. Prolonged heat threatened crops, while cooler fronts moved into the region.
A cabin cruiser named Satan will berth at Wabash Valley Boat Club and launch on a maiden voyage up the Wabash River Saturday. Owners and builders Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Seybold, of 919 South Fifth Street, realized a long-held ambition after deciding last year to build their own boat.
Fred W. Collins, longtime Terre Haute post office employee, died at his home at 1412 South Eighteenth Street at 2:30 a.m. Friday. He served the money order window for decades and was active in fraternal groups including F and A.M. lodge 86, Scottish Rite, Zorah Shrine, and Kerman Grotto. Survived by Irene his wife son F Warren Collins brother Archie L Collins sister Leona Collins. Funeral arrangements set at J N Hickman & Son with services Monday at Montrose Methodist Church led by Rev. C H Loveland and burial at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery with Masonic graveside rites.
Elmer Edwards aged 18 of 2937 South Twelfth Street received oxygen from a fire department resuscitator and was treated at St Anthony Hospital about 11 o'clock Thursday night for heat exhaustion. Robert Gillett, 55, of Fifteenth and Hulman Streets, reportedly suffered a heart attack at 4:30 this morning and was treated by a resuscitator crew. his home is at Thirteenth and Poplar Streets.
One hundred Vermillion County Home Economics clubs members arrived here in a cavalcade of cars and buses. They toured Terre Haute points of interest and new homes, then enjoyed a picnic dinner at Deming Park. The story with pictures will appear Sunday in the Tribune and Star.
United Nations air forces conducted a third raid in four days on North Korea power installations near the Yalu border, blasting transformers and hydroelectric centers in the Chosen and Fusen reservoirs. Ground forces under Gen. James A. Van Fleet reported heavy fighting west of Chorwon, with 284 Chinese killed in two hill assaults.
United Nations delegates walked out of armistice talks with the Communist truce negotiators for a third time this month and would not return for three days. Maj. Gen. William K. Harrison called the break a respite from propaganda as North Korea’s Gen Nam II protested delaying talks until next Tuesday. The U.N. spokesman said Nam spoke in a high, strident tone toward the end.
Indiana expects mild improvement in five days with highs near 84 to 89 and lows around 60 to 64. Southern areas see little change while northern sections warm slowly. Less than a quarter inch of rain expected in the south with scattered showers. North portions forecast about a half inch of showers Friday night through Saturday and again after the weekend.
William Monka a 63 year old foreman at a photo engraving firm collapsed while mowing his lawn in Indianapolis and died. A physician attributed death to heat exposure occurring Thursday evening.
Washington June 27 Administration forces pressed a last-ditch bid to extend price and wage controls as a congressional session sought a final controls bill. The House voted 211 to 185 to end most controls by Monday midnight and curb rent limits from Sept. 30, while the Senate aimed to keep price and wage controls in place for eight months. Debate centered on wage ceilings, the Taft-Hartley injunction to curb steel, and the future role of the Wage Stabilization Board.
New York riders face higher taxi costs after the Board of Estimate approves a fare increase. If Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri signs the bill, the initial fare will rise from 35 cents to 45 cents and each subsequent mile from 20 to 25 cents, effective on enactment.
A fresh riot at Eddyville Kentucky left eight inmates and a guard injured in the latest flare up. About 30 defiant prisoners seized the commissary as state police used submachine guns to recover loot and restore order. No one was reported injured in today’s disturbance, though Thursday’s uprising wounded eight prisoners and a guard.
SOUTH BEND Ind June 27 Studebaker Corp will halt most plant production next Thursday as the steel cupboard is bare an executive vice president said All car and truck output will stop only the jet engine line remains active Peterson could not estimate layoff numbers though some workers will stay for the annual inventory Studebaker normally employs 22000 workers with some already laid off
The Agriculture Department ordered increases in producer prices for milk sold in the Chicago marketing area, effective July 1. The July-November period sees a rise of 20 cents per 100 pounds or about a half cent per quart for major classes, with a 10 cent per 100 pounds rise or a quarter cent per quart for the rest of the year, over the present price formula.
Washington June 27. President Truman fired Robert Grant of Springfield Illinois as U S marshal for southern Illinois on the recommendation of Attorney General James P McGranery who said Grant was involved in something that for the moment would seem to be at least irregular.
From Terre Haute, a report by Marian Perry notes the first Tri Kappa Province Convention held here since the Gamma Gamma chapter’s 1921 founding, with about 300 members at the Country Club of Terre Haute. Mrs. McKinley Bohannon, Terre Haute, presided and was appointed officer in 1951 after leading Gamma Gamma. The event continues on page 15.
Congress escalated a log jam on money bills into a multi billion showdown as the House readied a 10 billion dollar foreign aid and military appropriations bill and the Senate rushed to adjourn. The $45.7 billion Military Bill cleared the appropriations committee, the $3.44 billion Treasury-Post Office Bill passed without debate, and the $1.01 billion State Commerce Justice Bill moved to conference with the House. Continued on page 9 column 5.
Local aviation interests met Friday with Danville Illinois representatives to discuss a connecting air line to Chicago. The Terre Haute House luncheon session covered Lake Central Air Line and Ozark Air Line routes while Chicago and Southern Air Line seeks Terre Haute stop removal and Hulman Airport service. Attendees included Tom Kinnucan and Clarence Carter among others from Vermillion County Airport Authority and Danville Chamber of Commerce.
A 25 million dollar mortgage was filed for recording today with County Recorder James G. Fagin by the Public Service Company of Indiana Inc. The mortgage sits behind a prior mortgage, with First National Bank of Chicago named as trustee. The document spans 220 pages and contains 107,180 words, with a recording fee of 214.70 dollars.
Partly cloudy and humid conditions with a 9 am reading of 827 Gb and 93 at 9 a.m. Sunrise 5 25. Sunset 8 21. River stage 85 feet and falling. Average humidity yesterday 0 62.
Yesterday’s high reached 95 degrees with a low of 75. Precipitation measured at .15 inches.
Forecast for Terre Haute and vicinity shows partly cloudy skies with heat and humidity. Tonight lows near 76 with scattered thundershowers in the north and hotter 90 degree highs on Saturday in the south. Readings include 76 this morning and 94 by afternoon.
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