Deaths C C Gardner 64 of Woodlawn Dies
Christopher Columbus Gardner 64 of Woodlawn died yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital at 5:00 p m He was a retired car shops employer and farmer and a Woodlawn Baptist member Funeral services set for Thursday at 11 a m at Pulley Funeral Home with Rev James L Feaman and burial in Mt Catherine cemetery He born February 28 1891 in Jefferson county married Etta Sue Modglin March 6 1914 She survives along with one daughter one grandchild and three sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christopher Columbus Gardner
Woodlawn
Good Samaritan Hospital
Gardner
Pulley Funeral Home
James L. Feaman
Mt. Catherine Cemetery
Lada Jones
Tampa
Fla
Cora Wilson
Montana
Georgia Burnette Rites Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. Georgia Ballard Burnette 72 will be held Thursday at 2 00 p m in the chapel of the Pulley Funeral Home Lester E Pifer minister of the Central Church of Christ will Oakwood cemetery Friends may call at any time at the Pulley Funeral Home Mrs Burnette widow of Charles Burnette died last weekend at her home 305 north Fourth street She was a member of the Central Church of Christ the Eastern Star White Shrine and Mothers Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia Ballard Burnette
Pulley Funeral Home
Lester E. Pifer
Central Church of Christ
Oakwood Cemetery
Burnette
Charles Burnette
North Fourth Street
The
Eastern Star
White Shrine
Mother’s Club
Births in Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Weldon McCoy welcomed a 2 lb 10 oz son named Delvin Harold born at 4 19 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr and Mrs Frank Holmes of Benton Road welcomed a 9 lb 12 oz son born at 7 44 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr and Mrs Joe Halfacre of RFD 4 Iuka TL welcomed a 6 lb 9 oz son named Jack Dee born at 3 05 yesterday afternoon in Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weldon McCoy
Good Samaritan Hospital
Delvin Harold
Ason
Frank Holmes
Benton Road
Joe Halfacre
RFD
Iuka
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Jack Dee
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges At Two Hospitals
GOOD SAMARITAN and JEFFERSON MEMORIAL report admissions and discharges. Patients admitted include Paul Jeffrey Casey Beverly Kay Piper Master Tony Eugene Whipple and others. Discharged list names several patients including Mrs Hildred Fairchild Roberts and baby Neil Edward III.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Jeffrey Casey
Billings, Mont
Wanda Madeline Terry
Beverly Kay Piper
Tony Eugene Whipple
James R. Spirling
Earle Vergie Frazier
Hildred Fairchild Roberts
Frieda Rickey Walsh
Edward Dwight Harrison
Nettie Hawkins
Bornadean Williams
Neil Edward III
Emma Levin
la Verne Canter
Roger Dale Carpenter
Roberta Ruth Brugen
Bertha Lee Moore
Maxie C. Jr
Jefferson Memorial
Olive Myer
Joy Hall
Thelma Page
Leona Storment
Dahlgren
Lizzie Bradford
Bluford
Nancy Yanell
Granny at 100 Is Mean And Ornery Says Recipe Hints Longevity
LOS ANGELES Associated Press reports 100 year old Virginia Granny Burks declares she is still mean and ornery at her birthday party. Her long life tip includes black eyed peas turnip greens salt pork corn pone whiskey and snuff as her recipe for staying alive.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Granny Burks
Granny
Virginia
Meetings of Spanish War Veterans Camp 94 and Auxiliary
Meetings of Spanish War Veterans Camp No 94 United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary at the public library Friday at 2:00 PM. All members urged to attend. Entertainment after the meeting by E W Threlkeld. Adj Mildred Sherrod Federated Club meeting at 7:30 PM Thursday at the Masonic Temple 504 Grand Avenue. Magdalena Armstrong, President. Vv F W Meeting Vernons Post 1376 Veterans of Foreign Wars meet Thursday at 8:00 PM in the post Dug Out Tenth and Main. Hugh Swafford Commander Gene Sanders Adjutant. Varnell Rebekah Lodge No 296 regular session Thursday January 12 at 7:30 PM in the I O O F hall installation of officers. Emily Goodin NG Naomi R Bogan Secy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ehen Swift
United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary
E.W. Threlkeld
Adj
Mildred Sherrod
Vv. F.W
Vernons Post 1376
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Hugh Swafford
Gene Sanders
Varnell Rebekah Lodge
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
C.F
Rebekahs
Emily Goodin
N.G
Naomi R.bogan
Sep'y
Sheppard Case to Be Reviewed by High Court
Ohio Supreme Court agreed to review Dr Samuel Sheppard's second degree murder conviction for his wife Marilyn in Cleveland area 1954 slaying. The court took the case on its motion docket while denying a new trial claim based on newly discovered evidence. If upheld Sheppard faces full 10 years before parole eligibility with possible U S Supreme Court appeal.
