Illinois Road Needs Termed Most Critical for Repairs
Springfield reports Illinois tops a federal list for highway deterioration. Charles P. Casey warns rebuilding costs rise with delay as public apathy blocks adequate funding. He urges gasoline tax increases, cites Iowa’s good roads work, and outlines federal aid limits and state needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois
United States
Casey
Cc. C. Coykendall
The
Iowa Good Roads Association
Patient Sues Hospital Over Fall From Lab Table
Mrs. Isabell Shaffer claims a fall from a laboratory table during an X ray for a broken arm caused a leg fracture. She seeks $25,000 in damages from Monongalia General Hospital, alleging negligence and about $1,500 in lost wages as a waitress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabell Shaffer
Monongalie General Hospital Hospital
Continue Morals Case Against Little Carl Shelton
Fairfield Illinois December 7 1940 Little Carl Shelton faced charges of indecent liberties with a minor in court here. His case was continued to December 20 as State's Attorney Gerald Mayberry said witnesses were not ready to testify. He was accompanied by his uncle Big Earl Shelton linked to the former Shelton gang active in prohibition era Southern Illinois. The charge stems from a complaint of molesting a child in a theater. He is brother to Little Earl Shelton, a member of the clan previously ambushed and shot by unknown gunmen in the past two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Carl
Shelton
Gerald Mayberry
Carl
Big Earl’ Shelton
Illinois
Little Earl Shelton
Engineer Kills Three Children in Alexandria
John S. Conner, 38, an engineer, killed his three children with a shotgun in Alexandria Virginia today saying he did not want them to grow up like he did. Police reported the motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandria, Va
John S. Conner
Colder Tonight With Clearing and Cold Thursday Outlook
Weather forecast notes much colder conditions tonight with clearing skies. Thursday will be partly cloudy and cold with overnight low 15 to 20 and daytime high 30 to 35.
Weather Highlights and River Level Update
Temperatures ranged from 30s to mid 50s with 7 am 39 and 9 am 41 degrees. Winds averaged 5.7 mph over 24 hours with 137 miles recorded. Mississippi River at Grand Tower stood 5.8 feet this morning, up 0.1 foot in 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mississippi River Grand Tower
Today’s Index for Area and National Pages
The list outlines section locations for today’s edition with placements for Local News Editorial Sports Comics and Classifieds across pages 1 3 4 13 14 15 22 and 23 including Markets on page 23.
Noted Writer Rex Beach Ends Life in Florida Home
Rex Beach, 72, famed novelist, was found dead by a nurse in his Sebring area home from a pistol wound. County Judge J Howard Livingston and Sheriff Broward Coker declared suicide. Beach had battled throat cancer for two years and was writing a psychological novel titled Woman in Ambush before ceasing work months earlier. He is survived by a brother Elmer Beach of Raleigh and brother-in-law Fred Stone of Los Angeles, with a niece Mrs Christopher Beebe of Winneka Beach. Beach was a native of Michigan, moved to Tampa at age about 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Beach
Here
J. Howard Livingston
Broward Coker
Tania Simonian
Robert Fox
Beach
Medicail
Miami
Elmer Beach
Raleigh
N. C
Fred Stone
Los Angeles
Stone
Christopher K. Beebe
Winnetka
N. Beach
Michigan
Tampa
Child Burns As Mother Tells of Another Tragedy
In Vendle Illinois Jimmie Morris aged two died in a house fire caused by a defective oil stove while his mother took a long distance call from Sikeston Missouri about a sister dying from a gunshot wound. His brother Jackie aged three escaped unharmed and the Roy Morris family home was destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vendle
Ill
Jimmie Morris
Roy Morris
Jackie
Herrin Chosen as Site for Four-Team Basketball Tourney
E. C. Eckert, principal of Herrin Township High School, announced Herrin has been selected as the site of a four team basketball tournament to be held January 27 and 28. The participating teams are Herrin Johnston City Marion and West Frankfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. C. Eckert
Herrin Township High School
Herrin
Johnston City
Marion
West Frankfort
G O P Senators Claim Purge Bid By Stevenson
