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Newspaper
Mt Vernon Register News
Location
Mt Vernon, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1949
Page
3
At Cook County Hospital a fire on the first floor office sent smoke through eight floors and forced evacuation of about 50 patients. Dr Karl A Meyer said no one was seriously harmed and 50 patients were moved. Fire alarm brought 21 units and police. damage estimated at about 1500 dollars.
Gilbert Church pleaded guilty to vagrancy before Magistrate A. M. Dulaney this morning and was sentenced to 90 days at the state penal farm at Vandalia.
Hal Boyle reports on postwar Britain where hammers sound as England rebuilds while citizens voice impatience with austerity. Long queues persist for food and theater, Big Ben rings, scaffolding hides the Thames, and many crave quicker gains for the common man despite patience and discipline.
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