May to Start Jail Sentence On Saturday
Former Rep. Andrew J. May of Kentucky must begin an eight to 24 month jail term for wartime bribery and conspiracy. Judge Schweinhaut rejected an appeal for a shorter sentence and ordered May to surrender to the Eastern District marshal Saturday. May, 74, was at his Prestonsburg home and may serve at Ashland penitentiary due to health. Also ordered jailed were Henry and Murray Garsson, heads of a $73 million wartime munitions empire linked to May’s $53,000 in bribes, with appeals denied.
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Washington
Andrew J. May
Dky
Henry A. Schweinhaut
May
Kentucky
Prestonsburg
Henry A. Garsson
Murray Garsson
Garsson Brothers
Old House
Schweinhaut
Ashland
Henry Garsson
Two Councils Discuss Parking Meters in Perry Mery
A second joint meeting of the Pinckneyville and Du Quoin city councils was tentatively set for tomorrow night per Pinckneyville Mayor John H. Stumpe. Earlier talks suggested mutual meters support, but Du Quoin officials later denied any official agreement. Mayor Stumpe said topics remain unknown as Pinckneyville abandoned weekly meetings, planning regular sessions on the first and third Mondays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Mery
Pinckneyville
du Quoin
John H. Stumpe
Lewis Order Ends Egypt Miners Strike for Yule Plan
John L. Lewis ordered 400,000 soft coal miners back to work on a three day per week schedule starting Monday, lifting the strike truce that had left about 13,858 miners and 200 railroad workers in the Egypt area facing Christmas uncertainty. Some mines operated briefly, others remained idle as unions awaited the policy shift and railroads prepared for potential staffing cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Illinois Central
Egypt
Chicago
Baltimore and Quincy
Missouri Pacific
Peabody Coal Company
Majestic
Perry County
Union Colliery Company
New Kathleen
du Quoin
Yorkville Boy Wins National 4-H Award
Gilbert Blankenship a 20 year old from Yorkville Illinois is named the 4 H club national achievement winner for boys in 1949 The honor was announced at the 50th International Livestock Exposition where Dorothea McClure a 19 year old from Savanna Missouri was named the girl winner and also celebrated last night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Gilbert Blankenship
Yorkville, Ill
Dorothea McClure
Savanna
Hurst selects Huddleston mayor after coin flip
In a 121-121 tie between Trecile Huddleston and Loren Robison, a coin flip decided the mayoral race in Hurst. Huddleston, a 37 year old gasoline truck driver, will serve until May 1953 after bonding. Robison and Brantley Allsup trailed with 19 votes. City officials prepared for oath and bonding as Emerson presides as interim mayor pro tem until Huddleston's formal installation December 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trecile Huddleston
Hurst
Huddleston
Loren Robison
Robison
Brantley Allsup
Charles O.whittington
George Crichton
Herrin
Kenneth Hammond
Joe Emerson
Whittington
Audie Calvert
J. F. Grayson
Clarence Tipton
Emerson
Hammond
Raymond Hinchcliffe
Chester Officer Named Manila Port Commander
Lt. Col. Clarence F. Snyder of Chester has been named post commander of the U S military port of Manila. He will also lead the 6203rd Port Squadron, 24th Air Depot Wing at Clark Field. A 1942 veteran of the C I B campaigns, he previously headed transportation for Continental Air Command.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Manila
Col. Snyder
24Th Air Depot Wing
China India
Burma
Continental Air Command
Weather summary and temperature outlook for the region
Colder and mostly cloudy this afternoon with clearing tonight. Friday mostly fair with lows near 25 and highs around 45. Record temperatures include 37 at 7 a.m. and 58 at noon on Wednesday, with wind at 7 a.m. today. Precipitation measured since yesterday and lake spillway levels noted at Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake. Mississippi River level at Grand Tower shows a rise of 0.2 feet in 24 hours.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Mississippi River Grand Tower
Caoyneil of 100 to Meet at SIU Cafeteria Friday
The Caoyneil of 100 an area educational group will hold its first meeting Friday noon at Southern Illinois University cafeteria. The council includes one educator and two laymen from each of 31 counties with SIU officials and regional IE A leaders. R D Rendleman chairs the program committee and will preside. SIU President D W Morris will welcome members and outline the group's purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caoyneil of
Southern Illinois University
Southern Illinois
Illinois Education Association
