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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1951
Page
3
Mrs James Stewart and her actor husband are back home in Los Angeles with their twin baby girls after a cesarean birth a month ago. The birth followed a period of rationing and a critical illness.
Illinois lawmakers new in office will receive 5000 dollars a year in salary instead of 3000. Governor Stevenson signed the bill, with the first beneficiaries the new House members elected in November 1952 and 25 senators elected then. Senate terms ending 1954 will be affected.
The former German territory of South West Africa was mandated to the Union of South Africa in 1922 by the League of Nations.
Margaret Truman vacationing in England attends Antony and Cleopatra with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, then Caesar and Cleopatra. She also saw Water of the Moon last night with Miss Reather Odum. An Alaska sealskin story notes a pelt passing through a napkin ring.
In Imperial Valley California union leaders reported workers called wetbacks cross the border for jobs at low wages. AFL workers began arresting and turning them over to immigration authorities after a strike. Border patrol reports about 1,000 such workers sent back daily, with many crossing again.
Tamaroa IL June 6 D R Badders principal of Tamaroa high school for three years said he will become principal of Wauconda consolidated schools July 1. H L Ferris succeeds Badders. Canada is the world's leading palladium producer.
Clark Gable answered the divorce petition by Lady Sylvia Ashley in Los Angeles June 6 denying cruelty and alimony claims. He stated Ashley is worth over 1 million dollars and inherited wealth from Douglas Fairbanks. He also contests community property, alleging funds were spent or pledged since their marriage on December 20, 1949.
C M Massengale of Flora was fined 15.40 dollars on a speeding charge in police court before W O Page. The article notes large revenue from steel lockers in transport terminals and cites 1949 coal mining totals of about 480 million tons by the United States.
City and county officials will compel about 4 700 workers to sign non Communist affidavits or lose their jobs. Mayor Phillip L Bayt said the order covers 3 500 city employees including police and firemen. A parallel plan for 1 200 Marion county workers was pledged by commissioners William M Allison and Fred W Nordisiek. County welfare director John C Mueller may seek affidavits from social service students and other temporary staff. The move is not tied to a new Supreme Court ruling.
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