Knetzer and fake marshal sought by FBI
Springfield Illinois police and the FBI hunt Robert L. Knetzer and a mystery man posing as a U S Marshal who helped him escape custody from a Springfield jailer. The auto dealer has a long bankruptcy and multi million dollar legal entanglements.
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Springfield
Robert L. Knetzer
FBI
Edwardsville
Ben Little
U. S
Melvin Palmer
Knetzer
Palmer
George Hulen
Howard Doyle
Hulen
Doyle
Charles G. Briggle
Briggle
St. Louis
Legion Auxiliary Meeting Set At 7:30 PM
American Legion Auxiliary will meet Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Legion Home at 818 Broadway. New officers and delegates to the Department convention will be elected. Business of the fiscal year will be completed. All officers and members are urged to attend this important meeting. Id nt, president.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion Auxiliary
Legion Home
Broadway
Department
Id ‘Nt
Knights conclave to meet and elect officers
A stated meeting of Patton Commandery No. 69 will be held Thursday June 19 at 7 30 p m. A pot luck supper accompanies the session. John T Page is Commander and Cecil N Lovin is Recorder.
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Attentio
Sir Knights
Patton Commandery No
John T. Page
Cecil N. Lovin
Cairo Buildings Collapse Injures Two Workers
Two buildings on Cairo's Commercial Avenue caved in during remodeling. A man and his wife in a second floor apartment were injured. Six workmen escaped. Mrs Lucille Ramsey, 38, and her husband William Ramsey, 52, were involved. the husband was dug from debris but walked away. The structures were being remodeled for a tavern.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Lucille Ramsey
William Ramsey
Ramsey
Commercial Avenue
Births in Good Samaritan Hospital New arrivals named
Birth announcements list Clyde Leonard Wilson and wife as parents of a daughter Vicke Jean born 3 44 pm yesterday weighing six pounds seven ounces at Good Samaritan Hospital. Charles Vanatta and wife as parents of a son James Michael born 12 23 pm yesterday weighing seven pounds 11 ounces at the same hospital. Reverend Raymond Switzer and wife of Anna Illinois welcome a seven pound baby girl born June 17. Mrs Switzer formerly Miss LaVerne Book daughter of Mrs Mabel Book of Bonnie.
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Clyde Leonard Wilson
South 15Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Vicke Jean
Charles Vanatta
South Second Street
James Michael
Harriman Triumphs Over Kefauver in GOP Tilt
In a national GOP contest update from Denver and Roanoke Taft delegates gain ground while Eisenhower signals possible military return if not nominated Taft control of district contests surfaces in Virginia and Texas with ruling on at large delegates and regular Republicans backing Taft and uncommitted slates.
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Eisenhower
GOP
Tait
United States
Texas
Virginia
Roanoke
Marriage Licenses For Lemmon Vernon Peyton And Sanders
John D. Lemmon and Dorothy Peyton of Wayne City filed for a marriage license. T R Buzard Jr of Phoenix Arizona and Elizabeth Jane Sanders of Walnut Hill also requested a license.
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John D. Lemmon
Mr. Vernon
Dorothy Peyton
Wayne City
T. R. Buzard, Jr
Phoenix
Arizona
Elizabeth Jane Sanders
Walnut Hill
Funeral for Clavis A Barnes in Mt Vernon and Chicago
Clavis A Barnes 52 a longtime Illinois Central Railroad clerk of Bluford died at St Luke's Hospital Chicago after brain surgery. Survived by wife Amelia Rabat and son Raymond. Former Cairo resident with IC for 30 years. Body to be brought to Pulley Funeral Home Mt Vernon for services.
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Clavis A. Barnes
Illinois Central Railroad
Bluford
St. Luke’s Hospital
Chicago
Barnes
Mt. Vernon
Amelia Rabat
Raymond
Cairo
The
Illinois Central
Pulley Funeral Home
Albert Body of Bluford Dies at 83
Albert Body of Bluford died at 6 50 this morning at his son Archie's home in Marlow. He was 83 years old three months and three days. Funeral services will be Friday at 130 p m at the Baptist church in Bluford with Rev Bird Green officiating. Burial will be in East Hickory Hill cemetery. The body will lie at Myers Chapel after 1030 a m Thursday. He was born March 15 1869. He was married to Ida Hart who survives. Besides his wife he is survived by three sons Archie of Marlow Floyd and Clarence of Mt Vernon and one sister Addie Ervin of Woodland Illinois.
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Albert Body
Bluford
Archie Body
Marlow
Baptist
Ida Hart
Archie
Floyd
Clarence
Mt. Vernon
Addie Ervin
Woodland
Rites Held For Former Resident Steve A. Osborn
Funeral services were held in St. Louis Missouri for Steve A. Osborn 81 a Mt Vernon former resident He died Sunday morning in St Marys Hospital East St Louis He was born in Shiloh township son of Volney and Elizabeth Casey Osborn He is survived by four children Grace and Gussie of St Louis Ray of California and Si of Oklahoma
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St. Louis
Steve A. Osborn
Mt. Vernon
Osborn
East St. Louis
St. Mary's Hospital
Walalla Cemetery
Shiloh Township
Volney
Elizabeth Casey Osborn
Grace
Gussie
Ray
California
Oklahoma
Rennel Concentrate Promise Easy Weight Loss at Home
An advertisement touts Rennel Concentrate as a simple home weight loss aid. A Chicago reader claims losing 5 to 6 pounds weekly by following a Rennel home recipe, consuming two tablespoons twice daily mixed with grapefruit juice or lemon juice. If weight loss does not occur with the first bottle, money is refunded.
