James L. Barber Wins $500 DePauw Honors
James L. Barber of Washington receives the DePauw junior leadership award with a $500 scholarship from the Pulliam family. He also earns the Bicey Pulliam scholarship for journalism, radio, and ministry, awarded at a Honors Day assembly honoring DePauw students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James L. Barber
Washington
Dea Genes Fasc Elem Agra
Bicey Pulliam
Mra. Ae
Barber
Oo Gene
DePauw
Radio
Eugene C. Pulliam
Wee
Salar
WIRE
Irvin B
Martha Billen Pulliam
Pulliam
DePauwy Board of Trustees
Daviess County Commissioners Meeting Summary
Daviess County commissioners held a regular meeting with the county board this morning. An afternoon session planned presentation of a county zoning ordinance prepared by the Daviess County Planning Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daviess County Commissioners
Daviess County Board
Daviess Men Planning
Navy examination leaves for three recruits and boat trainees
Billy Shallenburg, Robert Blan mn and Robert Booker head to receive medical exams this afternoon. Three others enlisted last week and are in boat training at Great Lakes: Jack Opell, Harry Miller and Carl Fox. A Navy recruiter from Bloomington will visit the local post office on Tuesday June 11 from 2 to 4 PM to interview all interested young men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Shallenburg
Robert Blanmn
Robert Booker
Navy
Great Lakes
Jack Opell
Harry Miller
Carl Fox
Bloomington
Corcoran Employees to Be Vaccinated Today
Corcoran personnel are slated to receive vaccinations with the metal products firm confirming recent inoculations. The announcement states employees of The lea eas Metal Products have been vaccinated recently.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corcoran
Lea Eas
Mrs Henry Yates of Plainville Passes in Tennessee
Mrs Henry Yates of Plainville dies in Tennessee after long illness. The obituary notes her husband Mr Harry Lincoln and recalls family ties and community involvement. Funeral arrangements are pending with local authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Lincoln
Tennessee
Henry Yates
Plainville
Frank Harris Fined for Speeding in 30-Mile Zone
Frank Harris of Route 4 was fined five dollars plus costs in Justice of Peace Raney's court Monday for speeding in a 30 mile per hour zone. He admitted the offense and paid the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Harris
Route 4
Justice of Peace
Raney
Sia GS
Roscoe McDonald Buried In Wheatland Funeral Rites Held At Methodist Church
Funeral services for Roscoe Mc Donald were held at the Methodist church in Wheatland yesterday with Wilson in charge. Interment followed in Fairview cemetery in Vincennes. Pallbearers included Guy Dunn Herman Small Wayne Littell Chester Garnett Marion Overbay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roscoe McDonald
Methodist
Wheatland
Wilson
Fairview
Vincennes
Palibe
Guy Dunn
Herman Small
Wayne Littell
Chester Garnett
Marion Overbay
Petrillo Threatens Networks Amid Labor Tensions
James Caesar Petrillo, president of the American Federation of Musicians, warned radio networks of potential musician shortages if contracts expiring January 1, 1947 are not renewed. He denounced the Lea and Pace bills as discriminatory and unconstitutional, and claimed readiness to act with broadcasters in Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York to expire contracts simultaneously, risking program shutdown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Petersburg
Fila
INS
American Federation of Musicians
James Caesar Petrillo
Petrillo
Lea
Musicians’ Convention
Washington
Chicago
Los Angeles
New York
Former resident dies in Sikeston Missouri
Be J Keith 66, former resident and real estate dealer in this city, died at his Sikeston home after a heart ailment yesterday at 5 30. Born in Washington, son of George and Martha Keith, he married Dick Tomey in June 1900. He moved to Sikeston 30 years ago and belonged to the First Methodist church. Survived by wife, two Sikeston children, and several brothers in Missouri and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BE. J. Keith
Sikeston
Missouri
Washington
George
Martha
Banta) Keith
Dick Tomey
First Methodist
Bonnie Goche
Los Angeles
Calif
Helen Howe
William Keith
Charles
James Keith
This City
Ray Keith
Louisville
Elmer Keith
Poplar Bluff
Oscar Keith
Husband Charged With Murder in Chester Case
A warrant for murder was issued in Chester today against Clifton of Centralia in connection with the death of his wife Bertha Elizabeth, 30. State's Attorney David Conn announced the charge. Details on the suspect and location provided in the Chester filing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Centralia
Bertha Elizabeth
Chester
David Conn
Chester Fl. Ee
St. Louis
