Boy 15 Confesses Strangling Neighbor Child in Chicago
A 15-year-old boy confessed to police that he strangled and hanged a 3-year-old neighbor, Thomas Whitey Laux, in a South Side flat. His younger brother retracted an earlier confession, claiming the elder acted alone. both boys remain held without charge.
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Chicago
John Trinka
Robert Munday
Thomas “Whitey” Laux
South Side
Mundays
Robert
Charles
Edward T. Breen
Frank Reynolds
Stockyards
Charles Munday
Thomas ‘‘Whitey
Laux
Boy Confesses to Neighbor's Killing Then Recants
A 13-year-old boy initially confessed to strangling and hanging a neighbor child, but later recanted. Investigators focused on the Munday brothers as a basement crime scene surfaced with a "Hang Noose club" sign, while the death of 3-year-old Thomas Laux was ruled a strangulation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reynolds
Timothy O’connor
Charlies
Thomas
Jerry Kearns
O’connor
Ohbrles
Stevenson Signs Bill for Gateway Pamphlet
Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson signed a $65,000 appropriation to print and publish a pamphlet explaining the Gateway amendment. The pamphlet will be distributed before the November election to inform voters about liberalizing the Illinois charter change. Other bills approved include restructuring the Veterans Commission, extending the Mining Commission, renewing the Coal Products Commission, and funding a portrait of Hugh W. Cross.
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Stevenson
Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
Illinois Mining Commission
Illinois Coal Products Commission
Hugh W. Cross
Jerseyvile
Weather View: Warm and Fair with Thunder Showers Later
A mainly fair forecast through Friday shows isolated thundershowers in the afternoon or evening. Low around 72, Friday high near 90 to 95, with temps today in the mid 70s to lower 80s and a peak around noon. Readings include spillway levels at Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake, and Mississippi River level at Grand Tower at 16.4 feet, down 1.6 feet in 24 hours.
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Crab Orchard Lake Spillway
Little Grassy Lake
Mississippi River Grand Tower
Local Newspaper Sections and Page Designations
The index lists sections for today including national page 1 local news page 3 editorials society news page 5 sports pages 12 and 13 comics page 13 classified ads pages 14 and 15 markets page 15 births deaths marriage licenses page 15 and pictures page 16.
Horrifying Snakebite Tale Stirs Southern Illinois Towns
A circulating legend claims two boys were bitten by a poisonous snake, their mother hurriedly drove them to a doctor, and she accidentally ran over and killed her third child. The tale, varying by town, appears across Carbondale Murphysboro Cobden Pinckneyville and Du Quoin with shifting locations.
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Illinois
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Cobdan
Pinckneyville
du Quoin
Recruited At Carbondale Enlistments Hit Sixty Five
Sergeant Leonard R. Toler announced that 65 men enlisted in the Army and Air Force at Carbondale between January 1 and June 30. Army provided 39 enlistments, Air Force 23, with two for officer candidate school. Communities contributing include Carbondale, Jonesboro, Cobden, Chester, Gorum, Sparta, Pinckneyville, McClure, Shawneetown, Willisville, Du Quoin, and Percy. Training navigators now open to enlistments. eligible ages 20 to 26, base at Ellington Field Texas, first class begins November 1 with new class every 30 days.
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Leonard R. Toler
Carbondale
U. S. Army
U. S. Air Force
Army
Air Force
Jackson
Union
Jonesboro
Cobden
Chester
Gorham
Sparta
Pinckneyville
McClure
Shawneetown
Willisville
du Quoin
Percy
Air Forces
Toler
Ellington Air Force Base
Texas
Seventeen Girls Vie For Miss Illinois 1949 Title
Seventeen contestants from Bloomington to Springfield vie for Miss Illinois of 1949 in the Illinois Junior Chamber of Commerce beauty pageant to be judged Saturday. The winner goes to the Miss America finals in Atlantic City with host Viola Hutmacher of Quincy, 1948.
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Quincy
Illinois Junior Chamber of Commerce
Atlantic City
Viola Hutmacher
Rains Bring some Relief To Hot Areas
The nation endures heat and humidity with no general break in sight. Rain and cool air offer relief in parts of New York and New England while drought persists in southern New England and the Northeast. Crop losses in Massachusetts Rhode Island and Connecticut run five to ten million dollars, possibly reaching thirty million without rain. Midwest rains aid crops as temperatures peak in the hot zone.
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U. S.S
New England
New York State
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Rocky Mountain
Drouth
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Washington
Kansas
Salina
Wichita
Duluth
Minn
Marquette
Mich
Pacic Coast
Truman Housing Bill Heads to President After Senate-House Accord
The Truman administration moves toward signing a vast housing bill after a House Senate conference approved a compromise plan. The measure backs public housing slum clearance and farm housing aid with subsidies and loans, trimming earlier goals to 810,000 units in six years and up to 308 million dollars yearly in subsidies. The package includes a five year slum clearance fund, a three part farm housing program, a research effort for cheaper homebuilding, and extended government loan and mortgage insurance authorities.
