Former convict arrested in big Reno burglary case
FBI agents seized 46 year old ex convict Andrew Robert Young in Milwaukee after tracing him to a mystery woman who passed a $1000 bill from the Reno millionaires home robbery. He faced a preliminary hearing on interstate transportation of stolen property with a $50000 bond.
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Milwaukee
Andrew Robert Young
FBI
Reno
Nev
Young
U. S
Floyd B. Jenkins
U.S
Timothy T. Cronin
Nevada
Laverne V. Redfield
Jit
Illinois
Sheboygan
Wis
Blonde admits aiding Hayti slaying in tourist court
Nancy Garner Bell, 26, a blonde divorcee, confessed she accompanied a St. Louis taxi company supervisor to a Hayti tourist court where Frank Vassallo was shot Sunday. Two St. Louis men, George Harvill and William Saunders, are charged with murder. all three detained by Pemiscot authorities. Bell's cooperation could drop the charge.
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Caruthersville
Nancy Garner Bell
St. Louis
Hayti
Gaid
Bell
Pemiscot
Milton King
Frank Vassallo
Vassallo
George A. Harvill
William H. Saunders
Harvill
Saunders
Firemen Respond To Flue Fire On Lamar Avenue
Mt. Vernon firemen were called at 11:15 last night to 1507 Lamar Avenue where a flue was burning out. There was no damage.
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Mt. Vernon
Lamar Avenue
Stella Thompson Dies at 69 in Dix Area
Mrs Stella Thompson wife of Walter F Thompson died at 6 30 p m at her home 1026 Maple Street She was 69 years six months seven days old Funeral services will be held Friday at 130 p m at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church two miles south of Dix with Rev Ross Partridge officiating burial in Pleasant Hill cemetery The body will lie at Osborn Funeral Home Dix after 2 p m Thursday Survived by husband two sisters Maude Myers Centralia and Beulah Jennings Mt Vernon Funeral notes indicate she was born in Jefferson County and was a member of Logan Street Baptist Church.
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Stella Thompson
Walter F. Thompson
Maple Street
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Dix
Ross Partridge
Pleasant Hill Cemetery
Osborn Funeral Home
Thompson
Jefferson County
Monroe
Mollie (Walker) Jennings
Brother of Walter Hyde Dies Tuesday
George Roscoe Hyde 55 of Decatur Illinois died suddenly at his home in Decatur. He operated a garage and tire repair service and is survived by wife Carrie and five brothers Walter Warren Clarence James and Erwin. Funeral Friday at 10 30 a m at Dawson.
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Walter Hyde
George Roscoe Hyde
Decatur
Til
Mr. Hyde
Mt. Vernon
Carrie
Walter
Warren
Clarence
James
Danville
Erwin
Dawson
Absentee Voting Begins This Week
Absentee voting has begun for the April 8 primary election. Four ballots were cast by morning in County Clerk Roy H. Holt's office. Deadline for mail ballots is April 3 and in person voting ends April 5 at the clerk's office.
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Roy H. Holt
Masonic and civic meetings urged across local orders
A state meeting of Andrew D. Webb Chapter No. 160 is set for Wednesday at 7 30 p m with visitors welcome. Varnell Rebekah Lodge No 296 meets in the O F Temple Thursday evening with visiting Rebekahs welcome. Veterans of Foreign Wars holds a 7 30 p m meeting at the county courthouse Thursday. AMVETS Turner Boehm Post No 4 meets at 7 30 in the club rooms with refreshments after.
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Royal Arch Masons
Andrew D. Webb
Rufus H. Lovin
H. P
Cecil N. Lovin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Langa
Turner Boehm
Amvets
James Apgar
Charles Holloway Dies at Home in Farrington Two
Charles Holloway 80 a Farrington township farmer died at his home on RFD Bluford. He lived in the Farrington locality for 50 years. Funeral services Friday at 2 00 p m at Wells Chapel church with burial in Wells Chapel cemetery. Friends may call after 3 00 p.m. Thursday. He was born March 2 1872 to John and Matilda Cochran Holloway. He married Anna Brookman in 1892 who died in 1918 and his second wife Rose Bond survives with four sons four daughters 17 grandchildren and 18 great grandchildren.
