British gal interviews turncoats in Red China
Lois Mitchison reports from Peiping based on chats with seven ex-POWs who chose to stay in China. They include Americans Hawkins Rush Fortune Dunn Sullivan Adams and Condron along with a British ex-prisoner Condron. They cite motives ranging from disillusionment with US policy to admiration for Marxist ideas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Mitchison Peiping
China
United Nations
Red China
John R. Dunn
Baltimore
Andrew Fortune
Sonia
Mich
Scott L. Rush
Marietta
Ohio
Samuel D. T Hawkins
Oklahoma City
Clarence C. Adams
Memphis
Tenn
Lawrence V. Sullivan
Omaha
Neh
Andrew Condron
Bathgate
Scotland
Adams
Sullivan
America
Rush
Condron
Hawkins
Korea
Joseph R. McCarthy
R-Wis
un-American Committee
U.S
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Dunn
South
Communist Party
Detroit
Fortune
People’s University
Peiping
Lowell D. Skinner
Akron
James G. Veneris
Hawthorne
Calif
Aaron P. Wilson
Urania
Arlie H. Pate
Carbondale
California Nevada Oregon Hit Floods Continue
Civil defense units worked with Red Cross to evacuate residents by helicopter and boat as northern Siskiyou valleys flooded and rivers exceeded flood stage. Railways blocked, trains halted from San Francisco to Portland. Governor Knight declared a state of emergency and Humboldt a disaster area. Relief efforts centered in Eureka with donations of money clothes and food. many homes lost, Christmas presents turned in for relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Defense
Siskiyou County
Sierra
Sacramento
Lake Shasta
Oregon
Southern Pacific
San Francisco
Portland
California
Goodwin Knight
Humboldt
Red Cross
National Guard
Eureka
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admissions and Discharges
Admitted: Beulah Maxine Shelton Marshall Rhoads Raymond Gale Shelton Dorothy Virginia Wright Roger Dean Wright Linda Carol Catron. Discharged: Elizabeth Johnson and a baby Christine Theron Eskew Wilma Mary Bratton Cindy Jo Virgil Gourley Peggy Dawson Ruth Keele Betty Ford and infant Gene Howard James Black Joyce Fargher Candace Leigh Betty Tate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Beulah Maxine Shelton
Marshall R. Rhoads
Raymond Gale Shelton
Dorothy Virginia Wright
Roger Dean Wright
Linda Carol Catron
Elizabeth Johnson
Christine
Theron Charles Eskew
Wilma Mary Bratton
Barby
Cindy Jo
Virgil Lee Gourley
Peggy Louise Dawson
Ruth Maggie Keele
Betty Louise Ford
Gene Howard
James Curtis Black
Joyce Norma Fargher
Candace Leigh
Betty Louise Tate
Fepferson Memorial Obituary and Admissions List
Admitted Clem Burnette Scheller William Cavender infant Debra Ann Halfacre Mrs Muriel Case Sims. Discharged Mrs Mary Alice Colle Bill King Green Forest Ark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fepferson
Clem Burnette
Scheller
William Cavender
Debra Ann Halfacre
Muriel Case
Sims
Discharred
Mary Alice Colle
Bill King
Green Forrest
Ark
Collision at Ninth and North injures three vehicles
About 1:00 pm a moving westbound car driven by Lav erne Helpingstine, 24, ran a stop sign at Ninth and North Streets and was hit by a northbound car driven by James Tennison, 17. The impact shoved Helpingstine’s car into a parked car owned by Bobby Wilkey, heavily damaging the parked vehicle. Helpingstine was charged with running a stop sign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ninth and North Streets
Laverne Helpingstine
Texico
North Street
James Tennison
RFD 5
Helpingstine
Bobby Wilkey
South 15Th Street
Telpingstine
Child’s Letter To Santa Asks Nothing For Self
A MEMPHIS AP report features a Christmas letter to Santa from a girl who asks for nothing for herself. She requests gifts for her family and urges joy for fortunate children, asking Santa to remember those without parents and to share the Christmas story. She signs she will leave gifts for Santa to discover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa
Memphis
Tenn
