Aerial Spraying Follows Carbondale Cleanup Effort
Cleanup crews in Carbondale completed most groundwork for aerial spraying despite rain. Garin Ferguson will fly a Stearman plane to apply about 500 gallons of 25 percent DDT emulsion, with local merchants and residents contributing to a polio fund for ongoing cleanup costs and emergencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Garin Ferguson
Ferguson
Stearman
Springfield
Dean Roy
Fruit Exchange Supply Company
Services for Former Ava Resident Tomorrow
Ed Crawford 74 a former Ava resident died in Missouri Baptist Hospital St Louis Monday night He lived in Buckhorn Missouri before his death He leaves his wife and three daughters Mrs George Wheatley Cincinnati Mrs J F Bark St Louis and Mrs Grace Berring Buckhorn
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed Crawford
Ava
Missouri Baptist Hospital
St. Louis
Buckhorn
George Wheatley
Cincinnati
J. F. Bark
Grace Berkbigler
Rain Helps Carbondale Fire Dept Clean City Streets
Carbondale firemen, aided by a mysterious donor, began washing city streets as part of a D-Day cleaning operation. Two blocks were cleaned before 1.41 inches of rain fell between 2:30 and 4:20 p.m., delaying further work. Chief Carl Crain and crew thanked their unidentified helper for the effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale Fire Department
West Main
University
Hub
Methodist Church
Paul Brown
E. D. McGuire
Makanda
Harvey Hartline
Charles Etherton
L. E. Lipe and Sons
Arnold Orchards
Carbondale
Post Auxiliary Members Going To Convention
Carbondale’s Donald Forsyth Post and Auxiliary head to the state convention in Chicago. Delegates include Joe Barringer local commander and several couples from Carbondale Anna and Sparta figures also participate. An open house will honor the new department president of the auxiliary, Mrs. J Stanley Brown of Sparta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Donald Forsyth Post
American Legion
American Legion Auxiliary
Chiago
Joe Barringer
J. R. McGinnis
Ben Ward
Bert Hall
Hall
Charley Cimossa
van Kemper
Billie Davis
Mary Kent
Anna
J. Stanley Brown
Sparta
Kent
Brown
Townsend S. Dodd
Dodd
John Keith
Mary D. Grant
4-H Girls Show Friday at Riverside Park Murphysboro
Jackson County 4-H hosts a Friday show at Riverside Park Murphysboro with 15 plus clubs. Exhibits and judging begin at 9 00 a m with demonstrations starting at 1 00 p m. Silver dollars awarded at the County Achievement program in the fall.
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Jackson County
Riverside Park
Murphysboro
Mildred Benz
No Settlement in Sight On Truax-Traer Walkoff
About 250 strip pit and drift mine workers at Truax-Traer Coal Co seven miles north of Murphysboro remained idle. Mine Superintendent Fred Huff said the company cannot meet the strikers demands and knows little more about the grievance than at the outset. The strike began Monday morning over seniority rights for tipple workers.
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Truax- Tract
Huff
Coal Land Use Committee Sees Reclaimed Spoils
Coal Institute leaders and industry executives from Kentucky Ohio Pennsylvania Missouri and officials from reclamation associations discuss reclaimed spoil material at a meeting in Huntsville Missouri. Notable participants include Orel E. John James Moore Larry Cook R. T. Laing and A. J. Christiansen.
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Coal Land Use Committee
Inous Coal Institute
Orel E. John
Sinclair Farms
Huntsville
James Moore
Kentucky Reclamation Association
Larry Cook
Ohio Reclamation Association
R. T. Laing
Mineral Products Association
Kittanning
A. J. Christiansen
Taylor 5 Mine Reopens at Freeman Monday
Franklin County Coal announces Taylor No. 5 mine at Freeman will reopen Monday with 200 workers on day and night shifts. The mine, closed April 20 with 390 workers, has kept operable by maintenance. Clean up is set for Friday and Saturday after a negotiated reopening with the United Mine Workers.
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Taylor
Freeman
Franklin County Coal Corporation
Marion
Rip” Winkler
Winkler
United Mine Worker Union
Chicago
Royalton
Contracts Let For 5 Houses In Jackson County
The Jackson County Housing Authority awarded five house contracts three in Carbondale and two in Murphysboro. Kenneth Yow received the Carbondale work in the West End Dixon street area. H. L. Lockard won the Murphysboro jobs on North Sixteenth street near Liberty street. Construction should start within two weeks with state housing board approval pending. Sale to war veterans for 30 days after completion, then open sales if no veteran purchaser surfaces.
