Pastors Who Follow Red Line Attract Attention
Dr J B Matthews a former Dies McCarthy committee analyst says he has files listing 8079 Protestant clergymen who have followed the Communist line He clarifies he never claimed 7000 secret agents among clergy noting a few Catholic priests involved in front activities and recalls criticism over his magazine article leading to his McCarthy post resignation.
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Los Angeles
Dies and
United States
Dr. Matthews
McCarthy Committee
Red Leader Back In Public After Absence
Mao Tse-tung of Red China was reported today to be back in circulation after a three month absence from public life.
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Hong Kong
Mao Tze-tung
Red China
Sale of Frederick Kleine estate real estate authorized
By order of the Jefferson County Court, Ida Mae Sutton administrator to sell the deceased Frederick Kleine estate. On April 17 1954 at 1 00 PM the Northwest Quarter of the Northwest Quarter Section 3 Township 2 Range 2 South East of the Third Principal Meridian with 3 5 acres off the south side will be sold at public vendue Mt Vernon Illinois. Terms cash subject to taxes and court approval. Attorney Joe Frank Allen Mt Vernon City Building Mt Vernon Illinois.
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Jefferson County
Illinois
Ida Mae Sutton
Frederick Kleine
Jefferson County Court House
Mt. Vernon
Ilinois
A. D
Tba Mae Sutton
Joe Frank Allen
Mt. Vernon City
Election Notice for School Director in Jefferson County
Notice of election for School District No. 110 Jefferson County Illinois on Saturday April 10 1954 at Hickory Hill School House polls 1 to 3 PM with caucus prior to opening. By order of School Board dated March 15 1954 President Travis Greene Clerk Keith Lowry.
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Jefferson County
Ilinois
Hickory Hill
County of
Jefferson
Illinois
Gente
Travis Greene
Keith Lowry
Mindis
Pleasant Grove
Salem Ad
Eisenhower outlines economy plan and world view
President Eisenhower defended a congressional economic program as essential to an upturn in the economy and national happiness. He described a recent MacArthur talk as a friendly exchange of views and warned that delaying action only delays opportunity. He weighed Dien Bien Phu, Pacific tests, and pledged to seek broader public information on the atomic program while protecting security.
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Congress
America
Eisenhower
Gen. MacArthur
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
Pacific
Atomic Energy Commission
Pacific Ests
Eubank to Speak on Three Radio Dates
Arthur A. Eubank Republican candidate will speak on Olneys WLXN 740 KC and 92.9 MC at 1:30 p m March 25 Mt Vernon WMIX 940 KC and 94 1 MC at 12:15 p m March 28 and Fairfield WFIW 1390 KC at 1:15 p m April 4 Pol Adv 4 3
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Eubank
Arthur A. Eubank
Olney
WLVN
Mt. Vernon
WMIX
Fairfield
WFIW
Pol
Meetings of Royal Arch Masons and Local Groups
A series of community meetings are planned: Andrew D Webb Chapter No 160 on Wednesday March 24 at 7 30 p m with Past and Most Excellent Master degrees. Varnell Rebekah Lodge meets 7 30 p m Thursday in the Oddfellows Temple with roll call. Vernons Post No 1376 Veterans of Foreign Wars meets Thursday March 25 at 7 30 p m at The Dugout 922144 Main St for officer nominations and elections. Ladies Encampment Auxiliary meets Friday March 26 at the I O O F Temple with initiation and refreshments. The Birth of a Nation, released in 1915, is noted as marking the founding of modern film.
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Royal Arch Masons
Andrew D. Webb
Oscar Q. Stockton
H. P
Cecil N. Levin
Sec’v
Varnell Rebekah Lodge
Oddfellows Temple
Stella Northcutt
N. G
Naomi Bogan
Vernons
Main St
Dan G. Melton
I. O. O. F. Temple
Thelma Shehorn
Farmers Can Sell Soybeans And Pay Off Their Loans
Farmers holding soybeans under loan were told they remain owners and may pay off the loan and sell on the market. ASC Chairman E C Champ noted beans sold at harvest for about 2.31 per bushel, below loan, and some have redeemed loans to sell at around 3.46. A May 31, 1954 deadline applies for warehouse stored and farm stored loans to decide bean disposition.
