Lucas Cites County Prosperity and National Gains
Illinois Senator Lucas touts Jackson county economic growth from 1933 to 1948 with retail sales rising from 5.099 million to 29.394 million and employment up 175 percent. He cites manufacturing value rising 332 percent and bank deposits increasing to 18.057 million by 1949. He contrasts statewide gains and bank suspensions with a 1948 income rise to 15.167 billion and 62 million employed Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Scott W. Lucas
Illinois
U. S. Senate
Lucas
Everett Dirksen
Illinois 16Th
Credi
Frank Puricelli Dies in Herrin at 63
Frank Puricelli 63 of 319 North Twentieth street Herrin died at home at 10 30 p m Saturday after a 15 month illness He was born in Cuggione Italy on December 23 1886 and lived in Herrin 36 years He was a custodian at Marlows theatre His wife Delina Cattaneo Puricelli and three brothers Charles St Louis Gaetano and Angelo Puricelli survive He was a member of Foresters of America and St Marys church Funeral services will be held at St Marys church Wednesday with Rt Rev Msgr Robert DeGasperi officiating Burial will be in St Carlo cemetery Friends may call at Moroni and Johnson funeral home until time for services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Puricelli
North Twentieth Street
Herrin
Mr. Puricelli
Cuggione
Italy
Marlows Theatre
Delina Cattaneo Puricelli
Charles Puricelli
St. Louis
Gaetano
Angelo Puricelli
Puricelli
The
Foresters of America
St. Mary’s Church
Robert DeGasperi
St. Carlo
Moroni and Johnson Funeral Home
Assistant Recruiter Transferred to Olney
Corporal Dorsey Storey assigned to Olney recruiting office effective Aug. 22. Sgt. Leonard Toler announces he will be the sole U S Army recruiter in the area. Coverage includes Union County and Jackson county towns Carbondale Gorham and Grand Tower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorsey Storey
U. S. Army
Carbondale
Olney
Leonard Toler
Dorsey
Sgt
Toler
Union County
Gorham
Grand Tower
Jackson County
Southern Illinois News Free Press Mailers Forecast Schedule
The Southern Illinois Press offers weekly Sundays and holiday editions from Carbondale. The notice lists publication details, pricing, and filing claims for subscriptions, with emphasis on in advance payments and carrier delivery.
City playground season ends with Wednesday lake outing
City recreation officials announce a Wednesday all day outing at Crab Orchard lake to close the summer playground program now in its final week. Champions from Oakland Lincoln Lake and Barnes will be named Tuesday at Lincoln school with various events including ping pong paddle tennis checkers croquet and softball throw among the contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln School
Domer
Crab Orchard Lake
Attucks
Oakland
Lincoln
Lake
Barnes
Loris Lambert
Dick Hill
Bob Swain
Vern Eaton
Tommy Turner
Tommy Miller
Roy Valentine
Morris Gibson
Mary Crawshaw
Jackie Russell
Judy Rodgers
Jo Miller
Barbara Matthews
Lillian Clark
Bob White
Dick Rotramel
Lee Swain
Bernard Greer
Charles Dodd
Don Dodd
William English
Don Brewer
Larry Fisher
Harry McCall
Delores McCall
Anita Matthews
Robert Robinson
Cleveland Matthews
Buddy Hall
Otis Miller
Dale Crowell
Larry Crowell
Bob McCall
Chuck Tudor
John Frazier
Willard Mendenal
Betty Calhoun
Martin Hall
Don Miller
Joe Holder
Samuel Koonce
Carbondale Kiwanis to Tour Doctors Hospital
Members of the Kiwanis club will tour Doctors hospital after their Tuesday night business meeting. They will meet at 6 20 p m for dinner before the tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Doctors Hospital
Kiwanians
Convict Kenneth Vaughn Seeks Petition Hearing in Marion
Kenneth Vaughn, 37, a Menard prison convict, seeks a petition hearing at 10 am Wednesday before Judge H. L. Zimmerman in Marion. He claims constitutional rights were violated when sentenced on November 1, 1929 to Pontiac reformatory for burglary and larceny, alleging beating by officers and a promised lighter sentence for testimony against Andrew Forester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Vaughn
Menard
H. L. Zimmerman
Marion
Vaughn
Pontiac Reformatory
St. Charles School
Andrew Forester
Forester
Zimmerman
J. C. Mitchell
Frank Roan
Mrs. Permelia Bryan Dies at 77 in Herrin
