General Bradley urges renewal of the draft program
General Omar N. Bradley told the House Armed Services Committee there is no letup in communist pressure and urged extending the draft law, currently set to expire June 24. He cited Baltic incidents and Asia as reasons not to delay, while noting benefits from the Atlantic Alliance and Marshall Plan.
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Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Congress
Joint Chiefs of Staff
House Armed Services Committee
Bradley
Arends
R.llt
Baltic
Asia
Adriatic
Trieste
Vinson
Atlantic Defense Alliance
Soviet Rocket Plan Bared by Escapee Engineer
Victor Martynuk, a 33 year old escapee from a Soviet concentration camp, says Russia built rocket installations aimed at Alaska, Norway, and Sweden in the Arctic and Baltic. He disclosed the operations via his attorney Ivan Crap and awaits House action on lawful residence in Montgomery County Jail, Norristown, Pa. He was arrested as a stowaway aboard the S S Monitor when it docked in Philadelphia in April 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Alaska
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Arctic
Baltic
Victor Martynuk
Ivan M. Crap
Martunuk
Montgomery County
Norristown
House
S.S. Monitor
Annamn Elects Rotary Governor in Indiana District
Dr V Dewey Annakin sociology professor at Indiana State Teachers College was elected Rotary District 226 governor by acclamation at the district convention in French Lick. He succeeds Lynn Stewart of Columbus on July 1 and was supported by Terre Haute Rotary president C E McCormick. About 516 Rotarians attended, with 76 from Terre Haute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotary Club
Indiana
V. Dewey Annakin
Indiana State Teachers College
Annakin
C. E. McCormick
Terre Haute Rotary
Columbus
Brazil
Evansville
French Lick
Rising Sun Club
Lynn Stewart
Terre Haute
Rotary Meet
Weather Summary: Cloudy Morning With River Falling
Cloudy conditions at noon with temperatures around 55 to 63 degrees. Sunrise 5 58, sunset 7 44. River stage 13 2 feet and falling.
Local Weather Outlook Terre Haute and Illinois
Cloudy conditions across Indiana and Illinois with showers likely the rest of tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures range from lows near 50 north to mid 60s south, with highs 55 to 65 depending on location. Street thermometer readings show 52 at 9 AM and 64 at 2 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Japan urged to outlaw the Communist Party
General Douglas MacArthur urged Japan to outlaw the Japanese Communist Party on the third anniversary of the constitution. He warned that communists seek foreign dictation and could seize power if freedoms are abused. Premier Yoshida favors outlawing them, but parliament has not acted. The party claims about 90 000 members with possible undercount.
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Tokyo
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Communist Party
MacArthur
Japan
Shigeru Yoshida
House of Representatives
White Robin Draws Crowds At Hills Farm In Illinois
A rare albino white robin with a bright red breast attracts many bird lovers to C. J. Hills’s Ashmore farm in Illinois. The bird roams the property with three others and has been present for about six weeks, drawing visitors including Mrs. James Holly.
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Wabash Valley
C. J. Hills
Ashmore
Ill
Hills Farm
James Holly
Lafayette Avenue
Import boost urged to aid stable peace and economy
Washington May 2 The Standard Oil of New Jersey president Eugene Holman urged expanding imports to secure peace and economic stability at the United States Chamber of Commerce. He argued increased imports are needed but should not ruin domestic prosperity or burden a single industry. Exposed experts warned against excessive defense spending while stressing national security ties to economic strength.
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Washington
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
United States Chamber of Commerce
Eugene Holman
Chamber
Edwin G. Nourse
Truman
Joe Stalin
Anthony McAuliffe
Nourse
Bridges backs part of Marshall Plan cuts but opposes large scale cuts
Senator Styles Bridges states support for a 250 million dollar cut in the third year Marshall Plan funds while opposing large cuts to the White House total of 3.1 billion. He mentions possible votes on 500 or 600 million cuts and notes the plan sits in the foreign aid bill awaiting further appropriation.
