Pepper Defeat Sparks Florida Primary Signals GOP Trend
Florida voters capped a dramatic Democratic primary with Rep. George Smathers beating Sen. Claude Pepper by a solid margin as Pepper conceded. Smathers campaigned as a middle-of-the-road liberal vowing deficit reduction while Pepper backed broader federal programs and social measures.
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Associated Press
Claude Pepper
Florida
George Smathers
Pepper
Smathers
Truman
Dade
Miami
John P. Booth
Ohio
Alabama
Indiana
Joseph T. Ferguson
Robert A. Taft
G.O.P
Guy Gabrielson
C.I.0
A. F. of L
National Party
Lester Hill
John J. Sparkman
Hill
Senate
Lawrence McNeil
Birmingham
McNeil
Gordon Persons
State Public Service Commission
Philip J. Hamm
Persons
Hamm
Bruce Henderson
Chauncey Sparks
Ferguson
Michael Visalle
Toledo
Tat
Lie to Visit Moscow Aims to End Cold War Standoff
United Nations Secretary General Trygve Lie announced a May 10 trip to Moscow to urge Russia to back a world leaders meeting with the Security Council to end the cold war and avert catastrophe. He warned a split world would risk a third world war and pressed for a UN centered path with all nations.
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Eral Trygve Lie
Moscow
Russia
Security Council
Mer
Herbert C. Hoover
U. N
Lie
United Nations
San Francisco
Josef Stalin
U. N. Security Council
Ava Man, 81, Marries Ava Widow, 73 in Murphysboro
Cupid scores again as Ava Man 81 takes Nancy L. Anderson 73 Ava widow as his fourth bride. The marriage was performed by Police Magistrate George Ozburn in Murphysboro. It marks the bride’s second marriage venture.
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Ava Man
Ava
Lipe
Nancy L. Anderson
George Ozburn
Murphysboro
Weather Summary: Cloudy Skies and Small Temperature Change
Cloudy conditions continue tonight and Thursday with little temperature change. Low temperatures around 55 to 60, highs 65 to 75. observed readings include 61 at 7 am, 68 at noon, and 62 at 6 pm. Mississippi River level at 29.1 feet. Crab Orchard Lake and Little Grassy Lake noted relative to spillways.
Index of today’s National and Local pages
The brief announces the day’s newspaper layout with National page 1 Local News page 3 Editorials page 4 Sports pages 6 and 7 Comics page 7 Classified ads pages 10 and 11 Markets page il and notes sections.
Cigaret Tax Cut Moves Toward Cheaper Brands
The House Ways and Means Committee voted to cut the tax on economy cigarets from 7 to 4.9 cents per pack. Treasury estimates smokers would pay 90 million dollars less annually. total excise cuts top 1.064 billion, surpassing President Truman’s proposed limit.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
The
Treasury
Truman
Mine Benefit Payments to Be Resumed
Washington mass AP miners welfare fund ends eight month freeze on pensions and death benefits. New rules raise pensions to 100 monthly for 60 year olds with 20 years service, start in June, with 1,000 death benefits limited to dependents and new eligibility rules for applicants.
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Washington, Mass
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Democratic county chairs reelect Rednour in 26th district
The 26th Congressional district Democratic chairs reelect Bert Rednour of Cutler as district chairman at a Monday night meeting in Chester Security hospital. Also chosen were Frank Lockwood as Williamson county secretary and Lloyd Austin of Murphysboro as Jackson county treasurer.
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Bert Rednour
Cutler
Perry County
Chester Security Hospital
Frank Lockwood
Herrin
Williamson County
Lloyd Austin
Murphysboro
Jackson County
Austin
Harry Stafford
Carbondale
Ora Collard
Clyde Choate
Anna
Kent E. Keller
Ava
Dean Hammack
A. A. ‘Boots
Prairie du Rocher
General Assembly
Williamson Gambling Probe Opens in Southern Illinois Counties
A grand jury in Williamson county investigates gambling at the request of Circuit Judge C. Ross Reynolds with about 20 witnesses, including Marion Herring and Colp mayors. In Effingham, State's Attorney Maurice Rickelman reports seizure of 15 slot and pinball machines and no arrests. Machines were moved to the Effingham county jail after visits to local venues. Deputy Tucker acts for Sheriff McDevitt who is recovering from injuries.
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Illinois
Williamson County
C. Ross Reynolds
Vienna
Marion
Herrin
Colp
Effingham
Maurice Rickelman
Rickelman
A. D. Tucker
Effingham County
Deputy Tucker
Thomas McDevitt
Killers Fail in petitions to circuit judge
Two young men from Alton and White Hall, Carson Seger 19 and Curtis Chapman 18, failed to obtain a writ of error or a stay from Circuit Judge Clem Smith in Carrollton Illinois as they face the electric chair at Menard State Prison. The next recourse could be a governor reprieve or higher court intervention. A federal habeas hearing is set with Federal Judge Casper Platt in Danville.
