Travelers and visitors report from Mt. Vernon area
A string of short notices lists residents and guests from Maryville Missouri Nashville Indiana Miami Florida Pensacola Florida and Chicago visiting Mt Vernon and nearby towns. Spotted include Dr and Mia, Jack Cave, Mr. and Mrs. David Weigel and Peggy Lee of Peoria visiting his mother Mrs. R Weigel, Walter Brown of Woodlawn, Mrs. Moss Maxey, Mrs. Clarence DeWitt, William Chnaingham of Nashville, Tom L Bryant heading to Salem Kentucky for Evangelistic and Slaughters Kentucky campaigns, James House of Benton, the Dycus families of Olney and Waltonville, Miss Delores Hale returning from multiple states after Bible school teaching, Arthur Warren and Shirley, Bill Wright and Bill Phillips at a Cardinals Dodgers game in St Louis, Gladys Goldsmith of Carlyle, Elsie Rash Edna Hood, Jean Wilkey of Belle Rive, Mrs Carl Little headed to Chicago for Gift Show, Yedda Tish of Dix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mia
Jack Cave
Anuighter Bue
Maryville
Missouri
David Weigel
Peggy Lee
Peoria
R. Weigel
Walter Brown
Woodlawn
Vernon
Moss Maxey
Clarence DeWitt
Miami
Fla
William Chnaingham
Nashville
Delores Hale
Pensacola
Floirginia
Tennessee
Kentucky
Arthur Warren
Shirley
Bill Wright
Bill Phillips
St. Louis
Gladys Goldsmith
Carlyle
Elsie Rashedna Hood
Kell
Jean Wilkey
Belle Rive
Mt. Vernon
Carl Little
Chicago
Palmer House
Yedda Tish
Dix
Rescued Bull Elmer Dies After 21 Days Trapped
Elmer the Black Angus bull, rescued after 21 days trapped in a Virginia railroad culvert pipe, died suddenly after a final meal. The recovery effort had seen the animal lose about 600 pounds, with workers pulling him to safety last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Swoope
Virginia
Elmer
Bull
Church Damaged by Fire During Baptistry Tank Installation
The Logan Street Baptist church at 21st and Logan suffered rear wall and flooring damage when a wall caught fire during welding for a new baptistry tank. Firemen reported considerable damage. Firefighters also responded to a blaze at Lena Russell restaurant, 501 Grand Avenue, where flames from a barbecue pit damaged the building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan Street Baptist Church
21St and
Logan
Lena Russel
501
Grand Avenue
Truman Heads to Shangri-La in Catoctin Mountains
President Truman fled the Washington heat for the cooling air of the Catoctin Mountains near Thurmont Maryland. He departed yesterday for Shangri La to spend the weekend as officials warned the heat was breaking record levels and he joked that hot weather is two thirds heat and one third imagination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thurmont
Truman
Catoctin Mountains
Washington
Shangri-La
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges
Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial hospital notes list admitted patients George Jones Richard H DeWitt C B Hanson Rita Nulens Lucille Evans Pansy Riley and discharges including Mrs Hope Riepe infant son Mrs Lona Bliss infant son Mrs Mary H Meitzner Effie Barksfield Lucille Dale infant daughter Janice Kaye Eva Cooper infant daughter Marylin Fay Charles Edmison plus others from Fairfield Marion Salem Barnhill and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Jones
Richard H. DeWitt
Fairfield
C. B. Hanson
Rita Nulens
Hope Riepe
Lona Bliss
Barnhill
Mary H. Meitzner
Jefferson Memorial
Lucille Evans
Marion
Pansy Riley
Effie Barksfield
Salem
Lucille Dale
Janice Kaye
Eva Cooper
Marylin Fay
Charles Edmison
Birth for Hayes family at Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Mr and Mrs Walter Hayes of Route 4 Mr Vernon welcomed a daughter weighing six pounds ten ounces born at 2 30 a m today at Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Hayes
Route 4
Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Theft Reported By Mose Montgomery For Bicycle
Mose Montgomery of 1404 g Ninth street told police this morning his bicycle had been stolen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mose Montgomery
G. Ninth Street
Prague to Cancel Portrait Stamps of Masaryk and Benes
Prague authorities announced that starting in November all postage stamps bearing portraits of former presidents T. G. Masaryk and Eduard Benes will become invalid. The two leaders served as Czechoslovakia's pre communist presidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Prague
Prague Press
T. G. Masaryk
Eduard Benes
Czechoslovaki
Dorothy Martin Weds Kenneth Shepard in Morganfield Ky
Miss Dorothy Martin daughter of Ida Martin Wayne City became Mrs Kenneth C Shepard son of John and Mrs Shepard Bluford at Morganfield Kentucky July 16 at 1 pm The single ring ceremony was performed by Rev Bracher The bride wore navy dress with gardenias corsage The couple will reside at Bluford Illinois Community society notes cover W S C S August meeting cancelled Mt Vernon Park Friendship Circle Club meets at Mt Vernon City Park with hostesses Edna Weatherly and others plus birthday social honors three July birthdays at Bluford and Waltonville events