Russel D. Rendleman
Anna Jonesboro
Goebel Patton
West Frankfort
Robert McKinney
Marion
Royalton Bible Student Killed in Route 51 Crash
Archie R. Baumgarte, son of Fred and Delia Baumgarte of Royalton, died early today when the car he rode in rear ended a parked truck on Route 51 four miles south of Pana. He was a student at Lincoln Bible Institute and was returning to Lincoln after a radio broadcast from Eldorado. Three Decatur Ne gores in the truck are detained as a coroner a jury finds reckless homicide and calls for a grand jury probe. Baumgarte’s body was returned to Rhodenberg funeral home in Royalton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie R. Baumbarte
Fred
Delia Baumgarte
Royalton
Pana
Baumgarte
Lincoln Bible Institute
Lincoln
Eldorado
Decatur
Rhodenberg
Britain U S Vic for Major Defense Voice
Paris report says defense ministers from 12 Atlantic pact nations gather to decide which nation holds the major voice in calling signals if Western Europe is attacked. The United States and Britain push for influence over alliance strategy with plans for an integrated defense linking the U.S. Canada and Western Europe. The Brussels treaty commitment contrasts with the Atlantic pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Britain
Western Europe
Louis Johnson
David K. Bruce
Seine
U. S
Canada
Europe
SII Honors Head Of New Industry With Luncheon
B A Waderlow president of Orcill Machine Corp in Crab Orchard Lake area was guest of honor at a Southern Illinois luncheon at Motel Waderlow Detroit resident. Company plans for additional lake facilities and started operations after leasing lake buildings and securing heavy machinery. About 100 employed. Roland E Holt Evansville plant superintendent praised local labor. Attendees from Herrin Marion Carbondale and Carterville plus Illinois Chamber of Commerce and international guest from Bombay. Lyerla Etherton Schafale spoke welcoming Waderlow and pledged SIU assistance.
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B. A. Waderlow
Orcill Machine Corp
Crab Orchard Lake
Southern Illinois, Inc
Waderlow
Detroit
General Motors Corp
Roland E. Holt
Evansville
Ind
India
Bittermann
Lyerla
Etherton
Schafale
Herrin
Carbondale
Marion
S.I.1
Series of Mine Mishaps In Southern Illinois
A fourth mine accident near Dowell injured Joe Ferguson 28 of Du Quoin. He, a shot firer at Kathleen Union Colliery, was treated at Marshall Browning Hospital for facial and abdominal bruises after a blast and a second explosion in the same room. Earlier deaths include Thomas Harris 40 Dowell Emanuel Slover 33 Dowell and Morris Yates 30 Du Quoin, all workers for Truax Tracr near Elkville.
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Illinois
Joe Ferguson
du Quoin
New Kathleen
Union
Dowell
Ferguson
Marshall-Browning
DuQuoin
Thomas Harris
Emanuel Slover
Morris Yates
Truax-Tracr Coal Company
Elkville
Miners Return to Work for Three-Day Week, Lewis Declares
John L. Lewis ordered miners to resume activity on a three day work week starting Monday backed by a 200 member committee. The action follows an 11 hour gap after a mass digger walkout and affects hard and soft coal across the nation with most captive minesidelines idle. In Illinois and other states only scattered non union surface mines and 16 000 Progressive Mine Workers went to work while major steel company owned mines remained shut. Local Benton Illinois officials expressed disappointment though many miners prefer a settlement.
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Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
United
Lewis
Illinois
United Mine Workers
Order Comes 1 Hours After Latest Strike
New York December 1 AP John L Lewis ordered 400000 soft coal miners on strike back to work next Monday on a three days a week basis. The 80000 hard coal miners were also set for a three day work week. The move ends a three week truce and allows separate company contracts. The policy aims to keep some production and avert government intervention.
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New York
John L. Lewis
Lewis
U.M.W
Southern Coal Producers Association
Bluefield
W. Va
White Sulphur Springs
44th Demos to Decide on Race in 1950 Primary
Democratic and Republican committeemen from the 44th Senatorial district meet in Chester Friday to decide how many candidates each party will nominate in the April 1950 primary. State representatives from Jackson Perry Randolph Washington and Monroe counties will be elected from the 44th. Committeemen include Fletcher Lewis George Penedict Felix Barciscewski Henry Wilson and O J Maul. Boots Brands of Prairie du Chien seeks re election. another Jackson county aspirant is reported ready to run.
