Donnie Knight in Very Poor Condition at St Anthony’s
Donnie Knight a Centralia, Illinois boy aged 13, was reported in very poor condition at St Anthony’s Hospital St Louis after his wheelchair toppled on Sunday, causing two leg fractures and worsened breathing due to prior bulbar polio. He had earlier returned home on Oct 30, 1950 to celebrate his 12th birthday after polio recovery and soon suffered another broken leg.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Donnie Knight
St. Anthony’s Hospital
Centralia
Donnie
Navy Unable To Check On Caribbean Hurricane
Atlantic hurricane status remained uncertain as two Navy hunting planes suffered mechanical trouble and could not verify the storm’s position. Reports from ships yielded no usable data while the advisory pegged the center about 70 miles east of Daytona Beach with winds near 110 mph and tropical-force winds extending outward. movement was north-northwest at 12 to 14 mph.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
United States
Daytona Beach
IMF says nations living beyond incomes worsen world finances
The International Monetary Fund reports global financial conditions have deteriorated as some nations attempt to live beyond their incomes. It notes a retreat into restrictive money and trade controls, reflected in its year ending April 30 fiscal report.
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Associated Press
Washington
International Monetary Fund
Fund
Local flyers arrive and depart at regional airport
Earl Outland flew G F M Ward and his mother Mrs Todd Ward to Louisville for a week's visit. Leslie Harshbarger and Kenneth Felix arrived from Fairfield. Earl Hartsell flew in from Hainesville. Fred T Smith of Crawfordsville and Andy Anderson of Salem came for business. Dr. W J Jones flew to Springfield for a meeting. Earl Outland Don McLean and Frank Irwin returned from flights to Michigan and Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
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Earl Outland
G. F. M. Ward
Todd FH. Ward
Louisville
Don McLean
Frank Irwin
Michigan
Fort Theonard Wood
Auxiliary meeting of Turner Boehm Post No 4 Amvets
The regular meeting of the Auxiliary of Turner Boehm Post No 4 Amvets is set for Thursday at 8 00 p m in the club room Mada Turrentine P R O reports the notice
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Turner Boehm Post No. 4
Amvets
Mada Turrentine
P.R.O
Special Meeting Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M
A F M special meeting at Mt Vernon Lodge No 31 A F and A M Friday Sept 5 at 7 30 pm. Work in second degree. Members urged to attend. Visiting Brethren welcome. R H Whitaker W M Wm E Reavis Secy Fern Leaf Camp No 694 RW of A will meet Friday evening at 7 30 in the IOOF Temple north Tenth street.
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Mt. Vernon
A. F
A. M
R. H. Whitaker
W. M
Fern Leaf Camp
R. W. of A
I. O
F. Temple
North Tenth Street
Salem Council
Royal and Select Masters
Salem High School
Paul’ Storment
Lewis Seeks Quick Action in Hard Coal Talks
John L Lewis presses for a rapid hard coal agreement to free focus for broader soft coal negotiations. He aims for a bigger hard coal welfare fund and higher wages with share-the-work terms for soft coal miners. UMW vice president Thomas F. Kennedy cited progress as talks resumed at the union headquarters. Both coal sectors contribute 30 cents per ton to welfare funds financing pensions and miner benefits. Wage base is $16.35 for an eight hour dayincluding travel and lunch.
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Washington
John L Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers Union
Thomas FE. Kennedy
UMW
Ship Cut in Two Passes Alton on River Journey
An 8000 ton vessel the Joseph H Thompson was split in two and pushed up the Mississippi river by barges past the Alton lock overnight. It had been made shorter than the largest locks but will be welded in Chicago for service as an ore carrier on the Great Lakes before continuing from New Orleans to Chicago via the Mississippi and Illinois rivers.
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Associated Press
Alton
Mississipp
Joseph H. Thompson
New Orleans
Chicago
Mississippi
Illinois
Great Lakes
Pastor Swyear Released After Hospital Amputation
The Rev. Bill Swyear, pastor of Methodist churches in Dahlgren and Belle Rive, was released from West Frankfort hospital and returned home to Dahlgren. His left foot, injured in a mine accident last fall, was amputated.
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Bill Swyear
Dahlgren
Belle Rive
West Frankfort
Eisenhower Seeks Re nomination With Scathing Attack
Ike returns to campaigning in Milwaukee with a blistering broadside against Stevenson. McCarthy faces Leonard Schmitt in the Sept. 9 GOP primary while Langer lauds Truman as a principled statesman. Dulles rejects talk of a revolt by unarmed iron curtain peoples as he argues for peaceful pressure. Democratic finance chiefs meet to raise about two million dollars for the campaign.
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Milwaukee
Stevenson
McCarthy
Leonard Schmitt
State Department
William Langer
North Dakota
AFL National Association of Letter Carriers
New York
Truman
Langer
Democrats
Senate
Ihe
John Foster Dulles
GOP
Eisenhower
Dulles
Democratic Finance Committee
Washington
Fire crews called to Mt. Vernon Bowl for motor damage
At 8 10 last night firemen responded to Mt Vernon Bowl at 805 Casey Avenue where an electric motor for an air conditioning unit was damaged.
