Separate Board Bill For S. I. U. Nears Passage
The House approved measures to create a separate seven member S I U board of trustees on a two year trial, governing the Carbondale campus while studies are made. Amendments limit the board to the two year period and shift paper work from the State Teachers College board to S I U. Governor Stevenson would appoint members and oversee the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
House
University of Illinois
Southern Ilinois University
State Teachers College Board
Champaign
Paul H. Ferguson
Decatur
D. W. Morris
Little ‘Senter
Stevenson
State Department of Registration and Education
S. I. U. Board
S.lu
A F L Urges Senate Death To Labor Bill
The A F L asked the Senate to kill the Administration labor bill now amended to include Taft Hartley injunction powers. William Green said the addition makes the bill absolutely unacceptable and urged voting on other Taft proposals. C S O officials resigned themselves to keeping the act for two more years. Green noted the union support for ending the Senate debate quickly.
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A. F. of
Senate
A. F
William Green
Scott Lucas
Illinois
C.S.O
Green
A. F. of L
Lucas
Counterfeit Men Refuse to Give Bill Source
Five Chicago men on a counterfeit spree through Illinois were arrested in Du Quoin after passing 10 and 20 dollar bills in Kankakee and along the route. Authorities recovered 21 bogus notes in a car rag and another 500 in 10s and 20s behind a jail cell toilet. Secret Service seeks the bill source with warrants expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Illinois
Secret Service
George B. Loy
Springfield
du Quoin
John Lowrey
Roosevelt Haynes
John E. Blake
Eugene Norton
Joseph Watson
Perry County
Pinckneyville
Lowrey
Kankakee
5 Man Study Commission Bill Stymied in Senate
The Illinois Senate blocked a plan to establish a five member study commission for higher education. Sen Crisenberry postponed action during a roll call as votes looked unfavorable, opposition centered on no provision for legislative members. Crisenberry defended appointments by saying national stature would be chosen.
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Illinois Senate
Southern Illinois University
Bil
Illinois
R. G. Crisenberry
Murphysboro
Wallace Thompson
Galesburg
Crisenberry
Spittoon and Home Permanent Bills Die in House
Springfield lawmakers fail to act as time runs out for Senate approved measures. The home permanent wave bill would require warning labels on wave kits. The spittoon bill would mandate cuspidors in public rooms except schools and churches. Also stalled is a bill to create a state home for penniless wrestlers jockeys and boxers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
House
Weather Update Indicates Continued Warmth With Mild Nights
The forecast shows continued warm, fair weather with little temperature change at night and Thursday. Tonight’s low near 70, Thursday high near 90. Tuesday’s high around 93 with 7 am readings at 78 and noon at 91. No precipitation recorded since yesterday. Water levels: Crab Orchard Lake two feet below spillway, Little Grassy Lake 12 to 14 feet below spillway, Mississippi River Grand Tower 22.8 feet, up one foot in 24 hours. Big Muddy River Route 13 bridge stage at 7:30 am 7.56.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Mississippi River Grand Tower
Big Muddy River
Senate to Vote on 112 Million Illinois School Aid Plan
Springfield AP Gov Adlai Stevenson pushes a record 112 million school aid package to clear the Illinois Legislature with Senate approval likely. The plan would raise state grants, extend equalization, raise local property tax minimums, and dissolve non‑participating districts by 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Illinois
Gover
General Assembly
Jurors weigh evidence in Coplon espionage case
The Coplon espionage trial moved to jury deliberation after Judge Albert L. Reeves instructed the eight men and four women on legal standards. Defense counsel Palmer sought a mistrial over prosecutorial remarks, while the judge underscored the central issue of intent in whether Coplon passed papers to Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Judith Coplon
Justice Department
Albert L. Reeves
Archibald Palmer
Palmer
John M. Kelley, Jr
White Paper to Publish Secret China Report
Secretary Dean Acheson said the State Department will publish a long secret report from Lt. Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer on U S China relations as part of a forthcoming white paper on dealings with the Nationalist government He did not set a publication date The report was submitted to General George C Marshall after a survey trip to China
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Dean Acheson
State Department
Albert C. Wedemeyer
China
Acheson
Sedemeyer
George C. Marshall
Wedemeyer
Bombers Hit Shanghai District Killing and Injuring Many
Nationalist bombers struck the Chapei district of Shanghai killing at least two and injuring more than 100. Police and rescuers pulled victims from shattered buildings as ambulances ferried the injured. Reports list two to six raiders, with bombs also hitting a cemetery and near Lunghwa airport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shanghai
China
Chapei
Lunghwa
Bubbling Well
Music Festival Opens Tomorrow at Southern Illinois University
A first annual music festival at Southern Illinois University peaks with a 7:30 p.m. concert in McAndrew stadium starring the Ozark Ramblers Ernie Limpus and his Ramblers Bill Carnell Jimmy Carnell and Orville Childers all of Anna. The event will host three dance sets for folk dancers two organized by P. M. West of Anna and one by Gilbert Crawshaw of Carbondale. A two piece dance band led by Ernie Limpus will back a post concert dance in the men’s gym. About 50 contestants will vie in afternoon contests for a chance to join the Chicagoland Music Festival in August. Contests cover voice piano and baton twirling drawing entrants from across Southern Illinois.
