750 Barrel Oil Well for Wayne County
Fairfield reporting Wayne County shows more oil activity despite bad weather and operator departures. Five new permits lead the basin, with multiple wells in Rinard and Rosiclare showing promising yields including 750 barrel producer A C Powell No 1 and others swabbing hundreds of barrels daily while testing gas and oil shows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfield
Wayneounty
Wayne
Keith Township
Superior Oil Company
A. C
Bert” Powell
Rinard
McClosky
George _and
Wrather
Dwight McGrew
Oak Wells
Magnolia
L. P. Cook
Cook
N. J. Johnson
Superior
Lloyd Moore
Rosiclare
George and
Illinois Mid-Continent
J. D. Venters
Lamard
Horn and Faulkner
John Vurdulas
Man Held in Missouri City Theft Case
Jefferson county officers arrested John David Weidenkeller, 25, a Denver, Colorado resident living near Walnut Hill. He admitted he is wanted for a Cardwell, Missouri hardware store burglary. Missouri authorities will come to Mt. Vernon tomorrow to take custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson County
Cardwell
Bud Yearwood
John David Weidenkeller
Denver
Colo
Walnut Hill
Weidenkeller
Roy Taylor
Yearwood
Missouri
Mt. Vernon
Court orders return of Mussolini letters to Petacci family
Rome dispatch reports an Italian court ruled the Interior Ministry must return all correspondence between Claretta Petacci and Benito Mussolini to the Petacci family. Police had seized trunks containing Mussolini's letters to his mistress, who died with him in April 1945 after partisan action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Rome
Interior Ministry
Claretta Petacci
Benito Mussolini
Petacci
Mussolini
Claretta
Plans for sewer system overhaul and new board
The Blan Sewer Board proposes spending 750000 with an independent engineer for the operation and maintenance of the system. A companion ordinance to create a Board of Sewer Commissioners was tabled for study, to oversee the sewer department and hire staff, with the mayor as ex officio chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blan Sewer Board
Board of Sewer Commissioners
Sewer Department
Births Report Two New Babies Born This Morning
Mr and Mrs Thomas E Bain of 413 Herbert Street welcomed a baby boy Dennis Lynn born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital at 2 34 AM weighing six pounds four ounces. Mr and Mrs George Walter Waggoner of 605 South 24th Street welcomed a baby girl Janet Eileen born at Good Samaritan Hospital at 4 51 AM weighing six pounds eleven ounces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas E. Bain
Herbert Street
Dennis Lynn
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
George Walter ‘Waggoner
South 24Th Street
Janet
Eileen
Good, Samaritan Hospital
Deaths and Funerals Edward Bailey Dies at Age 67
Edward I. Bailey 67 of 312 Casey avenue died 2:05 pm Wednesday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. He farmed near Wayne City before moving to Mt. Vernon. Funeral Friday at 2:00 pm at Combs Chapel Wayne City with Rev. P. E. Tittle officiating. Burial Hopewell Cemetery. He was born June 14, 1884 in Beecher City Illinois. He married Addie Redfearn in 1906. survived by four sons Paul Ralph Oren Loren. three brothers Thomas Oliver Fred. three sisters Alice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward I. Bailey
Casey Avenue
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Bailey
Wayne City
Mt. Vernon
Combs Chapel
P. E. Tittle
Hopewell Cemetery
Mr. Bailey
Beecher City
Ill
Thomas
Mary
Brown) Bailey
Wayne County
Addie Redfearn
Paul
Ralph
Oren
East St. Louis
Loren
St. Louis
Oliver
Fred
Independence
Iowa
Alice
Pleads for strong U S mine law
A White House push for a robust Federal mine safety law faces hearings by a Senate subcommittee. Testimony will cover the Orient No 2 disaster at West Frankfort and 1951 fatalities, with industry voices predicting a fair shot at passage despite past resistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
U. S
Federal Bureau of Mines
Bureau
Taft
Senate Labor Committee
Ohio
Morse
Ore
Hill
Ala
Humphrey
D-Minn
Chapman
John J. W. Forbes
M. J. Ankeny
James Westfield
Foster Rites Set for W B Foster in Ina Saturday
Funeral services for W B Foster age 94 known as Uncle Barney will be held Saturday at 2 00 pm at the Presbyterian church in Ina. The body arrives Friday at Fry Funeral Home. Foster died yesterday at his daughter Mrs Sam Mariage in Danville IL. He was a former resident of Ina and Mt Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B
Barney” Foster
Presbyterian Church
Ina
Fry Funeral Home
Foster
Sam Mariage
Danville
Mt. Vernon
Funeral services for C. R. McDaniel Friday
Funeral services for C. R. McDaniel, aged 67, will be held Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Panther Fork church with burial in the nearby cemetery. He died yesterday morning at his Kell home and the body remains at the family residence for visitation until the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. McDaniels
Panther Fork
Mr. McDaniel
Kell
Wayne City trio named with extensive family ties
Mae Bracher Withrow and Ethel Greathouse of Wayne City are noted among eight grandchildren and one great grandchild in the family obituary or biographical notice, highlighting the extended kinship of the local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bracher
Mae Withrow
Ethel Greathouse
