Peabody Coal Buys Sinclair Mines in Big Deal
Peabody Coal announced the acquisition of Sinclair Coal Co. stock for about 34 million dollars, forming a joint managed group of 19 mines across Oklahoma Missouri Illinois Indiana Ohio and Kentucky. The deal issues 6 492 000 Peabody shares and aims to boost annual output to 20 to 25 million tons.
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Peabody Coal Go
Chicago
Sinclair Coal Co
Sinclair
Kansas City
R. J. Snider
Peabody Financial
Snider
Peabody
Sinclair’s
Peabody Common
Oklahoma
Missouri
Illinois
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
Seminole
Belleville
Key
Fulton County
Wilmington
Peaboy
Russell Kelce
Pittsburgh Consolidated Corp
Washington
St. Clair
City To Accept Spray Unit From Kiwanis Drive
The Herrin Kiwanis Club will present a jeep spray unit to the City Council Wednesday at 6 15 p m at City Hall. About $3 000 was raised since May 1 for mosquito abatement. Spraying starts that night after the presentation. Police urged residents to cut weeds to boost benefits.
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Herrin Kiwanis Club
Kiwanis
Roy Cornaghie
Cornaghie
Fred Henderson
Bureaus To Meet At Marion Home Bureau Session
The 37th annual Williamson County Home Bureau meeting will convene Tuesday at Marion Junior High. Registration starts at 9:30 a.m. with a 10 a.m. program featuring Home Decoration by Wayne Green of Marion. A noon pot luck lunch follows, then Fabrics and Fashions by R. Riddler of St. Louis. Morning roll call, election of executive board members and officer installation are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamson County Home Bureau
Marion Junior High School
Nicholas Miller
Wayne Green
Marion
R. Riddler
St. Louis
Metropolis Driver Pleads Guilty After Highway Crash
John Heber, 25, of Metropolis, pleaded guilty in Pulaski County Court to driving under the influence. He was fined 100 dollars plus costs after a Saturday arrest by state police following a crash near Karnak on Route 37 in which he failed to stop at an intersection and struck a tree, sustaining minor injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Heber
Metropolis
Pulaski
Karnak
Heher
Soap Box Deadline Near June 10 For Murphysboro Race
Southern Illinois youths race in Murphysboro on July 10 with a June 10 registration deadline. Orlan Wallace and Gene Grob handle signups in Carbondale and Murphysboro. Twenty two entrants so far include 11 year old David Matheny of Carbondale. Contenders seek local sponsors as nine Carbondale area boys await backing. A Wiener roast and a contestant meet at Grob Motors precede the event. Winners advance to Akron Ohio finals for college scholarships and prizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
S. Oakland St
Carbondale
Wallace
Carbondale Area
William
Maurizio
Grob Motors
Grob Ranch
Murphysboro
Chester
Warren Grammer
Akron
Ohio
Two SIU students hurt in Carbondale crash remain serious
In the Carbondale crash near Illinois Avenue two Southern Illinois University students W J Niemeyer 22 Breese and Ralph Jansen 23 Breese remained in serious condition at Doctors Hospital. A second car killed Jack Hindman 23 Herrin and Bob L Fox 26 Zeigler. Funeral services were held and an inquest was tentatively set for Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
Carbondale
Doctors Hospital
Jack Hindman
Herrin
Bob L. Fox
Zeigler
Hindman
University High School Spring Sing Tuesday Evening
The University School Spring Sing will be held at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium. About three hundred pupils from all grades will perform. The program is directed by Margaretta Carey with assistance from student teachers Gwendolyn Welge Lola Crim Bettye Williams Phyllis Foster Gladys Sullivan Jacqueline Sykes and Margie Parker.
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University School
Margaretta Carey
Gwendolyn Welge
Lola Crim
Bettye Williams
Phyllis Foster
Gladys Sullivan
Jacqueline Sykes
Margie Parker
Driver Dies In Flaming Wreck Near Cairo
John Miller, 44, of near Cairo, died after his car overturned and caught fire at a Cairo railroad crossing on First Street near the Missouri bridge. Coroner Paul Baur said the exact cause was unclear. Miller may have overturned after leaving the pavement. The crash occurred about 100 feet from a service station. He left a wife Flora a son three brothers and two sisters. An inquest this morning ruled the death accidental.
