Hoover Offers Plan to Save Two Billions
Former President Herbert Hoover outlines an eight point reform program to cut waste and save the government two billion dollars annually. He predicts a large federal deficit this year and urges Congress to pass only the most urgent measures.
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Washington
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
Truman
Citizens Committee For
Louis Johnson
Robert L. Johnson
Johnson
Temple University
Philadelphia
Scott Lucas
Congress
Alexander Hamilton
Federal Hospital Service
Agriculture Department
Agriculture and Interior
Bardon
Marion Motorist Delays Meadowlark Train
Chester Deaton 30, of Marion, pleaded guilty in Williamson County Court to obstructing the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Meadowlark passenger train for about 27 minutes. He was fined $125 including costs after his car blocked the Marion station crossing and a wrecker freed the vehicle. C and E I officials filed the charge.
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Chester Deaton
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Meadowlark
Deaton
Marion
Williamson County
New Orient No. 3 Mine Nears Limited Operation
Waltonville Illinois December 13. The Chicago Wilmington and Franklin Coal company nears completion of a modern mine a mile south of Waltonville in Jefferson county. Orient No. 3 aims for limited operation by January with a 230 man crew, two parallel slopes, a rescreening plant, seven large silo storage bins, and coal conveyed from the slopes by belts. Kenneth M. Roden bush directs the project, succeeding his late father John Rodenbush a former superintendent. The company holds coal rights to 14 000 acres in the Waltonville block.
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Waltonville
Ill
Jefferson County
Chicago, Wilmington and Franklin Coal Co
Orient No. 3
Kenneth M. Rodenbush
John
Jack) Rodenbush
Franklin County
Pinckneyville Man Hurt At United Electric Strip
John Houghland aged 40 of Pinckneyville suffered a dislocated shoulder and possibly other injuries at the United Electric strip mine west of Du Quoin last night. He was taken to Marshall Browning Hospital in Du Quoin around 11:30 p m with non serious condition. The cause of the injury was not learned.
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John Houghland
Pinckneyville
United Electric
du Quoin
Houghland
Marshall-Browning
Weather Summary Fair and Cold Through Wednesday
Fair and cold conditions with low tonight 15 to 20 and high Wednesday 30 to 35. Temperatures ranged from 25 at 7 a.m. to 66 at noon today. wind averaged 2.5 mph over 24 hours. precipitation 0.02 inches since yesterday. Mississippi River at Grand Tower 5.7 feet this morning.
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Mississippi River
Today’s Index and Page References Notice
The edition lists sections including Area National Local News Siditorial Sports Comics Classifieds and Markets across pages 1 3 4 7 8 10 11. Readers are directed to sections for area national local news sports and market items.
Pulaski Weekly Plant Damaged Fire at Pulaski paper plant
Frank Ledbetter owner of Pulaski Conasy Enterprise doubts on site gambling crusade caused weekend fire at the Pulaski plant in Mound City. Fire men found forced rear window and kerosene soaked rag with kerosene a can near origin. a safe was rifled but nothing stolen. Damage under 500 dollars. Willis Edwards detected smoke. Enterprise and Mounds Independent printed at the plant.
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Frank Ledbetter
Pulaski Conasy Enterprise
Mound City
Ledbetter
Willis Edwards
The
Enterprise
Mounds Independent
Massac Schools Head Dies in Barnes
Massac county superintendent of schools Lewis W. Smith died today in Barnes hospital St. Louis at age 60. He leaves his wife and two sons Wallace Smith of Rossclare and Lewis W. Smith Jr of Metropolis.
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Lewis W. Smith
Massac County
Barnes Hospital
St. Louis
Wallace Smith
Rossclare
Metropolis
Truman Plans Move on FEPC Bill in Civil Rights Push
Key West reporters say the administration will press the FEPC bill as the centerpiece of civil rights efforts in the upcoming Congress. White House advisers anticipate a filibuster but expect the fight to aid Democratic candidates in tight districts.
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Key West
Fla
Congress
Truman
Senate
Scott Lucas
Mr. Truman
Peoria Bans Red Journal From Schools
Peoria schools ban the U S S R Information bulletin from libraries in three senior high schools. Superintendent Dr Melvin G Davis announced the decision amid controversy over Soviet propaganda being sent to American schools in response to a complaint by Rep George H Mahon and the education commissioner saying it is up to local authorities to act.
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U.S.S
McGrath
Armes Ordered Moved to Kansas City on Charge
Ray Lefty Armes 27 of Herrin was ordered moved from East St. Louis to Kansas City to answer a federal indictment for wounding Mayor C B Hardin of Stoutland Missouri. The removal was ordered by Federal Judge Fred L Wham. Hardin was shot Aug 8 by an intruder who forced entry and later identified Armes. Armes has been held in St Louis city jail for East St Louis authorities.
Woman ruled insane in shooting Harrisburg man
Chicago sends word that Judith Elkins a 30 year old brunette divorcee was found insane by a Cook County jury after she shot Jay L Shaw of Harrisburg Illinois last April 22 following a ride in her automobile. Chief Justice Lynch ordered her committed to Jacksonville State hospital. She faced an assault with intent to kill charge.
