St Louis Man Loses Arm In Hit Run Wreck
A St Louis resident, James E. Robinson of 2429 S Broadway, lost most of his left arm when a heavy truck sideswiped his car on Route 3 near Grand Tower. The crash, two miles north of the Grand Tower exit, left his wife Lucille Robinson unhurt. the truck fled the scene and an investigation is underway with a large Illinois company identity pending.
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St. Louis
Grand Tower
Murphy's
James E. Robinson
S. Broadway
Robinson
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Murphysboro
Lucille Robinson
Jackson County
Roy Carter
Robinsons
Route 3
Carter
Illinois
Cardwell Wrek Service
Judy Hickam Celebrates Sixth Birthday Amid Cards
Judy Hickam, a bright six year old who lost her right foot in a train accident, received a flood of birthday cards and books at her home on State Route 127 near Jenkins schoolhouse. Local sponsors Mrs A G Williams and Mrs John Craver reported a generous cash fund to aid her education, calling the weekend exciting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judy Hickam
Judy
Jenkins School
A. G. Williams
John Craver
Murphysboro Barbers Vote To Raise Prices
Barbers Local No 208 votes unanimously to raise adult haircuts from 75 cents to 1 dollar citing higher costs for supplies and services. Residents react with mixed comments over higher charges and concern for children's cuts.
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Murphysboro
Southern Illinois Daily Independent Notice Tone
Local notice from the Southern Illinois Daily Independent outlines subscription rates and service areas. Details include carrier and mail pricing, with limits on mail subscriptions in carrier regions and publication notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinoisan
Daily Independent
Southern I!nois Publications, Inc
South 12Th
Murphysboro
Ilinois
Illinois
Associated Press
Svallahia
Bearded Men in Murphysboro Highlighted in Verse
A clipped June 1950 Good Housekeeping verse satirizes Murphysboro men with facial hair. The playful poem describes Psyche loved by Myche, noting Myche’s beard hinders the romance and provides humorous phonetic guidance for readers unfamiliar with Greek names.
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Murphysboro
Good Housekeeping
Psyche
Myche
Mych
Pysche
Mike
Spyche
Murphysboro Fire Chief Completes Civilian Defense Prep
Fire Chief Urba Hanson nears completion of a State Fire Marshall questionnaire to gauge Murphysboro and Jackson County readiness for a Civilian Defense plan. The document asks for population, equipment, personnel, ambulances, water supply, and mutual aid details.
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Murphysboro
Urba Hanson
Otto C. Dahl
Illinois
Dahl
Jackson County
U. S
Walter Whitehead
Board of Review To End Hearings On Assessments
James Gilmore chairman of the County Board of Supervisors led a briefing as the Board of Review concluded most complaint hearings. The panel handled 12 cases this week and 15 complaints remain for today or tomorrow before finalizing the township assessment books. Real estate assessments remained steady. personal property changes were minimal.
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Board of Review
Jackss County
James Gilmore
County Board of Supervisors
Gilmore
Williamson County
Williamson County Board of Review
To Hold Meet on Soil Conservation Tonight
Charles T. Hufford of the Jackson County Soil Conservation Service will lead organizational meetings for farmers tonight at Hastings school and Wednesday at Sharon school to discuss SCS farm plans. Jackson County Farm Advisor C Anderson will speak and color slides will show countywide planning progress.
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Charles T. Hufford
Jackson County Soil Conservation Service
SCS
Hastings
Carbondale
Blacktop
Giant City
Sharon School
Murphysboro
Hufford
Jackson County
C. Anderson
Hilford
Murphysboro Guardsmen Begin Two-Week Camp Training
Seventy four guardsmen left Murphysboro for Camp McCoy Wisconsin for an annual two-week training session. Officers and men transferred in Carbondale to a troop train carrying units from across Southern Illinois under Captain Norman W. command.
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Camp McCoy
Wis
Carbondale
Illinois
Murphysboro
Norman W
Wisc
Illinois Central
Uncanny spuds baffle farmer near Murphysboro
Joe Ihle, a four acre truck farmer four miles southwest of Murphysboro, reports morning potato rows sprouted while afternoon plantings failed to emerge. He kept seed under shelter before planting and seeks Farm Bureau explanation for the strange contrast.
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Joe Idle
Murphysboro
Ihle
Farm Bureau
Murphysboro Centennial seeks early city photos
Murphysboro's Centennial committee seeks help to obtain specific old photographs for a historic series. Desired images include the G M and O roundhouse foundry flour mills brick factory silica plant brewery and Mt Carbon mining operations. Residents may bring photos to The Daily Independent office and all pictures will be returned.
