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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1950
Page
1
The Canoas earned the trip to the State Fair by winning The Southern Alinoisan Typical Farm Family contest. Transportation to the fair was provided by the Morgan-Jewell Ford dealer in Murphysboro.
The Senate finance committee approved major items of President Truman's tax program to fund the Korean war. G I fighting in Korea would be tax exempt and officers taxed less, with a $1500 extra exemption limited to combat zones. The plan increases personal tax rates and corporate taxes to raise about five billion dollars annually.
Herrin girds for a golden jubilee with colorful Welcome signs as residents and visitors arrive for a week of rodeo carnival pageant parades and band concerts. The opening religious services occur in 23 churches and exhibits by Crab Orchard Sportsmen.(()))
John M. Kuypers is removed from his post as director of the University of Illinois School of Music with a one year leave of absence. President George D. Stoddard announced the move amid prior faculty complaints and requests for a confidence vote noted by Dean Rexford Newcomb.
German winemakers hosted a three hour tasting of 24 Trockenbeerenauslese vintages at the Bismarck hotel with about 150 attendees. Sponsors included Deutsche Weinerburg and German exporters and associations. The event featured table buckets and a celebratory song as the crowd praised the late wines and shouted profit.
County Judge C C Drennan ruled against St Louis in its suit to dodge 134000 dollars in taxes on the MacArthur bridge portion in St Clair county. The city claimed 33 percent overassessment for 1947 49, but the assessment was upheld on the same property value base used for other St Clair county property.
Rain and cooler temperatures bring cloudy skies through tonight and Sunday. Occasional showers continue with heavy rain in western areas. Lows near 65 tonight, highs Sunday near 65 to 78.
Weather figures show low around 61 and high near 90 with sunup at 5 06 and sunset at 7 03. Humidity at 64 percent and no precipitation since yesterday morning. Water levels report Crab Orchard Lake at three inches below spillway Little Grassy Lake thirteen feet below spillway and Mississippi River up five feet in 24 hours.
The index outlines the paper’s structure with nation, local news on page 3, editorials on page 4, women’s news on pages 5 and 6, sports on pages 7 and 8, and classified ads on pages 10 and 11.
In Southern Illinois the Elberta peach harvest faces uncertainty as cool nights slow picking. Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange official R S McBride sees a likely extended harvest into next week with a crop under 500000 bushels. Anna market chief O H Nally expects peak around Tuesday and Cobden market head M Caraker says Cobden area is at peak now. The crop decline stems from a mild January followed by freezes, an April frost, and a May hail storm damaging fruit and foliage.
Representatives from Tri county unions meet in West Frankfort to finalize plans for a two day Labor Day celebration Sept 3 4. The program includes political addresses music an amateur show and a parade with $800 in prizes for floats and displays.
Pravda reports Finns angry as American searches of Finnish ships for atomic weapons near United States harbors spark protests and diplomatic tension.
Harold Red Grange won the GOP nomination for one of three University of Illinois trustees at a Peoria convention, defeating Chester Davis. Wayne A. Johnston and Herbert B. Megram were the other nominees. Grange supporters claimed he would strengthen the ticket and root out Reds from the faculty, while opponents argued against Davis amid factional fights.
Murphysboro reports two soldiers wounded in Korea. Pfc Fred Thompson 24th Infantry, formerly a Logan Hotel cook, is slightly wounded and at home with his wife Mrs Mattie Thompson 1619 Poplar St. Officials say details of wound not released. Pfc David Hatley 18 Grand Tower is seriously wounded in chest and hips while with the 24th Division.
John Masefield Britain's 72 year old poet laureate is progressing favorably after an appendicitis operation on Wednesday an AP report said Aug 12 in Oxford England.
Nevada Missouri August report says Judge grants the mother a divorce while dismissing the daughter’s annulment petition. The elder Mrs Sexton had married Leo E Sexton in 1938 and their 11 year old child remains. the daughter Marge Ann Sexton aged 17 had wed Sexton in 1948 and bore him a son. The court’s action ends the case for now with plans to refile.
Perry County reported two damaged bridges with no clues. The western eight mile bridge near Pinckneyville was partly damaged by a truck, then beams and channel arms were stolen. A second bridge on Little Galum Creek south of Walkenshorne School burned with no witnesses.
Roy Armes 33 of Herrin is jailed in Franklin County without bond after a petition by State’s Attorney Joseph W. Hickman seeks commitment for mental illness. Armes allegedly wrote obscene notes and dropped them into women’s laps at the State theater in West Frankfort, with hearings set before County Judge Thomas J. Layman at Benton. His brother, Ray Armes, faces burglary charges in Williamson County and a related acquittal in a separate assault case.
Oslo reports Norway will place a 10,000 ton ship at the disposal of the United Nations joint command in Korea after surveying UN shipping needs. The government announced the decision today.
Department of Defense lists three Southern Illinois men among the Korea casualty list. Private Claude V. Welch of Rockwood is missing in action. Army Private First Class Harry J. Hutchings of Tamaroa is reported wounded in action. Army Corporal Artie V. Mowery of Allin is listed as injured.
Illinois draft officials expect to call 18 750 men for pre induction examinations during September. Col Paul G Armstrong states quotas will be available in about ten days. The September call will raise the state total processed since the Korean war began to 36 890.
North Korean forces widened the central front across the Naktong as the 25th Division moved north from the southern front. At Pohang the airfield remained in Allied control though the town showed signs of Red presence. US and South Korean units repelled early river crossings while the 24th Division pressed forward on the riverfront.
Springfield Aug 12 Capt R C Winder Mount Vernon was fired from the Illinois State Police. The merit board and Police Chief Harry S Curtis approved the dismissal under the state merit law with no hearing on conduct unbecoming charges. Winder led District 13 Du Quoin and District 11 East St Louis.
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