Permelia Bryan 77 of Carrier Mills died at Herrin hospital at 7 40 a m Sunday from coronary thrombosis after stays at Schoenig nursing home in Herrin since October and at the Herrin hospital since Friday She was a native of Saline county and leaves relatives in Carrier Mills and Harrisburg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Permelia Bryan
Carrier Mills
Herrin Hospital
Schoenig Nursing Home
South Fourteenth Street
Herrin
Saline County
Bryan
Harrisburg
Permanent Army Station Opens in Murphysboro Illinois
A new permanent U S Army and U S Air Force recruiting station opens in the Illinois State employment office at 1115 Chestnut street Murphysboro. Sgt E E Lanham will process Army and Air Force enlistments including officers aviation cadets WAC and WAF for Murphysboro Vergennes and Ava. Chester area enlistments will be handled by Sgt Lester Burke in a separate office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Illinois State
Chestnut Street
Murphysboro
E. E. Lanham
Lenhan
Vergennes
Ava
Air Force
Women’s Army Corps
WAC
Lanham
Endd Air Force
WAF
Chester
Lester Burke
du Quoin
West Frankfort
Improved Sneed Road Is Opened
Part of the improved 11 mile Sneed road in the Ordill area was opened for traffic this morning with completion of the rest in about two weeks. Roy Campbell, Ordill industrial manager, said the $40 000 project by Franklin Asphalt company Benton uses four applications of asphalt and stone. The road meets Illinois state specifications and is rated A 1. The improved road will serve Sangamo Electric Hoosier Cardinal Diagraph Bradley Industries and two Area seven industries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ordill
Roy Campbell
Franklin Asphalt Company
Benton
Illinois
Campbell
Sangamo Electric Company
Hoosier Cardinal Corporation
Diagraph-Bradley Industries, Inc
Area Seven
Clerks Extend Pact For Another Year In Carbondale
Local 736 clerks in Carbondale plan to延 extend the working contract for one year beyond Sept 1 1950. The pact, effective Sept 1 last year, raised wages for seven year veterans by 1.28 weekly and 2.70 for women, and reduced the workweek from 48 to 45 hours. About 50 employers and 160 women and 43 men belong to the union led by H B Newcomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
H. B. Newcomb
Elizabeth Steele of Carbondale Dies at 33
Elizabeth W Steele 33 Negro died at Doctors hospital Monday morning of peritonitis. Friends may call at Jackson funeral home with arrangements incomplete. She leaves brother Harry Wells sister-in-law Mrs Pearl Wells two nieces Mrs Harriett White and Miss Georgia Wells, all of Champaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth W. Steele
Doctor’s Hospital
Jackson Funeral Home
Harry Wells
Pearl Wells
Harriett White
Georgia Wells
Champaign
Lake Creek mine to idle for week amid washer switch
Lake Creek Idle Lake Creek mine near Johnston City will be idle for a week to 10 days as work is completed switching over to a new coal washer. The washer has already been completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Creek
Johnston City
Lake level lowering aims to reduce trash fish at Crab Orchard
Gene Crawford of the U S Fish and Wildlife Service leads an experiment lowering Crab Orchard Lake to drive trash fish from shore vegetation into deeper water where bass can feed. The plan seeks fatter bass for spawning and healthier offspring, with staged reductions from August to March and potential flood control benefits if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard Lake
Gene Crawford
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Crawford
Nab Teenagers Stealing Gas Siphon Theftsin Murphysboro
Three boys aged 13 15 and 17 from Murphysboro were placed on 90 day probation by Police Magistrate George Ozburn after pleading guilty to siphoning gasoline from a truck at the Henry Borgsmiller and Sons warehouse on North Seventeenth Street Saturday night. The youths surrendered after fleeing the night watchman who caught them in the act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
George Ozburn
Gilty
Henry Borgsmiller and Sons
North Seventeenth Street
Henry Borgsmiller
Clarence Ward
Harry Moore
Borgsmiller
Improvements Aimed at Promoting Industry and Travel
Campbell stated that oil and stone applications were used to boost local industry and assist passengers, reflecting efforts to improve regional infrastructure and service.
