Foreign Aid Bill Passes Senate Narrowly Amid Cuts
The Senate approved a $3.122 billion foreign aid authorization after trimming $250 million, with further debates expected in a House-Senate conference. The point four program and Marshall Plan funds survived narrow votes, while Senator Taylor shifted from critic to support to help halt the spread of communism.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Senator McKellar
D.-Tenn
Appropriations Committee
Congress
House
Senate House Conference
Taylor
Idaho
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
United Nations
United States
Mother Reunites With Child After Abduction
Evanston Illinois May 6 United Press report two year old Linda South is reunited with her mother Kathleen after a seven month search. Willard J South Jr formerly of Indianapolis is jailed in lieu of 2500 bond on charges of assault and battery with intent to kill. South divorced last October and threatened his former wife with a pistol before fleeing with the child. Mrs South sought help from Governor Schricker who assigned detectives who tracked the father to a department store. He appeared before Municipal Judge Corcoran and bond was set with case continued to May 19. Linda was taken toward Indianapolis as extradition plans began.
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Evanston
Ill
U.P
Linda South
Pistol Point
Willard J. South, Jr
Indianapolis
South
Kathleen
Reds Deny Holding German Prisoners Berlin
The German claim that all German POWs have been repatriated sparked Russian countercharges. The Soviet controlled press called German and allied accusations poisonous lies and charged the United States with withholding records to imply German deaths in Russia. Western powers rejected the charges as communist calumnies.
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Berlin
Russia
Soviet Union
United States
Travelers End State Meeting in Indiana
Ray R. Davis of Terre Haute was elected state president of the Travelers Protective Association of America at the two day Indiana convention. Other officers include Thomas Benish Vincennes first vice president W Bangerter Fort Wayne second vice president George Hubbard Anderson third vice president Art Behrnat South Bend Byron Lester Warsaw Robert Williamson Marion Arthur Holz New Albany directors. National convention set for San Francisco June 12 13 14 15 with 53 Indiana delegates named including three Terre Haute members.
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Ray R. Davis
Terre Haute
Travelers Protective Association of America
Walter F. Jones
Anderson
Ind
Thomas Benish
Vincennes
W. Bangerter
Fort Wayne
George Hubbard
Art Behrnat
South Bend
Byron Lester
Warsaw
Robert Williamson
Marion
Arthur Holz
New Albany
Indiana
State Board of Directors
San Francisco
Walter G. Grisham
Thomas J. Wright
Mayflower
Terre Haute House
Grisham
Ray Davis
Thomas FE. Benish
Frank Canada
Indianapolis
William J. Fremouth
Fort
Big Bug Hunt Ends in Wedding
William P. Hunt aged 22 and Jeannine Carol Hite aged 21 planned to marry today after a four year romance that began in a local high school stadium where they met while collecting bugs for biology class.
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Washington
U.P
William P. Hunt
Jeannine Carol Hite
Kentucky Derby Field Listed with Entries and Odds
Louisville May 6 AP field for the Kentucky Derby lists 15 entrants with post positions jockeys owners and probable odds. Post time 4 30 p m Central Daylight Time.
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Louisville
P.P
Johnny Longden
MR. Trouble
Doug Dodsor
Mowat
Weather Outlook with Cloudiness and River Rise
The forecast notes increasing cloudiness from morning to afternoon with temperatures rising from 48 at 6 am to 70 by 2 pm. Sunrise is 5 46 and sunset 7 48 with river stage currently rising.
Local weather brief reports highs lows and precipitation
The record notes yesterday's high temp as the highest for the period and the lowest last night at 47 degrees. Precipitation measured at .09 inches.
