Hear Jaffe In Amerasia Probe Today
Senators pursue details in the 1945 Amerasia case as Philip Jaffe testifies in a closed Senate session. Jaffe, editor of Amerasia magazine, faced conspiracy charges linked to secret government papers found at its New York headquarters.
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Washington
Amerasia
Philip Jaffe
Jaffe
Senate Foreign Relations
Amerasia Magazine
New York
Congress
Senate
James V. Forrestal
Forrestal
Justice Department
Russia
San Francisco
F.B.L
Tractor Tragedy Kills Farmer as Daughter Is Injured
In Vermilion County Illinois a 71 year old farmer named Matthew Brain died when his tractor in reverse ran over him and circled the body for about five minutes. His daughter Maude Brain 51 was severely injured while trying to pull him free and was later treated at Lakeview Hospital in Danville with a mangled foot and a broken leg.
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Rossville
Ill
Vermillion County
John D. Cole
Matthew Brain
Brain
Maude
Matthews
Emil
Maude Brain
Lakeview Hospital
Danville
World Brotherhood Aims to Promote Tolerance Worldwide
Delegates from 12 Western countries formed a world brotherhood to spread tolerance principles, backed by private funds with no government or political ties. The group emerged at a four day Paris meeting ending yesterday, drawing 155 leaders from religion, education, business, labor and civil service.
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Paris
France
World Brotherhood
National Conference of Christians and Jews of America
Publisher Jones Named Gannett News Director
Rochester report notes Vincent S. Jones executive editor of the Utica Observer Dispatch and Utica Press has been appointed director of news and editorial office at Gannett newspapers. The move places Jones in charge of a major newspaper group’s editorial operations.
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Rochester
Vincent S. Jones
Utica Observer-Dispatch
Utica Press
Gannett
Carbondale Druggist Aids Harrisburg Snake Bite Victim
Nine year old Cecil Gibbs of Harrisburg was bitten on the ankle by a venomous snake near Harrisburg. Dr C J Estes failed to obtain antivenom in Harrisburg and Marion and secured a kit from Carbondale’s Cline Vick Drug Store. Clyde Rush arranged return of the kit from Southern Illinois University Health Center. Dr Estes and Nurse Mrs Rush administered the antitoxin in Carbondale about 1 15 PM. Cecil remained at home with a swollen foot and is expected to recover.
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Carbondale
Harrisburg
Cecil Gibbs
Gilbert Gibbs
Route 3
C. J. Estes
Southern Illinois University
Rush
Harry Goetz
Estes
Area Group to See Governor on Rt 148 Extension
Southern Illinois civic and labor leaders plan to press Governor Adlai Stevenson for extending Route 148 south. The meeting in the governor's office is led by Floyd P. Bracy of Herrin with State Representative Clyde Choate arranging. The push aims to route 148 through the Illinois Ordnance plant area toward Anna.
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Southern Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Governor’s Office
Clyde Choate
Anna
Floyd P. Bracy
Herrin
Herrin City Hall
Wreck near Herrin injures nine in morning crash
A collision on Route 148 near Herrin left three adults hospitalized and six others with injuries after driver Joe Brazitis swerved to avoid a youth on a motorbike. Victims include Joe Stimetz 17 and Dwight Henderson 22. passengers Jeanette Flannell 18 was injured.
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Herrin
Joe Brazius
North Park Avenue
Zeigler
Joe Stimetz
Brazitis
Henderson
Jeanette Flannell
Carrier Mills
Herrin Hospital
Stimetz
Mechanical Conference Opens in Buffalo With 1200 Attendees
The 22d annual mechanical conference of the American Newspaper Publishers Association opened in Buffalo New York. About 1 200 mechanical supervisors and foremen from U S newspapers attended the three day meeting.
