Reds Battle Across Front Near 38th Parallel In Korea
American troops clash with Chinese forces on the western front driving toward the Red Korea border. U.N. air action hits gun positions and supply hubs as traffic pours south and the Imjin river area sees heavy activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Japan
U. S
United Nations
U.N
26Th Army Corps
Imjin River
Imjin
Munsan
U. N
Republic of Korea
Younpo
U. S. Eighth Army
Kumhwa
Pyongyang
Sukchon
Okinawa
Hamhung
Haeju
Walker Bulldog Tanks Off Production Lines
Washington reports the Walker Bulldog, the army’s first postwar tank, begins production three months early. The 26 ton light tank, speed 40 mph, carries a new 76 mm gun and is named for Gen. Walton H. Walker. Secretary Frank Pace says it will outfight any tank in its class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Army
Walton H. Walker
Frank Pace
Weather Summary For Crab Orchard And Surrounds
Rain and mild cloudy conditions expected tonight and Wednesday with a low around 55 and a high near 55 to 60. Yesterday low 24 and 51 at 7 am today, high 59 with noon reading 55. Precipitation 0 inches from 7 am yesterday to 7 am today. Humidity 60 percent at 11 am today. Winds around 50 miles between 7 am yesterday and 7 am today, average 1.04 mph. Sunrise 5:35 am, sunset 6:19 pm. Crab Orchard Lake Spillway level Monday and Little Grassy Lake 30 feet below spillway Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Cook Enters Last Home Alcatraz After Kidnap Slayings
Badman William E. Cook began a 300 year sentence for the Mosser family kidnap murder at Alcatraz. Warden Swope called it the longest sentence known. Cook wore handcuffs and leg irons during transfer from Oklahoma. He is also sought in Imperial County for the Seattle slaying and faces Missouri and Oklahoma cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
William E
Billy) Cook
Alcatraz Prison
Edwin B. Swope
Oklahoma
Carl Mosser
Atwood, Ill
Missouri
Cook
Imperial County
Calif
Robert Dewey
Seattle
Mosser
War Bride Ellen Knauff Barred From Citizenship
Mrs Ellen Knauff a 36 year old German born war bride was barred from citizenship by a Washington immigration board. She will be detained at Ellis Island after parole was revoked and will appeal the decision. Testimony tied her to Czechoslovak spying claims though she denies spying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ellen Knauff
Special Immigration Board
Washington
Edward J. Laughnessy
Ellis Island
United States
Shaughnessy
SIU Freshman James Reynolds Held for Armed Robbery
James Reynolds 21 of West Frankfort, an SIU freshman, was arraigned in Franklin County on armed robbery charges after allegedly robbing a West Frankfort filling station. Justice of the Peace John Andras set a $5,000 bond. Reynolds indicated his parents would post it, and he confessed to three other station robberies outside the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Reynolds
West Frankfort
Southern Illinois University
Franklin County
Justice of the Peace
John Andras
Reynolds
Rothkopf
Kefauver
Kleinman
Alexander Wiley
R-Wis
Ohio
United States
Brooklyn
Samuel &. Leibowitz
New York City
Police Department
Leibowitz
New York
Vincent Impelliteri
Thomas Murphy
Lab Officials Testify In Paul Harvey Case
Argonne national laboratory officials testified before a grand jury investigating the night time entry of Paul Harvey into the atom lab grounds. Witnesses included Dr. Walter H. Zinn director Robert A. Hessler and James Yore security officers and AEC official. Harvey, 32, ABC network newscaster, was seized inside the grounds last month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Harvey
Argonne National Laboratory
Atom Lab
Walter H. Zinn
Lemont
Robert A. Hessler
James Yore
Atomic Energy Commission
F.B.I
Harvey
A.B.C
Wilson Says U S Military Power In Sight To Deter Reds
Charles E. Wilson, head of the Office of Defense Mobilization, announced in a news conference that the nation has in sight the military power to deter aggressors. He warned inflation remains an internal enemy and pledged possible expansion of price control powers, while noting the Wage Stabilization board should be reorganized. Wilson indicated the upcoming ODM quarterly report to President Truman would show clear progress in rearmament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Charles E. Wilson
Wilson
Office of Defense Mobilization
Wage Stabilization Board
O.D.M
Truman