Weather Outlook for Terre Haute and Region
Clouds increase with showers tonight. Sunday remains mostly cloudy with showers and a small rise in temperatures. Indiana sees fair, cooler today with partly cloudy Sunday and scattered showers. highs 60 to 68, lows 40 to 45. Illinois reports fair, cooler today with a warmer Sunday and showers. lows 40 to 45 north, 47 to 48 south. Temperature readings show 49 at AM and 71 at 2 PM.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Illinois
Bank Robbery Probe: 500 Man Posse Circles Suspects
A 500 man posse encircled a wooded area about 60 miles east of Memphis to locate two bank robbers tied to a $12,000 Middleton heist. The wrecked getaway car was found near Poca hontas Tenn with J C Kirk found inside and liquor nearby. officers think he joined the vehicle after the robbers fled.
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Memphis
Tenn
Here
Pocahontas, Tenn
Bank of
Terre Haute Civic Committee Launches Cleanup Drive Monday
The annual Cleanup Campaign in Terre Haute begins Monday and runs through May. Led by Captains Michael Hines and John Lamb, the drive bears the slogan Clean Up Paint Up Fix Up. Mayor Ralph Tucker proclaims May 8 as opening day and urges city departments and organizations to participate.
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Terre Haute
Michael Hines
John Lamb
Fire Department
Ralph Tucker
City of
Civic Committee
Women’s Department Club
Senators weigh contempt citations for Browder and Field
Counsel for Senate investigators urged contempt citations against Earl Browder and Frederick Vanderbilt Field for refusing to answer questions before the Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee. Edward P. Morgan said he drafted resolutions for consideration by the full committee, after Browder and Field declined to respond citing constitutional rights. Field did not disclose if he ever was a communist, while Browder offered no grounds for his refusal. Continued on page 2 column 4.
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Washington
Senate
Earl Browder
Frederick Vanderbilt Field
Congress
Edward P. Morgan
Morgan
Browder
American Communist Party
Field
McCarthy
R.wis
State Department
Tydings
D.-Md
Subcommittee
Red Cross Solicitors Urged to Complete 1950 Quota
Red Cross solicitors are reminded of the 1950 quota of 50 163 dollars with 48 563 contributed and 1 600 21 still needed. Those who have not filed returns should do so at Red Cross headquarters 415 North Winth street or call Crawford 7818 for pickup.
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Red Cross
North Winth Street
Crawford
Profits jump for 508 firms in first quarter 1950
The Associated Press tally of 508 corporations shows first quarter 1950 profits up six percent from 1949. Major gains in autos, air transport, chemicals, and utilities drive earnings while brewing, coal, and oils decline. General Motors hires lead with $212 million. Chrysler reports a loss.
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New York
Associated Press
General Motors
Chrysler
Childless Twenty Years Ends With Baby at Shelbyville
In Indianapolis on May 6 doctors told Mr. and Mrs. William E. White after 20 years of marriage they would not have children. Mrs. White, 39, began labor Thursday and the baby arrived at an Indianapolis hospital less than three hours before the Whites reached home with the newborn. The girl, unnamed yet, will wait for her given name until the parents recover from the surprise of her arrival.
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Indianapolis
William E. White
R. R
Shelbyville
Bentley May Testify In Commerce Dept Loyalty Probe
Elizabeth Bentley, once a Communist spy courier and accuser of William W. Remington, may be called to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in its inquiry into Commerce Department loyalties. Remington testified he gave Bentley no government secrets, only information the government wanted public.
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Washington
U.P
Elizabeth Bentley
William W. Remington
House
Commerce Department
John S. Wood
D Ga
House Un-American Activities Committee
Miss Bentley
Bentley
Remington
Truman
Wind storms lash Midwest leaving 10 dead across seven states
A violent storm described as the year’s wildest roared across the Midwest for a third day. Ten people died in Iowa Wisconsin Illinois Texas Nebraska and Kansas as winds reached hurricane strength over 75 mph. Gusts hit 130 mph in Duluth and 101 mph in Green Bay. Official readings continue.
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Chicago
Iowa
Wisconsin
Illinois
Texas
Nebraska
Kansas
Mississippi Valley
Weather Bureau
Oklahoma
Minnesota
Lake Superior
Duluth
Green Bay
Wis
Mattress whisked by tornado in Hiawatha porch incident
Harry Zimmerman was sleeping on his farm porch when a tornado roared past. The wind crumpled the porch and whisked the mattress away, leaving him lying on the bed springs but unhurt.
