Mundt claims Hiss spied before Yalta conference
Senator Mundt asserts Alger Hiss acted in an espionage capacity when given secret American documents prior to Yalta. Mundt refused to provide details on NBC. He contrasted Hiss with Edward Stettinius and argued the Yalta concessions were an unlawful giveaway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Sen. Mundt
R-Sd
Alger Hiss
Yalta
NBC
Department of State
Hiss
State Department
New York City
Mundt
Edward Stettinius
Russia
Japan
Far East
America
Sen. Sparkman
D-Ala
China
Manchuria
Poland
Births at Good Samaritan Hospital
Mr and Mrs Clarence Elliott 809 south 11th street welcomed Timothy Dale born at 8 42 am Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing seven pounds 15 ounces. Mr and Mrs Charles Kelley 1606 Harrison announced a seven pound 10 ounce son born at 1 16 pm Sunday at Good Samaritan Hospital unnamed. Mr and Mrs LaVerne Poston 809 Marteeny welcomed Debra Ann a seven pound 14 ounce daughter born Saturday at 3 52 pm at Good Samaritan Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Elliott
South 11Th Street
Timothy Dale
Good Samaritan ‘Ospital
Charles Kelley
Harrison
Good Samaritan Hospital
LaVerne Poston
Marteeny
Debra Ann
Farmers Union Meeting Thursday at Woodlawn
Johnny Sams of Springfield state organizational director will be guest speaker at the Farmers Union meeting Thursday at Woodlawn grade school. The gathering will start at 7 30 p m and invites farmers and their wives to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnny Sams
Springfield
Farmers Union
Woodlawn
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admitted Patients
Jefferson Memorial lists admissions for Mrs Aline Quinn Mrs Gertrude Carnahan Mrs Bonnie Rayburn in Wayne City Discharged include Mrs Bella Mus Graves also in Wayne City Good Samaritan admits Master Larry Eugene Runnels Discharges include Walter Jacob Shafer Roy Taylor Jr Mrs June Elizabeth Thompson William Thomas Roach Mrs Marjorie Ellen Acuff Miss Catherine Clark Mrs Donna Jean Poston and infant Debra Ann
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jefferson Memorial
Aline Quinn
Gertrude Carnahan
Bonnie Rayburn
Wayne City
Bella Musgraves
Good Samaritan
Larry Eugene Runnels
Walter Jacob Shafer
Roy Taylor, Jr
June Elizabeth Thompson
William Thomas Roach
Marjorie Ellen Acuff
Catherine Clark
Donna Jean Poston
Debra Ann
Auxiliary Police Make-Up Meeting Scheduled
A make-up meeting for auxiliary policemen lacking police school certificates will be held at 7 00 pm Tuesday March 29 in the police magistrate's office at city hall. Director Andy Welch urges all uncertified members to attend.
