Cairo Man Cleared as Georgia Tax Suit Upheld by Court
The U S circuit court of appeals upheld a lower court ruling that J B Wenger of Cairo evaded Georgia liquor taxes by shipping 79 000 gallons to Georgia and that the claim. was outside federal jurisdiction The decision found Georgia did not state a federal constitutional claim and affirmed the district court ruling in East St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Cairo
Georgia
J. B. Wenger
U. S
East St. Louis
Wenger
District
Court of Appeals
District Court
Court of Apeals
Otto Kerner
Philip Finnegan
Walter C. Lindley
State of Georgia
Area Primaries Draw Near Record Turnout in Southern Illinois
Voters packed area primaries Tuesday with Carbondale's turnout likely a historic high. Charles Johnson led the Carbondale mayoral race with 1120 votes, John S. Wright 1004, Hubert Loftus 601, and Violet Cox 980. Murphysboro's vote was light at 330. Pinckneyville saw mayoral winner William Cunningham Jr. with 622. incumbent Stumpe 412. Carson 372. Benton elected Edwin Hair with 1822 votes. rival Knight 1181. Mayors Burpo and Rodd lost in West Frankfort and Marion respectively, while Anna and other towns advanced their races.
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Illinois
Carbondale
Charles Johnson
John S. Wright
Johnson
Wright
Hubert Loftus
Southern Illinois University
Violet Cox
Murphysboro
Everett Ballard
E. A. Bantel
Shirley Moore
W. M. Callaway
Anna
Dale Denny
Robert M. Choate
William J. Cunningham Jr
Pinckneyville
John H. Stumpe
Clifford Carson
Harry R. Rodd
Marion
William Shannon
Rodd
Burpo
Edwin Hair
Benton
Hair
Angus Knight
Virgil Center
Herrin
Carterville
Zeigler
Christopher
New Uranium Prospecting Bonuses Announced by AEC
Washington reports the Atomic Energy Commission offers new jackpots up to 35000 dollars to spur domestic uranium prospecting. The scheme targets low grade ores and supplements, but does not replace the ongoing 10000 dollar prize for delivering 40000 pounds of high grade ore from a newly discovered deposit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
A.E.C
Weather Summary For Crab Orchard Area
Showers and clouds with wind this afternoon and tonight. Cooler Thursday with a high in the mid fifties and low around freezing. Precipitation 0.51 inch in the past 24 hours. Humidity 86 percent at 8 a m. Wind averaged 1.58 miles per hour. Crab Orchard Lake 14 inches above spillway Monday. Little Grassy Lake percent below spillway Monday.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Carbondale Pages Highlight Local News And Fashion
The index lists sections across today’s edition including Local News on page 3 Editorial on page 4 Women’s News on pages 6 and 7 Sports on pages 8 and Carbondale Spring Fashions on pages 11 and 37 Classified Ads on pages 1 and 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zea
Carbondale
Labor Chiefs Debate Wage Ceiling Move
National labor leaders debated opposing the wage ceiling plan as Stabilizer Eric Johnston pressed for board changes. Johnston signed Regulation No. 6 capping increases at 10 percent from January 15 1950 and urged seven relaxations. A wage board meeting chaired by Cyrus S. Ching weighed whether to act today or tomorrow amid March 1 increases and possible labor reactions.
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Washington
Eric Johnston
Johnston
Cyrus S. Ching
Wage Stabilization Board
United Labor Policy Committee
Office of Price Stabilization
Ching
Winter Storms Sweep Across Northern States
A fresh winter system from western Kansas brought snow and cold air to the northern Plains and Rockies. Blizzard conditions were forecast for western and northern Minnesota with near zero temperatures in parts of the storm belt. Snow flurries persisted in the Great Lakes, New England, and the northeastern states as a second system unsettled Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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Associated Press
Rockies
Plains
Minnesota
Great Lakes
New England
Kansas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Iowa
Nebraska
West Frankfort Man Named Mine Inspector
John L. Romine of West Frankfort is named state mine inspector for Franklin and Perry counties by the Illinois Mines and Minerals department. He replaces John D. Kinstler, who died February 8 after serving since September 15, 1947. Romine has 24 years in Illinois coal mines and 15 years as face boss at Old Ben mine No. 8.
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Springfield
Ill
John L. Romine
West Frankfort
Franklin and
Perry Counties
Illinois Mines and Minerals Department
Romine
John D. Kinstler
Kinstler
Illinois
Old Ben
Save Europe From Reds Clay Says Western Defense Ready In Year
Lucius D. Clay told Senate committees that Western Europe can be rebuilt into a strong defense in one year with full speed arming and American troops. He urged sending U S troops without limits to support a European defense force and argued against delaying until Europeans are ready. He predicted Russians will not start a war until they are ready and urged continued arming and troop deployment.
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Washington
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Germany
Western
Europe
North Atlantic
Clay
Senate Foreign Relations and Armed Services Committees
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Herbert Hoover
Eisenhower
Joint Committee
Senate
Kenneth Wheely
Nebraska
Congress
Husband Slain in Home Of Estranged Wife
In Streator, Clarence Ingalsbee, 41, a carpenter, was shot in the abdomen with a .32 caliber pistol during a quarrel at the home of his estranged wife Rae, a beauty operator. Rae became hysterical and was placed under a physician’s care. Police plan to question her later. the couple had been separated 18 months and have two small children.
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Clarence Ingalsbee
Rae
John Gaydos
Ingalsbee
Ingalsbée
Gaydas
Red Supply Route Seized By Americans
American forces pushed six miles into the eastern central Korean front near Amidong and Pangnim, linking up with the U second division to broaden control of the Red supply route. Major action centered on the Pangnim Hoengsong corridor and the capture of a hill south of Chipyong as Allied units faced stiff resistance north of Seoul.
