Two Killed and Three Injured in Tamaroa Car Crash
A New Orleans bound car carrying a Negro Chicago family crashed into a concrete abutment on U S highway 51 four miles north of Tamaroa at 7 30 am. Driver Willie Morriss 23 and Eva Magee 45 died on impact. Injured were Mrs Eddie Walker 23 her son Charles Ray Walker 5 her niece Rosemary Walker 3 and Mrs Bernice Morriss 20. A three year old girl was uninjured. All victims were from Chicago.
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New Orleans
Tamaroa
U. S Highway 51
Chicago
Willie Morriss
Eva Magee
Eddie Walker
Chales Ray Walker
Rosemary Walker
Bernice Morriss
National Safety Council
Ohio Firebug Awaits Trial
Robert D. Segee, 20, a circus worker, is jailed in Circleville awaiting trial on two arson counts for two Circleville fires. He admits setting the Ringling Bros. circus tent fire in Hartford in 1944 which killed 168 and wounded 412, and says he started numerous other fires across three states including Maine and New Hampshire.
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Columbus
Ohio
Robert D. Segee
Ringling Bros
Segee
Pickaway County
Circleville
Harry
Callan
Hartford
Conn
Ringling
Portland
Portsmouth
N. H
Cast Up Bodies Found In Lake Michigan
Two female bodies found cast up along Lake Michigan may be linked to Northwest Airlines crash that killed 58 aboard during a storm last Saturday. Fingerprints and wedding rings could lead to identification as authorities pursue clues.
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South Haven
Mich
Lake Michigan
Northwest Airlines
U. S
Legion Chief Warns communists not welcome
Eldorado Illinois July 1 UP American Legion National Commander George N Craig of Brazil Indiana says the nation cannot accommodate both the Legion and the communist party. He made the remark at the dedication of a new Legion hall declaring the Legion will not move out.
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Eldorado
Ill
American Legion
George N. Craig
Brazil
Ind
Legion
Communist Party
Craig
Crab Orchard & Illinois Southern rail line opens July 2
Dave Grear unveils the Crab Orchard and Illinois Southern narrow gauge line with a 54-seat local, the Egyptian Limited, sparked by a jeeps engine loco named Old 97. The project, aiming to build Egyptian Kiddieland, surrounds the Egyptian Drive In theater with two depot buildings and a 70 foot platform.
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Southern Illinois
Crab Orchard
Illinois Southern Railroad
Klaxon
Dave Grear
Herrin
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
American
Grear
Illinois Central Railroad
Casey Jones
Toby Evans
Brotherhood
Murphysboro
Herrin Journal
Florida
Bethlehem Steel Co
Detroit
Mich
Zeigler
Railway Express Agency
Midwest
Johnston
Ilinois Central
Truman
United States
Weather summary for Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy area
Cloudy and warmer with partial sun and scattered thundershowers possible. Highs reach near 88 while tonight’s low around 60 to 65. Wind light, humidity about 28 percent, no precipitation since yesterday. Spillway levels show Crab Orchard Lake Eleven feet below spillway yesterday and Little Grassy Lake level yesterday.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
U M W Welfare Pay Reactivated With Stricter Rules
UMW welfare payments resume for hospital and medical care to living miners and their wives and children under 18. Disability benefits stay paused. pension and death benefits already restarted. Medical payments exclude minor injuries and most outpatient care, with glasses and dental work limited to hospitalization cases.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Welfare Fund
30 000 Expected at Murphysboro Fourth Fete
Murphysboro prepares Riverside Park for the Old Glory Fourth crowd with 30 000 anticipated visitors. Victor Miller notes plans are complete and weather is the only unknown as baseball games rides concerts and a large fireworks display fill the day.
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Murphysboro
Riverside Park
Victor Miller
Jackson County
Illinois
Chairmas Miller
Murphysboro Junior Merchants
Ie du Quoin Lions
Syphan
Lrico
Murphysboro Merchants
du Quoin Packers
o/ Foreign Wars
Vcenter Drive
Willie Smith
Timea
West Lawn Slope
Miller
Murphysborn
Noen
Murphysboro Sea Scouts
Bernard Williams
Elmer Etherton
M. J. Mozarth
Clifton Bovers
Venezuelan officials plan recovery of 15 American crash victims
Balboa Panama July 1 AP Venezuelan government was reported arranging for the recovery of the bodies of 15 Americans who died in a missionary plane crash in the Venezuelan jungle three weeks ago.
