Old Guard Keeps Taft as Leader in Senate Split
The 80th Congress opens with Taft backed by Republicans and curbs on the Rules Committee. The House passes a rules change by voice vote, diminishing the committee’s power to shelve bills, while Taft’s leadership gains momentum as Liberal Republicans fade. The Senate convenes with new officers and a formal start as partisan divides set the tone.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Rules Committee
Truman
Senate
Taft
Ohio
Tobey
R-N. H
Congress
John Andrews
Jed By
James Shera Montgomery
Vandenberg
R Mich
Peter Marshall
Peace Talks Open in China and Jerusalem Bombed
Peace talks in China were publicly disclosed at a dinner in Nanking hosted by Gen. Chang Chih Chung with officials and educators calling for cease fire talks. Meanwhile Jerusalem endured two air raids injuring several, as Israel warned retaliation against Cairo.
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Namking
China
Chang Chih-Chung
Chenghai
Yenan
Cty
Shanghai
Peiping
Tientsini
Illinois lawmaker caucuses set to open 66th General Assembly
Illinois lawmakers begin arriving in Springfield for pre session caucuses for the 66th General Assembly. Key fights loom over House speaker and Senate majority leader with Rep. Paul Powell and Sen. Edward Laughlin leading. Republican plans include new Senate rules to consolidate chairmanships and bill assignments, limiting the Democratic lieutenant governor. Stevenson to unveil agenda after inauguration amid divided control and talks of higher gas taxes and a constitutional convention.
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Associated Press
Springfield
66Th Illinois General Assembly
House
Senate
Paul Powell
Vienna
Edward E. Laughlin
Freeport
Louie E. Louis
Christopher
Powell
Democratic Organization
James Ryan
Chicago
Laughlin
William Connors
GOP
Charles W. Clabaugh
Champaign
Warren Wood
Plainfield
Reed F. Cutler
Lewistown
David I. Swanson
Franklin A. Stransky
Savanna
Hugh Green
Jacksonville
Robert J. Branson
Centralia
Sherwood Dixon
Dwight H. Green
Fred Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Yale bound plane crash kills fourteen at Seattle
A DC-3 charter plane carrying 27 Yale University students and three crew members crashed and exploded after takeoff from Seattle, killing at least 14 aboard and injuring several more. The icy runway, flame-filled wreckage, and quick rescue efforts followed as investigators worked to identify victims.
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Seattle
Yale University
Yale
Washington
Oregon
Seattle Air Charter
New Heaven
Boeing Airplane Company
Lynn Brown
Boeing Field
Brown
Fred H. Godfrey
Retired miner’s odd boast marks odd 1948 liar honor
Johnston City Illinois January 3 a 75 year old retiree John Hughes named one of 1948's four best liars joked his beard was so tough yesterday he could not polish it and had to chop it off His wife said she will observe their 51st wedding anniversary next spring and noted he has always been a joker in life
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Associated Press
Johnston City
U S Warns Israel Over War Threats Amid Palestine Tensions
A Reuters source says the United States warned Israel that diplomatic recognition could be withdrawn if Israel attacks Arab neighbors. Britain reportedly warns of Arab entry to defend Egypt and Trans-Jordan, with Israel accusing Britain of pressuring the U S to aid Egypt.
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U. S
Associated Press
London
United States
Israel
Britain
Egypt
Trans-Jordan
Tel Aviv
Wabash County Fox Hunt Sparks Countywide Bounty
In Wabash County Indiana farmers push a $3 bounty for foxes to curb chicken depredations. With 49 foxes killed and a $600 fund, 71 hunters gathered near Lancaster for a weekend hunt and a meal served by local women. A similar hunt at Friendsville was planned, aiming to exhaust the fund and continue the chase for sport.
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Associated Press
Mt, Carmel
Wabash County
Lancaster
Friendsville
Cairo reports four-year traffic death-free streak
Cairo Illinois finished 1948 without a traffic fatality, marking a four year stretch with only one prior fatality in 1997. The city of about 14 000 notes the lone 1997 crash as the sole fatality in four years.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Judge Walker Ties 168 Matrimonial Knots in a Week
Jefferson County Judge Frank H. Walker officiated 168 marriages in four and a half days in Chicago last week. New Year’s Eve proved his busiest day with 33 weddings in 2 hours 45 minutes. He noted marrying was a pleasant job despite focusing on criminal matters elsewhere.
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Frank Walker
Jefferson County
Frank H. Walker
Illinois
Walker
Chicago
Court Upholds Closed Shop Policy Victory Across States
The Supreme Court upheld state laws banning closed shops, where only union workers could be hired and must stay in good standing or lose their jobs. The ruling confronted AFL attacks on bans in Arizona Nebraska and North Carolina with similar restrictions noted in 13 other states during arguments.
