Eisenhower Attacks Democrats Over Long Power Era
General Dwight Eisenhower sharpened his bid for the Republican nomination by blasting Democrats as too long in power and complacent. Speaking before 11,000 in Denver and broadcast nationally, he urged youth to meet campaign moral issues with energy, criticizing handling of Russia and the Korean war. The Associated Press tally showed Taft leading Eisenhower on the GOP side. In the Democratic race, Stevenson appeared favored. Harriman and Kefauver mounted nationwide bids, with Colorado delegations and conventions shaping the fight for delegates.
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Associated Press
Dwight Eisenhower
Denver
Coliseum
Radio Broadcaast
Eisenhower
United States
Russia
China
Balkan
Baltic States
Ohio
Robert Taft
Taft
Washington, D. C
Chicago
Harriman
Russell
Tennnessee
Estes Kefauver
Kefauver
Stevenson
Sen
Robert Kerr
Oklahoma
Colorado
Fight films at Granada open Sunday
Sound pictures of the Sugar Ray Robinson Joey Maxim prize fight will be screened at the Granada theatre Sunday through Wednesday. Manager H M Burnett said the film will show the bout round by round. Robinson led on points in the 13th when he collapsed from the heat and was unable to answer the bell in the 14th. Referee Ruby Goldstein also suffered heat.
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Sugar Ray Robinson
Joey Maxim
Granada Theatre
Granada
H. M. “Gilley” Burnett
Robinson
Maxim
Sugar Ray
Ruby Goldstein
Birth reported for Meza couple at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Joseph E Meza of 1704 Forrest Avenue welcomed a baby girl at Good Samaritan Hospital yesterday at 10 07 PM The child has not yet been named and details remain to be finalized
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Joseph E. Meza
Forrest Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Caterpillar Cuts to 3 Day Week for 27,000 Workers
Caterpillar Tractor Company shifts 27,000 employees to a three day work week due to shortages tied to a steel strike. The move reduces production days and affects operations across plants.
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Associated Press
RIA
Caterpillar Tra Company
Jefferson Encampment Meeting Notice
Jefferson Encampment No 3 will meet in session at 7:30 p m on the 27th At 10 C F Temple Blaine Marlow scribe notes the regent region details for the gathering
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Jefferson
Dan G. Melton
Liquor Firm Donations To Both Parties
Washington lawmakers probe liquor industry campaign gifts. Seagram executives reportedly gave 50000 to the 1947 presidential campaigns with 30000 to Democrats and 200 to Republicans. Victor A. Fischel of Seagram faces questioning as other industry leaders are named. The panel weighs potential antitrust actions after a 1949 DOJ survey found no grounds for prosecution.
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Washington
House
Judiciary
Seagram Distillers Corp
James E. Friel
Chelf
D-Ky
Victor A. Fischel
Lewis Rosenstein
Justice Department
Corn stolen from farm east of Belle Rive
Wendell Kniffen reported to the sheriff that thieves stole corn last night from his farm home three quarters of a mile east of Belle Rive. Thieves broke into a corn crib to take the corn, he told officers.
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Wendell Kniffen
Sheriff's Office
Belle Rive
Suit Filed for Divorce in Circuit Court
William A. Smith filed suit for divorce against Cora E. Smith in circuit court here, charging desertion. The couple married August 25, 1947 and separated October 25, 1947, according to the complaint. Attorney George W. Howard Jr. represents the plaintiff.
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William A. Smith
Cora E. Smith
George W. Howard Jr
Funeral services for Mrs Par thenia Rose Price
Funeral services scheduled for Saturday at 2 00 p m at Alexander Chapel Evansville Ind burial in Oak Hill Cemetery Evansville. Mrs Price died at 1130 am yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital she had resided in Mt Vernon with her daughter Mrs Eunice Adams 509 south 18th street body was taken to Alexander Funeral Home in Evansville late yesterday.