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Buffalo
N. Y
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Weather summary for Crab Orchard area today and Tuesday
Cloudy and warmer with partly cloudy skies and scattered thunder showers. High near 90 Tuesday, low around 55. Sun 55 early, 78 by late afternoon. Sunrise 4 28 a m, sunset 7 31 p m. Humidity 62 percent at 8 45 a m. Precipitation since yesterday minimal. winds averaged 0.41 mph. Crab Orchard Lake five inches above spillway, Little Grassy Lake five feet below spillway today.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Oklahoma Faces Major Population Drop Across Farms
Preliminary census reports show Oklahoma losing more than a quarter million people in a decade, risking one or two congressional seats. Counties across the state report farm-area losses, towns gaining, and overall decline. officials urge all residents to be counted to avoid representation losses.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Congress
Chambers of Commerce
State N
Roy J. Turner
Federal
U. S. Agriculture Department
JK. D. Blood
Seventh Congressional District
Seminole County
Wewoka
Arson Attempt Ties Shelton Family Violence Pattern
An unknown arsonist twice tried to burn the Shelton gas station in Fairfield Til injuring none as the family endures a string of killings. Roy Shelton, Little Earl’s uncle, was buried after a tractor shooting with brothers Bernie and Carl killed in past ambushes. A motorist who owned the gas station and sold it to Little Earl aided responders who doused the flames.
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Southern Illinois
Little Earl
Shelton
Dellas Wylie
Roy Shelton
Roy
Bernie
Carl
Wylie
Charles Rudesill
Big Earl
Four Crown Boat Trapped In Spillway Near Pittsburgh
Four people died and four were rescued after a cabin cruiser rode over an 11 foot dam in the Allegheny River spillway northeast of Pittsburgh. Rivermen battled seven hours of rescues as the boat overturned and veterans tried to pull the group to safety. Hull Wright, 50, and lockmaster James Woffenden died in the attempt. The rescued included James McHugh and Charles Reilley. The victims were from Pittsburgh and Chicago.
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Pittsburgh
Hull Wright
Wright
James Woffenden
Woffenden
Hull
William Fisher
Carol Krieg
William Lahey, Jr
Kreig
Jim
McHugh
Rites in Washington For Mrs Vandenberg
Prominent Washington figures attended funeral services for Mrs Arthur H. Vandenberg wife of Michigan's senior senator after a long illness. The ceremony at Foundary Methodist Church was led by Rev Frederick Brown Harris. Burial will be in Lindewood Cemetery Fort Wayne beside her mother.
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Washington
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
Foundary Methodist Church
Frederick Brown Harris
Senate
Warren Urges Youth Interest in Government
California Governor Earl Warren urged young people to engage in government, saying free government is not secure amid fierce ideologies. He spoke at Cornell College during commencement exercises in Mount Vernon Iowa on June 2.
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Mount Vernon
Iowa
Earl Warren
California
Cornell College
Warren
120000 Visit Lincoln Park Zoo to See Ailing Bushman
About 120000 people flocked to Lincoln Park Zoo to view Bushman the famous but ill gorilla. The 500 pound creature was too sick to acknowledge the crowd as spectators passed by his cage.
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Chicago
Lincoln Park Zoo
Bushman
Three Die in Road Accidents Near Belleville Illinois
Clarence Jung age 35 of St. Rose Illinois was killed when he lost control of his car while lighting a cigarette. The vehicle crashed into a bridge abutment and rolled down an embankment on state route 14 eight and a half miles east of Belleville. His brother and sister-in-law Harold and Mrs Jung of Trenton Illinois and another couple suffered minor injuries.
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Belleville
Til
Clarence Jung
St. Rose
Ill
Here
Harold Jung
Trenton
Two Die After Red Bud Route 3 Collision
State police report a head on crash near Red Bud on route 3 killed Mrs Edna T Pfeil 43 of Belleville and James F Johnson 34 of St Louis as Johnsons car hit a bridge abutment and rebounded into a truck driven by Pfeil. Pfeils husband Arthur 44 suffered lacerations and bruises.
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St. Clement’s Hospital
Red Bud
Route 3
Edna T. Pfeil
Belleville
James F. Johnson
Blackstone Avenue
St. Louis
Johnson
Franklin Relief Action Weighed by Subcommittee
A state Public Aid sub-committee meets to decide if grounds exist to curtail state funds to four Franklin county townships over irregular relief administration. The panel, led by Henry Tenney, includes Frank Salzburger, William Sexton and George Mitchell.
