Soldier to missionary after 30 years in Army ROTC ties
Champaign Illinois Sgt Robert Winkler retired after 30 years in the Army. He served with the ROTC detail at the University of Illinois since 1925 and joined the army in 1920 at age 19. He planned a trip to enroll at Bethany Bible Seminary in Chicago for evangelistic training. One of his sons is an honor student in the University ROTC.
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Champaign, Til
Robert Winkler
Winkler
Army
University of Illinois
Church of Brethren
Bethany Bible Seminary
Chicago
University
Scientists Find 5 000 Year Old Afghan Ruins In Baluchistan Expedition
Walter A. Fairservis Jr led the American Museum of Natural History Afghan expedition returning after ten months with pottery 5 000 years old displaying designs not used in modern art. The team collected eleven tons of material, traced links between Near East India and China, and found a valley described as a lost world with winds that excavated sites. They recovered tombs and artifacts, including bodies—likely Mediterranean in type—and noted possible early alphabetic marks on Baluchistan pottery.
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New York
Walter A. Fairservis Jr
American Museum of Natural History
Near East
India
China
Mr. Fairservis
Baluchistan
Afghanistan
Iran
Helmand
Fairservis
Margaret Truman Visits Pope Pius XII in Vatican
Margaret Truman, daughter of the U.S. president, visited Pope Pius XII in Vatican City, dressed in black, and spoke with him for about twenty minutes during the last leg of her European trip. Msgr. Martin John O Connor accompanied her. Arkansas is noted for its diamond mines.
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Vatican City
Margaret Truman
Pius XII
Vatican Palace
Msgr
Martin John O'Connor
Tespia
Rome
Miss Truman
Hiser Caught at Capital
Hartford City man Hiser confesses to officers that after fleeing to Indianapolis and Milwaukee he returned home with his wife and four children. Prosecutor Ervin says as treasurer he pocketed checks on personal property taxes and then listed them as uncollectible.
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Dianapolis
Milwaukee
Hartford City
Local youth joins U.S. Navy from Mecca
Chief C. L. Carey reports Benjamin Ray Ross aged 17 of Mecca was accepted as a seaman recruit in the Navy at Indianapolis, and sent to Great Lakes Illinois for training.
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C. L. Carey
Navy
Benjamin Ray Ross
Mecca
Indianapolis
Great Lakes
Ill
Picnic Lunch Advice for Warm Weather
With warm weather arriving, pack picnic lunches carefully. Salad fillings such as chicken eggs fish or meat should be kept cold or avoided for summertime carrying.
Premature loan notices corrected for Terre Haute readers
The notice apologizes to Terre Haute residents and other small loan licensees for mailed announcements advertising loans up to 500 dollars. It notes the legal limit was 300 dollars before July 1 1951 when Indiana Senate Bill 81 becomes law.
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Terre Haute
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Seistan
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Texas
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Hedy Lamarr
Ted Stauffer
Hedy
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Ted
Carmel, Calif
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Thomas F. Murphy
New York City
President Truman
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Second District
Murphy
Alger Hiss
Calvert
Calvert Distillers Corp
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