Lattimore Defends Self Against Three Accusers
Washington May 2 Owen Lattimore denounced testimony linking him to the Communist party as hogwash and perjured, testifying before a Senate committee that he is not a Communist or Soviet spy. He urged the panel to condemn Senator McCarthy's charges and attacked Budenz and Utley as liars while reaffirming his own innocence and years of service.
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Owen Lattimore
Louis Budenz
Communist Party
Budenz
Senate
Lattimore
Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee
McCarthy
State Department
Wisconsin
Freda Utley
Utley
Johns Hopkins University
Senate Foreign Relations
Red
Russia
Daily Worker
United States
White House
William T. Bvrne
Madison, Wis
Busy Cobden Leaders Use Wire Recorder for Teaching
S. L. Speer editor of The Cobden Review and Cobden mayor, also a gospel minister, conducts his Sunday school remotely when away. He makes a wire recording of his lesson review, the class joins at the opening then listens to his voice through the recorder.
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Busy Cobden
S. L. Speer
The
Cobden
Hiss Disbarred From Practising Law in New York
Alger Hiss former State Department official and Roosevelt adviser was disbarred in New York. The appellate division of the Supreme Court struck his name from the bar after ruling his federal two count perjury conviction constituted felonies. The case stemmed from his denial of giving secret papers to Whittaker Chambers. He was sentenced to five years in 1950 and appeals continue.
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New York
Alger Hiss
High State Department
New York State
Supreme Court
Hiss
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
Roosevelt
Yalta
Federal aid approved for two Illinois hospitals
The Public Health Service preliminarily approves federal aid for St. Anthony's chronic diseases hospital in Rock Island with a total cost of 1.3 million and a federal share of 388000, and Marion Municipal Hospital with 912000 total cost and a 340276 federal share. The approval allows sponsors to proceed with general planning.
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Washington
Public Health Service
Illinois
St. Anthony’s Chronic Diseases Hospital
Rock Island
Marion Municipal Hospital
Scott W. Lucas
D-Ill
Very Important Truck Weight Decree Promised
Springfield Illinois public safety director Thomas O'Donnell said he will announce enforcement of truck weight laws at a 10 am press conference Thursday. He called the forthcoming statement a very important declaration.
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Springfield
Ill
Thomas O’donnell
O'Donnell
Weather Forecast Shows Showers and Warmer Temps
Showers and warmer conditions expected with tonight cloudy and a shower. Wednesday will bring occasional showers with a high in the mid to upper 60s. Low tonight around 45 to 50, temperatures slide to 58 to 65 on Wednesday. The sun rose at 4 58 this morning and will set at 6 56 this evening. Humidity around 77 percent at 11 a m. Precipitation 0.08 inches in the past day, wind averaging 1.6 mph. Crab Orchard Lake 14 inches above spillway yesterday. Little Grassy Lake five inches below spillway yesterday.
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Grassy Lake
Union County Considers Road District Merger Hearing May 16
A public hearing May 16 will consider merging Union County’s 15 road districts into four. If approved, four road commissioners and four clerks will replace the current 11 of each. Backed by the Illinois Agricultural Association and Taxpayers Federation of Illinois, consolidation aims to lower costs and improve roads.
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Union County
Illinois Agricultural Association
Illinois General Assembly
Taxpayers’ Federation of Illinois
Loren Hinkle
County Highway Department
Anna
Jonesboro
Union County Farm Bureau
Dongola
Du Quoin Meter Case Under Advisement
Six Du Quoin businessmen seek an injunction to halt proposed parking meters arguing the city council acted unlawfully in purchasing them. The case was taken under advisement by Circuit Judge Edward F. Bareis after final briefs were ordered. no ruling expected for about 30 days.
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du Quoin
Edward F. Bareis
Pinckneyville
Bareis
Rock Fall Traps Miner at Truax Traer Mine
Claude Bean of Zeigier escaped with only minor injuries after a small rock fall at the Truax Traer coal mine near Elkville at 2 p.m. Monday briefly trapped him. He suffered slight bruises and abrasions but was able to continue his shift.
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Claude Bean
Zeigier
Truax-Traer
Elkville
Bean
Florida Florida Florida primary focus Pepper Smathers contrast
National political interest centers on a Florida Democratic primary where Sen. Claude Pepper seeks renomination over Rep. George Smathers. The Alabama Ohio Indiana contests also run, with Pepper’s fate viewed as a barometer of wider national trends.
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Florida
Claude Pepper
George Smathers
Senate
Alabama
Ohio
Indiana
House
Johnston City Names Hatfill New High School Principal
H A Hatfill of Worden Madison county is chosen from 12 applicants to lead Johnston City High School. He will sign a contract and move with his family after the current school year ends. Wayne Ely will be replaced as principal after five years.
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Johnston City Township High School
The
Southern Illinoisan
High School Board of Education
H. A. Hatfill
Worden
Ill
St. Louis
Madison County
Johnston City
Ralph Goddard
Hatfill
Goddard
Panama
Greenville
Mulberry Grove
Wayne Ely
Ely
Vaccinations Planned for Sparta Schoolchildren
Randolph county health authorities scheduled smallpox vaccinations for all Sparta grace schools students tomorrow to prevent an epidemic. The first Illinois smallpox case since 1947 was a six year old farm boy near Sparta, while James Matthews remains quarantined at home. Baldwin school children were vaccinated last Friday as a similar precaution.
