Funeral for Casper R. Tish of Dix at Pleasant Hill Baptist
Casper R. Tish, 92, of Dix died at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral 1:30 p.m. Saturday at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church with Rev. Ross Partridge and Rev. Dennis Ramsey. burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Visitation after 2 p.m. Friday at Osborn Funeral Home. Survived by son Velda, daughter Beulah Haley, two grandchildren, four great grandchildren, brother Melvin. Preceded in death by wife Nancy and other children.
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Casper R. Tish
Dix
Good Samaritan Hospital
Pleasant Hill Baptist Church
Ross Partridge
Dennis Ramsey
Oakwood Cemetery
Osborn Funeral Home
Mr. Tish
Fayette County
Preston
Rebecca Jane (Hartman) Tish
Nancy
Tish
Hopewell
Marshall Davis Rites At 2 Friday At McLeansboro
Funeral services for Marshall H. Davis a McLeansboro merchant will be held Friday at 2 p m at the First Baptist church with burial in the I O O F cemetery. Davis died at Memorial Hospital after a brief illness leaving a wife Zella Edington two sons seven grandchildren and a half brother. He operated a paint and wallpaper business and was previously a grocer and petroleum distributor born March 22 1893 in Hamilton County.
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Mcleansboro
Marshall H. Davis
First Baptist Church
Marshall
Memorial Hospital
Hamilton County
William
Hester Davis
Zella Edington
William M. Davis
Rock Island, Ill
Mariam Hauser
Santa Maria
Calif
Elizabeth Stoker
Hicksville
N. Y
Pauline Schoenlank
Joliet, al
Charles Hooker
Observation Tower Ready For 24 Hour Skywatch
The new 7 by 7 foot ground observer corps tower is finished except for painting and now in use. A July 24 hour skywatch will require 168 volunteers weekly two hour shifts. 30 members already serve. Town observers include Richard Town, Fred Minor, Jack Phillips, and others with donations from Mt. Vernon firms and local clubs.
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Richard Towas
Ground Observer Corps
Towal
Air Force
Springfield
Addiion
Scout Troop 106
Richard
Fred Minor
Jack Phillips
Earl Hayes
Kendall Hobbs
Loren Gerrish
Dovet Barbie
Gene Howe
Melvin Tucker
Odell Bain
Bill Holland
Paul Whitney, Jr
Dave Walker
Jimmy Williams
Lon Henderson
William Terry
Sam Shaw
Sherman Bullock
Ronald Shurtz
Earl Hayes, Sr
Dale Warren
Mt. Vernon Neon Sign Co
East Side Lumber Co
Montgomery Ward & Co
Jefferson Lumber Co
Mt. Vernon Lumber Co
King City Lumber Co
Nelson Concrete Culvert Co
Mt. Vernon Glass Co
Canteen Co
Optimist Club
Jaycees
American Legion
House Entered Nothing Stolen on Second Street
Police reported a break in at Mrs. Opal Hertenstein’s home at 219 South Second Street. At 9 57 pm a door was forced and entry made while she was out, but nothing appeared missing according to the witness.
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Second Street
Opal Hertenstein
South Second Street
Police Court Fines Recorded by Allan Dulaney
Fines were assessed before Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney. The unclear OCR lists individuals including Clifford and Bio ee pes ree with penalties for related charges. The fragmentary text indicates standard court action and monetary penalties.
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Allan Dulaney
Clifford Ind
Bio Ee Pes - Ree
R . Bona
Eare
St Patrick’s Day Holiday Graces 12,000 Irish Army
Dublin marks St Patrick’s Day with a holiday for Ireland’s 12,000 strong army. Salons closed, crowds gather for parade celebrating industrial progress. Chief Marshal Toomey brings baton from New York as hurling, Gaelic football and a Ballsbridge dog show boost the festive mood.
