Red tightens blockade along Iron Curtain
From Frankfurt June 11 Associated Press reports Soviet and East German security forces known as Vopos tightened controls along the Iron Curtain from Baltic to Bavaria. Border areas were quiet except for patrols. a West German farmer was shot and killed, another arrested. Officials cite 3000 refugees in Hesse. East Germany boosts militaristic rhetoric and school gun practice while Berlin sees continued Soviet patrols and a hostage incident.
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Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
Vapos
People's Police
Iron Curtain
Baltic
Bavaria
Vopos
Reds
Hesse
East Germany
West Germany
Europe
Neues Deutschland
FDJ
Free German
Fuerstenberg-on-Oder
West Belin
Berlin
Births at area hospitals announce newborns
Mr and Mrs Byford Harrison Drennan Ina welcome a 7 lb 14 oz son born at Good Samaritan Hospital today at 1 42 am. Mr and Mrs Bob Tucker and Mr Vernon RFD 2 report a 7 lb 13 oz son born at 10 43 am today in Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr and Mrs Archie Woods 1105 Newby Ave share a 6 lb 12 oz daughter born at 7 30 am today in Good Samaritan Hospital. Mr and Mrs Charles Burlingame 1813 Highland name Shirley Ann for their baby daughter born at 12 24 pm yesterday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. The newborn girl, delivered by Caesarean section and weighing 3 lb 3% oz, is in an incubator.
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Byford Harrison Drennan
Ina
Good Samaritan Hospital
Bob Tucker
Vernon Rfd
Archie B. Woods
Newby Avenue
Charles Burlingame
Highland
Shirley Ann
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Across Several Towns
Jefferson Memorial records admit Mildred Heintz and Good Samaritan adds infant Billie Joan Bogker and multiple names. Discharges include Sarah Eller Lelita Shasteen Aurel Whit Jock Emma Gos sage Bessie Duncan and others from Opdyke Kell Wayne City and Blu ford. entries list many patients and towns.
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Jefferson Memorial
Mildred Heintz
Sarah Eller
RFD
Lelita Shasteen
Muncie
Kansas
Aurel Whit Jock
Emma Gossage
Opdyke
Bessie Duncan
Dahlgren
Anna Douthit
Neta Ellis
Kell
Robert Rainey
Mae Choate
Wayne City
Good Samaritan
Billie Joan Bogker
Carolyn Sue Spurlock
Bessie Baltzell
June Marie Clark
Fred Downes
Freda Adams
Doris Wood
Bluford
Vermadel Wood
June Wheeler
Russell Mays
Joan Howell
Howard Paisley
Local Field Welcomes Incoming Pilots From Several States
William Fullman flew to the local field today from Harvey Illinois J Sneed arrived from DeWitt Arkansas and F W Andrews of Champaign also landed at the field.
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William Fullman
Harvey
Hi. J. Sneed
DeWitt
Arkansas
F. W. Andrews
Champaign
Deaths and Funerals Jamerson services set at Myers Chapel
James William Jamerson 78 died Monday night at Barnes Hospital St Louis after a three week illness. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 30 p m at Myers Chapel with Rev Paul Sulcer and Rev John Maulding officiating. Burial in Oakwood Cemetery. He lived at 241 South 15th Street and was employed as an engineer at Illinois Power Company before retirement in 1944. Survived by wife Eva Flannigan son Beva Jamerson daughter Mrs Archie Etheridge five grandchildren four great grandchildren and a half brother Milton Jamerson. One son Paul preceded him in death. His first wife Lucy Bond died in 1942. He was born January 14 1874 in Springerton Illinois. Body at Myers Chapel after 4 p m today.
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James William Jamerson
Myers Chapel
Paul Sulcer
John Maulding
Oakwood Cemetery
Jamerson
South 15Th Street
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Illinois Power Company
Springerton, Ill
Richard Jamerson
Lucy Bond
Eva Flannigan
Smith Chapel Missionary Baptist Church
McLeansboro
Archie Etheridge
Mt. Vernon
Beva Jamerson
Milton Jamerson
Waukegan
Ill
Paul
Boss Works More Than Hired Man
Washington June 11 The hired man on the farm works about two hours less each day than his farmer boss The Agriculture Department reporting this today said hired man average 914 hours work a day Farm employment continues to decline reflecting loss of workers to the armed forces and to urban industries as well as a rise in the use of machinery and labor saving practices The Department said farm employment totals 10863000 a decrease of 150000 from a year ago Employment at this time of the year during 1945 49 averaged 12200000
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Associated Press
Washington
Agriculture Department
Foreman Electrocuted at Grinell Sash Company
Louis Schneider age 28 was electrocuted today at the Ordill Grinell Sash Company where he served as foreman. A defective flower motor was blamed for the accident.
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Associated Press
Marion
Louis Schneider
Ordill
Grinell Sash Company
Tlower
Masonic and veterans group meetings scheduled this week
A series of meetings is listed: Andrew D. Webb Chapter No. 160 on Wednesday June 11 at 7:30 p.m. with H P Rufus H. Irwin and Secy Cecil N. Levin. Jefferson Encampment No. 182 and Dan G. Melton Ladies Auxiliary No. 3 on Friday June 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the LO C F Temple with IMCs Blaine Marlow. Turner Boehm Post No. 4 AMVETS on Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. in AMVET club rooms with Commander James Apgar and adjutant Howard Phillips. Vernois Post No. 1376 VFW on Thursday at 8:00 p.m. at the Legion Home with adjutant H L Sursa. Varnell Rebekah Lodge No. 296 on Thursday at 8:00 p.m. in the IOOF Hall with Joy Jones and Naomi R Bogan inviting visiting Rebekahs.