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Jackson County Housing Authority
Carbondale
Murphysboro
John Gilbert
Kenneth Yow
West End
Dixon Street
H. L. Lockard
North Sixteenth Street
Liberty Street
Walter King
Gilbert
State Housing Board
The Daily Free Press Classifieds and Subscriptions Note
Notice lists carrier and mail rates for subscriptions in Carbondale Illinois. It notes mail terms and restrictions, post office handling, and AP exclusivity for local news and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Free Press
Clinic Coaches Get Free Parking During SIU Coaching Clinic
Carbondale council waived parking meter fees for visiting coaches for the Southern Illinois University Coaching Clinic August 22 to 24. About 300 coaches are expected. program features Hank Iba, Don Faurot, and Bert Ingwerson. visiting coaches arrive Aug 21. cars receive a distinct windshield sticker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Paul Brown
Hank Iba
Oklahoma A. & A
Don Faurot
University of Missouri
Bert Ingwerson
Brown
Storm damages light circuits in Carbondale
A heavy storm hit Carbondale causing street light outages in the northeast area. Central Illinois Public Service said 25 to 30 lights were out and being repaired. Lightning near the Kroger warehouse damaged a transformer and darkened the building for about 45 minutes.
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Carbondale
Central Illinois Public Service Company
Marion Street
Washington
Freeman Streets
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
North
Illinois Avenue
Kroger
W. C. Anderson
Jackson County
Negro Who Lost Arm Taken To St Louis
The Webster Groves resident Henry Moor lost his left arm in a highway collision on Route 13. He was treated at St An drew’s hospital before being moved to a St Louis hospital for further care and potential recovery.
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St. Louis
Webster Groves
Rts
Henry Moor
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Hospital Notes From Marion And Carbondale
Surgical patient Mrs Virgil Motsinger in Marion. Medical cases include William L Ames in Marion and Mrs Carl Hammack in Louisville. Discharges noted for Mrs William Ardell Brown and son in Carbondale and Mrs Nellie Lewis also in Carbondale. Other patients include Mrs Theodore Puttmann and daughter in Carbondale and Mrs Donald Barnard in Wayne City. Dr C C Hall listed in Carbon. Mrs LeRoy North noted as surgical in Annua.
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Virgil Motsinger
Marion
William L. Ames
Carl Hammack
Louisville
William Ardell Brown
Carbondale
Nellie Lewis
Theodore Puttmann
Donald Barnard
Wayne City
C. C. Hall
LeRoy North
Surgical
Annua
Dowell Elkville Phone Rates Tie to Du Quoin Plan
The Illinois Commerce Commission approved a proposal to place Dowell and Elkville subscribers on the same rate basis as Du Quoin. Classified dial service will be provided through a new exchange rather than the current Rural Magneto Multi-Party Service via Du Quoin.
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Springfield
Ill
Illinois Commerce Commission
Illinois Commercial Telephone Company
Dowell
Elkville
du Quoin
Carbondale City Hears Light Petition Delays
The Carbondale city council reviewed two street light requests from northwest and northeast areas. A survey to determine numbers and placement is near completion and a contract with Central Illinois Public Service will follow. Commissions also addressed dumping on Washington Avenue and planned property ownership action and signage.
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Carbondale
T. B. F. Smith
John I. Wright
Rites for Kenner Infant To Be Thursday Afternoon
Claudette Elaine Kenner five months old died at her home in Carbondale. Funeral services set for Thursday at 1 30 p m at the Jackson funeral home with Rev L Mingo officiating. Burial will follow in Oakland cemetery. Friends may call at the Jackson funeral home until services. She leaves her parents Mr and Mrs George Kenner six sisters Patsy Dean Gwendell Deliah Joyce Janice and Ladonia and two brothers Larry and Basel all of Carbondale.
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Claudette Elaine Kenner
Brush Street
Carbondale
Jackson Funeral Home
Rev. L. Mingo
Oakland Cemetery
George Kenner
Patsy Dean
Gwendell
Deliah
Joyce
Janice
Ladonia
Larry
Basel
Fall of Carbondale
Murdale airport stage one near completion in Carbondale area
General Robert Davis of the Murdale airport authority reports stage one is 80 percent done. Blacktop for the northeast southwest runway may begin next week. The project leads in Williamson county and cites strong federal and state support with $100,000 federal grant and $80,000 state funds plus county bonds. Davis outlined plans for a hangar, a T hangar, service hangar, and potential National Guard usage while aiming to reduce local taxes in about two years and operate parts of the airport on revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdale
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Robert Davis
Murdaleairport Authority
Davis
Dawis
National Guard Air Force
Southern Illinois University
Pyramid Coal Buys Large Dragline For New Operation
Pyramid Coal announces purchase of a 1150 Dacyrus-Erie dragline to be installed within three months. The machine weighs about 14 068 tons with a 25 cubic foot bucket and 215 foot boom powered by 1500 horsepower, set on a 50 foot diameter tub. It will move 500 000 yards of dirt in 30 working days and requires 42 men over three months to set up.
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Pyramid Coal Company
Pinckneyville
Softball Double Header Supports Carbondale Polio Fund
Proceeds from a softball double header at Carbondale Community High School will aid the local polio drive. Hogan Center girls square off with Woolford Keller girls in the opener, followed by Carbondale Eagles against Herrin Texaco in the nightcap.
