Four More Witnesses Chosen to End MacArthur Inquiry
The Senate inquiry panel approved calling four more witnesses and aims to close the investigation soon. Patrick Hurley Maj Gen Emmet ODonnell Maj Gen David Barr and Vice Admiral Oscar Badger are set to testify, with Gen Douglas MacArthur possibly recalled.
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Washington
Senate
Patrick J. Hurley
China
Emmet O'Donnell
U. S
Far East
David C. Barr
U. S. 7Th Division
Korea
Adm
Oscar Badger
U. S. Naval
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Senate Armed Services and Foreign Relations
Truman Administration
George Marshall
U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff
Dean Acheson
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Louis Johnson
De Gaulle Rally Wins 107 Seats in French Vote
Paris June 18 AP De Gaulle's Rally of the French People leads in the National Assembly with 107 seats from 15 million votes counted, while Communists top the popular vote but lose seats. Center parties threaten to retain control as three quarters of results emerge.
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Paris
France
Charles de Gaulle
National Assembly
de Gaulle
Rally of the French People
R.P.F
Red Party
Center
de Gaullists
Communists
Socialists
M.R.P
Popular Republicans
Left Republicans
Independent Parties
Peasants Party
Weather outlook and temperatures for Crab Orchard area
Forecast predicts mostly warm nights and Tuesday with scattered showers possible in extreme northwest. Low tonight near 62 to 66, high Tuesday between 86 and 92. Track records note humidity around 62 percent, light winds, little to no precipitation, and lake spillway levels showing Little Grassy Lake 22 feet below spillway.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
New Illinois Supreme Court Justices Swearing In
Five justices elected June 4 will take their oaths of office in Springfield this afternoon. A class of 358 lawyers will be admitted to the Illinois bar at the same ceremony in the state supreme court room. Justice Maxwell’s daughter Madalyn Maxwell, 25, is among the new lawyers.
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Springfield
Illinois Supreme Court
Illinois
Walter W. Schaefer
Lake Bluff
William J. Fulton
Sycamore
Harry B. Hershey
Taylorville
Ralph L. Maxwell
Nashville
George W. Bristow
Paris
Wayne Farm Hand Clubbed to Death
A Wayne county farm hand El mer White aged 50 was clubbed to death in his bed early today. Sheriff Elmer Brown said Jennings Simmons of Geff a fellow farm worker was being held for questioning. The farm owner Frank Jonson said Simmons returned intoxicated and clubbed White as he slept. Johnson quoted Simmons saying My God you killed him and Simmons walked out. White had come to the farm near Sims three weeks ago while Simmons had been there two weeks.
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Wayne County
Elmer
Doc) White
Elmer Brown
Jennings Simmons
Geff
Brown
Frank Jonson
Simmons
White
Johnson
Sims
Index of sections for today's newspaper
The front matter lists the newspaper’s sections by page: national news on page 1 local news on page 3 editorials page 4 women’s news on pages 6 and 7 sports on pages 9 and 10 comics on page 13 classified ads on pages 14 and 15 and pictures on page 16.
PMW Union Calls for Governor Veto on Gas Storage Bill
The Progressive Mine Workers Union asks Gov. Adlai Stevenson to veto a legislature-passed bill allowing underground storage of natural gas. George Baima, PMW president, says the bill grants special privileges to public utilities, enables eminent domain for storage facilities, and harms coal industry by creating unfair competition. He cites over 60 coal mines shut in five years due to gas imports.
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Springfield
Progressive Mine Workers Union Today
Adlai Stevenson
George Baima
P.M.W
Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co
Chicago
Battleship Missouri Arrives in Oslo for Official Visit
The 45,000-ton U S battleship Missouri docked in Oslo fjord on an official call to Norway's capital. It was escorted by destroyer transport U S S Burdo and greeted by a 21 gun salute from Oslo fortress as it anchored in the harbor.
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Oslo
Norway
Missouri
Oslo Fjord
Strike Idles 80 Vessels Amid Coastwide Dock Tieups
The CIO National Maritime union says about 80 ships are idle in port due to labor disputes crippling major waterfronts from Texas to the East Coast. The Elmira Victory was canceled from New York to Trieste, with Exbrook and Exermont likely to sail tomorrow if possible. Mediation efforts continue with no near solution.