Santa Claus
WMC
Niest
Brother
Jesus
Await Yule Message From Son In Japan
Carl Schweinfurth awaits a Christmas radio present from his son in Kobe Japan KSD in St Louis announced that Monitor will air SPC Carl L Schweinfurth message December 2 between 2 and 2 30 p m Mr and Mrs Schweinfurth visited him in Kobe in August The soldier plans to leave the Army late January in Japan and travel westward before returning to Mt Vernon
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Schweinfurth
Japan
M. K. Marteeny In Critical Condition After Stroke
Morton K. Marteeny a well known Vernon real estate man, is in critical condition at Jefferson Memorial Hospital after a paralytic stroke. Found on his Jordan Street home floor, he was exposed and partly clothed. He was near his 67th birthday tomorrow, Christmas Eve, and earlier his Legion Club visits were his routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morton K. Marteeny
American Legion Club
Legion Club
Harry Henn
Bill Haynes
The
Legion
Mr. Marteeney
Judge to Rule on Mt Vernon Fire District Detachment
County Judge Dale Andrews heard evidence on a petition by residents of a newly annexed Mt Vernon area seeking detachment from the rural fire district. He took the case under advisement and expects a ruling in January after briefs. The rural district board opposed detachment. residents pay both city and rural taxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Andrews
Mt. Vernon
Andrews
Rural Fire District
Board of the
Churches At The Corner Of Eighth And Jordan Streets
Interim Pastor W H Beckmeyer leads Christmas Day worship at 10 00 with sermon The Pattern of the Good Life and choir anthem Now Is Come the Salvation by Thompson. Solo Jesus Joy of Man Desiring by Bach sung by Anthony Thompson. Sunday School at 11 05 supervised by John H Kent. Young people meet at 6 00 for light lunch and 6 30 programs. Sunday night gospel features Boyhood and Youth of Jesus in full color. Mid week prayer is Wednesday at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eighth and
Jordan Streets
Daniel Heitmeyer
W. H. Beckmeyer
Betty Pemberton
Thompson
Jesus
Bach
Anthony Thompson
John H. Kent
Anson Smith
Cathedral Producers
Airport News Flight Pairs Reach Alton and Dallas
A. Anderson and Jack Outland made a flight to Alton this morning. M. J. Mitchell and Tom Oakley flew to Dallas, Texas, today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
QO. A. Anderson
Jack Outland
Alton
M. J. Mitchell
Tom Oakley
Dallas
Tex
Parking for Charity in Sterling Christmas Card Fines
Motorists who overstayed meters in Sterling Illinois received Christmas cards instead of tickets for first offenses. The cards wished a Merry Christmas and asked that the usual one dollar fine be donated to charity, replacing the standard penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sterling, Ill
Births in Corpus Christi and Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs J D Shurtz welcomed a son born December 22 in the Navy Hospital Corpus Christi Texas weighing six pounds nine ounces named David Mark Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Nelson McCormack Waltonville A daughter named Sibie Irene born at 9 05 this morning to Mr and Mrs Leroy Dees Lesser at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds eleven ounces Another daughter weighing six pounds one ounce born to Mr and Mrs Gene Kelley RED 1 Mr Vernon at 10 57 this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Shurtz
Navy Hospital
Corpus Christi
Texas
David Mark
Nelson McCormack
Waltonville
Leroy Dees
Lesser
Good Samaritan Hospital
Sybie Irene
Gene Kelley
Red
Vernon
Special Meetings At Mt Vernon Lodges 61 and 31
Two notices urge members to attend special meetings of Mt Vernon Lodge No 61 ALF and A M on Dec 26 at 7 00 pm to work in the first degree with visiting Brethren welcome led by Geo FL Borden and Secretary W E Reavis Also Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and ALM schedules a Dec 23 7 30 pm meeting to work in the third degree with refreshments and visiting Brethren welcome led by Geo H Border and W E Reavis as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Alf. & A.M
