Truman Grants Ground Troop Use in Korea War
President Truman authorized use of American ground troops in Korea and a naval blockade of the Korean coast. Defense officials said forces are on the move, while the exact units remain secret. General MacArthur is cleared to use certain supporting ground units as North Korean forces push south of Seoul.
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Washington
Truman
Korea
Louis Johnson
United States Air Force
Douglas MacArthur
White House
Defense Department
Seoul
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of State
Joint Chiefs of Staff
United Nations Security Council
Republic of Korea
MacArthur
South
Col
Sterling Wright
Harold
Apd
Clerk Held in Mattoon for Postal Theft
Mattoon police say railway postal clerk Omar A. Burge admitted stealing 11000 from the mails. Burge, 65, of Centralia, was arrested after investigators traced a Pontiac sedan and recovered 140 cash plus 640 in bills and a $380 revolver. He claimed 32 years in service and said the rest of the funds are unrecoverable.
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Mattoon
Omar A. Burge
Centralia
Burge
Postal Service
Chicago
Bank of Herrin
Herrin
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis
Larkin Jones
Alen Farries
Mattoon Journal-Gazette
Associated Press
Beardstown
Population gain in southern Illinois counties 1950 census updates
Preliminary 1950 census figures show 34 southern counties adding 23 013 residents despite a 30 385 drop in the wider 16 county area. Madison and St Clair counties lead gains with 34 263 and 37 252 increases respectively. only six other counties rose. County seats mostly gained as well, with 23 of 34 up by 18 229 and 11 seats down by 6 024.
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Illinois
Madison
St. Clair
St. Clair County
Edwards
Jackson
Jefferson
Monroe
Wabash
White
Randolph County population falls 2068 from 1940 figures
Randolph county shows an overall 2,068 decline in population from 1940 per preliminary census data. Urban and rural areas shift, with Chester up 278 to 5,388 and Steeleville up 143 to 1,355 while Sparta drops 91 to 3,573 and Coulterville falls 128 to 1,156.
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Randolph County
Chester
Steeleville
Sparta
Coulterville
Retirement official dies after filing papers
Washington input exposure Charles E Warren 68 retired after 51 years in government service collapses and dies after handing retirement papers to a post office clerk.
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Washington
Charles E. Warren
Postal Thief Wrestled Spirit Burge Scribbles Notes in Cell
Mattoon Illinois story reports postal clerk Omar Burge 65 Centralia arrested after admitting stealing up to 11 000 in postal funds to pay debts from a Centralia concrete business. He mailed sums 25 to 750 to debtors while moving from Centralia Mount Vernon Kinmundy Patoka Springfield to Mattoon. He wrote religious notes claiming he wrestled with the Holy Spirit and found God as authorities planned federal court arraignment in Danville.
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Mattoon
Ill
Omar Burge
Centralia
Burge
Mount Vernon
Kinmundy
Patoka
Springfield
Buree
Danville
Beardstown-Herrin
Weather Forecast For Friday And Weekend Conditions
Cloudy with periods of light showers this afternoon and again Saturday. Tonight will be not too cool with a low 55 to 60. Saturday high 78 to 84. Friday low 57, today at 7 a.m. 70, 6 p.m. 75. Noon today 81. Sun up 4 32 a.m. and will set 7 35 p.m. Humidity 41 percent at 9 a.m. today. Precipitation 0 since yesterday 7 a.m. Wind averaged 1.2 mph. Crab Orchard Lake spillway level yesterday Eleven feet below spillway yesterday. Little Grassy Lake Eleven feet below spillway yesterday.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Indexes and sections listed for today’s newspaper
The newspaper outlines sections across pages including National page 1 Local news page 3 Women’s pages 7 and 8 Sports pages 11 and 12 Classified ads pages 1 and 18 Markets page 19 and Pictures page 20 for the day.
Here’s One Treasurer Clark Didn’t Sign
An Omaha World-Herald report notes a $4.98 personal check from Mrs Georgie Neese Clark, signed as treasurer of the United States, bounced after the Federal Reserve bank in Kansas City returned it for not being signed. The incident occurred during a visit to Omaha where Miss Evelyn Simpson was asked to purchase a skirt.
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Omaha
Georgie Neese Clark
Clark
United States
U. S
Evelyn Simpson
Omaha World-Herald
Richland
Kan
Federal Reserve Bank
Kansas City
War news contrasted by world soccer cup result in Hong Kong
Hong Kong residents asked if the US and Russia declared war. editors confirm no war yet. The caller then inquires if the United States defeated Britain in the world soccer cup, to which the AP editor confirms. Locals express mixed reactions to the soccer outcome despite global tensions.
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Hong Kong
Associated Press
United States
Russia
United
States
Britain
Area Mine Payroll to Reach $22 Million for Vacation Closure
More than 10 000 Southern Illinois coal miners will receive about 90 dollars in vacation pay plus two weeks regular wages as mines shut down for a ten day vacation. About 11 942 miners are employed across Franklin Perry Saline Williamson Randolph Jackson- Jefferson counties with payroll totals varying by company and mine.
