Draft to Induct 520000 This Year and 300000 Next
The Selective Service predicts 520000 inductions this year and 300000 in 1952. College students may be drafted if they fail to maintain deferment criteria and enroll in college after a prior postponement. Brig. Gen. Renfro warned local boards that such students lose another deferment once already postponed.
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Associated Press
Washington
Selective Service
Armed Services
House
Louis H. Renfrow
Renson
Hospital Notes and Admissions Summary
Good Samaritan hospital admits include Mrs. Lucille Zapp and others in Beaucoup Jessie Stockard Shar on Kay Waugh Dahlgren and Mrs. Kay Clifton. Discharged: Mrs. Marcella Fico. Jefferson Memorial admits include Larry Greenwalt Wayne City Mrs. Ethel Summers Route Four Mrs. Lara Page Everett Turner Lesser.
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Kay Clifton
Marcella Fico
Jefferson Memorial
Larry Greenwalt
Wayne City
Ethel Summers
Route Four
Lara Page
Everett Turner
Lesser
Indications Reds Might Compromise
Peiping radio claimed over 3,000 United Nations troops were wiped out in five days of fighting, with more than half Americans among the dead, and 22 U N warplanes shot down. Allies did not report similar losses.
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Red China
Peiping Radio
United Nations
U. N
Hearings on MacArthur Case Split Over Formal Report
Debate over releasing a formal report from the MacArthur case hearings continues. Some say publicity suffices while Cain argues a formal record is standard. seven Republicans reportedly back him. Senate hearings ran May 8 to June 25 after MacArthur’s April 11 ouster.
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Russell
Cain
H. Alexander Smith
RN. J
Nab Escape Chicago Killer On Street Car
A man named Williams, fleeing authorities with a shotgun, was captured on a street car in Chicago. He was taken to police headquarters where his mother from Cleveland urged him to surrender. The State's Attorney reported Williams considered surrender after hearing his mother’s plea and noted a penciled note in his pocket hinting at a plan to flee to Biloxi Mississippi.
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Edna K. Manshall
Cleveland
John S. Boyle
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Miss
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A. Jones
Mobile
New Orleans
Wabash Decatur
Ill
Cairo
Lowell
Deaths and Funerals Maggie Braddy 82 Wayne City
Maggie Braddy 82 of Wayne City died at 7:00 this morning at her daughter's home. Funeral services Sunday at 2:00 PM at Wayne City Methodist Church with Rev. Paul Wise and Rev. Milo Wadsworth officiating. Burial in Thomason Cemetery. Remains at Combs Chapel. She was born August 27, 1869 in Wayne County. Survived by one son Orville.
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Magic Davis Braddy
John Shreve
Wayne City Methodist Church
Paul Wise
Nashville
Milo Wadsworth
Thomason Cemetery
Combs Chapel
Braddy
Wayne County
William and
Elizabeth (Ferguson) Henderson
102 Youngsters Sign Up Here For Fishing Rodeo
A total of 102 boys and girls have signed up for the Better Fishing Rodeo to be held August 15 at the Sportsman's Club Lake north of Mt. Vernon. Mt. Vernon and Jefferson county youngsters up to 16 are invited to compete. Registration is at the City Clerk Lester Davis office. free transportation is provided to the lake.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Fine Pines
Lester Davis
Child Chokes on Pill in New Athens Death
A two year old New Athens boy died after choking on a pill given by his mother for a minor ailment. Deputy coroner Dr. O G Schneidewind said the pill lodged in the bronchus. Survivors include the boy’s grandfather Illinois Police Sgt Walter Sauerwein. Service for Richard J Pitchford, son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Pitchford, will be held tomorrow.
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Associated Press
New Athens
Richard J. Pitchford
Jesse Pitchford
O. G. Schneidewind
Illinois Police
Walter Sauerwein
Brown Shoe plant in Murphysboro shuts down
A Brown Shoe Company plant, Murphysboro's largest employer with 600 workers, closed today until Sept. 4 due to a shortage of orders. Superintendent J. W. Hanrahan cited weak demand affecting the entire industry.