Wayne City
General Motors and Hudson Get Price Increases Authorized
The government approved price hikes for 1952 GM automobiles from $50 to $222 and Hudson dealer prices from $90 to $143. Dealers may implement the increases immediately, tied to higher ceilings set for 1951 models. The action, announced in Washington, reflects OPS authorization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
General Motors
Office of Price Stabilization
OPS
Hudson
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admits and Discharge
Jefferson Memorial notes show admissions for Opal Reynolds Melvin Moore Belle Rive Mrs Mae Sneed Whittington Mrs Joyce Bain H H Austin Jr Mrs Joanna Thompson Lesser and discharge of Mrs Nellie Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Opal Reynolds
Melvin Moore
Belle Rive
Mae Sneed
Whittington
Joyce Bain
H. H. Austin, Jr
Joanna Thompson
Lesser
Nellie Jackson
Good Samaritan Admits and Discharges Names Given
Admission: Mrs Louise Nowland Waltonville Carson Moss colored Discharges: Albert G Bahde Mrs Martha Martin Mrs Flora M Price Mrs Norma Tate and infant daughter Barbara Jean Mrs Nina Wheeler and infant son Stephen Wayne
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Good Samaritan
Louise Nowland
Waltonville
Carson Moss
Albert G. Bahde
Martha Martin
Flora M. Price
Norma Tate
Barbara Jean
Nina Wheeler
Stephen Wayne
Meetings of local Rebekah Lodge and auxiliaries
The Varnell Rebekah Lodge 296 will meet in regular session at 7 30 p m in the I O O F Temple with pres ent members and visiting Rebekahs welcome Joy Jines N G Naomi Bogan Rec Sec Jefferson Encampment No 182 and Dan G Melton Ladies Aux No 3 will meet at the I C C F Temple Friday at 7 30 visiting ladies welcome and bring sandwiches Evelyn Fisher Secy VFW Auxiliary meets at ay Hall tonight at 8 00 p m visitors welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Varnell Rebekah Lodge
I. O. O. F. Temple
Rebekahs
Jefferson
Dan G. Melton
I.C.C.F. Temple
V.F.W
Ay Hall
Evelyn Fisher
Sec'y
Blizzard Toll and Deep Freeze Hit Midwest This Week
The midwest faced record cold from Canada and Arctic air with temperatures 20 degrees below yesterday in places like Chicago and Minneapolis. Snow drifts six to fifteen feet blocked highways in the Dakotas and Minnesota as a blizzard claimed at least six lives. Twelve foot waves on Lake Michigan splashed Chicago's South Shore Drive trapping hundreds of cars.
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Midwest
Canada
Arctic
North
Florida
Atlantic Seaboard
Jacksonville
Fla
Mobile
Ala
Dakotas
Minnesota
South Dakota
Pierre
U. S. 14
Lake Michigan
Chicago
South Shore Drive
Hold Up McGrath Probe Decision Held Up by House Judiciary
The House Judiciary Committee postponed a decision on whether to investigate Attorney General J. Howard McGrath and the Justice Department until next Tuesday after hours of debate. Representative Dondero defended McGrath and said Communists want him ousted, naming Max Lowenthal as architect of a plan to fire McGrath. The committee met behind closed doors for over three hours with no word on progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House Judiciary Committee
J. Howard McGrath
Justice Department
House
Rep
Dondero
R-Mich
McGrath
Max Lowenthal
Controversies Flare in Mt V Council on Meters and Fires
The Mt Veral council debated parking meter policy and city rural fire issues. A petition sought rezoning on Broadway from residential to business use. Aldermen approved co-agenting the Municipal Retirement Fund with $37.50 monthly for City Clerk Lester Davis and City Treasurer Marie Williford. A street light at 9th and Herbert was approved. A motion to repay employees' payless payday interest failed for lack of a second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. V
Lester Davis
Marie Williford
Municipal Retirement Fund
9Th
Herbert
Sutton
Fairfield travelers return from Midwest trip
Jay Stonemetz and Lee Keith of Fairfield came back today from a visit to Kansas City Missouri. Donald McLain and Herb Downey also flew to Mattoon today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Stonemetz
Lee Keith
Fairfield
Kansas City
Donald McLain
Herb Downey
Mattoon
Court Upholds State School Code Changes
Illinois Supreme Court upholds validity of 1951 school code changes on bond election procedures and school referendums. The decision resolved uncertainty delaying construction in Community Consolidated School District No. 181 after Charles Scofield Jr. challenged funding and bond issuance. The court implied voter qualifications omitted from the code, deeming the provisions harmonized with the election code and not absurd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
DuPage County
Charles Scofield, Jr
Board of Education
Community Consolidated
Scofield
U. S
Ralph S. Maxwell
Nashville
Supreme Court
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Missouri City
Sue
Duce
Wile
Mls
Crystal
Arnett
Edward Bailey
White House
Pheenian
W. B. Foster
C. R. McDaniel
Joy Jines
N. G
Naomi Bogan
Rec
Sec
Montana
Wisconsin
Great Lakes
Idaho
Oregon
California
Ruil Lee Neem Ranad
Mitchell's
William E. Wise
Gary
Ind
Jan
Wise
Ivy
Emmere Foust
RCM Ay
A&p
Airport News
Lee Stephens
South 20Th Street
Dick Phillips
U.S
Via
U. S. Royal
TREAD
MT. Vernon Tire Service
Duncan & Garrison
Stan Koziara
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