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John Miller
Cairo
Alexander County
Paul Baur
Miller
Flora
Cemetery container removal at Herrin Cemetery
Herrin City Cemetery containers from Memorial Day were requested to be removed by Wednesday night. The cemetery committee said any containers left after that time will be considered unwanted and disposed of to allow lot cleaning and mowing to resume.
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Herrin Cemetery
Herrin City Cemetery
Police Briefs Du Quoin Reckless Driving Fine
Emil Grapetine of Toledo Ohio was fined 15 dollars and 40 cents by Police Magistrate John Ritter Sr in Du Quoin for reckless driving.
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du Quoin
Emil Grapetine
Toledo
Ohio
John Ritter, Sr
Claude Horsley Dies West Frankfort Miner at 68
Claude Horsley, 68, of 713 Illinois Ave., West Frankfort, a retired miner and member of Local Union 1265 UMWA, died at noon Sunday at Union Hospital West Frankfort. He lived in West Frankfort since 1920, formerly of West Vienna. Survived by wife Lou, sons Albert of Dallas and Cletus of Odessa, daughter Mrs Mike McClatchey, two brothers, two sisters, six grandchildren, two great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Wednesday at First Methodist Church with Rev. Frank Harris and Rev. Oscar Horsley. burial Rosehill Cemetery Marion. Friends may call Union Funeral Home after 7 p.m. today.
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Claude Horsley
Illinois Ave
West Frankfort
Sunder
Union Hospital
Union
UMWA
First Methodist Church
West Vienna
Lou
Albert
Dallas
Texas
Cletus
Odessa
Mike McClatchey
Clyde
Chicago
Earl
John Racey
Emma Horsley
Frank Harris
Otto Horsley
East St. Louis
Rosehill Cemetery
Marion
Union Funeral Home
Judge Wright To Hear Trial Of Fred Odum
Circuit Judge Clarence Wright of Carbondale will preside at the murder trial of Fred Odum 40 Marion charged in the Aug 29 Crab Orchard Lake picnic killing. Judges Reynolds Zimmerman and Wright met to assign venue and docket. Odum’s prior mistrial followed juror death.
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Clarence Wright
Carbondale
Fred Odum
Marion
Lorin Norman
C. Ross Raynolds
Vienna
H. L. Zimmerman
Zimmerman
Dora Windmiller
Pleasant Hill
Louisiana Hospital
Louisiana
Odum
Ernest Vincent
Colp
Reynolds
Wright
Saline County
Union County
Norman
Crab Orchard Lake
Son Of Sheik Faces Multiple Charges In Marion
Salem Al-Jaryan a 23 year old Southern Illinois University student from Baghdad Iraq is held on five charges in Marion Bond set at 18000 by Justice of the Peace Charles Gil ley 15000 on assault with intent to kill and breaking and entering County Judge A R Cagle set 1000 bonds on two aggravated assault charges and one carrying a concealed weapon He was arrested Saturday at the home of Mrs Alma Gurley near Stonefort Authorities found a loaded revolver under the front seat of his car Mrs Gurley and her daughter alleged he entered their home against their wishes by removing a screen and climbing in a window and beat them prior incidents included a 1954 fine for resisting arrest and contempt in Carbondale police court after an argument with his former wife They were later divorced
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Al-Jaryan
Southern Illinois University
Baghdad
Iraq
Marion
Justice of the Peace
Charles Gilley
A. R. Cagle
Al-Jarran
Saline County
Alma Gurley
Stonefort
Gurley
Helen Al-Jaryan
Al-Jaryan
Carbondale
Thebes Timber Worker Killed by Rattlesnake
Thebes timber worker Andrew Carnes, 42, died last week from a poisonous rattlesnake bite, though he did not warn colleagues. Fellow workers found two fang marks on his right arm after his collapse, and a rattlesnake found near his worksite is believed to be the killer. Coroner Paul Bauer of Alexander County ruled death from a heart block due to venom.
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Thebes
Andrew Carnes
Carnes
Paul Bauer
Alexander County
John Land Sr Dies in St Louis Hospital
John Land Sr. of West Frankfort and longtime Old Ben Coal Co official died about noon Sunday at St. John's Hospital in St. Louis. He had later served as commissioner for the Illinois Coal Operators Assn. He lived at 1203 East St. Louis and will be returned to Union Funeral Home in West Frankfort for burial with other arrangements pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John “Jack” Land Sr
West Frankfort
Old Ben Coal Co
St. John’s Hospital
St. Louis
Old Ben
Illinois Coal Operators Assn
Land
E. St. Louis
Union Funeral Home
Youth Commission Opens Marion Office in Rodd Building
Kenneth Absher of the Illinois Youth Commission announces a new headquarters for 20 Southern Illinois counties in the Rodd Building at 818 W. Main St Marion. The office will handle parole supervision youth camps and delinquency prevention with Mrs Geraldine Lynn Herrin as secretary.
