Foster V F W Post Hosts Union County Christmas Party
Carroll P. Foster Post 3455 of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will host a Christmas party for Union county children tonight at 7 in the VFW home north of Anna. Eighth grade and younger students from any area may attend. Activities include games prizes and a Santa visit.
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Anna
Joe Dillon
Jonesboro
Dillon
Gas and Oil Use Rising Across U S Heat Demand
Washington reports that Americans are shifting to gas and oil as coal costs rise and supplies tighten. The Bureau of Mines notes coal use by most sectors fell to new lows while oil and gas consumption climbed. steel remains the single coal-dependent exception. Coal consumption dropped from 596.7 million tons in 1943 to 536.7 million tons in 1948, while oil and gas daily rates jumped.
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U. S. Bureau of Mines
Decatur Bears Get New Cage for Christmas
Decatur NL December 16. Smokey and Pokey the Fairview park bears awaiting February cubs will receive a new cage as a Christmas gift from the park board. Bids were opened for a modern “natural look” den after local fundraising fell short, but the board will cover the shortfall from its funds and reissue bids due to slight plan changes.
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Men outnumber women in winter term at Southern Illinois University
Winter term enrollment at Southern Illinois University totals 2,839 with 1,914 men and 925 women. Education leads with 1,466 future teachers, followed by Vocations and Professions with 628 and Liberal Arts with 526. Graduate School has 219 master's candidates, and Belleville residence students add 66 not counted in regular totals.
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College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
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Belleville
Investment Man Seeks Supreme Court Aide Post
Springfield, Dec 16 AP George C. Moffatt of Springfield, an investment agent, announced his candidacy for the Republican nomination for Illinois Supreme Court clerk. Moffatt, 45, served eight years as a Revenue Department supervisor, is a Chicago native and former VP of D. W. Moffatt & Co. in Monmouth. The post is held by Republican Earl Benjamin Searcy of Springfield, seeking re election.
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George C. Moffatt
Illinois Supreme Court
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State Revenue Department
Chicago
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Monmouth
Supreme Court
Earl Benjamin Searcy
Sabotage attempt halts Chennault departure in Hong Kong
In Hong Kong on December 16 police stopped a suspected saboteur after an attempt to damage a civil air transport plane carrying Maj. Gen. Claire Chennault, who planned to leave soon for Taipei. Three other CAT planes at the field also faced sabotage attempts.
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Hong Kong
Claire Chennault
Taipei
C.A.T
Two Actresses Visit Bernard Shaw in Conversation
Bernadine Kielty shares a light moment from a Book of the Month Club News feature. Gertrude Lawrence and Lilli Palmer visited Mr. Bernard Shaw and chatted for about an hour before joking about leaving. Shaw quipped that he is glad when people go, citing a similar confession by Maugham about conversion and reading as relief.
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Gertrude Lawrence
Lilli Palmer
Mr. Bernard Shaw
Shaw
Mr. Maugham
Columbus Sailed Far West to Reach East Indies
Columbus believed a western voyage of 2500 miles would reach the Far East but after 3230 miles he reached the New World, marking a historic miscalculation and discovery.
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Far East
New World
Home ownership pattern in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia, 85 percent of homes are single family dwellings, indicating a dominant preference for detached housing in the city. The figure highlights the residential structure distribution and suggests limited use of multi unit buildings in the area.
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Philadelphia
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