Revised Draft Calls for Downstate Counties Told
Chicago reports revised downstate draft quotas by Col. Paul G. Armstrong. Calls for 1125 men from 32 boards updated to 125 per day at St. Louis. Effective Aug 21, Illinois draftees train at Fort Knox Kentucky. Mansfield notes recalls of reserve officers and enlisted men for 90 days to support mobilization at Navy pier centers.
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St. Louis
Illinois
Fort Knox
Frank S. Mansfield
Mansfield
Ilinois Military District
Fort Riley
Kan
Col. Mansfield
R.O. T.C
Five state troopers fired over slot machine theft
Five state police troopers were fired and a sixth demoted for theft from confiscated slot machines in Pulaski county. About 150 dollars was recovered. four officers faced removal for taking money from guarded machines in a Cairo garage. Names and details follow the merit board action and suspensions.
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Springfield
State Police Merit Board
Pulaski County
Cairo
Harry S. Curtis
Buie
van Biber
Williams
Pittsburgh Bus and Trolley Fare Increases Take Effect
Pittsburgh today raised transit fares with trolley cash rising to 15 cents or 12 cents by token packs of five. A 3 cent transfer fee is now charged. Bus fares increased from 15 to 20 cents cash or 15 cents with transfers, with further details to follow.
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Pittsburgh
Bid Study Due in Scott Field Project
The Army Corps of Engineers announced McCarthy Brothers Construction Co. of St. Louis as apparent low bidder for 80 family housing units at Scott Air Force Base near Belleville Illinois with a basic bid of 917 250. The Beck Co. of Dallas submitted a lower bid of 884 860 based on its own plans. awarding will be delayed to study Beck plans against Air Force requirements.
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Chicago
Army Corps of Engineers
McCarthy Brothers Construction Co
St. Louis
Scott Air Force Base
Belleville
Ill
Army
Henry C. Beck Co
Dallas
Texas
Corps of Engineers
Senate backs standby powers for Truman on markets
Washington August 11 AP A move to grant President Truman standby controls over speculative trading on commodity markets gains Senate support. Senator Burnet R. Maybank plans an amendment next week as critics press to curb such powers while the House backs broad wage price rationing controls.
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Washington
Truman
Senate
Burnet R. Maybank
D-Sc
House
Maybank
Mayback
Weather Summary Aids Local Forecast
Cooler conditions expected tonight and Saturday with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures show low 60s tonight and upper 70s to 80s Saturday. Observations include 71 percent humidity at 8 am, sunrise 5 05 am, sunset 7 05 pm, wind average .66 mph, and river/lake levels near spillways with minor rises.
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Lowe
Crab Orchard Lake
Army to call up 7,862 non reserve officers for active duty
The army announced a sweeping call up of 7,862 reserve captains and lieutenants not assigned to organized reserve units. They will report Oct. 6 for 21 months, with recalls also of 1,582 active and inactive medical service corps officers.
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Washington
Army
Organized Reserve Corps
Congress
Medical Service Corps
Medical and Medical Service Corps
Dental Corps
Veterinary Corps
Organized Reserve
National Guard
Fifth Army
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
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South Dakota
Nebraska
Kansas
Colorado
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Amy
Meter Hearing Set for Anna Parking Meters
Circuit Judge Harold L Zimmer man of Marion will preside Saturday morning at a hearing in Union circuit court at Jonesboro on a petition for a referendum on installation of parking meters in Anna. A year ago Anna passed an ordinance for meters and a petition with about 200 signatures sought a vote. The city council later passed ordinance 309 on July 7 1950 specifying meter locations and justification to improve traffic.
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Harold L. Zimmerman
Marion
Union Circuit Court
Jonesboro
Anna
City of
Accidental Gun Wound Kills Decatur Man
In Decatur Illinois Robert Williams assisting a friend Carrol Veech move into a new apartment found a revolver in a bureau. Veech tested it, it fired striking his chin and neck. He died shortly after arrival at Decatur and Macon county hospital.
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Decatur
Ill
Robert Williams
Carrol V. Veech
Williams
Veech
Macon County Hospital
Esterday
Senate Group Okays House Tax Hike Bill
The Senate finance committee approved a three billion dollar annual rise in personal income taxes with Oct. 1 effective withholding. It also moves to exempt GI personnel in Korea and areas of hostilities, and would raise corporate taxes to 45 percent for half of 1950 income. The plan expands the President's five billion dollar tax program for Korea and war costs.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Korea
Senate
House
Truman
America
Congress
C and E I Seeks to Halt Salem Cypress Train Service
The Chicago and Eastern Illinois railroad asked the Illinois Commerce Commission to discontinue two daily Salem to Cypress trains due to losses exceeding $6,000 monthly. Trains would run only to Salem from Danville and mail and express would be trucked. Dixie Greyhound would carry passengers. Eleven towns south of Salem would be affected.
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Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad
Illinois Commerce Commission
Salem
Cypress
Illinois
Danville
C&ei
Dixie-Greyhound
U S and Red Advances In Korean Front Drive
United States and North Korean forces clash as a two pronged advance cuts Pohang and Yongdok while another red column moves toward Andong Uisong and Changnyong. Bridgeheads over the Naktong river are attacked as U S troops push toward Chinju.