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Andy Welch
Fines levied by Police Magistrate on four defendants
Fines assessed before Police Magistrate Allan Dulaney include N E Atchison with 25 dollars and costs on a drunk and fighting charge Clyde O Roney 25 dollars and costs on a drunk and fighting charge William Holiman Salem 19 dollars and costs on a drunk charge John H Boyd 2 dollars and costs for illegal parking
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Dulaney
N. E. Atchison
Clyde O. Roney
Wiliam Holiman
Salem
John H. Boyd
Deaths and Funerals J R Richardson of Bluford dies at 73
John Robert Richardson a farmer at RFD 1 Bluford died at 5 30 am Sunday at his home age 73 years one month and 26 days Funeral services 2 00 pm Tuesday at Myers Chapel Rev L E Abel officiating burial Bethel Memorial Cemetery body remains at Myers Chapel friends may call He was born January 30 1882 in Jefferson county son of Hasten and Amanda Gentle Richardson lifelong county resident married Maggie Mae Dugan March 27 1905 in Wayne county She survives with four sons Kermit Cassel Bernie Mt Vernon Dwight Dahlgren one sister Mrs Bertha Bundy Bluford three brothers Orley Bluford Delbert Belle Rive Ross Wayne City 13 grandchildren and two great grandchildren One daughter Mrs Cleora Britton preceded him in death
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John Robert Richardson
RFD
Bluford
Myers Chapel
L. E. Abel
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Mr. Richardson
Jefferson County
Hasten
Amanda
Gentle) Richardson
Wayne County
Maggie Mae Dugan
Kermit, Cassel
Bernie
Mt. Vernon
Dwight
Cleora Britton
Belle Wiswell Dies Here Today Rites Wednesday
Mrs Belle Wiswell died this morning at her home 325 Bell street She was born January 24 1878 and died at 77 years two months and one day She was born in Jacksonville Illinois but lived in Mt Vernon for years She is survived by daughter Allie Todd of Mt Vernon son Fred Wiswell of Indianapolis two brothers five grandchildren and two great grandchildren Rites at Myers Chapel at 10 am Wednesday burial in Oakwood Cemetery Friends may call at Myers Chapel after 11 am Tuesday
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Belle Wiswell
Bell Street
Jacksonville
Mt. Vernon
Allie Todd
Fred Wilswell
Indianapolis
Myers Chapel
Oakwood Cemetery
Mae Hussey Dies At Age 78 In Mt Vernon Rites Tomorrow
Mae Hussey 78 died at 5 30 am Sunday at 617 Lamar. Funeral 2 00 pm Tuesday at Pulley Funeral Home Chapel. Born February 19 1877 in Mt Vernon she married Nathan Hussey in 1900 who preceded her in death. Survived by two daughters a stepson a stepdaughter three grandchildren and one great grandchild plus two brothers and one sister. Her parents and three siblings preceded her.
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Mae Hussey
Lamar
Pulley Funeral Home
Lester Pifer
Oakwood Cemetery
Hussey
Mt. Vernon
John A
Susan (Burton) Miller
Nathan Hussey
Presbyterian Church
Mary Kessinger
Jacksonville
Fla
Margaret Wiehl
Chicago
Stella Palmer
Kennewick
Wash
C. L. Hu
Flora Brewer 83 Dies At Daughter's Home In Mt Vernon
Flora Brewer aged 83 died at 9 30 this morning at the Mt Vernon home of her daughter Mrs Frank Atkinson 201 north Ninth street She had lived with her daughter since the death of her husband Dock Brewer on January 9 in Walnut Ridge Ark The body was taken to Walnut Ridge this afternoon for funeral services at Higginbotham Funeral Home at 2 00 p m Thursday Burial will be in Lane cemetery there She is survived by a son Wilsey of Walnut Ridge a daughter Mrs Frank Atkinson of Mt Vernon three grandchildren and one great grandchild and one sister Mrs Cora Price of Chaffee Mo
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Flora Brewer
Frank Atkinson
North Ninth Street
Dock Brewer
Walnut Ridge
Ark
Higginbotham
Lane Cemetery
Wilsey
Mt. Vernon
Cora Price
Chaffee, Mo
Laura B Wells of Waltonville Dies at 76
Laura Belle Wells 76 died this morning at her Waltonville home on Rural Route 2. Born December 22, 1878 in McClellan township she lived in Jefferson county all her life. She married George H Wells who died in 1945 and leaves four daughters, three brothers, one sister, ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Burial will be at Black Cemetery after 11 am Tuesday following services at Myers Chapel.
