South to remain solid says Demo leaders
Associated Press reports top Democratic leaders predict the South will stay loyal in November. Stevenson cites “heartening evidences” of Southern fidelity as Long of Louisiana and Green of Rhode Island back his view. Eisenhower pursues a Los Angeles speech as primaries in Missouri Michigan and Kansas loom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
South
Dixie
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illionis
Russell Long
Louisiana
Theodore F. Green
Rhode Island
GOP
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Los Angeles
Stevenson
White House
Missouri
Truman
Michigan
Kansas
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Agriculture
Charles Brannan
Clark Clifford
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Ohio
Weather Outlook for Southern Illinois: Clouds and Thunder Showers
The region faces partly cloudy skies with scattered thundershowers south and west tonight and Wednesday. Temperatures hold with lows 62 to 65 and highs 87 to 90. precipitation totals near zero. sun sets 7 05 p.m. and rises 5 05 a.m. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake readings below spillway by 14 and 10 inches respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Daily Free Press Carbondale Evening Edition Note
Publication data shows the Daily Free Press in Carbondale Illinois issued evenings except Sundays and holidays. It is published by Southern Winds Publications at 227 West Main Street Carbondale and entered as second class mail under the 1878 act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Free Press
Southern Winds
West
Main Street
Carbondale
Illinois
Lewis Warns Coal Contract Ends Sept 30
Washington Aug 5 AP The United Mine Workers threaten a broad shutdown as John L Lewis serves termination notice setting Sept 30 for the current contract. The move affects bituminous and anthracite sectors, with 450000 and 100000 miners respectively, and signals likely wage demand growth tied to steel industry patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Ook Lewis
Mine Workers Union
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Lewis
Moody
Bituminous Coal Operators Association
Harry M. Moses
Moses
Moody Group
Indiana
Far West
Philip Murray
CIO
Corporal Hurt by Rifle Fire After Near-Miss Explosion
Corporal Raul M. Menzer of Newburgh New York reported a shoulder wound after a Communist mortar shell exploded near his position with the 25th Division in Korea on August 5. A rifle rack wire snapped and a rifle discharged striking an iron ceiling, sending a sliver into his shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
Raul M. Menzert
Newburgh
N. Y
Menzer
NYC Walkout Threat Fades
Peace talks resume between New York Central and four railroad brotherhoods after a day of talks. No strike is imminent as about 300 working rules and grievances from two years ago are under review. Organizations involved include the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen, and the Order of Railway Conductors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New York Central
Buffalo
N. Y
Wilbert L. Reed
Brotherhood of Railroad
Brotherhoods of
Order of
VFW Beauty Winner Named Miss VFW of 1952
Jenna Fae Whatley aged 19 from Winnfield Louisiana won the Miss VFW title at the Veterans of Foreign Wars encampment beauty contest held Monday night in Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
VFW
Los Angeles
Jenna Fae Whatley
Winnfield
Sitdown Soldier Seized at Camp Pickett VA
Pvt Hugh S Carter 24 was arrested at Blackstone station ending his sit down protest against Korea duty He had refused orders for furlough and travel time to Fort Lawton becoming AWOL His disposition will be decided by Fort Lawton where he is under Army care Carter a pacifist Jehovahs Witness preached Bible at Blackstone during the protest
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Pickett
Hugh S. Carter
Blackstone
Korea
Army
Carter
Boston
Mass
Fort Lawton
Wash
Jehovah's Witnesses
Hog Shipping From Chica to Yards Banned
Chicago, Aug 5 AP The Bureau of Animal Industry imposed a partial quarantine on the Chicago hog market to halt vesicular exanthema. About 13,000 hogs at Union Stock Yards must be slaughtered locally. no outbound shipping allowed. Prices drift lower as buyers withdraw and embargo chatter spreads to other yards. The disease has spread to 16 states, mainly from garbage fed hogs. the AVMA warns against feeding trim mings and scraps as the virus can survive refrigerated meat. Humans are not affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Animal Industry Today
Chicago
Union
Peoria
Sian
St. Louis
Kansas City
Omaha
California
American Veterinary Medical Association
Toll Uncertain In Bus Crash In Central Texas
In Waco area two Greyhound buses collided and burned at about 4 a.m. leaving at least 28 bodies recovered and 25 injured. Drivers Milton Berry Herring and B E Billy Malone, both dead, were among the victims as officials probe the cause of the fiery wreck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waco
Tex
Greyhound
Here
Greyhound Lines
Texas Department of Public Safety
Milton Berry Herring
B. E
Billy Malone
Texas
Herring
Malone
Trucker in Amsterdam Crash Skids On Rough Patch
