Eisenhower backers forecast Mass ballot victory
In Massachusetts Eisenhower's managers predict a clear victory in the Republican presidential delegate race with 38 convention delegates at stake. Taft's backers are optimistic but avoid firm predictions as vote totals, proxy ballots, and district results shape the outcome amid light rain and an AP tally showing Taft at 265 to Eisenhower's 234.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robert A. Taft
Taft
Eisenhower
Associated Press
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Democratic Organization
Eisenhower leads in Berkshire county with eleven write-in votes
Mt. Washington Massachusetts reports in the Massachusetts presidential preference primary showing General Dwight D. Eisenhower with 11 write-in votes to Taft's 4. Governor Warren and Senator Kefauver also receive single votes.
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Associated Press
IEE
Taft
MT. Washington
Mass
Berkshire
Massachusetts
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Robret A. Taft
Ohio
Earl Warren
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted and Discharged
Admitted and discharged lists from Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan include patients in multiple towns. Notable entries: Nancy Harste rode Wayne City infant Jessie Irene Cook Whittington Little Miss Peggy Harrison Nell Foreman Bonney, Byford Denham. discharged Larry Duane McAdoo Bonnie Pally Crowder Cheryl Kay Reed. Good Samaritan admissions Marguerite Bowen Pearl Holland Alice Bennett Bonnie Lewis F McCool Oakland City Ind. discharged Vinetta Burks Salem Everett McKinney LeAnn Gay Martin Wallace Byers Kell Wilma Searcer and infant Jo Ainn.
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Jefferson Memorial
Nancy Harsterode
Wayne City
Jessie Irene Cook
Whittington
Peggy Harrison
RFC
Nell Louise Foreman
Waltonville
Byford Denham
Bonnie
Larry Duane McAdoo
Pally Crowder
Cheryl Kay Reed
Good Samaritan
Marguerite Bowen
Pearl Holland
Alice Bennett
Lewis F. McCool
Oakland City
Ind
Vinetta Burks
Salem
Everett T. McKinney
LeAnn Gay Martin
Wallace Byers
Kell
Wilma Maxine Searcer
Jo- Ainn
Meetings of Andrew D Webb chapter No 160
A special meeting of Andrew D Webb chapter No 160 will be held on Wednesday April 30 at 7 30 p m for Royal Arch Degree observance and related rites.
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Royal Arch Masons
Andrew D. Webb
Royal Arch
Mt V Scouts Win Class A First Aid Rating in Council Meet
Mt Vernon Green Bar Patrol Troop 104 and Salem Senior Unit 663 Crew No 1 earned Class A first aid ratings in the council final after a four meet series. About 200 witnessed the event at Mt Vernon city hall with judges, doctors and scouts contributing to the test of 90 percent on four problems.
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Mt. Vernon
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Mt. Vernon City Hall
George Heidenreich
District Health and Safety Committee
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Martin Hampton
Byrne Welee
AL A. Hudson
Herbert Scott
Lyte Snyder
John Bugal
Bill Merz
Marvin Pulliam
Harold Johnson
Lynn Welge
Herman Hertenstein
Reemitto
Washington School
P. T. A. E. L. Nasonth
Clinton Wright
Births in Pinckneyville and Bonnie community
Mr and Mrs Bill Webber of Pinckneyville welcomed a six pound thirteen ounce daughter named Donna Kay born at Marshall Browning Hospital DuQuoin on Sunday. Mrs Webber, former Mildred Kabat, is daughter of Mr and Mrs R J Kabat Scheller. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Dick Webber Brownsville Road. The Webbers are former Vernon residents. Arthur Ray Newell and Bonnie Newell welcomed an eight pound one ounce son named Eddie Ray born at Good Samaritan Hospital Monday at 9 15 PM.
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Pinckneyville
Marshall Browning Hospital
DuQuoin Sunday
Donna Kay
Webber
Mildred Kabat
R. J. Kabat
Scheller
Dick Webber
Brownsville Road
Vernon
Arthur Ray Newell
Bonnie
Good Samaritan Hospital
Eddie Ray
Scout Patrol Rankings and Scores From District Event
The report lists patrols and members with their scores and points. Joe Black, Eddie Brunner, Mark Novak, Jack Holsapple, Tommy Glenn, and Frank Brinkerhoff achieved 92 inches on 940 points. Kind Patrol Senior Unit 604 led by Jack Hayes Edward Krebs and Gene Reeder scored 58 percent on 902 points. Apache Patrol Troop 104 included David Hoxsie Bi Roth Jerry Hulbert Ronnie Wagner and Tom Cox scored 7 on 889 points. Houdini Patrol Senior Unit GHl featured Lawrence Galigher Charles Gillespie Larry Jones and Larry Galigher scoring 877 on 866 points. Ranger Patrol Troop 106 members Todd Ward Jerry King Andy Henderson Thad Kense Jerry Flester and Don Irvin posted 76 on 776 points.
