Rain and Wind Blacken Phones in Area
Strong rain and wind swept central and southern Illinois causing limited damage. In Carbondale and Murphysboro telephone service was disrupted by sweating cables, about 125 lines in Carbondale and 120 in Murphysboro affected. Some towns reported brief outages. Elizabeth town saw 60 mph winds with no reported damage. Highway crews noted clear roads north to Peoria and St. Louis with light snow in the north and rain in the south. Carbondale recorded 0.61 inches of rain from 7 am yesterday to 7 am today, most falling before midnight.
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Illinois
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Moon
Illinois Commercial Telephone Company
Johnston City
Ordill
Carterville
Marion
U.S. Forest Service
Elizabethtown
United Press
Quincy
State Highway Department
Peoria
St. Louis
Illinois River
Beardstown
Nothwest
Highway Department
Sterling
Rock Island
Chicago
Harold Hill
U. S. Weather Bureau
Dewey Declines 1952 Presidential Bid
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey states in a letter to Oregon campaign manager John C. Higgins that he will not seek the presidency again. He repeats his post election stance as final, denying any chance of being the Republican nominee in 1952.
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Portland
Ore
Thomas E. Dewey
White House
Oregon
John C. Higgins
Dewey
Mother and four children die in shack fire
In Houston Texas a mother Claudia Molcomb 44 and four children Lillie Mae 10 Flor dene 9 Louise 5 Willie Lee 2 perished as a fire engulfed their flame shack. Four other children were burned. Fire chief E P O Rourke said the blaze likely started when Lillie Mae poured gasoline or kerosene on a wood fire to rekindle it.
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Houston
Texas
Claudia Molcomb
Lillie Mae
Floradene
Louise
Willie Lee
E. P. O’rourke
Spring Branch
VA to Pay Over Legal Tuition Rates
The Veterans Administration rules it may pay higher tuition rates for GI students than state laws permit. The decision covers state and city operated schools and counters a General Accounting Office challenge. It asserts the GI Bill requires VA to pay higher nonresident rates for veterans, including Wisconsin residents, despite state residency.
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Washington
Veterans Administration
General Accounting Office
V.A
University of Wisconsin
Accounting Office
G. I
V.A. Said
Carl Gray
G.I
Lindsay Warren
V. A
Wisconsin
Cold spell ends with chilly Friday forecast
Temperatures dip to 12 to 18 degrees Friday morning with partly cloudy skies and a cold day ahead. Highs reach 26 to 30, while Wednesday’s readings show a 60 degree low and 67 high later. Winds average 8.75 mph, and rainfall totals from yesterday to today are 0.61 inches. Cr note spillway levels at Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake report declines, while Mississippi River Grand Tower rises 1.7 feet in 24 hours to 8.9 feet.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Mississippi River Grand Tower
Today s Index Area National Local News Page 1 page 3
The index lists sections for Area and National news on page 1, Local news on page 3, sports on pages 7 and 8, comics on page 8, classified ads on pages 10 and 11, and markets on page 11. It outlines the newspaper structure and where to find each content category.
Hunt Down 16,000 Fathers Who Neglect Families
Illinois Public Aid Commission plans a vigorous 1950 campaign to prosecute 16,000 fathers failing to support their families. Chairman Henry F. Tenny said the effort targets irresponsible individuals placing an eight million dollar monthly burden on the state and aims to boost contributions from those partly supporting their children. The commission assists mothers and children left destitute by divorce separation or desertion.
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Chicago
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Henry F. Tenny
Commission
Phone Strike Threat Against Southwestern Bell
A CIO communications workers leader says a strike by Southwestern Bell Telephone union members could begin at any time. Frank Lonergan reports 50,000 members authorized a strike by about four to one margin. A conference with Gov. Forrest Smith is requested, but no mediator plan is in place. The governor declined to intervene now.
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St. Louis
C. I. O. Communications
Southwestern Bell Telephone Company
Forrest Smith
Jefferson City
Lonergan
Southwestern Bell
Infant’s Rape Slayer Given Death Penalty
Fresno California December 22 AP Paul Montes Gutierrez a 25 year old cotton picker was convicted yesterday of first degree murder in the rape slaying of 17 month old Josephine Yanez. The verdict by Superior Judge Arthur C Shepard heard without a jury was without recommendation making death penalty automatic. Judge Shepard ruled Gutierrez sane. Peace officers called the November 20 murder the most vicious in Fresno county.
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Fresno
Calif
Paul Montes Gutierrez
Josephine Yanez
Arthur C. Shepard
Shepard
Gutierrez
Fresno County
Slumber Party Suspect Sentenced in New Mexico Case
Homer Kelley, 27, an oil field worker and sex offender from Hobbs, New Mexico, pleaded guilty to raping a girl under 16. He was sentenced yesterday to 70 to 99 years after breaking into a slumber party and confronting three teenage girls with threats and a weapon.
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Homer Kelley
Hobbs, N. M
Kelley
Transit Strike Paralyzes Cleveland Traffic
In Cleeland Ohio Dec 22 an unexpected transit strike stranded thousands and clogged streets as 496 to 287 workers voted to walk out. Only a small portion of the 4200 union members attended the meeting causing widespread car and taxi overload while officials feared Christmas shopping would suffer.
