Kefauver Seeks Minnesota Victory In Tight Primary
Associated Press reports Senate hopeful Estes Kefauver aims to win Minnesota’s nine districts and secure 8 to 10 of 30 Democratic National Convention votes, while Adlai Stevenson faces concern about delegate losses. Governor Freeman trims Stevenson’s margin and Humphrey's role looms large as Republicans strategize to influence the primary.
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Associated Press
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Sen
Estes Kefauver
Adlai B. Stevenson
White House
Kefauver
Stevenson
Orville Freeman
Gov. Stevenson
Freeman
Hubert Humphrey
Illinois
Tennessee
Eisenhower
William F. Knowland
Ike
Democratic
Sen. Humphrey
Democratic Organization
Births of Patrick Jay and Other Local Babies
Mr and Mrs Robert C Simmons of St Louis welcome a son Patrick Jay born March 12 weighing seven pounds twelve ounces. Grandparents are Claude Riley Dix and E H Simmons. Andrew Bennett and wife Carbondale have son James Patrick born Saturday at 11:41 in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds seven ounces. Mezo family RFD 7 Vernon announce daughter Rena Faye born at 11:33 Saturday night in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing six pounds ten ounces. Everett Gray 311 South 8th adds son Raymond Carroll born at 2:45 Sunday morning weighing seven pounds eight ounces. Kenneth Tinsley RFD 5 Vernon has daughter Brenda Joyce born last night at 9:58 in Good Samaritan Hospital weighing five pounds fifteen ounces. Don Nelson 1700 Oak reports son James David born at 1:57 Sunday morning in Jefferson Memorial Hospital weighing seven pounds five ounces.
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Robert C. Simmons
St. Louis
Patrick Jay
Claude Riley
Dix
H. Simmons
Andrew Bennett
Carbondale
Good Samaritan Hospital
Raymond Carrol
Kenneth Tinsley
RFD
Vernon
Brenda Joyce
Don Nelson
Oak
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
James David
Revocation and Suspension of 157 Driver Licenses
SPRINGFIELD Illinois Secretary of State Charles F Carpentier announced revocation of 157 driver's licenses and suspension of 39 others. Drunken driving caused 132 revocations and 18 suspensions.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Charles F. Carpentier
Lawrence Sweetin Fractures Leg After Accident
Lawrence Sweetin age 74 of 218 Casey Avenue suffered a fracture of his left leg just below the hip Saturday evening. He was taken to Effergon Memorial Hospital for surgery and was reported to be getting along well today by hospital staff.
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Lawrence Sweetin
Casey Avenue
Yiven
Britain Shows Atomic Plant To Malenkov
Britain opened its top atomic energy research plant at Harwell to Soviet Premier Georgi Malenkov and his delegation. Newsmen waited outside while officials limited access to the Dido heavy water pile and isotope works. Malenkov toured under security rules, with bodyguards, as reporters observed from beyond the glass.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Georgi Malenkov
Dido
Harwell
Kim Beliaev
Tass
Malenkov
Matenkov
Sir John Cockcroft
Beto
Tassman
Call Ministers Into Court On Bus Boycotts
Twenty five Negro ministers and 68 others were summoned in Montgomery to answer for the mass Negro boycott of city buses. Judge Carter paused trials to rule on defense demurrers challenging the anti boycott indictments under a state law as violating free speech worship and assembly and equal protection. The demurrer contends no offense has been committed.
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Associated Press
Montgomery
Ala
Eugene Carter
U.S
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admits Several Patients
Hospital notes list admissions at Jefferson Memorial including Mrs Bonnie Hopk ins Belle Rive Mrs Joan Nelson Lawrence Sweetin Joseph Goeltz and others. Discharges include James C Keith Tulsa Okla Mrs Minnie Cobb Bluford Mrs Maggie Goin Mc Leansboro Isaac Morgan and more.
