Deaths Rites Tomorrow For Harry Davis Former Resident
Funeral services for Harry A. Davis a former Mr. Vernon resident will be held at 10 00 a m tomorrow at the Catholic church in Dyer Ind Burial will be in the Wei dining cemetery He was 36 born December 12 194 in St Vernon son of Oscar and Mie Grant Davis Survivors include wife Ann two daughters Harriett Ann and Maria Jane Davis a brother Lloyd Davis and a sister Mrs Louie Theron all of Dyer and this city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry A. Davis
Mr. Vernon
Dyer
Ind
Wei
Davis
St. Vernon
Oscar
Mie
Grant) Davis
Ann Davis
Harriett Ann
Maria Jane Davis
Lloyd Davis
Louie Theron
City
Wall Street Mixed as Glamour Issues Lead Gains
New York AP reports a quieting but mixed stock market with about 3.5 million shares traded. Gains and losses were modest across sectors, with Litton up about two, Philco and Polaroid up strongly, IBM up around 11 points, and several industrials and oils mixed or down slightly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Electronics
Litton Industries
Philco
Collins Radio
General Time
General Instrument
Havey
Polaroid
Goodrich
Douglas Aircraft
Union
Carbide
DuPont
Schering
Chesapeake & Ohio
Bethlehem
General Motors
Ford, Commonwealth Edison
International Telephone
Anaconda
Santa Fe
Texaco and
Southern Railway
International Nickel
Mt Vernon Grain Prices Reported This Afternoon
Mt Vernon quoted prices show soybeans at 1.99 dollars per bushel wheat at 1.76 dollars and corn at 1.08 dollars during this afternoon trading. Local market notes indicate active interest in grain contracts and nearby supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Egg and live poultry prices in St Louis market report
St Louis AP lists wholesale and consumer grade prices for eggs and poultry. Wholesale large extras 70-80 percent A 32, 50-60 percent A 31, mediums 29. Country run 28. Consumer AA large 33-35, A large 33-34. Fowl heavy 18, barebacks 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Chicago Poultry Receipts Report No Prices Due to Low Volume
Chicago poultry market reports yesterday's live poultry receipts at 28 000 pounds with no prices reported for lack of sufficient receipts. The AP USDA data notes limited sales activity and no price discovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
USDA
Chicago Produce Market Briefs For Butter And Eggs
Chicago wholesale prices for butter hold steady with receipts at 1,514,000 while grade scores range AA to C. Eggs show little change with 23,200 receipts and wholesale bids for white and mixed grades at 33 and 30 to 33 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
API
Chicago Mercantile Exchange
Livestock Prices at National Stockyards
National Stockyards market report shows hogs 13 000 head with values for 185-340 lb ranges, sows and bears priced, cattle and calves demand with steers, heifers, cows and bulls listed at various price bands, plus sheep with spring lambs and shorn lambs noted. Prices vary by grade, weight, and yield category across the market snapshot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mil
USDA
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Report AP USDA
Chicago market update shows no wheat or soybean sales. Corn prices range No 2 yellow 1.23 to 1.24, No 3 yellow 1.22 to 1.23, No 4 yellow 1.21 cents. Oats No 1 extra heavy white 0.79. Soybean 8% n. Barley choice 1.15 to 1.25. Feed barley 0.92 to 1.05. The report is dated Chicago AP USDA Stra film.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Divorces Granted In Two Separate Cases
Two divorce actions were finalized yesterday. Alice von Timmons was granted a divorce from Claude Beauvoir, with court records indicating the dissolution of their marriage and related legal relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice i von Timmons
Claude Beau
Jefferson County ASC election boards named for Aug 1 start
Donald O. Lee announces Jefferson County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee election boards will take office August 1. Community elections by mail run June 24 through July 5 to boost voter participation amid farming operations. Listed are board members for each community with eligibility criteria centered on farm ownership, tenancy, or involvement in the Agricultural Conservation Program and related price support and reserve programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald O. Lee
Community Committee Election Boards
Lee
Jefferson County
Bald Hill
Herman Wagner
Wyelskalla
Matt C. Ziarnek
Blissville
John Norris
Frank Buretta
McClellan
Edward Dare
Luther Hester
Raymond Shaw
Moores Prairie
Huel Cross
Eddie Adams
Lawrence Rapp
Mr. Vernon
Richard Bueschner
George Mulch
Fred Grothoff
Pendleton
Ellis Roane
Rvin Poole
C. E. Cook
Rome
Dean Prosise
Raymond Mooney
Lester Bond
Shiloh
M. C. Davis
Charles Thomas
Forest Brown
Spring Garden
Mack Duncan
Russell Dale
Floyd Payne
Webber—Hall Marlow
Everett Atkinson
