Eisenhower threatened to resign over 1946 railroad strike
Associated Press reports that Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower warned he would resign as Army Chief of Staff rather than act as a strike breaker during the 1946 railroad labor dispute. The New York Times cites sources detailing calls between Truman Patterson and Eisenhower, the potential drafting of railroad workers, and Eisenhower’s reluctance to meet with strikers before the May settlement.
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Associated Press
NEW York
New York Times
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
American Federation of Labor
Georgia
Washington
the Times
Truman
Brotherhoods of Ailroad
Office of Defense Transportation
Congress
Robert P. Patterson
General Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Patterson
Sea Island
The
Times
Births in Evansville area and beyond this week
Readers are advised of several newborns: Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schnarr Evansville Ind parent a son born at Jefferson Memorial Hospital at 3 55 p m weighing six pounds one and three fourths ounces Mrs Schnarr is daughter of Mrs Virginia Garrison The Wheeler family announce a daughter Carla Sue born at Good Samaritan Hospital at 10 04 p m weighing six pounds 11 ounces Mr and Mrs Ray Allen Bonnie announce a daughter Janet Sue born at 12 21 a m weighing eight pounds two ounces The Riley couple from Salem report a daughter born at 8 13 a m weighing six pounds 15 and a half ounces A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Wallace Barbee of San Diego Calif Saturday September 13 at 4 a m at San Diego Navy Hospital weighing seven pounds 54 percent ounces Deborah Gayle named Mrs Barbee is Kay Hughey formerly of Mt Vernon He is a former Kinmundy resident now in the Navy
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Leo Schnarr
Buchanan Road
Evansville
Ind
Jefferson Memorial Hospital
Schnarr
Virginia Garrison
Howard Wheeler
Vernon
Carla Sue
Good Samaritan Hospital
Ray Allen
Bonnie
Janet Sue
Floyd Riley
Salem
Meetings and officer installations announced for local groups
Fern Leaf Camp No 694 R N of A meets Friday evening at I O O F Temple on North 10th Street. American Legion Auxiliary installs new officers Thursday at 7 30 p m in the American Legion Home with special music. Patton Commandery No 69 holds stated conclave Thursday Sept 18 at 7 30 p m with a potluck supper at 6 30 p m. Seen Stockton E C Cecil N Levin Rec
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Fern Leaf Camp
R. N. of A
I. O. O. F. Temple
North 10Th Street
American Legion Auxiliary
American Legion
Patton Commandery No. 69
Stockton
E. C
Cecil N. Levin
Stella Chapman Dies at 61 in Gallatin County
Stella Chapman age 61 of Ashley Road died at Good Samaritan Hospital. Funeral services 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Ridgway N Presbyterian Church with burial in Camp Ground Cemetery, Ridgway. Born June 18, 1891 in Ridgway DC, she was daughter of H. M. and Jemima Bean. Survived by husband T. P. Chapman, four brothers George Marsh Walter Bean Charles M. Bean and sister Laura Fulkerson.
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Stella Chapman
Ashley Road
Good Samaritan Hospital
Ridgway, N. Presbyterian Church
Camp Ground Cemetery
Ridgway
Gallatin County
Chapman
H. M. and
Jemima (Kimbra) Bean
T. P. Chapman
Clifford Potter Former Mt Vernon Resident Dies at Benton
Clifford Potter former resident of Mt Vernon died at 1 00 a m today at Moore Hospital Benton He was a brother of Ed Potter of Mt Vernon Funeral arrangements were in complete this morning.
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Clifford Potter
Benton
Mt. Vernon
Moore Hospital
Potter
Ed Potter
Funeral Friday for Elsie Evelyn Smith
Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Evelyn Smith will be Friday at 2:00 p.m. at the Pulley Funeral Home. The Rev. Robert Grammer of Salem will officiate and burial will be in Atchison Cemetery, north of Camp Ground. The body will lie in state at the funeral home. Mrs. Smith, 37, of 1514 South 29th Street, died Tuesday night at Good Samaritan Hospital. She was the wife of Frank Smith.
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Elsie Evelyn Smith
Pulley Funeral Home
Robert Grammer
Salem
Atchison Cemetery
Camp Ground
Smith
South 29Th Street
Good Samaritan Hospital
Frank Smith
Quits Driving Car at Age 96 in Newburyport
Newburyport Massachusetts Charles L Davis age 96 oldest Massachusetts automobile driver and one of the nation s oldest active druggists turns in his vehicle registration and license voluntary acknowledgement modern traffic pace too rapid for him Davis has driven 54 years since 1898 his first car a Stanley Steamer registrar Rudolph M King praised his driving record noting one accident where the other driver was at fault
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Associated Press
Newburyport
Mass
Charles L. Davis
Massachusetts
Davis
Registry of Motor Vehicles
Stanley
Registrar of Motor Vehicles
Rudolph M. King
Airline Group Heads to Chicago Today
George Ward, Earl Outland, Don McClain, Walter Wilmus and E. A. Reed flew to Chicago today in a group from the airport reporting their travel plans and destination.