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Carbondale
Hogan Center
Woolord Keller
Eagles of
Herrin Texaco
Second Oil Test Planned in Williamson County
The Amerada Petroleum Corp plans a second Williamson county oil test about two and a half miles south of Corinth. Paul Hall, Johnston City engineer, began staking a new drilling site near the 2,800 foot McCloskey lime depth, with about 1,000 leased acres along the Williamson Saline line. The prior test, three miles west, occurred in 1940 and showed oil in several formations but was dry overall.
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Williamson County
Corinth
Paul Hall
Johnston City
Amerada Petroleum Corp
Tulsa
Okla
Canada
C. Arnold
Southern Illinois
Arnold
McCloskey
Williamson-Saline
Pollack-Margrave-Bartmes
Charles Weisbrodt
Marion
Aux Vases
O'Hara
Orientation Week Sets Freshman Prep at Southern Illinois
Freshmen at Southern Illinois will have Sept 7 to 13 for orientation to campus life before classes begin Sept 13. Activities include picnics dances and meetings with faculty counselors and student leaders. A key feature is a series of tests to guide students into suitable fields of study and ease adjustment. Registration starts at 7 30 a.m. on Sept 7.
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Southern Illinois
Marshall S. Hiskey
Hiskey
Tuberculosis Cases Reported in Jackson County
Jackson county records show 25 tuberculosis cases in July per the Illinois Tuberculosis Association. The July Contact lists 23 pulmonary cases at 60.7 per 100000 and 2 non pulmonary cases at 4.9 per 100000. Dr. E K Ellis of Murphysboro serves on the association board through 1950.
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Jackson — County
Illinois Tuberculosis Association
Contact
E. K.ellis
Murphysboro
Association
Bus and car collide on black top road between Carterville and Herrin
A Carbondale Harrisburg bus collided with a passenger car on the black top road between Carterville and Herrin yesterday around 4 p.m. Details of the accident could not be learned today.
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Carbondale
Death probe after fight leaves 55 year old man dead
Herbert L Sellers held in Jackson County jail as investigators probe the death of Dava Ben dieman 55 of Carbondale who died after a yard fight with Sellers Rendleman and Ed Conway lived at the same house near the tie plant in Carbonale Sellers said all drank yesterday afternoon and Rendleman attacked him Ed Conway on the porch was recuperating from a broken leg The body was taken to Herrin for a post mortem and an inquest will be scheduled Rendleman a World War I veteran funeral services set for 10 am tomorrow with burial in Snider cemetery.
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John I. Wright
E. L. Borkon
Elks Club
Order of Eagles
The
Carbondale Taverns Association
Borkon
Paul Brown
Carbondale
Wright
Retail Liquor Association
City Hall
Herbert L. ‘Slick’ Sellers
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Dava
Pete’ Bendieman
Sellers
John Gilbert
Sellers Rendleman
Ed Conway
Carbonale
Rendelman
Rendleman
Huffman
Nile Huffman
Bendieman
D. C. McGregor
Roy Huffman
Lee Davis
Davis
Gilbert
McGregor
Herrin
Snider Cemetery
R. J. Morgan
John
Dallas
Chicago
Jackson County Board of Review sets August 8 hearings
The Jackson County Board of Review announced August 8 as the hearing date for all tax assessment complaints. Twenty two complainants were notified to appear, with possible extensions to August 9 if needed. Elk Township filing extends to August 10 with hearings likely August 15. The board aims to finish by September 7 per state law.
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Jackson County Board of Review
Elk Township
Boyd Thorp
Kiwanians View Film on Medicine Production
Kiwanis club members viewed a film titled For Us the Living at University cafeteria showing government industry cooperation in medicine production. The National Proprietary Association hosted with aid from the Federal Security Administration National Park Service and the Federal Trade Commission. It highlighted FTC efforts for high grade medicines and FDA tests to safeguard medicines from impurities. The next meeting was announced for the Christian church basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis’ Club
National Proprietary Association
Federal Security Administration
National Park Service
Federal Trade Commission
Food and Drug Administration
Christian Church
Truman designates Fire Prevention Week starting October 9
President Truman announces the week of October 9 as Fire Prevention Week in a nationwide observance emphasizing fire safety. The designation asks communities to promote prevention measures and coordinate with local fire departments.
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Washington
Truman
Also Mentioned on This Page
Truax-Traer
National Coal Association
Illinois
Tom Cheasley
Sinclair Coal Company
Kansas City
Erwin H. Reiss
Meadowlark Farms, Inc
Sullivan, Ind
Cliff Adams
Bitum
Illinois Coal Strippers Association
L. Ss. Weber
L. E. Sawyer
Indiana Coal Producers Association
Truax-Tract
Council
University of
Carico
Kenicott
Carico and
Rigdon
Bridge
Willow
Cal Cavaness
Washington Avenue
Kenner
Dave Rendleman
Slick’ Sellers
Airport Authority
Pyramid
Williamson
T. B
Board of Review
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