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Southern Illinois University
McAndrew Stadium
The
Ozark Ramblers
Ernie Limpus
Ramblers
Bill and
Jimmy Carnell
Orville Childers
Anna
P. M. West
Gilbert Crawshaw
Carbondale
Southern Illinois
Stevenson Studies Special Session
Gov. Adlai E. Stevenson weighs the possibility of a special legislative session as Republicans call it in prospect. He says it may not be needed if sales tax extension bills pass before the end of the six month session, or he will veto some appropriations to balance the budget without extra taxes. Republicans blame his planning for last minute chaos and accuse him of failing to fulfill campaign pledges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
G.O.P. Soions
Stevenson
Onc
House Trims Housing Bill to Senate Size
The house reduced its housing bill to Senate figures by cutting public housing units from 1,050,000 to 810,000 and the yearly subsidy from 400 million to 308 million dollars. The change, via voice vote, follows a Senate pattern and defeats a GOP bid for deeper cuts. Chairman Brent Spece proposed aligning the House bill with the Senate measure, but no final vote date was set.
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House
Senate
Brent Spece D.ky
Banking Committee
Wagner Quits as New Deal Champion of Labor
Sen Robert F Wagner resigns after nearly 23 years in the U S Senate at age 72. He cites illness and says a new generation will exercise power for the common good. Gov Dewey to appoint interim senator until November elections. Lehman is expected to be Democratic candidate in the fall.
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Robert F. Wagner
Franklin Roosevelt
U. S. Senate
Wagner
Thomas E. Dewey
Dewey
G.O.P
Herbert H. Lehman
Government's Income Drops to Five-Year Low
Washington reports the government's income likely to fall to about 39.6 billion for the 1949 fiscal year ending tomorrow, marking the lowest since 1944. The decline is blamed on the 1948 income tax cut and a weak labor market reducing withholding receipts, with an estimated 500 million shortfall versus earlier forecasts.
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Washington
Mound City Woman Drowns Body Recovered
Mrs. David Brooks aged 33 of Mound City Illinois drowned on a fishing trip when her motorboat capsized. Her husband and four children were saved by a passing boating club crew. Her body was found in the Mississippi River about 40 miles downstream.
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David Brooks
Mound City
Ill
Mississippi River
Mounds Boating Club
Gasoline tax bill faces second reading in Illinois House
Springfield June 29 O T Banton The Illinois House moved the gasoline tax bill from first to second reading amid a nine hour filibuster yesterday Its fate hinges on amendments and votes today before the final roll call tomorrow Speaker Powell ruled a majority of voting not all members is enough to advance The measure would raise the tax from three to five cents a gallon and faces opposition from trucking interests and Gov Stevenson who warns higher truck fees may be needed to support highway improvements The debate touched on interstate price manipulation and Governor Stevensons stance as party leaders weigh the political and fiscal costs of enacting the tax measure
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John Lewis
Marshall
House
Harry McClintock
West Frankfort
Senate
R. G. Crisenberry
Murphysboro
McClintock
Lewis
Southern Illinois
W. J. McDonald
Illinois
Paul Powell
Dvienna
Paul H. Ferguson
D-Degatur
Springfield
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
W. Roy Donohoe
Pittsfield
G. William Horsley
T. J. Sullivan
Sullivan
Warren Woodf-Plaintieck
Oil Companie
375000 Conservation Bill Passed by House
A 375000 bill to develop recreational facilities and wildlife refuges passed the Illinois House. Funds include the Mermet refuge in Massac county, purchasing 5009 acres adjoining Horseshoe Lake, and a Union county wildlife refuge. The Mermet project includes a new lake of about 1700 acres near Metropolis along Route 45. The adjacent area to Horseshoe Lake aims to expand grain production for wildfowl.
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Illinois
Illinois House
Massac County
Horseshoe Lake
Union County
State Department of Conservation
Route 45
Metropolis
4000 UMW Members March on Kentucky Mine
About 4000 United Mine Workers members from West Kentucky coal counties gathered at the East Diamond mine near Madisonville to urge workers there to join the union. A union spokesman declined to give an exact tally, though other sources cited 4000. no violence was reported and organizers expected none. Jess Loveless, district 23 secretary, said the aim was to persuade mine employees to unionize.
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East Diamond Mine
Here
United Mine Workers Union
U.M.W
West Kentucky
Jess Loveless
U.M.W. District 23
Jim Finks of Salem Signs With Pro Team
Jim Finks of Salem signs with the Brooklyn-New York club of the All-America Football Conference. Tulsa University passer who completed 115 of 214 passes for 1,376 yards last season. Also under contract to the Cincinnati Reds, he will play baseball with Tyler in the West Texas New Mexico League until reporting to the Yankee grid squad in August.
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Brooklyn-New York
Jim Finks
Tulsa University
Salem
Finks
Cincinnati Reds
Tyler
Yankee Grid
Joanne Dru Granted Divorce from Haymes
Actress Joanne Dru was granted a divorce from crooner Dick Haymes in Reno Nevada on grounds of extreme mental cruelty. Custody and support of three children were settled privately. The divorce clears the way for Haymes to marry Nora Eddington Lynn who is establishing Nevada residence to divorce Actor Errol Flynn. The couple wed in New York on September 21 1941.
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Oanne Dru
Dick Haymes
Haymes
Nora Eddington Lynn
Nevada
Errol Flynn
New York
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S. I. U. Nears Passage
Congress
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Taft
South
Taaft
Homer Capehart
Ind
Irving Ives
N.Y
William Langer
N. D
Wayne Morse
Ore
Edward Thye Minn
Ohio Republican
Arthur Goldberg
C.I.0
Police and Secret Service Agents
Loy
Benton
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Romeo
Lothario
Adlai Stevenson
Nor
Robert J. Young
D-Hurst
Young
East St. Louis
Cairo
Shanhai
North Railroad
Markham Road
Music
Charles F. Carpentier
East Moline
Sen. Wagner
New Deal
Associated Press
Columbus, Ky
O. T. Banton
Southern Illinoisan
John W. Lewis
R Marshall
Kentucky
Madisonville, Ky
Joanne Dru
Reno, Nev
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