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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1952
Page
1
At the Du Quoin State Fair Republican Day featured State Treasurer William G. S. ton, GOP gubernatorial nominee, delivering an address. Democrats set their visit for Friday with Lt. Gov Sherwood Dixon. Sunny weather drew a Tuesday crowd of 17 611. A Brink's robbery in Washington involved grand larceny with the money recovered.
Today's schedule lists 1 30 p m Grand Circuit Harness Racing with 56000 in stakes and 2 p m Livestock judging featuring Belgian horses, 6 p m Cheviot sheep, 6 30 p m Hampshire swine, 7 45 p m Society horse show and 8 p m All Star Revue with Margaret Whiting. Thursday covers 9 a m Livestock judging Polled Herefords Holsteins Shropshire sheep and 1 30 p m Grand Circuit Harness Races with 44000 in stakes along with 7 45 p m Society Horse Show and 8 p m Star Revue with Mar...
Ideal weather keeps crowd estimates high at the fair with 375 000 anticipated attendees. Harness racing features the Hambletonian winner contenders in the 15 000 Championship Stallion Stake for two year olds on the fast one mile track. Livestock judging runs from 9 am through the day including swine beef and dairy cattle and Belgian horses. The Society Horse Show continues at 7 45 pm and the All Star Revue returns at 8. Area entries win minor prizes in the spectacular event praised as among Southern Illinois finest.
Clear and warm for southern Illinois with a low tonight between 64 and 70 degrees. Tomorrow's high near 88 with yesterday's low at 67. Today at 7 am 66 and 6 pm yesterday 83. Yesterday's high 92 and noon today 88. Precipitation data incomplete. Sunset 6:37 pm and sunrise 5:24 am. Crab Orchard Lake 16 inches below spillway today. Little Grassy Lake 13 inches below spillway today.
An excerpt from a local index listing free publications and Sunday holiday editions from Southern Wilcols Publications Inc. The notice notes printing at 22 West Market Street Carbondale Illinois and entry as second class matter dated March 6, 187%.
The Republican caravan will cover 40 counties from Murphysboro on September 8 to East St. Louis on September 19 led by State Treasurer William G. Stratton. Candidates include John W. Chapman, Charles F. Carpentier, Orville F. Hodge, Elmer J. Hoffman and Latham Castle.
U S Eighth Army reported four POWs killed and 64 injured during July and August disturbances at Koje Island and other camps, as Red prisoners tested UN guards with renewed unrest. Gen Namli criticized the UN in Panmunjom talks after the incidents.
In New York on August 2, former Illinois governor John Stelle was decorated by the French government for his role in liberating France. Stelle, a past national commander of the American Legion, was among Legionnaires awarded medals at Paris.
Dalton Ga August 27 an eight year old Dwight David Isenhower has a new brother Adlai Stevenson christened for the Democratic presidential nominee by his parents Mr and Mrs Ben R Isenhower The older son born in 1944 was named for Gen Dwight D Eisenhower whose forces led the European coastal invasion
In St Louis on August 27 11 year old Donald Jensen carried four month old Julie from a grocery doorway after their father James O Jensen 44 was arrested on abandonment charges. Police Sgt William Duggan said the infant had been taken from their home in a basket earlier.
Harold Koch of Jefferson Barracks Mo was elected Tuesday the Saddest Sad Sack commander of the Organized Sacks the wartime veterans group Koch was chosen at the opening business session of the annual convention in Missouri Aug 27 AP.logy
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower announced a major campaign swing through the South and Middle West starting Sept 2 with 14 cities in 10 states on a route via New York Atlanta Jacksonville Miami Tampa Birmingham Little Rock Philadelphia Chicago Rochester Kasson Minneapolis Cleveland Indianapolis and return to New York The plan includes Whistle stop appearances and meetings with Republican leaders with TV radio coverage planned for Philadelphia and Kasson He may meet Sen Robert A Taft and campaigns open Labor Day weekend in key states including Texas Florida Virginia and possibly Tennessee.
Buffalo August 27 AP John Foster Dulles attacked U S foreign policy calling it suicidal and urged disintegrating the Soviet empire from within He urged Asia Africa and South America focus and abandonment of containment arguing passive resistance slow-downs and non-cooperation could crack the regime He criticized defense of white Western Europe as a flawed policy amid Soviet encirclement and urged a moral and material approach to global liberty.
The latest British radio invention, the TV-phone, projects images of both callers on television screens at opposite ends of the circuit. Privacy at home is not yet breached, as the model costs about $2,800.
Illinois game manager Joe Davidson says panther sightings in Centralia are hoaxes or imagination. He urges tying large dogs to yards to deflate fear and notes even loose animals will be hunted if they threaten poultry, while a hunter once shot at reflected light and damaged his car.
A Senate subcommittee report cites pro-Communist script writers weaving slight propaganda into radio and television, with Ruth Knight and Welbourn Kelley denouncing Marion as pro-Communist. The panel notes Voice of America and United Nations radio scripts linked to a pro-Communist faction, while the Radio Writers Guild denies alignment with Communists.
Billy Roe from Kingston N Y touts Sharkey the educated seal a sea lion with a BA from Seal College and a master’s in progress He earned 20 pounds nightly at the All Star grandstand revue at the Du Quoin State Fair and wowed intermission crowds with trained feats before the page ends.
U N warplanes roared into North Korea in a follow up to heavy bombing of supply depots near Pyongyang and in Northeast Korea. Fifth Air Force said fighter bombers dropped explosives on front line targets then used napalm in support of Allied ground forces. Seven B 29 Superforts dumped 70 tons of high explosives on a Red supply area at Pyoungyang.
The American Legion at Madison Square Garden urged President Truman to remove Dean Acheson as secretary of state. The foreign relations report called the UN ineffective for world peace and pressed for tougher narcotics penalties and broader aid to Korea’s children. It also urged fluoridation, extended Social Security benefits to Puerto Rico, and rejected forming a Fathers of American Legionnaires auxiliary.
In a Madison Square Garden speech Stevenson denounced attacks on Gen. George C. Marshall as unpatriotic, calling patriotism the last refuge of scoundrels. He warned Legionnaires against pressuring public servants and urged a restrained use of power to defend freedom and fight communism.
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