Personal Curt Brady retires from Fordgales conference in St Louis
The report notes Curt Brady's retirement from the Fagales conference of the Auto Club of Missouri held in St Louis this week. The piece also lists a series of local visits and movements including ministers meetings in Fairfield, hospital transport for Harry Montague, and various visits by residents to Texas, Keenes, Lebanon, and other towns. It mentions attendees at a funeral in Mt Vernon and upcoming or recent events like university sports figures visiting, weddings abroad, and local trips by residents to Brooklyn New York and Collinsville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curt Brad
Auto Club of Mo
St. Louis
Gene Dye
A. W. Smith
Fairfield
General Baptist Churches
Harry A. Montague
Tlusly
Steran’s Hospital
Marion
V. D. Darnold
Phyllis
R. E. Puckett
Texas
Rodney Wuest
F. FE. Greenwalt
Keenes
Vernon
Lloyd Jones
Lebanon
Zelbert Taylor
Waller
Taylor
W. D. Piggartan Parrish
Chicago
Anna Parrish
Carbondale
Mac_Miller
Mt. Vernon
Centralia
Imogene Osborn
Texico
Anna Jones
Waltonville
Joan Wallace
Bonnie
Ray Dycus
Olney
Leland Wells
Justean Bleeks
Decatur
C. J. Poole
Brooklyn
New York
Sam Phillips
Eva Castellucio
Barbara Wallace
Flora
J. F. Borah
Irvie Dycus
Ferrell Puckett
Collinsville
4-H Club Meeting Plans Woodburning and Valentine Day
The Loho Pamo 4-H Club met January 26 at Norma Jean York's home with Ronald Veatch presiding. Plans were made for boys' Monday and girls' Wednesday sessions for woodburning and textile painting, a $5.10 March of Dimes donation, and a February 10 meeting at Mrs. Keith Clark's home. Members brought valentines and 19 members plus four visitors attended, with birthday celebrations for Shirley Hayes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Jean York
Ronald Veatch
Keith Clark
Carol Wilson
Ruth Huston
Frances Hayes
Ronald Morris
Shirley Hayes
Area Families Welcome Newborns Across Local Hospitals
Mr and Mrs John Hooper of Fairfield celebrate a seven pound two ounce son born at 7 47 am today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Clarence Yearwood of Route 2 Mt Vernon welcomed a six pound 11 ounce son born at 2 16 pm yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr and Mrs Archie Wilmore of Route 4 Mt Vernon welcome a seven pound daughter born at 9 45 am today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Mr and Mrs Ralph O Kaufman Jr of 417 South 18th Street Mt Vernon welcomed a daughter born at 8 49 am today at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds 13 ounces named Alice Fallon. Mr and Mrs Donald R Russell of 316 Castleton Avenue welcomed a seven pound seven ounce daughter born at 8 30 am today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hooper
Fairfield
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Clarence Yearwood
Route 2
Mt. Vernon
Good Samaritan Hospital
Archie Wilmore
Route 4
Ralph O. Kaufman, Jr
South 18Th Street
Alice Fallon
Donald R. Russell
Castleton Avenue
Mission Circle Meeting At First Methodist Church
The Junior Women's Mission Circle met at Miss Betty Welch's home with Mrs. Amos Smith presiding. Mrs. Jimmy Shields led a lesson on Sarah. Refreshments followed. next meeting set for February 23.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mission Circle
First Methodist Church
Betty Welch
Amos Smith
Jimmy Shields
Sarah
Drug Addict Robs South Side Doctor’s Office
A gunman invaded Dr. M. L. Weinstein’s south side office in Chicago, bound six people including a nurse and two women patients, and fled with narcotics and about 1200 dollars in jewelry and cash. The robber forced a call to a drug store for cocaine and took morphine, jewelry, and cash totaling several hundred dollars. He was described as a man in his early twenties, about five foot nine and 160 pounds.
