Two Arrests Bring No Clues in Robbery
Two Murphysboro men were questioned Saturday after an armed robbery Friday night at the 9-Oh-9 tavern. William Koss a 32 year old Chicago man working in Murphysboro on parole was held for questions and a search turned up clothing linked to a car theft in Colp. Eddie Davis 16 of Murphysboro on probation for a farm theft was also questioned and later to be turned over to Williamson County officers. A second man held for questioning with seven two dollar bills found on him was released as no link was found. The robbery netted over 700 and another car stop yielded 100.
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Murphysboro
Murthysboro
Jackson County
Roy Carter
William Koss
Chicago
Illinois State Penitentiary
Menard
Koss
Colp
Ross
Eddie Davis
Davis
Williamson County
Santa Claws Visits Herrin as Toy Wish List Expands
Santa Claus arrived in Herrin amid near blizzard conditions and distributed 1500 candy sacks from the Jaycees. Children packed city hall and the water department office with Christmas wishes, listing items from doctor sets to dolls, tractors, bicycles, and a fire truck. Fire Chief Ed Faliing cautioned residents not to dial the fire line unless there is a real emergency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Herrin
Jaycees
Toni
South Side School
Ed Faliing
Two Cars Stolen in Metropolis Recovered Damaged
Metropolis police report two cars stolen Saturday night. A 1949 Chevrolet owned by Angela Mizell was found undamaged near Anna after being stolen from Moose Hall. A 1951 Buick owned by Joe Simmons was recovered wrecked near Ashley after being left with keys in ignition. Chief Teckenbrock notes no arrests yet.
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Metropolis
Charles Teckenbrock
Angela Mizell
Moose Hall
Ahort
Anna
Joe Simmons
Simmons
Ninth St
Ashley
Teckenbrock
Four Murphysboro Yale Programs Set This Week
Christmas programs will be held in four Murphysboro Schools this week. Longfellow School hosts a 7 30 o clock program tonight Washington follows Tuesday at 7 30 p m Lincoln Thursday afternoon and Douglas Friday at 7 30 p m
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Murphysboro
YALE
Longfellow School
Washington
Lincoln
Douglas
Five 12 Inch Main Breaks Plague Herrin
Herrin faced five 12 inch water main breaks over the weekend between Crab Orchard Lake tap-in and No 1 Lake at Energy. Three breaks were inside Orcill area. weather caused failures in 1926 leadite joints. Repairs could take a week with costs estimated at 1500 to 2000 dollars.
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Herrin Water Department
Crab Orchard Lake
Herrin
Energy
Orcill
Water Department
Cosf
No. 1
Moake Arrested After Highway Chase and Kidnap Claim
William Moake 27 pleaded guilty to peace disturbance after a Saturday chase across Wilson and Montgomery counties and Neodesha police. His wife and 10 month old son were reportedly kidnapped from St Louis but later freed. Moake was to serve 30 days in the county jail at Independence Kansas.
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Herrin
Independence
Kan
William Moake
St. Lewis
Montgomery
William Lessman
Lessman
Moake
Wilson
Neodesha
Fire destroys 1947 coupe on Joppa road
A 1947 coupe owned by Arthur Coleman of 701 E Seventh St Metropolis was completely destroyed by fire in a street parking area on Joppa road Sunday around 2 p.m. Investigators believe a cigarette started the blaze while Coleman was reportedly hunting nearby.
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Arthur Coleman
Seventh St
Metropolis
Joppa Road
Coleman
Herrin Legion Plan Makes Santa Claus Trip Annual Event
One hundred and fifteen Herrin children rode to Santa Claus Land Saturday as the Legion Post sponsored a trip. James Bailie Jr. led the tour praising Santa Claus Land staff and vowing annual visits. Beta Sigma Phi, Legion Auxiliary, and donors supported the outing.
