Unemployment rises again in February numbers
Unemployment climbed in February with 3,671,000 jobless by one Census method and a higher 3,385,000 by another. Officials debate the economy’s path as weather and manufacturing trends influence forthcoming March figures and possible policy action.
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Associated Press
Washington
Eisenhower
Census Bureau
Secretary of Commerce
Sinclair Weeks
CIO
America
Berieuibiee
Information filed against Fredman Bros Furniture Co
An information charging the Fredman Bros Furniture Co Inc with advertising a going out of business sale without a valid city license was filed in county court this morning by States Attorney Demetri Hassakis. The information was filed on the complaint of local merchants.
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Fredman Bros. Furniture Co., Inc
Demetri Hassakis
Blood Drive Hits 129 Pints at First Methodist Church
Jefferson county residents donated 129 pints of blood during yesterday's Red Cross Bloodmobile visit at the First Methodist church. The Bloodmobile returns today until 4 00 p m with a 350 pint quota. Marriage licenses issued to Claude Cantrell and Effie Henson. Willard D. Trout and Miss Dean Harvey. Jerry H. Bateman and Beverly Jean Moore. Harry L. Wagner and Mary Margaret Branch.
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Jefferson County
Red Cross
First Methodist Church
Claude Cantrell
Richview
Effie Henson
Mt. Vernon
Willard D. Trout
Carmi
Dean Harvey
Crossville
Jerry H. Bateman
Beverly Jean Moore
Odin
Harry L. Wagner
Mary Margaret Branch
Centralia
Warren E. White
Violet Skinner
Publication Notice in Jefferson County Illinois Divorce Case
in the Circuit Court of Jefferson County Pauline Allen plaintiff vs Osburn D Allen defendant a divorce complaint filed March 2 1954 in Mt Vernon Illinois requires Osburn Allen to answer by April 19 1954 failure to respond will default be entered the circuit clerk is Jerry B Gott and attorney for plaintiff Joe Frank Allen Mt Vernon City Building Mt Vernon Illinois
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Circuit Court of
Jefferson County
Illinois
Pauline .Allen
Osburn D. Allen
A. D
Mt. Vernon
Said County
Jerry B. Gott
Joe Frank Allen
Plaintiff
Mt. Vernon City
Ilinois
Auto-Lite Salutes New Studebaker Cars at Mt. Vernon Show
Auto-Lite hosts a private auto show at its Mt. Vernon plant featuring 1954 Studebaker models with bold color interiors and new mechanicals. Raymond Loewy and Eleanor La Maire shaped exterior and interior styling. Johnson Motor Company supplies the Studebaker display as part of a national Salute program and a $100,000 charity drawing accompanies the event.
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Studebaker
Auto-Lite
Mt. Vernon
Studebakers
America
CBS
KMOX
Ksd-Tv
Raymond Loewy
Eleanor LaMaire
Girl Scouts Attend Wizard of Oz at Granada Theatre
679 Mt. Vernon Girl Scouts and leaders were guests of honor at a Granada Theatre movie event hosted by the King City Retailers. The group celebrated the 42nd birthday of the Girl Scout organization during Recognition Day. Charles Norris praised the community impact of the Girl Scouts.
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Mt. Vernon
Granada Theatre
King City
Retailer Group
Girl Scout
Charles Norris
Mr. Vernon
Passenger Sues Yellow Top Taxi For 10000 Injury
Opal R. Webb filed a $10,000 personal injury suit in circuit court here against Andy Rector Eula Rector doing business as Yellow Top Taxi D F McCowan and Eugene Jones. Webb says injuries occurred December 27 1952 when a taxi driven by Jones ran over a street curb. Hill and Dolan represent Webb.
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Opal R. Webb
Andy Rector
Eula Rector
D. F. McCowan
Eugene Jones
Jones
Hill and Dolan
Winds and hail lash Lincoln Illinois area
Howling winds and heavy rain and hail swept through central Illinois causing damage to businesses homes trees and utility poles. The Armour Creamery roof was torn off disrupting the Gulf Mobile and Ohio Railroad line. Electric power interruptions affected Lincoln for over two hours. Route 66 traffic sheltered near Elkhart as Barr Crossing and nearby communities reported unroofed houses and damaged grain elevator.
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Associated Press
Lincoln
Illinois
New Armour Creamery
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Interiurban Illinois Terminal Railroad
Elkhart
Barr Crossing
Springfield
Jacksonville
Old Berlin
Hospital Notes and Admittance Discharges
Hospital notes list admissions at Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial. At Good Samaritan admitted Mary Ruble Susan Norris Maude Strong Virginia Wlecke Ollie Drury. discharged Glory Mossbarger Jesse Smith Dennis Spurlock Joseph Parrish Gertrude Standfield Irene Dennis and infant Florilla Irene. at Jefferson Memorial admitted George Womack Nelson Lee Woodlawn Willis Keele Bluford Nellie Schuster Opdyke. discharged Albert Adams Bonnie Albert Bowers and infant Karen Sue.
