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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 08, 1949
Page
8
Twelve of the 22 cars delivered to the state on August 12 by Hunter Owens motor sales are pictured on North Illinois avenue in Carbondale. Operators John Owens and Sam Hunter stand by the vehicles, flanking the display.
Paducah Ky Jaycees announce Barkley Day Air Show Sunday Aug 14 honoring Vice President Alben Barkley. Features include 40 man parachute drop by 11th Airborne from Camp Campbell, C‑47 gliders, C‑82 transport, 16 C‑47s overflight, Marine Corsair display, Kentucky Air National Guard P‑51s, and an on field rededication parade with honor guard and band.
Champaign Illinois August 8 A dairyman at the University of Illinois claims a national butterfat record for test tube cows. Cc S Rhoee says 100 unselected artificially-sired Holstein daughters average 476 pounds of butterfat per year, the highest average reported by an artificial breeding association in the United States.
Wanda Crabtree, 16, of Shattuo, was named Peach Queen at Centralia’s third annual peach festival hosted by the Centralia Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Carlysle High School senior will be a state fair guest of Gov. Adlai Stevenson.
Howard Fast's The Road to Freedom has been published in Russian. Culture and Life praised it as a forceful indictment of the social and political structure of contemporary America.
The United States Airborne Division will perform a parachute jump at the Barkley Day Air Show in Paducah on Sunday August 14. Vice President Barkley will deliver the keynote address for the event.
W Osburn of Murphysboro topped sales at 23.50 per cwt for 17 head of 2411 lb porkers at National Stock Yards Illinois through Producers Live Stock Marketing. Art Rickelmann Campbell Hill sold hogs at 23.25 per cwt. Walter Weber Grand Tower paid 28.00 per cwt for a 190 lb calf and 23.00 for 15 head of 241 lb porkers. Bert Hickam Carbondale realized 22.75 per cwt for 17 steers averaging 835 lbs. Walter Porter Murphysboro shipped 193 lb swine at 22.75 per cwt.
In Leopoldville Belgian Congo a ten inch high terracotta sculpture of a woman's bust with a tightly knotted necklace and a masklike ornament over the eyes baffles archaeologists as they study the small artifact.
A yachtsman notes stainless steel insect screens endure in marine air due to high resistance to salt air corrosion, suggesting long lasting use on decks and windows.
A relic was unearthed by a Dutch Catholic missionary about 13 feet below current ground level in the Lemba Valley near Leopoldville. Locals credit a legendary Balbali tribe said to have inhabited the region.
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