Meat price ceilings aimed for mid April
Government price experts seek ceiling levels for steak and pork chops by mid April as the key step to ease meat price and supply problems. OPS officials, including Eric Johnson and Michael V. DiSalle, push for swift action with a mid April forecast. A prior plan would address live hogs and dressed pork first, then beef and cattle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Stabilization
O.P.S
Fconomc
Eric Johnson
Michael V. DiSalle
Co.i.s
Cancer drug krebiozen shows promise in cancer trials
Dr. Andrew C. Ivy reports tests of krebiozen on 22 Chicago area patients and seven New York cases show life extension and tumor regression in several cases. Eight deaths occurred, but 12 to 17 months after first dose two patients show no evidence of cancer. further clinical study is urged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew C. Ivy
Cancer Authority
University of Illinois
Steven Durovic
Chicago
Ivy
Z. T. Berkovitz
University Hospital
New York City
Dr. Durovie
Argentina
Krebiozen
Senate
Abner
Longie) Zwillman
North New Jersey
Stogie Movement Sparks Cigar Band Drive in Carbondale
Carbondale area volunteers led by Hazel Trail of the American Legion auxiliary have collected cigar bands to send cigars to hospitalized veterans. Since October, 5,100 bands were sent in February alone, with more than a thousand cigars distributed and ongoing efforts statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Veterans Hospital
Carbondale American Legion Auxiliary
United States
Havana
Chicago
Carbondale Legion Auxiliary
Hazel Trail
Trail
American Legion Auxiliary
Lewis Adkins
Herrin Dress Plant Workers Rally For Sick Boy
Herrin dress plant workers at Smoler Bros collected 60 dollars for two year old Frankie Wayne White of Scottsboro who needs brain tumor surgery in a few days. The group had raised 50 dollars last week but bandits hijacked the Western Union wire to St Louis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smoler Bros
Herrin
Frankie Wayne White
Scottsboro
Western Union
Marion
Frankie
St. Louis
Seven Cent Gas Tax Proposal Advances In Illinois Senate
Senator Robert J. Young introduces a bill for a seven-cent gasoline tax in Illinois. Three cents would fund the state, two cents to counties or cities, with no township share initially. He may add an amendment to allocate some portion to townships and argues highways require more funding due to winter highway damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illinois Senate
Robert J. Young
Dhurst
Young
Classified Ad Phones for Carbondale Murphysboro
Local ad rates list telephone numbers for Carbondale and Murphysboro offices with area codes 218 838 361 362 34 35. Rates are noted on the Classified Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Herrm
Murphysboro
Acheson Urges Inter American Unity Against Red Threat
Secretary of State Dean Acheson urged the American Republics to act now against international communism. He warned no free nation is secure and called for full economic and military cooperation with the United States. He keynoteed the inter American conference as 21 republics discuss mutual defense measures. President Truman urged Latin American solidarity against Soviet expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Acheson
United States
Acheson
inter-American Conference of Foreign Ministers
Russia
Truman
America
Treasury to establish special fraud section in tax raids
Treasury officials testified at a televised crime probe hearing that a new special fraud section will check income tax returns of gamblers and racketeers. They said 2,500 criminal tax cases are under investigation and pledged continued action to bring chiselers to justice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Washington
Treasury
Senate
John Snyder
Edward Foley
Snyder
Internal Revenue Bureau
Scarface
al Capone
Chicago
George J. Schoeneman
Internal Revenue
Foley
Schoeneman
Estes Kefauver
Dtenn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Reds
Today's Index
Son
Robert Strasser
Red Cross
Sgt
Theodore Strasser
Minster
Alcatraz
War Bride
Frankfurt
Germany
SIU
Southern Illinoisan
Member
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Columbus
Harry Neal
Ivo
Bill Hollander
Southern
I Linoisan
I. W. Dill
Nick Masters
Hub Cafe
Sperry Aldrich
Herrin Dress
ABC
Morris Kleinman
Louis Rothkopf
Cleveland
Jacob
Greasy Thumb
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!