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Cleveland Transit System
A. F. of L
A F. of L. Transit Union
FBI Begins Inquiry Into Dynamite Plot
Detroit December 22 AP the FBI moved in to investigate a dynamite plot against the C I L O United Auto Workers union It marks the agency first formal intercession in the U A W C L O troubles as the union boosts its rewards to nearly a quarter million dollars Police admit no sound clues to the origin of Tuesday night s defective dynamite plant at union headquarters Authorities say federal laws may have been violated including dynamite transport across state lines civil rights conspiracy to injure and crossing state lines to avoid prosecution
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Mich
F.B.I
C.ilo
United Auto Workers Union
Howard McGrath
U.a-W.-C.lo
Union
U.A.W
Walter Reuther
Victor
THE
Detroit Times
Wilmington
Del
Jack Harvill
Harvill
McGrath
Washington
United States
Demo Leaders Doubt Repeal of Taft-Hartley Law
President Truman aims to repeal Taft Hartley but Democratic leaders in Congress doubt votes exist to repeal or revise the law when the new session opens January 3 1950. Many Democrats see campaigning on Taft Hartley as aiding their 1951 reelection efforts while Republicans led by Sen. Taft argue voters want the law kept in essence.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Capitol
Senate
House
G.O.P
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Santa Claus to appear on Voice of America broadcasts
The United States plans to feature Santa Claus prominently in Voice of America Christmas transmissions to the Russian people. The broadcasts will highlight the festive season and its religious significance, aiming to contrast with government messaging that instills fear and hatred.
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Santa Claus
Voice of America
Russia
Washington
Flying Saucers Exist Says Radio Commentator
Indianapolis Dec 22 AP Radio commentator Frank Edwards said flying saucers exist but are not of this world. He implied they come from another planet and will reveal more details Monday from Washington. He noted a year long government inquiry and said a million witnesses report discs and flying fuselages.
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Indianapolis
Frank Edwards
Edwards
Mutual
Washington
Cascade Mountains
Washington State
Five Die In Home Fire In Rooming House
Five people died in a rooming house fire early today, all Negroes. Victims include Mrs. Katie Cora Winston 38 and two of her children Sammy 3 Beatrice 2 Henry James 42 and Eugene Clark about 30. Mrs Winston reportedly re entered to save the children. four others escaped. Fire Captain J M Sturgeon said the blaze likely started by a small gas heater.
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Katie Cora Winston
Sammy
Beatrice
Henry James
Eugene Clark
Winston
Milton Winston
Robot Guides Proposed to Pull Missile Control
Military scientists discuss planting robot electronic saboteurs in an enemy city to illuminate a target for semi active homing missiles. The pamphlet notes a suitcase transmitter or pathfinder plane could guide a fleet toward a target, with celestial navigation offering a self contained steering method. Counter measures against in rocket navigation would be harder if control resides inside the missile itself.
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Washington
Defense Department
Research and Development Board
Former Clerk Pleads Guilty In Murphysboro
Fred H. Fraser former clerk of Jackson county circuit court and recorder of deeds pleaded guilty in Murphysboro to embezzlement charges before Circuit Judge Ross Reynolds. He was sentenced to one year minimum to 18 months maximum in the Illinois State penitentiary and ordered delivered to the Menard division this week. The case began with an April warrant and a series of indictments totaling eight counts over two terms. Fraser was in office until December when the job was declared vacant for bond issues. State's Attorney Gilbert noted the funds shortfall and explained bonds and sureties would cover losses.
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Fred H. Fraser
Circuit Court
Jackson County
Murphysboro
Ross Reynolds
Vienna
Reynolds
Fraser
Illinois State Penitentiary
Menard
D. L. McGregor
Frazer
John Gilbert
Loyd Bradley
James McRoy
Deeths
Lewis
Gilbert
James Lawder
County Board of Supervisors
Fraser’s
Recorder of Deeds
Fiser
Missed Blast Kills Couple After Fire Tragedy
Vivian Atwood 34 and husband Chester 40 died from burns hours after a trailer fire sparked by a gasoline stove following last week's Swift plant explosion. Vivian, a Swift worker, and Chester attempted to rescue her as the trailer burned, dying at a local hospital.
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Sioux City
Iowa
Swift Packing Plant
Chester Atwood
Vivian
Clarence Chappele
Atwood
Christmas Tree Keeps Working After 25 Years
The artificial Christmas tree in the E. D. Lahr home has served for 25 years. This Christmas it will be used to celebrate with the Lahrs grandchildren, marking a long history of holiday use.
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E. D. Lahr
Lahrs
Mother Throws Baby Into Incinerator Fire
Newark police said Louise Beauchamp mother of six threw her newborn baby into a burning apartment incinerator. Lt. Waagner quoted the 37 year old saying Christmas hardships without another mouth to feed. Police said the baby was born alive.
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Newark
N. J
Louise Beauchamp
William Waagner
Homicide
Wangner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Joseph V. Krug
Special Investigation Squad
Albert Langtry
Police Scientific Laboratory
United Auto Workers International
Today's Index
Frank P. Londergan
Southwestern Division 20
Carlsbad
N. M
Cleveland
Cleeland
John R. Sammon
Thomas P. Meaney
Meaney
Thomas A. Burke
FBI
Charleston, W. Va
Elmer Medlin
Fletcher Lewis
Medlin
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