Stabbing at Bridge Street Ends in Arrest of Girl
Maggie Bryant, 16, a Murphysboro Negro schoolgirl, held without charge after stabbing her suitor Earl Oliver, 20, of Mt. Carbon, outside the Stumble Inn. Oliver in fair condition at St. Andrew's hospital after transfusions. sheriff says the girl acted after a quarrel and claims Oliver grabbed her throat and attacked her.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie Bryant
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Earl Oliver
Mt. Carbon
Stumble Inn
Bridge Street
Oliver
St. Andrew’s Hospital
D. L. McGregor
Emma McIintyre
New Hill
John Gilbert
Sheriff McGregor
Emma Mciintyre, Just Across the Bridge Street
Big Muddy River Bridge
James Joiner
Carterville Man Suffered Severe Cut in Wreck
Carterville resident Frank Smith Jr., 28, was to be moved from Herrin hospital to the Veterans hospital in Marion for further treatment after a car struck a tree at a dead end between Blairsville and Colp. He sustained a severe scalp laceration from the left ear to the right forehead but was not considered in serious condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Hospital
Veterans’ Hospital
Marion
Smith
Blairsville
Colp
Pfc Wilma Bly Serves In Yokohama Fire Unit
Pfc Wilma Bly son of Mrs Nancy Bly of Carbondale serves as a fire fighter with the 19th Fire Fighting company in Yokohama Japan. He entered the army in August 1940 and arrived in the theater in October 1948. A former student of Dunbar High School in Metropolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilma Bly
Yokohama
Eighth Army
Japan
Nancy Bly
East Oak Street
Carbondale
19Th Fire Fighting Company
Bly
Dunbar High School
Metropolis
Du Quoin Woman Injured In Wreck Here Sunday
Flora Myers of Du Quoin was treated at Holden hospital after a Sunday morning collision near the old Illinois Central water tower in north Carbondale. E D Griffin of Herrin and four others in the Du Quoin car were also examined and released for minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Flora Myers
Holden Hospital
Illinois Central
North
Carbondale
Miss Myers
E. D. Griffin
Herrin
Daily Free Press Subscription Rates and Postal Notice
The Daily Free Press lists carrier delivery rates at 25 cents per week and mail rates 1 6 weeks 1.00 24 weeks 4.00 12 weeks 2.00 52 weeks 7.50. Mail subscriptions not sold where carrier service exists. Entry at Carbondale post office as second class matter. Associated Press notes exclusive rights to local news and AP dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daily Free Press
Southern Illinoisan
West Main Street
Carbondale
Illinois
Associated Press
AP News d' Apaiches
Williams Store Remodel Delights Carbondale Shoppers
The Williams store on Illinois Avenue in Carbondale recently reopened after a complete remodel by Charles Oliver Construction Co. Roy and Aston Williams own and operate the business which opened June 15. The 100 by 30 foot building features glass brick windows, a glass front, fluorescent lighting, and a model kitchen. The store offers household appliances automotive equipment and records and employs four staff besides the two owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williams
Roy
Aston Williams
Illinois Avenue
Carbondale
North Illi
Nois Avenue
Charles Oliver Construction Co
33 Farmers Stop at Port
A Carbondale airport hosted 33 Flying Farmers on a trip toward Muscle Shoals Alabama and Pensacola Florida as guests of the Navy to avoid hurricane winds. Frank Hartline flew from Carbondale to Muscle Shoals and back via Nashville, arriving 4 30 p m yesterday. Charles Murden and John Navin completed a navigation run to Louisville and Madison while Melvin West flew to Alton and back.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Pensacola
Fla
Farmer Organization
Navy
Alabama
Florida
Frank Hartline
Retail Clerks Meeting At Hall Tuesday Night
The Retail Clerks Association Local 736 of Carbondale will hold its regular meeting tomorrow night at 7 30 in the city hall building. The local, with 203 members, meets on the second and last Tuesday each month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Retail Clerks Association
Carbondale
City Hall
Carbondale Man Promoted to Corporal in Air Force
Louis O. Campbell of Carbondale rises from Private First Class to Corporal in the U S Air Force. He serves with the 5001st Communications Squadron as an equipment repairman at Ladd Air Force Base Alaska. He entered service in March 1948 and has been in Alaska since June. His mother Ella M Campbell lives at 423 West Monroe Street Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis O. Campbell
Carbondale
United States Air Force
5001St Communications Squadron
Ladd Air Force Base
Alaska
America
Cpl. Campbell
Ella M. Campbell
W. Monroe Street
Carbondale Woman Injured in Highway Collision
Mrs. Maude Brewer of Carbondale sustained a slight injury in a Saturday night crash on the west side. She rode in a pickup driven by M E Godwin of Pomona, which collided with a Murphysboro truck driven by Frank Chester. Brewer was treated at Holden hospital and released. No other injuries were reported and vehicle damage was minor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Brewer
West Main Street