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Laura Belle Wells
RFD
Waltonville
Myers Chapel
Black Cemetery
Wells
McClellan Township
J. P
Martha (Black) Davis
Jefferson County
George H. Wells
Long Prairie Church
Etna Hutchison
Mt. Vernon
Edna Powell
Grace Jace
Luda Dees
Robert
Nelson
Richard Davis
Sam Hart
Carrie M Green Wife Of Rev Bird Green Dies
Carrie M Green wife of the Rev Bird Green died at 4:00 pm Sunday at 1023 Welkins aged 67 years eight months and ten days The service will be Wednesday at Myers Chapel with Rev David Goddard officiating Burial in East Hickory Hill cemetery She was born July 17 1887 in Bluford married September 30 1903 to Rev Green A Baptist minister Survivors include husband four sons Earl Wayne Gale Hazel two daughters Virgil Myers Cleo Wilkerson one brother Clyde Russell three sisters and nine grandchildren She was predeceased by a daughter Grace and a son Nolan.
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Carrie M. Green
Bird Green
Welkins
Myers Chapel
David Goddard
East Hickory Hill Cemetery
Green
Bluford
Joseph A
Mary Jane (Webber) Russell
Second Baptist Church
Earl
Wayne
Mt. Vernon
Gale
Collinsville
Hazel
Kirksville
Virgil Myers
Oregon, Ill
Cleo Wilkerson
Clyde Russell
Indianapolis
Ralph Staley
Della Eckert
Bertha Baldridge
Evansville
Grace
Nolan
Infant Born Dead Near Texico
An infant son was born dead at 2 00 p m Sunday to Mr and Mrs Mack L Longmire at St Joseph Hospital in Chicago Funeral arrangements are in complete Burial will be in Jordan Chapel cemetery east of Dix The infant is survived by the parents and the grandparents Mr and Mrs J Marvin Whitson of Texico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack L. Longmire
St. Joseph Hospital
Chicago
Jordan Chapel Cemetery
Dix
Mack L
Carmen (Whitson) Longmire
J. Marvin Whitson
Texico
Family of four slain in Tennessee farm killings
A Tennessee family of four was found slain on their Rock Island farm. Billy Gibbs, 23, already jailed for selling the mules and pigs from the Bratcher farm, is charged as a murder suspect after officers uncovered a chain of thefts and the baby’s body in a cistern. The victims are Henry Bratcher, 44, his wife, 42, daughter Lily May, 10, and the 20 month old granddaughter. Gibbs admitted thefts but denied the killings.
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Associated Press
Rock Island
Gibbs
Bratcher
McMinnville
Charles Bratcher
Capture 550 Rattlesnakes in Annual Hunt
OKEENE Okla It was too cold for rattlesnakes as 550 snakes were captured in the 16th annual Okeene Rattlesnake Roundup. No bites occurred amid icy winds drawing 16 000 to 18 000 spectators. The biggest snake weighed 5 4 pounds and sold for 25 50. The total weight was a record low of 779 pounds with a prior expectation of 2 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Okeene
Okla
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Lamb
Jimmy Davis
Watonga
Racketeer Labor Leader Orell Soucie Sentenced
Terre Haute Ind labor leader Orell B Soucie who had pled guilty to labor racketeering was sentenced today to prison terms and fines. The case highlights ongoing federal actions against organized labor corruption involving racketeering charges and penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Orell B. Soucie
Terre Haute
Ind
Love
Governor calls for steep local school tax increases in Illinois
Springfield Ill Gov Stratton urges higher state education spending and sharper local taxes to boost school funding. He proposes raising local rate minimums for aid eligibility, reducing grant delays, ending lunch program funding from state, and tripling capital outlays for teacher training colleges across Northern Illinois Eastern Illinois Western Illinois and Illinois Normal University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Stratton
Northern Illinois State Teachers College
DeKalb
Eastern Ilinois State College
Charleston
Western Ilinois State College
Macomb
Illinois Normal University
Local Flights Highlight Area Travelers and Chicago Dinner
Air activity includes Harry Benning flying from Olney and several residents visiting Kentucky Lake Vincennes and Chicago. Notables Charles C. Croup M J Mitchell Charles Ward Harold Watson and Warren Wright celebrated a birthday dinner Thursday night at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago with pilots Tom Oakley Donald McLean Earl Outland and others.