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Murphysboro
Pilots Tractor in Bid for 4 H Title
Valerius took second place and Dietz of De Soto led the event as Lawrence Dietz will represent Jackson County in the county 4 H show finals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Valerius
Lawrence Dietz
de Soto
Dietz
Rain Floods Spur Mixed Feelings From Farmers and Merchants
The region saw heavy rain Sunday night attracting mixed reactions. Farmers lamented washed away crops while merchants hoped for sales, with local banter turning to memories of past showmen and bill posters as residents joked at the Williamson County fair.
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Beaucoup
Beaucoup Creek
Murphysboro
Showman
Williamson County
Grange enters Illinois trustee race amid campaign talk
The passage notes Red Grange as an aging figure in Illinois politics, with Cange or Cange-like candidate supported by Republicans for the university trustee post. It suggests a campaign aim to pierce opposition lines, tying the effort to wartime Korea as context.
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Red Grange
Cange
Illinois
Korea
Orchardist laments poor peach crop and asks for processing plant
Grover Rendleman, a prominent orchardist near Murphysboro, says he would prefer no peaches this season. He calls the crop a trouble breeder for next year, predicting 1950 will demand more hard work and expense and urges a fruit processing plant to reduce grower losses in years of surplus yields and sick markets.
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Grover Rendleman
Murphysboro
San Francisco Prayer Ends as Iron Trade Shifts to Russians
A San Francisco group that prayed against loading scrap iron for export learned their effort failed as the United States redirected its scrap iron supply to Russia, revealing a shift in domestic trade away from their hoped outcome.
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San Francisco
Senate approves death penalty for espionage Reds
In Washington the Senate approves legislation to allow the death penalty for spies and espionage by Communists. Eleven Reds on bail for attempts to overthrow the U S government must show cause why bail should not be canceled. Malik at Lake Success blocks peace efforts, complicating dissent.
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Washington
U. S
Senate
Malik
Lake Success
Williamson Clerk Completes 1818 Deed Index Project
Circu' Clerk Burl Turner of Williamson County finished a three year project, producing an index of all deeds filed since 1818. The 250,000 cards span 12 index volumes and will save time for abstractors and the clerk's office.
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Burl Turner
Williamson County
Widower jokes about grave haunting after wife's death
A Chesapeake and Ohio Side tracks item notes a new widower seen with a charming young woman. A friend warns he may be haunted, but the widower laughs and explains he buried his wife face down so she can dig herself out if she returns.
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Chesapeake and Ohio
Cooking Tip: Flour Coating Keeps Bacon Straighter
Cooking tip suggests tumbling bacon in flour until thoroughly coated before frying. Fry slowly to help the bacon stay straighter and shrink less as it cooks.
Floyd Williams Rites At Ava Church Friday
Funeral services for Floyd Williams a construction engineer and former Southern Illinois resident will be held Friday at 2 p m in the First Baptist Church of Ava. The body arrives from Bakersfield California Thursday afternoon. a viewing hours set after dinner Thursday at Wilson Funeral Home in Ava. Services under Dean Lodge No 033 AF and AM of Ava. Correction: Williams brother named Gail Williams of Ava.
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Floyd Williams
Southern Illinois
California
First Baptist Church
Ava
Williams
Bakers Field
Calif
Wilson Funeral Home
Dean Lodge No
A.F
A. M
Install County Legion Officers in Jackson County
Eddie Dreimeyer of Herrin will install new Jackson County council officers at 7 p.m. at the Donald Forsythe Post in Carbondale. New officers include Roscoe Schuette Sr as council commander and Charles Schumaker as finance officer. Faughn and Dreimeyer hold district posts, with Dreimeyer recently named circulation manager of the Herrin Daily Journal-Southern Illinoisan.
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Eddie Dreimeyer
Herrin
Twenty-fifth American Legion District
Jackson County Council
Donald Forsythe
Carbondale
Roscoe Schuette, Sr
T. H. Renschen
Ava
Charles Schumaker
Murphysboro
William Todd
Grand Tower
Margrave Brothers
Carterville
Dreimeyer
Gene Collard
County Draft Board Sets Dates for Examinations
The county draft board will send 12 notice letters today to Jackson men for physical examinations. Ten will meet the Aug 21 quota. two are transferees from other regions. By Aug 31, 25 more Jackson county residents will receive notices. After initial notice, men report to St Louis for testing, with induction notices to follow for those passing.
