Maragon Indicted as Perjurer by Senate Inquiry
John Maragon, former bootblack and White House visitor, was indicted on four counts of perjury before a federal grand jury. He allegedly lied about bank accounts, government business, employment during a Greece mission, and a loan from his mother in law, with possible penalties up to 60 years if convicted. Witnesses testified he received money for five percent commissions and sometimes acted for Maj. Gen. Harry Vaughan.
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Washington
John Maragon
Bootblack
Waite House
Senate
Maragon
Union Trust Company
State Department
Greece
Five Per Center
Hast
Vaughan
Harry Vaughan
Truman
Senate Committee
White House
Kansas City
Carmine S. Bellino
Bellino
San Antonio
Tex
Th Albert Verley Perfume Company
Chicago
W L Croessman Seeks Fourth District Court Nomination
Mt Vernon Jan 8 Theogso dore W Croessman Perry county assessor treasurer announces candidacy for Republican nomination as fourth state appellate court. The court sits at Mt Vernon and embraces 34 counties.
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Associated Press
DU Quoin
Theogsodore W. Croessman
Perry County
Jouay
Mt Vernon
Dogs Stand Guard Over Man's Body In Hunt
Clarence Irvin Dobbs 59 of Elk Prairie township died while hunting about three quarters mile from home. Found by Verner Bravard and son with three dogs guarding the body beside a road west of Dareville. Coroner ruled death from natural causes. Funeral Friday at Myers Chapel with Veterans of Foreign Wars in charge. Survivor list includes wife Laura Etta and children and several relatives.
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Clarence Irvin Dobbs
Elk Prairie Township
Mr. Dobbs
Dareville
Verner Bravard
Darwin
Bravards
Ben Roeder
Dobbs
Myers Chapel
Marsh Harpoole
Hickory Till
Logan County
Thomas J
Anna (Culli) Dobls
Laura Etta Beard
Jefferson County Highway Department
Clarence JL. Dobbs, Jr
Army Air Force
San Antone
Texas
Ida Jewel Elliston
Waltonville
Hubert
Lee Dobbs
Bauxite
Ark
James Walter Forbs
Scoland
Oscar Dobbs
Bonnie
Thomas A. Dobbs
Willian
Tempe
Arizona
Hubert R. Dobbs
Bausxie
Maude Dare
Several Minor Accidents During Holiday Hurt People
Several minor traffic incidents occurred during the New Year holiday with three people injured lightly. J D Shields and wife suffered cuts in a collision at Tenth and Center with Art Cargill driving. Tv an Marlow, 34, hurt in Wayne county, released from Jefferson Memorial Hospital. A car rolled over twice on U S Highway 460 near Mt Vernon, with W Whitaker sustaining a finger cut. State Police noted multiple minor highway collisions but no serious injuries.
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J. D. Shields
S. Tenth Street
Tenth and Center
Shields
Art Cargill
Evansville
Ind
Tvan Marlow
N. 11Th Street
Wayne County
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
W. Whitaker
Ashley
U. S. Highway 460
Mt. Vernon
Eal Sanday
Earthquake Shakes Northern Utah and Idaho
A sharp earthquake shook northern Utah and extreme southeastern Idaho yesterday with no major damage. The tremor was felt from Preston Idaho to Salt Lake City, with the strongest shock near Corinne in Box Elder County where highways shimmered for several seconds.
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Associated Press
Salt Lake City
Utah
Idaho
Preston
Corinne
Box Elder County
Congress Convenes Hear Truman Tomorrow
Washington January 3 Congress opens its second session amid election buzz and plans to hear President Truman in the State of the Union address. The message will outline campaign proposals, with talks of an excise tax cut and continued push for health insurance and farm programs. Republicans attack deficits as Senate Democrats back repeal of federal taxes on oleomargarine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Truman
White House
Congressional High Command
Capitol
Barkley
Senate
Lukas J
House
McCormack
Mass
Secretary of Agriculture
Brannan
National Health Insurance
Rep
Reed
R-N.y
GOP
Olen
More Boys Born At Good Samaritan
The Good Samaritan Hospital reports 573 births in the previous year with 314 boys and 259 girls. For 1949 the total is 100 more than 1948. In January 1950 six boys and one girl were born, with Vera Christine Bruce the first girl and to be city queen for a year.