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Herrin
Santa Claus Land
Legion Post
Santa Claus
Ind
Post
James Bailie Jr
Herrin Legion
Santa’s Domain
Santa
Bailie
The
Legion
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Legion Auxiliary
John B. Gualdoni
Mass. Hazen Cohen
Ex Christopher Woman Injured in Collision
Mrs Carl Hess a former Christopher resident suffered a broken left foot and finger in an auto collision at 11 am Sunday between Ashley and Centralia. She and three McLeansboro coworkers were en route to St Louis for the Greenberg Mercantile Christmas party. Hess, manager of the McLeansboro store, was not injured and was later moved to Miners Hospital Christopher. her car was a total loss.
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Carl Hess
Christopher
Ashley
Centralia
Hess
McLeansboro
St. Louis
Greenberg Mercantile Corporation
Centralia Hospital
Hess Wsn
Kenneth Eldridge
Stray Dog Seeks Foster Home Before Christmas
A friendly medium size white half breed dog in Murphysboro is offered by the Jackson County Health Department for a home in exchange for rabies vaccination and a city license. If unclaimed by December 17 or 18 the dog will be destroyed. People willing to adopt should contact the health department office in Murphysboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stray Dog For Christmas Health Unit
Jackson County Health Department
Murphysboro
Santa Claus
Health Department
Roy McGee
Christmas Concert by Carbondale Schools Set at Lincoln Gym
The annual Christmas concert will be held Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the Lincoln Junior High School Gym with over 400 participants from Brush Lincoln Springmore Lincoln Jr High and Carbondale Community High. Directors are Gloria Moroni Mary Swindell and Archie Griffin. The candlelit program features multiple grade choirs and Madrigal Singers with festive carols and traditional arrangements. Schools dismiss for vacation December 19 and reopen January 5 with all school sing events scheduled Friday December 19 at Springmore Brush and Lincoln Schools.
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Carbondale
Lincoln
Brush
Springmore
Lincoln Jr
Carbondale Community High School
Gloria Moroni
Mary Swindell
Archie Griffin
Carbondale Community
Luther
Yon
Federer
Mary Lea Brown
Connie Degenhardt
Gloucestershire Wassall
By Waring
Gruber-Warren
Jane Travelstead
Joyee Halstead
Ellen McLeod
Rosemary Hughes
Ruth Carnine
Martin Hall
Nancy Odle
Lincoln Jr. High
Three Kings
Gibb
Jesus
Niles
Eliot
Morgan
Warine
Carbondale Community High School Madrigal
Gruber
Waring
Mail Rush Underway In Carbondale as Holiday Peak Hits
Carbondale Postmaster Virgil Brown says the Christmas rush is in full swing with 12 extra workers. Two triplicate delivery starts today in both residential and business areas, with parcel post and stamp windows open 9 to 7 this week.
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Carbondale
Virgil Brown
Brown
Ward Petition Circulated for Murphysboro City Clerk
Murphysboro residents circulate a ward petition for Delmar Ward seeking the city clerk seat. Ward, a World War II veteran with one term as clerk, served in the Murphysboro fire force after returning from service and is married with two children. Ralph Norman, a local barber, announces candidacy for mayor in the upcoming primary.
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Murphysboro
Delmar Ward
Ward
Srvice
Ralph Norman
Herrin Wave To Speak On WCIL
Herrin native Chief Yeoman Maxine Newcom Greenwell will speak at the Navy Recruiting office in Marion to women 18 to 25 about service in the Waves. She will be heard Tuesday at 2 15 p m over WCIL Carbondale. Greenwell, now at the Navy Recruiting Station St Louis, has over nine years in the Navy having enlisted in 1943 and served at bases in New York Virginia South Carolina and Pennsylvania.
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Yeoman
Maxine Newcom Greenwell
Herrin
Navy
Marion
WCIL
Carbondale
Greenwell
Naval Officer Procurement
St. Louis
Walter Necom
Naval
New York
Virginia
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Hazardous Illinois Roads From Snow and Ice
The State Highway Division reported scattered packed snow and ice making northern two thirds of Illinois roads hazardous.
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Springfield
State
Illinois
First Guns Made in Early First Century
The note states that initial firearms were produced during the early first century, marking the period as the origin of gun manufacture.