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Dublin
Ireland
Erin
Emerald Isle
Dia
Marie Chuit
God
Mary
Muire Dhuit Agus Padraig
Ged
Patrick
William Toomey
New York
Croke Park
Ballsbridge
Ike Swaps With Senator Bender For Green Tie
President Eisenhower admired Senator Bender’s green St Patrick’s Day tie and swapped cravats in the White House after Bender watched him sign legislation authorizing funds for training armed forces members in Olympic participation. Bender wore a conservative green tie with presidential seal and exchanged for the Eisenhower tie with brown background and trace of green.
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Washington
Esenhower
Sen
Bender
Ohio
Eisenhower
Bargains With Russ Disclosed From Yalta Conference
The article notes Churchill declined publication of ideas on France postwar and outlines Soviet gains at Yalta. It cites Bohlen notes on Stalin and Roosevelts talks, including Korea trusteeship and opposition to foreign troops in Korea. It mentions Alger Hiss and debates over Soviet Ukraine and White Russia in the UN.
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Churchill
France
Yalta
Russet Kuriles
Far East
Russia
Kurile Islands
Japan
Sakhalin Island
Dairen
Port Arthur
Kuriles
Roosevelt
Stalin
Molotov
Bohlen
Charles E. Bohlen
Nowerban
Moscow
Germany
Soviet Union
Supreme Soviet
Chiang Kaishek
Korea
United States
China
Alger Hiss
State Department
Ukraine
United Nations
Home Nursing Course To Start On March 30
The Centralia chapter of the American Red Cross offers a 30 hour home nursing course from March 30 for one week daily 9:00 am to 3:30 pm. Mt. Vernon residents are invited to enroll taught by Miss Becky Ponds of the Midwestern Area Red Cross office. Enroll by calling the Red Cross office.
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Centralia
The
American Red Cross
Mt. Vernon
Becky Ponds
Red Cross
Seca Red Cross
Gas Pump Hit By Car At Zephyr Service Station
A motorist driving at Zephyr service station on Tenth and Bell knocked a gas pump down late yesterday. Leo Knappier of RFD 1, Opdyke, was fined $100 and costs for driving while intoxicated, $25 and costs for leaving the scene of an accident, and $25 and costs for destroying property. The pump caught fire and was put out by firemen.
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Zephyr
Tenth
Bell
Allan Dulaney
Leo Knappier
RFD 1
Opdyke
Amvet Auxiliary and Royal Neighbors Hold Meetings
Turner Boehm Post Unit of Amvet Auxiliary meets Thursday at 8 p m in the Amvets club room. All members urged to attend. Fern Leaf Camp No 694 of Royal Neighbors of America meets Friday at 7 30 p m in the I O O F Temple, earlier than the 6 30 p m time previously announced. Maude Miller Oracle.
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Turner Boehm
Amvet
Amvets Club
Elsie Tucker
Fern Leaf Camp No. 694
Royal Neighbors of America
I. O. O. F. Temple
Maude Miller
Oracle
Eisenhower Says He Never Studied Yalta Papers
Washington The White House said President Eisenhower never studied the 1945 Yalta documents released Wednesday night. Press secretary James Hagerty said the president did not review the papers and was not consulted about their release. He noted the decision was made entirely within the State Department and declined to comment on calls for congressional action repudiating the Yalta agreements.
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Washington
White House
Eisenhower
Yalta
James C. Hagerty
State Department
Hagerty
Sen. McCarthy
R-Wis
Births announce two newborns and a named newborn
Mr and Mrs Ivan Marlow 223 N 11th St announce a seven pound daughter born at 1230 AM at Jefferson Memorial Hospital unnamed. Mr and Mrs Russell Douthit of Dix greet a son born 3 11 PM Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing eight pounds. Dr and Mrs Arthur Garder Jr Vernon NY name Douglas Arthur for their son born yesterday at Manhattan Hospital New York. Mrs Garder is Norma Jean Smith daughter of Mr and Mrs G C Smith 707 S 22nd Mt Vernon IL.
