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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 12, 1952
Page
2
S gt E C Huppert of Murphysboro returns to Oakland California after a year in Korea. The wife Mrs Ruth Huppert of Murphysboro was notified of his arrival this week in the United States.
Ballet dancer Moira Shearer, 26, welcomed an eight pound four ounce daughter Monday night. The birth adds a new chapter to the performer's career and family.
Murphysboro area schools begin the 1952 53 academic year in joint formation with all city classes starting Tuesday September 2. City grade schools Logan Longfellow Lincoln Washington Glasgow register August 29 but start regular work September 2. Immanuel Lutheran and St Andrew s Parochial also start September 2. High school teachers meet August 29 but students start September 2. Rural schools begin work the week of August 25 to meet 165 instructional days for April 1953 graduation.
The Knights of Columbus district council met at 10% North 13th Street Murphysboro to discuss plans for the coming year. Grand Knight Daniel Pautler cited efforts to build membership and an additive youth program in early development with Cairo Herrin Evansville and Murphysboro officers meeting to coordinate support from national and state bodies.
Springfield August 12 The state's attorney P G Coutralion closed five midway concessions at the Illinois State Fair after reviewing the games. He said the odds were against players or outcomes were pure chance, and declared no criminal action expected as long as the operators close and stay closed.
Central U S reports scorching heat with Presidio Texas and Phoenix reaching 109F while Dallas records a 10th straight day above 100. The Weather Bureau notes more 100s for the region as dry spells injure pastures and cotton. cooler conditions span the upper Midwest and Plains with scattered showers across the lower Great Lakes to Ohio and Mississippi Valleys.
Sheriff Lyn Franklin took two county men to Vandalia for six months each. The prisoners are Cloyd Jeter of Marion and Edmund Smith of Carterville.
Gigantic power shovels, some reaching ten stories tall, drive coal surfacing mining with price tags over a million dollars each. They dominate the terrain, shaping extraction methods and capital costs across major mining operations.
Don Crouse Jr., 43, pilot of a dusting plane, escaped serious injury after his craft developed engine trouble and crashed near Mayfield Kentucky. He suffered a concussion and facial injuries but was rescued by two farmers and later discharged from the hospital. His father Don Crouse Sr. runs a Herrin craft shop and his brother Lee works as a jeweler in Macon.
Chicago cash grain quotes list wheat No 1 red 2.26 2.27 No 2 2.27 No 3 2.26 No 1 hard 2.33 No 2 2.33 No 1 mixed 2.25 4 32 Corn No 1 yellow 1.81 No 2 1.18 82 No 3 1.78 80 4 No 4 1.64 77 No 5 1.66 4 74 sample grade 1.40 76 Oats No 1 heavy white 87 88 4 No 1 white 87 Barley malting 1.35 81 feed 1.10 29 Soybeans none
A reader touts All-Bran for daily breakfast and claims constipation relief. The note urges others with constipation due to low dietary bulk to try the product and to seek a refund if not satisfied after ten days via Kellogg's.
The Annual Murphysboro Merchant-Employee Picnic is set for Sept 4 at Riverside Park starting in the afternoon. Eugene Comte arranged plans including a street dance and games. families of employees invited. merchants to provide meat bread and soda. attendees bring covered dishes.
Mrs. Lucille Vick Howell, area supervisor for the American Cancer Society, travels to Nashville Tennessee for a Peabody College speech clinic. She then attends a Mississippi literary seminar with James Street and William Faulkner. In the fall term she teaches speech and literature in Florida high schools and junior colleges. Her mother Mrs. Jo Wick accompanies the trip visiting Kentucky Tennessee Mississippi Louisiana and Florida.
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