Geo
Borden
W. M
Geo. H. Border
Wm. E. Reavis
John accused of treason in West Germany
Dr. Otto John, once a top counter intelligence chief, was arrested in Karlsruhe on suspicion of treason. Federal Prosecutor Carl Wiechmann said investigators will determine if John disclosed state secrets to the Communists and whether other offenses apply. John, who returned from East Germany on December 12, had been in voluntary detention and denied disclosing secrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Karlsruhe
Germany
Otto John
East Germany
Carl Wiechmann
John
East Berlin
Weichmann
Russia
Wiechmann
Bonn
East
West Germany
Traffic Fines in Police Court Include Vehicle Trespass and Illegal Turn
Fenes Fines assessed in police court included Ralph FE and McLeanshoro for trespassing with a vehicle on a parking lot, Jackie Runnells $5 and costs for making an illegal turn in traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph
McLeanshoro
Jackie Runnells
Snow fatality in Slait hwaite woman struck by falling snow
Snow in Slait hwaite England buried and killed shopper Mrs Mary Whitwam age 39 during Christmas shopping. The incident underscores hazards from roof snow as authorities investigate and warn residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Slaithwaite
England
Mary Whitwam
Stevenson Son Moved To Chicago Indicted Driver
Adlai E Stevenson III’s son John Fell recovered in Passavant Hospital after a Goshen Indiana crash that killed Harvard peers William Boyden Jr and William North III and injured James Gilligan. Trucker Frederick Gill was indicted for involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Adlai E. Stevenson
John Fell
Indiana
Harvard
Passavant Hospital
Young Stevenson
Goshen
Tnd
Adlai Jr
Stevenson
Near North Side Hospital
Ellen Borden Stevenson
John
Willam C. Boyden Jr
William Stanley North III
Lake Forest
James F. Gilligan
Nebraska City
Neb
Frederick Gill
Teetroit
Elkhart, Ind
Gill
Railroads Seek 7 Percent Freight Rate Increase
Washington reports the railroad industry seeks a 7 percent freight rate hike effective February 9. The Interstate Commerce Commission disclosed the request for a shortcut procedure to implement the boost without full hearings, though leaders doubt the timetable can be met. The increase would add over 500 million dollars annually to rail freight bills, offsetting wage and material cost rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
J. Monroe Johnson
McMullin Fined for Bad Checks in County Court
R A McMullin Jr 28 of St Louis and former Mt Vernon resident pleaded guilty to issuing a defrauding check at Benoist Bros store Judge Dale Andrews fined him 100 dollars plus costs He had already paid restitution totaling 126 dollars for bad checks in Mt Vernon stores The States Attorney noted prior bad check convictions in Franklin County with a 90 day jail term completed and a total fine of 200 dollars plus costs in that case
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. A. McMullin, Jr
St. Louis
Mt. Vernon
Dale Andrews
McMullin
Benoist Bros
Demetri Hassakis
Franklin County
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lois Mitchison
Hong Kong
Jewelers
Bil Lee
Pearl McGehee
Leltzell
Fire Department
Sam Faulkner
Ed Harrison
Nevada
North
Yule
Son
Gingham Kitchen
Merry Christmas
Jos
Jack and
Violet Walton
M. K. Marteeny
the First Baptist Church
Airport News
Roy Taylor
A. F. Fe
Snow
Register-News
Frank B. Neal
Ilinois
Real Estate & Insurance
Wooden Indian
Mt Vernon
Olen Eater
Jordan
J.T. Adams
Yaco
Morton
Mabel
Ralph Stitch
Delores Powell
Paul Trayler
Louise Crawford
Genevieve Laird
Art Laird
Laird Jewelers
Broadway
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