Herrin Golden Jubilee Sunday Festival Schedule
A dense list of events for the Herrin Golden Jubilee on Sunday August 13 includes church services at 9:30 a.m. across 23 churches, a combined service at the football field, an industrial exposition and wildlife exhibits at city park, downtown store-window displays, and the Your Illinois exhibit. Activities run 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. with parades, pageants, softball tournaments, a queen’s ball, band concerts, rodeos, a firemen’s convention and parade, horse shows, fireworks, and a final regular church service schedule.
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City Park
Christian Church
Hampton
Moore
Lighted Park
Herrin
Ellis
Herrin Sowell
Industrial Exposition
Illinois
Eagles’ Home
Christian Church North
Eagles
Behind-lines Invasion Unlikely for Korea Effort
American manpower and transport shortages curb a large scale behind-lines invasion of Korea though small coastal landings and amphibious actions remain possible. Marine units recently deployed to a South Korean port, then joined front line troops, signaling no immediate division-scale assault.
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Red Army
Korea
Europe
Pacific Islands
First Marine Division
Gen
Douglas MacArthur
United States
82Nd
11Th
Franklin Votes New Hospital
Franklin county approves a hospital district bill to fund a new county hospital with federal funds. John L. Lewis backs the measure while some miners oppose it. Unofficial totals show 5760 for and 2684 against. Christopher miners vote against, citing existing Miners' hospital facilities.
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Franklin County
John L. Lewis
Franklin
United Mine Workers
UMW
Christopher
Seven Traffic Deaths In Illinois Over Weekend
State toll totals seven with multiple fatalities in three incidents. A head on crash near Potomac killed three and injured three, two youths died when their car hit a freight train near Hamel, and a Springfield accident claimed 74 year old Josephine Holmes at an intersection.
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Illinois
Potomac
Hamel
E. W. McCracken
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Forest R
Isabel Pitsford
Wood River
Ste. Joseph’s Hospital Highland
Litchfield & Madison
Springfield
Josephine Holmes
Mechanicsburg
St Louis man John Gray dies in Centralia crash
John Gray of St Louis was killed in an automobile collision on route 161 just east of Centralia early Sunday.
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Centralia
John Gray
St. Louis
Route 161
War casualties and missing from Illinois and Tennessee
The report lists wounded Corporal Carl S. Haglund of Illinois and Private First Class Harold A. McDougall of Tennessee. Also injured are Private First Class Dwight L. Huston of Mount Vernon and Private First Class Robert M. Lee of Pulas ki. Private Nolan D. Gulley is reported as missing.
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Carl S. Haglund
Mary J. Haglund
Tennessee
Harold A. McDougal
Dewey McDougal
Danville
Dwight L. Huston
Lavine Huston
Route 6
Mount Vernon
Robert M. Lee
Sarah Lee
Pulaski
HADACOL advertised by Mrs Macaure in New Orleans
An undated testimonial from Mrs J P Macaure of 408 Radiance Street New Orleans praises HADACOL for vitamin and iron deficiencies. The ad claims relief for nervousness irritability and indigestion and promotes trial sizes and substitutes. The text also includes a separate public notice about Illinois constitutional amendments to be voted on November 7 1950.
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J. P. Macaure
New Orleans
Macaure
Hadacol
The
LeBlanc Corporation
Illinois
General Assembly
State OF
Capitol
Springfield
Secretary
Edward J. Barrett
Ilinois
Senate
Sixty-sixth
Capito Building
A.D
United States
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Washington
New Hospital
Joe Fetera
W. Monroe St
Herrin, Ilinois
Prescription
Doerr
14Th and
Walnut
Murphysboro
Associated Press
Walier
Defense Department
Sema
Eessya Aspirin
Mexsana
Prin
Pvt
Nolan D. Gulley
MO Delicio
Herrin’s
South 8Th
Johnston City Road
Herrin, Ill
RAYON
Men’s Knit Union Suits
Rayon Poplin
H. B. Taylor
Ridge Avenue
Coraopolis
Kellogg
Battle Creek
Mich
Lady and Men Fitters Hospital
Walker
Southern Illinois Surgical Appliance Co
W. Main St
West Frankfort, Mi
Williamson County
Helleny
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