Foster McDonald
Illinois legislature adjourns amid police reform stalemate
The Illinois Legislature ended its special session in a political deadlock over Chicago police reform. The Senate and House adjourned with no agreement on a mandatory or optional police board and merit system, despite last minute moves and two conference committees. An emergency 35 million dollar relief fund was approved to cover aid payments until February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Chicago
Senate
House
Democratic House
William G. Clark
Clark
Warren L. Wood
Plainfield
GOP
Richard J. Daley
Suit by Mt Vernon woman settles over airport injury
A $100000 suit brought by Dorothy Pauline Coberly against Curtis W Gillespie Mt Vernon Airport Authority and American Mercury Insurance Company was dismissed by Circuit Judge Caswell Crebs on plaintiffs motion. The incident at the local airport occurred January 28 1959 when Coberly driving onto airport grounds near a plane owned by Gillespie was struck by the plane propeller severing her left arm and causing other injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Dorothy Pauline Coberly
Curtis W. Gillespie
Gillespie
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Across Two Homes
Jefferson Memorial admits Mrs Mayme Elizabeth Owen Edward A Feathers Feltz Sidney Robert Sigworth and discharges Master Charles Ray Selser Mrs Ella Mae Harris. Good Samaritan admits Cosmo Joseph January Florilla Mae Holt Leonard Earl Lane and discharges Elizabeth Chambers Myrna Lee Bayer and baby Melvin Wayne Elisa Bayer Gussie Mona Johnson Theresa Duncan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayme Elizabeth Owen
Edward A. “Feathers” Feltz
Sidney Robert ‘Sigworth
Charles Ray Selser
Ella Mae Harris
Cosmo Joseph January
Florilla Mae Holt
Leonard Earl Lane
Elizabeth Chambers
Myrna Lee Bayer
Melvin Wayne
Elisa Bayer
Gussie Mona Johnson
Theresa Duncan
Bearded Men Of Shawneetown Visit In Mt. Vernon
A bus of Shawneetown residents, normally clean shaven, arrived in Mt. Vernon to publicize Shawneetown’s sesquicentennial. The 150th anniversary of Shawneetown’s founding is set for July 12 to 14, with plans announced to Mt. Vernon residents on the public square. Shawneetown claims to be Illinois’ oldest town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Shawneetown
Ill
Eisenhower pledges full cooperation with congressional probes
President Eisenhower, at a White House breakfast with congressional leaders, pledged full cooperation with inquiries into the Paris summit collapse. Senate Democratic Leader Lyndon B. Johnson said the president backed investigations. GOP leader Everett Dirksen affirmed bipartisan backing and unity. The session outlined plans for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee inquiry starting Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Capitol
Paris
Johnson
Congressional Inquiry
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinoie
Feader
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dirksen
Fulbright
Styles Bridges
R-Nh
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Leverett Saltonstall
R-Mass
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Thomas H. Kuchel
D-Mont
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
John McCormack
D-Mass
Charles A. Hal
D-Mo
John Taber
R-Ny
Carl Vinson
Leslie C. Arends
Air Battle Over The Negev Desert
TEL AVIV Israel AP Israeli fighters shot down an Egyptian army plane near the border. Four Egyptian MIGs from the northern Sinai crossed into Israeli air space and were intercepted after penetrating nearly two miles over the southern Negev Desert. One MIG was hit and seen falling apart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tel Aviv
Israel
Sinai
Negev
Destructive Storm Rakes Peoria Area
Destructive weather lashes the Peoria area with lightning death of James Bryan of Peoria while fishing near Havana. Police cite two traffic accidents as injuries mount from limited visibility. Heavy rain floods roads near Canton and Belleville Quincy Vandalia report up to an inch, three feet of water on some highways. A tornado near Heyworth damages a farm machinery shed with no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Bryan
Peoria
Havana
Canton
Belleville
Quincy
Vandalia
Heyworth
Safety-Check Lanes Open for Memorial Day Countdown
Mayor Virgil T Bailey led a drive through Mt Vernon Safety-Check Lane at 10 o clock as a three day effort to save lives ahead of Memorial Day. Cars moved through Main and 12th and Broadway and 12th for free check ups with no violations reported by Jefferson County Safety Council officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
John Howard
County Safety Council
Virgil T. Bailey
Maxine Higgins
Holman Motor Co
Tom Puckett
Brehm - Hanna Chevrolet
Jefferson County
Main
12Th
Broadway
Jefferson County Safety Council
Volun
Cars Checked At Mt Vernon Safety Lanes In Two Hours