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E. C. Champ
ASC
Mr. Champ
Ioan
CCC
Lowell Holloway Sues for Divorce from Jeanne Holloway
Lowell E Holloway files suit for divorce in circuit court charging cruelty. He seeks custody of a minor child. The couple married September 12 1946 and separated June 1 1953. Hassakis and Ecker represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell E. Holloway
Jeanne M. Holloway
Hassakis and Ecker
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges at Centralia and Jefferson Memorial
GOOD SAMARITAN admits Gertrude Fitz errell Larry Karch Martha Chamberlain. Discharged Florence Jay Vivian Jolly and Cheryl Ann Nell Hindman. Centralia Carole Lee Birdsong. JEFFERSON MEMORIAL admits Stella DeWitt Martha Amelia Fletcher Betty Galiher Blanche Feldman Infant Terry Lee Klutts. Discharged Juretta Phil ips Bonnie R C Bailey Barn ill.
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Good Samaritan
Gertrude Fitzerrell
Larry Karch
Martha Chamberlain
Florence Jay
Vivian Jolly
Cheryl Ann
Nell Hindman
Centralia
Carole Lee Birdsong
Jefferson Memorial
Stella DeWitt
Martha Amelia Fletcher
Betty Galiher
Blanche Feldman
Terry Lee Klutts
Juretta Philips
Bonnie
R. C. Bailey
Barnill
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital Sue Ann and Ricky Paul
Mr and Mrs Robert Jines of 316 Casey avenue announce the birth of a daughter at 6 12 p m Tuesday in Good Samaritan Hospital. The baby weighs six pounds and is named Sue Ann. Mr and Mrs Carl Gutzler of Bluford name Ricky Paul for their seven and a half pound son born in Good Samaritan Hospital at 5 31 a m today.
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Robert Jines
Casey Avenue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Sue Ann
Carl Gutzler
Bluford
Ricky Paul
Deaths and Funerals Mrs Ollie Laura Drury Texico
Mrs Ollie Laura Drury of Texico died at 7 15 last night at Good Samaritan Hospital after a ten day stay. She was 76 years 11 months and 25 days old. Funeral services will be Friday at 1 00 p m at Myers Chapel with burial in the I O O F cemetery at Mc Leansboro. The body will lie at Myers Chapel after 10 a m Thursday. Born March 28 1877 in Coffeyville Kansas she was the daughter of Radford and Laura Phillips. She married first Robert Lee Owens who died in 1907 and later Joseph G Drury who died in 1932. Survived by two sons Roy Owens Texico and James Drury Mt Vernon two daughters Mrs Lorene Hayden East St Louis and Mrs Ida Whitlow Marked Tree Ark a sister Mrs Alice Kelly Blytheville Ark nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by five children.
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Ollie Laura Drury
Texico
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
McLeansboro
Drury
Coffeyvile
Kansas
Radford
Laura (Chrisman) Phillips
Robert Lee Owens
Joseph G. Drury
Roy Owens
James Drury
Mt. Vernon
Lorene Hayden
East St. Louis
Ida Whitlow
Marked Tree
Ark
Alice Kelly
Blytheville
Runnels Dies at 83. Rites Planned at Second Baptist
William Asbury Runnels 83 of Mt. Vernon died at 4 30 pm yesterday at Book Nursing Home Benton He was a retired car shop employee lifelong resident of Mt Vernon and husband of Margaret Cox He leaves a daughter Sarah Powell sons William F C H Nashville Tenn a stepson Earl Cox 11 grandchildren nine great grandchildren and a late son Rev J A Runnels Funeral at Second Baptist Church Thursday at 2 30 pm with burial in Kirk Cemetery He will lie in state from noon Thursday until service time.
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William Asbury Runnels
Westcott Street
Benton
Mr. Runnels
Mt. Vernon
Second Baptist Church
Steve Shehorn
Carl Whittington
Kirk Cemetery
Myers Chapel
Jefferson County
James H. and
Emilie (Page) Runnels
Margaret Ellen Cox
Sarah E. Powell
San Francisco
Calif
William F
San Diego
C. H
Nashville, Tenn
Earl Cox
Broughton, Il
J. A. Runnels
George Chesney 84 Dies. Rites Thursday in Myers Chapel
George E L Chesney of 325 South Tenth Street died at 8 30 p m at Good Samaritan Hospital aged 84 years 14 months 18 days Funeral Thursday at 10 30 a m at Myers Chapel with Rev Bird Green officiating burial in Abner cemetery Born April 3 1869 in Jefferson county lifelong county resident Married to Mary Emma Williams who died April 27 1940 Survived by four sons Walter Mt Vernon Noble Mishawaka Earl Oakland Calif Clyde Santa Rosa Calif two daughters Florence Chesney Benton and Nellie Lemay Mt Vernon seven grandchildren and one great grandchild
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George EL Chesney
South Tenth Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Myers Chapel
Bird Green
Abner Cemetery
Mr. Chesney
Jefferson County
Mary Emma Williams
Walter
Mt. Vernon
Noble
Mishawanka
Ind
Earl
Oakland
Calif
Clyde
Santa Rosa
Florence Chesney
Benton
Nellie Lemay
Harriet Eller Dies at 80 Funeral Friday
Harriet Ida Eller died Tuesday at her home 334 Ca born Avenue aged 80 years two months three days Funeral Friday at 10 30 a m Myers Chapel with Rev Roy Beal and Rev Everett Apgar officiating burial in Oak Grove cemetery Mt Vernon friends may call after 11 p m Thursday She was born January 20 1874 in Jefferson county daughter of Thomas D and Mary Ann Beal Minor Married to John Henry Eller who died in 1949 Survived by sister Della Mulvaney Mt Vernon brother David Minor Mt Vernon two grandchildren and two great grandchildren plus a daughter and her parents and a daughter are named among survivors.
