Grain storage expansion halted in Southern Illinois region
An AAA spokesman says no new grain storage spaces will be built in Southern Illinois due to the Angumois moth threat. Moths would damage stored corn, making long-term storage dangerous, with CCC planning bins across the Midwest belt.
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Southern Illinois
Angumois
AAA
Illinois
Commodity Credit Corporatn
Weath
Murphysboro
Commodity_Credit Corporation
Midwestern
Corn Belt
CCC
County corn crop improves in Jackson County
County farm advisor W C Anderson reports adequate moisture has kept corn growing well. Stalk greenness and husk yellowing indicate proper ripening and ears filling out. Yields are projected 15 to 55 bushels per acre, with some up to 100. Alfalfa seeding advances, silos filling, and field ensilers harvest for winter feed while fall plowing is delayed by moisture.
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Jackson County
W. C. Anderson
Anderson
Carbondale Man Fined for Reckless Motorcycle Ride
William Clause Jr. of Carbondale faced Reckless Driving and Drunkenness charges after a Walnut Street biking spree from 11 30 p m to 1 30 a m. The motorcycle was run at 90 mph with a smoking red hot engine and he paid 21 40 in fines and costs after arrest near Walnut and Twenty Second streets by Night Officers Ray Robinson and Harry Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
William Clause Jr
Carbondale
Walnut Street
Walnut
Twenty - Second Streets
Ray Robinson
Harry Moore
Ed Hagler
Clause
Parole Agent Aids Juvenile Rehabilitation in Southern Illinois
The article outlines how regional parole supervision for boys from the Illinois State Training School for Boys at St Charles aims to rehabilitate youths through Home study and community acceptance. It highlights the role of Mr Absher in coordinating home placement, police collaboration, and returning runaways, with Jim the featured case showing transformation through work, sports, and a second parole release.
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Mr. Absher
St. Charles
Illinois
Illinois State Training School For
Department of Public Welfare
West Main Street
Carbondale
L. D. Norman
Absher
Lincoln
Dixon
Jim
Parole Agent Details County Juvenile Program in Southern Illinois
Kenneth Absher, parole agent for 19 Southern Illinois counties, oversees juvenile cases from his Marion base. The system uses cottage residences at St Charles with 15 to 35 boys, academic School, vocational training, and a 1500 acre farm for scientific farming, plus a Sheridan branch for incorrigibles. Newcomers undergo a 30 day separation and extensive pre classification reports to place them into appropriate training groups.
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Kenneth Absher
Marion
Illinois
Kathryn Bol
Southern Illinoisan
Williamson County
St. Charles
St. Charles School
Absher
Sheridan
Ill
Woman Escapes Injury In Carbondale Stove Blast
Mrs. Hattie Dean of 518 North Springer street Carbondale narrowly escaped harm when a coal range exploded this morning near 6 am. Debris pierced two rooms, cracked a window and damaged furniture. Dean, alone in the home, was at a table near the stove and had cooked breakfast moments before the blast. She offered no explanation for the explosion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Dean
North Springer Street
Carbondale
Noe
High Schools Register 912 In Carbondale
A total of 512 high school pupils have registered in Carbondale. They will begin classes tomorrow morning. Carbondale Community High School has 412 registered and expects 425 enrollment. Attucks High School reports 100 registered with 440 expected. Community High seniors 75 juniors 85 sophomores 115 freshmen 137. Attucks seniors 16 juniors 27 sophomores 27 freshmen 30. Teachers at Community High meet today for final class preparations.