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Columbus
Ohio
Supreme Court
Samuel H. Sheppard
Marilyn
Sheppard
Ohio Penitentiary
Bay Village
Cleveland
Lake Erie
High Court
State Supreme Court
U. S. Supreme Court
Paul M. Herbert
Herbert
Paul L. Kirk
California
Kirk
Ex-Millionaire Injured By Auto Dies A Pauper
Chicago inquest heard Ellsworth B. Overshiner once headed the Swedish-American Telephone Co in Chicago and owned the Dominion Telephone Co of Canada and the Wit Talking Machine Co. He lost his fortune in a tungsten mining venture in South America and died after a hit run accident in a near North Side hotel. He is survived by a son in Texas. The inquest continues until February 8.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Ellsworth B. Overshiner
Near North Side
Overshiner
Texas
Alex Loeffler
Swedish-American Telephone Co
Mlinois Bell Telephone Co
Dominion Telephone Co
Canada
Wit Talking Machine Co
South America
Royal engagement in Monaco sparks hopes for Rainier heir
Monte Carlo reports the Monacan traditions committee sent Prince Rainier III best wishes on his engagement to film actress Grace Kelly. The message, delivered via State Counsellor Louis Notari in the United States, notes hopes for a future family. The 368 acre principality would face transfer to France if no heir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Monte Carlo
Committee On Monacan
Prince Rainier
United States
Louis Notari
Grace Kelly
French Republic
Traffic Fine for Insufficient Brakes in Police Court
Fred R. Heil was fined $2 and costs in police court on a charge of having insufficient brakes on a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred R. Heil
Accused in Concrete Tomb Murder Case
Casper Wyoming police charged James Alexander with first degree murder in the death of his wife Barbara whose body was found in a concrete tomb beneath the Alexander home after an 18 month search. Rose Alexander faces related charges from the same case. Preliminary hearing set January 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Casper
Wyo
James Alexander
Barbara
Alexander
Rose Alexander
Rose
Barbara Dee
Urge Residents To Register At Rural Fire Dept
Rural Fire Chief Carl Jones urged property owners and occupants in subdivisions outside Mt. Vernon and in newly annexed areas to register their home and business addresses with the Rural Fire Department. He said registrants would receive a special number to quickly locate their property for fire protection, reducing confusion during emergencies. Registration is at the Jefferson Fire Protection District office, 806 South 17th Street, Mt. Vernon, and takes only a few minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Jones
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson Fire Protection District
South 17Th Street
Massive Port Houston Fire Destroys Pier and Drydock
A 1,080-foot Port Houston pier and a 12,500-ton drydock burned in a three-hour blaze. Firemen from nine cities and the Coast Guard halted the fire, with the drydock drifting into the channel and claiming a three million dollar loss per plant manager Phillip Lemler. Damage to the pier was severe and the drydock was a total loss.
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Associated Press
Houston
Port Houston
Phillip Lemler
Houston Channel
Coast Guard
Lemler
Warship Basilone freed after mud grounding off Cape Henry
NORFOLK VA The escort destroyer Basilone that ran aground off Cape Henry early Thursday was floated at 6 35 am and pulled clear at 7 10 am The Navy credited a strain buildup to the major pull and the high tide The salvage tug Seneca remained grounded about 100 yards away as the Basilone was freed after multiple attempts over the past days
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Norfolk
Basilone
Cape Henry
Navy
Seneca
General Gates profits from recall to active duty amid charges
Maj. Gen. Byron E. Gates, 60, recalled to face charges after leaving Chanute AFB Ill, was reprimanded and ordered to forfeit 300. He has drawn 1,294 monthly pay since recall, yielding a profit of 2,440 over six months after the penalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott Atr
AF Air Training Command
Byron E. Gates
Chanute Air Force Base
Ill
ATC
Chanute
General Gates
Public Information Office
Formosa Shelters Chinese Plane Bomber Charge
London reports evidence Chinese Nationalists bribed a Hong Kong airport cleaner to time bomb the Air India jet that crashed near Indonesia while en route to Bandung. Cleaner Chow Tse Ming fled to Formosa five weeks after the disaster. Fifteen people died including Red officials and journalists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Colonial Office
Hong Kong
Bandung
Chow Tse Ming
Formosa
Air India
Red Party
South China Sea
Indonesia
Red
Peiping
United States
36 Killed In One Day In Algeria
An Algerian toll reported 36 dead in 24 hours amid the ongoing clash between nationalist rebels and French forces. The daily toll included 27 rebels and 9 pro French Algerians. In Tunisia a revival of terrorism was reported for the second day. Six armed men attacked the village of Krit, wounding three Tunisians and plundering food stores.