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Harriet Ida Eller
Caborn Avenue
Myers Chapel
Roy Beal
Everett Apgar
Oak Grove Cemetery
Field Township
Eller
Jefferson County
Thomas D
Mary Ann (Beal) Minor
John Henry Eller
David F Pearce Former Vallejo Resident Dies in California
David F Pearce 65 a Vallejo California resident died yesterday morning at Vallejo Navy Hospital his sister Mrs Helen Aldridge of 912 Park Avenue has been notified. Funeral services were held Thursday at Wiggins Funeral Home in Vallejo. Mr Pearce is a former resident of
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David F. Pearce
Vallejo
Calif
Vallejo Navy Hospital
Helen Aldridge
Park Avenue
Wiggins Funeral Home
Pearce
Resi
Weather snapshot across multiple cities shows varied cloud cover
The report lists conditions for numerous cities including Grand Rapids and Indianapolis with cloudy skies, Milwaukee and Cleveland clear, Detroit clear, Des Moines rain, and Seattle cloudy. Temperatures range from the mid 30s to around 80s in Fort Worth and New Orleans.
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Associated Press
Grand Rapids
Indianapolis
Marquette
Memphis
Milwaukee
Chicago
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Detroit
Sault Ste. Marie
Traverse City
Des Moines
Kansas City
St. Paul
Oklahoma City
Man
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Seattle
Omaha
Rapid City
St. Louis
Atlanta
Boston
Miami
New York
Fort Worth
Pearce of Mt. Vernon Remembered in Obituary Card
The obituary notes the passing of a Mt. Vernon resident, son of the late Mr and Mrs John Pearce of Pleasant Grove. He is survived by his wife Dollye, a brother Walter Pearce of Mt. Vernon, and a half brother Wesley Pearce of Polo Illinois.
Robert Huggins Dies Here Today and Rites Saturday
Robert Huggins dies at 6 03 am at 611 South 13th Street aged 61 years seven months and 23 days. Rites set for Saturday at 2 00 pm at Shiloh Baptist Church with Rev L A Robinson officiating and burial in Bethel Memorial Cemetery. He worked for Pressed Steel Car Company and belonged to Forest of Lebanon Lodge 71 F and A M. Survived by two daughters Mertrue Pitchford Boston Mass and Vernie Newcomb Indianapolis Ind a son Sgt Robert Richard Huggins stationed at Donaldson Air Force Base Greenville NC two stepsons Oshibe Smallwood Mt Vernon and James Smallwood Springfield AL a sister Miltrude Patton Little Rock Ark and one grandchild.
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Robert H. Huggins
South 13Th Street
Shiloh Baptist Church
L. A. Robinson
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Huggins
Pressed Steel Car Company
Forest of Lebanon Lodge
Mertrue Pitchford
Boston
Mass
Vernie Newcomb
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert Richard Huggins
Donaldson Air Force Base
Greenville
N. C
Oshibe Smallwood
Mt. Vernon
James Smallwood
Springfield
Miltrude Patton
Little Rock
Ark
Organic Mineralized Humus for Lawn and Garden Use
Organic humus blend supplies nitrogen phosphorus and potash for lawns gardens and roses. Ideal for soil enrichment and plant growth. Priced at $2.49 per unit by C. W. T.
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Scott Field
Veterans OF Foreign Wars
Victor A. Hundley
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Johnson’s
Dean
Doan
Eggbert Cemetery
Salem Free Will Baptist Church
Guernsey
Jersey
Cooper B. Davis
Dewey Wood
Ollie L. Drury
Wm. A. Runnels
George Chesney
Harriet Eller
California
McLaughlin
Broadway
Robert Huggins
Curtis - Florst
Tolle Road
Hopewell School
Allis-Chalmers
John Deere
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Frank Purcell
Ray Hayes
Harold Menke
J. H.garr
Camp Ground Baptist Church
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