Herrin Parochial Commencement at St Mary s School
Herrin June 1 The annual entertainment by St Mary s parochial school pupils will be at the Hippodrome Theatre Sunday June 4 at 7 30 p m The graduation exercises will be held at the church this year The program includes Graduation March High Mass music and singing by male choir songs by graduates Salutory Antoinette Calcaterra The Heavenly Song solo Rosetta Campiglio J Valedictory Rosa Merlo Address and presentation of diplomas and Paris awards Rey H Senese Gold and Silver medals awarded by K of D Council to best pupil of 7th and 8th grades Farewell song Graduates Benediction Holy God We Praise Thy Name The graduating class includes Adolph Schmidt Joseph Oldani Thos Merlo Louis Carnaghi Josephine Oldani Lena Branch Lena Alegnant Rosa Merlo Antonietta Calcaterra Mary Mergnotti Theresa Bazzetti.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Carnaghi
Josephine Oldani
Lena Branch
Lena Alegnant
Rosa Merlo
Antonietta Calcaterra
Mary Mergnotti
Theresa Bazzetti
Crab Orchard High Commencement Honors Twenty Eight Graduates
The Crab Orchard High commencement was held Wednesday evening at the Crab Orchard M. B. church with diplomas presented to twenty eight graduates. The program included songs, recitations, duets, a class address by Prof. J. W. McKinney, and diplomas awarded by local officials.
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Crab Orchard
Crab Orchard M. B
S Ong
America
L. D. Hopper
Eliza Springs
Lawrence Allen
Ruth McDronald
Cleo Chester
Pay Carnical
Wreather Lyons
J. W. McKinney
County Supt. of Schools
Willie Swan
Paulton
Mamie Nolen
Stonefort
Charles Dwyer
Ben Edwards
John Miller
Grab Orchard
I McNair
I.h Abshe
Carrier Mills
Pittsburg
Alva Deering
Loren Black
Carrie B. Uhles
Marion
Ruth McDonald
Marion Pearl Dixon
Creal Springs
Dottie Dorsett
Edward Pluck
Freda Stahbutt
Walter Rhue
Fay Carmical
Rohyma Chester
Helen Mofield
Ruth Pierson
Marion R
Lorene Sturm
Edward Dearing
Devol Motsinger
Bessie Dixon
Rail wage cuts planned for 400000 shop craft workers
The Railway Labor Board is set to announce wage reductions for about 400,000 shop craft workers, likely by week end, with decreases from five to nine cents per hour. Labor unions unite to resist cuts as Edward Fitzgerald calls sixteen rail unions to Cincinnati for a meeting, amid rumors of actions toward strikers among coal miners.
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Chicago
Railway Labor Board
Edward H. Fitzgerald
Organization of Railway Clerks
Cincinnati
Herrin Class Graduates Set for June Commencement
Herrin Township High School will hold commencement at 8 p.m. Friday June 2 in the school gym. University of Chicago English department’s R L Lyman will deliver the address. Graduates include Norman Beasley John C Brown Vonnie Bratcher Ruth Berney Joe Baudino Carren Clem Nadine Chew Rebecca Cruse Lewis Anthony Hazel Winchester Gilbert Waller Jesse Willhite Margaret Chapman William Dugger Brooks Duncan Jennie Drimeyer Glen Fowler Bernie Gronski John Trutchinson Paul W Miller Willard Mahan Aileen Williams Sam Green Robert Phillips Murray Mason Robert Rollo Ethel Stallings Frances Sanford Margaret Turner Helen Sanford Leon Smith.
