Funeral for former Woodlawn coach Dangutis
Gary Dangutis 28 former Woodlawn high school coach died 10 55 p m yesterday at Veterans Hospital St Louis of Hodgkins disease after seven months ill health He lived Johnston City TI He coached Woodlawn from last September after Southern Illinois University He served in the army 1944 46 reenlisted 1948 as a first sergeant in Tokyo His funeral Sunday 2 p m Murman Wilson Funeral Home Johnston City with burial Lake View Cemetery He survived by his parents Mr and Mrs John Dangutis Johnston City a brother Stanley San Diego and sister Mrs Ann McMillan Chicago
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Gary. Dangutis
Woodlawn
Veterans Hospital
S. Grand
St.Louis
Hodgkins
Dangutis
Chesnut
Johnston City
Southern Tilinolg University
Murman- Wilson
Lake View
John Dangutis
Stanley
San Diego
Ann McMillan
Chicago
Tokyo
States
Southern Illinois University
Funeral Saturday for Otto H. McNew
Otto H. McNew 82 lifelong Jefferson County resident died at Jefferson Memorial hospital after a nine day stay. Survived by wife Clara, son Cecil, daughters Hazel Lela and Lela, three sisters and several grandchildren. Funeral at Myers chapel 2:30 p.m. Saturday with Rev. Bird Green and Rev. Douglas Cox. burial Oakwood cemetery.
Marion W. Evans Dies At Age 69
Marion Wesley Evans 69 of 1321 North Tenth Street died at 1 30 a m in Good Samaritan Hospital after a year of ill health He was a retired farmer The body will be in state at Pulley chapel with funeral at 3 p m tomorrow Rev Leonard Whitlock officiating Burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery Graveside rites by I O O F lodge He born Sept 5 1885 in Stoddard County Missouri to James Y and Susan Lewis Evans His wife Evelyn Murphy survives He was a member of Park Avenue Baptist Church and Grace A Henry Rebecca Lodge 292 He is survived by son Cecil Robert Evans Little Rock Arkansas daughter Marjorie Nugent Alexandria Louisiana one sister Rosa Magee Illmo Missouri six grandchildren and four great grandchildren.
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Otto H. McNew
Jefferson County
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
McNew
South Twelfth Street
Myers Chapel
Bird Green
Douglas Cox
Oakwood Cemetery
Mr. McNew
This County
H. M
Martha (Newby) McNew
Clara B. Farlow
Hams Grove
Cecil H. McNew
Mt. Vernon
Marion Wesley Evans
North Tenth Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pulley Chapel
Leonard Whitlock
Mr. Evans
Stoddard County
James Y
Susan (Lewis) Evans
Evelyn Murphy
Bloomfield
Park Avenue
Alexandria, la
Rosa Magee
Illmo
Mt Vernon High Board Sealed Coal Bid 1955 56
Mt Vernon Township High School Board of Education will receive sealed bids on coal for the school year 1955 1956. Specifications may be obtained in the Principal's office. Bids should be in by June 10, 1955. Arthur Milward Principal.
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Mt. Vernon Township
Millions Could Be Saved On Toll Roads Continued Hearing
Toll Road Commission chairman Evan Howell defended the program before a committee. He faced questions about the dissolution of the National Turnpike Assn. and payments to Knoerle and Associates, who surveyed toll road routes. Harold P. O’Connell of Continental Illinois testified about a $548,100 loan tied to a $613,000 contract from Knoerle, secured only by bond-proceeds, with the bank unsure if it would become trustee.
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Evan Howell
Toll Road Commission
Rep. J. Bairstow
Continental Illinois National Bank and Trust Co
Chicago
Enoerle
O'Connell
Knoerle
Sprague
Commission
Continental
Illinois
Council Talks City Problems for 4 Hours
City council spent four hours discussing local issues including the census effort for areas annexed since 1950 to influence motor fuel tax allotments. Mayor Buford said the Airport Authority Board wishes to meet next Thursday. a citizens water system study committee has not reported definite actions. The council will hold an official session on Monday, June 6.
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O. R. Buford
Airport Authority Board
Carl Schweinfurth
Maurice DeWitt
Silas Echols
George Howard
John R. Mitchell
Harold Watson
Five Boys and Five Girls Win New Bikes at Safety Show
Ages 10 and 11 winners Randy White Muriel Morton Johnny Ham Ella Gant Gerry Reininger Mariella Morton in heat two Sammy Mateer Larry Clinton Jack White. Ages 12 and 13 winners Terrell Newton Dorothy Berry Jim Devener Rita Keiser Johnny Harvill Elizabeth Marlow. Ages 14 and 15 winners Don Peacock Sherry Smith Raymond Barnes Beulah Grooms Charles York Barbara Urquhart.