Vernon Thomas of Iowa was hauling eggs when his tractor trailer skidded on a rough patch of pavement in Amsterdam. The truck overturned but he was not injured, though he says he will not load eggs again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
BIG Omelet
Amsterdam
N. Y
Vernon Thomas
Les City
Iowa
Thomas
Fireball Analysis Uncovers Housewife Insight
University of New Mexico researchers tested a porous black mass sent by a Macon teacher as a possible meteorite. Dr Lincoln La Paz and his lab used Geiger counters and microscopes before his wife evaluated the sample and declared its burn toast truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albuquerque
University of New Mexico
Macon
Lincoln la Paz
Institute of Meteoritics
Smith Defends Stevenson In Illinois Senate Row
State Senator Elbert S. Smith of Decatur defends Governor Stevenson and attacks Dirksen for clouding the issues. He cites Stevenson as a good governor and argues Eisenhower better handles international threats and civics reforms while both candidates are men of integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dirksen
Peoria-Pekin
Washington
Stevenson
Illinois
Smith
Bloomington
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vaughan
McCarthy
Chicago policy boss slain in ambush on South Side
Theodore Roe a 53 year old wealthy gambling boss and last of the old guard resisting syndicate control was killed by shotgun blasts as he stepped from his South Side apartment. Four spent shells were found near the scene and a nearby witness reported seeing three white men in a car prior to the shooting. Roe had previously killed Leonard Caifano in 1951 and faced charges later dropped in self defense. The Kefauver probe linked Roe to vast profits from a double daily lottery system that drew involvement from Chicago's Negro population.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Roe
South Side
Roe
Joseph Turner
Leonard Caifano
West Side
Caifano
Edward Jones
Jones
Mexico City
Clifford Davis
Kefauver Crime Investigating Committee
George
Chicago
Price ceilings suspended on all cigars by OPS
The Office of Price Stabilization moved to suspend price ceilings on all cigars with immediate effect while cigarets remain capped. Officials cited rising labor and leaf tobacco costs and low industry earnings as the reasons for the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
Baruch Praises Eisenhower And Stevenson On Inflation Fight
Financier Bernard Baruch says both Dwight D. Eisenhower and Adlai E. Stevenson show the ability to curb inflation. He spoke to newsmen aboard the Queen Elizabeth after a two month Europe trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baruch
Bernard Baruch
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Adlai E. Stevenson
Europe
Early Action Urged in Illinois Governor Contest
Springfield August fifth AP reports momentum for an early showdown to choose a Democratic candidate to succeed Adlai E Stevenson as Illinois governor. Lt. Gov. Sherwood Dixon and Secretary of State Edward J Barrett are leading contenders after Stevenson endorsed Dixon as logical successor, with Barrett claiming majority backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois
State Central Committee
Sherwood Dixon
Edward J. Barrett
Stevenson
James Rowan
Chicago
Dixon
Barrett
Publicity stunt allegedly behind staged death leap hoax
Washington August 5 AP a young mother claimed a death by own action leap from a sixth floor ledge was a hoax staged to aid Medal of Honor recipient and Virginia gubernatorial candidate Maynard H Smith. Smith and colleague Roland Bennett face false report charges. Whomble says she was offered money to fake the jump.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ernestine Lucille Whomble
Maynard H. “Snuffy” Smith
Virginia
Clark King
Smith
Roland Bennett
Bennett
Whomble
Hollywood
English Channel
King
Mrs
YWCA
Rain offers scant relief to drought areas across the nation
Light rain touched parts of the Southern and Eastern drought zones but scarce showers failed to revive crops. Maine saw the biggest break while Tennessee and Kentucky received limited moisture. The drought has ruined billions in pasture, corn, tobacco and cotton, prompting farmers to dump cattle and a federal Atlanta meeting to plan loans and aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drouth
Maine
Tennessee
Kentucky
Nashville
Tenn
Connecticut
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Texas
Oklahoma
Atlanta
Alabama
Arkansas
Georgia
Mississippi
Missouri
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Interstate Commerce Commission
U S Fifth Air Force claims air victory over North Korea
The U S Fifth Air Force reported four Communist jets shot down and six damaged by Sabre pilots in North Korea. The U N had warned 78 towns of doomed military sites and urged civilian evacuation ahead of air raids. The air program aims to spare troops while showcasing Allied air superiority. Lt Gen Glenn P Barcus noted the program has continued into 1951.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Fifth Air Force
North Korea
U. N
Glenn P. Barcus
U. S
Fifth Air Force
Ing
Weowa Tesee
Radio
Also Mentioned on This Page
Picket
International Harvester Twine
United Electrical Workers
Nyc
Chica
J. Neely Martin
Decatur
Elbert S. Smith
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois Senate
Springfield
The
Seoul
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!