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Ivan Marlow
N. 11Th Street
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Russell Douthit
Dix
Good Samaritan Hospital
Arthur Garder, Jr
Vernon
N. Y
Senate Confirms Justice Harlan
The Senate confirms Judge John Marshall Harlan to the Supreme Court by 71 to 11. Nominated by President Eisenhower, he may take his seat March 28 after the court convenes, with critics fearing limits on treaty power and UN charter implications. Jenner and Dirksen supported confirmation but urged constitutional amendments to curb treaty authority.
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Washington
John Marshall Harlan
Supreme Court
Harlan
Eisenhower
Robert H. Jackson
United Nations
Sens
Jenner
R-Ind
Dirksen
R-In l
Planes From Formosa Bomb Enemy Fleet
Formosa warplanes attacked a fleet of more than 200 Communist craft near the Matsu Islands. The Defense Ministry said one small gun boat was sunk and seven others damaged. A communique gave no invasion speculation and noted the fleet was sighted in Funing Bay, 45 miles north of the Matsus.
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Taipei
Formosa
Matsu Islands
Defense Ministry
Funing Bay
Matsus
Five Men Die In Route 1 Car Crash
Five men, four of them stock car drivers, were killed when their car crashed into a trailer truck on U S Route 1 near Clinton. State police said the car was traveling at high speed and failed to round a curve on the heavily traveled road.
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Associated Press
Clinton, Cohn
Aruba tanker refuses to sail to dangerous waters
The Aruba carrying 13,000 tons of jet fuel for China refused to reveal a new destination, saying it would not sail into dangerous waters. Authorities in Ceylon said the ship was heading for Singapore, with crew fearing involvement in war actions. The cargo was loaded in Romania.
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Helsinki
Finland
Ceylon
Singapore
Indian Ocean
Seaman’s Union
Re-Be Shipping Co
Aruba
Romania
Hospital Notes at Good Samaritan and Jeffers Memorial
Admits include Shirley Mae Farmer Emma Levin Ella Mae Jester Ora Celeste Knapp June Elizabeth Thompson. Discharges list many including infant Gregory Wayne Riley Lelia Darlene Sauls Mary Ann O Connell Madge Marie Spirling and others. Jeffers Memorial shows admissions Melva Marlow Jean Morgan Gertie Dorris and Sarah Johnson with discharges Martha Waters Homer Flanagan.
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Good Samaritan
Shirley Mae Farmer
Emma Levin
Ella Mae Jester
Ora Celeste Knapp
June Elizabeth Thompson
Addie DuBois
Gregory Wayne Riley
Lelia Darlene Sauls
Mary Ann O'Connell
Madge Marie Spirling
Ira Mansfield
Marilyn Ruth Whisenhunt
Charles Evan
Arie K. Danner
Claudia Averyheart
Essie Lee
Marriage Licenses for Oscar T Smith and Rosetta Williams
Oscar T. Smith of Salem and Rosetta Williams of Alma obtained a marriage license. Tr. Max Murphy and Doris Short, both of Fairfield, are listed as parties.
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Oscar T. Smith
Salem
Rosetta Wiliams
Alma
Max Murphy
Doris Short
Fairfield
Home Fires Claim 13 Lives Across Three Cities
Fires in McAlester Oklahoma Bridgeport New York and Nashville Tennessee killed 13 people including a mother and three children in each of two incidents. Only husbands survived in the McAlester and Bridgeport fires while the Nashville deaths included a man his wife two sons and an unidentified woman visitor. Dr Ben T Galbraith a physician was away at a convention when his family perished.
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McAlester
Okla
Kitty Galbraith
Ben T. Galbraith
Bridgeport
N.Y
Bernard Brockway
Nashville, Tenn
Robert Moore
ROTC Cadets to Be Called to Active Duty
The Army and Air Force will mobilize about 24,200 ROTC graduates this year for active duty. Roughly 10,200 are Air Force cadets and the rest Army. they will receive reserve commissions as second lieutenants. The Air Force will also order about 3,500 last year’s graduates to active training duty who could not join the Air Force and had accepted Air National Guard commissions as second lieutenants.
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Washington
Army
Air Force
Air National Guard
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