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New York
C.I.O. National Maritime Union
N.M.A
Galveston
Houston
New Orleans
Port Arthur
Gulf
Elmira Victory
Trieste
Exbrook
Exermont
Line
East
National Maritime Union
N.M.U
Salem Man Drowns Saving Girl at Farm Pond
Robert Tadlock, 35, a candy company truck driver from Salem, drowned while trying to rescue nine year old Donna Jean Diestand in Marion county near Tonti. Firemen worked an hour before pronouncing him dead. Donna was saved by her uncle Ernest Brubaker who could not reach Tadlock.
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Candy Company
Salem
Robert Tadlock
Centralia Company
Donna Jean Diestand
Mattoon
Ernest Brubaker
Tonti
Marion County
Classified Ad Phones List for Illinois Towns
Classified ad contact numbers for Carbondale Herrin Murphysboro are listed with area codes 218 838 315 and 316 plus local exchanges 34 35. Rates are shown on the Classified Page.
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ABC
Carbondale
Herrin
Murphysboro
Bed Check Charlie Harasses Allied Forces Near Seoul
The U S Eighth Army reports a Communist two seater biplane nicknamed Bed Check Charlie harassing air force and army installations around Inchon Seoul Suwoh Yongdongpo. Four bombs were dropped near Inchon while the light plane continues nightly incursions.
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G.I
Louisiana Teen Wins National Scholastic Art Award
Robert Gordy, 17, of New Iberia, born at Jefferson Island, wins top honors in the National Scholastic Art Awards in Pittsburgh. He entered 17 paintings with 13 hung, and earlier took 17 achievement keys in the regional show. He plans art education at Southwestern Louisiana Institute and a future one man NY show.
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Robert Gordy
New Iberia
Pittsburgh
Robert
Jefferson Island
Joe Jefferson
J. C. Gordy
Iberia Art Association
Southwestern Louisiana Institute
Lafayette
Tion
New York
U S Embassy Deaths Probed in Havana Shootings
A U S marine guard and a janitor were found shot to death inside the U S embassy in Havana Cuba The Cuban authorities are investigating with no clues of robbery The embassy building is in the Horter block on Obispo Street in downtown Havana The janitor Agustin Fernandez served there over 20 years the sergeant was unnamed pending relatives notification The State Department in Washington had no immediate comment
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Havana
Cuba
U. S
Horter
Obispo Street
Agustin Fernandez
Fire at Ste. Cunegonde orphanage claims 40 lives
The Grey Nuns of Quebec state 40 people died in a large blaze that destroyed the Ste. Cunegonde orphanage and an old people home in Montreal. Among the dead are 37 elderly women, one elderly man, and two nuns. five bodies are still unaccounted for as a mass funeral is planned at Notre Dame Church.
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Montreal
Que
Grey Nuns
Ste. Cunegonde
Notre Dame Church
Soldier Emerges From Food Tomb in Poland Mystery
In Warsaw reports detail a 32 year old Berliner soldier buried alive since 1945 in a sealed Wehrmacht food bunker near Gdynia. He has survived in darkness with limited water and food while four comrades perished and two others escaped or died during the escape. He receives hospital care for blindness.
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Wehrmacht
US Jets Down Six Red Planes In Korea Air Battles
American Sabre jets destroyed six Russian-type aircraft and damaged eight more in two key air battles over Korea as 108 planes took part in the rapid jet actions. Red jets targeted Sabres near the Manchurian border while Allied patrols advanced along the 38th parallel amid increased Chinese resistance.
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Tokyo
Japan
Korea
Fifth Air Force
Reds
Sabre
United Nations
Imjin River
38Th Parallel
Konangpo
Seoul
Chorwon
Iron Triangle
Negro Singer Refused Atlanta Hotel Room
Josephine Baker, a famed African American singer, canceled her June 30 benefit appearance in Atlanta due to segregation. Georgia law bans white hotels from housing her, risking loss of an innkeeper license, prompting the cancellation during the NAACP convention.
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Josephine Baker
Miss Baker
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Georgia
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New de Gaulle Party
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Strathmore Award
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Wide World
Catholic Order
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
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Poland
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Yalu River
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