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Jefferson Memorial
Bonnie Hopkins
Belle
Admitted and Discharged Names in Local Health Roster
A health facility lists admitted patients including Mrs Helen Lively Mrs Geraldine Osborn Joseph Ceglinski Mrs Dana Hill Mrs Stala Rynski Mrs Lena Nelson Walter LeMay Mrs Betty Lou Bell Robert Lewis and discharged patients such as Mrs Eubah Gage Sharon Sigworth Mrs F E Jones Jim Moore George Byars Mrs Mabel Heil Miss Janice Eater Master Robert Randall Master Martin Shepard Mrs Deloris Lane Mrs Emma Gray and son Raymond Caroll Mrs Regina Nelson and twins Patrick and Patricia Ann Earl Greer.
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Helen Lively
Geraldine Osborn
Joseph Ceglinski
Dana Hill
Stala Rynski
Lena Nelson
Walter LeMay
Betty Lou Bell
Robert Lewis
Eubah Gage
Sharon Sigworth
F. E. Jones
Jim Moore
George Byars
Mabel Heil
Janice Eater
Robert Randall
Martin Shepard
Deloris Lane
Emma Gray
Raymond Caroll
Regina Nelson
Patrick and
Patricia Ann
Earl Greer
Local Aviation Movements Reported to Springfield and Nearby
Larry Forrestal flew to Springfield Illinois yesterday. Bill Tumbleson also traveled to Springfield Illinois this morning and today. Hap Bollar departed from Oklahoma City Oklahoma today. Gene Tumbleson flew to Alton yesterday. Don McLean traveled to Owensboro Kentucky and returned Sunday.
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Larry Forrestal
Springfield
Ill
Bill Tumbleson
Hap Bollar
Oklahoma City
Okla
Gene Tumbleson
Alton
Don McLean
Owensboro
Campaign to deflate Stalin myth gains momentum worldwide
The Kremlin push to deflate Stalin’s myth spreads across the Iron Curtain with Khrushchev’s February 24 speech and a central committee letter guiding anti Stalin talks. Moscow removes Stalin imagery while Red Star urges faster re education of the armed forces and Western diplomats note strict security and travel limits in affected regions. Demonstrations occur in Tiflis as officials report broader public impact beyond the Soviet leadership.
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Associated Press
Kremlin
Stalin
Moscow
Georgaan
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Red Army
Hitler
Khrushchev
Soviet
Central Committee
Tschaikovsky
Tretyakoff
Red Star
Georgi Zhukov
Tiflis
New York Times
United States
Caucasus
the Times
Diamonds Worth Six Million In Chicago Display
A Chicago exhibition showcases six million dollars in diamonds at the International Amphitheatre. The three day symposium by the American Society of Tool Engineers and Illinois Institute of Technology draws experts from the U S and abroad to view the 426 carat Winston blue white diamond, a 315 carat yellow diamond, and live demonstrations of diamond tooling and mining models.
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Associated Press
Chicago
American Society of Tool Engineers
Ilinois Institute of Technology
South Africa
Netherlands
Belgium
Great Britain
International Amphitheatre
Song Leader Named for Baptist Youth Congress
Miss Helen C. Schmitz will direct singing and serve as worship leader for the 30th annual Illinois Baptist Youth Federation Congress in Mt Vernon on April 21 and 22 1931. She is secretary of publications for American Baptist Home Mission Boards and a former missionary counsel for Women’s American Baptist Home Mission Society. Housing chair Mrs Fred Purcell leads a drive to provide rooms for 1000 to 1500 attendees from junior high to post high school. Local First Baptist hosts invite youth from other churches to attend Congress sessions.
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Helen C. Schmitz
Illinois Baptist Youth Federation
Mt. Vernon
Miss Schmitz
Department of Publications and Communications
American Baptist Home Mission Boards
Baptist Missionary Training School
Chicago
Bethel Center
Kansas City
Kansas
South Chicago
America
Women's American Baptist Home Mission Society
Mississippi River
Fred Purcell
First Baptist Church
Northeast Hit by Snow and Wind Power outage lifts evacuation
A major snowstorm swept the Northeast with heavy winds and drifts forcing an emergency evacuation center at Queens Borough Hall. About persons slept in courtrooms and other spaces while Army units moved motorists to Ft. Totten. Transportation services faced disruptions and cities reported school closures and lighter snowfall elsewhere.
