Chinese Reds Take Over Tibet in Liberation
AP report from Tokyo May 28 says Peiping announced Tibet is taken over under a liberation treaty. Terms: Tibet to join Red China in national defense and foreign affairs, with Tibetan troops integrated into the Red Army and Tibetan religion and customs to remain, while the Dalai Lama’s status is unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Red China
Tibet
Peipingadio
Red
Lhasa
Peiping
Panchenama
Dalai Lama
Red Army
China
Poppy Day Was A Success Here
The public response to the sale of V. F. W. buddy poppies Saturday was excellent, announced by Mr. and Mrs. James Glover poppy chairmen of William Merritt Moss Post 1376 and its auxiliary. Almost $700 was collected from the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Glover
William Merritt Moss
Corn Is Planted For Sick Neighbor
The good neighbors of John and Selah Hester of Bonnie plowed disced harrowed and planted corn and worked down bean ground on their farm last week. Dinner was served during the noon hour. Mr. Hester is slowly recovering from an operation which was performed April 5 at Good Samaritan Hospital. Neighbors helping in the work were Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Wilson Elisha and Bill Wilson Jesse Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Homer Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Wilson Herman Wilson Clyde Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wilson John Frick Jean and Dean Frick Mrs. Herbert Pickett A. H. Daily Dave Nelson Randall Ramsey Walter Dulaney and Junior Wilson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Selah Hester
Bonnie
Hester
Good Samaritan Hospital
Raymond Wilson
Elisha
Bill Wilson
Jesse Kelley
Homer Wilson
Melvin Wilson
Herman Wilson
Clyde Wilson
Jesse Wilson
John Frick
Jéan
Dean Frick
Herbert Pickett
A. H. Daily
Dave Nelson
Randall Ramsey
Walter Dulaney
Junior Wilson
Deaths and Funerals Frank Waugh 79 Dahlgren
Frank Waugh age 79 longtime Dahlgren resident died Saturday at Rockford Memorial Hospital in Rockford Illinois. Services set for Tuesday at 2:00 PM at Pleasant Hills Baptist Church with Rev. Bird Green officiating and burial in I O O F Cemetery in Dahlgren. The body remains at the family home northeast of Dahlgren until service time. Survived by wife Anna and four daughters Mrs Frank Knight of Rockford Illinois Mrs John Peck of Cleveland Ohio Mrs Frank Greebel of Burlington Wisconsin and Mrs Oren Mc Thompson of Janesville Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Waugh
Dahlgren
Rockford Memorial Hospital
Rockford
Pleasant Hills Baptist Church
Bird Green
Waugh
Anna
Frank Knight
Rockford, Ill
John Peck
Cleveland, Ohio
Frank Greebel
Burlington, Wis
Oren Mc Thompson
Janesville
Wis
Former Resident R H Crosno Dies In California
R H Crosno 81, a native of Jefferson county, died Friday in Bakersfield California at his daughter Mrs H E Stephens home. He left Jefferson county 40 years ago for his wife Caddie Fitzgerrell. Survived by one daughter, three brothers C R Crosno Albuquerque NM A O Crosno Yucaita CA and H W Crosno Mt Vernon RFD 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. H. Crosno
H. E. Stephens
Bakersfield
Calif
Crosno
Jefferson County
Joseph H. Crosno
Elk Prairie Township
Bonnie
Caddie Fitzgerrell
Spring Garden Township
California
Mrs. Stephens
C. R. Crosno
Albuquerque
New Mexico
A. O. Crosno
Yucaita
H. W. Crosno
RFD 1
Mt. Vernon
Former Mt. Vernon Resident Mary Sledge Dies in Denver
Mary Sledge 70 a former Mt. Vernon resident died Saturday at her Denver Colorado home. She was wife of Oliver Sledge who survives and sister in law of Metta Sledge of 406 South 4th Street. Funeral services and burial will be in Denver.
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Mary Sledge
Mt. Vernon
Denver
Colo
Oliver Sledge
Weather in Southwest stays hot with record May highs
Above normal temperatures linger in the Southwest though forecasters doubt a repeat of yesterday's heat that set May 27 records in Tucson 107 El Paso 103 Albuquerque 98 Salt Lake City 93 and Ely 87 Yuma hit 114. A LOOP-THE-LOOP storm moves toward the North Atlantic while Oklahoma sees local thunder showers and a tornado near Bethany none fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tucson
Ariz
el Paso
Tex
Albuquerque
N. M
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ely
Yuma
Arizona
Midwest
North Atlantic
Canada
Plains
Great Lakes
Oklahoma
Bethany
Okla
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
North Atlantic States
Rocky Mountains
Texas Panhandle
Rosettie Fuller 75 Dies in Boyd Rites Planned
Rosettie Fuller of Boyd died at 6 30 p m Saturday at St Marys Hospital Centralia aged 75 years five months five days Funeral Tuesday at 2 pm at Boyd Christian church with Rev Manley Pierce of Lincoln Ill officiating burial in Old Shiloh cemetery Body to remain at Osborn Funeral Home Dix callers welcome until service She was daughter of John and Mahala Foutch widow of James E Fuller survived by brother Charley Foutch Sandoval sister Mrs Elizabeth Phillips Fort Madison IA two grandchildren and two great grandchildren she was preceded in death by one son William G Fuller.