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Carbondale
Carbondale Community High School
Attucks High School
Community High School
Funeral for Mrs Clara I McKinney Thursday
Mrs Clara Inez McKinney 33 died at home in Carbondale Tuesday morning. Funeral services at 2 p m Thursday at the home with Rev Hugh Stearns. burial in McKinney cemetery. She is survived by husband Delbert and children Myrna Dean Kenneth Ray Ronald R parents Frank and Coffer seven sisters and one brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clara Inez McKinney
Rt. 3
Carbondale
Hugh Stearns
McKinney Cemetery
Frank Coffer
Vinnie Howell
Alma_ Raines
Beulah Gibbs
Dora Hancock
Lora Pleasant
Ruth Castleton
Velma Walker
de Soto
Leonard Coffer
East St. Louis
Mother of Local Negro Woman Dies in St. Louis
Mrs. Josephine Jones of East St. Louis died at Homer G. Phillips hospital in St. Louis Monday at 6 p.m. She is mother of Mrs. Viola Devers of Carbondale and leaves a son Ollie Pierce of St. Louis, three sisters in Des Moines and St. Louis, and 12 grandchildren with four great grandchildren. Friends may call at Jackson funeral home. funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Josephine Jones
East St. Louis
Homer G. Phillips Hospital
St. Louis
Viola Devers
East Chestnut Street
Carbondale
Jackson Funeral Home
Ollie Pierce
Alice Crutcher
Myrtle Scroggins
Des Moines
Iowa
Fay Gaines
Doors Installed at Carbondale Post Office Entrance
Two swinging screen doors have been put at the inside entrance of the Carbondale post office at the corner of West Main street and South University avenue.
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Carbondale
West Main Street
South University Avenue
Local official decries cure and prevention failures
Mr. Absher argues that failure of the cure equals failure of prevention as ninety percent of commitments stem from homes and communities failing the boy. He stresses that addressing home and community factors remains essential to help youth.
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Absher
Two Criminal Cases Listed on Sept. Docket
Jackson County circuit court announced the September term listings with two criminal actions set. Defendants Ben Adcock and the Wright brothers face larceny and assault to murder charges respectively, in cases linked to Carbondale and Murphysboro areas.
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Jackson County
Robert Wright
Ralph Wright
Ben Adcock
Carbondale
Wrights
Route 13
Murphysboro
Don Hagler
Wright Brothers
Hagler
Adcock
E. G. Bilderback
Lelia E. Williams
Thomas Butcher
L. R. Stewart
Elmer J. Medlin
T. O. Baril
Raymond
Dorothy Baril
Stewart
Peyton Kunce
Fletcher Lewis
Petit Jury
People
Glenn Brown
The
Robert
L. S. Larson
Clyde Presley
William Rednour
Arthur Hagerman
Bernard K. Wasson
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Across Several Towns
Admitted patients include Miss Esta Taylor surgical in Vienna and Mrs. Earl Lynn surgical in Carbondale along with Mr. William Reeder medical in Carbondale and Mrs. James Hughey medical. Discharged patients include Mrs. G. W. Deitz surgical in De Soto and Mrs. Myrtle Bryan medical in Carbondale.
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Esta Taylor
Vienna
William Reeder
Carbondale
Earl Lynn
C. W. Thornton
G. W. Deitz
de Soto
James Hughey
Forest George
Carterville
Myrtle Bryan
Sidney Davis
Johnston City
Paul Neber
Marion
Taylor Neeley
Jim Hearn
V. F. W Boosts Carbondale Cleanup Fund
The Teeter Carter Watson Veterans of Foreign Wars post in Carbondale donated 200 dollars to the city spraying cleanup drive. The check was given to the city council and forwarded to drive chair Mrs. E. L. Borkon. Mayor John I. Wright praised the donation as helping cover short funds for the project.
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Teeter-Carter-Watson Veterans of Foreign Wars Post of
Carbondale
E. L. Borkon
John I. Wright
Carl Crain
Flasher Signal at West Main and Springer Goes Active
Carbondale Police Chief Lee Davis urges enforcing the red flashing stop sign as a full stop during school crossing hours at West Main and Springer. The device, bought by the Carbondale Lions Club, operates in three daily intervals and protects students near Carbondale Community High School and Brush School. It first saw use this morning.
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Springer Carbondale
Lee Davis
West Main
Springer Street
Carbondale Lions Club
Lions
Carbondale Community High School
Brush School
Reservoir land eyed for Carbondale park
Carbondale park officials explored a reservoir west of Highway 51 as a potential community park site. Rex Cook outlined 80 to 100 acres with picnic areas, playgrounds, tennis, ball diamonds, and camping on the south shore, noting road access and county system implications.