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Ilinois
Truax-Tract Coal Company
Elkville-De Soto
Jackson County
Addi
Truax
Franklin
Perry
Saline
Williamson
Randolph
Jackson-Jefferson
Peabody Coal Co
Old Ben Coal Corporation
Chicago, Williamson & Franklin Coal Co
Franklin County Coal Co
Freeman
Consolidated Coal Co
Lake Creek
Truax-Tracr Coal Company
Bell & Zoller
Freeman Coal Mining Co
Jeffrey
Freeburn
Pyramid Coal Co
Fidelity
Union Colliery
New Kathleen
Majestic Coal Co
Illinois House Passes Tort Control Bill as Relief Fight Fails
The Illinois House backed a tort control bill while defeating a 7.8 million relief appropriation. A rent-control extension cleared after Senate amendments, awaiting Gov. Stevenson’s signature. Republicans questioned using funds to restore a 10 percent cut before the fall campaign. Chicago property taxes would rise by 9.8 million, a figure the Senate rejected.
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Springfield
Dlinois House
House
Senate
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Assembly
Chicago
Anna Market Receives Early Tomatoes and Seasonal Produce
The Anna Municipal market begins shipment of the season's first tomatoes this week with rising receipts. Red Bird peaches appear on the market alongside daily increases in cucumbers and early transparent apples.
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Anna
Louisiana Governor Signs Emergency Civilian Defense Bill
Gov Earl Long signed an emergency civilian defense bill to prepare Louisiana for any duty it might be asked to perform during the Korean crisis. The measure was rushed through the legislature this week in Baton Rouge on June 30.
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Baton Rouge
Earl Long
Louisiana
Transplant Success Reported for Dog Limbs in USSR
Tass under Moscow report states Russian scientists transplanted legs between dogs and that after four to eight months the animals ran normally. The agency also claimed successful heart and lung transplants in warm blooded animals, indicating broader surgical progress.
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London
Tass
Moscow
Perfect Answer For Stock Saying In Restaurant Line
A businessman in Carbondale had a sharp exchange with John Licos of the Green Mill. He apologized for blocking the line and the woman at the front used an air horn to blast him before paying her bill and leaving.
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Carbondale
John Licos
Green Mill
Tamaroa Car Thieves Nabbed
Two teenagers were captured after stealing a car in Tamaroa Illinois. Harry English 15 from a Baltimore Maryland boys training school and Terry Wheeler 16 of Baltimore were found with the car and English with $11 in a station. Both were jailed in Pinckneyville facing automobile theft charges.
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Lebanon
Ill
Baltimore
Tamaroa
Harry English
Terry Wheeler
State Patrol
English
Wheeler
Pinckneyville
Townsend Blanchard
United Electric Coal Co
Chicago
Blanchard
Boy Drowns in Whittington Pond During Vacation
A 13-year-old boy, Charles Hutchinson of Chicago Heights, drowned Thursday in a farm pond near Whittington Franklin County while visiting his grandfather, a local blacksmith. State police recovered the body around 9:30 p.m.
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Whittington Pond
Whittington
Franklin County
Charles Hutchinson
Chicago Heights
Rural Electrification Grants Loan to Newton Cooperative
The Rural Electrification Administration has approved a loan of 692000 dollars to the Newton cooperative in Iowa. The finance supports rural power development and will aid electricity distribution to residents and farms in the Newton area.
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Washington
Sueqric Uo Joperative
Newton, Il
Indian Visions Spark Firebug in Circus Blaze
Ohio authorities identified 20 year old Robert Dale Segee of Circleville as the firebug behind the Ringling Bros circus blaze that left 168 dead in Hartford six years earlier. Prosecutors say he confessed to arson and multiple fires across Maine New Hampshire and Ohio. Segee remains linked to a signed statement describing a red Indian night visits ordering fires. An East St. Louis arrest preceded a Pickaway county grand jury indictment on two arson counts in Circleville Ohio.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ringling Bros
Hartford
Segee
Guy B. Cline
Pickaway County
Cline
Callan
East St. Louis
Circleville
Carbondale Woman Learns Value of ABC Ads
Mrs. Crowell of 317 E. Freeman found value in ABC Classified Ads after a three line ad drew 75 to 100 calls. She had never used classifieds before and plans to advertise again, noting the ad cost $1. Directions to place ABC ads appear on the first classified page.
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Carbondale
ABC
Mrs. Crowell
E. Freeman
North Korean column threatens Suwon as U S eyes defense
Tokyo dispatch says a North Korean armored column at least 15 miles from the Han river threatens American headquarters at Suwon and Seoul. MacArthur orders raids on invasion bases while Britain and allies pledge support.
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Aaa
Ting
Ross Duncan
Hobart Clark
Coostal
Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy
Noble
South Korea
Anna Market
Bulletin
Tokyo
Far East Air Force
Han River
Red Tank
Russell Brines
Japan
Suwon
U.S
Pusan
Taejon
Holland
China
Australia
New Zealand
Clarence Ryee
North Korea
Ryee
Pyongang
BE. M. Almond
Han
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