Sapulpa Hotel Fire Damages Block. 53 Guests Affected
An early morning fire gutted a four story Sapulpa hotel and spread to nearby buildings causing about one million dollars in damage. Fire Chief Bill Collyer warned guests might be trapped in upper floors while two registered guests, Jack Graves and Harold Gibbons, remained unaccounted for. One man fractured a leg leaping from a third floor window. Sapulpa, Oklahoma, lies 16 miles southwest of Tulsa with about 18 000 residents.
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Sapuipa
Okla
Bill Collyer
Collyer
Bill Johnston
Jack Graves
Sapulpa
Harold Gibbons
Toledo
Ohio
Gibbons
Loraine
Tulsa
Gas Main Blast Rips Streets in Allentown
A midnight gas explosion at 8th and Liberty in Allentown blasted the street, igniting four six inch mains and tearing water lines. The blast forced evacuations of about a score of homes as fire raged two hours and hundreds of buildings were affected with no serious injuries.
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Allentown
8Th
Liberty Streets
Pennsylvania
Doctor and wife injured in Carbondale collision near Hurst
Dr. Noel M. Taylor executive secretary of the Illinois Baptist State Association and his wife were injured in a truck car crash near Hurst at 9 15 am. Doris Taylor escaped injury and B J Murrie editor of The Illinois Baptist was unharmed. The Taylors were en route to Mt Vernon for a Baptist publicity meeting.
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Noel Taylor
Noel M. Taylor
Carbondale
Illinois Baptist State Association
Hurst
B. J. Murrie
The
Illinois Baptist
Taylors
Doris
Morrie
Donna Dudley
Yrtle Dudley
Taylor
Dr. Taylor
Mt. Vernon
Baptist Association
Miriam Chamness
Carterville
S. Murrie
Mount Vernon
Atomic Production Unit Approved for Oak Ridge Plant
The Atomic Energy Commission announced the fourth atomic production unit will be built in Oak Ridge Tennessee at a cost around 162 million dollars. Maxon Construction Co of Dayton Ohio is approved as contractor and Giffels Wallet Inc of Detroit as architect engineer for the project.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
Atomic Energy Commission
Maxon Construction Company, Inc
Dayton
Ohio
Giffels & Wallet, Inc
Detroit
Mystery of Shoe Owner Cleared by Newspaper Director
In Detroit a shoe mystery prompted two papers to speculate about vanished owners. The Free Press suggested a dead couple from a ship disaster or amnesia, but the owner proved to be William J. Scripps, a director at the Detroit News, who had not claimed his shoes.
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Detroit
Free Press
Coller
Toronto
William J. Scripps
Detroit News
Scripps
Five Below Temp Report Across Midwest Snow Band
Cold moved into the Midwest with Rockford Illinois at five below and Duluth Minnesota two below. A 150 mile snow band stretched from Northern Illinois to Southern Wisconsin and Southern Lower Michigan. Parts of Pennsylvania New York and Ohio saw light snowfall as a new storm potential formed in Western Canada.
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Chicago
Midwest
Rockford
Ill
Duluth
Minn
Michigan
Illinois
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
New York
Ohio
U. S. Weather Bureau
Canoa
Weather Review: Cloudy and Windy With Warmer Saturday
The forecast calls for mostly cloudy and windy conditions tonight with cold temperatures. Saturday should be warmer with a high in the mid fifties and a low tonight in the mid twenties. Observations include a 79 percent humidity at 8 am and winds averaging 3.75 mph. Mississippi River levels at Grand Tower are six feet, similar to yesterday.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Mississippi River Grand Tower
District Census Office in Herrin Will Employ 341
District Census Office in Herrin will employ 341 workers to conduct the 1940 United States census in 9 Illinois districts. Illinois crews under 21 district supervisors will collect names ages sexes and other data from residents including renters and farmers with 37 questions for farmers.