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted List
Jefferson Memorial records show admissions for Mrs. June Richards and Miss Carolyn Elliott. Discharges include Jerry Lavern Is aacs, Mrs. Shirley Finn and son Ronald Wayne, Mrs. Mary Mc Gintry, Mrs. Esther Weins burgh and son Steven Wayne, Master Gilbert Hill, and Mrs. Alma McEndree. Benton Good Samaritan admits James Franklin Shaw John DeSelms Mrs. Ann Rogers Mrs. Mary Chapman. Discharges Floyd Freeman Master Keith Robert Kaelin Miss Pamela Diane Estes Mrs. David Lee Sinks and daughter Shareri Elaine Mrs. Mary Lou Kirk and infant Connie Darlene.
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Jefferson Memorial
June Richards
Carolyn Elliott
Jerry Lavern Isaacs
Shirley Finn
Ronald Wayne
Mary McGintry
Esther Weinsburgh
Steven Wayne
Gilbert Hill
Alma McEndree
Benton
Good Samaritan
James Franklin Shaw
John DeSelms
Ann Rogers
Mary Chapman
Floyd Freeman
Keith Robert Kaelin
Pamela Diane Estes
David Lee Sinks
Shareri Elaine
Mary Lou Kirk
Connie Darlene
Truck Driver Rams Tractor To Save Man's Life
Kimball Nebraska residents recount a dramatic rescue when a water hauler driven by Ed Rickman spotted a tractor circling a field with a man on the ground. Rickman steered through a fence and collided with the tractor to halt it, saving Ray Perea who suffered head cuts after being knocked down and struck by the harrow.
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Kimball
Neb
Ed Rickman
Jacinto
Rickman
Ray Perea
Art
Jaycees Teen Age Road-e-o Opens Sunday in Mt Vernon
The third annual Jaycee Teen Age Road-e-o begins next Sunday at 1:00 PM on the Kroger lot at North Tenth Street. Mt Vernon residents are invited to watch as teen entrants test driving skills through a course including backing, forward driving, ball cones, parking, serpentine turns, and stopping on a line. Standard cars loaned by local dealers will be used with insurance agencies aiding this year.
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Jaycee
Mt. Vernon Auto
Jaycees
State Farm Mutual
Hinman and Ward
Welbourn and Carr
Guy A. Wood
Roger G. Webb and Son
Mt. Vernon Loan & Building Co
Farmers Auto of Pekin
Evan Dale Tax Trial Set For July 11
Evan Dale of Carbondale faces an income tax evasion trial in Springfield starting July 11. Prosecutors say he did not report $153,841 in contractor payoffs during six years while leading 38,000 AFL laborers in southern Illinois. Dale is charged with evading $104,656 in taxes. George W. Gruenewald of Belleville, former St Clair County sheriff, will go on trial June 10 for income tax evasion, indicted for evading $9,426 in 1948-50 taxes.
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Springfield
Evan Dale
Carbondale
U. S
John B. Stoddart
Dale
AFL
Illinois
Joppa
Stoddart
George W. Gruenewald
Belleville
St. Clair County
Gruenewald
Eight Men File for New McClellan Township School Board
Eight candidates filed petitions for seven seats on the newly formed McClellan Township school district No. 12 board after consolidation of McLaughlin Wolf Prairie Central and Hickory Hill districts. Filing deadline is noon tomorrow with County Superintendent Sidney Hirons. voting site not yet chosen. Candidates are Walter Dudley J Eugene Wells James Clarke Edward Dane Fred Fitts A R Millner Neal Morgan and Henry D Piper.
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McClellan Township
ThecClellan
McLaughlin
Wolf Prairie
Central
Hickory Hill
McClellan
Sidney Hirons
Hirons
Walter Dudley
J. Eugene Wells
James Clarke
Edward Dane
Fred Fitts
A. R. Millner
Neal Morgan
Henry D. Piper
Jolt Of Ride To Funeral Home Revives Child
A four month premature infant initially pronounced dead after birth was found to be alive at a Houston funeral home. Osteopath Dr. Robert M. Kelley said the baby weighed about 2 pounds 2 ounces and began moving after vibration from the transport to the funeral home. The case prompted notes on rare but possible resuscitation by movement and artificial respiration efforts.