Car overturns near Herrin Freeman Spur road
Donald L. Midgett 21 of 203 Poplar Street DuQuoin overturned his car on a curve Sunday at about 9 20 pm on the Herrin Freeman Spur road. He was taken to Herrin hospital for first aid and discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald L. Midgett
Poplar Street
DuQuoin
Herrin- Freeman
Midgett
Herrin Hospital
Name Change Granted for Chicago Ladies Aid Society
The Illinois Secretary of State office announced permission to rename the group from Oecesterreichische und Bayerische Frauen Unterstuet zungs Verein of Chicago to Austrian and Bavarian Ladies Aid Society. The change takes effect immediately and reflects the organization’s mission and heritage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois Secretary of State
Oecesterreichische Und Bayerische Frauen Unterstuetzungs Verein
Chicago
Two Performers Injured At Herrin Rodeo Show
Two riders from the Bob Mc Kinley rodeo show at Herrin during the Golden Jubilee weekend were treated at Herrin hospital for injuries. Harold Aleshire, 27, of Milford, was among those injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin
Bob McKinley
Herrin Hospital
Harold Aleshire
Milford
Machines Sort Meters Take
City workers use two automatic machines to handle weekly meter receipts of about 450 to 500 dollars in coins. Harry Grater operates a coin sorter as the harvest from meters is carried to the clerk’s office in a wheeled can.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Grater
Wreck Saturday Injures Three Near Carterville
Three Carterville residents were injured Saturday when their car ran off the road east of Carterville around 1 30 PM. They were taken to Holden hospital in Carbondale in good condition. Mrs. Ethel Tasker 56 of 317 Barr Street Carterville drove the car and suffered a chipped bone in an ankle. Miss Nellie Tasker 65 was also injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carterville
Holden Hospital
Carbondale
Ethel Tasker
Barr Street
Nellie Tasker
Ill. Man Suffered Lacerations After Horse Incident
A hospital report said an Illinois man suffered facial lacerations when a horse threw and kicked him. Mrs. Margaret Kozemski of St. Louis sustained a concussion when a horse fell on her Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Kozemski
St. Louis
Hospital Notes From Southern Illinois Page
Hospital notes list patients with accidents and illnesses in Carbondale Marion and Dongola. Discharged Saturday include Mrs Florence Scott and son and Mrs Mary Walker. Admitted Saturday include H R Craig Elmer Rogers and Thomas D Kimber with Carbondale admission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Scott
Carbondale
Mary Walker
Anna Johns
Marion
H. R. Craig
Elmer Rogers
Thomas D. Kimber
Dongola
Mamie Hornick
A. S. Johnson
Laborer's Wages Hiked in Five Jackson County Towns
Wages for common laborers in Carbondale Makanda Elkville De Soto and Dowell rose from 1.30 to 1.50 per hour effective today. Agreements guaranteeing the boost were signed with regional contractors about a month ago. The Carbondale Local 227 Hod Carriers and Laborers union reports the deal covers the eastern half of Jackson County and runs for one year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Makanda
Elkville
de Soto
Dowell
International Hod Carriers and Laborers
American Federation of Labor
Delmar Shackleton
Jackson County
Miss Tasker Visiting From England Noted in Carterville
A badly bruised eye is mentioned. Miss Tasker, sister in law to Mrs. Ethel Tasker, is visiting Carterville from England. Miss Madonna Waldron, 22, sustained an injured knee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Tasker
Ethel Tasker
Carterville
England
Madonna Waldron
Bake Sale by Teen Towners Aids Club Room Décor