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Tokyo
Japan
Amidong
Parallel 38
Pangnim
U. S
Hoengsong
Changdong
Changchon
Seoul
Han River
U.S
U. S. First Marine Division
Pangnim-Hoengsong
Korean Peninsula
Kangnung
Old Republic
Claude B. Ferenbaugh
Third Corps
Chipyong
Yangpyong
Robs Centralia Tavern of 4000 Dollars
A patron at the 209 club in Centralia hit proprietor Raymond Duty, 42, with a wine bottle and stole about 4000 dollars in cash after 10 straight visits. Duty described the suspect as about 35, six feet tall, 190 pounds, who fled while a second man waited inside. Duty was taken to St. Mary’s hospital. the tavern owner feared the safe was opened during the robbery.
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Duty
Patice
Data Wen Bf
Trevivers
Cairo Clamps Down on Gambling in City
Cairo Illinois February 28 Mayor Egbert A Smith ordered police to clamp the lid on all gambling and ban club gambling. He announced a weekly lottery sponsored by merchants with tickets given for purchases at cooperating stores and prizes ranging from 25 to 200 dollars. He also addressed Kefauver testimony from St. Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Ill
Egbert A. Smith
St. Louis
Sen
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate crime probes urged to study liquor syndicate
Nashville officials report state Tax Commissioner Clarence Evans asked the Senate crime committee to investigate a Cairo Illinois based liquor syndicate. The operation allegedly nets about 20 million dollars yearly and extends across the South and Oklahoma. Tennessee alcohol tax chief J S Palmore links two principals to the Chicago Capone gang.
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Nashville
Tenn
Senate Crime Committee
Cairo
Clarence Evans
South
Oklahoma
Evans
J. S. Palmore
Tennessee Alcohol Tax Division
Ring
Chicago Capone Gang
Payroll Taken At Air Base in Texas Robbery
Feb 3 reports from White Falls Texas say a lone bandit robbed an air base payroll station seizing $33,000. Initial claims spoke of two armed men but later remarks indicated a single assailant. one shot was fired and an officer was wounded.
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Whita Falls
Texas
Shepard
Air Force Base
Baldug
Go Me
Marion Hearings Hear Complaints Over Telephone Service
Eleven area residents testified as Marion public hearings on a proposed rate boost for Illinois Commercial Telephone Company entered a second day. Officials from Herrin, Jonesboro, and Hurst reported ongoing service problems, long delays, and failed calls.
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Marion
Illinois Commercial Telephone Company
Herrin
Fred Schoonover
Ward 3
Schoonover
Hosea Borum
Richard Cochran
Harrisburg Bluebird Coal Co
Harrisburg
Frousa
Norge
Arpis
Robert O. Jesperg
Sangamo
Jesperg
Alva E. McCluskey
Nebraska Senators Observe Birthdays On Same Date
Nebraska senators Hugh Butler and Kenneth S. Wherry share the same birthday as Republicans in the Senate. Wherry marks his 59th year as minority leader while Butler’s age is not disclosed.
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Nebraska
Washington
Hugh Butler
Kenneth S. Wherry
Wherry
Senate
Butler
Truman Aide Not Called In RFC Probe
Senate banking panel under Fulbright delays Dawson testimony to avoid White House clash as it probes RF C lending favors. The coat affair tied to Rosenbaum and Young prompts new hearings with Strandlund of Lustron to testify while Rosenbaum and Young face questions on loans and control moves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
White House
Donald Dawson
Truman
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Dawson
H F.C
Subcommittee
E. Merl Young
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
R.F.C
Fulbright
Young
Rosenbaum
Carl G. Strandlund
Lustron Corp
Columbus
Ohio
Strandlund
R.F
Walter L. Dunham
Lustron
Rem Jacobs
Detroit
Veteran pilot crash lands plane saving 29 passengers
A Mid-Continent Airlines craft suffered a fire after takeoff from Joplin airport bound for Houston. Captain Paul C. Walters, 43, Kansas City, guided the crippled airliner to a safe crash landing, saving 29 passengers and three crew members. Co-pilot Forrest Hall, 28, also Kansas City, and four passengers were hospitalized. Walters and hostess Cecilia Littell helped evacuate everyone before the plane exploded in flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa
Okla
Mid-Continent Airlines
Paul C. Walters
Kansas City
Cecilia Littell
Forrest Hall
Kansan City
Ald Tulsans
Jounietpil
Houston
Texas
Senate Probers Trace Two Underworld Crime Regimes
Senate investigators portray Charles Lucky Luciano as an Italian- based czar in a hidden national underworld. They cite two main crime syndicates with Miami Chicago and New York Miami axes led by Accardo Adonis Costello and others. The panel warns official corruption aids organized crime and cites governors and police appointments tied to gambling influence.
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Washington
Senate
Charles
Lucky
Luciano
New York
Italy
United States
Crimesters
Sen. Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Miami
Fla
Chicago Capone
Tony Accardo
Fischetti Brothers
Jake Guzik
Frank Costello
Joe Adonis
Adonis
New York -New Jersey
Costello
Fuller , Warrerij
Florida
Forrest Smith
Missouri
Smith
Kansas City
Binaggio
Charles Binaggio
Charles Gargotta
McKittrick
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Underworld
U.S.A
Little Grassy Lake
Today's Index
Washington, D. C
Winter
Red
Centralia Tavern
Cairo Clamps Ltd
Senate Crime Probers
Hurst
Jonesboro
Roy Wilson
Wilson
Anna Exchange
J. F. Grayson
Lions Club
Grayson
J. B. Jarvis
Walter Leith
Reyalton
Termern
Jarvis
Ame
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