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Mt. Vernon Bowl
Casey Avenue
Local Births Reported in Jefferson and Deaconess Hospitals
Mr and Mrs Onis Flanagan announce the birth of Judith Ann eight pounds seven ounces at 1 08 pm yesterday at Jefferson Memorial Hospital. Eugene W Walters and wife of 318 East Main report a six pound eight and one half ounce son named William Russell born at 3 11 pm yesterday at Jefferson Memorial. Henry Rightnowar and wife of 112 North 14th give birth to a five pound 10 ounce daughter yesterday at Good Samaritan Hospital un-named at this time. Robert Vineyard and wife of Crewe Court Missouri welcomed a six pound 14 ounce daughter born this morning at Deaconess Hospital in St Louis. Mrs Vineyard is Carm a Hottensen, daughter of H H Hottensen of Opdyke.
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Onis Flanagan
RFD
Vernon
Judith Ann
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Eugene W. Walters
East Main Street
William Russell
Henry Rightnowar
North 14Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Robert Vineyard
Crewe Cour
Deaconess Hospital
St. Louis
Vineyard
Carma Hottensen
H. H. Hottensen
Opdyke
Democrats Rally and Fish Fry Planned for Saturday
Jefferson County Democrats announce a county-wide rally and free fish fry at the state game farm picnic area three miles south of Mt Vernon this Saturday. Local, district and state candidates will attend. fish, meat, bread, and soft drinks provided. Ladies asked to bring covered dishes.
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State Game Farm
Mt. Vernon
Jefferson County Democratic Committee
Jimmy McLaughlin
Jefferson County
Democratic Central Committee
Truce Talks Recessed As Negotiators Clash At Panmunjom
In Panmunjom, after a 51 minute session, U N and Communist delegates recessed until Sept 12 amid mutual accusations. North Korea demands 116000 Allied prisoners, including 20000 Chinese, while the U N offers to return 83000, including 6400 Chinese, arguing 87000 others do not wish to rejoin communism.
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Munsan
Korea
U. N
Panmunjom
Reds
William K. Harrison
Red
Harrison
U.N
Egypt abolishes titles in military discipline
Cairo reports that Egyptian soldiers are fined one piastre for using forbidden titles bey and pasha. Commander in Chief Mohamed Naguib said he will continue the policy until the habit of giving titles is forgotten by all.
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Cairo
Egypt
Mohamed Naguib
New Democratic Headquarters Open in Jefferson County
Jefferson county Democratic headquarters opens at 115142 north Tenth street over the Morton Shop. The office will be open after noons until October 1 and all day after that.
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Jefferson County Democratic
North Tenth Street
Morton
Witness Links Reds to Illinois Union Activity at Deere Plant
A House Un American Activities Committee witness, Donald O Spencer of Moline, testified that Communists infiltrated and partly controlled a Moline farm equipment union local in 1944 45. He named 22 Quad City area individuals as party members or attendees and said FE was ousted from CIO in 1949. Spencer said he was recruited by Walter Rumsey, with John Watkins’s endorsement.
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Chicago
House Un-American Activities Committee
Moline
Donald O. Spencer
31St Ave
Spencer
John Deere
Quad City
Communist Party
CIO Farm Equipment Workers Union
CIO
Walter Rumsey
John Watkins
Beer Case Heist Ends After Four Patrons Drink
Gobles Michigan tavern owner Earl McNamara hid $1600 in an empty beer case on Labor Day. He sold the case with beer to four men, later recalling the deed. One waiter questioned by police said the men drank the beer and discarded the case.
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Gobles
Mich
Earl McNamara
McNamara
Stockyards Third in Nation for August Receipts
The National Stockyards market in Illinois reported 292,740 head sold in August, ranking third among 12 major U.S. markets. Cattle 61,274. calves 28,340. hogs 170,445. sheep and lambs 32,681. For January–August, the exchange totals 2,650,344 head, ranking fourth.
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National Stockyards
St. Louis Livestock Exchange
Illinois Exchange
Chicago
Omaha
Exchange
Hospital Notes Good Samaritan Admits and Discharges
Admitted: Mrs. Hattie Rapp, William Mezo, Mrs. Dorothy Thompson, Edward Franch, Mrs. Dorothy Dyer, Master John Martin Jr., Mrs. Carl DeSeims, Master Michael McCarthy, Mrs. Catherine Henneberry, Joe Garrison. Discharged: Mrs. Geneva Cor ley, Mrs. Irene Hall and infant son, Richard Kendall, Mrs. Hannah Gibbs, Gus Pappalampos, Beryl Oliver Miller, Mrs. Velma Greenwalt, Mrs. Dorothy Thompson, Mrs. Lola Robinson and infant daughter Debra Ann, Mrs. Joan Malone.
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Hattie Rapp
William Mezo
Dorothy Thompson
Edward Franch
Dorothy Dyer
John Martin Jr
Carl DeSeims
Michael McCarthy
Catherine Henneberry
Joe Garrison
Geneva Corley
Irene Hall
Richard Kendall
Hannah Gibbs
Gus Pappalampos
Beryl Oliver Miller
Velma Greenwalt
Lola Robinson
Debra Ann
Joan Malone
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Des Moines
University of Iowa
London
Marie Pellicano
Bernard M. Krebs
New York Guild For the
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Riley E. Johnson Insurance Broker & Agent
23Rd St. Mt. Vernon
Buss
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James C. Lovier
S. 25Th Street
Alvin Plewke
Plewke
Paducah
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Virgil T. Bailey, Inc
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Jefferson Memorial
Bertha Lowes Bluford
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Western Gardens
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