Marshall Seeks Timely Arms Aid For Europe
General George C. Marshall told the House foreign affairs committee that delaying the Truman arms aid plan would be dangerous without ironclad Western Europe cooperation. He endorsed the program, urged immediate action, and discussed scope and exclusions with emphasis on Europe’s unified military effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
George C. Marshall
Congress
Truman
U.S
West Europe
Marshall
House Foreign Affairs Committee
North Atlantic Alliance
Greece
Turkey
Iran
Korea
Philippines
Chester E. Merrow
R-Nh
Western
Europe
Dean Acheson
N. Bradley
China
Rent Control Ends in 82 Cities and Expander Rulings
The American Municipal Association reports at least 82 cities have removed rent ceilings since April local option authority took effect. In 168 communities federal housing expediter Tighe E. Woods lifted restrictions but recently reimposed them in three areas amid rising rents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Tighe E. Woods
Nevada
American Municipal Association
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Elwyn R. Shaw
Chicago
Woods
U. S. Supreme Court
Two Sought in Benton Club Robbery
Police sought two masked, heavily armed men who held up the Clover club near Benton on Route 14 early yesterday. They fired one warning shot, took $200 to $300 from the cashier, then fled on foot. one carried a shotgun and the other a revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benton
Clover Club
Route 14
Illinois entrants win in national model plane meet
Two Illinois model plane enthusiasts earned honors at the national meet in Olathe Kansas. Bill Mitchener of Peoria took second in senior division Class B control line speed. Don Shriver of Quincy finished third in the junior division tow line gliders event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Bill Mitchener
Peoria
Don Shriver
Quincy
Seven year old boy hikes 15 miles on water alone
In Overland the Chicago boy Tommy Owens aged seven walked about 15 miles to downtown St. Louis. He says a single glass of water from a drugstore sustained him until police found him sobbing and exhausted. His parents are Mr and Mrs Fred E Owens.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Overland
Tommy Owens
Fred E. Owens
Owens
Sporting News
Weather summary for Crab Orchard and nearby lakes
Scattered sun showers tonight but clearing to fair and pleasant Tuesday. Low 64 to 68 tonight, highs 78 to 84 Tuesday. Temperatures shown for today from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. include 64 to 82 range with no rainfall from 7 a.m. yesterday to 7 a.m. today. July rainfall 2.60 inches. Sun rise 4:56 a.m., set 7:16 p.m. Crab Orchard Lake spillway two inches below yesterday, Little Grassy Lake 15 feet below spillway yesterday.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Local Newspaper Index Summary Scrap
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Eight Die in Auto Crash Near Statham Georgia
A 1933 car crashed off a roadway near Statham leaving eight dead. A mother and her three young children perished in the flaming wreck. Sheriff Delmar Smith identified the victims as Ollie Anderson and Geneva Anderson from Winterville, Rose Wille Cawart II, Nevada Kettle, Mrs Pauline Brown and her children Jerry Lee Joe Ann and Pauline from Athens.
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Statham
Delmar Smith
Ollie Anderson
Geneva Anderson
Rose Wille Cawart
Nevada Kettle
Winterville
Pauline Brown
Jerry Lee
Joe Ann
Pauline
Athens
U M W Benefits Hit 104 880 785
Welfare benefits totaling 104 880 785 dollars were paid to United Mine Workers members in the year ending June 30. Josephine Roche, director of the UMW retirement fund, told a Senate subcommittee that tonnage collections from operators yielded 90 891 905 dollars. She noted the fund balance fell from about 43 million dollars at June 1948 to about 29 million at June 1949 while testifying on monopolistic tendencies in the coal industry and Lewis contract policies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers
Josephine Roche
United Mine Workers’ Retirement Fund
Senate Banking
Miss Roche
John L. Lewis
Fort St. Louis Crew Found At Starved Rock Site
Scientists digging atop Starved Rock uncover a beaded bracelet from late 1600s French traders, two feet underground, as they seek the true site of Chevalier de La Salle’s Fort St. Louis, a long disputed location. An expedition led by archaeologists with state and University of Chicago support continues the search.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Fort St. Louis
Starved Rock
Chevalier de la Salle
Othe
State
University of Chi
Chicago Man Heads Marine Corps League
Joseph L. Lenert of Chicago was elected Illinois commander of the Marine Corps League at the state convention advancing from senior vice commander. S. Harold Roberts of Alton became senior vice commander as others including Thomas Petrzak Chicago and Lester Johnson Paxton were elected to key posts. District leaders named include Christ Minassi Chicago Harvey Pierson Waukegan and Charles Drey Pierson Waukegan with several others across Paxton Moline East St. Louis and Danville.
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Springfield
Joseph L. Lenert
Chicago
Illinois
Marine Corps League
State Department
Lenert
S. Harold Roberts
Alton
Thomas Petrzak
Lester Johnson
Paxton
Jack C. Murphy
Henry Stockert
Pekin
Christ Minassi
Harvey Pierson
Waukegan
Charles Drey Pierson
Charles Dishinger
Ignatius Gianelloni
Moline
Robert Myler
East St. Louis
Thomas Shannon
Danville
Tents Spring up in Orchard Area
Tents are sprouting overnight in Southern Illinois orchard lands as the Elberta peach movement begins August 4 5. Pickers arrive mainly from Missouri and Arkansas, with many bringing no shelter while others sleep under the stars. The peach crop shows large No 1 fruit two and a half inches and heavy yields in well kept orchards. After peaches, late apples including Wealthy Dutchess are active markets as late run promises offset rough early season. Murphysboro Ice and Cold Storage Co plans 14 re iced cars at Alto Pass this week for apple movement.
