Jimmy Dorsey Dies Today at Age of 53
New York bandleader Jimmy Dorsey, 53, died at Doctors Hospital after a month of treatment for cancer and a prior lung operation. Brother of Tommy Dorsey, he formed a famed duo and later their joint orchestra. Born February 29 1904 in Shenandoah PA, he rose from coal camps to jazz stardom, with a noted feud and eventual reunion. His divorce in 1949 ended with one daughter, Julie Hilton.
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New York
Jimmy Dorsey
Doctors Hospital
Tommy Dorsey
Tommy
Pennsylvania
America
Jimmy
Shenandoah
Jimimy
Paul Whiteman
Vincent Lopez
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Egg
Jane
Juli Hilton
JayCees to Take Active Part in Corn Festival
The Morris Junior Chamber of Commerce plans active involvement in Grundy County Corn Festival with a JayCee committee coordinating participation. Details on specific roles to be announced later as plans include a stand at the Fireman's Festival and other upcoming projects.
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Morris Junior Chamber of Commerce
Grundy County
Union Hall
JayCee
Corn Festival
JayCees
Philippine Quake Hits Vigan City Cathedral Belfry
A very strong earthquake struck Vigan in northwest Luzon early today. The quake split the ground in several places and toppled part of the cathedral belfry. No immediate casualties reported.
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Manila
Vigan
Luzon Island
Six Killed and 37 Injured in Algiers Riot
Algiers quieted after anti Muslim rioting by French crowds left at least six dead and 37 wounded, with other sources citing higher Arab casualties. Police detained about 200 French participants as clashes spread across Algeria following a dance hall bombing that killed eight and wounded eighty three.
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Algiers
Algeria
Bou Saada
Mayflower II Reaches Provincetown After Long Voyage
Mayflower II, replica of the Pilgrim ship, arrived in Provincetown harbor after 53 days at sea from Plymouth England. Skipper Alan Villiers steered a longer route to catch trade winds, drawing spectators as the vessel neared Race Point and prepared for harbor procedures and local ceremonies.
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Provincetown
Mass
Provincetown Harbor
Plymouth
England
Alan Villiers
Villiers
Down Under
West Indies
Race Point
Cape Cod
Coast Guard
Yankton
Health, Customs and Immigration
Morris Community High hires art teacher and rehires treasurer
The Morris Community High School board hired Miss Marjorie Zoch to teach three art classes and assist with the library and reappointed Willard E. Olson as school treasurer for another three-year term. Interviews continue for two vacant French and Spanish teaching positions. A letter from the Illinois Inspection Bureau reports water pressure of 460 gallons per minute after Morris activated all pumps.
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Morris Community High School Board of Education
Marjorie Zoch
Elmhurst
Northern Illinois State College
Zoch
Northern
Kappa Pi
York Community High School
Willard E. Olson
Illinois Inspection Bureau
Morris
Grundy County Horse Show To Be Sunday
The first annual Grundy County Horse Show sponsored by the Morris Knights of Columbus and Town and Country Riding Club will be held Sunday at Wakeman's Woods on Route 113, three miles east of Route 47. Events include registered quarter horse classes, neck reining, flag racing, western parade and pleasure classes, three and five gaited society horses, and children's pony classes. Lunch by KCs, mosquito spraying completed, pony rides for kids.
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Grundy County
The
Morris Knights of Columbus
Town and Country Riding Club
Wakeman’s Woods
Rte
American Quarter Horse Assn
Illinois Quarter Horse Assn
K.c’s
City Chief Explains Missing Reports Amid Paper Shortage
In Harlan Kentucky the City Council pressed Police Chief J H Forester for monthly reports. He blamed a lack of paper and office supplies. Councilman Ivan Staverman offered to buy a pad of paper and the chief agreed to resume reporting.
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Harlan, Ky
J. H. Forester
Forester
Ivan Staverman
Khrushchev forecast capitalism’s destruction by ideology
Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev said capitalism would fall not by force but through the spread of communist ideology. He spoke during a tour in Tampere with Premier Bulganin, stressing no compromise on ideology and noting the trip’s aim to promote Bolshevik roots in history.
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Tampere
Finland
Communist Party
Nikita S Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Lenince
Khrushenev
Nikolai Bulganin
U.ss. R
Bulganin
Stalin
Lenin
Soil Bank Gets Lease on Life
A long Senate session backed by a 3.67 billion farm appropriation bill renewed support for the soil bank program and extended payments through 1958. The vote followed tense tests on farm policy issues and set the stage for conferees to seek House approval of soil bank extensions while broader farm measures proceed.
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Washington
Senate
Soil Bank
Noumonte
House
Lyndon B. Johnson
D-Tex
Eisenhower
Senate House
Sen
Russell
D-Ga
Weather forecast and temperature readings for local area
The U S Weather Bureau forecast fair this afternoon with increasing clouds and cooler temperatures tonight with a mid 50s low. Thursday brings cloudy skies with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. At Pyatt Weather Station Tuesday the high was 82 and the night low 64. At 9 am today the temperature was 68 with Friday expected to be clearing and cooler.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
Pyatt
Board of Supervisors Adjourns To Attend Dresden Ceremonies
Grundy County board met briefly then adjourned to attend ceremonies at the Divacdoan Nuclear Power Station. Reports from Animal Disease committee show March and April brucellosis and tuberculosis infections across cattle and herds. A request from Texas-Illinois Natural Gas Pipeline Co. to cross roads for a new northward line was discussed but no action was taken.
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Board of Supervisors
Dresden
Grundy County
Texas-Illinois Natural Gas Pipeline Co
Illinois River
The
Gas’ Co
Chicago
Judge weighs soldier rights in case over Japanese trial
A federal judge in Washington considers whether William S. Girard, a 21 year old specialist, must be tried by a Japanese court or by an Army court martial. The judge kept in force an order barring delivery to foreign custody while arguments continue and sought citations to back claims that constitutional rights are being traded away.
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Haru
Candy) Sueyama
Army
William S. Girard
Ottawa
Naka Sakai
Somagahara
Japan
Girard
Sakai
U.S
Akikichi Sakai
Washington
Joseph C. McGarraghy
Ill
McGarraghy
Oliver Gasch
McGarrahby
3.C
Dulles
Wilson
United States
Army Brucker
State and Defense Departments
Hoffman Becomes 13th District Circuit Judge
Newly elected Circuit Court Judge Leonard Hoffman received his commission from Governor Stratton and becomes an official circuit judge of the 13th Judicial District. He will preside Monday in Grundy County, vacating his prior Grundy County judge role as Kendall County Judge Robert J. Sears and three district judges assume duties until Hoffman's term ends in December 1958.
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Leonard Hoffman
Stratton
13Th Judicial District
Hoffman
Grundy County Court House
Grundy
Kendall County
Robert J. Sears
13Th District
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Tom Horgan
White House
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Karl R. Bauman
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