Council Hires Weeds Cutter For City Lands
City council hires Ott Holliday to cut weeds on city-owned property. Health officer told to notify lot owners with weed and trash issues, declaring some lots public nuisances. City could not legally clean outside limits or levy charges, as it would be trespass and debt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ott Holliday
Cal Cavaness
E. V. Miller
Holliday
Raymond Berger
Cavaness
John I. Wright
Paul Brown
Helton
City Records System Talked at Carbondale Council
City officials discussed starting a new city bookkeeping system with help from Southern Illinois University commerce students for a few weeks. Finance Commissioner Miller provided ledger check sheets for weekly budget checks. Extensions on North Wall street were debated depending on Kopper's tie plant payment. Green street water extension lacked taps for further work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herry Curtis
Carbondale
Curtis
Southern Illinois University
Commerce Department
E. V. Miller
Local News Rights Notice in AP Style
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Associated Press
I U Observes 75th Birthday Anniversary at SIU
The Mas ter Mason Grand Master Fred I. Mills of Robinson leads 60 Masons in a dedication procession and ritual at a Diamond Jubilee ceremony on the SIU campus. Dr. Douglas Lawson, Dean, notes the 1874 faculty appearance featuring seven drama students and Dr Archibald McLeod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knights Templar
A. F
A. M
Fred I. Mills
Robinson
Southern Illinois University
Douglas Lawson
College of Educa
D. W. Morris
S.I.U
Archibald Mc
Fred I Mills
Grand Lodge of Illinois
Area War Dead Return to U.S.
The bodies of 174 more American service members who died in World War II have been returned to the United States aboard the Carroll Victory. The transport carried 17 Southern Illinois dead among 3,333 total, with next of kin and addresses listed for each.
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United States
Europe
France
Holland
Belgium
United States Army
Carroll Victory
Southern Illinois
Noble E. Barker
Robley Barker
South First Street
Fairfield
Gray H
Russell R. Jones
Eula B. Jones
Iuka
Glen C. Lindsey
Viola M. Norris
Marion
James E. McIntosh
Ed McIntosh
East Eighth Street
West Frankfort
Robert L. Morris
Ralph Morris
Mt. Vernon
William P. O’haver
Reed H. O’haver
Lexington Avenue
Lawrenceville
Herbert F. Pitcher
William T. Pitcher
Commercial Avenue
Cairo
Bertis R. Prince
Ralph Prince
East Main Street
McLeansboro
Noble T. Reynolds
Ida Reynolds
Harrisburg
Arthur L. Roberts
Amasa R. Roberts
Norman W. Steele
John H. Steele
Metropolis Street
Metropolis
R. L. van Hoorebeke
Freda van Hoorebeke
North
Chestnut Street
du Quoin
Carbondale Tie Plant Worker Hurt At Holden Hospital
Everett L. Smith was admitted to Holden hospital Tuesday with multiple fractures in one foot after an accident at the Koppers company tie plant in Carbondale. No further details of the mishap were reported from the plant.
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Everett L. Smith
Holden Hospital
Koppers Company
Carbondale
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges Local Patients
Admitted Tuesday Loren L. Smith accident Carbondale. Joseph Pugh medical Carbon dale. Mrs Hattie McKinney medical Hopkinsville Ky. Mrs Amos Mitchell surgical Carterville. Mrs Frank Catteneo surgical Carbondale. Miss Genevieve Farner medical Discharged Tuesday Mrs J W Peterson and daughter Herrin. Mrs Willfred Walton surgical Johnston City. Mrs Joe Phemister surgical.