Teen Towners and Claude Ross directed a bake sale in the Murray House Furnishing front window at 210 South Illinois Avenue. Proceeds funded redecorating the Lincoln school club rooms with cookies pies and cakes donated by teens and parents. An ice cream social hosted tonight by the Jaycettes at Illinois Central Park also benefits Teen Town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Claude Ross
Lincoln School
Jaycettes
Illinois Central Park
Rita Bragg
Joan Schwachkow
Burton Hynd
Selma Sumner
Murray House Furnishing Company
South Illinois Avenue
One-Third Of 12-Man Draft Quota Drafted In St Louis
In St Louis four of 12 Jackson County men reported for preinduction physicals. Three had spouses as valid excuses. one was institutionalized. Four did not show up with excuses, citing polio or mistiming the exam. Names not released until pass and induction notices. August 1 make-up for those absent. Huffman caution on classifications and August 31 quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
St. Louis
County Draft Board
Murphysboro
Draft Board
Nyle Huffman
Carbondale
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Huffman
Chandler Receives Assistantship at Iowa State College
Charles S. Chandler, son of Mr and Mrs S C Chandler of 607 West College street, has been appointed to an assistantship at Iowa State College Ames Iowa. He earned a master in education from Southern Illinois University and will supervise extra class activities of about 1000 male students not in dormitories or fraternities while pursuing a doctoral degree with focus on group activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles S. Chandler
S. C. Chandler
West College Street
Iowa State College
Ames
Iowa
Chandler
Southern Illinois University
Iowa State
Southern
E. G. Lentz
Whittenberg Rites Tuesday
Gene Whittenberg 47 of Akron Ohio formerly of Murphysboro died Saturday in Akron General Hospital He was born September 26 1902 in Murphysboro and moved to Akron 25 years ago to work as a research chemist for Firestone He studied at Southern Illinois University and the University of Illinois He was a bachelor and a Mason with ties to First Lutheran Murphysboro He is survived by a sister Mrs Harvey Mohier Murphysboro a brother Leslie Whittenberg Rochester NY and his father Rollie Whittenberg Murphysboro Funeral services will be at 2 pm Tuesday Crawshaw Mortuary Chapel Murphysboro with Rev William Boatman officiating Burial in Tower Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Whittenberg
Akron
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Murphysboro Township
Southern Illinois University
University of Illinois
Firestone Company
Illinois
Masonic Lodge
First Lutheran Church of
Murp
Harvey Mohier
Leslie Whittenberg
Rochester
N. Y
Rollie Whittenberg
Crawshaw Mortary Chapel
William Boatman
Tower Cemetery
Pfc McCalla Wounded in Action in Korea
Private First Class Homer McCalla aged 19 has been wounded in Korea with injuries to the hip left arm and hand. His mother Mrs Goldin McCalla of 308 South Washington Avenue Carbondale says he wrote today that he expects transfer to a hospital in Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer McCalla
Korea
Goldin McCalla
South
Washington Avenue
Carbondale
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County
Southern Illinoisan
Southern Olinois Publications, Inc
West Main Street
Ulinois
Gobenee
Ilinois
Warner Newberger
Carbondale Community High School
Eastman Kodak Company
Maxine Baker
West
Walnut Street
Warner
Southern Illinois
Carbondale Kiwanians
Elizabeth Steele
Ethel Pasker
Nellie Pasker
James C. Tudor
Phillipine Nulty
Gene’ Whittenberg
Akron Hospital
Pfc. McCalla
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