Court Upheld Rent Controls Against Overcharges
The court sustained rent controls under the Price Control Act, reversing a Court of Appeals ruling. It held the lower court had power to enjoin violations of rental ceilings but not to order restitution of overpayments. The Price Administrator appealed Warner Holding Co. eight Minneapolis apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court of Appeals
High Court
Warner Holding Co
Minneapolis
George Reeve Dies After Illness at 79
George Edward Reeve a Knox county native and longtime resident died after a two week illness. Retired electrician and former city councilman he also served as a city fireman. Born September 19 1866 near Edwardsport he married Mary Ellen Whitney in 1885 and celebrated their 56th wedding anniversary last July. Survived by a widow a daughter Georgia Keifer two siblings 23 grandchildren and 9 great grandchildren. Funeral plans incomplete with body to be returned to Gill chapel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Edward Reeve
East Yg Street
Knox County
Reeve
Edwardsport
David I
Harriett Reeve
Mary Ellen Whitney
Prentice White
California
Georgia Kiefer
Dhe Cary
Gill Chapel
Willie Francis faces second visit to electric chair
In New Orleans on June 4 Willie Francis a 17 year old Louisiana Negro faced a second attempt at execution by electrocution after the state pardon board denied clemency for the confessed slayings of a St. Tammany druggist. A previous botched electrocution led Gov. Davis to postpone the sentence as the state supreme court reviewed the case and then returned it to the pardon board for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Willie Francis
State
St. . Tiavilla
Freight trains run again on strikebound line Peoria to Effner
McNear Jr of the Toledo Peoria and Western Rail road announced freight service resumed on the Peoria to Effner line after a strike disruption. Trains moved with state police escorts and armed guards aboard the armored gondola. Four guards were acquitted of manslaughter charges by a circuit court jury on May 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McNear, Jr
Toledo, Peoria,and Western Railroad
Peoria
Effnet
Eiffner
Tere Sapiniaee
Wars Hig
Indiana Bell to Have New Service
Indianapolis June 4 Indiana Bell reveals plans for citywide vehicle to office and mobile unit communications. Equipment installation targeted by July 30 with tests on three services including general two way calls between vehicles and regular phones, two way dispatch to a customer's office, and own mobile units. A transmitter receiver mast setup on the downtown office roof and two additional receiving stations are planned across the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Bell Telephone Company
Telephone Company
Washington Faces Threat of June 15 Maritime Strike
Washington focuses on a potential June 15 maritime strike as CIO shipping workers threaten walkouts. Navy calls for volunteers to replace strikers and lines up personnel at naval stations while negotiations on a 40 hour week lag. State and labor officials testify on feeding Europe and food commitments as Byrnes pushes to end meat controls. A Senate panel weighs drafting limits as Johnson proposes banning reinduction of discharged men. The war department highlights an air locator buoy aiding downed airmen at sea. House debates payroll purge after a Supreme Court ruling targeting subversive federal employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Navy
CIO
Forrestal
Labor Department
Europe
Will Clayton
James Stilwell
State Department
Senate
Small Business Committee
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
Byrnes
U. S
Sen
Johnson
Colo
Selective Services
War Department
Department
House
Congress
Supreme Court
President Truman Signs School Lunch Act
Washington June 4 The president signed the administration sponsored School Lunch Act providing federal aid to states to furnish lunches for schoolchildren. Truman said Congress acted with wisdom to strengthen the nation through better nutrition and noted the need to better use the country’s food production capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shorthorn Auction At Edellyn Farm Sets Averages
The 21st annual sale at Edellyn Farm west of Lake Forest saw 38 purebred Shorthorns average $1,925. Walter F. McDaniel, a millionaire textile manufacturer, paid $7,200 for Edelslyn Royal Leader the 33rd, adding to his Circle M Ranch holdings in Salisbury, North Dakota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edellyn Farm
Lake Forest
Walter F. McDaniel
Edelslyn Royal
McDaniel
Circle M
Salisbury
N. D
Navy Prepares To Run Fleet In Emergency