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Rosettie Fuller
Boyd
St. Mary's Hospital
Centralia
Boyd Christian Church
Manley Pierce
Lincoln
Old Shiloh
Osborn Funeral
Dix
Fuller
John
Mahala
George) Foutch
James E. Fuller
Charley Foutch
Sandoval
Elizabeth Phillips
Fort Madison
Iowa
William G. Fuller
George Thomas of McLeansboro Dies
George Samuel Thomas, longtime Mt. Vernon Car Mfg. Co. employee, died Sunday at his home in McLeansboro. Funeral services Wednesday at Webb Chapel church near McLeansboro with Sanders Funeral Home in charge. he was brother to Mrs. Orval Duncan and Mrs. Raymond Pierce of Mt. Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Samuel Thomas
Mt. Vernon Car Mfg. Co
McLeansboro
Webb Chapel
Sanders
Thomas
Car Company
Orval Duncan
Raymond Pierce
Mt. Vernon
Husband of Former Doris Clark Dead
Dr. Theodore R. Wilcox aged 50 husband of the former Doris Clark of Mt. Vernon died May 15 in Los Angeles after returning from a trip to Hawaii. He is survived by Mrs. Wilcox, daughter of the late Dr. T. A. Clark of Mt. Vernon and Mrs. Dora Clark of Seal Beach. uncle Joe C. Smith of Richview Road was notified.
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Theodore R. Wilcox
Doris Clark
Mt. Vernon
Los Angeles
Wilcox
Joe C. Smith
Richview Road
Hawaii
Seal Beach
Calif
T. A. Clark
Dora Clark
Robbed by Two He Befriended at Centralia
Willie Huff, who aided two fruit workers he met at Bald Knob Arkansas, paid their fares to Centralia and found them to have left with his clothes and $45 while leaving only his billfold. Huff told police he awakened to the loss and that the two companions were gone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia, II
Willie Huff
Bald Knob
Ark
Centralia
Huff
Births at area hospitals this week
Mr and Mrs Carl Martin of 2214 Casey announce a daughter born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital this morning at 5 50. The baby Linda weighs 4 pounds 10 ounces. Mr and Mrs Howard M Cochran of Nasan report a daughter born Saturday evening at Good Samaritan Hospital weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces and unnamed. Mr and Mrs Robert Harold Wiggins of 403 South 6th declare a son born Saturday morning at Good Samaritan Hospital named Donald Ray. Mr and Mrs Kendall C Hobbs of Salem road welcome a son born this morning at Good Samaritan Hospital named Rodney David.
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Carl Martin
Casey
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Lindan
Howard M. Cochran
Nasan
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert Harold Wiggins
South 6Th
Donald Ray
Kendall C. Hobbs
Salem Road
Rodney David
Memorial Day Program Set At McLeansboro
Memorial Day events in McLeansboro begin 1 00 p m with a parade from Main and Washington to the IOOF cemetery. High school and grade school bands veterans groups and civic clubs join the procession. Ceremonies follow near the cemetery with prayers songs and speeches featuring VFW and American Legion leadership. Local residents and visitors are noted in brief society items.
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Mcleansboro
IOOF
Main
Washington
Randolph
VFW
Kenneth Potts
America
VFW Amxiliary
Daisy Kennedy
Ernest L. Hood
Frank Ronan
American Legion
Kiwanis
Jaycees
Charles E. Hall
Melvin Farlow
M. E. Buck
Cincinnati
Ohio
Mce- Leansboro
Joe Adams
M. E.clark
St. Louis
Frank Standerfer
Pierce Hospital
Eldorado
Joe Lockwood
Jacksonville
Doug Lockwood
Paul Moseley
St. Louis Mo
Ronald Mowe
Lebanon
Cammeron Harmon
Florida
Paul Ritchey
Paul
Radar guns down US planes in Korea war
Washington report says ground radar directed anti aircraft guns have accounted for the majority of U S Air Force losses in Korea. More than 200 planes lost in 11 months, many shot down by ground fire from radar controlled guns at altitudes above 20 000 feet. The article notes Russian manufactured radar gear likely used by Chinese and North Korean forces and questions who operates these skilled radar crews.
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Washington
U. S
Britain
Asia
Rebekah Lodge Plans Regular Meeting Monday Evening
Grace A Henry Rebekah Lodge will hold a regular session Monday at 8 o clock. All members are urged to attend and visitors are welcome. Signed Cleo Sandusky Noble Grand and Shirley Heischmann Secretary.
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Grace A
Henry Rebekah Lodge
Cleo Sandusky
Noble Grand
Shirley Heischmann
Jeffer son Post No 141 Legion Meets May 28
The regular meeting of Jefferson Post No. 141 American Legion will be held Monday May 28 at 8 pm. Commander Roy Britton and Adjutant Dr R E Hefley preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Jefferson Post No. 141
Special Meeting Mt Vernon Lodge 31 A F and A M
A. F. G. A. M. special meeting at Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 in Monday night at 7:30. Work in the first degree. All brothers urged to attend. Visiting brothers welcome. T E Bartholomew W M. WM E Reavis Secy.