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Good Samaritan
Mary Josephine Ruble
Susan Norris
Maude Strong
Virginia Alice Wlecke
Ollie Drury
Glory Ann Mossbarger
Jesse Smith
Dennis Spurlock
Joseph Parrish
Gertrude Standfield
Irene Dennis
Florilla Irene
Mary Harris
Jefferson Memorial
George Womack
Nelson Lee
Woodlawn
Willis Keele
Bluford
Nellie Schuster
Opdyke
Albert Adams
Bonnie
Albert Bowers
Belle Rive
Karen Sue
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital Highlight Newborns
Dr and Mrs Earl Neal of 1809 Pace Avenue welcome son Charles Eugene born Friday at 7 58 PM at Good Samaritan Hospital. He weighs eight pounds six ounces. Mr and Mrs Paul Vachon of Bluford announce daughter Mary Rose born Friday at 10 58 PM at Good Samaritan Hospital. She weighs five pounds 12 ounces.
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Earl Neal
Pace Avenue
Charles Eugene
Good Samaritan Hospital
Paul Vachon
Bluford
Mary Rose
Police Court Fines Listed for Speeding and Car Violations
Fines assessed include Cletus Rainey fifteen dollars and forty cents for speeding C A Case Henderson Ky six dollars and forty cents for illegal parking Clifford Smith nine dollars for failure to have a muffler on car
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Cletus Rainey
C. A. Case
Henderson, Ky
Clifford Smith
Funeral services for Mrs Cora Reed at East Side Baptist
Mrs Cora Alice Reed of 405 South Fourth Street died at 4 15 this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital aged 65 years three months eight days Funeral services set for Monday 2 00 p m at East Side Baptist with Rev T H Dorris and Rev Andrew Caraker officiating burial will be in Ten Post Oak Cemetery Body at Myers Chapel after 10 am Sunday and noon Monday lie in state before funeral Mrs Reed born December 5 1885 Albion Illinois daughter of Isaiah and Elvira Kendall resident of Mt Vernon 40 years married Charles Wesley Reed in 1904 who died March 30 1923 survived by daughter Mrs Marion Outhouse of Mt Vernon three sons Kenneth Mattoon Charles Carmi Willard Mt Vernon one sister Mrs William Vandeveer Cadwell Illinois one brother William Kendall Roselawn Indiana six grandchildren and one son Ray predeceased 1939
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Cora Alice Reed
South Fourth Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
East Side Baptist Church
T. H. Dorris
Andrew Caraker
Reed
Albion, Il
Isaiah and
Elvira (Bledsoe) Kendall
Mt. Vernon
Charles Wesley Reed
Cora E Reeves 75 Dies At Ina Rites Tomorrow
Cora E. Reeves 75 wife of J A Reeves died at 1 00 p m Friday at her Ina home. Funeral 2 00 p m Sunday at the Ina Presbyterian church with burial in Primitive Baptist cemetery near Winfield. She was born Sept 10 1878 in Jefferson county daughter of the late R T and Elizabeth Wright. Survived by husband four sons Verner G Dahlgren Raymond Bettendorf Joe and Clyde. one daughter Mrs W O Fry. 18 grandchildren. one brother R E Wright. three sisters Mrs H H Dobbs Mrs J A Smith and Mrs Nell Mannen. The body remains at Fry Funeral Home Inn.
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Cora E. Reeves
J. A. Reeves
Ina
Ina Presbyterian Church
Primitive Baptist
Winfield
Fry Funeral Home
Inn
Reeves
Jefferson County
Robert T
Elizabeth Wright
H. H. Dobbs
Herrin
J. A. Smith
Scheller
Nell Mannen
Mt. Vernon
McLeansboro social notes show multiple travel and visits
McLeansboro residents and guests are listed in a string of social updates. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Robinson and daughter depart for Mt Carmel for work. Mrs. Donald Epperson and son head to Dickinson North Dakota after visiting W F Storey and Paul Epperson. Several others visit relatives, attend meetings, or take trips to Chicago, Harrisburg, St Louis, Hawaii, Peoria, and Eldorado. The keeps track of church and Bible School events and funerals as well.
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Christopher Hospital
Emma Gullic
Nellie Gullic
Harrisburg
Edith Lee Sykes
Carla
St. Louis
Mary E. Jones
Eileen Harper
Chicago
Mattie Metheney
Mary Ruth Fitzpatrick
Janet
Evansville
Ind
Curtis Downen
C. F. Downen
T. T. Stewart
A. B. Clodfelder
W. T. Widick
Warren Threlkeld
Noel Evans
Sam Meeks
Robert Evans
District Bible School
Eldorado
Felix Moore
Earl Maulding
Mary Frances
Thompson
Fight Rages Inside GOP On McCarthy
A heated GOP dispute over McCarthy continues with accusations of an oversight in not informing Dirksen about a meeting. CBS commentator Edward R Murrow responds to McCarthy criticisms while Murrow is linked to a Moscow University summer session in 1935.