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Herrin
Herrin Township High School
R. L. Lyman
University of Chicago
Norman Beasley
John C. Brown
Vonnie Bratcher
Ruth Berney
Joe Baudino
Carren Clem
Nadine Chew
Rebecca Cruse
Lewis Anthony
Hazel Winchester
Gilbert Waller
Jesse Willhite
Margaret
Margaret Chapman
William Dugger
Brooks Duncan
Jennie Drimeyer
Glen Fowler
Bernie Gronski
John Trutchinson
Paul W. Miller
Willard Mahan
Aileen Williams
Sam Green
Robert Phillips
Murray Mason
Robert Rollo
Ethel Stallings
Frances Sanford
Margaret Turner
Helen Sanford
Leon Smith
Burglars Steam North Van Buren St Grocery the Reeharm Smith
Burglars broke into the Reihart Smith Grocery Company building on North Van Buren Street Wednesday night and stole 60 000 Camel cigarettes from a fresh shipment of sixty cartons of 1000 each. The break in was discovered Thursday morning when the store opened and no arrests had been made. Police officer W A Thornton investigated but found no further trace.
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Reilinhart-Smith Grocery Company
van Buren Street
Businss
W. A. Thornton
Cotton Crop Near Seventieth Percent of Normal
The department of agriculture reports in today’s Crop report that the cotton crop on May 25 is estimated at 69.6 percent of normal. The update reflects continued modest yields amid seasonal conditions in Washington.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Potter Named as District Attorney
Judge W. O. Potter received endorsements from Senators McKinley and McCormick for appointment as United States District Attorney for the District of Western Illinois. The district includes Danville East St. Louis and surrounding areas with sessions in East St. Louis Danville and Cairo. Potter plans to appoint Judge Lawrence Allen of Danville and P. K. Johnson of Belleville as assistants and will reside in Marion.
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W. O. Potter
William B. McKinley
Medill McCormick
United States
Belleville
Potter
Marion
Terrorism grips Ireland after deadly 24 hours in Belfast
Belfast reports twelve dead and many wounded in a day of attacks. An eight or eleven year old pupil was killed by a stray shot as he walked from school. Houses burned in arson attacks as British troops prepare to crack down. provisional government warned of stricter measures after two weeks.
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Belfast
Ireland
Isatty
Sein Fein
Annual Balloon Race Captures Milwaukee Start
Thirteen balloons began the annual national race from Milwaukee with Pilot Roy Donaldson of Springfield leading at 3 p m. By morning, eleven balloons were still aloft on a southerly course as reports placed Balloon No. 11 near Fort Wayne seven miles south of the city. Other towns noted balloons passing high overhead but largely unidentifiable amid cloudy skies while observers in Taylorville and Litchfield tracked the event.
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Milwaukee
Roy Donaldson
Springfield
Illinois
Fort Wayne
Ind
St. Louis
Bernard von Hoffman
Vindl Ag
Here
Taylorville
Ill
Litchfield
Ewing College to elect new president at Baptist meeting
Dr W P Throgmorton and Rev A B Prince left Friday noon for Ewing College to attend a state Baptist board meeting. The session, held for educational purposes, will consider the election of a new president with Prof George Roglan of Georgetown Ga as a candidate. The meeting opens Friday afternoon at Ewing.
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W. P. Throgmorton
A. B. Prince
First Baptist Church
Ewing College
State Baptist Board
State Baptist School
George Roglan
Georgestown
Georgetown College
Ewing
Sheriff Raid Near Cambria Yields Bootlegging Arrest
Sheriff Melvin Thaxton and Deputy John Schafer raided a Cambria area establishment Thursday. They found a small quantity of white mule and arrested Skeltcher, who was brought to Marion and jailed on a charge of selling intoxicating liquor.
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Melvin Thaxton
John Schafer
Cambria
Skeltcher
Marion
Kidnapper Fred Brown Eludes Capture Again
Lincoln Nebraska reports say Fred Brown alias Grimes, a kidnapper ace, dodged a cordon of about three hundred deputies. He is linked to a machine stolen from a Lincoln detective and was believed to have stayed overnight in Liberty Nebraska. A group held two women and a man captive on Omaha outskirts with log chains around their necks.