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Houston
M. C. Dupree
Robert M. Kelley
Pat Foley
Corry
Kelley
Bradley Attends Musicians Meet in Cleveland
Curt Bradley, Sr., of 833 North Street, will represent Local No. 465 AFL at the 58th annual Musicians Union convention in Cleveland Ohio. The gathering opens June 6 with delegates hearing an address by President James C. Petrillo and conducting union business including officer elections. The convention has met annually since 1896, except during two war years, and is the union’s supreme governing body with over 1,200 delegates expected.
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Curt Bradley, Sr
North Street
American Federation of Musicians
AFL
The
Musicians’ Union
Cleveland
Ohio
Bradley
James C. Petrillo
Union
Auto Thief Gets 18 Month Sentence
Samuel Laslie Jr, 29, a parolee from Indiana, was sentenced to 18 months in Leavenworth federal prison for stealing a car from the Shoe Company parking lot in Jefferson County. The theft occurred May 3 and the car belonged to Noble Chiapelli of Nason, with Laslie apprehended in St Louis.
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U. S. Marshall's
St. Louis
Jefferson County
Demetri Hassakis
Leavenworth
Samuel Laslie, Jr
Noble Chiapelli
Nason
Shoe Company
Laslie
Indiana
Three-Legged Robin Found By Arline Latham
Arline Latham a 13 year old girl of 405 Herbert Street found a three legged robin in the yard yesterday afternoon. The bird was about half grown and unable to fly making it a curious sight for the neighborhood.
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Arline Latham
Herbert Street
Russ Leaders End Visit To Yugoslavia
Chronicle continues its report on Russia and Yugoslavia after the leaders concluded their visit. It notes Moscow’s public stance that variants of communism could coexist with Soviet line, a view that diverged from Stalinist policy and led to Tito’s 1948 purge from the Communist fold.
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Russ
Yugoslavia
Russia
Stalin
Tito
Winning Race Tickets Stolen From Dead Man
Two funeral chapel employees were accused of stealing winning horse race tickets from a dead man. Samuel Brandt bought seven $100 win tickets at Belmont Park, then died of a heart attack. Detectives arrested William Hanley and William Roff as they attempted to cash the tickets after finding them in Brandt's pocket during preparation for burial.
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Mineola
N. Y
Samuel Brandt
New York City
Belmont Park
Kitty Lightner
Brandt
Manhattan
William J. Roff
The
Bronx
Army Officers Cant Be Guests Of Industrialists
New York order bars Army officers from dining with big industrialists who supply the Army. The New York Quartermaster Association banquet at Waldorf Astoria, June 16, drew 1400 tickets at 15 dollars, but was cancelled after Maj. Gen. Wester Hastings called free tickets to corps officers undesirable. Industries such as J. P. Stevens & Co., Lever Bros., Sunshine Biscuit, Endicott Johnson, Colgate Palmolive and U. S. Rubber had bought tables. The association includes QM officers and civilian executives and the firms that sell to the Army.
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Associated Press
NEW York
New York Quartermaster Assa
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
Quartermaster Corps
Wester Lovejoy Hastings
J. P. Stevens & Co
Robert Stevens
Lever Bros
Sunshine Biscuit
Endicott-Johnson
Colgate-Palmolive
U. S. Rubber
Army
Doctor Fry Is Much Improved
Dr. John R. Fry a Mt. Vernon dentist is showing marked improvement according to family reports. He remains a patient at Barnes Hospital in St. Louis and is allowed a limited number of visitors today.
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John R. Fry
Mt. Vernon
Fry
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Arraignments For Two On June 8
Two men appeared before County Judge Dale Andrews this morning to face charges. Charles A. Shipley is charged with driving while intoxicated and Matt W. Degenhart with feeding garbage to swine without a state permit. Arraignments were set for June 8.
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Dale Andrews
Charles A. Shipley
Matt W. Degenhart
Two Accidents on Mt W City Streets
Jimmy Dowler nine son of Mr and Mrs J C Dowler of 908 Taylor avenue suffered head and groin injuries at 3 pm yesterday after riding from a driveway and hitting a car driven by Dorothea Hayman of 1304 Salem Road. A physician said the boy was not seriously hurt. Earlier at 1 25 pm two cars driven by Shirley Smith of No 1 North Highland and J W Edle man of Mt Vernon Route 4 collided near Tenth and Prairie in a minor accident.