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Hattie McKinney
Hopkinsville, Ky
Amos Mitchell
Carterville
Willfred Walton
Surgical
Johnston City
Joe Phemister
Carbondale
Funeral for Mrs Marie L Roseman Thursday
Funeral services for Marie L Roseman 23 Carbondale will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Rock Hill Baptist Church with Rev L W Mingo and Rev W Clark officiating. She died Saturday in a Chicago hospital. Survived by husband Dan Roseman Jr four daughters Zora Dian Sharron and Eva her mother Beatrice Mays of Kirkwood Mo father Rev Louis Glass of Chicago a sister Deloma Glass and two brothers Thomas and James Glass. Friends may call after 5 p.m. today at 308 East Larch Street Carbondale. Burial in Oakland Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie L. Roseman
Carbondale Negro
Chicago
Dan Roseman
East Larch Street
Carbondale
Zora
Dian
Sharron
Eva
Beatrice Mays
Kirkwood
Louis Glass
Deloma Glass
Lois Ann Glass
Thomas Glass
James Glass
East Larch
Rock Hill Baptist Church
L. W. Mingo
Rev. W. Clark
Oakland Cemetery
Four Area Doctors Take Boat Trip Down Mississippi
Five area doctors depart early this morning on a thousand mile Mississippi voyage led by Dr. Leo Brown. D. E. Robinson C. E. Hart and Carl Reilly join Brown, with D. W. Morris aboard. The 25-foot Chris Craft cruiser carries hospital linkages, a ship log, and planned stops at Chicot Memphis Natchez and Vicksburg en route to New Orleans.
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Mississippi River
Leo Brown
Illinois
D. E. Robinson
Herrin
C. E. Hart
Zeigler
Carl Reilly
Marion
Brown
Herrin Hospital
D. W. Morris
Southern Illinois University
Robinson
Hart
Reilly
Missouri
Arkansas
Carbondale Boat Dock
Crab Orchard Lake
Cairo
Chicot
Ark
Memphis
Natchez
Vicksburg
Muller Accepts Year-Long Chair Role in Library Buildings Group
Dr. Robert H. Muller director of libraries at Southern Illinois University will again chair the Association of Colleges and Reference Libraries committee on college and university library buildings. The group is a subsidiary of the American Library Association. Muller accepted in response to a request from the association president.
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Robert H. Muller
Southern _ Illinois university
The
Association of Colleges and Reference Libraries
American Library Association
Muller
Association
Soviet expansion in the Far East eyed by NYT editor
Robert Aura Smith, foreign editor of the New York Times, spoke at Southern Illinois University in Shryock auditorium on a lecture titled The Far East. He traced rising nationalism, colonial shifts, and Soviet expansion aims, criticizing Yalta terms and noting Molotov’s leadership in East Asia. He praised U S aid to the Philippines, warned China’s weakness, and urged broader aid to defend liberty while forecasting Indonesia stabilization. Smith will lecture again in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
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Soviet Union
Far East
Robert Aura Smith
New York Times
Shryock Auditorium
Smith
Southern Illinois University
University
Malaya
Java
Burma
Manchuria
Denver
Wesleyan
Ohio
Oxford
England
Christian Science Monitor
Mr. Smith
East
China
Molotov
Russia
Yalta
California Manufacturing to Lease Murphysboro Estate Plant
The Barth estate on North Fourteenth Street will host a garment industry plant for the California Manufacturing company of St. Louis. A ten year lease with a two year option was signed. production expected by August first with 35 to 40 initial workers and up to 175 at full scale. Plant manager Paul Wilhelm will stay on. offices are in St. Louis. The firm, with plants in California MO and East Prairie MO, manufactures leather and cloth sport jackets.
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Martin Oil Company
North Washington Avenue
F. Eldridge Corbit
Water Maintenance Department
North Wall Street
Kopper
Barth
North Fourteenth Street
Murphysboro
California Manufacturing Company of St. Louis
S. J. Bronstein
Chamber of Commerce Industrial Committee
Ely-Walker Company
Bronstein
Paul Wilhelm
Ely- Walker
Wilhelm
Ely-Walker
California
Missouri
Ely Walker
L. v. Handleman
Harry Kayman
Murdale Airport on Track to Become Southern Illinois Hub
Dr O B Young secretary of the Murdale Airport authority told Carbondale Kiwanis last night that Murdale airport is well on its way to becoming a major facility in Southern Illinois. He noted rapid progress on initial construction at the De Soto township site midway between Carbondale and Murphysboro and said a hangar administration building may begin soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdale
Illinois
O. B. Young
Dr. Young
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Southern Illinois University
Mardale
Rt. 13
Three Meter Dodgers Receive Traffic Tickets
Carbondale police chief Lee Davis reported several parking meter offenders were issued traffic tickets instead of nickel fines. He noted some people avoided patrols and others destroyed tickets. traffic offenses carry fines from $3 to $100.