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Randolph County
Sparta
Illinois
James Matthews
Ralph Matthews
Baldwin
Champ Webb Marion Trucker Shot by Night Policeman
Marion patrolman Herman May shot Champ Webb, a trucker, in both legs during arrest at about 12 45 a m on E street near Marion square. Webb seized May s night stick and beat him before May fired twice. Webb was taken to the Veterans hospital at Marion. Buckner will present charges of assault with intent to kill resisting arrest and drunken driving to the Williamson county grand jury now in session.
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Herman May
Marion
Webb
May
Veterans Hospital
E Street
Marion Square
Zoral Buckner
Buckner
Williamson County Grand Jury
Maragon Receives Jail Term In Senate Perjury Case
John Maragon, once linked to the White House, is sentenced to eight months to two years in jail for perjury to Senate investigators on bank accounts and former employment. Federal Judge Jennings Bailey sets concurrent terms, denies longer punishment, and allows $5,000 bail pending appeal by Irvin Goldstein.
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Washington
John Maragon
White House
Senate
Maragon
Jennings Bailey
Irvin Goldstein
Russia lists rocket sites in Arctic Baltic regions
Victor Martynuk, a 33 year old escapee from a Soviet concentration camp, says Russia built rocket installations aimed at Alaska, Norway and Sweden in the Arctic and Baltic. He disclosed the operation yesterday via attorney Ivan M. Crap. Martynuk is jailed in Montgomery County awaiting action on his lawful residence petition in the United States. He was arrested as a stowaway aboard the S S Monitor when it docked in Philadelphia in April 1949.
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Alaska
Norway
Sweden
Russia
Arctic
Baltic
Victor Martynuk
Ivan M. Crap
Martunuk
Montgomery County
Norristown
House
S.S. Monitor
Premature Baby Born in Auto Dies En Route to Hospital
In Dubois Illinois a three months premature baby, Debra Sue Skurat, was born in her father's automobile on the way to Du Quoin hospital. The mother and infant reached hospital later than planned as car headlights failed and a friend had to drive behind for nine miles. The infant died en route to Christian Welfare Hospital in East St. Louis after being placed in an incubator.
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Dubois
Ill
East St. Louis
Debra Sue Skurat
Benjamin Skurat
du Quoin
Skurat
Christian Welfare Hospital
Court Rejects Eveland Plea in Illinois School Dispute
The Illinois third district appellate court refused Eveland petition for rehearing after vacating an injunction that barred the Paris school board from firing Ernie Eveland. The case heads back to the board amid a split vote and a temporary standstill with Eveland teaching business training and no athletic duties.
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Springfield
Third District Appellate Court
Paris
Ernie Eveland
Eveland
Edgar County
Kankakee Loan Approved for Sewage Facilities
Washington May 2 AP The General Services administration approved two loans totaling 13280 for sewage facilities part of a 311100 project in Kankakee Tl.
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Washington
General Services Administration
Kankakee
Seger and Chapman Plea for Commutation Renewed
Governor Stevenson was asked again to commute the death sentences of two convicted teens, Carson Seger 19 of Alton and Curtis Chapman 18 of White Hall. A group from Edwardsville and Carrollton urged him to delay the executions so their cases can be reviewed by the State Pardon Board. Seger and Chapman face the electric chair at Menard State Prison Friday.
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Ill
Stevenson
Carson Seger
Alton
Curtis Chapman
White Hall
Edwardsville
Carrollton
Ou Stevenson
Executive Mansion
State Pardon Board
Seger
Chapman
Menard State Prison
Hirsch Company Buys Blum Department Chain
P N Hirsch stores acquire seven Blum department stores in Southern Illinois and Missouri. The Cairo based Hirscher Eichhorn owned outlets in Cairo Mounds Salem Carterville Anna Sikeston and Charleston Missouri are included. Hirsch operates 30 stores from St Louis with locations in Murphysboro Pinckneyville Anna Fairfield Mount Carmel Chester Eldorado Metropolis and Sparta. The affiliation takes effect immediately and keeps existing names and staff.
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Illinois
Missouri
P. N. Hirsch Stores
St. Louis
Hirscher Eichhorn
Cairo
Blum
Mounds
Salem
Carterville
Anna
Sikeston
Charleston
Hirsch
Sinois
Murphysboro
Pinckneyvlle
Fairfield
Mount Carmel
Chester
Eldorado
Metropolis
Sparta
Editor Crash Lands Near Elizabethtown
Clovis Copeland formerly of The Arkansas Gazette and current magazine editor in Little Rock was treated for several broken ribs after crash landing his coupe in a field five miles east of Elizabethtown in fog. He was transported to a hospital in Rosiclare.
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Little Rock
Ark
Elizabethtown
Copeland
The
Arkansas Gazette
Rosiclare
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