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Carrollton
Ill
Menard State Prison
Clem Smith
Greene County
Carson Seger
Alton
Curtis Chapman
White Hall
Stevenson
Supreme Court
Ralph Smith
Emerson Baetz
State Supreme Coum
Springfield
Smith
High Court
Seger
Chapman
Levenson
State Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Danville
Baetz
State Pardon Board
Casper Platt
Seger and
Stassen Calls Truman Worst U S President in Speech
Harold E. Stassen labeled President Truman the worst and cleverest politician to hold the White House in a Manhattan Republican committee speech. He urged Republicans to expose the administration, offer constructive measures, and organize with unprecedented vigor for the 1950 situation.
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Stassen
Truman
U.S
New York
Harold E. Stassen
White House
West
Congress
America
Pendergast School
Kansas City
University of Pennsylvania
Minnesota
G.O.P
Women’s Auxiliary
New York County
Manhattan
Republican Committee
Mr. Truman
Water Rate Hike Hearing Resumes in Springfield
Objectors to a proposed water rate increase in Robinson appeared before the Illinois Commerce Commission to urge rejection. Attorneys for Mount Vernon and Lawrenceville questioned company officials about profits since 1945. The comptroller and division manager cited higher costs from new equipment and added customers as justification.
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Springfield
Robinson
Illinois Commerce Commission
Frank Pfeifer
Mount Vernon
Lawrenceville
J. Stanley Bradbury Robinson
Illinois City Water Company
J. M. Imlay
Lloyd Alton
Bakers Await Strike Okay in Downstate Illinois
Members of the A F L Bakery and Confectionery Workers union in Downstate Illinois voted to strike and await Chicago headquarters approval. The union seeks a stronger seniority clause a wage increase and a welfare plan for about 180 bakers after a 60 day notice filed Feb 27 and the old contract expiring Monday.
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A. F. of L. Bakery & Confectionery Workers Union
Downstate
Illinois
International
Chicago
George Zellmann
The
Bakers
Zellmann
Paris High School Names May Queen Joyce Tolliver
Joyce Tolliver, an outstanding Negro senior at Paris High School, was chosen queen of the May festival defeating six white rivals. The 1950 graduating class includes two Negro students in a largely white enrollment of 620. Last year the festival drew over 3,500 attendees.
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Paris
Ill
Joyce Tolliver
Joyce
Gambling Bill Seen as Threat to News Flow
AP general manager Frank Starzel warned a Senate panel that anti gambling legislation could stifle news by restricting horse racing and other sports. He said such moves risk expanding to other fields and would be hard to reverse. He noted the Justice Department bill would burden transmitters with proving legal use.
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Washington
Frank Starzel
Associated Press
Senators
Starzel
A. P
Senate Commerce
Justice Department
Refugee Ship Arrives in Hong Kong with 735 Evacuees
The Gen. W. H. Gordon docked in Hong Kong with 735 evacuees from Red China, including 196 Americans. The voyage began after the U S consular team left Taku Bar last Saturday. Walter McConaughy, former Shanghai consul general, heads the group.
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Hong Kong
W. H. Gordon
Red China
Taku Bar
Tientsin
U. S
Walter McConaughy
Shanghai
Three Die in Ohio Bus Truck Collision
Three people died when a bus and a truck collided and burned a mile north of here. Five passengers escaped with cuts and bruises as flames engulfed the wreckage. Sheriff M F Rickenbrod said two bodies were recovered, Edgar A Snyder of Columbus and Mrs Norma Helmer of Cleveland.
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Here
M.F. Rickenbrod
Edgar A. Snyder
Columbus
Ohio
Greyhound
Norma Helmer
Cleveland
McCarthyism Draws Attack On Lattimore In Senate
Senate Foreign Relations subcommittee hearings feature Owen Lattimore defending himself against McCarthyism accusations. He denounces attempts to attack him through his wife and recalls Budenz testimony. Lattimore cites Russia as example of political pressure on academics and notes his long association with Frederick Vanderbilt Field.
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Washington
Owen Lattimore
Lattimore
Senate Foreign Relations
Joseph McCarthy
R-Wis
State Department
Rourke Hickenlooper
Riowa
McCarthy
Johns Hopkins University
Department
Louis F. Budenz
Budenz
The
Daily Worker
Russia
Centralia oil venture yields first Williamson county well
Centralia oilman T M Pruett and partner Thomas H McCullough brought in the first producing well in Williamson county at the Weisbrodt farm two miles northeast of Marion. The shot was fired Tuesday morning and wiring indicates a 50 to 60 barrel daily output with pumping planned by Friday.
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Centralia
Williamson County
Charles Weisbrodt
Marion
T. M. Pruett
Pruett
Thomas H. McCullough
McCullough
Aux Vases
Weisbrodt Farm
Cape Girardeau, Mo
Pollack Brothers
Herrin
D. M. Margrave
Ross Bartmes
West Frankfort
Bert Wilson
Margrave
Salem
Plan Revamp Moves S I U Library Site
The site for Southern Illinois University library will not be on the cafeteria location. The new library, estimated at 250000, will be built behind the cafeteria on Chautauqua Street. Bids for site development will open in Springfield on Tuesday May 16.
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Southern Illinois University Library
Thompson and
Chautauqua
Chautauqua Street
Springfield
State Division of Architecture and Engineering
Progressive miners approve new contract vote outcome
Progressive Mine Workers approve a new contract by a 4 650 to 418 vote. The union headquarters announced the result today in Springfield.
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Springfield
Progressive
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