Polio Deaths Rise in Illinois Spark Fears
Polio fears spread across Illinois as five deaths are confirmed this year amid 859 cases. In Champaign and Elgin, families confront danger. a farm sports festival limits age, while a judge blocks a two week trip for two children. Dr. Schuman explains immunity and age related risk.
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Chicago
Mildred “Zice
Walter R. O'Malley
Arthur
Springfield
William
Mary
Champaign
Leonard M. Schuman
State Health Department
Illinois
Thuman
First human to peer 6000 feet deep in ocean benthoscope
Otis Barton a 48 year old Boston marine explorer prepares a dramatic descent near Santa Cruz Island to reach 6000 feet below the surface. A 7000 pound steel sphere with quartz windows, cable and life-support aims to document ocean depths for science and potential resources.
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Calif
Otis Barton
Boston
Harvard
Santa Cruz Island
Santa Barbara
Bartin
Rail Freight Increase Set to Take Effect Sept 1
Washington reports a four percent general freight rate hike by U S railroads to begin September 1. The Association of American Railroads filed notices with the Interstate Commerce Commission and at freight stations as required, with an expected annual rise of about 293 million dollars in freight bills. The change coincides with a 40 hour work week for non operating employees.
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Washington
Association of American Railroads
Interstate Commerce Commission
Commission
Du Quoin Girls Ashley Boy Injured in Wreck
Two Du Quoin girls and a boy from Ashley were hospitalized at Marshall Browning in Du Quoin after a midnight crash about two miles south of town. Injuries were not serious per hospital officials. Names include Jack Kane of Ashley Pauline Davis and Roberta Pullen of Du Quoin. Other Seltin brothers John and George were lightly injured and to be released after x rays.
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du Quoin
Ashley Boy
Ashley
Marshall- Browning
Jack Kane
Pauline Davis
Roberta Pullen
John
George Seltin
Bowell
Marshall- Browning Hospital
Weather Outlook With Thunder Showers Likely Sunday
Thundershowers and cloudy skies expected tonight with scattered thunder showers on Sunday. Temperature little changed with lows around 68 to 72 and highs 84 to 88. Friday shows low 70s in the morning and near 87 at noon, with no rain reported since yesterday. Crab Orchard Lake sits one inch below spillway Sunday, Little Grassy Lake 15 feet below spillway, no Missississippi river reading at Grand Tower.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Mississippi River
Grand Tower
Local Page Guide for Daily Index Area
The paper lists sections across National Page 1 Local News Page 3 Editorials Page 4 Society Page 5 Sports Pages 6 and 7 Comics Page 7 Classifieds 10 and 11 Births Deaths Marriage Licenses Page 11 Markets Page 11 Pictures Page 12 detailing where readers find news features and notices in today’s issue.
Harold Calkins Family Wins Illinois Farm Family Title
The Harold Calkins family of Ottawa Illinois was chosen as the typical Illinois farm family for 1949, after beating 11 district winners. They receive a new car. the family has four members: Calkins 45, wife 49, son Charles 19, daughter Mary Lou 15. They farm 200 acres in LaSalle County, owning 100 acres, raising corn, oats, soybeans, hogs, sheep and cattle. Calkins has farmed 23 years and is a seed corn dealer. he attended two years of business college. Mary Lou is a high school sophomore. Charles just graduated.
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Springfield
Ill
Harold Calkins
Ottawa
Illinois
Calkins
Charles
Mary Louw
LaSalle County
Business College
Mary Lou
Illinois plan to test new county assessor supervision
Illinois moves to set up assessment supervisors in 100 counties faces an early court challenge in Sangamon County as the measure, signed by Gov. Stevenson, targets all counties except Cook and St Clair. Critics call the plan an invasion of home rule while supporters say it reduces inequality in property taxes.
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Illinois
Illinois Association of Superiors and County Commissioners
Sangamon County
Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
Cook
St. Clair
James R. Cannell
Association
State Department of Revenue
State Revenue Department
Probers Probe Freezers Gift to Washington Notables
Senate investigators seek motive for shipments of unasked home freezers to Mrs. Harry S. Truman and other Washington figures.Invoices dated 1945 46 show deliveries to Mrs. Truman Maj Gen Harry H Vaughan Chief Justice Fred Vinson Federal Reserve Governor James Vardaman and Matt Connelly. Invoices tied to Albert Verley Co Chicago and Albert J Gross testified he shipped a freezer to Vaughan.
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Washington
Harry S. Truman
William P. Rogers
Senate
Harry Hoffman
Milwaukee
the Treasury
Wardman
Truman
Albert J. Gross
Vaughan
Albert Verley, Co
Chicago
John Maragon
Maragon
White House
Gross
Clyde R. Hoey
D-Nc
Betty Wall Crowned Queen at Anna Fair 70th Anniversary
Betty Wall daughter of Mrs Cecile Wall Anna was crowned Queen last night at the 70th Anna Fair. James Rich president of the Anna Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce coronated her and escorted the queen to the throne. Wall wore lilac taffeta with cap sleeves. Attendants Betsy Bacon Joyce Cox Alma Smith and Betty Womick wore gowns in bright colors and each received a compact. The queen received a $25 bond from the Anna Fair association. Wall will finish junior year at Anna-Jonesboro Community High School.
