Storm Lashes Southern Illinois Areas Causing Flood Risk
Storms across Southern Illinois knocked out power lines and telephone service in Grand Tower Murphysboro Carbondale and Herrin. Big Muddy River rose seven feet in 24 hours threatening flood stages while rainfall reached 2.46 inches in Carbondale and 2.77 inches at Elizabethtown aiding forest fire containment.
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Illinois
Murphysboro
Central Illinois Public Service Co
Grand Tower
Carbondale
Roy Ramsey
O. S. Schureman
Illinois Commercial Telephone Co
Schureman
Fruit Growers Exchange
Eagles Rally Planned For May In Herrin
Plans were laid for an Eagles rally in Herrin in May at the Herrin Eagles lodge. Frank C. Modetz was named general chairman and a meeting for April 16 will draft the two day program. The event will draw about 30 lodges from East St. Louis to south, with 10 000 members. Speakers included Mel Thomas and Ed Sullivan.
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Eagles
Herrin
Murphysboro
Eeries
Belleville
Carbondale
Benton
Christopher
Zeigler
Harrisburg
Marion
Wally Robb Aide to Wilson President Dies at 69
W. L. Wally Robb longtime Wilson Sporting Goods executive and athletic promotion director died of a heart attack at St Josephs hospital at age 69. A native of Ontario California he served 32 years with the company and was an assistant to president L B Kely. He started as an athlete at Pomona junior college and joined Wilson in 1918.
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Chicago
W. L
Wally) Robb
Wilson Sporting Goods Company
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Robb
Ontario
Calif
Wilson
L. B. Kely
Pomona
Dutch Recognize Chinese Communist Government
The Netherlands formally recognized the Chinese Communist government. Secretary J Vixie Boxse at Peiping delivered the note approving relations with the Chinese People’s Republic to the central government.
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China
Hague
Holland
J. Vixie Boxse
Peiping
Air sergeant admits killing woman sergeant at Bramilton base
San Rafael California police report Sgt. Lyle H. Buswell a 32 year old air force sergeant confessed to FBI agents that drinking drove him to kill 44 year old WAF Sgt Fairy E Decker at Bramilton base. He said he disarranged clothing to fake a sex crime though he denied rape. autopsy notes indicate strangulation bruises and lacerations.
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San Rafael
Calif
Air Force
Lyle H. Buswell
Buswell
Vermont
F.B.I
WAF
Fairy E. Decker
York
Bramilton Air Base
Letterman General Hospital
San Francisco
Egypt Scout Circus Cancelled For This Year
The Egyptian Scout council says the Boy Scout circus at the Du Quoin fairgrounds is not funded enough to proceed this year. They aim to revive the circus in 1951 and some communities will run fund campaigns this spring to support it.
Return of 58 Czechs Planned After Forced Flight
In Erding Germany on March 27 an AP report states travel plans would finalize today to repatriate 58 Czechs who landed Friday in three planes with 26 others fleeing their homeland. The two groups were kept separate with 26 refugees undecided about returning to communist Czechoslovakia.
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Erding
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Rainy and Windy Tonight With Mixed Sunshine Outlook
The report notes rain and strong winds tonight into Tuesday with highs near 77 and lows around 56. Sunrise at 5 53 a m and sunset at 6 19 p m today with humidity at 100 percent. Precipitation totals reach 2.17 inches in the 24 hour period ending 7 a m today.
Court Upholds Eugene Dennis Contempt Conviction
The Supreme Court upholds the contempt of Congress conviction of Eugene Dennis, secretary of the American Communist Party. Seven federal workers served on the jury. the ruling was 5 to 2 with dissents by Black and Frankfurter. Dennis argued juries including government employees cannot be fair.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Sherman Minton
Fred Vinson
Robert H. Jackson
Stanley Reed
Harold Burton
Dennis
House un-American Activities Committee
U. S
New York
George W. Crockett, JR
Detroit
Crockett
Firemen Push University Ladder Truck Purchase
The Egyptian Fire Fighters association of Southern Illinois urges Southern Illinois University to add funds in the 1950 51 budget for an aerial ladder pumper truck to aid the university and surrounding cities. Copies were sent to university officials the governor and the state fire marshal.
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Egyptian Fire Fighters Association of
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University
S. L A
Board of Trustees
Illinois
D. W. Morris
Victor L. Stocks
Association
Egyptian Fire Fighters Association
Coal Belt Protective Association
Carbondale
Southern University
J. West Gentry
Carterville
Harry Rodd
Marion
Fred Schoonover
Herrin
Luther Burpe
West Frankfort
E. A. Wolfe
Southern Acres
A. D. A. Welch
Veterans Hospital
Ed Eddlemen
Christopher
Bob Burke
Chamber of Commerce
Two Men Critically Injured In Auto Crash Near Effingham
Two men, James B. Dinyard of St. Louis and Joseph Biszalik of Beaumont Texas, were critically injured when their car overturned in a creek west of Effingham on U S Highway 40. Both were pinned in the vehicle and transported for medical care.
