Labor unions plan big turnout for Crab Orchard hearing
Unconfirmed rumors say Southern Illinois craft unions will pull workers off jobs to boost turnout at the 1:30 p.m. hearing on Crab Orchard area development. Work halted at several construction sites including Murphysboro and Grand Tower as dread rumors spread and leaders linger in Springfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
Crab Orchard
Murphysboro
Central Illinois Public Service
Grand Tower
Carbondale
Federal Constructors, Inc
Southern Illinois University
Union County
Evan Dale
Southern District Council
International Hod Carriers and Laborers
American Federation of Labor
Springfield
Southern Acres
Highway 13
Coplon selects new defense team in spy trial
Judith Coplon changed her counsel during the espionage case with Valentin A. Gubitchev. Federal Judge Sylvester J. Ryan names three new lawyers Sidney E. Berman Samuel Neuberger and Leonard Boudin to replace Archibald Palmer as defense counsel. Gubitchev remains with Abraham J. Pomerantz. The trial began January 24 with allegations of conspiring to pass U.S. defense secrets to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Judith Coplon
Sylvester J. Ryan
Archibald Palmer
Sidney E. Berman
Samuel Neuberger
Leonard Boudin
Miss Coplon
Valentin A. Gubitchev
Gubitchev
Abraham J. Pomerantz
Miss
Community Planner Nichols Dies at 69 in Kansas City
J C Nichols a 69 year old community planner known for subdivision and shopping center development died after months of illness. Appointed by President Coolidge to the National Park and Planning commission in 1926 he served 22 years overseeing District of Columbia improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
J. C. Nichols
Coolidge
National Park and Planning Commission
District of Columbia
700 Housing Units Assigned to East St. Louis
The Public Housing administration allocated 700 low rent housing units to East St. Louis Illinois. The St. Clair County Housing authority seeks a 190000 loan for planning the project and the loan requires approval by President Truman before disbursement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. St. Louis
Washington
Public Housing Administration
East St. Louis
Ill
St. Clair County
Pohl Low Bidder for Clear Creek Dike Job
Col. Beverly C. Snow announced that Joseph L. Pohl of Nevada Missouri submitted the low bid for the Clear Creek Drainage and Levee district project near Anna Illinois. Pohl bid for 175000 cubic yards of levee was 74752 dollars, with four other contractors bidding.
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St. Louis
Beverly C. Snow
Joseph L. Pohl
Nevada
Clear Creek
Anna
Ill
Pohl
Du Quoin Mayor Victor Ritter Named District Heart Chairman
Du Quoin Mayor Victor H. Ritter has been appointed district chairman of the Illinois Heart Association for Raudolph Franklin Jackson and Perry counties. Ritter received notice from Robert P. Butts Springfield state chairman of the association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor H. Ritter
du Quoin
Illinois Heart Association
Raudolph
Washington
Franklin
Jackson
Perry
Robert P. Butts
Springfield
World government debate fuels peace drive and fears destruction
A Senate subcommittee heard seventeen witnesses including a former banker a grandmother two Congressmen and a New Yorker named Joe Citizen argue for and against world government as a path to peace amid atomic threats. Critics likened it to Communist aims warning it would destroy free America while Truman and Tydings urged disarmament talks and a world peace mission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Free
America
Cordell Hull
Hull
United Nations
Truman
Moscow
Millard Tydings
Senate Armed Services Committee
Dean Acheson
Weather Summary Station Report
Cloudy mild conditions with gradual warming tonight and Saturday increasing cloudiness. Low tonight 25 to 30. Saturday high 50 to 65. Thursday a.m. 27 rising to 41 by noon. Sun up 6 52 a m set 5 37 p m. Humidity 54 percent at noon. Precipitation 0 since yesterday 7 a m. Wind 1.6 mph average. Crab Orchard Lake one foot above spillway yesterday. Little Grassy Lake six inches above spillway yesterday. Mississippi River 21.3 feet today up 3 feet in 24 hours. Additional details on page 11.
Local Page Contents and Section Listings
The index lists sections for today including National on page 1 Local News on page 3 Editorials on page 4 Sports on pages 7 8 9 Comics on page 9 Classified ads on pages 10 11 Markets on page 11.
Vogeler Aide Pleads Guilty In Hungary
Budapest reports that American businessman Robert Vogeler's British assistant and two Hungarians admitted spying for the West in Hungary's latest spy trial. The court began with Sanders, Geiger, and Rado confessing to espionage and sabotage while Vogeler was passed over for now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vogeler
Hungary
Robert Vogeler
Edgar Sanders
International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Sanders
Britain
Imre Geiger
Zoltan Rado
Geiger
Budapest
Rado
Standard Electric Works Co
U. S
Vienna
Communist Party
Soviet Union
Lootings Hit Union County Drug Store and High School
Burglaries in Union County target Cobden Community High School and Dillon Drug Store in Dongola. About $90 cash found missing from the high school safe and roughly $500 in merchandise taken from the drug store. Entry used force on doors. safes were broken but not fully opened. Police conducted fingerprint checks. officials say the cash was for school activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union County
Cobden Community High School
Dillon
Dongola
Pete Dodd
Dodd
Bert Casper
Russ Dillon
Highway 51
Water purification unit deployed for Shawneetown residents
A state Health department team moved an emergency purification unit into Shawneetown to supply drinking water to about 500 to 700 residents as the Ohio River floodwater contaminates supplies. Three sanitary engineers set up facilities to provide safe water in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Old Shawneetown
Ohio
State Health Department
Truman Targets GOP with Socialism Charge in 1950 Drive
President Truman spoke to 5,300 Democrats at the Jefferson-Jackson dinner urging full speed on domestic programs while railing at GOP attacks as socialism. He defended health education social security and economic stability as free enterprise backed. Senator Taft dismissed Truman claims as hoodwinked by liberals and labor PACs. Wherry challenged Truman to take his program to voters in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
G.O.P
Roobert Taft
Ohio
A.D.A
Americans For Democratic Action
C.i.0.p.a.c
Political Action Committee
Great Britain
Taft
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
G.O.P. Floor Leader, Challenged Mr. Truman
Democratic Party
President Truman
Settlement by Monday New Goal in Coal Negotiations
President Truman urged his fact finding board to report by tomorrow as government mediators push for a weekend settlement in the 370,000 coal diggers dispute. John L. Lewis and operators met for talks, with a 14 point demand on the table and a plan for 200 days of work per year under consideration.
