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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1949
Page
2
State workers rebuilt a road into Ferne Clyffe near Goreville driving 11 miles from Route 37 to the park entrance. The 126 acre site, purchased for 5000 dollars from Emma Rebman, offers Devil's Stairway and Mohawk Sayring with plans for picnic tables toilets and a concession stand.
A hillside road to Ferne Clyffe State Park was rebuilt after rocks trees and dirt blocked it. Workers used four cases of dynamite to clear the path making the route the only way to enter the park.
June 22 AP reports twelve bodies of Communist sympathizers executed by Nationalists were found in a trench at Pootung across the Whangpoo from Shanghai. Six were identified as staff of the Leftist Lee Chun publishing company. Estimates of the total executed ranged from 20 to 200.
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