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Shepard
Bluford
Friendship Circle Club
Mt. Vernon City Park
Clarann Weatherly
Alberta Pennington
Martha Stephens
Waltonville
L. E. Abel
Cassell Richardson
Mt. Vernon
Abel
Nancilea Mereith
Mr. Abel
Mr. Richardson
Miss Meredith
Arthur Smith
Smith
Rita Meredith
Delta Theta Tau Sorority to Meet at Mrs Puckett Home
A Delta Theta Tau business meeting is set for Monday at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs Farrell Puckett’s home, 7 Rushton Drive. Several residents were noted traveling or visiting nearby towns including Zeigler Carmi Evansville McKinney Little Rock Jackson ville and Dix. The Rome Day Unit and Dix Evening Unit of the Home Bureau plan a joint meeting on August 9 at the Dix Christian church at 2 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.S.C.S
Women's Society of Christian Service
First Methodist Church
W.S.C.S. School of Missions and Christian Service
Lebanon
L. O. Turner
Delta Theta Tau Sorority
Farrell Puckett
Rushton Drive
Rome
Dix
Home Bureau
Boyd
Christian Church
V L Johnston Dies at Age 67
Virgil LeRoy Johnston a retired 30 year U S Army veteran died at 12 20 am at his home in Dodds township Mt Vernon His age was 67 years 5 months 12 days Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 pm at Myers Chapel with Rev Marsh Harpoole officiating burial in Bethel Memorial cemetery The VFW will conduct the services He was born February 17 1882 in Dodds township married Ida May Sullivan July 26 1918 Survived by wife a daughter Aletta Whitlock a stepson Edman Sullivan two brothers and two sisters and two grandchildren
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil LeRoy Johnston
U. S. Army
RFD
Mt. Vernon
Dodds Township
Myers Chapel
Marsh Harpoole
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
VFW
Mr. Johnston
John
Margarete
Daniel) Johnston
Ida May Sullivan
Quartermasters Corps
Danville
Ill
Rita Hayworth Pregnancy Report Sparks Royal Interest
The Daily Mail reported from Paris that Princess Aly Kahn formerly Rita Hayworth is expecting a baby and cancelling engagements, with the princess in Deauville. No independent confirmation available. Hayworth and Prince Aly wed at Villauris, France, on May 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
The
Daily Mail
Rita Hayworth
Paris
Aly Kahn
Deauville
Iss Hayworth
Prince Aly
Villauris
France
Car Stolen Here Found Abandoned In Mt Vernon
A 1949 Ford convertible was stolen in Mt Vernon last night and found abandoned on a city street this morning. The car belonged to Gene Jackson of 311 N Ninth Street and had been driven over 200 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Gene Jackson
Ninth Street
Mt Vernon Couples Apply for Marriage Licenses
Billy Bob Palmer and Barbara Farmer both of Mt Vernon. Hershel Wilson and Helen Easley both of Mt Vernon. Lee Raymond Davis of Belle Rive and Lucy Davis of Mt Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Billy Bob Palmer
Barbara Farmer
Mt. Vernon
Hershel Wilson
Helen Easley
Lee Raymond Davis
Belle Rive
Lucy Davis
Man killed under freight car in switch yard
Galesburg July 30 A Galesburg man Ossian Berquist 51 was killed yesterday when he slept under a freight car and the car was moved by a switch engine. The accident occurred in the local yard and the man was fatally injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Plags
Galesburg
Ossian Berquist
Senate committee pushes new foreign aid bill amid amendments
Washington July 30 The Senate Appropriations Committee clung to amendments provoking the aid bill snarl They rewrote riders to require ECA and the army to buy about 1 8 billion in surplus farm products and earmark 50 million for Spain loans The panel also proposed winnowing loan authority and adding a congressional watchdog committee while keeping aid levels to Germany Austria Japan and the Ryukyu Islands Greece and Turkey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate
Economic Cooperation Administration
Army
Spain
Barkley
McClellan
D-Ark
ECA
U. S
Morocco
Germany
Austria
Japan
Ryukyu Islands
Greece
Turkey
Carnival Worker Held for Murder Near Whitesburg
Prestonburg Kentucky July 380 A 26 year old carnival worker was held on murder charges in an eastern Kentucky case. State police detective Arch Thompson said a 15 year old youth implicated William Bill Gamble of near Whitesburg Letcher County in the slaying of Muriel Baldridge 17 year old Prestonsburg high school cheerleader whose body was found June 28 under a bridge near her home. Olen Collins of Duco Magoffin County said to have been with Gamble and the girl when she was fatally beaten with a 14 inch screwdriver according to the boy who was detained as a material witness. Baldridge was last seen alive about 10 pm June 27 after leaving three girl friends with whom she had attended a carnival Gamble worked.