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Mr. & Oo Mair
Albion
Chicago
Jackson
Doctors At Cairo Complain of Fights
Cairo doctors told the city council they patch up tavern victims without pay too often. They described rotating emergency duty and many cases from tavern brawls. They said victims assailants or taverns often refuse payment for surgery or hospital care. Five physicians spoke to Mayor Egbert A. Smith, who promised to address tavern issues and consider shorter hours.
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Associated Press
Cairo
Ill
Egbert A. Smith
Bicycle theft report from James Johnson
James Johnson of 422 Bell Street reported to police last night that his new bicycle was stolen from a parking lot at 26th and Perkins.
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James Johnson
Bell Street
Perkins
Johnson
Visits Car Co Takes Look at J and S W Road
A delegation led by Neff tours the Jefferson Southwestern lines. Accompanied by Roy P. Hart chief operating officer W. H. Hobbs chief engineer and L. R. Christy chief mechanic, the party inspects new refrigerator cars. They will travel Mt. Vernon then through Missouri Arkansas Louisiana and Texas before returning to St. Louis on June 25.
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Jefferson Southwestern
Neff
Mt. Vernon
Roy P. Hart
W. H. Hobbs
L. R. Christy
O. M. Stevens
ART Co
Missouri
Arkansas
Louisiana
Texas
St. Louis
Plane shot at Reds ends with no guns found
Foreign Office reports deny plane opened fire on Soviet Reds claiming heavy clouds caused trespass and that the pilot returned to sea after realizing over Soviet territory. Swedish ambassador in Moscow instructed to apologize for the incident.
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Page
Port
Foreign Office
Moscow
Tulsa Man Dies at Home in Oklahoma
At 6 30 a m today a man was found dead at his Tulsa Oklahoma residence. No further details were provided on the cause or identity in the available text.
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Tulsa
Okla
Seven Mt Vernon Men Called for July 1 Pre-Draft Exams
Seven Mt Vernon and Jefferson county men are summoned for pre-draft physical examinations on July 1. Doris Mabry, board clerk, said the seven will travel to St. Louis for the exams. Two other July 1 calls had been received earlier.
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Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County
Selective Service Board
Doris Mabry
St. Louis
Gas Explosion Destroys Stove In Mrs Allen’s Kitchen
An explosion at 9 10 am today wrecked a gas stove and damaged a kitchen at the home of Mrs Pauline Allen 416 south Seventh street No fire followed the blast and the exact cause remains undetermined according to firemen Pots and pans were hurled, a cabinet injured, stove heavily damaged, and no fire was reported
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Pauline Allen
South Seventh Street
Lou Costello Arrested in Drunk Driving Case
Comedian Lou Costello was booked in Van Nuys California on suspicion of drunk driving after his car crashed into a parked vehicle and rolled on the wrong side of the boulevard without lights. He was released on $250 bail.
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van Nuys
Calif
Lou Costello
Costello
Tax Assessors Meet In Mt. Vernon With 100 Officials
Over 100 county treasurers board of review members and tax assessing officials from southern Illinois attended an all day meeting in Mt. Vernon yesterday. Representatives from about twenty southern Illinois counties took part. The session, led by state revenue department officials, served as a school of instruction on tax assessing methods in Illinois counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Review
Southern Illinois
Mt. Vernor
State Revenue Department
Illinois
Parked Cars Hit As Tire And Rim Come Off Truck
A semi-trailer truck driven by Wilfred Verner Holder of Evansville Ind. lost a tire and rim on West Broadway. The debris struck a car owned by Glee Wood at 2310 Logan and then another car owned by Mrs. Orla Lashbrook at 1602 Broadway, with both vehicles damaged.
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Broadway
Wilfred Verner Holder
Evansville Ind
West Broadway
Glee Wood
Logan
Orla Lashbrook
Minister Wavy McAllister Dies in Pittsburgh
The Rev. Wavy Osler McAllister aged 48 died Tuesday after being transferred to the Pittsburgh Methodist Church. A native of Standella Indiana, he served pastorates at Brooksport and Creal Springs and taught in Williamson County schools for 25 years.
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Associated Press
Pittsburgh
Wavy Osler McAllister
Pittsburgh Methodist Church
Standella
Ind
Brooksport
Creal Springs
Williamson County
Bids Sought for Camp Am-Wa-Co Swimming Pool Project
Information on bids for a new swimming pool at Boy Scout Camp Am-Wa-Co, 16 miles northeast of Olney, will be announced June 24, 1952. Bids may cover complete pool or excavating, plumbing, concrete work, or filtration equipment. Interested parties may attend the meeting or contact Boy Scouts of America, Olney, Illinois, at 124.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olney
Camp Am-Wa-Co
Boy Scouts of America
Ilinois
Olney Jaycees Plan City Spraying And Cleanup Drive
Olney's Junior Chamber of Commerce will canvass all lighted porches tonight to raise funds for aerial and ground spraying of the city with fly killer. The drive aims for 2,100 dollars and volunteers will operate trucks Thursday for a city-wide rubbish cleanup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Olney
Junior Chamber of Commerce
First Polio Case Of Year At Benton
Benton health commissioner William Carter reports the city's first polio case of the season. Lavern Prior, 18, a Benton High School graduate, was taken to St. Anthony's Hospital in St. Louis after falling ill.
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Benton
William Carter
Lavern Prior
Benton High School
St. Anthony's Hospital
St. Louis
Enroll Now for September Nurse Training Class
Registration open for a September class in professional nursing with Army Navy institutional and public health options. A working scholarship plan provides a monthly allowance to all students and requests applicants to write for details.
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