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Royal Arch Masons
Andrew D. Webb
Rufus H. Irwin
H. P. Cecil N. Levin
Sec’y
Jefferson
Dan G. Melton
L0.c.f. Temple
Turner Boehm
Amvets
AMVET
Vernois
VFW
Legion Home
H. L. Sursa
Varnell Rebekah Lodge No
Real estate transaction via Virgil T Bailey firm
A client completed a real estate transaction through the local firm of Virgil T Bailey Inc. The deal involved the firm acting as intermediary in the sale and related steps. Further details on parties, price, and property were not provided in the readable text.
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Virgil T. Bailey, Inc
Ellen Newman 81 dies. funeral Thursday in West Frankfort
Ellen Newman 81 of RFD 2 Woodlawn died at 2:25 a m at St Mary's Hospital St Louis after a stroke and a monthlong hospital stay. Funeral services set for Thursday 2:30 p m at Walker Funeral Home West Frankfort with burial in Benton cemetery. Survived by daughter Constance Coale, a brother James Phillips, three granddaughters and one great grandchild. predeceased by her son Thomas J. Newman in 1940.
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Ellen Newman
RFD 2
Woodlawn
Mt. Vernon
St. Mary’s Hospital
St. Louis
Newman
Walker Funeral Home
West Frankfort
Benton Cemetery
Lebanon, Tenn
Levi
Sarah (Hobbs) Phillips
Robert J. Newman
Virgil Coale
Senate Deaf to Pleas for Seizure Law
The Senate rejected several plant seizure proposals as the strike by 650,000 steelworkers continued after the Supreme Court ruled Truman’s seizure illegal. President Truman urged a plant seizure plan with wage changes under government operation, while lawmakers balked at extending Taft-Hartley provisions and considered delayed-action options and 80-day seizures.
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Taft
Supreme Court
Truman
Senate
White House
Sen
Maybank
D-Sc
Sen. Monroney
D-Okla
Congress
Humphrey
D-Minn
College Teaches Life Of Lincoln
Eastern Illinois State College announced a summer postgraduate course on the life of Abraham Lincoln. Dr. Charles C. Coleman, Lincoln authority and social science head, said the seminar is the nation’s only such offering. Coleman has researched Lincoln associations with Coles county and is a member of the Abraham Lincoln Association and the Illinois State Historical Society. A separate note mentions a marriage license for Glenn E. Kell and Doris Roberson.
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Associated Press
Charleston
Eastern Illinois State College
Abraham Lincoln
Charles C. Coleman
Coleman
Lincoln
University of Illinois
Coles County
Governor Fine Is Uncommitted On GOP Ticket
Pennsylvania Governor John S Fine remains undecided and uncommitted on how he will vote at the Chicago convention. He expects a large bloc of Pennsylvania's 70 delegate votes to align with him but Has not set a timing for his decision. Current AFP poll shows 20 favor Eisenhower, 18 Taft, 32 undecided.
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Associated Press
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
John S Fine
Chicago
Fine
AFP
Eisenhower
Taft
Illinois Drive Is Started For the Delegates
Springfield June 11. Eisenhower supporters launch a drive to secure half of Illinois 10 delegates at large for the Republican National Convention. A local committee, led by BE S Waldmire Jr., has sent outlines to 173 boosters urging them to press state nominees to back Eisenhower and prevent all 10 at large delegates from being Taft men. Illinois primary yielded 147,418 for Eisenhower and 935,867 for Taft. 49 of 50 elected delegates backed Taft. The 10 at large delegates will be chosen by the state convention June 23.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois
Gen
Eisenhower
BE. S. Waldmire Jr
Taft
Ohio
Cemetery Cleanup at Grothoff June Fourteenth
All persons interested in the Grothoff Cemetery please meet at cemetery June 14 at one o clock. Bring tools.
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Grothoff
Suit Over Auto Collision Sues Estate in Florida
William Fesler sues St Louis Union Trust Co as executor of Arthur St Clair Ward for $650 in damages from a collision ten miles south of Sarasota Florida on March 12 1951. The Craig and Craig firm represents the plaintiff.
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Florida
Mt. Vernon
William Fesler
St. Louis Union Trust Co
Arthur St. Clair Ward
Ward
Sarasota
Fla
Craig and Craig
Lakey Divorce Suit Filed Over Cruelty and Drink
Mary Elizabeth Lakey filed suit for divorce against Chester Arthur Lakey in circuit court alleging cruelty and habitual drunkenness. The couple married June 12 1946 and separated June 9 1952 per the complaint, with attorney Lou Ann Dorothy representing the plaintiff.
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Mary Elizabeth Lakey
Chester Arthur Lakey
Brunkenness
Lou Ann Dorothy
Strike Holds Up Highway Work Near Du Quoin
In PuQuoin Illinois on June 11 labor trouble froze progress on Highway 13 near Du Quoin and slowed five building projects. Six unionists at a Wohlwend Concrete Products plant demanded higher pay and changes to mutual agreements. The workers issued no public statement.
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PU Quoin
Highway 13
du Quoin
Wohlwend Concrete Products Company
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