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Algiers
Algeria
Tunisia
Krit
Five U S Missionaries Reported Seized in Ecuador Jungle
Five Protestant missionaries including Nat Saint of Huntingdon Valley and Roger Youderian of Billings were missing in a remote Ecuador jungle near Shell Mera after radio contact ended during a mission among the Auca Indians. Air Force planes and a U S Army helicopter searched the area following reports of a stripped Piper Cub and a body found near the wreckage. The group, ages 3 to 10 years of service, traveled from Shell Mera to aid local tribes and were last heard sending a message about approaching Aucas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Quito
Ecuador
Amazon
U. S
Air Force
Canal One
Nat Saint
Huntingdon Valley
Philadelphia
Edward McCulley
Milwaukee
Peter Fleming
Seattle
Wash
James Elliot
Portland
Ore
Roger Youderian
Billings
Mont
John Keenan
Kennan
U.S
Canal Zone
Youderian
Saint
Eliot
Fleming
Elliot
McCully
Flemings
Gospel Missionary Union
Christian Missions
Forty Inches Of Snow In Japan
A cold snap coated cities on the Japan sea coast with nearly 40 inches of snow and dropped Tokyo to 26 degrees, the coldest of the year. Drifts reached eight feet in central Honshu valleys and two people were reported frozen to death.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
Japan Sea
Honshu
Presidents health report says Eisenhower is excellent
Three physicians examined President Eisenhower and reported that his physical condition is excellent. The White House medical panel included Maj. Gen. Howard M. Snyder Col. Thomas W. Mattingly and Col. Byron E. Pollack. They noted good electro cardiogram and blood tests and cited progress during Key West visit as well.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Howard M. Snyder
Thomas W. Mattingly
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Byron E. Pollack
Fitzsimons Army Hospital
Denver
Congress
Pollack
Fitzsimons
Mattingly
Snyder
James C. Hagerty
Key West
Federal Judge Wham To Retire From Eastern District
CENTRALIA Ill Fred L Wham of Centralia announced his retirement as U S district judge a post he held for 29 years He notified President Eisenhower in a letter requesting action approved effective March 3 Wham 71 was appointed by President Coolidge in 1927 The district holds court in East St Louis and Danville Under federal retirement laws Wham will keep his judgeship but will preside at sessions only on request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Centralia
Ill
Fred L. Wham
U. S
Wham
Eisenhower
Eastern Illinois
Coolidge
East St. Louis
Danville
Mothers balk at signing non polygamy oath
Salt Lake City report says welfare officials led by Lamar Andrus tried to seize eight Black children in Short Creek Utah near the Arizona line to compel their parents to sign affidavits barring polygamy. Townspeople blocked the raid and officials planned contempt actions in Cedar City court while continuing custody efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salt Lake City
Short Creek
Utah
Lamar Andrus
Utah-Arizona
Leonard
Vera Black
John Farr Larson
Bureau of Services For Children
Andrus
Cedar City
Arizona
Latter-Day Saints
Mormon) Church
Leonard Black
Cold Weather Hits Dixie Tourist Trade
Unseasonable cold snap grips Florida and Southeast, causing vegetable losses in the millions while tourism declines. Miami records near freezing at d2 degrees, then 67 by day. Knoxville reports snow as northerly winds drive colder air into Gulf states. Northeast area sees rain and fog, floods threaten New England, and temperatures dip across the eastern half of the country.
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Florida
Miami
New Jersey
Gulf States
Knoxville
Tenn
Carolinas
Louisiana
Georgia
Alabama
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Rockies
Midwest
Minnesota
North Dakota
Exas
Two Divorces Granted Here
Judge B. W. Eovaldi granted two divorces in circuit court yesterday. The decrees named Laura M. Cheatham versus Oscar C. Cheatham and Earline Earls versus Verner W. Earls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. W. Eovaldi
Circuit Court
Laura M. Cheatham
Oscar C. Cheatham
Earline Earls
Verner W. Earls
Burglars Enter Queen Mother's Riviera Villa in France
Burglars broke into the Riviera villa of Queen Mother Elizabeth of Greece in Cannes stealing jewels valued unofficially at about 60000 dollars. In Manila Dr and Mrs Homer V Bradshaw missionaries freed from Red China last month left for the United States today on a military transport plane bound for San Francisco, after enduring severe malnutrition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cannes
France
Riviera
Elizabeth
Greece
Manila
Homer V. Bradshaw
U.S
Red
China
United States
Pittsburgh
San Francisco
Jury Duty Excuse From District Court
A gray haired foreign born woman asked to be excused from District Court jury duty after stating she had lived 50 years in the United States and could read small words but not big ones. Judge Rees Newkirk granted the request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omaha
United States
Rees Newkirk
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C. C. Gardner
Georgia Burnette
Samaritan
Sam
Lynn-Ann Cleaners
12Th & Jordan
Rural Fire Dept
Illinois
Rockford
Moline Easton
Peoria Erene
Rantoul
Springfield
Vandalia
Scott Air Base Pererteererers
Wooden Indian
Mt Vernon
Gates
Vernus
Marvel Gas Service
Moregas, Inc
Waltonville Road
Return OF Myers Ambulance Service
Dixie
New England
World Briefs
Larache
Spain
Morocco
Rafael Garcia Valino
Andre Dubos
Athens
Paul
Constantine Karamanlis
Mt. Vernon Monument Co
Salem
Harold Lowery
George M, Cox
New York
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