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Queens Borough Hall
Ft. Totten
Queens
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York
Pittsubrh
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad
New Jersey
Newark
Pennsylvania
New York City
Boston
Tommy Tibbs
Denis Pat Brady
Ohio Valley
Mississippi Valley
Webber Voters Approve Consolidated School Plan
Webber voters authorize a new consolidated school for the entire area. The first orders of business for the new board are to begin planning a building to serve all students in the district.
Russia pays half cost of Navy plane shot down
The United States says Russia paid 724,947 dollars as half the cost of a Navy Neptune aircraft shot down last June by Soviet fighters over the Bering Sea. State Department spokesman Lincoln White says this is the first instance of payment by Russia or its satellites for downed planes since World War I.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Russia
Bering Sea
State Department
Lincoln White
White
U. S
Dulles
Molotov
San Francisco
United Nations
Edwardsville Library Fire Destroys 6000 Books
A $75,000 blaze at the Edwardsville Public Library destroyed about 6,000 books in the children's and adult reading rooms. The fire, in the southern section of the 33 year old building, apparently started when joists were ignited by a fireplace recently lit during repairs. no one was in the building when the fire broke out. firefighters contained it before opening hours.
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Associated Press
Edwardsville
Ill
Dennis Hentz
L. G. George
Illinois sales tax collections rise in February
Illinois tax receipts show February totals of 20,973,915 with a 4,912,445 gain over the year-ago month as the use tax on out-of-state sales reached 1,160,357. Cigarette, public utilities, liquor and motor fuel revenues also climbed, led by motor fuel at 10,1774.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Illinois
State Revenue Department
Mt Vernon Lodge 31 meets. VFW auxiliary nominates officers
A. F. & A. M. Mtg of Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 tonight at 7 30 p m. Members urged to attend and visiting brethren welcome. V V A auxiliary to meet tomorrow night March 20 at 7 30 at city hall for nomination and election of officers.
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A. F. Rra AM
Mt. Vernon Lodge No
Geo. H. Border
W. M
Wm. E. Reavis
Sec'y
Vv. F. W
E. M. Medders
Old Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance Ad
People 60 to 80 may apply for a $1,000 life insurance policy to cover final expenses. The offer allows mail-only processing with no obligation and no calls. Send age and information to Old American Ins. Co. 3 W. 9th Dept. L27 Kansas City Ma.
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Old Line Legal Reserve Life Insurance
Kansas City
Old American Ins. Co
W. 9Th
Dept
Cop Disarmed By Stickup Men Is Suspended
CHICAGO A policeman Walter Binder 45 was suspended for 10 days without pay after he and four others were tied up March 3 during a holdup at a Northwest Side gas station. Binder's pistol was taken and later recovered from a west side bar drawer. Frakes 28 a bartender at the same saloon was seized.
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Chicago
Walter Binder
Binder
Marie Nares
Thomas Harrison
Monroe Street
Wayne Frakes
West Side
Frakes
Jury Chooses Panel for Sanity Hearing in Love Rival Case
A nine men and three women jury was chosen for a sanity hearing for Mrs. Ruth Leyes Olson 30 charged with shooting Miss Elsa Kuessler 43 secretary to S J Holderman chairman of the Illinois State Industrial Commission. Olson said she shot Kuessler after Holderman pursued her. If found insane Olson faces commitment. If sane she faces trial for assault with intent to kill.