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Betty Wall
Cecile Wall
Anna
James Rich
Anna Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce
Miss Wall
Betsy Bacon
Joyce Cox
Alma Smith
Betty Womick
Bombs Blast Negro Homes in Birmingham Race Attack
Dynamite blasts damaged two houses owned by Negro ministers in a whites only area in Birmingham Alabama. Eighteen people were endangered as shots targeted the attackers’ car. one Negro, Horace Moore, 32, was arrested for resisting arrest. The Rev Milton Curry and the Rev E B Deyampert lived in the affected homes and had been warned to move.
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Birmingham
Ala
Horace Moore
Milton Curry
E. B. Deyampert
Curry
Fairfield Girl Drowns Wading in Wabash River
Peggy Fitzgerald, 17, of Fairfield Illinois, drowned while wading in the Wabash river near Fairfield. Her body was recovered the next day. Co. F Ingram of Geff Illinois, who was with her, said she stepped into a hole in the river bed. An inquest was scheduled for later.
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Grayville
Ill
Peggy Fitzgerald
Fairfield
Wabash
Co. F Ingram
Geff
Farmer breaks hip in fall from hay wagon
John Scarber a Route 3 Du Quoin farmer fell from a hay wagon about 4 pm yesterday and injured his right hip. He was admitted to Marshall Browning hospital in Du Quoin shortly after the accident and remains hospitalized.
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John Scarber
Route 3
du Quoin
Marshall-Browning Hospital
Mt Carbon plans 105th birthday party for Mrs Annis Stewart
Residents near Murphysboro prepare an open house birthday event for Mrs Annis Stewart the acknowledged oldest resident of Jackson County who turns 105 on Monday. Born probably August 15 1844 on an Alabama plantation she alleges a slavery past and Indian ancestry.
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Mt. Carbon
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Annis Stewart
Jennie Turner
Ritter
Turner
Hoover, Hoover, Continues Eastbound Trip After Illness
Former President Herbert Hoover, 75, was taken ill with a gall bladder attack aboard the City of San Francisco en route to New York. Dr. Keith Stratford treated him in Ogden, but Hoover said the ailment was mild and would not interrupt his journey. He had been vacationing in California and meeting mining executives in Utah before continuing east.
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Mr. Hoover
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Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
California
Elko
Nev
Dale Hadfield
Ogden
Hadfield
New York City
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Bohemia Grove
Russian River
San Francisco
Stevenson signs laws to consolidate Illinois schools
Governor Adlai Stevenson signed bills to cut Illinois school districts, abolish non high districts by June 30 1953, require average 15 pupils per grade for state grants, dissolve districts failing to operate schools two years, and mandate transport and tuition for high school students. A separate bill limits emergency teacher certificates to July 1 1951.
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Stevenson
Cool Air Mass Pushes Across Eastern U S
A cool air mass from Hudson Bay has carved a wide wedge into a week long heat wave, lowering readings to the 80s from the Ohio River valley to the Great Plains eastward. Hot conditions persist in the central East and West Plains with 90s forecast, while light rain falls in the north central plains and Gulf coast to Middle Atlantic. Rain totals are light except Huntington West Virginia with 2.04 inches. Western Massachusetts endures a cloudburst evacuations in Chicopee. Idaho timber fires receive heavy rain aiding firefighters in the Salmon River Payette National Forest.
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Ohio River Valley
Great Plains
Ohio
Western Plains
Central Plains
Central Gulf Coast
Middle Atlantic
Huntington
W. Va
Massachuetts
Chicopee
Idaho
Salmon River
Payette National Forest
Market puzzled as Southern Illinois peaches slump again
Market men and growers in Southern Illinois report a weak peach market with prices mostly at 1.80 for top Elbertas and bids from 0.70 to 2.00 a bushel. Shipments fell to 66 carloads due to rain while 2,000,000 bushels are forecast for by Aug 25 as merchants launch campaigns to lift demand.
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Alto Pass
Cobden, Anna
Metropolis
R. S. McBride
Illinois Fruit Growers Exchange
Carbondale
McBride
Georgia
Carolinas
Arkansas
Southern Illinois
Elbertas
U. S. No
U. S
U. S. No. 2, Ill
Orchard Run
Anna
Cobden
Engel’s Shorts Yield Hidden Cash at Cook County Jail
Chicago August 13 AP jailers stripped 73 year old Sigmund Engel found with 74 new $100 bills hidden in his underwear seams. Engel arrested June 25 on charges of swindling widows. Jail officials noted repeated rule violations over cash on hand.
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Sigmund Engel
Cook County
Klink
Lothario
Donnelly
Engel
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Rock Island
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Prophetstown
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Coronation
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