Deaths Descendant Of Pioneer Is Dead At McLeansboro
Mrs Mary Anderson Jones 82 died Tuesday at McLeansboro Hospital Funeral Friday at 2 pm at First Methodist church burial in I.O.C.F. cemetery She was great granddaughter of John Anderson pioneer from Morganfield Ky and widow of Robert L Jones Survived by sons Frank and Edwin daughters Sallie Winifred Mary Virginia and Edith LeePlus a twin sister brother and many grandchildren and great grandchildren
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Register-News
Mcleansboro
Mary Anderson Jones
Hamilton County
First Methodist Church
I.0.c.f
Jones Funeral Home
Benjamin Taylor Dies at 66 Rites Saturday
Benjamin H. Taylor died at 12 45 p m Wednesday at his home 1206 South 16th street aged 66 years one month and 24 days He was a former employee of Mt Vernon Car Mfg Co Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 00 p m at Myers Chapel with Rev Marsh Harpole officiating burial in Bethel Memorial cemetery The body will lie at Myers Chapel after 11 a m Friday He was born July 7 1889 in Wayne County to William and Ellen Marshall Taylor He married Amanda Anderson who died January 12 1929 He remarried Emma Weedon Sanders on January 1 1931 Surviving: wife two daughters Mrs Taylor Pennington Vienna Illinois and Mrs Myrtle Hicks Mt Vernon two stepsons Otis Taylor Wayne City and Cecil Sanders Detroit three sisters Mrs Ollie Robinson Danville three half brothers John Taylor Bluford Henry Taylor Champaign Joe Taylor Pontiac plus three grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Benjamin H. Taylor
South 16Th Street
Mt. Vernon Car Mfg. Co
Myers Chapel
Marsh Harpole
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Taylor
Wayne County
William
Ellen (Marshall) Taylor
Amanda Anderson
Wayne City
Emma Weedon Sanders
Arlington Prairie General Baptist Church
Taylor Pennington
Vienna
Til
Myrtle Hicks
Mt. Vernon
Otis Taylor
Cecil Sanders
Detroit
Mich
Ollie Robinson
Danville
John Taylor
Bluford
Henry Taylor
Champaign
Joe Taylor
Pontiac
Ill
Former Resident Roy Barker Dies In Chicago Ill
Roy Barker, a former Mt. Vernon resident, died at 1 30 a m today in Little Company of Mary Hospital Chicago He worked for Rheem Mfg Co and lived at 2512 West 63rd Street Chicago He is survived by parents Riley and Mayme Barker of 1405 South 26th Street Mt Vernon The body will be returned to Mt Vernon for funeral service and burial Pulley Funeral Home will handle arrangements incomplete
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Roy Barker
Mt. Vernon
Little Company of Mary
Chicago
Ill
Barker
Rheem Mfg. Co
West 63Rd Street
Riley and
Mayme (Austin) Barker
South 26Th Street
Pulley Funeral
Funat
Bertha A Glass Dies At 55 Rites Saturday
Bertha A Glass of Lebanon Illinois former Jefferson county resident died at St Joseph Hospital Highland at 5:35 p m age 55 years 11 months 28 days Funeral service Friday 2:00 pm Pulley Funeral Home Rev Bird Green officiating burial in Black Oak Ridge cemetery near Bluford She was born at Marlow September 38 1899 daughter of Joseph R and Nora Ethridge Howell She was a Blu ford Baptist church member Survived by two daughters Mrs Wayne Artis and Mrs Henry Fisher both of Lebanon three grandchildren and one sister Mrs Archie Donoho of Dixon Illinois Preceded in death by one son two brothers and two sisters.
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Bertha Agnes Glass
Lebanon
Ill
Jefferson County
St. Joseph Hospital
Highland
Pulley Funeral Home
Bird Green
Black Oak Ridge
Bluford
Glass
Marlow
Joseph R
Nora (Ethridge) Howell
Airport News Flight Movements Reported Today
Joe McPhail of Houston flew to the King City this morning while Earl Outland headed to Bloomington Indiana. M J Mitchell and Tom Oakley returned from Dallas Texas today.