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Washington
Styles Bridges
N. H
White House
James P. Kem
Holding of Formosa By Chiang Would Serve a Useful Purpose
AP Foreign Affairs Analyst DeWitt MacKenzie argues that Formosa should be held by Chiang Kai-Shek to keep it out of Communist control. He notes Formosa as Chiang's headquarters and the nationalist government’s remaining stronghold, while questioning the practicality of continued nationalist aid.
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Formosa
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Hainan
Dulles
Chiang Kai-Shek
Chiang
Uncle Sam
Senate probes link between racing news and crime rings
Senate Commerce Subcommittee heard from Continental Press executives amid questions about racing news distribution tied to Kansas City underworld figures. Witnesses included Continental officials and Racing News Service reps as officials consider banning gambling information across state lines.
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Washington
U.P.— Senate
Continental Press
Racing News
Kansas City
Racing News Service
Senate Commerce Subcommittee
Los Angeles
Continental
William A. Worton
Richard M. Duncan
Charles Gargotta
University Distributing Co
Ernest W. McFarland
Ariz
Line Jumpers on Increase Across California Border
Twenty one thousand Mexicans crossed into California and were deported last month, a record for El Centro and Chula Vista offices as border patrols use planes jeeps and horses to curb the influx. The prior month saw 16000 returns as alambristas flood the Arizona to Pacific coast frontier and beyond.
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Los Angeles
California
Immigration Service
el Centro
Chula Vista
Arizona
Pacific Ocean
New Mexico
Texas
Mexicali
Five Soldiers Die When Car Hits Truck Near Tomah
Five soldiers stationed at Camp McCoy were killed when their car collided with a large auto transport on U S Highway 16 west of Tomah Wisconsin. The crash sheared the car’s top and scattered wreckage over the highway. The truck driver Donald Bellman of Winona Minnesota sustained minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp McCoy
Tomah
Wis
U.P
Sparta
U. S. Highway 16
Hans R. Biegel
Riegel
Donald Bellman
Winona
Minn
Milwaukee
National voters cast ballots in Florida Pepper Smathers race
National interest centered on Florida where Sen Claude Pepper seeks renomination over Rep George Smathers. Alabama Ohio Indiana primaries decide 3 Senate seats and 49 House seats with key contests in governor races and party machinery battles. Pepper supports the Fair Deal. Smathers accuses him of favoring FEPC issues and mingling with red-tinged groups.
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Associated Press
Florida
Claude Pepper
George Smathers
Senate
Alabama
Ohio
Indiana
House
Pepper
Smathers
Fair Employment Practices Commission
FEPC
Smaghers
State Democratic Committee
National Democratic Party Organization
States Rights
Lister Hill
National Party
Russell
D.-Ga
Vigo county primary ballots by machine amid Daylight Saving Time
Vigo county voters faced a 12 hour election with all 95 precincts using machines for the first time. Turnout lagged at 20 to 25 percent around midday but expected to rise after work as DST shortened poll hours.
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Vigo County
D.S.T
Miss Bentley Quits Mundelein College to Work in Washington
Elizbeth T. Bentley former communist spy ring courier has left her political science teaching post at Mundelein College. Officials say the contract ended in February and her Washington mission remains unspecified. Bentley testified in 1948 on spying for a wartime ring and said she left the party in 1945. She converted to Roman Catholicism this year and had a contract to teach in August.
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Chicago
U.P
Elizbeth T. Bentley
Washington
Mundelein College
Miss Bentley
Mundelein
Double funeral for Indianapolis mother and daughter
In Indianapolis on May 2 a mother Mrs Berna Haworth 52 and daughter Mary Evalyn Haworth 20 died after a collision on U S 40 near Greencastle. Haworth was a student at Indiana State Teachers College. Four others injured in the crash.
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Indianapolis
Greencastle
Mary Evalyn Haworth
Berna Haworth
Miss Haworth
U.S. 40
Indiana State Teachers College
Terre Haute
Lattimore Denounces Budenz Testimony as Hog Wash
Owen Lattimore denounces Louis Budenzs testimony linking him to the communist party as the product of a twisted and malignant personality. He says no honest man could believe Budenz.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Louis Budenz
Communist Party
Budenz
Red roundup on Formosa arrests over twelve hundred
Chinese nationalists in a Red hunt arrested 1,284 persons Sunday on Formosa. Authorities disclosed the figure as reports from east coast centers and the Pescadores Islands are expected to raise the total.