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Effingham
Here
James B. Dinyard
St. Louis
Joseph Biszalik
Beaumont
Tex
Methodist Bishop Holt To Be Married Today
Greenwich Conn. Methodist Bishop Ivan Lee Holt of St Louis and Mrs Hugh A Carthers of Winder Ga will wed in a simple ceremony today officiated by three old friends The Rev Dr Ralph W Lockman the Rev Elmer T Clark and Dr S M Cavert will perform the ceremony with congratulations from Vice President Alben Barkley and wife and other church figures mentioned
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Greenwich
Conn
Ivan Lee Holt
St. Louis
Hugh A. Carthers
Winder
Alben Barkley
Holt
Ralph W. Lockman
Christ Church
New York City
Elmer T. Clark
World Outlook
S. M. Cavert
Federal Council of Churches of Christ In America
Survey Urged On Future of Foreign Aid
Senators Taft and Vandenberg call for a non partisan survey to assess post Marshall plan aid for democratic nations. They propose an impartial commission to study needs and how far the United States should go in assisting others after 1952. The plan seeks broader input from all national life groups and has bipartisan support.
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Washington
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Taft
Truman
Paul G. Hoffman
Vandenberg
Commission
E.C.A
State Department
Kidnaned Girl Found Slain in Vancouver Area
Police search for two men after 18 year old Jo Ann Dewey was abducted in a black sedan and found slain in a Wind River canyon. Coroner says death from a severe cerebral hemorrhage, body discovered by fishermen below a 287 foot bridge.
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Vancouver
Wash
Jo Ann Dewey
Wind River
Harry Diamond
Clark County
Roy Spady
Brunet
C. N. Dewey
St. Joseph Hospital
Diamond
Funeral Held for Buck Wild Game Authority
Quiet services were held in Houston for Frank Buck the famed 66 year old wildlife author who died of a lung ailment in a local hospital yesterday.
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Houston
Texas
Frank
Buck
Wild Game Authority
Dust storms sweep plains and cause fatalities
Blinding dust swept across the Plains with eight highway fatalities and about 50 injuries from accidents in Kansas and Texas. Winds up to 80 mph, prairie fires, and crop damage followed as Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas and Nebraska bore the brunt. Blizzard conditions hit Colorado and Wyoming, with extensive snow drifts and road blockages, while a tornado damaged Little Rock and surrounding areas.
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Kansas City
Plains
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
New Mexico
Nebraska
Gallup
N. M
Kansas State College
Weather Bureau
Amarillo
Plains States
Colorado
Wyoming
Nebraska State Highway Patrol
Panhandle
Scottsbluff
Mitchell
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas Gazette
Upper Michigan
Heavy orange crop damage hits California Valencia crop
Lindsay California reports 72 percent loss of the 1950 valencia orange crop in Central and Northern California due to cold weather. About 1,700 cars will be marketed from a potential 6,000-car crop, per the Orange Administrative Committee.
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California
Lindsay
Calif
Valencia
Orange
Sheriff to fish for silver in mine pit today
Williamson County Sheriff Lawrence Cannon plans a fishing method to recover a stolen silverware set from Aaron Greathouse near Herrin airport after suspects Bill Curry Crinth James B. Brown and Bob Baldwin were jailed on burglary and larceny charges. The trio allegedly burglarized belts and Greathouse homes with radios rings a wrist watch stolen belts also taken. The sheriff intends to recover the silverware from the mine pit near Marion using a magnet.
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Williamson County
Lawrence Cannon
Aaron Greathouse
Herrin
Bill Curry
James B. Brown
Bob Baldwin
Marion
Greathouse
W. H. Beltz
Creal Springs
Beltz
Cannon
Retail Sales Decline in Half of State
Statewide retail tax receipts for 1949 totaled 167.65 million, down 2.6 percent from 1948. Chicago and Cook County led with 92.06 million, a two percent drop, while 51 downstate counties showed declines largely in coal counties and industrial areas. Some central counties held steady or rose. farming regions showed gains.
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Springfield
Cook County
Chicago
Illinois
State Revenue Department
Cook
Franklin County
St. Clair
Madison
Rock Island
Peoria
Winnebago
Sangamon
Adams
Rockford
Trucker Crushed At Black Banner Mine Report
Workers at the Black Banner coal mine near Crab Orchard in Williamson county labored at noon to recover the body of a truck driver crushed when the mine tipple fell on him. The victim was identified as Darrell Rebecca Jr. by local resident Valley Corder. Sheriff Lawrence Cannon confirmed a fatality with no further details available.