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Joe McPhail
Houston
Tex
King City
Earl Outland
Bloomington
Ind
M. J. Mitchell
Tom Oakley
Dallas
Allied troop trains pulling out of Austria
Vienna reports show units of the Big Four occupying powers rapidly withdrawing after Austria’s independence. Over five weeks more than half of the 60,000 Allied soldiers are gone, with the French, British, Russians, and Americans slated to depart by early autumn. Marriage boom and a surge in illegitimate births mark the post‑occupation era, as Salzburg records a spike in marriages and Vienna lists about 2,300 occupation babies.
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Associated Press
Vienna
Austria
Baden
Vienna Woods
Salzburg
Consu Jate
Peron Accuses Opponents in Argentina Truce Breach
In Argentina, dictator Peron denounces opponents as violators of a two month truce, wiping tears as he speaks. Government had been feuding with the Roman Catholic church since last November, with little mention of the church in his remarks.
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Peron
Bicycle and scooter safety course for Gainesville youth
Gainesville schoolchildren will learn proper riding this fall in a CineVINE Citizens Safety Council sponsored course. The program aims to teach safe cycling and scooter practices through community involvement and instruction.
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Associated Press
Gainesville
Fla
The
Cinevine Citizens Safety Council
Births in area add four newborns and one more
Mr and Mrs Robert Rosen burgh of Waukegan welcomed a daughter born yesterday at 8 00 in Great Lakes Naval Hospital weighing seven pounds three ounces. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs George Donoho of Bluford. A daughter arrived for Mr and Mrs George Delbert Thompson of Opdyke at 4 42 this morning in Jefferson Memorial hospital weighing six pounds nine and a half ounces. Mr and Mrs Henry Henn of 1202 Jones welcomed a son at 2 09 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital weighing eight pounds one ounce named Roger Alan. Mr and Mrs Don Hubert Shafer of No 3 Elm Circle welcomed a son at 6 13 this morning in Good Samaritan hospital weighing six pounds twelve and a half ounces named Charles Lynton. Mr and Mrs Clifford Farkas of 332 South 4th Street welcomed a daughter at 12 24 this afternoon in Good Samaritan hospital weighing seven pounds six ounces named Charlotte Jean.
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Robert Rosenburgh
Waukegan
Great Lakes Naval Hospital
George Donoho
Bluford
George Delbert Thompson
Opdyke
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Henry Henn
Jones
Good Samaritaan Hospital
Roger Alan
Don Hubert Shafer
Elm Circle
Good Samaritan Hospital
Charles Lynton
Clifford Farkas
South 4Th Street
Charlotte Jean
Masonic and Fraternal Meetings Friday Evening
Ferne Leaf Camp No 684 and 694 and Roy al Neighbors of America plan meetings Friday at 7 30 in the ICCF Temple North 10th street Members should bring a Sunshine Package A special Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 meeting Friday Sept 2 at 730 PM will perform Second Degree Candidates Fay Caton and Dale Andrews Visiting Brethren are welcome James R Apgar W M Wm E Reavis Secy
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Ferne Leaf
Royal Neighbors of America
1.C.C.F. Temple
North 10Th Street
Mt. Vernon Lodge
A. F
A. M
Fay Catron
Dale Andrews
James R. Apgar
W. M. Wm
E. Reavis
Sec’y. Se
Marine Corps League to hold regular meeting Friday
The Jefferson County Marine Corps League will meet in regular session Friday September 2 at 7 30 p m at the Amvets Home. Adjutant Jess Risley announced the details.
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Marine Corps League
Jefferson County Marine Corps League
Amvets
Jess Risley
Andrews To Be Guest Judge In Cook County
Jefferson county judge Dale Andrews will serve as a guest judge in Cook county’s circuit and superior courts next year. Invited by Cook County Judge Otto Kerner and secretary William Tuohy, Andrews will work a few days per month with no salary, only per diem expenses, gaining experience for his home county court duties.
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Dale Andrews
Jefferson County
Cook County
Andrews
Otto Kerner
William J. Tuohy
Chicago
Stevenson Plans Fall Return To Democratic Activism
Stevenson returns to the political platform this fall with appearances in Wisconsin and New York and a possible November bid. A Democratic National Committee spokesman says he will resume activity after a self-imposed layoff, first speaking at the Wisconsin State Convention in Green Bay October 7 to 9. He will join Truman and New York Governor Averell Harriman at a $100 dinner in New York City October 31 and is slated to speak at a national committee meeting in Chicago November 17 to 19.