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Hiawatha, Kas
Harry Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Acheson Urges Utmost Vigor to Fight Reds in Europe
Secretary of State Acheson urged Western nations to mobilize the free world with utmost vigor to counter communism. He spoke before leaving for Europe, outlining aims to accelerate concerted action with London talks, Paris meetings, and NATO council planning.
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Washington
Acheson
Europe
West
State Department
C.S.T
London
Paris
Schuman
North Atlantic
Bevin
North Atlantic Treaty Council
Soldier to be Arraigned in Paris Slaying
Pvt. David D. Saunders, 20, who confessed to killing Claude D. Curry, 54, at Curry’s Paris liquor store, was to be arraigned Saturday on a murder charge. An inquest found Curry died from a gunshot wound inflicted with homicidal intent. Saunders was arrested near his grandfather’s home after surrendering the firearm and $147 in Cash. Curry’s widow reported $700 missing.
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David R. Saunders
Paris
Claude D. Curry
Saunders
Curry
Ill
David D. Saunders
C. H. Anderson
Harlan Owens
Chrisman
Cook & Ward
Allen Crable
Sherif
Ernest Glick
West Monroe Street
Wilson Dwyer
Elizabeth Taylor to Wed Hotel Heir in Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor, 18, will marry Conrad Nicholson Hilton Jr., 23, in a Beverly Hills ceremony at 5 p.m. The Church of the Good Shepherd hosts more than 700 Hollywood notables as the couple seals a six month romance. Earlier engagements and plans had shifted amid rumors and Army service.
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Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
Shirley Temple
Conrad Nicholson Hilton, Jr
Church of the Good Shepherd
Beverly Hills
Liz
Nick
Paris Banker in Critical Condition After Suicide Attempt
Lloyd Lamb president of the First Federal Savings and Loan Association is in critical condition at Paris Hospital following an attempted self inflicted gunshot wound Saturday morning. He formerly served as postmaster from 1928 to 1932 and knew the post office interior. Lamb retrieved a 45 caliber revolver from a cabinet and shot himself in the left side with the bullet narrowly missing his heart after a nervous breakdown earlier in March. He had been in a Milwaukee hospital for weeks and returned home about three weeks ago.
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Paris
Ill
Lloyd Lamb
First Federal Savings & Loan Association
Paris Hospital
Lamb
Milwaukee
Letzkus Re-Elected Democrat Chairman in Vigo County
Lawrence V. Letzkus won re election as chairman of the Vigo County Democratic Central Committee at a post primary meeting in the Superior Court No. 2 courtroom. Re elected officers include Frieda Terhorst as vice chairwoman Stephen A. Beard as secretary and Edward S. Everett as treasurer.
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Lawrence V. Letzkus
Vigo County
Democratic Central Committee
Superior Court
Frieda Terhorst
Stephen A. Beard
Edward S. Everett
Letzkus
Henry L. Fisher
Terhorst
Virginia Wassel
Lost Creek
Beard
Fisher
Everett
Anne Cronin
Harrison Township
Roy Williams
Sugar Creek Township
Frances Bailey
Fifth Ward
Republican Central Committee
Jesse Monroe
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Travelers End State Meeting
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Prince
Eddie Arcaro
OIL Capitol
Ken Church
No Bey
Jack Robertson
Orvie Scurlock
Robby Baird
Arbeit
c-King Ranch
William Goetz
V. Whitney
Willorene Farm
T. Chenery
Tom Gray
Walter T. Fugate
Cere Y
Brookmeade Stable
Hal Price Headley
Amb’rcr
Mbie & Smith
King Ranch
William Veeneman
Clifford Mooers
King Ranchee Brookmeade Stable
U. S Weather Bureau
Red Cross Solicitors
Omaha
Plains
Dreuth
Southland
Traverse City
Mich
Dysart
Madrid
Des Moines
Midwest
Parley
Virginia MacPherson
William Pawley, Jr
Glenn Davis
Army
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