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
Bower
M. E. Godwin
Pomona
Frank Chester
North Seventh Street
Murphysboro
Godwin
Little Bill
Chester
Brewer
Herrin Student Contingent Stranded In New York After Airline Failure
A group of 40 students and teachers, including Murrah of Herrin, reportedly stranded in New York returning from Europe after Alaska Airlines ceased operations. They had flown to Amsterdam on the charter, with SeaBoard West but faced no Chicago return options. Some stayed at LaGuardia, others moved to city lodgings as the group seeks a way home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Murrah
South Park Avenue
Herrin
Murrah
New York
Frank Murrah
Associated Press
Europe
Michigan
Charles
University of Wisconsin
Chicago
Amsterdam
Holland
Alaska Airlines
Alaska
Seattle
Les Greening
Greening
America
New York International Airport
Seaboard & Western Airlines
Seaboard
Port of New York Authority
la Guardia Field
Commerce Officials Plan Southern Illinois Survey Visit
Two U S Department of Commerce officials will tour Centralia Mt Vernon Herrin and Cairo to study employment conditions in four southern counties. Herrin event at noon Sept 7 invites local business leaders from Williamson Jackson Perry Franklin Union and Johnson counties. The Crab Orchard area is flagged for special unemployment aid. The visitors will assess how a government program can assist the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Commerce
Illinois
Arthur Hamilton
Herrin Chamber of Commerce
Ralph Barton
Washington
Albert Rascher
St. Louis
Centralia
Mt. Vernon
Herrin
Cairo
Williamson
Jackson
Perry
Franklin
Union
Johnson Counties
Hamilton
Crab Orchard
Blacktopping at Murdale Airport Planned for Next Week
Caldwell Construction Co of Jacksonville will start black topping the runways at Murdale Airport next Tuesday. A 400 ton daily plant will operate for about eight days with material prepared at Campbell Hill. A 13 000 foot wire fence and wind indicator marker are underway as graders finish the site, marking end of stage one in the three stage project between Carbondale and Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caldwell Construction Co
Jacksonville
Murdale
Campbell Hill
Carbondale
Murphysboro
East St. Louisan Fined for Meter Violation in Carbondale
Loren Van Horn of East St. Louis paid 13.40 in Carbondale after a parking meter dispute ended with a court fine. Patrolman Parry Cooper issued the ticket for a red flagged meter and the motorist’s protests led to appearance before the police magistrate's court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Loren van Horn
East St. Louis
Parry Cooper
Police Magistrate’s Court
Funeral services for D. A. Bulliner reported
Funeral services for D. A. Bull liner, who died in Herrin hospital Saturday, were set for this afternoon. Burial was planned in Carterville cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Bulliner
Herrin Hospital
Carterville Cemetery
Illinois Central to curtail hours for 40 hour week
Illinois Central announces changes effective Sept 1 due to the 40 hour week. Carbondale freight office will operate five days a week. St. Louis division offices close Saturdays. many small ticket offices close two days. Passenger windows stay open seven days at Carbondale. some small town offices close weekends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Central
Carbondale
St. Louis
Information Reservation Bureau
Chicago
Southern Illinois
Railroads and Railway Express Agency
Railroads and Express Agency
Eight escape injury in De Soto car crash Sunday
A 1946 model car driven by M F Hill of De Soto and a car driven by Ross Kimmel of Carbondale collided at Route 51 near a blacktop intersection around 5 30 p m Sunday. Occupants in Hills car included his wife Kenneth Hill and Mrs Hill s daughter Mrs George Counce of Hurst and her baby Carol. In Kimmels car were his wife and Mr and Mrs Bert Horn of Carbondale. Deputy Roy Carter De Soto conducted the investigation. All were shaken but none seriously hurt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. F Hill
de Soto
Ross Kimmel
Burleson Street
Carbondale
Route 51
Hill
Kenneth
George Counce
Hurst
Carol
Kimmel
Bert Horn
Roy Carter
Vacation's Over for City Students As Schools Open
Registration for the Fall term at Carbondale Community High School began with seventy five seniors registering this morning. Juniors register this afternoon from 1 to 4 o'clock, sophomores in the morning, freshmen tomorrow afternoon. Classes start Thursday at Carbondale and Attucks High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale High School
Carbondale Community High School
Attucks High School
Three Injured in Two-Car Collision Near Marion
Three people were injured in a head on collision four miles west of Marion on Route 13. Roscoe Taylor of Carbondale was taken to Holden hospital with facial and chest injuries. Oscar Jones of Carterville was treated at Herrin hospital and released. Jones said he did not see Taylor's car as he pulled toward a filling station. Taylor is tied to the Smith and Taylor real estate agency in Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion
Roscoe Taylor
Walnut Street
Carbondale
Holden Hospital
Oscar Jones
Illinois Avenue
Carterville
Herrin Hospital
Jones