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George Ward
Earl Outland
Don McClain
Walter Wilmus
E. A. Reed
Chicago
Susie Wetzel of Cravat Dies at 55 in Cravat Kentucky
Susie Wetzel of Cravat died at 7 45 p m Wednesday at her home after a long illness She was 55 Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 00 p m at the Fouts Christian church near Cravat with Rev Clarence Taylor officiating Burial will be in Fouts cemetery Viewing of the body is set for this evening at Queen Boggs Funeral Home Centralia and tomorrow at the family home She was born in Jefferson County daughter of James and Elizabeth Ferguson She married Louis Wetzel who preceded her in death June 1 1947 Surviving are two sons Harold and Raymond both Cravat two brothers Sam and Jess Ferguson Cravat three sisters Ollie Stonecipher Cravat Minnie Phelps Walnut Hill and Ruth Abrams Windsor IL and a half brother Gus Bails Richview
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Susie Wetzel
Cravat
Fouts Christian Church
Clarence Taylor
Fouts
Queen-Boggs
Centralia
Wetzel
Jefferson County
James
Elizabeth
Gray) Ferguson
Louis Wetzel
Harold
Raymond
Sam
Jess Ferguson
Ollie Stonecipher
Minnie Phelps
Walnut Hill
Ruth Abrams
Windsor
Til
Gus Bails
Richview
Bertha Dunahoo Rites Set At Myers Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs. Bertha Mae Dunahoo are planned Saturday at 2 p.m. at Myers Chapel with burial in Bethel Memorial Cemetery. The body will lie in state after 11 a.m. Friday. She resided at 619 Herbert Street and died Wednesday at the home of her daughter Mrs. Roy Eubanks in Peoria. Surviving are her former husband W. L. Booten, Ezra T. Donahoo, a son George Booten of Alton, daughters Mrs. Russell Johnston of Mt. Vernon and Mrs. Roy Eubanks, 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Bertha Mae Dunahoo
Myers Chapel
Bethel Memorial Cemetery
Dunahoo
Herbert Street
Roy Eubanks
Peoria
W. L. Booten
Ezra T. Donahoo
George Booten
Alton
Russell Johnston
Mt. Vernon
Defendant Charged Twice on The Same Offense
A county court motion alleges Geneva McAdory was placed in jeopardy twice for assault with a deadly weapon. Her attorney N Y Dowell asks dismissal after McAdory was fined in city court for assault and fighting Mary Bradford and paid the witness’s medical bill under magistrate pressure.
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Geneva McAdory
N. Y. Dowell
Mary Bradford
Zandorra to Answer Readers Questions at Granada Theatre
Famed mystic Zandorra will appear daily at the Granada Theatre for six days starting Sunday. Readers may submit questions via coupon, to be answered personally by Zandorra. space permitting, one daily response will be published signed only by initials.
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Zandorra
Granada
Mt. Vernon Register-News
The
Prince of Wales
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Man Files Desertion Divorce After Forty Years
Memphis Tennessee John Win bush aged 65 filed a divorce action Wednesday charging desertion. He states his wife left him in 1911 and provides forty years of separation as the basis for the suit.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
John Winbush
Superstition About Daughters and Mothers Believed by Arabs
A Britannica encyclopedia note states that some Arabs hold a belief that evil overtakes a girl after marriage if she ever again gazes upon her mother. The claim reflects old folklore rather than established fact.
Berlin Truck Traffic Returns to Normal After Soviet Tactics
West German truck traffic to Berlin resumed normal flow as Soviet frontier guards ceased slowdowns. Officials attributed the move to an Allied protest over three weeks of checks and noted the East German delegation would visit Bonn with clean hands.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Helmsteda
West Berlin
West Germany
Bonn
Motorboat May Beat Steamboat In Mississippi Race
The 14-foot outboard Motorboat Adlai Stevenson, piloted by Roy F. Smith with navigator John Langford, passed New Madrid at 5:05 a.m. CST bound for St. Louis after five hours grounded on a Memphis sandbar. Officials predicted arrival late today and a finish about 84 hours, roughly six hours faster than the steamboat Robert E. Lee's 1870 time.