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Lincoln
Neb
Fred Brown
Ace
Liberty
Brown
Stoln
Lincoln Detective
Omaha
Grimes
Graduates With High Honor List In MT HS Class
An honor list of eight graduates is announced for MT High School. Students met the 16 unit requirement with an average of 90 percent or higher over four years. Miss Ernes tine Stanford and Coral Alexander lead with about 93 plus averages. Others include Lessie Lee Laura Hamlet Hettie Cagly Carl Bond Everett Knight and Charles Parson.
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Ernestine Stanford
Coral Alexander
Miss Stanford
Mr. Alexander
Lessie Lee
Laura Hamlet
Hettie Cagly
Carl Bond
Everett Knight
Charles Parson
Mitchell Oil and Gas to Open New Station at West Main
The Mitchell Oil and Gas Company completes a brick station at West Main and North Court, with two street sides and a surrounding driveway. Vance Snyder and Claude McRoy will manage after an opening planned for Saturday. The site features free air and water, attractive landscaping, and follows a Benton station opening recent weeks.
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Mitchell Oil and Gas Company
West Main
North Court Streets
Vance Snyder
Claude McRoy
Benton
Perry plans for $90,000 Marion apartment house
Mr and Mrs M J Perry of St Louis discuss erection of a four story apartment block near the Illinois Central depot at North Van Buren and West Calvert in Marion. Barnett and Haines of St Louis prepare plans, with construction likely to begin soon and not completed before next December. Mrs Perry will run a confectionery in addition to leasing the new building.
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M. J. Perry
St. Louis
Marion
Illinois Central Depot
North van Buren
West Calvert Streets
Barnett and Haines
Althe
Perry
Arrests After Ride At Marion Weiner Roast Dress Code Incident
A group celebrating Mrs. Arlie Bearden of Denver visited Herrin then Marion, where two women were arrested by Officer Tom Freece for wearing trousers on the street. They were released at North Market street. others in the party included Mr. and Mrs. Seamore, Mr. and Mrs. B. Cover, and several named friends and relatives.
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Arlie Bearden
Denver
Colo
W. W. Barringer
West College Street
Herrin
Marion
Roberts Pharmacy
Tom Freece
City Hall
North Market Street
Nella Woodbridge
B. C. Cover
Frank Seamore
B. Cover
Mesdames Arlie Bearden
Maude Scobey
Messrs
Loyd Likens
Wil Cooper
Clifton Krafft
Fred Hausman
J. E. Miller
Norma Brigham
Cleaned Potter's Field At Cleans County Farm Cemetery
Superintendent Jeter has tidied the Potter's Field at the county farm and changed conditions at the little cemetery for the institution’s dead. About 200 to 300 graves exist, nine added since Jeter took charge. older grave records are partial. Dr. Harris assists in data collection and marker placement. On Memorial Day, county friends laid flowers at the graves.
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Hud Jeter
Jeter
D. H.harris
Friends of the Noor
Treasury reports May debt cut by 51 million dollars
Washington June 2 The treasury department announced a roughly 51 million dollar reduction in the public debt for May Result of administration economies and an efficient budget system The total gross national debt beginning June 1 stands at about 23 billion dollars
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Washington, D. C
Treasury Department
May Continue Work on Orient Mine Near West Frankfort
State Executive Board member David Babington of Johnston City signed an agreement with Darvo Construction of Pittsburg to let work continue at the Orient No. 2 mine near West Frankfort. The coal will be damp at the mouth and not sold during the present suspension. About 124 United Mine Workers are employed plus 74 to 100 others. three shifts run daily.
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David Babington
Johnston City
Darvo Construction Company
Pittsburg
West Frankfort
Orient No. 2
United Mine Workers
Rail Workers Conference Embraces Wage Reduction Meeting
June 1 Cincinnati reports that 2,000,000 railroad workers accepted an invitation to meet here next Tuesday to discuss wage reductions. Leaders of sixteen principal labor unions and four brotherhoods plus other organizations will attend, bringing total representatives to about forty.