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Circuit Court
Mrs. Olson
State health groups form Illinois Joint Commission for Care
Four major Illinois health organizations create the Illinois Joint Commission for Improvement of Care of the Patient to boost patient care. Members include the Illinois State Medical Society Illinois Hospital Association Illinois State Nurses Association and the Illinois League for Nursing with Dr Karl S Klicka as chairman and Mrs Louise A Meyer as vice chairman.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Illinois
Illinois Joint Commission For
Illinois State Medical Society
Illinois Hospital Assn
Illinois State Nurses Assn
Ilinois League For Nursing
Commission
Karl S. Klicka
Presbyterian Hospital
Ilinois
Louise A. Meyer
Jacksonville State Hospital
Maurice M. Hoeltgen
Chicago Medical Society
Everett Coleman
Canton
W. H. Schowengerdt
Champaign
Leon C. Pullen Jr
Decatur and
Macon County
John Weishar
Peoria
Renetta Healy
East Side Health Department
East St. Louis
Eisenhower requests 4.86 billion in foreign aid
President Eisenhower asks Congress to approve a total of 4.859.975 million dollars in foreign aid arguing it is a small price for security and world peace. He says the military assistance supports defense pacts including SEATO and aligns with his long term aid plan first proposed in the January State of the Union message.
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Eisenhower
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
United States
Margin Won Hindenburg Presidency In 1925 Vote
The Britannica notes Paul von Hindenburg won the German presidency in 1925 by a margin of three-tenths of a percent, reflecting a narrow victory that helped shape the early Nazi rise to power.
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von Hindenburg
Germany
Hitler
Encylopedia Britannica
Three Accidents In Mt V Area No One Injured
Three accidents were reported in the Mt. Vernon area over the weekend. A collision on state route 37 a mile north of Dix involved Jerry Higginson and Sam M. Gillespie. Wilbert Hermelling struck a parked welding truck on Main Street, 600 block, damaging his car and leading to a careless driving charge. Ada Mae Schrum and Clyde D. Shelton collided at Fourth and Main, with Schrum charged for failure to yield right of way.
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Mt. Vernon
Jerry Higginson
South 19Th
Sam M. Gillespie
Champaign
Dix
Wilbert Hermelling
Centralia
Main Street
Hermelling
Ada Mae Schrtum
RFD 2
Clyde D. Shelton
South 12Th Street
Fourth and Main
Schrum
Mt V Quartet to Perform Tonight on Talent Scouts
The Prophets Quartet from Mt. Vernon will appear at 7 30 tonight on Arthur Godfrey s Talent Scouts. Members are Bob Shaw Bob Jones Ernie Johnston and Frank Braden. They flew to New York Thursday night for rehearsals at CBS headquarters. show airs on Channel 4 St Louis.
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Prophets
Mt. Vernon
Arthur Godfrey
Talent
Bob Shaw
Bob Jones
Ernie Johnston
Frank Braden
New York
CBS
Channel 4
St. Louis
Special Gifts for Red Cross Total 2289
A list of donations to the Red Cross totals 2289 with contributions from F. W. Woolworth Co 35 First National Bank of Woodlawn 25 Lester E Starr 25 Will I Lewis 25 DeWitt Maxey Motor Co 25 Earl D Jamison 25 G F M Ward 25 First State Bank of Dix 15 South Side Drug Store 10 E A Obering 50 Mt Vernon Lumber Co 50 Maurice DeWitt 50 Singer Sales Service 50 Douglas Drugs 20 A P Store 25.
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F. W. Woolworth Co
the Pep Drilling Company
First National Bank of Woodlawn
Lester E. Starr
Will I. Lewis
DeWitt-Maxey Motor Co
Earl D. Jamison
G. F. M. Ward
First State Bank of Dix
South Side
E. A. Obering
Mt. Vernon Lumber Co
Maurice DeWitt
Singer Sales Service
Douglas Drugs
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Baptist Youth Congress
Webber Voters
Peter
Uipers Ambulance Service Service
Sweden
Prince Wilhelm
Gustav
Puerto Rico
Nick George Montes
Tampa
Fla
James Anderson
N. J. Hastings
Henry K. Riesendahl
Nick Montes
Montes
FBI
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Department of Justice
Washington, D.C
John W. Williams
Vernon, Ill
IEE
Mt. V
Mt. V. Quartet
RED Cross
First
Benoist Bros. Hardware
Cook's Paints
Cook's
Chamois Sale
England
GLASS
West Side Square
Ft. Reg
Olen Eater
12Th
Jordan
Cash & Carry
Roy H. Holt
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