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Associatedress
New Madrid
Adlai Stevenson
Robert E. Lee
Mississippi
New Orleans
St. Louis
Memphis
Missouri
Roy F. Smith
John Langford
Smith
Langford
Grodnick and Sweetheart Die in Flamingo Penthouse
LAS VEGAS Nev A coroner s jury ruled 19 year old Adrian L Grodnick shot his sweetheart Betty Baron 25 and then himself in a Flamingo Hotel penthouse. Unanswered why left. Grodnick worried over army induction. police note possible show or nerve failure. Baron s parents named Mr and Mrs William Baron.
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Las Vegas
Nev
Adrian L. Grodnick
Grodnick
Betty Baron
Los Angeles
Swank Flamingo Hotel
Lloyd Bell
Bell
L. L. Payton
Peyton
Payton
Manuel Grodnick
Brooklyn, N. Y
Baron
William Baron
Hospital Notes from Good Samaritan and Jefferson Memorial
Admission and discharge entries list infants and adults by name and origin. Patients include Karen Marie Koch k and Marian Schnarr Evansville Ind with others such as Oscar Pigg Dorothy Jean Larcam Frances Louise Stiles Flossie Bruce Kit Wagner Arlene Ray Edna Warren Jane Friel and locals Dahlgren Ashley Lee Hayes Maxey Milton.
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Good Samaritan
Karen Marie Koch
George Isherwood
Louie Dean
Oscar Pigg
Dorothy Jean Larcam
Frances Louise Stiles
Flossie Bruce
Jefferson Memorial
Marian Schnarr
Evansville
Ind
Florence Waters
Kit Wagner
Dahlgren
Arlene Ray
RFD
Edna Warren
Ashley
Lee Hayes
Maxey Milton
Jane Friel
Two Day Gun Show at Mt. V. Masonic Hall This Weekend
The Egyptian Gun Collectors Club hosts a two day show at Mt. Vernon Masonic Hall on Saturday and Sunday September 20 and 21. Antique and modern weapons display includes matchlocks wheelocks flintlocks and percussion pistols Civil War era arms and domestic and European modern brands. The club has 150 members from the midwest and Long Island with notable collectors and authors among them. Officers are J W Stanky president J K Simms vice president Harald R Coryell secretary treasurer. directors Loren Hardy Orlie McClusky and George Harlow.
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Masonic Hall
Long Island
Earl Hanes
Divide
Frank Lowery
Champaign
R. C. Kuhn
Chicago
J. Barlow
Colin Johnston Robb
Ballynahinch County Down
Ireland
J. W. Stanky
Benton
J. K. Simms
Fairfield
Harald R. Coryell
Mt. Vernon
Loren Hardy
Orlie McClusky
George Harlow
Grocers Choose Name Tip Top Stores
Four Mt. Vernon grocers forming an independent association have chosen the name Tip Top Stores. Members include Estes Grocery Camp Ground Haley's Grocery 1215 N. 12th Shafer's Market 2311 Perkins and C and M Market 9th and Conger with more merchants signing up. Seven year old Randy Ragan 1217 N. 12th won a prize for suggesting the name.
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Mt. Vernon
Tip Top
Tip Top Founders
Estes Grocery
Camp Ground
Haley's Grocery
N. 12Th
Shafer's Market
Perkins
M. Market
Conger
Randy Ragan
N. 12Th Street
State Gains in Hospitals Four New Beds Here
Springfield Illinois reports 930 hospital beds added in five years under a state federal program to improve care. When all projects finish, Illinois will have 2 371 general beds 666 chronic care 147 neuramental cases and 120 tuberculosis beds. Bureau of Hospitals says 14 projects active plus a nurses home in Cairo and a Chicago public health center. Projects include Mt. Vernon Chicago Anna Lawrenceville Flora Aledo Carthage Red Bud Mt. Carmel Carlinville Peoria Fairfield with 22 under construction and four in planning.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Ill
Minois
State Bureau of Hospitals
Bureau
Cairo
Chicago
Mt. Vernon
Anna
Lawrenceville
Flora
Aledo Carthage
Red Bud
Mt. Carmel Carlinville
Peoria
Fairfield
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Goodyear
Bertha Dunahoo
Willard G. Wyman
U. S. Army
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Izmir
Turkey
Rufus Gowler
S. 17Th Street
Gowler
Mt. Vernon Car Manufacturing Company
Pressed Steel Car Company, Inc
Virgil T. Bailey, Inc
Jack L. Sanders
Mgr. White Loan CO
Broadway
Mlinois
Steamboat
Sweetheart
Mt. V. Masonic Hall
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Ier Inn
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Vandalia Tree
Scott Field
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