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Associated Prest
Washington
AtlaLr
Stevenson
Wisconsin
New York
Chicago
Democratic National Committee
Greenbay
Truman
Averell Hartiman
New York City
National Committee
City Airport Group To Meet At City Hall Tonight
The Airport Authority will meet with Mt. Vernon city council at 7 30 tonight in city hall an informal session. They will discuss transferring title of the municipal airport from the city to the Airport Authority.
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Airport Authority
Mt. Vernon
Two More $20 Ransom Bills Found
FBI reports the discovery of two additional $20 Green lease ransom bills at the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis traced to Springfield and Sedalia banks. The bureau links the bills to carnival workers and past fair circuits as it continues a two year search for the missing ransom money from the Kansas City kidnapping case.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
FBI
Federal Reserve Bank of
Federal Reserve Bank
Minot
State Fair Co
L. Carter
Sedalia Bank and Trust Co
Hall
Carl Austin Itall
Bonnie Heady
Boby Greenlease
Kansas City
Louis Shoulders
Elmer Dolan
Lyin
Board To Rule On Farrington School Problem
Jefferson County Board of School Trustees will hear petitions from Harmony neighborhood and George College area residents seeking annexation from consolidated Farrington township District 99. The August consolidation combined District 99 with District 10, with no mandatory tuition pay for feeder districts, prompting renewed annexation requests and a board decision at the upcoming meeting.
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Farrington Township
Jefferson County
County
Lowery
Harmony
George College
Field
Bluford
Full recovery from polio for Mt. V. resident
Frank Feltmeier, chairman of the local polio chapter, announced that Mrs. Essie Smith of 702 South 23rd Street will suffer no ill effects from polio. Her illness was diagnosed August 21 as polio and she has been released from St. Anthony's Hospital in Alton on the road to complete recovery.
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Frank Feltmeier
Essie Smith
South 23Rd Street
Cruel Singer Divorce Suit Shocks Santa Monica
Florence Ann Torme accuses Mel Torme of cruelty in a Santa Monica divorce filing. The couple, both 29, wed in Chicago on February 11, 1949, and have two children.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Florence Ann Torme
Mel Torme
Chicago
Hall’s Luggage Shows Half the Ransom After Arrest
Police report Hall’s luggage held only half the ransom money when checked following his arrest, suggesting incomplete payment and raising questions about the remaining funds.
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Hall
Chicago Boy Till Slain in Mississippi Lynching Claim
NAACP accuses Mississippi of white supremacy after 15 year old Emmitt Louis Till's body is found in Tallahatchie River. He was abducted from his uncle's home near Money and shot after alleged slur to a white woman. Suspects Roy Bryant and J W Milam charged with murder. Tuskegee Institute links two Mississippi killings to potential lynching.
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Greenwood
Miss
National Assn. For the Advancement of Colored People
Mississippi
Emmitt Louis ‘Till
Chicago
Roy Bryant
J. W. Milam
Glendora
George Smith
Leflore
Smith
Bryant
Till
Roy Wilkins
NAACP
New York
Marnie Bradley
Til
Tuskegee Institute
Tuskegee
George W. Lee
Lamar D. Smith
Lee
Brezoni
Lincoln County
Brookhaven
Flood relief shortfall for Northeast aid target
The Red Cross reports a $24 million shortfall against a $10 million goal for Northeast flood relief. As of Wednesday emergency contributions total $7,481,926 to date.
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New York
The
Red Cross
Northeast
Former Safety Director Dies in Route 66 Crash
Michael F. Sevfrit, 57, once director of the State Public Safety Department, died in a head-on collision on Route 66 east of Bloomington. Three others were seriously hurt. The crash involved a car carrying J R Shuttleworth and Dr W W Lusk of Carlinville, and another car driven by Paul L. Young of Bloomington. Sevfrit served under Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson and held several state posts.