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Herrin
Washington
Illinois
United States
Cook County
Centralia
Sam
Central Illinois
Alexander
Franklin
Jackson
Monroe
Perry
Pulaski
Randolph
Union
Williamson
Clay
Clinton
Edwards
Gallatin
Hamilton
Hardin
Jefferson
Johnson
Marion
Massac
Pope
Saline
Wayne
White
Decatur
Champaign
Coles
Dewitt
Douglas
Macon
Moultrie
Pratt
Shelby
Olney
Clark
Crawford
Cumberland
Effingham
Edgar
Land
Vermilion
Wabash
Spriggfield
Bond
Christian
Macoupin
Mason
Menard
Montgomery
Sangamon
Dr. Morris Fishbein resigns from AMA posts
Dr. Morris Fishbein resigns as editor of the AMA Journal and Hygeia after trustees reduced his powers. Austin Smith named to succeed him at the Journal, with W. W. Bower to edit Hygeia. Fishbein cites inability to publish and speak freely on important medical issues.
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Chicago
Morris Fishbein
Stormy Petrel
American Medicine
American Medical Association
A.M.A. Journal
Hygeia
A.M.A
Austin Smith
Dr. Fishbein
W. W. Bower
Fishbein
Snyder Urges U.S. To Cut Spending
Treasury Secretary John W. Snyder told a Senate House subcommittee that the budget must be balanced now. He reiterated a 3 percent guidance to cut spending in every possible way while maintaining adequate tax rates to balance receipts and outlays. He cited Truman estimates of a red fiscal year and noted surpluses in 1947 and 1948 as precedent. The National Association of Manufacturers urged policy changes to support economic stability and suggested the budget be blamed in normal years.
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Washington
the Treasury
John W. Snyder
Senate House
Snyder
Truman
Congress
Treasury
National Association of Manufactuers
N.A.M
Association
Milwaukee
William J. Grede
Federal Debt Management Committee
Harley L. Lutz
Cobden Native to Wed Danish Countess
Col. Paul Kendall U S military attache in Copenhagen and Danish countess Jytte Moltke announced engaged at a dinner hosted by Edward Sparks. Kendall from Cobden Illinois now based Lamar Missouri became attache in November 1948. The countess, 40, was formerly married to Count Adam Moltke and heads a tourism agency. Wedding date not set.
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Paul Kendall
U. S
Copenhagen
Denmark
Jytte Moltke
Edward J. Sparks
Kendall
Cobden, Ill
Lamar
Elc
Adam Moltke
Stockholm
Sweden
Christian Thrane
Ministry of Finance
Atlantic pact to move arms to Western Europe officials say
The Atlantic alliance formally approves a defense plan to transfer about a billion dollars in U S arms to Western Europe within weeks. Secretary Louis Johnson and Secretary Dean Acheson will certify the agreement to President Truman after Johnson’s Paris visit. France is expected to receive the largest share.
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Washington
Europe
Louis Johnson
Paris
Atlantic Alliance
Johnson
Dean Acheson
Truman
Acheson
Omar ~Radiey
Joint Chiefs of Staff
France
Congress
Knetzer Gets Deadline Stay in Contempt Case
Edwardsville merchant A Robert L Knetzer was held in contempt for not turning over 250000 to creditors amid a 24 million claim. Federal Judge Charles G Briggle postponed sentencing after a promise of substantial payment by January 10 while Knetzer remains on bond.
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Springfield
Robert L. Knetzer
Edwardsville
Charles G. Briggle
Knetzer
Briggle
Mount Etna Erupts Showering Catania With Ash
Catania residents hid under umbrellas as Mount Etna erupted spewing volcanic ash for hours. The Europe’s highest volcano 10 758 feet roared before dawn and calmed around 9 30 local time. Locals from nearby grape growing hamlets fled downslope to report large cracks near the crater.
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Mount Etna
Catania
Sicily
Europe
Brazil Plane Falls In Rainstorm With 20 Dead
A Royal Airlines DC-3 crashed in a Sao Paulo state emergency field during a rainstorm killing 20 of 22 aboard. A woman and her five-year-old daughter survived. The pilot likely aimed for a forced landing at Ribeiro Claro Field near Sao Paulo, about 250 miles from Rio. The flight was from Sao Paulo to Jacresinho, near the crash site.
