Illinois House votes down Stevenson relief bill amid political fight
The Illinois House defeated Governor Adlai Stevenson's $28.4 million relief and dependent children grant proposal with 88 votes in favor and 102 against. Republicans labeled it a political maneuver before the fall elections, while Democrats argued immediate need. The session also saw Chicago licensing and pegged levy discussions as lawmakers clash over city and state funding.
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Springfield
Ilinois House
Stevenson
Illinois P
Public Aid Commission For Relief and
Illinoi House
Adlai Stevenson
Public Aid Commission
Reed F. Cutler
Lewistown
House
G.O.P
Senate
Chicago
William J. Connors
Wallace Thompson
Galesburg
G.O.P. Senate
Municipal League
Martin H. Kennelly
Kennelly
Executive Mansion
Cook County Hospital
Kenneely
City Aid
Two Strikes: Bolts Miss and Hit Home in Carbondale
Bolts Dont Score Lightning pitched two strikes at Carbondale within minutes near 1000 South Forest. Mrs. Guy Loveall and Mrs. Oren Mitchell were hit by a flash or bolt as they stood at home plate or nearby. Both women suffered temporary shock and minor injuries. Two youths nearby felt a jolt but were not hurt.
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Carbondale
South Forest Avenue
Guy Loveall
South Forest
Oren Mitchell
Loveall
Tommy Sill
Malcolm Winkler
Loveau
Juke Box Bore Sentenced for Throat Slashing in Cleveland
In Cleveland on June 21 1930 Charles Nance 30 was sentenced to one to 20 years for slitting Leo Green 41 throat after Green said Boo in a dispute over Nance playing the juke box song My Mama Told Me. Bartender Wilbur Foy testified Nance threatened violence saying I ll cut your throat if you even say Boo.
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Cleveland
Charles Nance
Reformatory
Leo Green
Green
Nance
Wilbur Foy
Foy
I’m a Shelton claim debunked in Effingham incident
A man at St Anthony’s emergency center claimed to be from the Shelton clan to gain police protection after a drag race incident. He admitted his name is Selestia Whicker of Decatur and was jailed overnight before release. A friend, Earl Cook of Alton, was also detained and released. Police called the claim an attempt to impress someone.
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Effingham
Ill
St. Anthony’s Emergency Center
Shelton
Fairfield
Selestia Whicker
Decatur
Earl Cook
Alton
Whicker
Dormitory Contract Awarded for Northern Illinois Teachers College
State contracts totaling 957 214 dollars for a men's residence hall at Northern Illinois state teachers college were awarded Tuesday. The largest 751 911 dollars went to Federal Constructors Inc of Chicago for general work.
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Springfield
Northern Illinois State Teachers College
Federal Constructors, Inc
Chicago
Weather summary with warm spell and storms ahead
Cloudy with a warm spell and local thunder showers forecast for tonight and Thursday. Low tonight 65 to 70, high Thursday 85 to 90. Tuesday readings: 7 am 71 rising to 79 by 6 pm, noon 80, high 84. Sunrise 4:29 am, sunset 7:34 pm, humidity 82 percent, precipitation 1.06 inches since yesterday. Crab Orchard Lake spillway eleven feet below yesterday. Little Grassy Lake spillway level noted.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Index of sections and pages in today's Metropolis paper
The page list outlines sections for National Local Editorial Women Sports Comics Classifieds Markets and Pictures across pages 1 3 4 6 7 9 10 12 13 14 15 and 16. It serves as a navigational guide for readers seeking specific content.
Little Carl Charged With Malestina Girl
Carl Shelton, 26, linked to a feuding Illinois clan, is bound over to the Marion County grand jury in 10000 dollars bond on a charge he tried to report an incident involving a 13 year old girl. He faces a second charge of attempting to commit an unnatural act with the girl.