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Chester
Jackson
Perry
Randolph
Washington
Monroe
A. A. ‘Boots
Prairie du Rocher
W. J
Sick Carmi Boy Seeks Missing Daddy for Christmas
Carmi Illinois December 1 three year old Michael Dean Redding requests Santa bring his daddy back for Christmas The boy is critically ill with Brights disease His father Kenneth Redding a laborer in Southern Illinois oil fields left home in August and has not been seen since by the family The child repeatedly says he wants his father returned by Santa Claus
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Bright
Commentator Reports Lewis Slays Santa in Pittsburgh
In Pittsburgh a news broadcaster opened the program claiming John L. Lewis shot Santa Claus and then discussed the coal strike. Chicago readers and listeners urged the Sun-Times to deny it as children called in distressed. NBC commentator Paul Leng questioned the report's veracity.
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Lewis
Santa
Chicago
Pittsburgh
John L. Lewis
Santa Claus
The
Sun-Times
NBC
Paul Leng
Grand Champion Steer Brings $13,800 At Livestock Exposition
TheInternational Livestock Exposition crowned Judge Roy Bean as grand champion steer, selling for 13,800 dollars at 11.50 a pound. Shown by Pecos County 4-H, the 1200-pound Hereford will be slaughtered for beef by Dearborn Motors Corp of Detroit. Proceeds go to the Pecos County 4-H club group of Fort Stockton, Texas, to fund travel and equipment.
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Chicago
Roy Bean
Pecos County
Texas
Dearborn Motors Corp
Detroit
Ford Tractors
Dearborn
Fort Stockton
Child's Leg Broken in Marion Truck Hit
Kyle Jane Cox six from Marion sustained a broken right leg after a truck struck her yesterday in Marion. She is in Herrin hospital for treatment. The truck driver was Charles K. Evans of Marion.
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Kyle Jane Cox
Marion
Herrin Hospital
Charles K. Evans
Ike Declares Security Won Too Much Liberty
New York Dec. 1 AP Gen Dwight D Eisenhower told a Scottish American audience that too much emphasis on personal security harms individual liberty. Columbia University president backed Jefferson's idea that government should govern least. He warned liberal to mean believing in unchecked control over money.
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Dwight D. Hisenhower
Accidental Death Is Verdict in Yates Case
A coroner inquest at Du Quoin returned an accidental death verdict for Morris Yates a 30 year old Du Quoin miner killed when a tractor fell on him at the Truax Tract strip mine near Elkville Yates died Tuesday from chest injuries after the tractor rolled down a seven foot embankment officials and a companion said he appeared to misgear the machine funeral services were set for today in Du Quoin.
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du Quoin
Morris Yates
Truax Tract
Elkville
Perry County
August E. Schneider
Yates
Vakiel
University Launching Sociological Research In Illinois Towns
Southern Illinois University announces a new sociological research laboratory operating with a cooperative plan with the University of Chicago. Dowell and DeSoto in Jackson County are chosen as typical communities for the study. A next project will compare Grane Chain in Pulaski County with a similar town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Dowell
DeSoto
Southern Ilinois University
Jackson Coun
The
University
University of Chicago
Pulaski County
Victim Freed in Arkansas Con Game Case at Mound City
Alonzo Franks of Lepanto Arkansas was released from Pulaski county jail in Mound City after charges of counterfeiting were dismissed. Sheriff Homer Britt said Franks reported losing 3000 to a man named Shelton who offered a money making machine that allegedly turned napkins into cash. Franks signed a statement releasing Roy Coleman, once held as Shelton's accomplice, and said he did not wish to prosecute Coleman.
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Arkansas
Pulaski County
Mound City
Homer Britt
Alonzo Franks
Lepanto
Ark
Franks
Shelton
Roy Coleman
Coleman
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Yorkville
Trecile Huddleston Winson
Pia
Ment
Kenneth Sadler
Sadler
Clarence F
Missouri Kansas Texas Railroad
Browns College
Yale University
He Is the
Mrs
J. A. Snyder of
Austeene L. Snyder
Philippines
Jacksonville, Ga
J. A. Hatton
Today's Index
Council of 100
Morris
Douglas Lawson
College of Education
H. J. Rehn
College of Vocations and Professions
Orville Alexander
Royalton Bible
U. S. Vic
Paris
France
SII
H. C. Frick Coke Co
U. S. Steel Corp
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp
Benton, IL
George Brandi
George Cattey
Don McGregor
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
Mississippi
Demos
Carmi Boy
Champ Steer
Dearborn Motors
Ike
Columbia University
Jefferson
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