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Associated Prose
Murphysboro
Brown Shoe Company
J. W. Hanrahan
Former Resident G W Power Dies In Farmville Va
G W Power a former Mt Vernon resident died early yesterday in Farmville Missouri after a heart attack following a lingering illness. The body will be brought to Mt Vernon for burial. He is survived by his wife five sons H D Power of Mt Vernon P E Power of Bluford John and Les Power of Virginia and Claire Power of Mill Shoals and three grandchildren.
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Mt. Vernon
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P. E. Power
Bluford
John
Les Power
Virginia
Claire Power
Mill Shoals
Davis Family Details for Casper Resident
Davis of Casper Wyoming. Survived by one daughter Mrs John Shreve of Wayne City two brothers Lee Henderson of Sims and George Henderson of Geff two grandchildren three stepsons and two stepdaughters.
Hidden $1000 Found in Feather Pillow in Spokane
Mrs Marie Flechsig discovered a thousand dollars hidden in a feather pillow she planned to recover. Her mother had warned her to keep the pillow and not give it away, a advice now proven when the cash surfaced after six years.
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Associated Press
Spokane
Wash
Marie Flechsig
Red Tape Delays New Post Office Truck in DuQuoin
DuQuoin receives a new parcel post truck for the post office but it sits in storage four weeks as no operating manual has arrived. Postmaster P. G. Barron says no manual means no use of the vehicle and jokes that it may be lost in the mails.
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Associated Press
Duuqoin
Til
DuQuoin
Post Office Department
P. G. Barrron
Barron
Justice Douglas Completes Walk in Indian Hills
United States Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas completed a walking tour of the Kulu Valley in North India. He reported from Leh that the journey was incident free and uneventful.
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Associated Press
New Delhi
India
United States Supreme Court
William O'Douglas
Kulu
North
Douglas
Leh
Fire damages ninth street shed at Rush residence
A shed at the home of Mark Rush, 1412 South Ninth Street, was heavily damaged by fire at 5 45 p m yesterday. City firemen controlled the blaze and said the cause was unknown.
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South Ninth Street
Hardware Cause Of Stomach Ache
Naples August 17 Pietro Fabrizio eight year old boy complained of stomach ache doctors operated and removed from his stomach 79 nails pieces of barbed wire copper wire two pens and fourteen pieces of tin in a dramatic surgical case with a surprising foreign object pickup
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Associated Press
Naples
Pietro Fabrizio
Sister Kenny Says Illness Is Beginning Parkinsons Disease
Sister Elizabeth Kenny confirms her ailment is the beginning of Parkinsons disease. She states her right arm losing use and partial right leg use, and she answers that the disease is not necessarily fatal with about two years more life expectancy.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Elizabeth Kenny
Tri Co Cooperative Serves 6800 Members As Rural Electrification Grows
The Tri Co Cooperative reports 6800 members served with over 1000 electric cooperatives nationwide. Manager H G Downey notes rural electrification not complete despite near completion in the area. A May 1951 survey found 716 occupied unelectrified premises near the line.
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United States
H. G. Downey
Downey
Mt. Vernon
National Production Authority
Rural Youth
Future Farmers of America
Washington County
Percy Ray
Collinsville
Illinois
Ray
Czechoslovak Exile Leader Speaks at Mt Ver Dinner
Mirko Sedlak, Czechoslovak exile leader, spoke to the Mt Vernon Kiwanis at Hotel Emerson. He warned of World War III, warned against underestimating Soviet power, and argued unity with the West is essential to counter communism and guard European states. He cited industrial and military contrasts between Nazi Germany, the Soviet bloc, and Western democracies.
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Mt. Vernon Kiwanis Club
Emmerson
Central
Europe
Sedlak
Hitler
Stalin
Germany
Russia
West
House Cuts Civil Defense Funds Amid Critique
The House Appropriations Committee trimmed the Civil Defense Administration budget to 65.3 million from 535 million requested, citing lack of a realistic plan. It rejected funds for bomb shelters, cut medical supplies and equipment by 150 million, and overall reduced the supplemental bill by 625.3 million.
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Associated Prose
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Civil Defense Administration
Congress
Atomic Energy Commission
Forced labor erupts as workers shifted from farming to mills
The report notes a massive reallocation of labor under Soviet dictates with over 2 million people moved from other industries into mines and steel mills. Independent farmers and businesspeople are mainly affected as the shift accelerates.
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Stalin
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
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