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Joe Black
Eddie Brunner
Mark Novak
Jack Holsapple
Tommy Glenn
Frank Brinkerhoff
Kind Patrol
Jack Hayes
Edward Krebs
Gene Reeder
Apache Patrol
David Hoxsie
Bi Roth
Jerry Hulbert
Ronnie Wagner
Tom Cox
Houdini Patrol
Ghl
Lawrence Galigher
Charles Gillespie
Larry Jones
Larry Galigher
Ranger Patrol
Troop 106
Todd Ward
Jerry King
Andy Henderson
Thad Kense
Jerry Flester
Don Irvin
Government lawyer withdraws claim on presidential powers in steel seizure
Washington April 29 The government’s top attorney in the steel seizure case backed away from the view that President Truman’s powers are unlimited by the constitution. He filed a supplemental memo saying the president must act within the constitution while acknowledging a grave emergency. Baldridge had argued earlier that the executive is unconstrained beyond constitutional limits.
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Washington
Truman
Sen
Humphrey
D-Minn
Holmes Baldridge
U. S. District Court
David A. Pine
Baldridge
TV Shapes National Fashion Taste Through Daytime Shows
The biggest influence on U S fashion is television with CBS Love of Life and The Big Payoff guiding style. Helen Weiss, former department store buyer, selects wearable, affordable looks for TV actresses and viewers across towns nationwide. Corinne Schwab coordinates tie ins with local stores, aiming to keep fashions within reach of the average woman amid high viewer demand.
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Hollywood
Helen Weiss
Miss Weiss
U. S
Corinne Schwab
Miss Schwab
Napoleon Hill Speaks Tomorrow at Lions Club Luncheon
Internationally known lecturer and author Napoleon Hill will address the Lions Club at a noon luncheon in the Emerson Hotel. Dale Carpenter, program committee chair, said visitors are welcome to attend the meeting.
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Napoleon Hill
The
Lion's Club
Emmerson
Dale Carpenter
Misspelling on Report Cards Causes Printing Reprint
Los Angeles April 29 The board of education weighs a grave issue over 155 600 report cards with a misspelled word as proofs were approved but printing misprint swapped a and a in language. Reprinting costs 1389 dollars 50 cents.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Board of Education
Deaths and Funerals Former Resident Gertie Jones
Former Mt. Vernon resident Gertie Jones died Monday in a St. Louis dentist’s office. Autopsy planned. She was 46, widow of Edwin A. Jones, with a son Jerry Ed and daughter Genell Klein. Survived by parents Joe and Maude Strong and brothers Ralph and Bill Strong. Body to be returned to Mt. Vernon for funeral services. arrangements incomplete.
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Mt. Vernon
St. Louis
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Maude Strong
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Genell Klein
Ralph
Bill Strong
Pupils Tardy on Daylight Time in Sullivan Schools
In Sullivan Indiana 420 pupils are tardy as buses run on standard time while city and classes follow daylight time. Township trustee Jesse Smith cites a 1949 state law requiring standard time. the school board and superintendent Phil Eskew say hours were moved up an hour and will stay that way.
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Sullivan, Ind
Sullivan
Jesse Smith
Hamilton County
Phil Eskew
Cross Country Flights Reported From Marion and Huntsville
Ernest Oliver and Fred Valentino flew from Marion on a cross country flight. Ernest Moss and Earl Outland also flew to Huntsville Alabama today.
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Ernest Oliver
Fred Valentine
Marion
Ernest Mossand
Earl Outland
Huntsville
Ala
Garfield Melton Dies Retired Wayne City Barber
Garfield Melton 70 a retired barber died at his Wayne City residence at 2 20 a m He was born March 31 1882 at Orchardville son of John and Margaret Melton He married Effie Dickey October 9 1907 Funeral at Combs Chapel Wayne City burial Thomason Cemetery Survived by wife five sons Kenneth Burl Lowell Dale Eber three daughters Dorothy Griffin Blanche Johns Audra Hoskins 15 grandchildren one great grandchild Most of life spent in Orchardville and Wayne City.
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Register-News
Wayne City
Garfield Melton
Melton
Orchardville
John
Margaret (Farris) Melton
Effie Dickey
Combs Chapel
Thomason Cemetery
Kenneth
Burl
Lowell
Dale
Eber
Pekin
Dorothy Griffin
Blanche Johns
Audra Hoskins
Mt. Vernon Trio and Grandchild Noted in Obituary
The obituary lists three sisters from Mt. Vernon and Granite City along with one grandchild. Mrs. Maxine Overby of Mt. Vernon Mrs. Myrtle Hunt of Granite City and Mrs. Alberta Bayon of St. Louis are named, with one grandchild noted.
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Mt. Vernon
Maxine Overby
Myrtle Hunt
Granite City
Alberta Bayon
St. Louis
Little Action on War Front Today
In Seoul on April 29 weather grounded UN warplanes for the second day. Only weather reconnaissance planes flew by afternoon with minimal activity along the 155 mile front. Two Red probes were repelled on the central front, and B 29s conducted electronic bombing of rail bridges at Sonchon. Navy planes and ships hit both North Korean coasts Monday.
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Korea
United Nations
Sonchon
North Korea
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