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Pohang
Yongdok
Andong
Uisong
Nak
Youth Ends Canoe Trip Down the Mississippi
A 24-year-old University of Illinois pre law student finished a 53-day 1500 mile paddle from Aurora to New Orleans in a second hand canoe named Gracie Lou. Thomas Edward Boyd hoped to sell his trip story to a magazine and joked about adding a motor next time. A fugitive look drew police attention when he reached Angola Louisiana near the state penitentiary and he spent a night in the guardhouse before continuing.
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New Orleans
University of Illinois
Aurora
Thomas Edward Boyd
Boyd
Angola
Louisiana State Penitentiary
Firemen Contain Tank Blaze at Daugherty Refinery
Twenty five fire companies from surrounding areas battled a spectacular gasoline tank fire at the Daugherty refinery of L Sonneborn and Sons in Petrolia. One man was injured as the blaze was brought under control after an explosion in a large gasoil storage tank.
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Petrolia
Daugherty
L. Sonneborn & Sons
Ozarks Farm Girl Found After Terror End
Fifteen year old Lola Jean Fansler was found in a cabin near Poteau Oklahoma after a weeklong search. She told Sheriff Jack Craig she came to Poteau with Harold Wesley Harris who later killed Lola Jean’s father and uncle and a four year old relative in Eminence Missouri. Harris was killed by a deputy near Fremont Missouri while fleeing.
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Lola Jean Fansler
Eminence
Jack Craig
Harold Wesley Harris
Lola Jean
Harris
Fremont
Craig
Poteau
Missouri
Fansler
Baby’s Body Found in Rags Shocks St. Louis Area
A newborn girl’s body was found in a paper box among rags loaded at St. Louis Waste Trading Co. from Herrin Illinois. Coroner’s jury rules the death a homicide.
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St. Louis Waste Trading Co
St. Louis Company
Illinois
Eldon Gossage
Christopher Trucker
St. Louis
Gossage
Herrin
London crowds await Princess Elizabeth’s second child
London residents gathered near Clarence House as crowds swelled for the birth of Princess Elizabeth's second child. Police increased presence to manage the turnout and ensure order.
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London
Clarence House
Princess Elizabeth
ABC Classified Ad Sells House Within Five Hours
Carbondale house with ten rooms easily converted into two apartments. Small down payment, good location. If you need a home this is your chance. See M L Stafford or M L Van Natta, Phone 647 X.
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Carbondale
M. L. Stafford
M. L. van Natta
Ad sells house five hours after paper hits streets
Messrs. Stafford and Van Netta note rapid results after a $2.34 T-line ad sold the house within five hours of publication. Calls poured in from Carbondele and a wide area as inquiries started immediately.
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Messrs. Stafford
van Netta
Father-in-Law Shoots Man After Argument
Milford Kerr aged 32 was shot by his father in law Mason Phillips 46 after Kerr accused him of lying about Kerr to his daughter. Phillips admitted the shooting claiming self defense. Kerr had challenged Phillips at his home and Kerr had been jailed recently for burglary and larceny.
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Paris
Ill
Milford Kerr
Kerr
Edgar County
Alan Crable
Crable
Mason Phillips
Phillips
Military Sees Need for 6 Pct Of Production
Washington reports the military expects its share of steel to be five to six percent of national production under the new rearmament program. A Munitions board official says civilian economy can avoid harm while supplying planes ships tanks and guns for Truman's 10.5 billion dollar supplement. The stockpile and current capacity are considered in planning.
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Washington
Munitions Board
Truman
Congress
Wallace Sees Russia as Korea Aggressor in War
Henry Wallace told mutual radio that Russia is the aggressor in Korea and that the United States has lost the initiative. He said there may be a chance for peace but Moscow seeks to continue the cold war for its own reasons.
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New York
Henry Wallace
Russia
Korea
U. S
United States
Mutual Broadcasting System
Wallace
Communists Seize Pohang Port in Korea Front
Red troops seized the port of Pohang on the Korean east coast and fought to the edge of the U S air base as Americans withdrew after a night battle. U S forces rushed to defend the air field while Communist forces, aided by artillery, pressed a night assault on the port city and surrounding hills. General MacArthur said most Naktong river bridgeheads had been wiped out except one near Taegu, as fighting raged along the eastern front and in coastal areas near Chinju.
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Tokyo
Pohang
U. S
Eighth Army
Pusan
MacArthur
Naktong River
Changnyong
Taegu
Naktong
U. S. First Cavalry Division
Chinju
Kosong
Korea
Associated Press
Hal Boyle
Air Force
Walton H. Walker
U. S. Eighth Army
Earle Partridge
Fifth Air Force
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Aed
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U.S. Air Base
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Ft. Knox
Paul G. Armstrong
Selective Service
Perry
Williamson Jackson
Edgar
Franklin
Johnson
Union
Randolph
Jackson
Merit Board
Dan L. Baker
James E. Williams
Golconda
Richard Jones
Orval van Biber
Harrisburg
William D. Kelley
Goreville
Kelley
Lon J. Buie
Mounds
Pittsburch
Scott Field
Mississippi River
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