Over-Weight Trucks Shun Illinois Route 66
An Illinois truck driver details how overweight trucks avoid Route 66 with many weighing stations, and how roadside businesses, eating places, filling stations, and local authorities signal drivers. He describes signaling methods including bulbs, flashers, bulletin boards, verbal tips, pamphlets, and fog lights, to warn of weigh stations ahead and bypass enforcement. He notes signals travel along routes 54 47 45 north and 4 48 111 south, with high tip-off activity continuing on other pages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Betatron Won’t Save Ill Boy In Tarentum Christmas Hope
Five year old Jimmy Pochon of Tarentum Pennsylvania faces terminal cancer of the chest with Christmas approaching. Doctors say betatron therapy used at Illinois University shows limited value and is not suitable for his advanced case. The boy’s family received gifts and a holiday tree as they await final hope.
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Santa Claus
Jimmy Pochon
Jimmy
George Pochon
University of Illinois, Sci
Illinois
Adlai
Stevenson
Andrew C. Ivy
Illinois University
Mounds Dentist Dies From Wreck Injuries
Dr. Burton Bagby a 77 year old Mounds dentist died in a Cairo hospital Friday night from injuries sustained in a highway collision with a dirt moving machine near Cache village Pulaski county on December 3. His wife remained hospitalized from injuries in the wreck.
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Burton Bagby
Mounds
Cairo
Cache Village
Pulaski County
Farm Bureau Rejects Brannan Plan At Convention
The American Farm Bureau Federation opens its annual convention with Secretary of Agriculture Brannan largely excluded from the speaking program while former secretary Clinton Anderson attends. Allan B. Kline criticizes the Brannan plan as a political bid to win farmer and consumer votes. The plan aims to raise farmer income and lower consumer prices via government cash payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
American Farm Bureau Federation
Charles F. Brannan
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nm
Allan B. Kline
Brannan
Federation
Rent Control Act Upheld by Supreme Court
The Supreme Court on December 12 upheld the 1949 Federal Rent Control Act in an 8 to 0 ruling. The decision overturns U S District Court Judge Elwyn R Shaw’s Chicago ruling that the act was invalid. The court cited an earlier rent control case and noted about 14 million housing units remain under rent control.
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Washington
Supreme Court
U. S. District Court
Elwyn R. Shaw
Chicago
Shaw
Justice Department
Department
Cold Night With Snow or Sleet Predicted
Weather notes predict colder tonight with light snow or sleet this afternoon. Temperatures fall to near 10 to 17 tonight with highs in the low 20s to upper 20s Tuesday. Winds average 4.5 mph, humidity around 75 percent, river at Grand Tower 5.7 feet this morning.
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Mississippi River Grand Tower
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Texas
Oklahoma
Pacific States
Memphis
Tenn
California
Mercury
Phoenix
Los Angeles
Today’s Index Details by Page and Section
The newspaper lists sections for Area National Local News editorial Sports Comics Classifieds and Markets with page numbers and locations for today’s edition. It outlines layout and page allocation across all departments.
Lover Charged With Iowa Coed Murder
Iowa City police charged 24 year old Robert Bednasek with the murder of Margar et Ann Jackson, a University of Iowa coed. Authorities noted death was by strangulation after her body was found in the Empty Arms rooming house.
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University of Iowa
Bednasek
Margaret
Miss Jackson
Consul Ward Recalls Hellish Treatment Aboard Evacuation Ship
Consul General Angus Ward and 19 companions recounted harsh abuse by Chinese Communists during 13 months under Red control, including 28 days in unheated cells and a diet of six bread slices daily. Ward resisted signing a safety‑on board statement until all party members boarded Lakeland Victory at Tientsin.
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Lakeland Victory
Tientsin
Angus Ward
United States
Mukden
St. Peter
Ward
Andéall
Paul Sexton
Lakeland
Reds
Red
Rock Crushes 4 Picnickers at Dead Man's Point
A 70 ton granite slab broke from a cliff at Dead Man's point near Victorville California and plowed into a holiday picnic killing four people and injuring two. Victims were Robert Asper 35 Jessie Isom 45 Harold Boyee 40 and Frances Morris 38. Rescue crews cited a six hour campfire heating the rock after a cold morning as the cause.
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Dead Man’s Point
Mojave Desert
Robert Asper
Jessie Isom
Upland
Calif
Harold Boyee
Ventura
Frances Morris
Pomona
West Frankfort Miner Admits Extortion Plot
Robert Rennie a 34 year old coal miner confessed to extortion aimed at a West Frankfort businessman, threatening Downen and his family. He admitted writing two notes and was arrested when he retrieved a satchel of $10,000 from Downen’s home.
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Franklin County
Joseph Hickman
Benton
Robert Rennie
West Frankfort
Rennie
Justice of the Peace
John Andras
Clarence F. Downen
Downen
Jackson Demos Ask Clerk Vote In 50 Election
Jackson county Democratic central committee moved to petition Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson to order an election for clerk of the Jackson circuit court in 1950. The vote at Murphysboro city hall aimed to avoid a special election and keep the post on the regular ballot.
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Jackson County
Democratic ‘Central Committee
Dlinois
Adlai Stevenson
Jackson Circuit
Murphysboro
First Judicial District
Lloyd Austin
Central Committee
State Central Committee
Pulaski landmark Lei Deigh Hall torn down
A Pulaski county landmark Lei Deigh Hall, once the hub of social activity six decades ago, was recently demolished. The building stood as a historic centerpiece before its removal.