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Associated Press
Chicago
South Side
Eben Alderson
M. L. Weinstein
Movie in Sparta Sunday Show in Sparta Ill
SPARTA Ill Jan 28 For 122 years Sunday entertainment was banned by custom Jaw. Tomorrow Sparta will open its only movie house and a bowling center for the first time since repeal. Taverns will remain closed on Sundays under another ordinance. Marissa remains the only nearby town still banning Sunday commercial fun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Sparta
Ill
Illinois
Marissa
Mt Vernon Lodge to Meet With Third Degree Work
Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M announces a special meeting Monday January 30 at 7:30 p.m. for Third Degree work. All members urged to attend. Visiting Brethren welcome. NR S BERGER M W W BRO, Secy William E Reavis. 1-3
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon Lodge
McLeansboro News Briefs Recap
McLeansboro reports Richard Pickens heads to New Orleans for two weeks visiting Robert Mattingly. Mrs. Hallie Ledbetter and Olga Woodruff visit Florence Woodruff in Wilburn hospital Evansville. Hal Kinnear injured in accident taken to Evansville burn unit. Mrs. Florence Woodruff taken to Evansville Wilburn hospital. Funeral held for Matilda Kingston 77 at Jones Funeral Home with burial in Dahlgren. Kingston a Kentucky native resident in McLeansboro for eleven years. survivors include three daughters and several brothers.
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Mcleansboro
Richard Pickens
New Orleans
Robert Mattingly
Hallie Ledbetter
Olga Woodruff
Evansville
Florence Woodruff
Wilburn Hospital
Fred Gunter
du Quoin
George Kinnear
A. B. Anderson
St. Louis
Gus Audt
Foy ‘Love
St. Lukes Hospital
Verla Rae
Jean
Hal Kinnear
Burn
M. E. Clark
Mt. Vernon
Mrs. Woodrow
Columbus
Ohio
Beulah Park
Edna
Eugene Miller
Carl
William Ellison
Marty Matilda Kingston
George Isaacs
Dahlgren
Kingston
Kentucky
Stella Campbell
Murphysboro
Etta Isaacs
Edna Liptrap
Lewis Accepts 2 P.M. Hour For Mine Parley
Washington Jan 28 The sudden revival of contract talks between John L. Lewis and soft coal operators raised tentative hopes that some of the 88 000 striking miners might return to work next week. Lewis and mine owners agreed to reopen negotiations on Wednesday with Southern operators not included. They will meet at 2 p.m. as proposed by the operators. Lewis had suggested 10 a.m. The National Labor Relations Board injunction hearing remains set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. before Federal Judge Richmond B. Reech.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
North
West
United Mine Workers’ Chief
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Ohio
Uniontown
Richmond B. Reech
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
Robert N. Denham
Pastor Denies Relations With 14 Year Old Girl
Trial coverage details multiple witnesses including Pauline Pettit the girl's mother Mrs Thelma Fowler and neighbor testimonies. Witnesses describe past church connections visits to the minister's home and allegations of pregnancy and intimate relations with the pastor amid ongoing deliberations and cross examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pauline
Thompsonville
Pettit
O'Neill
Oma Belle O'Neill
Baptist Book
Carbondale
Edmond O'Neil
Nola McClarin
Pearl Burns
Nellie Mac Kimmel
Pettits
Paul W. Gayer
Zeigler
Gayer
Guthrie Rudin Engagement With Mt Vernon Student
Mrs. Arthur J. Rudin of Springfield announces the engagement of her daughter Janice Elaine Rudin to Robert Wilder Guthrie of Mt. Vernon, son of Dr and Mrs Guthrie. They plan a spring wedding after Janice's studies at James Millikin University and Robert's recent graduation from Millikin.
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Guthrie - Rudin
Arthur J. Rudin
Springfield
Illinois
Janice Elaine
Robert Wilder Guthrie
Robert B. Guthrie
Mt. Vernon
Miss Rudin
James Millikin University
Decatur
Ilinois
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Guthrie
James Millikin
Tau Kappa Epsilon
Alpha Phi Rho
Millikin
End of 52-20 Veterans Unemployment Aid Nears
For the week ending January 27, 1950, 170 new claims and 832 continued claims amount to 1572 weeks of unemployment. The 52-20 program is nearly finished for veterans not in service after July 25, 1947. Illinois reports 1,034,000 World War II veterans alive, with 30,286 exhausting all benefits. Veterans Employment Service and Illinois Employment Service say they saved public funds by shortening job gaps, aiding employers to place veterans and cutting unemployment time.
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Owen D. Herbert, Jr
Mt. Vernon
Unemployment Compensation
Herbert
Ilinois
Illinois
Robert Doan
Employment Service
Veterans Employment Service
Illinois State Employment Service
ISES
Truman Refuses Comment on Alger Hiss Case
Washington Jan 28 President Truman declined to comment on the perjury conviction of Alger Hiss, drawing fresh Republican calls for a new Congressional probe. Rep Velde of Minnesota, a former FBI agent on the House Un American Activities Committee, said he would seek a loyalty records review on Hiss. Truman had previously denied access to such records, and press questions followed his news conference remark that he would not turn his back on the case.
