Yanks Repel Red Force Near Taegu In Korean Front
A combined American-South Korean assault countered a 50,000 strong North Korean push toward Taegu. Reds penetrated eight miles in places, with heavy fighting on the Taegu front as U. S. engineers and infantry repelled advances and silenced artillery positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taegu
Lambert
Kumwaha-Taegu
Washington
Defense Department
Dean
Carlyle
Iil
U. S. 24Th Infantry Division
MacArthur
Fom
John Michaelis
Move Quickens To Spot H-Bomb Plant in Area
Southern Illinois sites Shawnee National Forest or Orcill ordnance plant area are under consideration for a 250 million dollar H bomb plant Rep Bishop Illinois Republican announced after talks with an Atomic Energy Commission official named Robert Blair The push follows discussions in Washington with Norman Bitterman Southern Illinois Inc executive director and labor groups distributed mimeo sheets praising Southern Illinois as a site with wide land already owned by the government and strong resources and transport networks The push notes the Truman administration may select the site and Senator Scott Lucas seeks to ensure Illinois gets it
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Runt
Bishop
Illinois
Republican
Shawnee National Forest
Orcill Ordinance
Atomic Energy Commission
A. E. Co
Robert Blair
Washington
Norman Bitterman
Southern Illinois Inc
Bitterman
Shawnee
Metropolis
Vienna
Golconda
Orchill
Carbondale
Evan Dale
Common Laborers’ Southern District Council
Ohio
Mississippi
Schedule Grand Jury Probe in Crenshaw Case
In St Louis on August 23, Circuit Attorney James W. Griffin announced a September grand jury probe into the Jeff Crenshaw case to determine if state witnesses were tampered with. Judge Eugene Sartorious had dismissed Crenshaw’s petition to overturn a three year term for statutory rape. The three girls testified they lied, then recanted, then said the charges were true. Griffin said the inquiry would explore bribery or improper pressure on witnesses, who remain charged with delinquency by perjury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Jeff Crenshaw
James W. Griffin
Griffin
Circuit
Eugene Sartorious
Crenshaw
Toothpowder with penicillin approved for prescription use
Washington reports the first toothpowder containing penicillin has been approved for prescription sale after tests showed effectiveness against decay. Dencicillin reduced cavities by 55 percent in a trial with 400 Walpole school children, developed by Tufts University researchers led by Dr Helmut A Zander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Paul B. Dunbar
Food and Drug Commissioner
Walpole
Mass
Tufts College
Helmut A. Zander
Peach Orchard Operator Killed Near Sandoval
Woodrow Johnson, operator of a Kinmundy peach orchard, was killed when his truck left U S Highway 51 and overturned in a ditch near Sandoval. His passenger W H Hill escaped injury in the single vehicle crash about a half mile north of Sandoval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woodrow Johnson
Kinmundy
Johnson
W. H. Hill
Sandoval
Two Rail Unions pledge moratorium on nationwide strikes
Washington activity centers on union leaders agreeing to hold back new strike orders for now after five day shutdowns at three terminals and two steel railroads. President Truman and John Steelman press for renewed talks as unions seek wage gains and a 40 hour week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
John R. Steelman
Charles G. Ross
Steelman
Truman
Cleveland
Louisville
St. Paul
Elgin
Joliet
Eastern
Pittsburgh
Lake Erie
Weather Summary for Local Area
Partly cloudy tonight and Thursday with scattered showers tonight. Little temperature change expected. Low 58 to 65, high 82 to 88. Humidity 76 percent at 7:30 a.m. Precipitation 0 inches from 7 a.m. yesterday to 7 a.m. today. Crab Orchard Lake seven inches below spillway yesterday. Little Grassy Lake fourteen feet below spillway yesterday. Mississippi River down 1.1 feet in 24 hours to 15.5 feet.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Mississippi River
Local Index Overview Covers Pages and Sections
The index lists page allocations for today including Nation page 1 Local news page 3 Editorials page Women’s News pages 6 and Sports pages 9 and 10 Classified ads pages 13 and 14 Pictures page 16. It guides readers to sections and page numbers for quick access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nation
Groundwork Started For Texas to Chicago Pipeline in Illinois
Representatives of the Texas-Illinois pipeline Co arrived in Southern Illinois for advance preparations on a 30-inch line from Wharton Texas north to Chicago. The $117 million project spans the Mississippi at Grand Tower and will employ about 300 in the area with groundbreaking August 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas-Illinois Pipeline Co
Illinois
Mississippi River
Grand Tower
Red Town
Oroville
Grimsby
Pinckneyville
Pipeline Company
Peoples Light and Gas Company of
Chicago
Wharton
Tex
E. D. Warren
Murphysboro
Centralia
Midwestern Constructors, Inc
Tulsa
Okla
Mississippi
Warren
Fish Pipeline Construction Corporation
Houston
Texas
Illinois Power Company
Mount Vernon
Picket Lines Shut Roxana Shell Refinery
Roxana Ill August 23 UP picket lines by AFL Pipe Fitters and Asbestos Workers unions closed the Shell refinery idle ling 3700 employees The unions began a strike over wages and conditions demanding 22 cents an hour pay increases The AFL Operating Engineers 1100 production workers refused to cross lines to shut down cracking units and said they were honoring the picket lines rather than striking themselves
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roxana
Ill
AFL
Shell Oil Company
AFL Operating Engineers’ Union
43 Children Presumed Drowned Off Spain
Forty three children were drowned or missing and presumed lost when a motor launch capsized off northwest Spain. Authorities recovered 29 bodies. over 70 children aboard were rescued as Falange Youth members crowded to one side to view a rescue. The Falange Youth camp on San Simon Island chartered the vessel.