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Illinois
Missouri
Arkansas
Murphysboro Ice and Cold Storage Company
Alto Pass
Priest's Mother McNamara Dies in Joliet
Mrs. Mary Hogan McNamara, 87 mother of Very Rev. Martin D. McNamara bishop of the Joliet Roman Catholic diocese, died yesterday in Joliet from pneumonia. A Lombard native, she passed away August 1 according to AP.
Seven die in Illinois weekend highway crashes
Six persons died in Illinois highway accidents over the weekend. A 90 year old state fair homemaking champion Mrs J F Montgomery and her 52 year old daughter Mrs E R Kirkpatrick of Omaha were killed in one crash. Other fatalities occurred near Waukegan Bloomington and Cairo with several injuries.
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Illinois
J. F. Montgomery
Decatur
E. R. Kirkpatrick
Omaha
Neb
Montgomery
granu @hamen
28 New Cases Of Paralysis
Springfield reports 28 new infantile paralysis cases, bringing the year’s total to 376 and marking a July surge in polio. Aurora records its first two cases as Illinois logs 298 infections for July and notes 22 confined polio deaths to date.
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Illinois Health Department
Aurora
Poirot Family Wins County Farm Contest At Illinois State Fair
The Alex Poirot family from Oraville led a seven family field in a county farm contest with 35 430 votes. Morgan Jewell Murphysboro Ford dealer arranged transport to Springfield for the August 13 interviews where a state winner will be chosen.
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Alex Poirot
Oraville
Poirots
Clarence Moore
Murphysboro
Russell Collins
Herrin
J. Lester Turners
Carbondale
Bill Lipe
Donald Lively
Campbell
Poirot
Crosley
Morgan Jewell Murphysboro
Ford
Springfield
State Fair Association
Carbondale Free Press
Murphysboro Independent
Herrin Joural
Joe
Jean
Oroville
Chicago Brinks Slayings Linked by Ex Convict Name Hoyland
An ex convict William Hoyland, 98, alleged to have given a full confession naming himself and three others in the Brinks Express Co. guards killing at South Chicago Savings Bank. Suspects Richard Tomberski, Joseph Jakalski, and David Edgerly are being sought. Jakalski's brother Stanley was killed a month later in a separate incident.
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Branks Express Co
Patrick Touhy
William Allen Hoyland
Exconvict
Hoyland
David Edgerly
Richard Tomberski
Joseph Jakalski
Jakalski
Stanley
South Side
Stanley Jakalski
Brinks
Toughy
Joseph Jakal-ski
Touhy
Earl Johnson
Arnold Washburn
Rule Against Sleeper Play In ITAC Meet
Bloomington Aug 1 AP Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference barred the sleeper play where a player lurks and then rushes to catch a pass. Sleepers along the sidelines become ineligible to catch forward passes. The conference also announced a four official team for weekly duty and may tighten defensive holding calls. Ray Hanson of Western State Teachers College is president. Glenn Abe Martin of Southern Illinois vice president spoke at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Eniwetok
National Atomic Energy Program
A.E.C
Congress
Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Glenn
Abe) Martin
Southern Illinois University
Ray T. Hanson
Western State Teachers College
Lightning Kills 2 Ball Players in Florida Game
A lightning bolt during a Baker versus Munson baseball game in Baker Florida killed two players and injured 50 others as a 300 crowd watched. The dead were Allen L. Joyner Jr 23 and Harry Moore both Baker club members. One injured person was listed in critical condition.
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Baker and Munson
Fla
Baker Baseball Club
Allen L. Joyner, Jr
Crestview
Harry Moore
Baker
Intruder Holds Chicago Family at Gunpoint over $4,000
A drunken gunman in a Small South Side Chicago basement apartment abducted 2 year old Sharon Kathleen McCary while demanding $4,000. He bound the parents and grandmother, pocketed $50 cash and $100 jewelry, and threatened to kill the child if resistance continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharon Kathleen McCary
South Side
William McCary
Doris
Policeman Kills Wife Lover then Ends His Life
Patrolman William R. Lane of Brooklyn shot and killed his estranged wife Blanche 28 and Arnold Myers 37 as they lay nude in bed, then killed himself at the foot of the bed. The crime occurred at Mrs Lane's parents Brooklyn home. Emil Binder 50 found the bodies on returning from work.
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William R. Lane
Brooklyn
Blanche
Arnold Myers
Mrs. Lane
Editors Take Georgia Jobs
Gov. Herman Talmadge has added 12 former editors and others to Georgia state payroll roles since November, with five available for comment. The Atlanta Journal notes the editors are strong Talmadge supporters and split on the propriety of state employment for newsroom personnel.
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Atlanta
Herman Talmadge
Atlanta Journal
Journal
Talmadge
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Illinois
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United States
Russia
Acheson
Louis A. Johnson
Spain
U. S
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Alabama
Olathe
Kan
Today's Index
GAR Wood Tinvetts
Gar Wood
Fisher’s Isleva
Wood
Cago
Jack Paggett
Highland Park
Ill
Arthur J. Norman
Norman
Constance Hoenig
Paggett
Wilmer
Camp Campbell, Ky
Robert Edwards
Gibson City
Bloomington
Betty Welsh
Edwards
Cairo
William R. Langdon, Jr
Eugene Fortman
Delavan
By Frank Carey
The
Associated Press
Belgian Congo
Canada
Colorado Plateau
A.elc
U. S. Geological Survey
Commission
Lightning
New York
Emil Binder
Georgia
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