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Associated Press
Washington
Truman
Alger Hiss
Rep. Velde
R-Ti
Congress
Velde
FBI
House un-American Activities Committee
State Department
Hiss
Trman
Mr. Truman
Preacher Picks Up Suspect After Work in Thompsonville
A report states a preacher collected the man after work in Thompsonville on the day he is alleged to have taken the Fowler girl to Carbondale. The account notes the sequence of events surrounding the alleged abduction.
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Thompsonville
Fowler
Carbondale
Police Court Fines Before Magistrate Dulaney
Fines assessed included J. Cc. Driver paying 105.40 for reckless driving while Lloyd McClintock faced 15.40 for speeding Rama Wells Adron Cullins and Mike Warl were each fined 13.40 on drunk charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Dulaney
J. Cc. Driver
Lloyd McClintock
Rama Wells
Adron Cullins
Mike Warl
Hester Stricklin Dies at 81 in Jefferson County
Mrs. Hester A. Stricklin, 1502 South 12th Street, died at 4:00 p m yesterday at Jefferson County Memorial Hospital. She was 81 years old as of December 27 1868 birth in Jefferson County. Funeral services Sunday at 2:00 p m Myers Chapel with Rev Andrew Cavaker officiating burial in Flint Cemetery. Body to lie in state at Myers Chapel prior to burial. Survived by three nieces and a nephew. former spouses Issac A Hughey and George Stricklin. She belonged to Royal Neighbors of Mt Vernon and Eastern Star of Raleigh Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hester A. Stricklin
South 12Th Street
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
Myers Chapel
Andrew Cavaker
Flint Cemetery
Stricklin
Jefferson County
John B
Mary E. ¢Stricklin
West Frankfort Police Chief Dies at 62
Police Chief F. E. B. Ragland 62 died in a St Louis hospital after a stomach operation on January 13. Ragland served as police magistrate during the bodleg era. Louis Harkins has been acting chief since.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
FE. B
Bert) Ragland
St. Louis
Ragland
Louis Harkins
Minor Fire Here at Walter Denny Home
Firemen responded yesterday to 1117 Harrison street where a gas leak from a stove line ignited. Damage was limited to the stove area with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Denny
Harrison Street
Rossellini avoids pregnancy questions about Bergman
Italian director Roberto Rossellini refused to confirm Ingrid Bergman’s pregnancy at a press party. He declined to discuss marriage plans, noting he would answer only non personal questions. Bergman has filed for divorce from Dr. Peter Lindstrom in Juarez Mexico. He criticized the public’s morbid curiosity about her private life.
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Rome
Roberto Rossellini
Ingrid Bergman
Rossellini
St. Francis of Assissi
Ingrid
Miss Bergman
Peter Lindstrom
Hollywood
Juarez
Mex
Vienna
Turin
Italy
Hospital Notes Admission and Discharges Log
Good Samaritan admits Lyndon Starbody Clarence Lancaster and others. Discharges include infants William Chesley Weir Jr and Randel Kevin, and adults Katherine Laur Joyce Wood Marie Thomason Shirley Roeder, Gloria Jean Marie Thomason. Jefferson Memorial admits Norma Jean Russell William McDaniel Michael Madden Martha Lee Smith. Discharges include Pearl Bain Harry Montague Sarah York Kenneth Wilkerson Haden Rightnower Burrell Ray Patterson Nettie Myers Clara Neal Maude Johnson.
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Good Samaritan
Lyndon Starbody
Clarence Lancaster
William Chesley Weir, Jr
Katherine Laur
Joyce Wood
Randel Kevin
Shirley Roeder
Gloria Jean
Marie Thomason
Win
Donald Ray
Ronaldee
Jefferson Memorial
Norma Jean Russell
William McDaniel
Michael Madden
Centralia
Martha Lee Smith
Pearl Bain
Harry Montague
Sarah York
Kenneth Wilkerson
Belle Rive
Haden Rightnower
Burrell Ray Patterson
Nettie Myers
Texico
Clara Neal
Benton
Maude Johnson
Wayne City
Auto Stolen Here Found Yesterday
Police found a 1940 Nash abandoned on east Casey avenue yesterday afternoon in Mt. Vernon. The car belonged to Harry Meer of Benton and was recovered with police informing him of the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Casey Avenue
Harry Meer
Benton
Meer
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