Farmers urged to work and sacrifice for war effort
Chicago December 28 Charles B Shuman president of the Illinois Agricultural Association calls on farmers nationwide to back a max effort in the democracy versus Communism struggle. He outlines a Farm Bureau plan stressing maximum production lower price controls higher taxes reduced non defense spending and drastic farm program cuts to fund and sustain wartime needs.
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Chicago
Charles B. Shuman
Illinois Agricultural Association
Shuman
Farm Bureau
Shu‘man
Shumann
IAA
State Farm Bureau
Honor Union Fruit Growers Recognized in Springfield
J. J. Boyd and sons of Jonesboro and Ralph Casper of Anna were honored at the Illinois State Horticultural meeting in Springfield for high scores in the 95 percent Clean Apple Club. Boyd praised economical spray schedules using eight nozzle booms boosting efficiency.
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Jonesboro
Ralph Casper
Anna
Springfield
Boyds
Illinois
Clean Apple Club
John Boyd
Ralph Broom
Union County
Boyd
Broom
Amputee Soldier To Be Visited By Mother Today
Washington December 28 AP The mother of 20 year old Pfc Robert Smith the first quadruple amputee of the Korean War is to visit him at Walter Reed Hospital after his arrival by plane and stretcher from Korea. Smith frost bitten and amputated below the knees and both hands from fighting around Chosin Reservoir November 27 employs a grim smile upon learning his mother will visit. Capt Eleanor Geovanelle and Lt Bernadette Fahrenkopf described his condition as he slept and endured some pain during the flight.
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Washington
Robert Smith
Middleburg
Walter Reed Hospital
Clara Smith
Korea
Smith
Chosin Reservoir
Eleanor A. Geovanelle
St. Mary’s
Geovanelle
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Bernadette Fahrenkopf
Westover
West Coast
Southern Illinois Fruits Honored For Quality
Statements praise clean fruit from southern Illinois with examples like The Boys and Casper and many others who demonstrated and helped others achieve top fruit quality in the state, as Broom concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Boys
Casper
HADACOL Promises to Boost Lagging Children
An old advertisement touts HADACOL as a nutritional remedy for vitamin and mineral deficiencies in children. It cites a Mrs Johnston's letter from Lake Mississippi praising improvements in her son James Edgar and urges trial sizes and a money back guarantee, with a free comic book offer.
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James Edgar
LeBlanc Corp
Lafayette
Louisiana
The
LeBlanc Corpor
Cobden Man Released After Knife Attack at Silver Dollar Tavern
Ernest Camden of Cobden was jailed then released after an alleged knife attack on Silver Dollar tavern owner John Lence near Cobden. Lence suffered severe facial cuts and was treated at Hale Willard hospital in Anna. Camden claims self defense and a Union County court date is pending.
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Paul Dood
Silver Dollar
Cobden
Camden
John Lence
Lence
Hale- Willard Hospital
Anna
Union County
Truman Aide Is Acquitted In Passport Fraud Case
San Francisco AP report recalls George T. Davis Northern California campaign manager for President Truman's 1948 bid being acquitted on charges of aiding Chinese aliens to obtain false American passports. Co-defendant Dickson Lee was convicted on three counts of passport fraud and sentenced to three years in prison.
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San Francisco
George T. Davis
Northern California
Truman
Dickson Lee
Lee
Colorado student Wilson plans to contact Smith for talk
Jimmy Wilson, a University of Colorado Law School student and quadruple amputee from Stark, Florida, said in Boulder that he would contact Smith to offer encouragement. He cites his own experience showing that support from others with similar injuries boosts morale.
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Jimmy) Wilson
Boulder, Colo
Smith
University of Colorado Law School
Wilson
Stark, Fla
Phil Walter Dies at Anna in Masonic Funeral Rites
Phil Walter retired Anna businessman died Wednesday night at Hale-Willard hospital in Anna after a months illness. He will lie in state at Norris funeral home in Anna until Saturday Dec 30 with services at 1 30 p m at the Methodist church in Anna conducted by Rev William Henderson. Burial with Masonic rites will follow at Waltersburg cemetery near Golconda.
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Phil Walter
Anna
Hale-Willard Hospital
Norris Funeral Home
Methodist Church
William Henderson
Waltersburg
Route 146
Golconda
Man Swallows Razor Blade, Undergoes Emergency Surgery
Geronimi Torres, 25, accidentally swallowed a single-edged razor blade while seated at home in New York. X-rays at Bellevue hospital revealed the blade in his stomach and surgeons operated early today to remove it. His condition is reported as good.
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Geronimi Torres
Bellevue Hospital
East car prices rise in Singapore amid trade boom
Dealers report a 10 to 12 percent increase in second hand car prices in Singapore as Malaya trade boom and car shortages boost markets.
Admitted and Discharged List at Hale Willard Hospital Anna
The notice lists admissions at Hale Willard Hospital Anna including Deloris Cook Alice Russell Bonnie Benson and others. Discharged patient LeRoy Stephens Anna and additional admissions include Tommy Simmons and Julia Richardson Cobden Dongola Jonesboro and Cobden entries appear.
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Deloris Cook
Anna
Alice Russell
Dongola
Tommy Simmons
Ralph Wall
James Wiley
Frank Yates
Cobden
Bonnie McCarver
George Claxton
Bonnie Benson
Ralph Rider
LeRoy Stephens
Benjamin Pickett
Jonesboro
Julia Richardson
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Presley
N. Allyn
Carbondale
14Th
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Murphysboro
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Sane
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Tek
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Malaya
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Hale Willard Hospital
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