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Black Banner
Crab Orchard
Williamson County
Valley Corder
Darrell Rebecca, Jr
Harrisburg
Lawrence Cannon
Pope Urges Penance For Present Day Sins
Pope Pius XII called on Catholics worldwide to pray and perform penance for sins of the present day. The Vatican message issued on March 26 urged acts of prayer fasting and self discipline to atone for contemporary moral failings.
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Vatican City
Pope Pius XII
Southern Illinois Flood Losses Heavy This Year
Flood losses in Southern Illinois during the first two months reached 1.345 million dollars in 1950, below 1949's 1.505 million but above the 1948 figure. State public works director Charles P. Casey noted the 1949 total exceeded 1948 yet stayed under the five year 1943 to 1947 average.
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Springfield
Illinois
Charles P. Casey
Crossing Crash Fatal to Couple in Dubois
Mrs. Mary Kostecki 63 of Dubois was killed instantly and her husband Frank 68 a retired auto worker fatally injured when their car was struck by an Illinois Central freight train at the S. C. crossing in Dubois at 7 12 a. m. on Sunday while en route to church. Frank Kostecki died later at Marshal Browning hospital Du Quoin. State police officer Wesley Jones said the man stopped for a northbound train then misread signals as a northbound cleared, failing to see the southbound train.
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Mary Kostecki
Dubois
Frank
Illinois Central
S. C
Kosteckis
Kostecki
Marshal Browning Hospital
du Quoin
Wesley Jones
State Police
Bridges Trial Nears End as Defense Concludes
In San Francisco the longshore leader and CIO official Harry Bridges faces a perjury trial. Chief defense counsel Vincent Hallinan nears final argument on the sixth day of summation with a verdict expected by Thursday or Friday. Prosecutor F Joseph Donohue likely over to rebut. Bridges denies ever being a Communist when he became a citizen in 1945.
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San Francisco
Harry Bridges
Vincent Hallinan
Hallinan
F. Joseph Donohue
Bridges
C.I.O. Longshore
Driver Ignored Pleas To Slow Down In Fatal Crash
A Jacksonville bartender, Wayne Kitchen, 38, died when his car overturned on Route 36 near Springfield after speeding past another vehicle at 65 mph. Three passengers, William Fisher 22, Betty Fisher 21, and Stella Evans 22, all from Jacksonville taverns, were injured. Coroner W L Dragoo said witnesses reported Kitchen’s car was driven very fast and ignored pleas to slow down.
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Springfield
Wayne Kitchen
Jacksonville
William C. Fisher
Betty
Stella Evans
Sangamon County
W. L. Dragoo
Kitchen
Dragoo
Fishers
McCarthycharges Lattimore as Soviet spy face Senate probe
Far East expert Owen Lattimore denounces McCarthy's claim as pure moonshine and says he will answer in full upon return from Afghanistan on a UN mission. The case spawns warnings from John L. Arnold Fortas Porter firm and continues under Senate Foreign Relations scrutiny with Hoover and McGrath noted.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Joseph McCarthy
Russia
State Department
United States
Lattimore
Associated Press
Afghanistan
United Nations
McCarthy
Wisconsin
Arnold Fortas & Porter
Thurman Arnold
Abe
Johns Hopkins
Drew Pearson
Soviet Union
Pearson
Senate
F.B.I
J. Edgr Hoover
J. Howard McGrath
Millard Tydings
D-Md
Hoover
McGrath
F.B.L
F.b.li
Ey West
Fla
Five Die in Chicago Traffic Accidents
Five persons died in Chicago auto mishaps during the weekend. Thomas Gilmartin aged 60 a bonds man died after his car crashed into a pole his injuries were complicated by a heart ailment. Joseph Reichwin 25 Lansing Mich was killed when his car hit a tree. James Girvin's auto crashed into a safety island killing him. York Adams 47 and William C Marten 65 both pedestrians were fatally hurt in street accidents.
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Chicago
Thomas Gilmartin
Joseph Reichwin
Lansing
Mich
James Girvin
York Adams
William C. Marten
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Hurst
James Love
Harold Hill
U.S
Hill
Elizabethtown
Shawnee National Forest
Wally Robb
Hong Kong
F. L. Chang
Shanghai
World Federation of Churches
Egypt
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Eugene Dennis
Kidnaned
Williamson
Champaign
Christian
Clark
Coles
Crawford
Cumberland
Dewitt
Douglas
Fayette
Ford
Iroquois
Jackson
Jasper
Logan
Macon
Moultrie
Pratt
Richland
Shelby
Southern
Far East
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