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Associated Press
Prestonsburg
Kentucky
Arch Thompson
William
Bill) Gamble
Whitesburg
Letcher County
Muriel Baldridge
Thompson
Olen Collins
Duco
Magoffin County
Gamble
Collins
Baldridge
Roosevelt Jr to marry blonde New York socialite
Rep Franklin D Roosevelt Jr of New York announces engagement to Suzanne Perrin a 28 year old socialite who served in the Marine Corps Women’s Reserve. The couple plan marriage after his 34th birthday as Perrin’s mother confirms the engagement. Roosevelt has two children from his first marriage to Ethel Du Pont and they were divorced last May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preas
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr
DNY
Suzanne Perrin
Roosevelt
Miss Perrin
Marine Corps Women's Reserve
Lee James Perrin
Rosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D., III
Christopher
Ethel du Pont
France Rations Power As Drought Shrinks Reservoirs
France to tighten electricity rationing starting next week due to drought. Reservoirs at 36 percent capacity, rationing to continue through next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Associated Press
Paris
Police Court Fines Against Several Defendants
Fines assessed before Magistrate A M Dulaney include Janes Galladay fourteen dollars and forty cents for disturbance Jack Griffin fourteen forty for disturbance Robert Qrocker fourteen forty for disturbance Hershel Right nowar thirteen forty on a drunk charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Dulaney
Janes Galladay
Jack Griffin
Robert Qrocker
Hershel Right Nowar
Youth Sentenced To State Training School For Boys
Charles Taft Jr 15 was sentenced in circuit court to one to ten years in the State Training School for Boys. The judge revoked probation earlier, concluding the youth’s prior status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Taft, Jr
Idve BW
Eovaldi
Marine Corps League Opens Two Day Illinois Convention
The Illinois Department of the Marine Corps League began its two day annual convention in Springfield today with a new slate of officers to be elected tomorrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Springfield
Illinois Department of the Marine Corps League
Sesser High to Sign Bonnie and Nason Students
Agriculture teacher George Cockrum, new principal Ivan C. Hall, and high school secretary Miss Muriel Ishmael will visit Bonnie Thursday August 4 at 10 00 am to register students for Goode Barn Township High School in Lesser. At 1 00 pm Thursday they will register prospective students at the Nason grade school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Cockrum
Ivan C. Hall
Sesser
Muriel Ishmael
Goode-Barren Township
Nason
Fireman Refuses To Wash Dishes A City Row
Associated Press reports at IRONTON that Fireman Willan Sanders refused dish washing duties at the station. The incident began with an argument over meal cleanup and Sanders, who often brings lunch to the firehouse, was suspended and later reinstated as the department reconsidered the punishment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ironton
Willan Sandera
Sanders
City Fire Department
British Holiday Draws 1 Million From London
London crowds head for coast during the August bank holiday, with about a million people leaving the city by rail road and air for the three day break and coastal resorts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Dishes at Station Spur Debate Over Duties
The report notes Sanders washes dishes at home when his wife is ill or occupied, but says he did not feel responsible to wash them at the station with his own meals. This reveals tensions over chores and expected duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sanders
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Carmi
Libbie Pinnell
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W. Va
Case Institute of Technology
Cleveland
Richard Sutton
Edna
Sutton
Fdr, Jr
William Holland
Hoover Dam
Las Vegas
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Mich
John Weston
Holland
James Ensign
Oakland
Cal
Sesser High
Bonnie and Nasan
Eagle Lion Films Presents
Bucerwayety
Craig
Bari Johnston
Monogram Pictures
East Side
Gorce
Bobby Sorda
Patricia Eal
Fountainhead
Martin
LAW and Order
el, Paso
John Payne
Gail Russell Sterling Hayden
George O'Brien
June Allyson
van Johnson
High Barbaree
Merian C. Cooper
Being Pichel
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A Republic Production
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Whamburger
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