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Cincinnati
Edward Miller Goes On Stand In Small Trial
Waukegan June 1 State Treasurer Edward Miller testified that $10,000,000 in securities listed by his predecessor were missing. Governor Small presented $9,900,000 in Armour & Co notes and supplied the missing $100,000. Earlier, Armour Bonds purchases of $60,000 in 1918 were admitted as state funds.
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Wauknagan
Edward Miller
Len Small
Miller
Fred Sterling
Smail
Armour & Co
Armour
Anthracite Dealers Plan New Counter Proposals
News from New York reports coal operators will present fresh counter proposals to striking miners this afternoon as the third month of the stoppage begins. Illinois officials discuss relief distributions. Alabama price accepted. Western Kentucky protests persist amid wage scale talks. Pittsburg Sluggers beat Harco 10 to 2 with strong pitching from Pete Trip and solid defense. Mr and Mrs B D Bracy return from two years in California.
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New York
Springfield
Illinois
United Mine Workers of America
Frank Farrington
Washington, D. C
Hoover
Alabama
Virginia
West Virginia
Tennessee
East Kentucky
Western Kentucky
Pittsburg
Harco Baseball Club
Pete Trip
Harco
Plea of Girl Is Now Answered in Executed Father Case
In Michigan City Indiana on June 1 teen Mabel Donovan testified she witnessed her mother’s murder. Her father William E Donovan died in the electric chair after conviction in January. The girl’s plea led to a pardon board decision commuting the sentence to death. She said her mother was shot, with her two year old baby in her arms.
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Michigan City
Ind
Mabel Donovan
William E. Donovan
Donovan
State Board of Pardons
Dow
Next Wage Cut for Rail Workers Broadening Wages
The Railroad Labor Board plans another wage reduction affecting over a million workers not in the four major brotherhoods. The cut is expected to average five cents an hour. Officials anticipate similar cuts for all members, and leaders foresee a nationwide strike as a protest.
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Washington
Railroad Labor Board
Trial of Governor Len Small Nears Conclusion in June
In Waukegan Illinois on June 2 the dull Small trial continued with slow direct examination of Harry Swanny about the bank. Attorney General Wilkerson cited that Illinois will likely close its side by June 10, suggesting the trial may wrap up around July first.
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Wauksgan
Len Small
Harry Swanny
Wilkerson
Struck Snag in Loan Deal
Paris June 2 The International Bankers negotiations regarding the 1,000,000,000 loan to Germany struck a snag today and indications are that Germany will not get the big international loan despite their favorable reply to the reprating demand of the allies Jules Sauerwein writing in the Mafin laid the blame at the door of the United States for demanding the immediate payment of war debts.
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Paris
Germany
Jules Sauerwein
Mafin
United States
British Troops Control Ulster as Offensive Plans Loom
London reports British troops in Ulster are under war office control and weighing an offensive against Irish Republican forces. Michael Collins announces the conference on the Irish coalition agreement is temporarily called off. A social note mentions Miss Geneva Stewart hosting Miss Neva Duncan and Miss Marie Atterberry at a noon chicken dinner.
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London
Ulster
British War Office
Michael Collins
Geneva Stewart
South Vicksburg Street
Neva Duncan
Marie Atterberry
Marion Ice Cream Company
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Lotus Choate
Lou Hill
Glenn Younkin
Neven Ingram
Joe Walker
Oren Bearden
Clifford Gulley
Loren Peeler
Lloyd Sullins
Robert McCutcheon
Edgar Clark
Marjorie Davis
Mildred Launins
Grace Peter
Laura Griggs
Jeverne Woodey
W. C. Potter
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Baptist School
Missouri
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Fulton
Hancock
Lodge, TL
Tom Freee
Cleans County Farm Cemetery
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Potter’s Field
Orient
Rail Workers Conference
Edward Miler
California
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Nist
Pacific Coast
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War Office
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