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Chicago
Cook County
Airliner Crashes Into Potomac Four Killed
Four people die when another airliner crashes into the Potomac River. The incident follows a pattern of aviation disasters and triggers nationwide alarms about air safety and airline oversight.
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Potomac
Fertilizer Plant Rates Studied
Senator Kenneth Wherry demanded Army data on freight rates favoring an Illinois ordnance plant over a Nebraska Mead facility. Army officials cited a $3.48 per ton Illinois advantage, with Nebraska showing a $2.47 per ton production edge. combined, Illinois held a $1.06 to $1.01 advantage depending on costs. Continued operation at both sites could force Ravenna production cuts from 18,000 to 8,000 tons monthly.
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Washington
Army
Kenneth Wherry
R-Neb
Illinois
Nebraska
Wherry
Mead, Neb
Crab Orchard
Archibald S. Alexander
Illinois Ordnance Plant
Alexander
Ravenna
Neb
Passport Agency to Open in Chicago Dec 19
The State department announced a new passport agency will open December 19 in Chicago. The office will be housed in the U S customs house and serve applicants in the region.
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Washington
State Department
Chicago
U. S. Customs House
Extortion Plot Tied to Poverty Amid Coal Strike
Robert Rennie, 34, of West Frankfort, confessed to planning a $10,000 extortion after debt from the coal strike. Held in Franklin county jail, he left notes near C. F. Downen’s home and admitted the motive tied to family needs and Christmas money. He pleaded not guilty at first, then confessed, and waived a preliminary hearing after failing to post $10,000 bond.
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Robert Rennie
West Frankfort
Rennie
Franklin County
Benton
C. F. Downen
Downen
John Andrus
Benton Justice of the Peace
Accused Coed Slayer Reads Poems in Jail
Iowa City psychology student Robert E. Bednasek 24 stood jailed for first degree murder of Margaret Jackson 20 after a candle lit dinner and drinks. His preliminary hearing was set for December 21 as authorities described the case and his signed statement about the strangulation in a Cedar Rapids area rooming house.
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University of Iowa
Robert E. Bednasek
Justice of the Peace
C. J. Hutchinson
Margaret Jackson
Bednasek
Justice of the Peace Office
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Walter Benton
Elizabeth Barrett
Robert Browning
Bednarek
Jack White
Margaret
William E. Jackson
Burlington
Iowa State Parole Board
Farm Leader Denies Price Control Need
Allan B. Kline, president of the American Farm Bureau Federation, argues price guarantees cannot aid farmers lacking land, capital, machinery. He calls for controls to make guarantees effective and urges new capital, education, health and new industries to lift farmers from poverty.
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Allan B. Kline
American Farm Bureau Federation
Kline
America
Printers Reach Wage Pact In Jackson Williamson Counties
Agreement on wage and working conditions announced last night between International Typographical Union representatives and newspapers and commercial printing plants in Jackson and Williamson counties. Basic hourly pay rises from 1.68 to 1.70, retroactive to November 1, 1949, covering through November 1, 1950. Murphysboro local 217 Herrin local 599 Southern Illinois Publications The Carbondale Herald Herrin News Job Printing Co are involved.
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International Typographical Union
Jackson
Williamson Counties
Murphysboro
Herrin Local
Typographical Union, Southern Illinois Publications, Inc
The
Carbondale Herald
Herrin News Job Printing Co
Herrin Boy Ensures Santa Receives Letter
A 10 year old from Herrin writes to Dear Santa Claus Denmark North Pole Greenland to ensure his Christmas letter reaches Santa. The note shows the child’s belief in Santa’s busy travel schedule and his determination to be heard.
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Herrin
Santa Claus
Denmark
North Pole
Greenland
Santa
Capital airliner crash near National airport leaves 4 dead
A DC-3 from Memphis with 23 aboard crashed in the Potomac mud near Bolling Air Force Base after veering from radar guidance in fog and rain. Four perished including Mrs. William Chertow and Neville Lassiter. 19 survived. Authorities promise a prompt inquiry.
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National
Potomac River
William Chertow
Brooklyn
Neville Lassiter
Arlington
W. J. Davis
Lloyd L. Porter
Alexandria
NAVY
AIR Force
Memphis
Tenn
Chattanooga
Knoxville
Ten
Transport Plane Crash Kills 25 in Pakistan
A twin engined DC 2 crashed forty five miles north of Karachi, killing 25 people including two Pakistan army generals, Maj Gen Sher Khan and Maj Gen Iftixhar, officials said. Rescue parties reached the desert scene as crews searched for more victims and verification of casualties continued.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Here
Pakistan Army
Pak Air Co
Sher Khan
Iftixhar
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Las Vegas
Nev
David Sinai
Reno
United Electric Strip
Pulaski
Massac
Barnes
F.E. P.C
Bill
Ernest B. Vaccaro
Associated Press
Peoria
Red Journal
Armes
Harrisburg
U.S
Bulgaria
United States
U. S
Donald R. Heath
Sofia
James E. Webb
Webb
Peter Voutov
Heath
Traicho Kostov
Foreign Office
Spain
Legation
Michael J. McDermott
Frankfort
Iowa City
Bolling Air Force Base
Bolling
Robert J. Wilson
Capital
Leesburg
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