Sangamo Electric to hire more workers at Crab Orchard plant
Sangamo Electric Co explosives division in the Crab Orchard ordnance area plans to exceed 1500 daily employees in June and add about 28000 square feet of space. A second expansion in eight months follows a 10000 square feet earlier upgrade as defense work grows and the payroll tops four million annually. The firm seeks skilled personnel and engineers for local jobs as openings appear in Southern Illinois.
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Sangamo Electric Co
Crab Orchard Ordnance
Howard Rhodes
Southern Illinois
Rhodes
George Carty
Illinois
Bell X-5 to begin flight tests at Muroc
The U S air force announced the Bell X 5 will start flight tests at Muroc California soon The jet is the first aircraft with variable sweepback wings and is expected to test trans sonic speeds around 600 to 800 mph The craft is jet propelled and features partially protruding structures on takeoff and landing while wings sweep back in flight
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Air Force
U. S. Air Force
Muroc
Calif
Bell Aircraft Corp
Anna Jonesboro Outdoor Concert Series Planned
Plans for summer outdoor concerts in Anna and Jonesboro feature about 75 area music students directed by Keith Whetstone. The Anna Jonesboro Community High School band will perform in two city locations beginning June 19 at 7 30 p.m. in Jonesboro.
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Anna and Jonesboro
Keith Whetstone
Anna-Jonesboro Community High School
Jonesboro
First National Bank
Norris and Son Furniture
Anna
Davie Street
T-4-L Foot Remedy Ad Promises Fast Relief
An advertisement touts T-4-L for athletes foot with a penetrating alcohol base and deep acting medication. It claims relief in one hour and a 40 cent refund if not satisfied, listing Hewitt's Carbondale Hagler's Murphysboro and Cline Vick Herrin as outlets.
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Hewitt’s
Carbondale
Hagler’s
Murphysboro
Cline -Vick Drugs
Herrin
Price urges larger budget for hydrogen bomb development
Illinois representative Melvin Price describes his Eniwetok observations and urges expanding the atomic weapons program. He cites advances from tests, the need for more bombs, and greater defense spending on atomic preparedness across the air force army and navy.
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Eniwetok
Shakespeare Dies in 1616 Anew
The article notes William Shakespeare died on April 23 1616 and that his will had been signed about a month earlier.
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William Shakespeare
Elks Crippled Children Clinic at Anna June 20
A free clinic for crippled children will be held at the Elks Home in Anna on Wednesday June 20 starting at 9 a.m. Frank P. White of the Illinois Elks Crippled Children's Commission will attend, with Dr. R. J. Baconess of Chicago in charge. Parents are urged to bring children with physical defects and arrange transportation through Fount Griffith, Anna committee chair.
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Elks Crippled Children Clinic
Anna
Elks Home
Frank P. White
The
Illinois Elks Crippled Children’s Commission
R. J. Baconess
Chicago
Fount Griffith
Anna Committee
Elks Organization
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Cassie Bagshaw
Yale
Cassie
Malcolm A. Bagshaw
Als
Grace New Haven Community Hospital
New Haven
Conn
Bagshaw
Niagara Falls, N. Y
Melvin Price
United Press
Washington
Los Alamos
Eniwetok Atoll
United States
East St. Louis
Joint Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
House Armed Services Committee
Nagasaki
Terest
Army
Navy
REP
J. W. Milligan & Son
Beverage
Carbondale, Illinois
Doerr
14Th
Walnut
Llth St
M. J. Bozarth
L. H. Keller
Hot Point
Bendix
Credenza
T. V
Zenith
Dan Lurie
Murphysboro, Ill
Papa
California
Penney
Nucraft
Penney’s
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