Williamson County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's Office
Taylor
Smith and Taylor Real Estate Agency
N R L B Rules in Herrin Colp Highway Dispute
O M Hudgens of Mitchell Contracting says the National Labor Relations Board ruled against carpenters in a jurisdictional dispute over hod carriers in dismantling forms for concrete on the Herrin Colp highway. Hearing is dropped. work halted a month. he will seek carpenters locally or from outside Herrin if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. M. Hudgens
Mitchell Contracting Co
National Labor Relations Board
Carpenters
Herrin-Colp
Hudgens
Herrin
Mrs. R. B. Thomas Dies in Holden Hospital
Mrs. R. B. Thomas, 65, of 706 West College Street Carbondale, died about 11 a.m. today at Holden hospital after an illness. She had been ill for some time and entered the hospital yesterday. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Thomas
Holden Hospital
West College Street
Carbondale
V F W Leaders Back from Miami Convention
Carbondale veterans of foreign wars returned from the national V F W convention in Miami Florida with roles in debate over junior vice commander and word of Chicago as the 1950 convention site. President Truman spoke of communist tyranny and U N pledges amid Cold War rhetoric.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Midwest
Chicago
Atlantic City
Harry Truman
U. S
United Nations
Europe
Carbondale Man Charged After DUI Reckless Driving
J. B. Goddard, 36, of Carbondale, faces reckless driving while intoxicated charges filed by John Clarida after a Saturday night crash west of the routes 13 148 wye on Route 13. No serious injuries reported. Bond set at $500 by Justice W. B. Roberts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Williamson County
N. C. Garrison
J. 8
Goddard
John Clarida
Carterville
Williamson County Sheriff's Office
Clari
Goodpaster to Address Carbondale Rotary Club
Dr. W. J. Goodpaster of Herrin, secretary of the Crab Orchard Sportsmen's Association, will speak to the Carbondale Rotary Club tomorrow at 12 10 p.m. in the Hotel Roberts. He will explain the association functions and plans for sportsmen in southern Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. J. Goodpaster
Herrin
Crab Orchard Sportsmen’s Association
Carbondale Rotary Club
Hotel Roberts
Goodpaster
Illinois
First Baptist Church of Carbondale Board Portrait
The Carbondale First Baptist Church board of deacons and deaconesses will shape the church’s plans for the coming year. Front row includes C. E. McGill and Mesdames Miller and Barrow, with John Crowell. Second row lists Mae Fox and Dr. W. B. Welch among others. Rev W L Reppenhagen is pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
First Baptist Church
C. E. McGill
Mesdames
Robert Miller
J. W. Barrow
L. T. Wooden
Arthur Ross
J. F. McCoy
M. T. Smith
John Crowell
Mae Fox
Howard Ferrill
E. M. Thrailkill
W. B. Welch
Charles Helton
Jesse Anderson
Marion Harriss
W. L. Reppenhagen
Back to School in Carbondale With 1450 Students
About 1450 elementary and junior high students return to Carbondale schools tomorrow. Registration targets include 200 at Springmore, 350 at Brush, 400 at Attucks, and 500 at Lincoln. Lincoln Junior High adds a new building and gym plus general science. Springmore is a new kindergarten to fourth grade campus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Clyde Winkler
New Springmore
Springer and
Sycamore Streets
Brush
West Main Street
Attucks
East Main
Lincoln
Springmore
Winkler
Mary Swindell
Lincoln Junior High
Norman Moore
Lawrence Martin
John Thomas
Harold Crowell
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Over Weekend
Admitted Saturday in Carterville Miss Marilyn Gibbons surgical and Miss Luella Amon medical. Mrs. O W Faugust medical. Carterville and Marion patients listed. Discharged Saturday Franklin McGlone accident Goreville and Mrs Frank Reister surgical. discharges Sunday include Mrs Donald H Bethel and daughter Carbondale and Mrs Coy Rose Carterville among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. W. Faugust
Carbondale
Marilyn Gibbons
Carterville
Luella Amon
Harry Cole
Maude Brewer
Jackie Staffey
Anna Coregan
Marion
Franklin McGlone
Goreville
Frank Reister
Nora Emsey
Mackanda
Flora Myres
du Quoin
Earl Williamson
Mounds
R. B. Thomas
Roscoe Taylor
Donald H. Bethel
Warren Robinson
Sam Flanigan
Coy Rose
Ronald Wright
Walkerton
Ind
Judy Rushing
Merilyn Gibbons
Luella Smith
M. S. Moake
Bishop and wife arrive in Carterville for summer visit
Congressman C. W. Bishop and his wife Aunt arrive in Carterville to stay through September. He represents the 26th District and will be in recess for three weeks until Sept 21. They will reside on Olive street and visitors may call at their new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W
Bishop
Carterville
Congress
Olive Street
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Frank Smith, Jr
Carbondale Air Force
Commerce
East St. Louisan
Bulliner Services
Railroad News
Irvington
Boise
Tamaroa
Dowell
Elkville
Cobden
Dongola
Ullin
Mound City
Freeberg
New Athens
Burns
C.C. HS
N.R.L.B
Miami
Carbondale Man
Dr. Goodpaster
Rotary Club
First Baptist Church Board
Bishop Oame
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