Washington reports the Navy mobilized to replace CIO Maritime strikers on June 15. Secretary Forrestal ordered naval stations to line up personnel, with 2,400,000 veterans urged to volunteer. Shore stations and deactivated fleets were to provide cargo-handling crews, while wage talks continued at the labor department over a 40-hour week and relief staffing at sea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Navy
CIO
Secretary of the Navy
Forrestal
Truman
Labor Department
CIO Time Union
Trave
Stettinius Resignation Casts Shadow Over U N Security Council
New York news reports President Truman faces a heated choice for the American seat on the United Nations Security Council as Edward R. Stettinius Jr resigns. The post requires substantial funds, with potential successors like Dean Acheson Will Clayton Sumner Welles and Nelson Rockefeller discussed amid salary and policy tensions. Lord Halifax cited as a contrast with higher overseas pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
INS
Truman
Edward. RR. Stettinius, Jr
United Nations Security Council
Spain
Siam
France
Iran
Russia
Security Council
United States
Stettinius
State Department
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Will. Clayton
UIRRA
Sumner ‘Welles
Nelson Rockefeller
Stettining
Congress
Lord Halifax
Two St Louis Firemen Die in Collision at Clara and Waterman
Two St Louis firemen were killed while answering an alarm in a collision at the Clara and Waterman Avenue intersection. Police identified the victims as sons of local families, with reports noting the fatal crash occurred in June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Clara and
Waterman Avenue
Son
Manslaughter charges dropped in double hit and run case
Sullivan Indiana June 4 charges of involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide in the hit and run deaths of two boys were dropped after suspects pled guilty to a second offense vehicle taking. James Eugene Oliver 27 and Ralph Frisbee Jr 24 were sentenced to three to ten years. A stolen damaged truck was found near the scene. In Anderson Indiana four people were hospitalized after a truck crash that killed a young father and his wife and injured their small son. Cecil Hedge 24 and Philip Hedge two were killed. Also seriously hurt were Violet Hedge 21 Hilbert Owen 34 and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Ind
Youn Brothers
James Eugene Oliver
Dugger
Ralph Frisbee, Jr
Sullivan Circuit Court
Walter F. Wood
Joe Lowdermilk
Rex
Francis Marlowe
Bevin Calls Soviet Philosophy a Major Obstacle to Peace
London reports Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin called Soviet philosophy one of the greatest obstacles to peace and said Britain would refuse to approve handing Trieste to Yugoslavia. He criticized Soviet rejection of the U S Germany disarmament plan and urged Moscow to seek peace, warning the chance may not return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
INS
Ernest Bevin
Britain
Trieste
Yugoslavia
U. S
Germany
Bevin
House of Commons
V. M. Molotov
Russia
Paris
Europe
Adriatic
Austria
United States
Soviet Union
Danube
Molotov
Romania
Hungary
Beven
Ihae
Bevi
Lien Mages
Indiana Journals Recovered After Century Missing
Indiana attorney general announces that territorial assembly journals, long missing since before 1896 after borrowing by William H. English, will be returned to the state. The documents were found at the University of Chicago by Indiana historian Howard H. Peckham and will be surrendered to the secretary of state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Territorial Assembly
James A. Emmert
Ralph F. Beals
University of Chicago
Secretary of State
William H. English
Congress
English
Hospital Notes and Newborns Mentioned in Mixed Log
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs Ludwig Popp Jasper R R 3 and Mrs Sadie Turk 1106 E Walnut with several others and births noted for Mrs Robert H Gannan a girl and Mrs Harold F White a boy while a second fragment covers postwar British diplomacy with Bevin discussing Soviet Union relations, Austrian and Danube issues, and European peace prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ludwig Popp
Jasper R. R
Sadie Turk
E. Walnut
Lorenzo Campbell
W. Walnut
Forest E. Albright
Shoals
Duane Hendrick
Petersburg
Oliver R. White
Winslow
R. R
Rita Queen
N. W
Marshall Seat
N. E
Deanna
Watson R. R
Mary Agnes Dillon
Loogootee
David Stuckey
Robert H.grannan
Harold F. White
Charles Yarbrough
Jasper
John Evans
Plainville
Earl Baker
French Lick
Delphia Norris
Pearl Street
Conrad McCoy
Nash Wininger
Ohn Herr
Pet
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Reeve
Indiana Bell
CIO Maritime
Union of Marine Firemen
Joint Transportation Committee
ODT
Army
Coast Guard
Maritime Commission
UNRRA
Agriculture Department
AFL
AIF
J Ryan
APL Seafarers Interntional
Masters, Mates and Pilots
Anderson
St. John’s Hospital
Cecil Hedge
Muncie
Philip
Cecil ‘Hedge
Hilbert Owen
Violet
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