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Carbondale
Rex Cook
Kiwanis Club
Cook
Highway 51
Carbondale Park Board
Rotary
Lions Club
Park Board
Carbondale Council Moves to Ease Hospital Site Traffic
The Carbondale city council approved rerouting the Brush school crossing and barricading the sidewalk in front of the new Southern Illinois Hospital site on West Main Street. A two lane V shaped crossing will be guided by one watchman with temporary no parking signs and pedestrian warnings planned.
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Carbondale
Southern Illinois Hospital Association Hospital
West Main Street
Russell Stephens
Edgar Stephens and Sons Construction Company
John S. Lewis
Association
Brush School
Stephens
Daily Free Press
Luther Wlinotsan
Carbon
Carsbondale
Illinois
Associated Press
Charges Filed Against Maggie Bryant in Stumble Inn Knifing
Maggie Bryant, 16, was charged with assault with a dangerous weapon in a stabbing at the Stumble Inn. Earl Oliver, her alleged suitor, was wounded in the left side and arms and remained hospitalized. The incident, reportedly after a tavern quarrel, led to Bryant’s detention in Jackson County jail.
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Maggie Bryant
Mar‘physboro
Earl Oliver
Stumble Inn
D. L. McGregor
Manning
Oliver
St. Andrew’s Hospital
Jackson County
Excavation Starts for Mrs Julia Carter Hale Building
Excavation began yesterday at the corner of West Walnut and South University avenue for a two story building by Glenn Stinson of St Louis. The structure will house three offices and a four room apartment on the lower floor with Mrs Hale’s living quarters on the second floor and a basement.
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Julia Carter Hale
West Walnut and
South University Avenue
Carbondale
Mrs. Hale
Glenn Stinson
St. Louis
Tom Stew
Carbondale Considers Alley Blacktop Project
City officials weigh resurfacing a 125 foot alley between South University and South Illinois avenues from West Monroe to the east west alley between Monroe and West Walnut. Cost estimates hover around 500 dollars with possible owner financing and sealed bids. A note mentions 17,000,000 farm work days lost in 1948.
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Carbondale
Cavaness
E. V. Miller
J. Edward Helton
Building plans outline university site and parking lot
The project describes a 45 foot long structure on University and 8212 feet on West Walnut with a north parking lot about 8214 by 100 feet. Mrs. Hale hopes completion by late November. Stinson also built the Kroger supermarket north of the Hale site last year.
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Art
University
West Walnut
Hale
Stinson
Kroger
Delmar Crews Hired as Temporary Carbondale Officer
Police Commissioner Paul Brown announces Delmar Crews will serve on a probationary basis for 60 to 90 days during Harold Petterson’s absence. Crews, formerly at Menard prison hospital, will move to Carbondale after redecorating his Chester home. The council also revises liquor zone and notes a hearing on coach lines passenger rates set for September 21.
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Delmar
Carbondale
Paul Brown
Harold Petterson
Marion Veterans Hospital
Crws
Brown
Peterson
E. V. Miller
Crews
Menard Penitentiary
Chester
West Walnut Street
Stotlar
West Monroe Street
South University
South Illinois Avenue
Moose Lodge
Zoning Commission
Comemissioner
Cal Cavaness
Illinois Commerce Commissar
Carbondale-Harrisburg
Springfield
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Carbondale Man
Linger
State Department of Wellfare
Cardale
Dick Floyd
Mrs
Lucille Dwire
Edith Underwood
Edward Reiman
Levy
J. C. Swafford, Swafford Coal Co
Director of
Union State Bank of Dowell
Nyle Huffman
Mary Stegall
Frank Lingle
Red”’ Kramer
Leland P. Lingle
Southern Illinois University
William B. Schneider
South Lake Street
Lincoln School
Attucks Athletic
East Sycamore
North Barnes Street
North University
West Jackson
Crab Orchard Lake
Park District
Recreation Board
National Park and Recreation Board
William C. Bicknell
Southern
Kiwanis Committee
Floyd Cunningham
Ben P. Watkins
S. I.U
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