Higher Truck Fees Upheld for Second Time
The Illinois Supreme Court upheld a 1951 law boosting truck license fees by up to 300 percent for a second time. The ruling said the higher rates are not unreasonable or discriminatory and that the law covers a single subject, despite arguments about simultaneous police and revenue powers.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
State Supreme Court
Kane County
Supreme Court
Strike May Hit 120000 in Area
ST LOUIS June 4 The steel strike may affect 120000 workers in the area depending on steel for employment The Chamber of Commerce reports wages totaling 7000000 weekly are earned by workers in electrical machinery railroad cars barges refrigerators containers and house wares Most plants rely on Granite City Steel Company Granite City Ill which produces 2000 tons daily The Granite City plant halted production Monday night as 3500 CIO United Steel Workers walked out.
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ST. Louis
Chamber of Commerce
Granite City Steel Company
Granite City, Ill
Granite City
CIO
United Steel Workers
Kane County Truckers Case Narrower Than March Decision
The Kane county case, brought by about 100 truckers, was narrower in scope than the March decision that applied the new law to all major trucking segments. The law aimed to raise truck fees by 20 million dollars annually starting this year and by 8 million dollars in 1954, with the extra revenue earmarked for road improvements.
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Kane County
Police Guard Money Cargoes In City Strike
Hundreds of city police were ordered onto streets to guard millions of dollars in cash deliveries disrupted by a strike of about 600 drivers and guards from four armored car firms. Wells Fargo officials said money was safe but transport was impossible. businesses moved to delay payroll cash while police sought alternative conveyance methods.
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New York
AFL International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Wells Fargo Armored Service Corporation
George P. Monaghan
Forget to Call Graduate's Name at Portland Commencement
James Walker waited in vain for his name to be called at the University of Portland exercises. His name had been dropped from the list accidentally, prompting a special one man commencement with the faculty in caps and gowns. Walker's mother, Mrs. Rose A Nyberg, attended as the proud audience member.
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Associated Press
Portland
Ore
James Walker
University of Portland
Walker
Rose A. Nyberg
Cancer Crusade Fund Reaches 6268 30 With Donations
The Cancer Crusade fund here stood at 6268.30 today with recent contributions from Marjorie and Thomas Puckett two dollars Royal Neighbors of America Fern Leaf Camp 694 five dollars Boyd Sunshine Club two dollars Dix Evening Home Bureau five dollars Anonymous one dollar G L Taylor five dollars Summersville Home Bureau Bill C Walton five dollars Cora Dowell two dollars Mt Vernon Foundry Division twenty five dollars A F A M No 696 ten dollars Dorcas Sunday School Class Ep worth Methodist Church five dollars J R Winn five dollars M E Jackson Jewelry Company Davis Drugs five dollars W D Jones one dollar Jefferson County Amvets ten dollars Belle Rive Home Bureau three dollars Belle Rive Baptist Sunday School thirteen sixty Belle Rive Methodist Sunday School five dollars Belle Rive Methodist W S C S three hundred Belle Rive O E S ten dollars Belle Rive Christian Church Mr and Mrs J R Samples fifteen dollars First official airmail was flown by balloon from Lafayette to Crawdfordsville Ind August 16 1859
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Cancer Crusade Fund
Marjorie
Thomas Puckett
Royal Neighbors of America
Fern Leaf Camp
Boyd Sunshine Club
Dix Evening Home Bureau
G. L. Taylor
Summersville Home Bureau
Bill C. Walton
Cora Dowell
Mt. Vernon Foundry Division
Dorcas
Epworth Methodist Church
J. R. Winn
M. E. Jackson Jewelry Company
Belle Rive Christian Church
J. R. Samples
Wheat Turnover Brings Joy From Regina to Greece
The Regina city gifted grain to Queen Elizabeth II, but the Canadian Save the Children Fund sold wheat to 530 buyers including schools and organizations for 7070 dollars. Buyers returned the grain, and it was ultimately sent to Greece.
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Regina
Save the Children Fund
Greece
Wards Dress Event Features Sheer Cottons and Rayons
Wards annual dress event lists copl sheets at 5.98 and sheer cottons styled to look pricier. Includes halter or sleeveless ginghams and chambrays with eyelet embroidery and belts. Also sheer rayons in one and two piece styles with bright jackets, in misses and women's sizes.
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Jrate Farmers Down Sheriff
Clark W. Gregory
Elizabeth Stevens
Lapeer
Mich
Stevens
Gregory
Detroit News
Carl Wienke
Bryant Gas and Timken
Olen Eater
Sasementia
John J. Oslager Transport CO
Waltonville Road
Mt. Vernon Il
Princeton
Lafayette
Crawdfordsville
Ind
Martha's
Dahlgren
Ili
Christian Church
MT. Vernon Monument CO
Terry L. Egbert
Salem
Mercury
Salem Road
MT. Vernon Loan & Building
Ass’n
Donald S. Grant
J. Edwin Rackaway
Harold G. Watson
Ethel M. Green
Mattie Lee Warren
Ass’n Secretary
John Kirk
Lucille Jones
Nada Warner
S. T. Casey Donald S. Grant
Ethel M.green
John A. Kirk
Y. E. Richardson
Ray Schweinfurth
First Mortgage
Federal Home Loan Bank
Toronto
Broadway
Fed. Tax Inc
Wards
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