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Carbondale
Lee Davis
Health Board to Chart Budget in Meet Tomorrow
The Jackson County Health Board will convene at 1 00 p m Thursday at the Murphysboro court house to discuss a tentative operational budget for the coming year The panel voted in November to form the unit but has no official power before July 1 and Dr K W Willis says the budget depends on staff hires The board expects about 465 000 yearly with 27 000 from local taxes and 18 000 from state subsidies If approved tomorrow the plan goes to the Jackson county Board of Supervisors for final staffing and levy decisions The unit will focus on information and prevention rather than direct medical cases and will advise schools government agencies and others on health matters
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Jackson County Wealth Board
Court House
Murphysboro
Jackson County
K. W. Willis
State Department of Health
Dr. Willis
Jackson County Board of Supervisors
Board of Supervisors
County Health Board
Board of Health
Willis
Cora Rollo
Murphysbor
John Gilbert
Carbondale
J. A. Petrazic
Ava
E. D. McGuire
Marie Henricks
Park Jarrett
July 14 Deadline for Carbondale Community Chest requests
Mrs Lucille Etherton, secretary of the Carbondale Community Council, announced that July 14 is the deadline for requests for inclusion in the Community Chest budget. Organized groups should send their requests or representatives to the council meeting on July 14 at Teen Town.
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Carbondale
Goetz Reviews Rotary Club Accomplishments
Harry Goetz the newly elected president of Carbondale's Rotary club presided for the first time at yesterday's meeting in the Hotel Roberts He reviewed the club's achievements over the past year Vice President Paul McRoy distributed brochures on Southern Illinois financed by the Carbondale Service council The first brochures contained mistakes and were sent back to printers for correction they will be available for distribution shortly after corrections.
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Harry Goetz
Carbondale
Rotary Club
Hotel Roberts
Paul McRoy
Southern Illinois
Carbondale Service Council
McRoy
Injured in Wreck Near Fidelity Mine
Martha Stegman of St. Louis was injured in a car crash at 2:15 p m near the Fidelity coal mine on Route 152 east of Du Quoin. Taken to Marshall Browning Hospital, she suffered a back injury but was listed in good condition. State Patrolman Carl Pendell investigated. Du Quoin police expected a full report the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha Stegman
St. Louis
Fidelity
Rt. 152
du Quoin
Marshall- Browning
Carl Pendell
McLeansboro
Joseph P Simpson 83 dies in Elkville home
Joseph P Simpson 83 died at his Elkville home at 3 p.m. Monday. A Jackson county pioneer, he leaves wife Millie F Simpson of Elkville, five sons George L Robert T Joseph S Ralph Otis, four daughters Minnie F Williams Mae E Dabner Sadie Smith Modena L High, two sisters Porter Woods and Lacy Willems. Friends may call at Jackson funeral home. Services Friday 2 p.m. at Mt Zion Baptist Church Hallidayboro conducted by Rev. William Reid. Burial in Great Cemetery Hallidayboro.
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Joseph P. Simpson
Elkville
Jackson County
Millie F. Simpson
George L
Robert T
Joseph S. Newerk
N. J
Ralph
Otis
Chicago
Minnie F. Williams
Mae E. Dabner
Sadie Smith
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Tamaroa
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Roy Weshinskey
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Reading
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Thon
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R. E. Haroldson
Center
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John Morgan
East St. Louis
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Dr. Maurits Kesnar
Roy W. Field
C. T. Houghton
J. F. van Natta
O. K Bowen
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U.S
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Joseph Pugh
Frank Catteneo
Genevieve Farner
J. W. Peterson
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