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Indianapolis
Carl Shelton
Illinois
Marion County Grand Jury
Shelton
Alex Clark
Sam Blume
Dorothy
Earl
Little Carl
Elmer Graves
Graves
Northside
Fairfield
Flora
Ill
Carl’ Shelton
Little Earl
Ilinois
Florida
Roy
Calf Drowns in Oil Drum Water Trough
W. W. Stringer of Pulaski reports a 300-pound calf drowned after its head became stuck in a buried 50-gallon oil drum used as a water receptacle on his farm. The calf could not be freed and died.
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W. W. Stringer
Pulaski
Stringer
Illinois Commerce Commission Hearing On Coal Freight Rates
The Illinois Commerce Commission will hold a Chicago hearing on June 27 regarding proposed coal haul rate increases. Railroads seek a five cent per ton rise for coal moved from Southern Illinois to Dixon and a one cent per ton rise for shipments from Fulton County to Dixon.
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Springfield
Illinois Commerce Commission
Chicago
Dixon
Ill
Southern
Illinois
Fulton County
Senate votes bill doubling age benefits
The Senate approved by 81 to 2 a bill to roughly double old age and survivors insurance payments in the Social Security system. It would add about 10 million to coverage, liberalize qualification rules, and prompt a conference with the House to resolve differences.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
House
Conference
Conference Committee
Hugh Butler
R-Neb
James P. Cain
R-Wash
Truax Purchases Pyramid and Binkley Coal Firms
Truax-Tracr Coal Co of Chicago announces an agreement to buy the capital stock of Pyramid Coal Corp and Binkley Coal Co. Howard, president of both firms, says the deal includes 118 400 shares of Truax stock at 12.50 for 3 700 Binkley shares and cash for the remaining 915 Binkley shares plus 7 715 Pyramid shares. The acquisition is an outright purchase of the firms’ properties.
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Chicago
Pyramid Coal Corp
Binkley Coal Co
Truax-Tracr Coal Co
Chi“af
Ubert Howard
Binkley
Pyramid
Truax-Traer
Binkley Common
Pyramid Common
Cross Says Egypt Needs 600 Tuberculosis Beds
Springfield June 21 UP State Public Health Director Dr Roland Cross says Southern Illinois needs 600 hospital beds for tuberculosis patients. He testified in favor of a 259,999 dollar appropriation to operate the Mount Vernon Tuberculosis sanatorium. Early approval of the quarterly appropriation is expected by both houses of the legislature.
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Springfield
Roland Cross
Southern Illinois
Mount Vernon
Peacetime Pig Crop Record Forecast For This Year
Washington reports the Agriculture Department forecasts a peacetime pig crop of 99 079 000 head for the year. Farmers are fattening 60 079 000 Spring pigs for Fall and Winter markets, about three percent above the previous peacetime record. A Fall crop of 39 000 000 pigs is also expected, five percent larger than last Fall, both largest in peacetime except war years 1942 and 1943.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Switchmen Strike Hits Five Railroads Sunday
The Switchmen's Union of North America announces a 4000 member strike on the Great Northern Chicago Northwestern Chicago Rock Island and Pacific Denver Rio Grande Western and Western Pacific railways at 6 am Sunday to press for 48 hours pay for a 40 hour week. The union's president Arthur J. Glover leads the action with a membership claimed at 25,000.
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America
A. F. of
Arthur J. Glover
Great Northern
Chicago Greestern
Chicago
Rock Island and Pacific
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Western Pacific
Glover
Daniel P. Loomis
Association of Western Railways
U S Dads Sponsor Area Orientation Discussion
The University of Dads association invites high school graduates from multiple towns to a campus life orientation at Marion high school next Tuesday at 7 30 p m. J R Broderick notes U S officials will discuss expenses clothing housing and other basics for new U S students. Dads urge parental accompaniment and officials from U S Dean of Men E E Stafford Dean of Women E Thadford Housing Dr Thompson and Recorder J Seyler will attend plus a campus life movie.