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Harry Benning
Olney
John Conner
Mt. Carmel
Alford Leffler
Kentucky Lake
Earl Outland
Jackie Outlaw
Donald McLean
Vincennes
Ind
First National Bank
Charles C. Croup
M. J. Mitchell
Charles S. Ward
Carl Schweinfurth
George F. M. Ward
Harold Watson
Harold A. Myers
Maurice DeWitt
Four Killed As Pan American Crashes In Pacific
Four people die when a Pan American World Airways Stratocruiser ditches off the Oregon coast after an engine fails. Captain H S Joslyn orders ditch, survivors reach three life rafts while naval ship Bayfield rescues others. Victims include John Peterson, 80, and three others. a wife survives with 18 others.
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Seattle
Emma Peterson
Pan American World Airways
Pacific Ocean
John
Emma
John Peterson
Oregon Coast
H. S. Joslyn
Navy
USS
Bayfield
Joslyn
Petersons
California
Peterson
Angus G. Hendrick
Donald R. Fowler
San Francisco
David Darrow
Auburn
Wash
Two Collisions On Weekend In Mt Vernon Streets
No injuries reported after two minor weekend collisions. Saturday at 11 40 a m a pickup driven by William R Mills and a car driven by Thelma Bailey collided at the icy intersection of Pavey and Isabella. Sunday at 2 40 p m vehicles driven by Talmadge Page and James R Cobb collided at Tenth and Conger.
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Mt. Vernon
William R. Mills
RFD
Thelma Bailey
Isabella
Pavey and
Talmadge Page
James R. Cobb
Ecorse
Mich
Tenth
Conger
UAW targets 30 hour week after annual wage drive
Cleveland reports the CIO United Auto Workers plan a 30 hour week as the next bargaining goal after establishing a guaranteed annual wage. Walter Reuther says labor will press for higher pay as economy grows, while delegates weigh raising monthly dues from 2.50 to 7.50 to boost the strike fund.
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Cleveland
CIO
United Auto Workers
UAW
Walter Reuther
Reuther
Hit and run case reported near Mt Vernon
A hit and run crash occurred about 4:40 a.m. on U S Route 460 two miles west of Mt Vernon. J D Haire of DeSoto Missouri reported the incident to city police, describing an unknown driver who fled after striking his car on the creek bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
J. D. Haire
DeSoto
Creek Bridge
Youth admits home break in on Ashley Road
County officers report a teenage boy confessed to breaking into the Claude Schmidt home on Ashley Road. Police recovered $56 and a .32 caliber pistol stolen from the residence. The youth, arrested by Sheriff Leonard Smokey Wood and Deputy Bob Ruddick, remains in county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Schmidt
Ashley Road
Leonard “Smokey'’ Wood
Bob Ruddick
Glandular Inflammation Promises Non-Surgical Cure
The Excelsior Institute advertises non surgical treatment for glandular inflammation in older men. It claims constitutional disease causes ailments and temporary medicines fail. It touts past year's patient success, offers a free book with no obligation and address to request information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Excelsior Institute
PILES SHRUNK without surgery in Wa case
Piles shrunk without surgery across cases with pain stopped. The new Stainless Pain claims instant relief for itching and inflammation, reduces swelling, and helps prevent cracking. Advertises Stainless Paro and Regular Paro at druggists with box label.
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MT Vernon
J.R. Richardson
Laura B. Wells
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Peoria
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Rantoul
Vandalia
Scott Field Oo
MT. Vernon Monument CO
Salem Road
Terry L. Egbert
Pacific
Auto Workers
Curtis-Florist
Centralia Road
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Virgil Pulley
Ruth Pulley
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Wallhide
Pittsburgh
Colo
Eerlid
MT. Vernon Glass CO
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Geneva
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John M. Mack
Prop
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Falles
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Crepes
Glassman’s
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