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Truman
Washington
White House
David Cole
Eben Ayers
Cyrus Ching
Federal Mediation Service
John R. Steelman
Cole
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Ching
Crown mine planned near Farmersville Illinois
A $6,000,000 shaft coal mine called the Crown will be built on a 750 acre site, half a mile south of Farmersville, Illinois. Stuart Colnon of Freeman Coal Mining says construction starts within a month and the operation will employ two shifts producing about 8,500 tons daily, with most coal shipped to Chicago via Illinois Central Railroad.
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Farmersville
Ill
Stuart Colnon
Freeman Coal Mining Corporation of Chicago
Connon
Mecoupin
Christian
Montgomery Counties
Roscoe Bonjean
Springfield
Illinois Central Railroad
Chicago
Illinois
New Orient
West Frankfort
Enrollment at S I U Shrinks
The Spring quarter enrollment at Southern Illinois University is expected to drop about 100 to 2700, due to coal strike related money shortages. Registrar Miss Marjorie Shank cites reduced family funds and a three day work week as factors. last term enrollment was 2855. Registration opens Monday March 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Marjorie Shank
Hyde Park Methodist Ban on Official Publications
Hyde Park Methodist Church in Tampa bans 40 publications from the official publishing house citing unsafe handling of race topics. The move aims to inform other Methodist churches and targets items from kindergarten primers to The Advocate while criticizing Adult Student and High Road for youth audiences.
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Tampa
Fla
Hyde Park
Lewis Plan Seeks Wage and Pension Hike in Coal Talks
Washington report outlines John L. Lewis proposed terms for a new coal contract. Key items include a wage rise to about 15 dollars per day, a 35 cent per ton welfare royalty, 200 work days annually, a seven and a half hour day, longer vacations, eight paid holidays, night shift pay boosts, a veteran protection clause, a separate strip mining contract, a new UMW welfare fund board, cessation of employer litigation, operator welfare fund contributions, uniform ton pay, and guaranteed rates for day and piece workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
U.M.W. Welfare Fund
Welfare Fund
IllinoisPolio Care Plan Aims Local Centered Treatment
Illinois health authorities map plans to provide more facilities and professional care for polio patients near home. The polio planning committee led by Dr. Roland R. Cross considers secondary and primary referral centers with one designated secondary per area and streamlined diagnostic channels. A community consultation plan would have private physicians lead local polio diagnosis and treatment after specialized training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Roland R. Cross
Cross
Marion Man 70 Killed When Struck by Truck
Alva Cooksey 70 an insurance salesman from Marion was killed at 5 25 p m yesterday three miles south of Marion on Route 37 after his car collided with another. Galsel Redmon Beckville Texas drove the truck that struck Cooksey who was beside his car. Redmon is in Williamson county jail for an inquest at 5 p m today Frick funeral home Marion. Cooksey leaves a wife and daughter Mrs Logan Roth Marion. He resided 1011 West Main Street.
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Alva Cooksey
Marion
Cooksey
Galsel Redmon
Beckville
Texas
Redmon
Williamson County
Frick Funeral Home
Logan Roth
West Main Street
Trainmen Set Strike Date
Cleveland Feb 17 AP The Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors set February 27 at 5 am CST as the strike date. The unions represent about 250 000 railroad workers and fixed the date after a deadlock over a 40 hour week without pay cuts and contract improvements. The action triggers railway labor act procedures with mediation and possible fact finding and a 60 day status quo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and Order of Railway Conductors
C.S.T
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Truman
Formosa Welcomes Lunar New Year Amid Cold War Fears
In Taipei Formosa the Year of the Tiger began as the Year of the Ox ended. Though celebrations occurred nationwide firecrackers drove away spirits and residents wore their finest. Despite joy the island faced ongoing fear of the Russian bear and an uncertain year ahead.
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Taipei
Formosa
Polish consul aide quits rather than return to Poland
Stanis law A. Skarzynski 38, assistant to the Polish consul in Pittsburgh, resigned his post saying there is no liberty in Poland today. He cited political conditions as the reason for leaving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Stanislaw A. Skarzynski
Poland
Skarzynski
Polish Bishop Placed Under House Arrest in Pomerania
Warsaw reports that Bishop Kazimierz Kowalski, head of Chelmo diocese, was put under house arrest at his residence in Pomerania. The official Polish news agency released the dispatch today.
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Warsaw
Poland
Kazimierz Kowalski
Chelmo
Pomerania
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Nichols
Clear Creek Dike
One World Government In Peace Aid
Senate
Russia
Clare E. Hoffman
R-Mich
Tydings
Crab Orchard Lake
Mississippi River
Shawneetown
Alben Barkley
Sam Rayburn
Harry Byrd
A. Willis Robertson
Virginia
James Eastland
John Stennis
Mississippi
Steel
Oho
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
U.M.W
Junior
Bertram D. Tallamy
Max 23. Gardner
Charles Luckman
Marty
William Boyle, Jr
Mrs. Truman
Lewis’ Plan
Cleveland
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