Illinois Republican senators accuse Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson of seeking to purge them after a meeting on the 1950 campaign. They say Stevenson and Democratic chairman Jacob Arvey aim to win Senate control with handpicked candidates. Several GOP members, including Barr Benson and Rennick, will not seek re election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Senate
G.O.P
Arvey
Democratic
Stevenson
Jacob M. Arvey
Cook County
State Central Committee
Executive
House
Richard J. Barr
Joliet
O. E. Benson
Ottawa
Frederick W Rennick
Buda
Sen
D. Logan Giffin
New Gamma Area Opened for Public Hunting and Fishing
Illinois announces 8700 acres along the upper Mississippi are opened to public use as hunting and fishing grounds. Lands in Calhoun to Rock Island pools approved by Army Engineers and Fish and Wildlife Service. First come blinds for waterfowl. no blind within 200 yards of another. maps available from the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois Department of Conservation
Mississippi River
U. S. Army Engineers
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Calhoun County
Rock Island
Why ers Re elected Metropolis Lodge 91 Secretary for 44th Term
Members of Metropolis Lodge 91 of the A F and A M say E J Why ers has been reelected as lodge secretary for his 44th consecutive term. The announcement highlights Why ers long service and trusted leadership within the lodge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. F
A. M
Metropolis Lodge
A. Fry & A. M Masons
E. J. Whyers
Groves Spikes Atomic Leak Links With Hopkins Wallace
A historical note reports Groves tying an atomic leak to Hopkins Wallace and associates. The text lists numerous individuals including Ralph Ormond Marion J W Hayton Carterville Jack Giles and several others connected to the Ordill Machine Corp and related firms. The fragment suggests a luncheon honor involving a president of a new industry and figures from Herrin Marion and Carbondale areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Groves
Hopkins
Wallace
Ralph .Ormond
Marion
J. W. Hayton
Carterville
Jack Giles
Grant Coover
Herrin
Oldham Paisley
A. S. Nagarkatti
Bombay
India
Roy Campbell
Ordnance Plant Area
J. W. Walker
A. L. Hamilton
Fred Harrison
J .A
New Coal Contracts Expected By Illinois UMW
An Illinois United Mine Workers official said coal operators from at least four counties in Illinois are likely to sign a new contract this week. Contracts reportedly include a 95 cent daily wage increase and a 15 cent boost in the welfare fund royalty to 35 cents a ton, expiring in September 1951 with the start date to be set in negotiations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois United Mine Workers
Illinois
Jack Ripon
Westville
U.M.W
Washington
Hugh White
Ripon
Vermilion
Sangamon
LaSalle
West Frankfort
Herrin
Williamson County
Three Day Week Still In Effect For Hard Coal Miners
The United Mine Workers announced after a two hour meeting with operators that the three day work week remains in place for hard coal. About 80 000 anthracite miners will likely not report tomorrow and Friday after working the first three days of the week. John L Lewis ordered a shortened week to end a soft coal strike last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Illinois Sales Tax Gains Shown in First Months
State Treasurer Ora Smith reported stronger tax collections in the first 11 months. The 2 percent sales tax brought in $154,357,000, motor fuel tax $57,028,000, and motor vehicle licenses $35,188,000, with cigaret tax at $25,426,000 after a $206,000 drop. The general revenue fund balance stood at $166,335,000, down $2,318,000 from October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smith
Drunken Driver Fined 3100 in Williamson
Orville Hart of New Burnside pleaded guilty to drunken driving in Williamson county court. County Judge N C Garrison fined Hart 100 dollars plus costs after police reported he crowded a car off the road near Pittsburg last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Hart
New Burnside
Williamson
N. C. Garrison
Hart
Pittsburg
West Frankfort Woman Faces Breach of Contract Charge
Nellie Vickers of West Frankfort is jailed in Williamson county on breach of contract charges after skipping a $250 taxicab fare to Baton Rouge Louisiana. She rode with a White Top cab from Marion and fled when asked to pay. She was later arrested in Herrin and held on $500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Nellie Vickers