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Balboa
Canal Zone
Venezuela
Optimism Hints at Prolonged Bloody Korea Campaign
Washington reports a hard long campaign ahead as South Korea fights to repel North Korean forces. MacArthur says Suwon remains in South Korean hands while North Koreans push toward the Han River, with airlifts delivering U S troops to slow the advance. Poor weather may hinder air superiority as Korea heads into the rainy season.
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Washington
G. I
South Korea
Japan
Pentagor
MacArthur
America
Korea
Sparta Hospital Closes as Dr Sutherland Steps Back
Dr J C Sutherland to close Sparta hospital after 15 years in town citing heavy workload and desire to return to private practice. He values care over profit, noting last year’s earnings were good but not decisive. Hospital remains offered at 125000. fund drive to 150000 continues with 40000 already raised.
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Southern Illinois
Sutherland Hospital
Sutherland
Suterland
Sparta
Lester Walker
Sparta Community Hospital Association
Walker
Garlic-Swiper Marriage Annulled in LA Court
Mrs Ada Whelan obtained an annulment after testifying her husband Martin F Whelan stole 27800 pounds of garlic. She said he failed to disclose a prior prison term for the theft when they wed on December 4. The court reviewed a criminal record of the garlic theft.
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Los Angeles
Ada Whelan
Martin F. Whelan
Gibson City Defies State on Polluted Creek Order
Gibson City Illinois defies state warning of a 100 dollar daily fine and sets today as the deadline to stop polluting the Drummer Creek. The state Water board plans an inspector visit early next week to verify cleanup and may take action including fines or halting new construction.
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Gibson City
Ill
Clarence Klassen
State Water Board
Water Board
Burge pleads not guilty in $11,000 postal theft
Omar Burge a 65 year old Centralia postal clerk was arraigned in federal court on charges he stole 11 000 from a shipment sent from Herrin to St Louis He told Judge Casper Platt he needed time to consult an attorney Bond was set at 20 000 and he remains jailed in Vermilion county authorities said the money was to be destroyed and used to pay debts from a failed concrete block business venture
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Danville
Ill
Omar Burge
Centralia
Herrin
St. Louis
Burge
Mattoon
Casper Platt
Platt
Vermilion County
Lightning Kills Farmer in Illinois Field
Ralph M. Morrow, 34, was struck and killed by lightning while working in a corn field near Omega Illinois. He died yesterday as he stood with his father in law Mose Brown and Brown's son Otis nearby.
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Omega
Ill
Ralph M. Morrow
Morrow
Mose Brown
Brown
Otis
Sears Order Office Generates $100 In Picnic Sales
In Carbon Dale a Sears Order Office classified ad ran six days for $1.67 and drew 10 to 12 sales, totaling over $100 in picnic baskets ice cream freezers grills thermos jugs and related supplies. The notice directs readers to the Southern Illinoisan classified page for placing similar ads.
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Sears
Carbondale
Sears Order
ABC
North Korean Push At Han River Faces Sudden Airlift To Korea
North Korean forces crossed the Han River and were reported ten miles north of Suwon as South Korean troops held Suwon airstrip. American G I s arrived by air from Japan to bolster defenses near Taejon and Suwon amid reports of a major Red breakthrough and new tanks south of the Han River.
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Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Han River
Suwon
Taejon
Korea
G.i.’S
Japan
South Korea
Republic
Seoul
Pusan
Korean
Korean Defense Ministry
Chunchon
38Th Parallel
Associated Press
William Jorden
Jorden
U. S
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Han River Line
J. C. Sutherland
DR. Sutherland
Haspit
East Broadway
Red Bud Hospital
Springs Lake
Chester
Garlic-Swiper
Garlic
State
S. Korea
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