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Jackson
County Draft Board
Murphysboro
County Board 139
Samuel
Jackson County
St. Louis
Mrs Pugh Dies In Johnston City
Mrs. William M. Pugh age 72 of Johnston City died at her home at 5 30 a m after several weeks illness. A Jackson county native she had lived in Johnston City since 1896. Surviving are her husband two daughters Mrs B Cuthbertson of Chicago and Mrs Herbert Clehy of Danville two sons Orwin H Pugh of Carbondale and William I Pugh of Johnston City three sisters Mrs O C Baiar and Mrs Charles Thurmond of Johnston City and Mrs Crisenberry. Services will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Tabernacle Baptist Church with Rev Claude Childers officiating Burial will be at Johnston City Cemetery Friends may call at the family home.
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William M. Pugh
R. G. Crisenberry
Murphysboro
Johnston City
Jackson County
Pugh
William Pugh
B. Cuthbertson
Chicago
Herbert Clehy
Danville
Orwin H. Pugh
Carbondale
William I. Pugh
O. C. Baiar
Charles Thurmond
Crisenberry
Tabernacle Baptist Church of
Claude Childers
Retain Hope For Oil At Pomona
Lambert representatives pursue completion of oil tests Nos. 1 and 2 in Pomona valley says John Kimball who notarized leases. Hildredth held the master rig and secured leases from Lambert for a year of field work with Rock Island Oil Company of Illinois showing financial interest. Kimball notes tests never sealed as required by law. Evansville based Lambert interests renewed area leases for a second year at Alto Pass.
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Burr Lambert
Lambert
Pomona
John Kimball
Murphysboro
Hildredth
Kimball
Rock Island Oil Company of Illinois
Lambert Oil Interests
Evansville
Ind
Farmers’ Bank
Alto Pass
Hospital Admissions and Dismissals Listed
Admissions list includes Francis Morford surgical at 219 North Eighteenth, Mrs Lillian Boone maternity at 2112 Hamilton, Loretta Schneider medical Murphysboro Route 3, James Robinson accident St Louis. Dismissals note Rosalie Rathert and baby Campbell Hill, Dorothy Crain and baby 2120 Wall, Margaret McLaughlin and baby Murphysboro Route 3, Ninah Miller 603 North Fifteenth, Francis Morford 219 North Eighteenth, Emma Rathjen St Louis, Lois Pollack 723 North Ninth.
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Francis Morford
North
Eightenth Street
Lillian Boone
Hamilton Street
Loretta Schneider
Murphysboro
James Robinson
St. Louis
Rosalie Rathert
Campbell Hill
Dorothy Crain
Wall Street
Margaret McLaughlin
Ninah Miller
North Fifteenth Street
Morford
North Eighteenth Street
Emma Rathjen
Lois Pollack
North Ninth Street
Property Transfers From Various Owners Across Townships
A series of real estate transfers lists Mary Miller to Homer T Heape for land in section 12 township 9 range 3 at 16000 dollars Clara Unverfehrt to Paul L Twenhafel for land in sections 23 and 26 township 8 range 5 at 1 dollar Clara P Cleveland to Alfred B Cleveland for lots 22 and 23 East A Wells addition Gorham at 1 dollar Clifford Foster to Warren H Wisewell for land in section 23 township 9 range 1 at 7500 dollars Richard Geilhausen to Margaret Geilhausen part lot 8 block 6 Logans addition Carbondale at 1 dollar Marie E Dean to Harvey J Stephens for lots 13 and 14 block A H H Smiths addition Ava at 5200 dollars Daisy Kelley to Booker ONeal for lot 34 Bayliss Field addition Carbondale at 1 dollar Daniel S Greenlee to Forrest R Sawyer for land in section 20 township 9 range 1 at 1 dollar Carl W Stein to Edward J Petry for land in section 5 township 7 range 1 at 1 dollar
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Mary «. Miller
Homer T. Heape
Clara Unverfehrt
Paul L. Twenhafel
Clara P. Cleveland
Alfred B. Cleveland
E. A. Well
Gorham
Clifford Foster
Warren H. Wisewell
Carl W. Stein
Edward J. Petry
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Albert Herring
the Defense Organization
135Th Combat Engineers Battalion
Rover Street
Murphysboro Armory
McRoy
Bill Valerius
Elkville
Riverside Park
135Th Bn
Combat Engineers
Wisconsin
Phto
Bill Pigott
Ava Church
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