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Pulaski County
Leideigh Hall
Pope Pius Announces Holy Year Plan in Consistory
Pope Pius expressed hope that the 1950 holy year would draw back members separated from the church. He spoke to cardinals in a secret consistory where three papal delegates were named to join him in opening the holy doors of Rome’s four major churches on Christmas Eve.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius
Rome
Weekend Rain Totals Reach 3.39 Inches in Southern Illinois
The report notes 3.39 inches of rain from Saturday 7 a.m. to today 7 a.m. in Carbondale, far surpassing November totals. Temperatures ranged from 20s to 70s with high humidity and several reports of street flooding and minor wind damage. Power and telephone service remained mostly uninterrupted despite the downpour.
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Illinois
Harold Hill
U. S. Weather Bureau
Carbondale
Mercury
Joe Swetland’s Long Road Back From Paralysis in Illinois
Joe Swetland, paralyzed from the waist, has spent about 15 years lying on his stomach at Sunset Haven in Carbondale. He traveled to Chicago Research Hospital for a second evaluation after friends and Senator Crisenberry and Reverend Reppenhagen interceded. A renewed hospital call was canceled due to full quota.
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Miss Jackson
Kappa Alpha Meta
Bednasek
Olga Bednasek
Cedar Rapids
Joe Swetland
Charles
Joe
Swetland
Sunset Haven
Carbondale
Chicago
Streight
R. G. Crisenberry
Murphysboro
W. L. Reppenhagen
Three Killed On Egypt Roads Over Weekend
Three people died in weekend road crashes in southern Illinois and nearby. Minnie Glade, 63, was struck near Grand Tower after a car stalled on route 3. Joe Marvin Cummins, 47, of Murphysboro, died after a collision on route 3 two miles south of Ware Station. Paul Williams of St. Louis died in a head on crash at Kesler's Corners on route 3 near Cairo. four others were injured.
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St. Louisan
Minnie Glade
Grand Tower Stub
Joe Marvin Cummins
Murphysboro
Ware Station
Cape Girardeau
Hale-Willard Hospital
Anna
Kesler
Campbell
Carter
Murphsboro
Glodo
Thebes
Frank Glodo
Everett Wren
Long Beach
Calif
Sylvester Dorway
Granite City
Mae van Over
Grand Tower
Octivane Neace
Vergennes
Crawshaw Funeral Home
Methodist
Fev
Lively
Walker Hill
Cummins
Norris
Tornadoes Hit Four North Central States
Severe weather battered the nation with tornadoes and icy conditions. Tornadoes in Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri Illinois caused high property damage with Arkansas estimating up to $100,000. Cold fronts chilled Denver Bismarck Flagstaff and Glasgow with subzero readings.
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Denver
Bismarck
N. D
Flagstaff
Ariz
Glasgow
Mont
Midwest
New York City
Oklahoma City
Chicago
Canada
Minnesota
Iowa
Wisconsin
Atlantic
Florida
Gulf of Mexico
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ilinois
Arbitration Meet Sets Tomorrow for Blue Cross Plans
Three Blue Cross arbiters will meet in the Hotel Chase, St. Louis, tomorrow to decide which Blue Cross plan will operate in Southern Illinois. The two options are the St. Louis plan and the Chicago plan with each side represented by an arbiter. The National Blue Cross commission member Dr. Basil MacLean will join the commission’s rep. E. A. Van Steenwyk and Dr. E. Dwight Barnett will represent the St. Louis and Chicago plans respectively. The ruling will determine which plan governs Southern Illinois.
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Blue Cross
Hotel Chase
St. Louis
Blue Cross Plan
Southern Illinois
St. Loui
Chicago
National Blue Cross Commission
Basil MacLean
Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester
N. Y
New York
E. A. van Steenwyk
Associated Hospital Service
Philadelphia
St. Louis Blue Cross
E. Dwight Barnett
Harper Hospital
Detroit
Mich
Michigan Hospital Service
Illinois
Death notices for Eva Burns and Mrs Morna Gad in Carbondale
Eva Burns and Mrs Morna Gad, both of Carbondale, die leaving two stepchildren Donnie and Barbara Troutman and six siblings. The deceased include Mrs Anna Cripps, Mrs Carrie Meininger, Mrs John Thomas, Mrs Fred Hunziker, Jesse L Cummins of Murphysboro. Herbert Cummins of Vancouver Wash is a relative. Cummins belonged to United Mine Workers Local 8020 Sunnyside Utah and had moved from Murphysboro to Muriv y Mo a week ago. Friends may call at Craw eet funeral home in Murphysboro.
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Eva Burns
Morna Gaddie
Carbondale
Donnie
Barbara Troutman
Anna Cripps
Carrie Meininger
John Thomas
Fred Hunziker
Jessse L. Cummins
Murphysboro
Herbert Cummins
Vancouver
Wash
Cummins
United Mine Workers
Sunnyside
Utah
Murivy
Craweet Funeral Home
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Betatron
Lad
Tarentum
Farm Bureau
Iowa City
William E. Jackson
The
Iowa Parole Board
Albert J. Murphy
Consul
Victorville, Calif
Bert Edkins
Cascade
Edkins
Jackson Demos
Pope Lay
Egypt
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