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Washington
Congress
Truman
House
Senate
Raymond Foley
Dewey Names Dulles to Fill Wagner Post
Gov Thomas E Dewey named John Foster Dulles to fill the U S Senate vacancy created by Robert F Wagner resigning for health reasons Dulles will serve interim until December 1 A special election on November 8 will decide the remainder of the term Dulles a longtime foreign affairs adviser has been repeatedly mentioned as a potential secretary of state and has held major roles in international law diplomacy and the church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Thomas E. Dewey
John Foster Dulles
United States Senate
Robert F. Wagner
Dulles
Wagner
Dewey
Senate
Herbert H. Lehman
Lehman
William O’dwyer
New York City
Bronx County
Edward J. Flynn
United Nations General Assembly
U. N
Council of Foreign Ministers
Boy Mistakes Bullet Wound for Bee Sting
Milwaukee reporters say a 9 year old boy named Mike Dragolowich was stung by a bee but doctors found a .22 caliber slug in his chest after he hiked two miles home from a dump area where he played. Doctors describe his condition as good.
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Mike Dragolowich
Mike
Heat Killing Scores Of Henry County Hogs
In Kewanee on July 7 AP reports a heat wave killing many hogs in Henry county, which bills itself the Hog Capital of the World. Rendering plants have stopped accepting carcasses. Kenneth Lake, farm adviser, urged farmers to build shelters to shade animals.
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Henry County
Kenneth Lake
Cairo faces service cuts after aid bill fails
Mayor Egbert A. Smith said Cairo must curb public services after the legislature did not pass an aid to cities act. City officials plan cuts in police, fire, trash and maybe other departments, with higher fire insurance rates as a likely result.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Egbert A. Smith
Smith
U S Steel Rejects Union Demands in Major Strike Looming
U S Steel rejects the union demand as Britain faces a fresh financial crunch with a one billion plus gold shortfall. Congress and officials warn no extra U S aid beyond Marshall Plan funds, while Cripps reports recessionary production gains and calls for Britain’s continued economic adjustment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Steel
Union Sets July 13 Meeting Amid Steel Talks
The union wage policy committee will meet July 13 to decide on a possible strike set for July 16 as U S Steel rejects a fourth wage increase and company funded pension and insurance plans. Negotiations were recessed indefinitely with no agreed terms on wages pensions or insurance.
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U. S. Steel Corp
C. S. O.-United Steelworkers
Philip Murray
Steel Corporation
U. S. Steel
Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
Benjamin F. Fairless
VU. S&. Steel
New York
Murray
Truman Eyes Federal Aid to Education Bill
President Truman told the National Education Association convention he hopes to sign a satisfactory federal aid bill this session to provide about 300 million dollars annually for equalized educational opportunities and higher teacher salaries. He noted Senate passage and expected early House action. The NEA committee on tenure and academic freedom said it would not defend known Communists in teaching ranks.
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Boston
Mass
Truman
Congress
National Education Association
Senate
House Committee
House
Parents of Dead Child To Take Mental Tests
Chicago AP report notes mental examinations ordered for William Lehman 26 and Inez Lehman 21, parents of 2 1/2 year old Elizabeth Ann Lehman found dead in bed from malnutrition and pneumonia. They faced a domestic relations court charge of contributing to the dependency of a minor. disorderly conduct added to permit the exams. Hearing continued to July 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
William Lehman
Inez
Elizabeth Ann
Harry P. Beam
Record Heat Wave Hits Portugal With Fatal Storms
Lisbon and Coimbra report extreme heat with 146 degrees in the sun the highest in Portugal. Over past week violent thunderstorms have killed twenty and injured many as cyclones, floods and drought damage crops and streams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portugal
Lisbon
Coimbra
Pastor Edward Yoder Dies at 71 in Morton
The Rev. Edward Yoder aged 71, a retired pastor of the Apostolic Christian church, died today in Morton, Illinois. Local clergy and church members expressed condolences and remembered his decades of service.
Drowning in Lake Michigan Near Waukegan Claims 19-Year-Old
In Waukegan on July 7 AP reports Robert A. Walter, 19, of North Chicago drowned while swimming with three companions in Lake Michigan. The incident occurred early today with authorities and responders at the scene.
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Waukegan
Robert A. Walter
North Chicago
Lake Michigan
Contracts Extended With Little Steel
Extension of contracts with 72 small steel companies employing 40 000 workers announced by William J. Hart district 19 director of the C S C United Steelworkers of America. Term dates align with U S Steel Corp allowing plants to continue if Big Steel is struck July 16 as negotiations with U S Steel proceed. Negotiations with smaller firms will begin with possible no suspensions of operations for Little Steel.
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Pittsburgh
William J. Hart
District 19
C. S. C.-United Steelworkers of America
U. S. Steel Corp
Hart
U. S. Steel
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Pegler
Westbrook Pegler
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Andrew D. Jacobs
D-Ind
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Kankakee
Marion
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Mount Vernon
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Granite City
Rock Island
The
Associated Press
Ber. Dulles
Boy
Milwaukee
Wis
Kewanee
U.S
Britain
Great Britain
U. S
Dean Acheson
England
Sir Stafford Cripps
United States
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Pat McCarran
D-Nev
Appropriations Committee
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Rmich
Paul G. Hoffman
Hoffman
Cripps
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
E. A
Homer Capehart
R-Ind
Millard Tydings
Canada
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