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Associated Press
Bloomington
Michael F. Sevfrit
Carlinville
State Public Safety Department
St. Joseph's Hospital
Seyfrit
J. R. Shuttleworth
W. W. Lusk
Paul L. Young
Adlai E. Stevenson
Ile
Democratic State Central Committee
State Pardon Board
Seven-Hour Work Week Proposed by Recreation Leader
Joseph Prendegast executive director of the National Recreational Assn of New York predicts men will work one seven hour day weekly a century from now while keeping current 40 hour week pay. He spoke before the California Recreation Commission on Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Joseph Prendegast
National Recreational Assn. of
New York
California Recreation Commission
Groundwork for Evacuation of Japan Laid
The United States continues case by case policy on clemency. The State Department reported 22 prisoners about 10 percent of the total have been granted parole after review by the U S Clemency and Parole Board for War Criminals.
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United States
State Department
U. S. Clemency and Parole Board
Name Doesn’t Mean A Thing In Frightful Robbery Case
FAYETTEVILLE N C Raymond A Sans Souci seventeen of Pawtucket Rhode Island began serving a ten year prison term today for the June thirtieth robbery of a dancing school operator here. The French name meaning without worry offered little comfort as the youth faced the lengthy sentence.
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Associated Press
Fayetteville
N. C
Raymond A. Sans Souci
Pawtucket
R. L
Pastor Found Not Guilty In Heresy Trial
A pastor was found not guilty in a heresy trial. The case centered on his recorded miracles and his denial of intercessory prayer and the sacramental union of the Lord's Supper. The article continues from Page One and mentions an infant baptism charge among others.
Vaccine release for children five to nine nationwide
Washington announces the Public Health Service released 3,348,000 cubic centimeters of Salk polio vaccine for children five through nine. It is the third and largest allocation under the voluntary control plan, now totaling 5,371,000 cc outside the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis program. States receive shares based on unvaccinated five to nine year olds, with Eli Lilly Co. supplying the vaccine. Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee are listed with specific shot counts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Public Health Service Today
C. c
National Foundation For
Health Service
Eli Lilly Co
Indianapolis
Illinois
Indiana
Kentucky
Michigan
Ohio
Tennessee
Maine man to receive Eisenhower portrait of self
Donald Cameron, 63, of Rangeley Maine, who guided President Eisenhower on a Maine fishing trip, is to receive a self portrait in oil by the President. The portrait was painted after the President took several snapshots of Cameron during the trip and will be presented at a luncheon Friday.
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Associated Press
Rangeley
Maine
Donald Cameron
Eisenhower
Cameron
Chrysler and Union Reach Settlement Over Contract
Chrysler and United Auto Workers union members voted against extending their contract past Wednesday midnight. Union leaders had urged day to day extensions during talks. South Bend Studebaker plants employ 9,000 workers. Bendix Aviation and the UAW faced ongoing negotiations in Detroit with 20,000 unionists in Bendix plants across five states. The church baptism ruling on infant faith was set aside as undecided pending church guidance.
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South Bend
Hospital Notes Jefferson Memorial Admission List
Admitted to Jefferson Memorial are Mrs Lanita Kirsch Mrs Lesbia Moore Belle Rive Mrs Claudia Thomas Mrs Betty Jane Thompson Opdyke and Mrs Effie Mae Austin. Discharged from the facility are James Parker and Benton.
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Lanita Kirsch
Lesbia Moore
Belle Rive
Claudia Thomas
Betty Jane Thompson
Opdyke
Effie Mae Austin
James Parker
Benton
Admitted and discharged patients listed in brief notes
Admitted: Mrs Mildred Marie Skelton and little Miss Syren Jo Dorothy. Mrs Audrey Fenton, Earl Estes Veatch admitted. Discharged: Mrs Anita Marie Hunt. Mrs Laura Ellen Irwin and her little daughter Karen Lynn discharged.
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Mildred Marie Skelton
Syren Jo Dorothy
Audrey Fenton
Earl Estes Veatch
Anita Marie Hunt
Laura Ellen Irwin
Karen Lynn
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Rina
Everhandy
Boston
Olther Styles
Webb’s Book Store
Webster's New Collegiate
Japan
Davey Bassing
Scimitar
the Gray
W. A. Croll
Atlantic City
Tke
Chrysler and Union
Jefferson Memorial
Samaritan
Protection Plus Service
Johnson
Insurance Agency
S. 10Th
Mt. Vernon, Mt. Tel
Jackson
Parker
E. Jackson
Broadway
Maile
M.E. Jackson
Southern Illinois
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