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Jimmy Dowler
J. C. Dowler
Taylor Avenue
Dorothea Hayman
Salem Road
Shirley Smith
North Highland
J. W. Edleman
Mt. Vernon
Tenth and
Prairie
Divorce Granted in Circuit Court Session
A final divorce was granted yesterday in the circuit court in the suit Dorothy Willmore versus Carter Willmore. Judge Charles T. Randolph presided, bringing a three day session to a close.
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Charles T. Randolph
Dorothy Willmore
Carter Willmore
Broken Hip Won't Change Wedding Plan
Chicago widow Elenor O Leary age 36 is hospitalized with a fractured hip but will not delay her wedding to Ray Roberts 51 a widower. The ceremony is set for Saturday at Dennar Hospital in suburban St. Charles after two postponements this year from July 31 and June 4.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Elenor O'Leary
Ray Roberts
Dennar Hospital
St. Charles
Marriage Licenses Issued For Several Couples
Clifton Edwin Cox of Wingo Kentucky and Aileen Ethel Ratliff of Dahlgren. Jerry Skidmore of Mt Vernon and Shirley Shannon of Waltonville. Konis Clyde Jobe of Johnston City Illinois and Florence Swift of Mt Vernon. Joe Robert Howard and Geral dine Fitts, both of Mt Vernon.
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Clifton Edwin Cox
Wingo
Aileen Ethel Ratliff
Dahlgren
Jerry Skidmore
Mt. Vernon
Shirley Shannon
Waltonville
Konis
Clyde Jobe
Johnston City
Ill
Florence Swift
Mit. Vernon
Joe Robert Howard
Geraldine Fitts
Police Court Disturbance and Drunk Charge Facts
Arthur Martin posted a $40 cash bond for appearance before Police Magistrate Allen Dulaney on June 8 on a charge of disturbance. Virginia Clark was fined $10 plus costs on a drunk charge.
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Arthur Martin
Allen Dulaney
Virginia Clark
Gift of roses from Nellie Pettit to Register News staff
Mrs. Nellie Pettit of RFD 2 delivered a bouquet of roses to the Register-News office this morning. The blooms were grown in her flower garden.
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Nellie Pettit
RFD 2
Vernon
The
Register-News
Broyles Bills Advance Toward Passage in the House
In Springfield Illinois the Broyles antisubversive measures moved to passage after defeating opposition amendments. One bill requires loyalty oaths for public employees and another imposes penalties on those seeking to topple the government or join subversive groups.
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Springfield
Broyles
Senate
House
Ilinois Mississippi Canal
Sinissippi Lake
Twin Tornadoes Hit Sugar Lake Area Near St Joseph
Twin tornadoes tore through the Sugar Lake resort area near St. Joseph Missouri yesterday, damaging cottages along a three mile path. George Murdock and other guests watched as funnels crossed the lake. one missed their cabin while the other snapped off a tree in the yard.
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Associated Press
St, Joseph
Sugar Lake Resort
St. Joseph
George Murdock
Mordock
Target Feed Store Advertisement Details
Virginia seed corn and Chief beans advertised alongside V C fertilizer and Staley's high efficiency feeds. Located at 403 South 10th, phone 4693, serving the Wabash area with farm supplies and livestock feeds.
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Virginia
Staley
Target Feed
South 10Th
Year In Jail For Murder Inc Chief Anastasia Sentenced
Albert Anastasia once led New Yorks Murder Inc faces a year in jail and a total 32000 fine for income tax evasion. He pleaded guilty to evading 11743 in taxes for 1947 and 1948 with concurrent sentences and a 16000 fine per count. He remains free on 10000 bail while deportation proceedings continue.
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Camden
N. J
Albert Anastasia
New York
Murder, Inc
Anastasia
Fort Lees
Thomas M. Madden
Madden
Italy
Tax receipts rise over last year in county treasurer report
Property and personal tax payments at the office of County Treasurer Kenneth Randall through yesterday totalled $1,836,687.73, an increase of more than $108,000 over the same period last year. Payments will be accepted through tomorrow, June 4, without the one percent interest penalty.
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Kenneth Randall
Notice of Pickup for Plants at Court House Lawn
Anyone with potted plants or vases on the court house lawn wishing to reclaim them should pick them up immediately. This notice is from the American Legion Memorial Day Committee.
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Court House
American Legion Memorial Day Committee
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