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Charles Holloway
Farrington
RFD
Bluford
Holloway
Wells Chapel
Mr. Holloway
John and
Matilda (Cochran) Holloway
Anna Brookman
Rose Bond
Elza
Floy and
Clarence
Roger
Vaughn
New Mexico
Nettie Ayers
Mexico
Delpha Wilcox
Keenes
Gladys Simmons
Yorkville
Tull
Dorothy Branson
Rochelle
Relative of Mt V Resident Is Dead
Mrs. Marion Heifner travels to Fenton Michigan to attend the funeral of her brother in law Virgil W Pagett who died of a heart attack at his home. He leaves a wife a son Albert his 98 year old mother two sisters and two brothers. Services are set for Friday afternoon in Fenton.
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Marion Heifner
Fenton, Mich
Virgil W. Pagett
Pagett
Fenton
Albert
Funeral Home Seeks Burial Details for DeKalb Neighbor
Wykoff Funeral Home in Decatur arranges burial at Alline Cemetery in Warrensburg Illinois for a local resident. The service follows a recent death and involves standard interment procedures by the Decatur provided facility.
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Wykoff Funeral Home
Decatur
Alline Cemetery
Warrensburg
Ill
Beat Taft and Truman in Primary Clash
Bitter battles between Eisenhower Taft forces flare in Iowa Michigan and culminate in the April 15 New Jersey primary. The outcome dents Taft’s Chicago convention hopes while Kefauver’s win reshapes the Democratic race potentially pushing Truman toward another term and prompting a stop Kefauver movement.
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Eisenhower
Taft
Iowa
Michigan
New Jersey
Chicago
Kefauver
Truman
American Jets Down Four Migs
American Sabre pilots shot down four Red Mig jets today to bring totals to 15 destroyed in three days. Eleven MiG-15s were damaged in that period as the Fifth Air Force reported.
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Associated Press
Seoul
Korea
U. S. Fifth Air Force
Northwest
U.S. Eighth Army
U. S
Moscow Press Condemns Western Music In Harsh Tone
The Soviet Art newspaper in Moscow on March 12 denounced Western pop tunes as dangerous to Soviet morals. It called the tango without kin or tribe and described slow foxtrots as erotic, urging Russians to reject Western popular music and keep to Soviet music.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Soviet Art
Births in Vernon area mark three new arrivals
Mr and Mrs Raymond Dauksch of RFD 3 Vernon welcomed a baby girl named Elizabeth Paulette born at 8 42 this morning in Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing eight pounds 15 ounces. Mr and Mrs Max M Sanders of RFD 7 Vernon welcomed a son weighing eight pounds 4 ounces born at 12 20 this morning in Good Samaritan Hospital and unnamed. Cpl and Mrs Robert Wagner Jr of Vernon welcomed a son weighing six pounds 4 ounces born at 2 30 yesterday in St Marys Hospital Centrali a. The Wagner grandparents are Mr and Mrs Robert Wagner of Fairfield road and Mrs Wagner is the former Miss Dorothy Hart of Centralia. Cpl Wagner stationed at Fort Francis E Warren Colorado is on furlough with wife and new son.
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Raymond Dauksch
RFD
Vernon
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Elizabeth Paulette
Max M. Sanders
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert Wagner, Jr
St. Mary‘s Hospital
Centralia
Richard Scott
Robert Wagner
Fairfield Road
Wagner
Dorothy Hart
Sir B. Hart
Cpl. Wagner
Fort Francis E. Warren, Cole
Local flights bring travelers from Chicago Metropolis and Kentucky
Earl Ourland flew to Owensboro Kentucky yesterday afternoon and returned George Ward and his mother Mrs T P Ward to Mt Vernon. Wayne Scranton returned today from Chicago. T V Moyers and Theo Wells flew in today from Metropolis. Lee Triefenbach and Hallie East flew in today from Marissa.
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Earl Ourland
Owensboro
George Ward
T. P. Ward
Mt. Vernon
Wayne Scranton
Chicago
T. V. Moyers
Theo Wells
Metropolis
Lee Triefenbach
Hallie East
Marissa
Bank Robbery Case Limits Damages Against Lender
Ottawa Ontario March 12 The Second District Appellate Court ruled a customer wounded in a bank holdup cannot collect damages from the bank The decision affirms a Kane county circuit court ruling for Virgil State Bank in a 50 000 suit by Philip Altpeter Altpeter was shot in the hip during the January 14 1949 raid This third bank robbery in four months led to the bank's closure two months after the last attack and left a small community without a local bank Six men who participated are in prison.