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Good Samaritan Hospital
Good Samaritan
Vera Christine Bruce
Veta Christine Bruce
Mt. Vernon
Veta Christine
Edward C. Bruce
Keenes
Vera Christine
Pavledes
Mild December in Mt Vernon with rain no snow
Mt Vernon records a mild December with no snowfall and frequent rain. Temperatures reached 60s on several days and even 67 twice while the coldest day stayed just above zero. Rain totaled 3.98 inches, above average, and New Year’s brought a damp, cloudy holiday with .71 inch.
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MT. Vernon
Depres
Utah
Milford
Ogden
Idaho
W. M. Percy
Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
Towa
Illinois counts 28 fatalities from New Year accidents
The fatality toll in Illinois over the New Year weekend reached at least 28, with ten auto crashes, twelve pedestrians struck by cars or trains, and six from miscellaneous causes including a hunting accident and a plane crash. Cities listed victims and ages across Canton Rockford Peoria Freeport Granite City Wheaton Fairbury Springfield Joliet Waukegan Roadhouse Kankakee La Grange and Alberts with several unidentified pedestrians.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Vincent Dulle
Alberts
Richard Joch
Jacob Konciman
Canton
Richard Smith
Farmington
Nora Waddell
Rockford
Fan Seiden
Durand
Peoria
Robert D. Starnes
Alta
Wilbur Poplett
Pdestrian
Freeport
Wallace Welly
Donald Westphal
Pecatonica
John Baumgartner
Pearl City
Granite City
Louis M. Morehouse
Wheaton
Richard Lawler
Cloverdale
Fairbury
Glenn ©. Comer
Gibson City
Springfield
Joliet
William Dennis
Santa Fe
Waukegan
Roadhouse
Juanita Hutton
Kankakee
Thomas Overton
la Grange
Evelyn E. Kocek
$1,700 Granted For Cancer Work Here
The Jefferson county chapter receives a $1,700 grant from the American Cancer Society. Of this, $1,200 funds a medical secretary for the cancer diagnostic clinic at Good Samaritan Hospital, directed by Dr. W. G. Parker, with the remaining $500 supporting other local cancer programs. The grant comes in addition to the county chapter’s annual fund drive, per ex ecutive chairman Mrs. John R. Mitchell who announced the news after learning of the award from Dr. John A. Rogers of Chicago.
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American Cancer Society
Jefferson County
John R. Mitchell
Good Samaritan Hospital
W. G. Parker
Mitchell
John A. Rogers
Chicago
Ilinois
Steal Lights From Church Trees Stuns Parishioners
During the New Year period someone lifted 115 of 135 Christmas lights from two trees in front of the Episcopal Church. The church planned to leave the trees up until Epiphany on January 6, but Father J. E. Gill said the lights would be removed today.
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Episcopal Church
J. E. Gill
Tornadoes Raze Roxana and Hartford Today
A small tornado struck Roxana and Hartford near Alton at 11 21 am causing damage to several buildings with no immediate casualties reported. Across the Mississippi River in Missouri, poles were toppled on the Burlington Railroad at Spanish Lake.