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Parthenia Rose Price
Alexander Chapel
Evansville
Ind
Oak Hill
Mrs Lue Barton Dies At Son’s Home In Mississippi
Mrs. Sue Barton, 78 years old, died at 5 15 p.m. yesterday in the home of her son J B Hawthorne at 1119 South Ninth Street. A resident of Noxapater Mississippi, she had been visiting Mt Vernon for four weeks. She is survived by her son, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild, all of Mt Vernon. The body was taken to Campbell and Parker Funeral Home and will be returned to Noxapater for funeral services and burial.
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Sue Barton
J. B. Hawthorne
South Ninth Street
Barton
Noxapater
Miss
Campbell & Parker Funeral Home
Wayne County Farmer Walter Greathouse Dies
Walter Greathouse 79, a Wayne City area farmer, died at 2:30 p m at his Hickory Hill township home. Funeral services set for Saturday at 2:00 p m at Comb's Chapel Wayne City with Rev H H Mayberry officiating. burial in Thomason cemetery. Survived by wife Ethel Bailey and three sisters Jersey Tucker Clara DeSelms Della Mathews. Born July 21 1872 in Hickory Hill township to Enoch and Mary Greathouse.
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Register-News
Wayne City
Walter Greathouse
Hickory Hill Township
Comb's Chapel
H. H. Mayberry
Thomason Cemetery
Wayne County
Combs Chapel
Mr. Greathouse
Enoch and
Mary
Brines) Greathouse
Ethel Bailey
Jersey Tucker
Fairfield
Clara DeSelms
Vernon
Della Mathews
Eldorado
Kans
Local pilot flies Thorpe family to McMinnville
Earl Outland of the local field piloted Bob Thorpe and his son Jackie to McMinnville Tennessee yesterday afternoon.
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Earl Outland
Bob Thorpe
Jackie
McMinville
Tenn
Theft reported at rural farm home near Sportsman's Club Lake
William Balsover of 904 North Sixth Street reported to the sheriff's office this morning that thieves broke into a farm home he owns about a mile and a half northwest of Sportsman's Club Lake. They tore a telephone from the wall and stole a heating stove.
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William Balsover
North Sixth Street
Sheriff’s Office
Sportsman's Club Lake
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
Jefferson Memorial records list admissions including Roy Sydes Bill Holland Mrs Marie Shell RFD 3 McLeansboro Russell Snethen Johnston City James Ellis Keenes Mrs Lucy Hawley McLeansboro Kenneth Smith at Good Samaritan admitted Mrs Jean Taylor Henry Rawls Dahlgren Discharges include Mrs Betty Wilson and infant son Ben Hoyt Mrs Bessie Braddy Keenes Mrs Ora McLaughlin Charles Sheehan Mrs Hazel Owens Mrs LaVonne Livesay and infant son Raymond Hugh
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Jefferson Memorial
Roy Sydes
Bill Holland
Marie Shell
RFD
McLeansboro
Russell Snethen
Johnston
James Ellis
Keenes
Lucy G. Hawley
Kenneth Smith
Jean Taylor
Henry Rawls
Dahlgren
Betty Wilson
Ben Hoyt
Bessie Braddy
Ora McLaughlin
Charles Sheehan
Hazel Owens
LaVonne Livesay
Raymond Hugh
Auto Service Manager Shot in Chicago Ambush
Thurmond Alexander a 39 year old service manager for Hanser Nash Sales shot in the left hip as he left home. He said two hooded men ambushed his car, one smashed the window and fired a .45 revolver. Police reed he doubts the labor dispute over organizing the salesmen is linked.
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Chicago
Thurmond Alexander
Hanser Nash Sales, Inc
South Side
Alexander
Cleaners in Mt Vernon Close for July 4 to 14 Vacation
All Mt Vernon dry cleaning firms will close down for vacation from July 4 through July 14. The joint closing was chosen by employees and management as least disruptive since many people will be away on vacation.
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Mt. Vernon
Firecracker Tossing Reported in City Districts
Indignant residents on west Perkins Avenue told police a boy on a motorcycle hurled lit firecrackers at bystanders. Officers canvassed the area but the rider did not reappear. Other complaints came Thursday from the 700 block of South 20th Street and the 900 block of Forrest Avenue.
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West Perkins Avenue
South 20Th Street
Forrest Avenue
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