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University of Dads’ Association
U. of I
Marion High School
J. R. Broderick
Marion
Dads’ Association
U. S
Broderick
University of Illinois
Orion
Herrin
Carterville
Johnston City
Williamson County
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Jackson County
West Frankfort
Zeigler
Franklin County
E. E. Stafford
E. Thadford
Dr. Thompson
J. Seyler
Cochran's Fish Market Ad Sells Fresh Fish in Murphysboro
A classified ad for Cochran's Fish Market at 20th and Commercial in Murphysboro promotes fresh fish for sale. The ad claims the shop sells 400 to 500 pounds of fish per week and lists a $1 price reference.
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ABC
Cochran Sells Fresh Fish to Wide North End District
Mr Cochran opened a fish market at 20th and Commercial in February and began a weekly $1 advertisement in the Southern Illinoisan about three months later. He sells 400 to 500 pounds weekly to customers from Chester Steeleville Carbon dale Grand Tower Alto Pass Iurst Bush Murphysboro Dowell Elkville and nearby towns where the paper is read. People come from far and near. Turn to the first classified page upper hand corner to place an ABC classified Ad.
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Cochran
20Th
Commercial
Southern Illinoisan
Mr. Cochran
Chester
Steeleville
Carbondale
Grand Tower
Alto Pass
Iurst
Bush
Murphysboro
Dowell
Elkville
Hold Boy For Burglaries in Randolph Perry
A 16 year old youth, Rodey Jeffries of Sunfield, admitted a spree of burglaries across Perry and Randolph counties over 10 days. He was held in Randolph County jail as state authorities decide where to prosecute. Jeffries previously served at St. Charles School for Boys, with prior burglaries and an escape from a state hospital in Elgin.
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Tilden
Perry
Randolph
Randolph County
Rodey Jeffries
Sunfield
Chester
Jeffries
Pinckneyville
du Quoin
East St. Louis
Noa Hurst
Carl Adams
Perry County
Adams
St. Charles
Indiana
Evansville
State Mental Hospital
Elgin
Cairo Population Dips Below Twenty Thousand
Cairo Illinois census data show the city’s population at 12,217 this year, down from 14,407 in 1940. Preliminary counts from the bureau of census indicate little likely revision to the figures.
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Cairo
Ill
Bureau of Census
Ford says illegal strike at Canton plant risks company shutdown
Ford Motor Company warned that an illegal jurisdictional strike at its Canton Ohio forge shut down threatens all divisions and could affect about 110000 production workers.
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Detroit
Ford Motor Company
Company Man Maintains Talks Still Pending
A. F. of L. electrical workers local 702 in Southern Illinois vote to strike after 90 days of stalled talks with Central Illinois Public Service. West Frankfort official Z. Q. Jones says no strike rate set and negotiations continue despite a breakdown last week.
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A. F
L. Electrical Workers
Central Illinois Public Service
Southern Illinois
West Frankfort
Z. Q. Jones
A. F. of
L. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Jones
Civil Rights Clash in Draft Act Split Over Racial Units
The draft act faced a civil rights clash as Sen Russell proposed allowing future enlistees or draftees to serve in units restricted by race. Senate leaders debate limits with Lucas and GOP leaders Saltonstall Knowland opposing the amendment, arguing it undermines President Truman’s order for equality in the armed forces.
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Washington
Truman
Richard R. Russell
D-Ga
Senate Armed Services Committee
Scott Lucas
Senate
Russell
Lucas
Sen
Deverell Saltonstall Rmass
G.O.P
Trueman
Armed Services
Saltonstall
William F. Knowland
Calif
Armed Services Committee
Rosiclare Approves 185000 Sewage Bond Issue
Rosiclare voters approved a 185000 bond issue to build a sewage disposal plant and sanitary sewer system. The measure passed 488 to 72 amid flood concerns from frequent Ohio river floods and a nearby 500000 government levee under construction.
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Rosiclare
Percy C. Howard
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