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Chicago
State Public Aid Commission
Franklin County
Peter W. Cahill
Roy Dye
Tyrone
Dye
Cahill
Citizens’ Committee
Benton
Denning
Browning
Henry F. Tenney
Commission
Frank L. Salzburger
William H Sexton
Chicago Corporation
George Mitchell
W. W. Vandeveer Receives SIU Honorary Degree at Commencement
W. W. Vandeveer, longtime SIU supporter and Alumni Association leader, is awarded the university is first honorary Doctor of Laws at 1950 Commencement in McAndrew Stadium. He delivered the main address and announced a $114 000 Ashland Oil stock gift to establish a scholarship fund for needy students.
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I. U
W. W. Vandeveer
Southern Illinois University
Southern’s
D. W. Morris
Vandeveer
McAndrew Stadium
Ashland Oil Refining Co
Southern Illinois University Foundation
State seeks court order to destroy seized slot machines
Illinois officials plan to obtain a court order to destroy 266 slot machines seized in Lake county during a raid by 120 state policemen. The machines, valued at 200 dollars each and possibly containing up to 100000 dollars, are under guard at a Volo garage awaiting legal action. Governor Adlai Stevenson supported the raid and its results.
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Waukegan
Lake County
Baird Helfrich
Illinois
Wilbur Brazell
Volo
Ill
Helfrich
Adlai Stevenson
Libertyville
Former Burlesque House Reopens as New Gospel Temple in LA
A reverent audience filled the Belasco theater in Los Angeles yesterday after the Immanuel Gospel Temple bought the building for 200000 dollars. The venue, once a burlesque house and earlier a legitimate stage theater, hosted a religious opening with Bibles and prayer books in place of strip teasers.
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New Gospel Temple
Los Angeles
Belasco Theater
Immanuel Gospel Temple
60 Customers at Door After Herrin Supply Co Ad
Charlie Jacobs leads the Herrin Supply Co jew elry department in a 10th Anniversary Sale ad in the Southern Illinoisan on May 18. The next day 60 customers waited at opening and three women from Murphysboro bought watches before 10. Sales for the first day surpassed 1000. Slips show buyers from Herrin and many other Illinois towns.
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Charlie Jacobs
Jacobs-Lane
Herrin Supply Co
Southern Illinoisan
Murphysboro
Mr. Jacobs
Herrin
Carterville
Carbondale
Walier
Johnston City
Anna
Jonesboro
Freeman Spur
Energy
Zeigler
Vergennes
de Soto
Elkville
Steeleville
Ava
Cobden
Alto Pass
Colp
Hurst
Royalton
Campbell Hill
Senate rejects move to shelve rent control bill
Washington June 1 AP The Senate votes 44 to 25 to reject shelving the rent control bill signaling a test of support for continuing federal rent controls due to expire June 30. Senator Kenneth Wherry urged returning the bill to the banking committee while Democrat Scott Lucas called the move futile. The measure would extend all current rent controls for six months and permit local option extensions for another six months.
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Washington
Senate
Kenneth Wherry
Nebraska
Cain
Forrest Donnell
Robert C. Hendrickson
William Langer
Eugene Millikin
Cole
Leverett Saltonstall
Mass
Burnet Maybank
D-Sc
Banking Committe
Scott Lucas
Truck Crash Halts Train In Norris City Ill
A truck crash in Norris City Illinois damaged a New York Central train bound for Harrisburg. The engine and cars stayed on the tracks and no injuries were reported. The 25 year old truck driver Gene Hurt Marshall Illinois claimed brake failure and attempted to cross the tracks.
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Norris City
Ill
New York Central
Harrisburg
White County
Gene Hurt
Marshall
Ralph Nelson
Hurt
L. E. Stoltz
Danville, Ill
Agnes Smedley death linked to liquidation claim
Rev. Harold H. Velde states Agnes Smedley was liquidated on the eve of her departure from England to testify before the House Un American Activities Committee. He cites documents suggesting she could have disclosed Soviet espionage in Asia and says events lead him to that conclusion.
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Agnes Smedley
Peoria
Ill
Harold H. Velde
R-Ii
England
House un-American Activities Committee
Velde
Asia
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Tractor Mangles
Clyde Rush
Okfuskee County
Fairfield
Mrs. Vandenberg
Jack Kreig
Allegheny River
J. R. Montgomery
Franklin Relief Action
Morris
Southern
Rocky River
Ohio
Allied Oil Corp
Cleveland
United Nations Economic and Social Council
S. I. U. Foundation
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