Senate Plans Wiretapping Investigation
A Senate group will open an inquiry likely this week into wiretapping by Washington police. A five man subcommittee led by Senator James Pepper will study reports and may probe government agency use of recording devices on telephone lines.
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Washingon
Senae
Washington
District of Columbia
Matthew Neely
D-Wlard Va
Senate
Washington Times Herald
Scott Lucas
Illinois
Lucas
Neely
Jaude Pepper
D-Fia
Howard Hughes
New Kroger Store Set to Open in Anna on Tuesday
The Kroger store at 208 West Davie Street Anna will open Tuesday morning led by manager J F Pankey who has 26 years with Kroger. Head meat cutter Gilbert Knupp brings 10 years Kroger experience. Hollie Russell will head the produce department. J Keller oversees stock with 25 years in retail. Other staff include Roberta Hancock Marie Davie Fred Blaylock Gary Kelly Chester Tanner Louis Hickam Walter Dillon Lamire Moore Myrie Coffman Henry Murphy Hershal Grisham.
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Kroger
Davie Street
Anna
H. H. Niemann
Carbondale
J. F. Pankey
Kroger’s
Christopher
Gilbert Knupp
Hollie Russell
J. Keller
Jonesboro
Roberta Hancock
Marie Davie
Fred Blaylock
Gary Kelly
Chester Tanner
Louis Hickam
Walter Dillon
Lamire Moore
Myrie Coffman
Henry Murphy
Hershal Grisham
French Debate Sends Token Battalion to Korea
Paris sources report French leaders weighing a token battalion to fight under UN flag in Korea. The main obstacle is France's dire need of military strength in Asia amid a five year guerilla war in Indo China with about 140,000 troops stationed there.
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Paris
United Nations
Korea
France
Asia
Indo
China
Road official dies in Christopher Illinois
E A Webb age 69 longtime Franklin county highway superintendent for 24 years died today in Christopher hospital. Webb of Benton served as past president of a Southern Illinois district association of county highway superintendents.
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Christopher, Ill
E. A. Webb
Franklin County
Christopher Hospital
Webb
Benton
Southern Illinois District Association
Union State Forest Picnic Areas Draw Crowds Near Jonesboro
In Union State Forest near Jonesboro, seven shelters within the 3500 acre park attract local families. Open since 1928, the area offers firewood, running water, and numerous tables for large or small groups. The main site features 50 tables and multiple shelters along Route 127 corridor a short drive from Murphysboro.
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Union State Forest
Jonesboro
Leftists clash with police at Union Square rally
About two thousand peace marchers clashed with one thousand police near Union Square New York delaying homebound crowds. The protest, led by the New York Labor Conference for Peace, aimed to hear Paul Robeson and W. E. B. Du Bois before police dispersed the crowd.
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Union Square
New York Labor Conference For Peace
Paul Robeson
W. E. B. Dubois
Peace Information Center
Council Says Caravan Action Unauthorized by Board
Board chief claims the caravan was not sanctioned by the council and acted by individuals to pressure changes in who performs certain electrical jobs. C. J. Burton, council president, calls it a grab act and notes only a single picket was authorized for grievance recognition.
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C. J. Burton
Murphysboro
Burton
Reds Training 10,000 Indochinese Guerrillas
In Saigon on August 3, AP reports that Red China is training at least 10,000 Indochinese guerrillas for Ho Chi Minh's Communist-led antirrench forces, according to an official French source.
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Saigon
Indochina
Red China
Ho Chi Minh
Hopes Dim for Allison in Missouri Senate Fight
In St Louis on August 3 AP reports Emery W. Allison trailing former Rep Thomas C. Hennings Jr for the Missouri Democratic senatorial nomination. With 26 precincts left uncounted Hennings led by 4446 votes as Allison, backed by President Truman, concedes a slim chance from absentee ballots. Donnell secures Republican nomination without contest.
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St. Louis
Emery W. Allison
Truman
Thomas C. Hennings, Jr
Missouri
Hennings
U. S
Allison
Forrest C. Donnell
Donnell
Truck Car Crash Kills Two Men in Illinois
Two men died when their car collided head on with a Viking Freight service tractor-trailer on Illinois highway 13 a mile and a half south of Belleville. Edward Franklin 35 of Marissa Illinois and Eugene M. Otteson 43 of Tilden Illinois were dead on arrival at St Elizabeth's hospital. Chester Isbell 25 of St Louis driver of the truck sustained non life threatening injuries. Isbell said he was northbound and turned onto the shoulder to avoid the car. Official visitors at the Illinois State hospital Anna included Willard L. Couch assistant deputy director.
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Belleville
Here
St. Clair County
Edward Franklin
Marissa
Eugene M. Otteson
Tilden
St. Elizabeth’s Hospital
Chester Isbell
St. Louis
Viking Freight Service
Isbell
Arms Training Ordered For Guards in Germany
The U S Army ordered 21000 of its German and displaced persons guards to receive small arms training and to live in barracks. Army officials said the move arose from the merger of the industrial police and labor service companies on August 1 and carries no military significance.
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Germany
U. S
Army
Verdi’s Milan Home for Aging Musicians Shelters Legends
In Milan the House of Rest for Aged Musicians houses 70 former stars in their eighties, founded by Giuseppe Verdi who is buried there. The aging artists teach, perform for themselves, and host yearly programs, supported by fellow musicians worldwide including Toscanini and Lauri-Volpi.
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Milan
Italy
Marchesa Frida Ricci
Arturo Toscanini
Giuseppe Verdi
Riccardo Pettinella
Verdi
Toscanini
Beniamingo Gigli
Giacomo Lauri Volpi
Giulio Gatti Casazza
Fruit processing arrangements at Springfield institution
Howard N. Gillespie from the Division of Home Economics and Nutrition in Springfield outlines fruit processing setups. Frank Van Doren, assistant supervisor of Institutional farms in Springfield, discusses related arrangements.
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Mental Health Service
Springfield
Howard N. Gillespie
Home Economics and Nutrition
Frank van Doren
Institutional Farms
Bank bandit hires plane in rapid escape
Bronson Iowa August 3 a bank robber calmly waited on customers during a holdup at the Morningside Bank Sioux City branch and fled by car then chartered plane to Elk Point South Dakota. The robber tied the manager Ollie G Smith to a chair and cashed two checks before fleeing with $870 in a paper sack. Police traced the escape to Tomm y Martin a 50 year old flying service operator who ferried a man to Elk Point.
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Bronson
Iowa
South, Dakota
Morningside Bank
Sioux City
Ollie G. Smith
Brunson
Tommy Martin
Elk Point
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Frankfurt
Concerta Abbate
Marchesa Ricci
Associated Press
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Bellini
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Murphysboro, II
Wainui
Boston Butt Pork Roast
Morrell
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Prairie Farms
M. Otners OR
VEAL
IGA Cherries
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LA France
Old Judge
Folger’s
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New England
Mayrose
ST. Louis Independent Packing CO
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Smith
Chester Hospital
J. Rohrich
Chester
Andrew Surman
Lacy Harmon, Jr
Fort Dodge
Edward Brown
Etta Thomas
Melba Jean Benline
Robert Flanigan
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