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Ottawa
Second District
Kane County
Virgil State Bank
Philip Altpeter
Altpeter
Virgil Bank
Chicago
Test Armored Vests in Korea
American infantrymen in Korea test a lightweight nylon vest weighing seven to eight pounds, about half the weight of metal vests. The 12 layer design aims to stop mortar, grenade, and shell fragments may cover 60 percent of wounds, with limited protection against high velocity rifle fire.
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Seoul
Korea
Hospital Notes from Jefferson Memorial Admissions and Discharges
The Jefferson Memorial records show multiple admissions including Mrs Ora Lucas Ses ser and Everett Turner Sesser along with Mrs Beatrice Fornear and others. Discharges list Mrs Audrey Ferguson Wayne City and several patients, with additional admissions of Roy Brown Andrea Morris Cora Runnells Sybil Sledge Alfie Myers Bird Patterson Bluford.
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Ora Lucas
Sesser
Everett Turner
Beatrice Fornear
Rosemary Dauksch
RFD
Shelby Highsmith
Betty Hamlin
Audrey Ferguson
Wayne City
Roy Brown
Andrea Kay Morris
Cora Runnells
Sybil Sledge
Keenes
Alfie Myers
Bird Patterson
Bluford
Violet Mae Isabell
Willie Mack
Bertha Washington
Ina
Leila Waite
James Higgins
Tenant Victor in Battle for Heat
In New York on March 12 the case of Melvin A. Carter versus landlord Clarence Cadogan ended with Carter prevailing. Carter set a 65 degree heat trigger via a loud recording in a Brooklyn building, prompting Cadogan to guarantee heat under section 225 of the sanitary code. Cadogan told Magistrate Paul Balsam the device drives him crazy but agreed to comply with the order to provide heat.
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New York
Melvin A. Carter
Clarence Cadogan
Carter
Brooklyn
Cadogan
Mr. Cadogan
Paul Balsam
Rapp Family Injured in Salem Area Accident
Mr and Mrs Daniel H Rapp and their son Butchie of 415 South 20th street sustained injuries Monday night when their car collided with two trucks two miles south of Salem. Mr Rapp suffered chest injuries fractured ribs and a mouth injury. Mrs Rapp and Butchie endured facial lacerations while the family visited their son W A Rapp and his family in Flora Indiana.
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Daniel H. Rapp
South 20Th Street
Butchie
Salem Memorial Hospital
Women Can Enlist in WAC Without High School Diploma
Local WAC WAF Recruiter Sgt. June Bradley announces a high school diploma is no longer required if a woman can pass the GED. DoD directs eligibility for service in 400 jobs, with medicine highlighted as a strong career. Bradley invites interested women to visit 1101 Main Street daily 8 am to 5 pm.
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WAC
WAF
June Bradley
Department of Defense
Bradley
Sgt. Bradley
Set
Main Street
Missing Woman Professor Found
ROCK HILLS S C March 12 A three month search for Dr Barbara Morehead former South Dakota State College English professor ended when she was located here yesterday safe and in good health The 39 year old educator disappeared December 8 the day after leaving Brookings S D She said she went to Minneapolis Des Moines San Francisco and worked as a typist for an insurance firm before lodging with a Rock Hill woman and traveling home by bus She remains undecided about her future plans.
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Associated Press
Rock Hills
S. C
Barbara Morehead
South Dakota State College
Marshall, Minn
Brookings
S. D
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Laird Jewelers
Broadway
Royal Cafe
Guy Carnahan
Virgil T. Bailey, Inc
Mt. V
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toLoanne
Golden Rule Life Ins. Co
Lawrenceville, Illinois
Doyle, Peek Bonnie, Ilinois
Golden Rule Life Insurance Co
Lawrenceville
Golden Rule
Airport News
Bank
Jefferson Memorial
Samaritan
Mr. V
Bethel School
Gospel Messengers
Bake Sale Welge Paint Store
Ladies OF
ST. Mary’s Church
Baby
McRill Hatchery
Wayne City, Ill
Queen Elizabeth
F. E. ‘Red’ Dare
O’dangis
Max Davis
Orley Hart
Henry Ploesser
Bob Shehorn
Arthur Troutt
Douglas Drug
D.A.R
Davenport
Harrisburg Township High School
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Michael Hillegas
Chapter
Arthur Weiss
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