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Associated Press
Washington
Supreme Court
American Federation of Labor
Arizona
Nebraska
North Carolina
Five Injured In Three Mt Vernon Area Mishaps
Five people were injured in three New Year holiday accidents near Mt. Vernon. A car struck a parked truck on U S Route 460 injuring driver W E Young and his wife Bessie with facial injuries and a sister-in-law Leota Young with a fractured leg. Bonita Rae Hayes sustained facial abrasions when her father’s car hit another car at 12th and Cherry and was treated and released. Osie Jones reported as owner of the parked car. In a separate crash at 19th and Broadway Lee Wininger received lacerations to scalp cheek and knee. All treated at local hospitals.
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Mt. Vernon
W. E. Young
Booneville
Ind
Bessie
Leota Young
Winslow
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bonita Rae Hayes
Thomas Hayes
Waltonville Road
12Th and
Cherry
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
Osie Jones
Lee Wininger
19Th
Broadway
Transport Leads Lost Air Force Plane to Field
A United Airlines transport guided a lost Air Force plane to Pittsburgh after Lt. G R Ridler lost bearings over western Pennsylvania. Ridler from Middletown Air Base radioed for help. pilot K A Simko and first officer J F Thomas guided him by radio to 2,000 feet above the Pittsburgh airport.
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Pittsburgh
United Airlines
Air Force
Pennsylvania
G. R. Ridler
Middletown
Harrisburg
Scott Field
Belleville
Ill
Ridler
K. A. Simko
Chicago
Washington
Simko
J. F. Thomas
Pittsburgh Field
Fines Totals From Mt. Vernon Police in 1948
Police Magistrate E. W. Threkel d informs 1948 arrests resulted in 742 people fined a total of 12,432.80 dollars. December fines were 593.70 dollars, with monthly totals ranging from 593.70 to 1,539.20 dollars.
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Mt. Vernon
E. W. Threlkeld
Prices Fall in Heavy Hog Run at Chicago Market
Heavy one day hog receipts at Union Stock Yards set a new postwar low. Prices dropped by about 1 to 1.25 per hundred pounds as traders moved 27,000 hogs. Best hogs brought around 21.00 per hundred pounds, matching last spring's low point.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Union Stock Yards
Bystander fatally shot in tavern brawl at Pana
Jan 3 report from Pana Illinois describes a tavern fight ending in the fatal shooting of Darrell Everett Davis 23 near Pana an employee of Peabody Coal Mine No 8 at Taylorville Ernest Graham 54 held without charge in Christian county jail pending inquest officers say Wendell Birch 27 Tower Hill and Charles Burgener 37 Assumption argued over a wife then fought Graham and Padgett followed Graham drew a .38 pistol Davis pushed the gun aside and was shot in the midsection dying 12 hours later in a hospital
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Pana
Darrell Everett Davis
Near Pana
Peabody Coal Mine
Taylorville
Christian County
Ernest Graham
Assumption, Ik
Hampton French
Harry MecGavie
Wendell Birch
Tower Hill
Charles Burgener
Assumption
Birch
Burgener
Wilbur Padgett
Padgett
Graham
Davis
Cabin Fire Destroys Lake Mil ler Furnishings
A furnished cabin on Lake Miller near Mt. Wil Burns, owned by Harry Etheridge, was destroyed by fire early Saturday. The blaze consumed the structure and contents including an electric hot plate, an electric refrigerator, a fuel oil stove, beds and tables. Cause is unknown and the loss was only partially insured. The cabin was built by local sportsman Vernon Sportsn of Mt. Lake Club.
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Lake Miller
Harry Etheridge
Vernon Sportsn
Mt, S Club
Blizzard and frost lash plains and Florida Everglades crops
Frost and a blizzard swept the plains and Florida Everglades with heavy damage reported to corn sweet potatoes squash and new beans lettuce and cabbage. Winds up to 60 mph created near zero visibility while temps plunged toward zero in parts of the Plains and near 50s in the south with snow reaching New Mexico and El Paso.
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Florida Everglades
High Great Plains
Florida
Warren O. Johnson
Federal
State
Rocky Mountains
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Gulf Coast
W. M. Percy
Chicago
Percy
Plains
Dakotas
New Mexico
el Paso
Tex
Pacific Coast
California
Bakersfield
Calif
Mercury
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Draft board mixup delays Crow for reevaluation
Wendell Crow of 18th Street faced a delayed draft board review, with Crowder and Airborne details in Kentucky. The reevaluation affects Crow’s status as the process proceeds in Breckinridge County.
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Wendell Crow
18Th Street
Tod
Crowder
David Breckinridge
Crowder Receives Draft Notice While Furlough Home
In Army MT V youth Crowder received his draft notice today while on holiday furlough at 708 S. He is summoned for pre induction physical on January 13. Crowder enlisted in the Army December 2, and is the son of Mr and Mrs Aubrey Crowder.
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Mt.v
Crowder
Army
Aubrey Crowder
Two More Candidates File For Mt. Vernon City Offices
Two more candidates for Mt. Vernon city offices, pending February primary, filed petitions with the city clerk. Charles C. Potts, Republican, seeks city treasurer. Henry M. Irvin, Democrat, runs for alderman, fourth ward.
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Mt. Vernon
Charles C. Potts
Henry M. Irvin
Aldereman
Fourth Ward
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