Classmates Give Loving Cup To Doomed Girl
Betty Thompson, 18, cancer doomed, receives the class loving cup as Russell High School holds graduation for about 2,000 attendees. She smiles through the ceremony while awaiting marriage to sailor Tom Amburn and faces an uncertain future with one leg lost and cancer spreading to her lungs. Tom is in Norfolk Navy hospital.
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Atlanta
Betty Thompson
Betty
Tom Amburn
Municipal Auditorium
Russell High School
Martha Ann
Tom
France
Naval Hospital
Norfolk
Navy
Money Stolen From Mt V Home Coin Bank Reported
F Presley of 6 Rushton Drive reported at 5 20 p m yesterday that someone entered his Mt V home through a window and stole a coin bank containing about eight to ten dollars. Police were notified.
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F. Presley
Rushton Drive
Thelves
Hospital Notes From Gefferson Memorial Patient Admissions
Gefferson Memorial lists admissions including Genary Wilson Taylorville and Dora Summers with multiple others from Wayne City Benton and Max David Vandyke. Discharges include Marina Carter and Nathan Brookshire among several names across Benton Wayne City and New Orleans. Infant Jowanna James and others admitted at Good Samaritan with multiple withdrawals listed for discharge. Discharged include Almeda Runnels Adah Davis Wayne City Bessie Donoho and Mildred Horton with infant son Thomas Raymond.
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Gefferson
Genary Wilson
Taylorville
Good Samaritan
Jowanna James
Pauline McGehee
Ruth Ann Woodrome
Marion Kajawa
Ashley
Lee Ann Arnold
Opdyke
Wilma Darlene Clark
Bonnie
Almeda Runnels
Adah Davis
Wayne City
Bessie Donoho
Ament Bihm
New Orleans
Mildred Horton
Thomas Raymond
Woodlawn
Deaths and Funerals W A Goin Dies At 71
W A Goin 71 of Jacksonville died suddenly at his home. He operated auto sales agencies in Centralia and his former home near the city served as an emergency hospital during polio. Funeral 2 p m Friday at Williamson Funeral Home Jacksonville with interment there. Survived by wife Olive and two sons Frank and Ralph. Brothers J C Goin Dahlgren C F Goin Mt Vernon Paul A Goin Lusk Wyo and Mrs R L Hobson Pinckneyville.
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W. O. Goin
Jacksonville
Mr. Goin
Illinois
Centralia
Williamson Funeral Home
J. C. Goin
Dahlgren
C. F. Goin
Mt. Vernon
Paul A. Goin
Lusk
Wyo
R. L. Hobson
Pinckneyville
Olive
Frank
Ralph
Rites Today for Gerrish Infant Barbara Jean
Barbara Jean Gerrish three day old daughter of Mr and Mrs Loren Gerrish of 2627 Broadway died at Jefferson County Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held at 2 30 p m today at Oakwood cemetery with Rev Andrew Cavaker officiating. Barbara Jean was born June 2 at Jefferson County Memorial.
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Barbara Jean Gerrish
Loren Gerrish
Broadway
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
Oakwood Cemetery
Andrew Cavaker
Barbara Jean
Jefferson County Memorial
Leila E Pierce dies at 38 rites Friday at Second Baptist
Leila E Gettings Pierce fell ill and died at 9 45 p m at Jefferson County Memorial Hospital after a week long stay. She was 38 years 11 months old. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p m at Second Baptist Church with Reverends Sam McCoy and Tony Dorris officiating. Burial in Bethel Memorial Cemetery. The body to lie in Myers Chapel after 10 a m Thursday. She was born July 5 1912 in West Frankfort daughter of William S and Ruth Gettings. She married Omer C Pierce December 25 1936 in Benton. Survived by husband two children Everett Lee and LaVonne at home mother Ruth Gettings of West Frankfort two brothers Rev Jesse Gettings of West Union Ill and Everett Gettings of Centralia and three sisters Mrs Helen Baldwin of Chicago Mrs Ethel Cook of Fornfelt and Mrs Ruth Lyon of Peotone.
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Leila E. Pierce
South 22Nd Street
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
Second Baptist Church
Sam McCoy
Tony Dorris
Bethel Memorial] Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Mrs. Pierce
West Frankfort
William S
Ruth (Pritchard) Gettings
Benton
Omer C. Pierce
Pierce
Ruth Gettings
Everett Lee
LaVonne
Jesse Getting
Gerrish girl obituary highlights surviving family ties
Hospital announces the death of Loren and Mary Elva Gerrish's daughter. Survived by parents and two sisters Mary Elizabeth and Yvonne Ann at home, along with four grandparents.