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Taipei
Formosa
Pescadores Islands
Election Returns Expected Tonight for Primaries
Officials estimate unofficial totals from the primaries by midnight with first returns due about 8:00 p m. Readers are urged to call the Tribune Star at C-1331 for local and general primary updates and to learn precincts and voting places if unsure.
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The
Tribune-Star
Voting machine repairs slow precinct in Seventh Ward
Report describes privacy booths with levers for each candidate and a big red handle. Voters push about 35 levers on average across contests. In Precinct A at McKeen School a machine locked after a voter adjusted candidate keys, later fixed by mechanics who blamed incomplete lever motion. No poll disturbances reported.
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Seventh Ward
McKeen School
Where To Vote In Today's Primary Polling Places Listed
Official list of polling locations for today’s primary with precincts in three wards. Polls open until 6:00 standard time and 7:00 p m daylight time. Precincts span St Joseph Academy to James Campbell residence and beyond with addresses on South 3rd 4th 11th 13th 14th 15th streets and nearby streets.
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St. Joseph Academy
St. and
Ohio Streets
South 3Rd Street
Frieda Terhurst
South 4Th Street
Crawford
Farrington Streets
Jacob Williams
Raymond Bartlow
Greenwood
Voorhees Streets
Second Ward
Ann Denges
South 14Th Street
Birchfield
South 15Th Street
Davis Park
Poplar Streets
Felton
Ash Street
Long
South 17Th Street
Barton Avenue
Colored Elks Club
South 13Th Street
Oatrose
Vern
Dotla Young
Fourth Ward
James Campbell
North 13Th Street
Election Orderly No Arrests Made in Terre Haute
Today's election in Terre Haute was described as very orderly with precinct workers reporting a quiet day. Police noted only minor incidents a few intoxicated individuals removed near 411 Eagle Street and a fight at Thirteenth and Washington, with no arrests and no direct election connection.
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Terre Haute
Eagle Street
Thirteenth
Washington Streets
Unopposed Candidates Named on County and Township Tickets
Several candidates on both county and township ballots run unopposed and will be nominated with a single vote. Democrats list eight county seats major posts and three county council at large plus district council slots. Republicans nominate judges treasurer recorder surveyor council at large and district council seats. Harrison township shows only two unopposed advisory board members on the Democratic slate and two unopposed Republican officials.
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Freca Bauer
James G. Fagin
Denzil M. Ferguson
Charles C. Modesitt
William Bell
Elliott Wise
McClellan E. Randolph
Loren Fox
Clyde Robinson
Michael M. Sweeney
Pierce Turner
H. DeWitt Owen
Vigo
Clay A. Phillips
Superior Court
Leslie Lyle Turner
Sullivan
Horace C. Fisbeck
Charles C. Broadhurst
George Fick
Harrison Township
Verne Jenkins
Harvey L. York
Clay Plants Sign New Wage Agreement
Special Employees at eight Clay Products Corporation plants in Clay, Brazil, Ind., and Carbon signed a new contract Tuesday morning after the old deal expired April 30. All 928 workers get an eight cent hourly raise, with basic pay rising from 1.16 to 1.24 dollars. Variations exist by job class, and the payroll is expected to rise about 200,000 dollars annually. The company keeps two thirds of employee insurance costs under the plan.
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Brazil
Ind
Clay Products Corporation
Carbon
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Russ
Rotary
Dr. Annakin
Us&s
Earnest Hoberecht
Reds
White
Reich
Berlin
Potsdammer Platz
DeWitt MacKenzie
Underworld
Nation
Crommelin
Bulletin
Bentley
Thompson School
Thomas Auto Top Co
Poplar
Crawford Street
Edna Redman
Swan Street
Craft School
College Street
Davis
Washington Street
South 11Th Street
Earl Weimar
South 10Th Street
8Th
Idaho Streets
Bill
South 7Th Street
Third Ward
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