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Dirksen
New York
CBS
Edward R. Murrow
McCarthy
Murrow
Institute of International Education
Moscow University
John Foster Dulles
Journalist Doug Cornell to lecture at SIU spring events
Doug B. Cornell former White House correspondents association president and longtime AP Washington bureau staffer named Elijah Lovejoy Visiting Lecturer in Journalism at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Speaking April 23 to the Southern Illinois Editorial Association dinner at Giant City State Park He covered all branches of government including UN founding conference national conventions presidential inaugurations and White House news conferences since 1933 Cornell grew up in Falls City Nebraska and studied at the University of Missouri School of Journalism graduating in 1928 He later worked for the Des Moines Register Moberly Monitor-Index United States Daily and General Press Association before joining AP.
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Carbondale, II
Douglas B. Cornell
White House
Ilinois
SIU
Giant City State Park
Cornell
Associated Press
Washington
U. S. News and World Report
United Nations
San Francisco
House of Representatives
Roosevelt
St. Louis
Mich
Falls City
Nebr
University of Missouri School of Journalism
Moberly
Monitor-Index
Des Moines Register
Washington, D. C
United States Daily
General Press Association
A. P
Bicycle theft report at Mt Vernon High School
Charles York of 801 North Sixth Street told police at 4 30 yesterday that his bicycle was stolen from the Mt Vernon High School parking lot.
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Charles York
North Sixth Street
Mt. Vernon High School
Save used fat for future French fry frying
After frying potatoes in fat, strain the cooled oil and store it for reuse. This preserves flavor and extends the fat’s life for subsequent batches.
Last Day to File for School Board Elections
March 20 marks the final day for Jefferson County school board candidates to file petitions with the board secretary. Sidney S. Hirons, county superintendent, announced the deadline. School board elections are set for April 10.
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Boards of Education
Jefferson County
Sidney S. Hirons
Thomas Named Secretary of the Navy in Eisenhower Plan
Thomas of Los Angeles, an assistant secretary of defense for supply and logistics, was nominated by President Eisenhower to be Secretary of the Navy. He would replace Robert B. Anderson who is to become deputy secretary of defense. Thomas has a background in naval aviation, business leadership, and World War II government service.
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Associated Press
Washington
Charles Sparks Thomas
Los Angeles
Defense
Eisenhower
Navy
Thomas
Robert B. Anderson
Texas
Roger Kyes
Pentagon
Artemus Gates
Air
James Forrestal
Blood donor tally leads county in 1948 start
Donors from Ralph Roth and Hymen Smissman share top status with 21 pints each since the National Blood program began in Jefferson county in October 1948. C W Tindle is second with 20 donations, followed by Paul Whitney and Alfred S Elliott with 18. Seventeen-time donors include Clyde Bickley Harold Hogan and Jess Stringfield.
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Jefferson County
Ralph, Roth
Hymen Smissman
C. W. Tindle
Paul Whitney
Alfred S. Elliott
Clyde Bickley
Harold Hogan
Jess Stringfield
Thomas Audt
Esther Connelly
Harry Bryant
Kendall C. Hobbs
John S. Dunavan
Byrne Welge
John Davidson
Ed Dobbs
Kenneth M. Sandusky
Viola Minor
Louella May Smith
W. H. Webb
Jesse Hampton
Vincent Duncan
Jo Walker
Clare Coll
Voris Coll
Tom Kirk
Edith Nation
M. W. Outhouse
James Davey
Earle Hosick
Virgil B. Wangler
Gene Clark
James Noble Barnes
Charles Chambers
Helen Ingram
William Krohn
Ernest Miller
W. O. Monaghan
Ellison Phillips
Charles Seymour
Harry Walter
Virgil H. Pigg
Harry Williamson
Harold Jacobsen
Howard Minor
D. L. Scott
Leo Dean Shaw
Ann Simpson
Earl W. Ward
Carlos Young
Elly Baker
Louesa Beckmeyer
Gale DeMent
Fay Jones
Harold A. Myers
Harry E Ritchie
Cyril Roth
Pansy Johnson
Bessie Estes
Betty Jo Barnes
Viola Gage
Wilbur Jones
Eva Lewis
William Shehorn
Dorothy Terry
Arthur Foster
Stella Garrison
Robert Krebs
Joseph L. McCarthy
Jonne J. Riley
Ethel M. Ritchie
Community notices at First Methodist Church seeking volunteers
A local church alert lists names including Motzer Young Funkhouser Gibson Coats Buford Carnahan Garrison Gregory Halpain Hilliard Simpson Tate Walker Wood Hampton Rogers Stewart. It invites visitors today from noon to 6 pm and Saturday March 13 from 10 am to 4 pm with free parking at Cox Buick used car lot.
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Cox Buick
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Ruler of
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Mt. Vernon, Mi
Ted Holdin
Marion, Illinois
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Charlie Shadoan
15Th St
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Att. Vernon High School
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W. Donald Duball
St. Louis, Mo
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Crosley Dealer
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