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Alton
Roxana
Hartford
Mississippi River
Missouri
Burlington
Spanish Lake
Shell Oil Co
Reds Draft Men For Uranium Mines
Two West German papers report Soviet conscription of 150000 workers for Saxon uranium mines with shaft explosions causing up to 1000 casualties monthly. Sources cited are Sozialdemokrat and Der Tagesspiegel.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Sozialdemokrat
Socialist Party
der Tagesspiegel
Raid by county officers hits Markham City bootlegger den
Sheriff J. C Johnson and Deputy Russell Dalby raided a Markham City illegal liquor and gambling venue after midnight. W. R. Robertson pleaded guilty to illegal sale of liquor in a dry territory and running a gambling house, fined 150 dollars plus costs. Joe Hawk and Floyd Broyles paid 25 dollars each for gambling. Three other gambling suspects to appear. Officers seized beer cases and whiskey wine and gin from a building formerly a restaurant.
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J. Chris Johnson
Russell Dalby
Markham City
W. R. Robertson
Justice of the Peace
O. E. Yandells
Joe Hawk
Floyd Broyles
No New Year traffic deaths in southern Illinois counties
No traffic fatalities were reported during the New Year holiday in 17 southern Illinois counties according to state police.
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Associated Press
DU Quoin
Illinois
Fire Destroys Farm Home East of Mt Vernon
The Haile family of six lost their Four Mile Township farm home near the Jefferson county line to a late Saturday fire discovered around 5:00 p m Neighbors fought the blaze but it burned to the ground with only a small amount of furniture and clothing saved The family rents from Mrs Johnson of Keenes and seeks rental housing Call K G Bruce at 8428 Bluford for leads No livestock were harmed.
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Fred Haile
Mt. Vernon
Four Mile Township
Wayne County
Jefferson County
Haile
Jim Johnson
Keenes
K. G. Bruce
Bluford
Rail Crews Laid Off In Illinois Central District
PINCKNEYVILLE IL Jan 3 An Illinois Central railroad official said four or five crews were laid off here last night because the Chicago office was told United Mine Workers in the area would not work today Yet the area miners reported at the mines in the district
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Associated Press
Pinckneyville
Dil
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
United Mine Workers
Abundant Living Daily Message by E Stanley Jones
The Register-News announces serialized publication of Abundant Living by E Stanley Jones. The 365 devotional series blends daily readings with brief prayers aimed at spiritual well being, linking mind body and soul to promote fuller living. Jones, a noted writer and evangelist, explains the work aims to guide unbelievers through daily inspiration.
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The
Register-News
E. Stanley Jones
NEA
Stanley Jones
Jones
India
Gandhi
Methodist Episcopal Church
Doc
Illinois coal miners vote to resume three day week
In Springfield on January 3 the Illinois United Mine Workers defied a walkout, with state head Hugh White ordering locals without contracts to return to work for a three day week starting Monday. Nationwide miners, about 480,000 strong, began returning to pits amid rumors of a broader strike easing.
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Hugh White
Illinois
UMWA
Pittsbburgh
Ilinois
Springfield
Ill
Illinois United Mine Workers
UMW
Nason Mine Idle In Jefferson County
About 300 United Mine Workers showed up at the Consolidated Coal Company mine in Nason Illinois today but all left without working. The idle action reflects a labor dispute over conditions and pay.
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Nason
United Mine
Jefferson County
Consolidated Coal Company
Miners Idle Across Illinois As Walkout Spreads
The UMW walkout closed many Illinois mines today as workers stayed away after discussions between UMW chief John L. Lewis and local leaders. In Springfield area, about 4,000 idle at Peabody mines. Canton, West Frankfort, and Danville districts report from 1,500 to 2,000 idle. New Orient shaft pits, largest in state, employ 1,000 UMW workers but several shafts were idle. Some shafts with individual contracts operated. others did not show up. Officials could not explain the absentee wave, with numbers still uncertain as day began.
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Lewis
Springfield
White
UMW
John L. Lewis
Wlinois
Illinois
Peabody
Taylorville
Canton
Orient
West Frankfort
Danville
Catlin
Paris
New Orient
Chicago, Wilming and Franklin Coal Corporation of
Chicago
Bellweather
Tlinois
Franklin County
Perry
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