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Kenneth Absher
Marion
Illinois Youth Commission
Illinois
Rodd
W. Main St
Commission
Geraldine Lynn
Herrin
College in the Hills failed in the Great Depression era
A 1930s venture, College in the Hills near Herod Southern Illinois, aimed to provide affordable liberal education. It opened 1934 with 16 students, funded by labor and donations, but ran into dire finances by 1936 and closed after a fundraising concert and personal appeals failed. A veteran instructor recalled frugal meals of 10 cent hamburgers amid hardship.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Normal University
Southern
Herod
Rt. 34
Mrs Taylor Improves After Route 12 Accident
Mrs Ruth Taylor, 54, Carbon dale, is reported in good condition at St. Mary's Hospital in Decatur after an automobile crash on Route 12 near Bethany last Monday at 2 p m. She has a leg injury and was among six people injured.
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Ruth Taylor
Carbondale
St. Mary’s Hospital
Decatur
Polio Chairmen To Meet In Carbondale Saturday
Southern Illinois county polio chairmen will meet in Carbondale to decide whether to continue immunizations with Salk vaccine or halt until polio season ends. Dr S L Andelman notes all counties have vaccine for first inoculation and Wayne Edwards and Clay have completed second shots. State Health Director Dr Roland R Cross will meet Tuesday with the technical and advisory commission to set policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois County
Carbondale
S. L. Andelman
Southern Illinois State Public Health Officer
Andelman
Wayne
Edwards
Clay Counties
Roland R. Cross
Departments
Marion Man Dies Native of Williamson County
Miles Dewey Russell 56 of Marion died at home on Sunday. Born November 18, 1898 in Williamson County to Jesse and Deborah Sanders Russell, he married Edith Hudgens on October 25, 1941 in Cape Girardeau Missouri. Survived by wife a son James Ward two daughters in Marion a brother Clifford Allandale Florida and two stepchildren Lena Phillips Arizona Harnish. He worked 18 years at Egyptian Powder Company Energy before it closed. Funeral arrangements incomplete. Friends may call Mitchell Funeral Home after 7 pm today.
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Williamson County
Jesse
Deborah Sanders Russell
Edith Hudgens
Cape Girardeau
Russell
James Ward
Lena Phillisp
Marion
Arizona Harnish
Clifford
Allandale
Fla
Egyptian Powder Co
Energy
Mitchell Funeral Home
Murphysboro Woman Named Delegate to State Conference
Mrs Harold Halterman of Murphysboro Rt 2 is named a delegate for Jackson County Home Bureau at the 18th annual Citizenship Conference of the Illinois Home Bureau Federation in Peoria set for June 14 to 17. Halterman serves as Jackson County publicity and crafts chairman for the bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Halterman
Rt. 2
Murphysboro
Jackson County Home Bureau
Peoria
Illinois Home Bureau Federation
Halterman
Jackson County
Home Bureau Organization
Herrin Death Called Accident
George Khory a 51 year old Herrin man died at Herrin Hospital from head and chest injuries after being struck by a car driven by Lawrence A. Switzer as Khory crossed Park Avenue Friday night. Eyewitnesses said Khory stepped into the street and did not see the vehicle. Switzer tried to brake and steer away. A coroner's jury ruled the death an unavoidable accident. Services for Khory were held Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Khory
Herrin
Khory
S. 16Th St
Herrin Hospital
Lawrence A. Switzer
Sunnyside
Park Avenue
Oral Keelly
9Th St
Joanne Forker
Louis Morani
Lou McCuan
Oil Well Permits High In May
Ben H. Schull, director of the Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals, said the Division of Gas and Oil issued 600 drilling permits in May, just 15 shy of the 15-year record set in April. Of these, 435 permits were for oil wells, with a detailed county breakdown including Franklin Gallatin Hamilton Jefferson Marion Saline Washington Randolph and others noted with pool and wildcat designations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben H. Schull
Illinois Department of Mines and Minerals
Division of Gas and Oil