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Pontevedra
Spain
Falange
San Simon
Redondela
Minimum wage set for French labor at 18 cents an hour
In Rambouillet on August 23 the cabinet approved a national minimum wage of 18 cents per hour, 22 cents in the Paris high cost area. This cabinet action clears the way for new labor contracts after months of controversy and the unfreezing of wage levels earlier this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rambouillet
France
Paris
Weges
Sangamo Plant Expansion Plan Studied for Capacitors
The Sangamo Electric Capacitor division in the Illinois Ordnance area at Crab Orchard Lake examines expanding facilities to boost mica capacitor production for armed services. The plan envisions adding about 10 000 square feet by relocating existing buildings. final plans not settled. Expansion aims to increase output with limited impact on employment before early next year.
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Sangamo Electric
Illinois Ordnance Area
Crab Orchard Lake
Armed Services
Ordnance
Howard Rhodes
Rhodes
Men 26 to 28 Warned on Draft Address Records
Men aged 26 to 28 who registered under the current draft act must keep draft boards informed of their address even if they are beyond the draft age. The rule covers those who registered under the 1948 act and passed 26 but were not called. Those registered only under the wartime draft act have no obligation and the wartime act has expired.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Selective Service
Son Born to Heiress and Leopold Stokowski
Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski, heiress wife of 68 year old conductor Leopold Stokowski, gave birth to a boy at a New York hospital. Both mother and child are reported doing well. The couple, married in 1945 in Mexico City, provided no further details.
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New York
Gloria Vanderbilt Stokowski
Leopold Stokowski
New York Hospital
Stokowski
Mexico City
Talk for Hint Of War Threat At United Nations
Security Council delegates study Russian envoy Malik speech for signs of a broader Korea conflict. Malik warned that continued military actions could widen the war and blamed the United States for aggression, as U N members sought localizing the Korea crisis amid Soviet calls for troop withdrawals.
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Lake Success
Security Council
Jakob A. Malik
Malik
Council
Korea
United States
United States of America
U. N
Russia
Great Britain
U. S
United Nations
Luxurious Liberte Faces Water Shortage On Maiden Voyage
Passengers aboard the Liberte, the 49 850 ton French liner, enjoy ample champagne as water supplies run low. A leak flooded the hold early in the voyage, cutting hot water for showers and shaving while consumption nears 800 tons daily. Notables aboard include Sol Hurok Irene Dunne J P McEvoy Al Capp Growler Magnin and Stanley Marcus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liberte
le Havre
Southampton
Sol Hurok
Irene Dunne
J. P. McEvoy
al Capp
Growler Magnin
Stanley Marcus
Bull in Murphysboro Jail Stirs Local Policemen
Police hauled a calf to the Murphysboro jail for disturbing the peace after it resisted officers Ray Robinson and Ed Hagler who tried to move it from the Jackson county courthouse lawn at 4 30 a m. Police Magistrate George Ozburn recused himself. the calf awaits appeal for change of venue. The story notes prior jail animals in Murphysboro and recalls past oddities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Sons
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Ray Robinson
Ed Hagler
Jackson County
Ler
Robinson
George Ozburn
Illinois State
Menard
Bridge Street
Gene Stroud
Clarence Ward
Ward
Murphysboro Doctor Dr Frank Sabella Dies at 32
Dr Frank Joseph Sabella a Murphysboro native and World War II veteran died from complications of shrapnel wounds suffered near the Rhine crossing. A PhD holder and former University of Florida professor he leaves a wife Helen Hampton a daughter Patricia Ann 2 his parents a brother and a sister. Funeral rites are set at St Andrew's church with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Joseph Sabella
Murphysboro
Sabella
Nick Sabella
North Ninth Street
Rhine
Germany
St. Andrew’s
Murphysboro Township
Southern Illinois University
Washington University
St. Louis
University of Pennsylvania
Patricia Ann
Pete Sabella
Pauline Bencini
Meyer
St. Andrew's Church
J.J. Taggart
St. Andrew’s Cemetery
ABC Classified Ad Rents House First Day in Carbondale
A four room modern house in Carbondale was rented on the first day after publication. Advertiser Mr. Oscar Atherton reported about thirty five calls by 7:30 PM. The ad appeared on the first classified page, urging readers to learn how to place an ABC classified.
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ABC
Oscar Atherton
Advertiser
Defiance Woman Dies of Polio at 70
Miss Ida Rickard aged 70 of Hicksville died of polio yesterday, Defiance county's first polio victim of 1950.
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Defiance
Ohio
Ida Rickard
Hicksville
Defiance County
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Cen
Douglas MacArthur
William B. Dean
Taejon
Lewis Dean McKellips
Coffeyville
Kan
Montgomery County Board No. 47
Lewis
Carl McKellips
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