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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 25, 1950
Page
1
President Truman orders seizure of the nations railroads to avert a Monday strike by two unions. Army Secretary Pace to take over operations in the name of the U S government and workers urged to stay on duty. Unions had urged government seizure amid an 18 month wage dispute.
President Truman and his cabinet weigh possible government seizure of the railroad system to heads off a nationwide walkout by 300 000 trainmen and conductors. sources say court injunctions and presidential appeals are also considered while unions deny breaking pledges amid the crisis. Weather notes follow.
English stained glass craft revived after plague decimated master glaziers. Modern firms analyze medieval recipes to recreate color and translucency. Whitefriars of London leads exports to U S churches, with windows priced from 50 to 100 dollars per square foot and commissions in New York Cairo and beyond.
A conference to draft an order affecting Illinois Bell Telephone Co ended without agreement. Circuit Judge William R. Dusher postponed the hearing to Sept 16 to clarify a ruling issued Aug 17.
The labor dispute over a 40 hour week and pay increases remains unresolved as unions rejected a White House plan. Railroads proposed 23 cent raise and 40 hour week for yard workers plus five cent raise for train staff, but unions declined.
Steven J. Green of Chicago urged simplification of state services at the Tenth district Illinois Welfare association summer conference in Giant City State Park lodge. He called for one county level physical office and regional changes to use welfare workers efficiently. Harvey Jester of Christian County urged recognizing welfare work as a profession with educational requirements after three years. L C Cortright led a discussion on the State Employees Retirement System. 175 people from the district attended the conference.
Friedrich Flick the Hitler era steel magnate and 18 other convicted Nazi war criminals were freed before dawn in Landsberg Germany for good behavior. They served two thirds of their sentences and were released under relaxed rules granting more time off for good conduct.
The Will County Rural Chorus will present the feature program on Illinois day August 26 at the Nation's Capital Sesquicentennial in Washington. The group was chosen to represent Illinois after winning the choral competition at the Illinois State Fair.
The army plans to call 77 000 enlisted reservists between Sept 15 and Nov 10 to active duty. Age 19 to 35, with specialists exempted, priority based on dependents and skill needs. 62 000 had orders from a previous call, 32 000 already ordered. Drawn nationwide from both volunteer and inactive reservists.
Florence Kibler an art teacher from Chicago is believed safe in a secluded southeastern Utah cabin after a solo float trip down the Colorado River. A Salt Lake City woman Mrs. Stewart Campbell received a letter dated August 22 postmarked Flagstaff Arizona describing the remote cabin stocked with emergency provisions. The letter suggests Kibler was guided to the cabin by Mrs Campbell's husband a local guide and later retrieved by guide Bill Wilson who owns the cabin.
The Idaho canvassing board certified the Aug. 8 primary result. Sen. Glen H. Taylor lost renomination as a Democratic candidate for the six year Senate term by 948 votes. D. Worth Clark won with 26,897 to Taylor's 25,949. third candidate Rep. Compton I. White had 14,599.
From Tokyo Aug 26 AP major battle over a new road to Taegu broke out Friday in central Korea. South Koreans and United Nations forces attacked 12 to 25 miles north and east of Taegu against a Red advance, with 6 000 Allied troops and tanks pushing a 20 000 strong Communist force.
Detroit Aug 25 UP Chrysler corporation announced a 10 to 15 cent an hour pay raise for 120000 workers effective next Monday for hourly paid staff. Ninety three thousand hourly workers gain 10 cents, 7000 skilled workers 15 cents, and 20000 salaried employees receive boosts effective Sept 1. The increase, costing $25 million yearly, was outside the Chrysler CIO United Auto Workers contract.
A soccer fan named Leonard Scargg cheered so vigorously his false teeth flew out. They were recovered 24 hours later, after another spectator found them on the brim of his hat as he walked home from the stadium.
University of Chicago astronomer A B Meinel reports a spectacular aurora display last weekend was produced by hydrogen gas traveling from the sun at about 1800 miles per second. He observed via a auroral spectograph that hydrogen lines shifted in the Borealis spectrum, confirming a possible sunspot connection but not proving causation.
Seminole County Attorney Jack Scott said a 26 foot snake captured last night was purchased for 450 from a Maryland firm and brought here for exhibition. Sheriff Sandlen and Police Chief Nichol son were told zoo keeper G. W. Hall that he wanted to cash in on rumors of a loose giant reptile. Hall showed a 26 foot snake weighing 250 pounds and 26 feet long, said to have been snared last night in Wild Horse canyon after a two hour struggle.
Prime Minister Louis St Laurent met union leaders in Ottawa to urge settlement of a nationwide rail strike that has strangled the economy. Union chiefs left the hour long talks grim and silent as St Laurent announced plans to meet railway union leaders again later in the day.
The stock market saw its sharpest spill in six weeks with many issues slipping to around $2 a share before buyers steadied. Steel and motor stocks led losses among a broad downturn with U S Steel Bethlehem Steel General Motors Chrysler Studebaker Goodrich Montgomery Ward Emerson Radio Zenith Radio Standard Oil (N J) among declines. Railway bonds also fell across the board.
Chicago Aug 25 AP report Malachy J Coghlan longtime Republican candidate for Cook County sheriff and former assistant state's attorney died today at age 50.
Secretary of Defense Louis Johnson asked Congress to permit a draft of doctors and dentists up to age 45. He enclosed a Defense Department bill and urged hearings, outlining a priority order for drafting from medical reserves and veterans programs to bring in medically trained personnel.
An Effingham Illinois couple and their pilot were injured when a light Stinson plane failed to gain altitude at Hales Corners airport and crashed into a field. Pilot Eugene Gardner 20 from Hales Corners received a forehead cut and others had cuts bruises. all were treated and released.
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