Gas Station Heist Near Grand Tower Nets $150
A trio including two men and a woman produced a shotgun after buying one dollar of gas at Dixcel Service Station on the Grand Tower side road from Route 3 in Jackson County. They escaped in a two tone green Chevrolet 1947-48 model with about $150. Sheriff Roy Carter tracked the car as it fled south on Route 127 toward Murphysboro.
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Dixcel
Grand Tower
Route 3
Jackson County
Roy Carter
Dixcelonian
John Brady 97 Dies. longtime river steamer mate
John Brady 97 formerly of Metropolis died Thursday at Golden Hill Hospital San Diego California. He served as a mate aboard the river steamer Cowling for many years and was well known in Metropolis and vicinity. Funeral Mass 8 am Wednesday at St Rose Catholic Church Metropolis. Burial Pell Cemetery Brookport Baynes Funeral Home Metropolis in charge.
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John Brady
Metropolis
Golden Hill Hospital
San Diego
Calif
Cowling
St. Rose Catholic Church
Herbert Kopff
Pell Cemetery
Brookport
Baynes Funeral Home
U School Students Sweep Du Quoin Speech Honors
Five University School of Carbondale students won top awards at the Du Quoin Invitational Speech Meeting. Richard Rieke took first in extemporaneous speaking and radio, Joyce Hastings won first in oratorical declamation, Pat Dwyer first in original monologue, Margaret Ritchie second in verse reading, and Tom Sill second in radio speaking. About 100 competitors from Du Quoin Harrisburg Nashville Sparta and Normandy attended. Additional U School students Charles Dykhouse Dee Alexander Pattill Emily Goetz Anne Ragsdale were present.
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University School of Carbondale
du Quoin
Richard Rieke
Joyce Hastings
Pat Dwyer
Margaret Ritchie
Tom Sill
Harrisburg
Nashville
Sparta
Normandy
John Pruis
U-School
Carbondale
Charles Dykhouse
Dee Alexander Pattill
Emily Goetz
Anne Ragsdale
Three Chester Men Held in Burglary Case
Three Chester men Louis Sauerhage 27 Robert Faberty 17 and Earl Waltemate 19 are held in Randolph County Jail on burglary charges for alleged robberies at the Chester Implement Store and the Steeleville Veterans' Club. All are reported to have confessed.
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Chester
Randolph County
Chester Implement
Steeleville
Louis Sauerhage
Robert Faberty
Earl Waltemate
Accused Killer Surrenders To Cairo Sheriff
Vernon Robinson 45 of Paducah surrendered to Sheriff Bud Hartline at noon after fleeing following a dispute over a song request at Twin Gables nightclub on the Illinois side of the Paducah bridge. He has been charged with murder in the slaying of Vernon O Daniel 27 of Paducah at 11 45 p m Thursday. A .38 revolver was found on the bandstand and a three state search followed his disappearance.
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Vernon Robinson
Paducah
Vernon O’daniel
Robinson
O’daniel
Bud Hartline
Alexander County
Massac County
Leonard Devers
Metropolis
Hartline
O'Daniel
Twin Gables
Ilinois
Ohio River
Devers
Cage Star Pal Face Trial In Decatur Robbery Case
Two 20 year old youths from Mt. Vernon faced circuit court on strong armed robbery charges. Robert Brown and Robert R Tucker posted 2000 bond each for allegedly beating Joseph Schingel and taking 50 dollars. State's Attorney Demetri Hasakis said the pair admitted the beating after meeting Schingel in a tavern. Tucker denied taking money claiming improper advances. The trial was expected to be delayed by about a month.
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Mt. Vernon
Carbondale Reporter Hurt In Car Wreck
Phil Sunkel 27 of 409 W. Main St a reporter for the Carbondale office of the Southern Illinoisan was injured in an auto wreck in Edgar County early Sunday He was treated for a broken ankle at a Paris Ill hospital and expected to be confined about a week There was no other car involved and the five passengers with Sunkel were uninjured He was visiting family near Paris when the wreck occurred He will be moved from the hospital to the family home.