One hundred fifty cars were checked at Mt Vernon safety lanes in two hours after opening at 10 this morning. Fifty cars were checked at 12th and Broadway and one hundred at 12th and Main. The lanes will operate again tomorrow and Saturday. The safety check is free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
12Th
Main
Broadway
Free safety check lanes open in Jefferson county drive-in event
Lanes will run Friday noon to 8 30 p m and Saturday 10 a m to 4 p m offering a free 10 point car safety check. Vehicles from 1924 to 1960 models pass through as Mayor Bailey urges motorists to use the service. Experts inspect brakes lights steering tires exhaust glass wipers mirrors horns with coupons for a free Dairy Queen cone and over 200 free grease jobs tune ups and brake adjustments donated by Mt Vernon merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailey
America
Safety Council
Jefferson County
Mt. Vernon
Costs Motorist $53 To Pay $5.40 Gas Bill Here
A motorist left a Benton Road Crane Cities Service with a $5.40 gas bill and 40 cents soda unpaid. Gene Huntley of Urbana Illinois was arrested in Salem and returned to Mt Vernon to face Police Magistrate J R Thomas. He was fined $25 and costs, making total costs $53.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Crane Cities Service
Benton Road
Salem
Gene Huntley
Urbana
Ill
J. R. Thomas
Stolen delivery truck contains 77 tuxedos in Upper Darby
Philadelphia AP reports a delivery truck was stolen from a suburban tuxedo rental firm in Upper Darby. The vehicle carried 77 tuxedos, all of which required cleaning, underscoring the disruption and potential losses for the business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Upper Darby
Gun Blows Up Woodlawn Man Wounded
Cosmo Joseph January, 68, was seriously wounded when a shotgun exploded in his hand at his Route 2 Woodlawn home. He was rushed to Good Samaritan Hospital for surgery on a badly torn hand and a thumb broken in three places. Officers cite an obstruction in the barrel as a likely cause after he shot at a snake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosmo Joseph January
Route 2
Woodlawn
January
Good Samaritan Hospital
Charge Driver After Collision
Charges were filed against a motorist after a collision in the 200 block of Broadway. Cars driven by Louis J. Eaton, Chanute, Kansas, and Mary M. Kniffen, 2517 College, were involved. Eaton was charged with emerging from a driveway without due caution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadway
Louis J. Eaton
Chanute
Kansas
Mary M. Kniffen
College
Eaton
Litchfield Endangered By Spilled Gasoline
A big tank truck rolled over near Litchfield Illinois spilling about 1000 gallons of gasoline onto ground and drainage. Firefighters controlled the spill with foam and fog amid winds and lightning while two freight trains were delayed. Truck driver Ray Lacquement escaped injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Litchfield, Hl
Jim Leitschuh
Illinois Central
Leitschuh
Ray Lacquement
Collinsville
Ill
Litchfield
St. Louis
Red Cross Official Still On Disaster Duty
Red Cross workers moved into northwest Kansas to aid about 270 affected families after a spate of tornadoes. Oklahoma and Arkansas twisters destroyed nearly 300 homes and damaged more than 1250. Barbara Stratton, Jefferson County Red Cross secretary, served in Wilburton and was reassigned to assist in relief efforts. This fourth deployment in 18 months precedes what is expected to be a costly operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Barbara Stratton
Jefferson County
The
Wilburton
Oklo
Miss Stratton
Patman proposes president power to adjust income tax rates
Just outside Washington AP reports Rep Wright Patman a Democrat from Texas urged granting the president authority to raise or lower income tax rates by as much as ten percent. The proposal aims to give the executive branch flexibility in fiscal policy amid postwar economic concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wright Patman
D-Tex
Also Mentioned on This Page
Harry Davis
Wall Street
Mt. Vernon Grain
Stra + film
BOY Scout
Kaskaskia
ASC
Pepublicans
Jefferson Memorial
Good Samaritan
Mt. V
Bluford Legion
Congressional
Sieuselen
Gener
Negev Desert
Associated Press
Albany
Albuquerque
Amalta
Anchorage
Bismarck
Boston
Buffalo
Cleveland
Denver
Des Moines
Detroit
Fort Worth
Helena
Honolulu
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
St. Paul
New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Phoenix
Pittsburgh
Portland, Me
Portland
Ore
Rapid City
Richmond
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Irancisco
Seattle
Tampa
Moline
Ike
RED
Soviet Union
North Island Naval Station
Calif
United Nations
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Free World
Mt. V. Red Cross
Fairy’s Factory Outlet
North Side Square
Uri
Laird Jewelers
Broadway Dial
Tanford
Glen
Skimmerette
Tobago
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!