Franklin
Gallatin
Hamilton
Jefferson
Marion
Randolph
Saline
Washington
Funeral Rites Set For Chester High School Custodian
Ray Lawder 58 longtime Chester High School custodian died Saturday his funeral Tuesday at 2 pm Schroeder Funeral Home Rev Max Martin officiating. Burial in Ebeneezer Cemetery near Rockwood Coroner says heart attack probable Lawder born Rockwood 1895.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Lawder
Schroeder
Max Martin
Ebeneezer
Rockwood
Lawder
Chester High School
Randolph County
Lester Walker
Egyptian Music Camp Opens at Du Quoin Fairgrounds
Registration reaches 250 Southern Illinois students for the annual Egyptian Music Camp at the Du Quoin Fairgrounds. Four one week periods offer high school and junior bands, piano ensemble, and chorus with public outdoor concerts the first week. The 1941 start featured student operettas. this year has none.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois
du Quoin Fairgrounds
A. T. Atwood
F. C. Kreider
Collinsville
Don LeMasters
Carbondale
W. H. Beckmeyer
Mt. Vernon
Lurose Wilson
Pincknerville
Dean Warren Angell
The
Oklahoma Bap
Tist University
Shawnee
Okla
Atwood
Giant City State Park
Pollution Case Back In Action In Murphysboro
Murphysboro's dispute with the Illinois Sanitary Water Board over alleged Big Muddy River pollution moved to an active stage as Circuit Judge C Ross Reynolds took over from Judge Wright. The board seeks abatement by December 31 1955 while Murphysboro contends the board misread testimony and that no damage has been shown since the city lies downstream before the Mississippi River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murphysboro
Illinois Sanitary Water Board
Big Muddy
C. E. Wright
C. Ross Reynolds
Orwin Pugh
Wright
Water Board
Reynolds
Vienna
C. E. White
Muddy
Springfield
Identity Set In River Drowning Near Modoc
Randolph County coroner identifies the drowned river victim as Robert W. Thornton of St. Louis. Thornton died May 21 while fishing from the Illinois side between Eads and MacArthur Bridges. The body was found near Modoc by a ferry worker and buried in Sparta May 27. An inquest is set for Thursday evening at Walker Funeral Home.
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Mississippi River
Modoc
Randolph County
Lester Walker
Sparta
Robert W. Thornton
W. Chouteau Ave
St. Louis
Walker
Thornton
Illinois
Eads and
MacArthur Bridges
St. Genevieve
Kellogg
Ill
Chester
Everett House Rites in Cobden on Tuesday
Funeral services for Everett House 68 former Cobden resident will be held at Cobden First Baptist Church at 10 a m Tuesday He died June 1 at Portland Veterans Hospital and had been living in Kelso Washington He was an Army veteran of World War II He leaves wife Ellen and one daughter both of Kelso The Rev Verne E Baird pastor of Cobden First Baptist will officiate Burial will be Walnut Grove Cemetery Friends may call at Blake Broadway Funeral Home Cobden until services
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Everett House
Cobden
Cobden First Baptist Church
Portland, Ore
Veterans’ Hospital
Kelso
Wash
Ellen
Verne E. Baird
First Baptist Church
Mines Working Tuesday Fidelity New Kathleen Burning Star No 1
The report lists mines either working or not working on Tuesday including Fidelity New Kathleen Burning Star No 1 Orient 2 Orient 3 Freeburn washer and shaft Freeman No 4 Zeigler No 3 Buckhorn Wilkins Coal Co Pyramid New Working No Report Truax Traer No 2.
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Fidelity
New Kathleen
Burning Star
Old Ben
Orient
Freeburn, Washer and Shaft
Freeman
Zeigler
Buckhorn Wilkins Coal Co
Truax-Traer No
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Peabody Coal
Sinclair Mines
W. J. Neimeyer
Breese
Ralph Jansen
Sllinois Avenu
Ed Knowles
Carbondale City Hall
Niemeyer and
Jansen
University High Sing
Driver
First Street
Missouri Bridge
Sheik
John Land
Frankfort
Youth Commission
Semercer Sastry
Laverne Lawrence
Marjolie McFadin
Bill Willis
Southern Illinoisan
College In the Hills
Depression
John W. Allen
Marion Man
Miles Russell
Williamson
Miles Dewey
Dude) Russell
Concord St
Chester High
USSG
Ment
Everett
Cobder
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