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Phil Sunkel
W. Main St
Carbondale
Southern Illinoisan
Edgar County
Paris
Sunkel
Kansas, Inc
Centenarian Murphysboro Woman Catherine Harrison
Mrs. Catherine Harrison 100 of Murphysboro died at Sunset Haven Nursing Home near Carbondale after a long illness. Born August 18 1852 in Grand Tower she lived in Jackson County her entire life. She leaves daughters Lula Lowry and Lethia Bearden. Services Tuesday at 2 pm Meyer Denny Funeral Home officiated by Rev W T Mathis with burial in Tower Grove Cemetery.
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Catherine Harrison
Murphysboro
Sunset Haven
Carbondale
Grand Tower
Jackson County
James Wesley Harrison
Lula Lowry
Lethia Bearden
Marion
Har
Rison
Harrison
Fire destroys Brandon home. $4,000 structure, $3,000 contents
Sunnyside near Herrin reports a morning blaze level ing a frame home. Fire Chief Ed Failing cites coal stove explosion as cause. a wooden chest with about $240 and the Brandon children’s Christmas gifts were lost. Firefighters saved a barn and two outhouses amid limited water supply.
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Ralph Brandon
Sunnyside
Herrin
Ed Failing
Failing
Brandon
Blaine Maddox
Mrs Goodwin Dies Former Murphysboro Resident
Eva Launius Goodwin died Sunday at her East St. Louis home after several weeks illness. Survived by husband Charles two sons Charles and James two daughters Louise Cook and Aladean Montgomery one grandson and mother Ida Lounius. Sister-in-law of Wars Martin Berkbigler of Murphysboro. Funeral set for Tuesday at 3 p m from Burke Funeral Home East St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eva Launius Goodwin
Murphysboro
East St. Louis
Charles
James
Louise Cook
Aladean Montgomery
Ida Lounius
Wars
Martin Berkbigler
Burke
Antonio Barni Dies In Herrin At 69
Antonio Barni 69 of 105 N orth St Herrin died at 4 15 am in Herrin Hospital after a year of ill health. Born August 1883 in Cuggiono Italy he lived in Herrin 51 years. Survived by two sons John Herrin and Attilio Herrin and two grandchildren. Funeral at St Marys Church 9 am Wednesday with Msgr Robert DeGasperi officiating. Burial in St Carlo Cemetery. Moroni and Johnson Funeral Home handling arrangements.
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Antonio Barni
N.orth St
Herrin
Mr. Barni
Cuggiono
Italy
Louisa Oldani
John
Hurst
Atillio
Barni
St. Mary's Church
Robert DeGasperi
St Carlo
Moroni and Johnson Funeral
Thomas G. Taylor Dies at 69 in Murphysboro
Thomas G. Taylor, 69, died of a heart attack Sunday at his Bridge Street home in Murphysboro. His body was sent to Roberts Residence Funeral Home for funeral arrangements.
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Thomas G. Taylor
Bridge Street
Murphysboro
Roberts
Williamson Draft Board Announces January Call
The Williamson County Selective Service Board announced January drafts. On Thursday January 8, 17 men will undergo physical examinations and eight will be inducted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson Draft Board
Williamson County Selective Service Board
Mines Working Tuesday Buckhorn Bell and Zoller
The list shows mines working on Tuesday including Buckhorn Bell Zoller and several Orient and Peabody entries. Other notes indicate Old Ben mines and Burning Star units with varying statuses and report gaps.
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Mines
Buckhorn Bell & Zoller
Orient
Peabody
Fidelity
New Kathleen Pyramid
Burning Star No
Burning Star
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Joppa
Herrin Prairie
American Legion
O'Hara
Richard Taylor
Janet Brooks
Mike Corsor
Patsy Crawshaw
Post Office
Metropolis River
Cairo
Cage Star
Pal
Yule Presents
Antonio Barni Dies
Thomas Taylor
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