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Mt. Vernon Lodge No
A. F
A. M
T. E. Bartholomew
W. M
Ames Family Opens New Furniture Store in Dixon Illinois
The notice announces Mr and Mrs W D David Ames plan a new furniture store in Dixon Illinois. It praises ambitious enterprise and references past roles in regional furniture business and local medical figures Dr Jean Modert and Dr A W Modert as part of the community context. The Virgil T Bailey Inc firm notes its involvement in the real estate sale milestone.
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W. D. David Ames
Dixon
Ilinois
Ames
Dave
Dave Ames
Mitchell
Wiinais
Indiana
Virgil T. Bailey, Inc
Wind damages home as grass fires rise in Mt. Vernon
Wind causes damage and fans fires in Mt. Vernon area. Grass fires spread to shrubbery at a home before rural firemen control the blazes later in the day along the Benton road and Centralia road.
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MT. V
Benton Road
Centralia Road
Gusty Winds Cut Power Across Southern Illinois
Strong winds up to 60 mph swept southern Illinois on Sunday, snapping a 6,900 volt line in Tamaroa and forcing one way traffic near Sesser after a tree blocked a highway. Illinois Power reports outages in Sparta Mt. Vernon and Du Bois areas while a theater fire was extinguished in Sparta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Finois
Sesser
Tamaroa
Illinois Power Company
Sparta
Mt. Vernon
Perry County
du Bois
Sunfield
du Quoin
Gale rips St Louis causing damage and injuries
Gale winds hit St Louis causing hundreds of downed trees and power outages. Nearly 100 small fires, roof and window damage, and two injuries including a bartender struck by masonry. Wind reached 62 mph gusts, 5,000 power calls, 300 line crews and a fire at a business under $3,150 loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Associated Press
Forest Park
Union Electric Company
Highway Patrol
Kirkwood
Hospital notes list admissions and discharges at two facilities
Jefferson Memorial and Good Samaritan record multiple admissions and discharges. Names include Mrs Morena Carter Mrs Cora Deppe Miss Norma Jean Bullington George F Sadders and many others with infants and discharged children listed. The notes also mention Fairfield Wayne City Belle Rive and other local residents in care.
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Morena Carter
Cora Deppe
Norma Jean Bullington
Benton
Nina Wheeler
Thelma Berry
Katherine Aldridge
Woodlawn
George F. Sadders
Dahlgren
Martha Ann Martin
L. B. Bay
Doris O'Block
Homer Hamlin
Reginald Campbell
Fannie Keef
Edrena Wiehn
Jeannine Ellen
Genevieve Tolliver
Good Samaritan
Sarah F. Archer
Kate Fossil
Belle Rive
Verne Mills
Lorraine Butcher
William Reiger
Lesser
Florence Buchanan
Wayne City
Kenneth Darrel Williams
Tna
Darlene Davey
Linda Veleke
Margaret Skillman
Suzanne Faulkner
Sharon Kay Porter
Harry O. Hamilton
Three Thefts Reported Here
Three thefts were reported at Mt. Vernon police headquarters during the weekend. Donald Peterson reported a theft at 513 South 6th Street involving trousers and a wallet with $45. Harley Ester reported his car looted on Jordan Street with a $25 camera stolen. Two boys, ages 6 and 9, were caught attempting to break into the city park refreshment stand and took a few packages of cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mt. Vernon
Donald Peterson
South 6Th Street
Harley Ester
South 9Th Street
Jordan Street
City Park
Ball Park
Waltonville Names in Obituary Notices and Infants List
Waltonville lists Robert McClinton Mrs Sylvia Baird Bell Edith Hicks Evelyn Bell Myrtle Jones and infant David Lee Jacqueline Somers and Cynthia Ann Mary Lucas and infant Joseph Hudson Marae Wiggins and infant Donald ay in a mixed family memorial notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waltonville
Robert McClinton
Sylvia Baird
Bell
Edith W. Hicks
Evelyn Bell
Myrtle Louise Jones
David Lee
Jacqueline Somers
Cynthia Ann
Mary Margaret Lucas
Joseph Hudson
Marae Wiggins
Donald Ay
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Wisconsin
Clay Schoenfeld
Ellis
Deer County
Alaska
The
Alaskan Authority
Frank Dufresne
Sportsman’s Magazine
Chicago
Detroit
Indianapolis
Miami
Fort Worth
George Thomas
Leansboro
Harry A. Rich
General Insurance
Ashley Road
Broadway
New York
Korea
Roy Britton
R. E. Hefley
WM. E. Reavis
Secy
Jean Modert
Washington University
Barnes Hospital
Modert
A. W. Modert
Illinois
Jefferson Memorial
Kerley’s
Guy J. Kerley
Essem
Gruen Veri
Jewel Bulova
Jackson
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