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Rio de Janeiro
Brazil
Royal) Airlines
Sao Paulo
Riberro Claro Field
Army Keeps Crab Orchard Plant To Save Costs
The Army will keep the Silas Mason ammonium nitrate plant at Crab Orchard open to June 30 1950, saving about 10000 dollars monthly. A cost survey showed a 1.01 dollar per ton advantage over a Nebraska plant, reducing anticipated maintenance, and the Illinois plant will continue while Nebraska operations end.
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Army
Silas-Mason
Crab Orchard
Nebraska
Illinois
Nebraska Ordnance Plant
Reds regret fatal shooting of Ramsey GI
Berlin dispatch reports Maj. Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor said the Soviet note expresses regret over the death of Staff Sgt. John E. Ramsey of Ramsey NL. The note, described as mild, cites a challenge to a car in the Soviet zone and says a shot was fired at the tires before Staff was struck in the head.
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Berlin
Maxwell D. Taylor
U. S
Taylor
John E
Ramsey
Park Use Plan Discussed With Southern Illinois University
Ray Hubbs director of Illinois state parks will visit Southern Illinois university on December 8 to discuss using Giant City State park for outdoor education and recreation. SIU weighs a regional health and recreation camp program for students adults and local school children. Ray Duncan of the State Department of Public Instruction supports the plan as a key developmental pioneer for the state.
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Ray Hubbs
Illinois State Parks
Southern Illinois University
Ray Duncan
State Department of Public Instruction
Duncan
S. IL. U
Tree falls on man during farm clearing fatally
Edwardsville reports 72 year old William Vanek was fatally injured when a tree fell on him while he assisted another man cutting a tree on a farm near Edwardsville. The accident occurred yesterday.
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Edwardsville
Willam Vanek
Trustees Meet In Effort to Break Deadlock
John L. Lewis confronts soft coal operators over welfare and pension fund spending. The deadlock centers on seating Charles I. Dawson and the use of 20 cent coal royalties to finance benefits, with Bridges wary of financial obligations and Lewis pushing for access to funds for hospitalized miners.
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John L. Lewis
Miners’ Welfare and Pension Fund
Lewis
Charles I. Dawson
Ezra van Horn
Dawson
Louisville
Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Bridges
New Kathleen Miners establish Safety Mark
Miners at the New Kathleen slope mine near Du Quoin were promised a Christmas turkey. About 340 workers will receive turkeys from Union Colliery Co. for achieving the year's safest record. The mine’s three groups surpassed targets, averaging 98 200 tons per seven days, with one team losing no miners for 16 months and mining 492 506 tons in that span.
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Kathleen Slope
du Quoin
Marion Doctor Named Dr. Hinrichs' Successor
Marion physician Dr. Carl Elson Reilly was named director of the health service and associate professor of physiology at Southern Illinois University. He begins duties Monday with one physiology course, after degrees from University of Tinois and internship at Cook County Hospital. He has private practice in Marion and has served in the U S public health service. He holds AMA, Illinois State Medical, Williamson County Medical associations and Phi Beta Pi. He succeeds Dr. Marie Hinrichs who resigned October 15. Hinrichs now on the faculty at the University of Illinois.
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Carl Elson Reilly
Marion
Health Service
Southern Illinois University
Reilly
University of Tinois
Cook County Hospital
Chicago
U. S. Public Health Service
American Medical Association
T Illinois State Medical Association
Williamson County Medical Association
Phi Beta Pi
Marie Hinrichs
Hinrichs
U. of I
Baby suffocates in Lockport crib death
Three month old Dwight Gleason died from suffocation in his crib in Lockport. Firemen fought for 20 minutes but could not revive him. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gleason.
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Lockport
Dwight Gleason
Ralph Gleason
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Trecile Huddleston
Charles O. Whittington
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Christuas
West Frankfort
John L
Reds
New Kathleen
Dr. Hinrichs
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