Births at Good Samaritan and Jefferson memorial hospitals
Mr and Mrs Lowell J Green announce a daughter Linda Yvonne born 4 54 pm Tuesday at Good Samaritan weighing seven pounds four ounces. Mr and Mrs Stanley McCowen announce a son David Leon born last evening at Good Samaritan. Mr and Mrs Charles Edward Shields announce a daughter Nikki Lynn born this morning at Good Samaritan. Mr and Mrs John Raymond Shoemaker announce a daughter JoAnn born this morning at Good Samaritan. Mr and Mrs Edgar M Boston announce a son Roger Allen born this morning at 530 am Jefferson Memorial Hospital.
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Lowell J. Green
South 22Nd Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Linda Yvonne
Stanley McCowen
Waltonville
David Leon
Charles Edward Shields
Benton Road
Nikki Lynn
John Raymond Shoemaker
1621 Forrest
JoAnn
Edgar M. Boston
Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Roger Allen
Iron ore usage in 1949 steel making totals 105 million tons
In 1949 the American steel industry consumed 105000000 tons of iron ore to produce 55000000 tons of pig iron and castings, reflecting ore to iron conversion in that era.
Weather patterns shift across regions with cool spells
June weather across the nation shows a split pattern with mild warmth in the south and cool conditions in the Great Lakes and western regions. Freezing readings appear in Peliston Michigan and Cut Bank Montana while Old Town Missouri records a 39 degree low. Several areas report rain from the Great Plains to the middle Mississippi Valley and a wet belt stretches from western Montana and northern Idaho toward North Dakota with light rain along the North Carolina coast.
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Great Lakes
Rockies
Pacific Northwest
Peliston
Mich
Cut Bank
Mont
Old Town
Great Plains States
Mississippi Valley
Montana
Idaho
Canadian
North Dakota
North Carolina
Fishermen haul 4.5 billion pounds of catch in a year
American and Alaskan fishermen landed about 4.5 billion pounds of fish and shellfish in a single year, reflecting a record level of commercial harvest across both regions. The figure highlights strong demand and robust fishing sectors, with operators in multiple ports contributing to the total.
Army to add two or three National Guard divisions
The Army plans to boost combat strength within a year by adding two or three National Guard divisions and possibly forming new regular Army divisions and regimental combat teams. Gen. J Lawton Collins expects two or three more state guard divisions to be federalized, with overall strength near 1.6 million. The 152,000 additional troops would come from volunteers and draftees, filling existing divisions and creating new units while maintaining support staff levels. The force includes 12 regular divisions, six National Guard divisions, and regimental combat teams, with a backlog of trained men now available.
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Washington
J. Lawton Collins
National Guard
Collins
Setzekorn Receives Dental Degree From St Louis U
Jack Jerald Setzekorn son of Dr and Mrs W E Setzekorn of this city earned his Doctor of Dental Surgery at graduation exercises yesterday at St Louis University He plans to join the family dental practice in the John B Rogers building and will work with Dr James Setzekorn and Dr William McAtee He is married to Janet Ansorge a Mt Vernon High School graduate and former Register News carrier boy He served 49 months as a line officer in the U S Navy including time as diving officer on the aircraft carrier Leyte Attended Columbia University in New York and completed a four year course at St Louis University Also attended by Mr and Mrs Al Ansorge Dr and Mrs W E Setzekorn Dr and Mrs James Setzekorn and Mrs Darrell Hanna
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Jack Jerald Setzekorn
W. E. Setzekorn
St. Louis University
James Setzekorn
William McAtee
Setzekorn
John B. Rogers
Janet Ansorge
Jack
Mt. Vernon High School
U. S. Navy
J. G
Leyte
Columbia University
New York
Register-News Carrier
Mt. Vernon
al Ansorge
Army Plans Strength Increase to 24 Divisions
The statement outlines an aim to provide the Army with an overall Strength equivalent to 24 divisions. It specifies a constabulary force in Europe equal to a division in strength and organization, indicating broader postwar force adjustments.
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Europe
Special meeting of Andrew D Webb Chapter No 160
A special meeting will be held Wednesday June 6 at 7 30 p m for Stated and 6th degrees Everett R Talbott Aligh Priest Cecil N Lovin Secy 6 6
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Andrew D. Webb
Everett R. Talbott
Cecil N. Lovin
Boy 13 Breaks Leg in Skating Mishap at Park Rink
Max David Van Dyke, 13, of 231 south 15th street, suffered a fracture of his leg in a mishap last night at the skating rink near the city park. He was taken to Jefferson County Memorial Hospital for treatment.
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Max David van Dyke
South 15Th Street
Jefferson County Memorial Hospital
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Mt.v. Home
Maurice Mosher
Giep Lyon
Korea
Mosher
W. A. Goin
Gerrish
Mary Martin
Miss Martin
London
Associated Press
Chicago
Army
Pontiac
America
Jefferson Motors
Jordan
Mt. Vernon, Ill
Jack Setzekorn
St. Louis U
Royal Arch Masons
Boy
Tony Miller
South 23Rd Street
Virgil T. Balley, Inc
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