Baton Rouge
Marion
Nellie
Williamson County
A F L Fights School Bands At Madison Square Garden
The A F of L local 802 pressures against student bands at college basketball games in Madison Square Garden. The union calls the games a business venture for profit and demands professional players for music, leading to cancellations and school protests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
A. F. of L. American Federation of Musicians
Madison Square Garden
Cancer Symposium for Dentists at Herrin Hospital
The first annual Cancer symposium for dentists will be held at Herrin hospital on Thursday December 15 at 1 p m. Dentists listed on the Southern Illinois District Dental Society roster are invited. The program covers diagnosis and radiological and surgical treatment of malignant lesions common to dentistry. Sponsored by the Division of Cancer Control State Department of Public Health and led by Leo J Brown M D Director of the Herrin State Organic Cancer clinic. Dentists planning to attend should notify the Herrin cancer clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herrin Hospital
Southern Illinois District Dental Society
Division of Cancer Control
State Department of Public Health
Leo J. Brown
Herrin State
Taft Urges Perfected Taft Hartley Labor Law
Senator Robert A. Taft proposes a perfected and improved Taft Hartley labor law as a core plank for the 1950 Republican platform. He argues the federal government must abolish special privilege for employers or employees and restore equality in labor management relations as achieved by the existing law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
Prairie Farms backs federal milk order with directors election
Prairie Farms creamery in Carbondale elected four directors at Rodgers theater and approved a resolution showing 100 percent support for a federal milk order covering 13 southern Illinois counties. USDA dairy branch will hold a hearing in January or February. order requires two thirds producer approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie Farms Creamery
Rodgers Theater
Carbondale
Ilinois
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Marold Brackett
Brackett
Department of Agriculture
Louis Faughn
Brookport
C. E. Dietz
de Soto
Williamb. Timpner
Pinckneyville
E. A. Fosse
Marion
Fosse
Groves testifies Hopkins Wallace did not seek secrets
Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves testified before House investigators that neither Harry Hopkins nor Henry Wallace ever tried to obtain atomic secrets from him. He said he never met Hopkins or corresponded with him, and that Wallace did not pressure him regarding atomic energy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Leslie R. Groves
Harry Hopkins
Henry A. Wallace
Groves
House
Hopkins
Wallace
Dean Acheson
State Department
Russia
Acheson
Francis E. Waller
D-Pa
Hawkins
White House
Oak Ridge
Mr. Hopkins
House Committee
Local Student James W. Jennings Earns Honor Society Induction
Norwalk Connecticut December reports James W. Jennings aged 19 overcame a handicap to join the National Honor Society. Despite blindness since age two he maintains an 85 scholastic average, plays six musical instruments, composes music, and enjoys football and track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norwalk
Conn
James W. Jennings
Jennings
Also Mentioned on This Page
O. T. Banton
Southern Illinoisan Staff
Charles P. Casey
State Department of Public Works and Buildings
Associated General Contractors
Hllinois
Congressional Economic Committee
Co. M. Hathaway
Robert H. Tittle
Illinois Division of Highways
L. J. Collamore
State Highway Engineers Association
Coykendall
Iowa Highways Department
Iowa
Hathaway
Congress
Hits Administration
Ernest E. Irons
American Medical Association
AMA
Truman
Cine and
Free Enterprise
Dr. Irons
Elmer Henderson
Louisville
Morgantown
W. Va
Fairfield, Ill
Today's Index
Sebring, Fla
NEW Industry
Rupiper
Mr. Waderlow
Roland E. Holt
Ordill Machine Corp
H. A. Whittenberg
O. W. Lyerla
Charles Schaffner
J. E. Etherton
N. G. Bittermann
B. A. Waderlow
Detroit
Mich
New Orchill Machine Corp
Ordnance Plant
Southern Illinois, Inc
Shawn
Floyd Bracy
Max Collens
Bedford
Ind
Oscar Schafale
Ora Smith
Blaine Maddox
Brown
Sen. Taft
Prairie Farms
H.H
G. Racey Jordan
Air Force
House UN- American Activities Committee
Great Falls
Mont
Lend-Lease Administration
Roosevelt
Major Jordan
Alaska
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