Southern Illinois Air Operators Form Group
Airport operators in Southern Illinois formed the Southern Illinois Operators Division as part of the Illinois Airport Operators association at a Merion meeting. Vance Moyer of Metropolis was named chairman. plans include a Salem June 10 pilots meeting to organize a pilots group and establish an airway directory for Illinois airports.
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Southern Illinois
Illinois Airport Operators Association
Merion
Illinois
State Aeronautics Department
Southern Illinois Operators Division
Joe McLaughlin
Vance Moyer
Metropolis
Gene Seibert
Cabondale
George Lytle
Salem
Star Board of Aeronautical Advisers
N. Y
Bear mauls girl at Swedish zoo loses arm in attack
Stockholm May 5 AP Inger Roennquiet six reached into a polar bear cage at Vingaker zoo yesterday. The bear bit off her left arm. Doctors said they expect she will live.
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Stockholm
Inger Roennquiet
Vingaker
Sweden
Bradley Pleads Guilty in Jonesboro Burglaries
James Bradley 42 of Tamms pleaded guilty in Union circuit court to burglary and larceny and was sentenced to two to three years by Judge Loyd M. Bradley of Carbondale. The surprise plea followed an impanelled jury for Bradley's trial in the Jonesboro Pearce and Wiley service station robbery case from May 16, 1949. Co-defendant James H. Dunn has not set a hearing. Bradley had fled bond earlier.
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James Bradley
Tamms
Union
Loyd M. Bradley
Carbondale
Bradley
James H. Dunn
Cairo
Dunn
Pearce and Wiley
Jonesboro
Cairo GI Kills Jap Girl Friend and Shoots Self
Army reports Pvt How ard L Cannon of Cairo Illinois killed his Japanese girl friend Yoshiko Kametani with two rifle shots from a carbine then shot himself twice in the chest near Kobe Japan on May 5 He was in critical condition and had been scheduled for a court martial on assault and robbery charges the next day before the incident.
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Kobe
Japan
Howward L. Cannon
Cairo
Cannon
Yoshiko Kametani
Loyal Democrats win Alabama party control in runoff
Loyalists in Alabama defeated the rebel states rights faction to seize the state Democratic executive committee. They won at least 37 of 72 posts, while the states rights slate took 26 seats. one winner remains undecided and eight posts go to a May 30 runoff between eight states rights and eight regular Democrats.
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Birmingham Ale
Alabama
National Party
States
Thurmond-Wright
Democratic Executive Committee
Truman
Nehru Reappointed Prime Minister in New Indian Cabinet
New Delhi May 5 AP Jawaharlal Nehru was reappointed India's prime minister in a cabinet reshuffle under the new constitution.
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New Delhi
India
Jawaharlal Nehru
Weather Summary: cooler, periods of sun and calm
Fair and cooler conditions expected with a cooler night. Saturday should stay fair and cooler. Low tonight between 46 and 52, high Saturday 60 to 65. Thursday saw a high of 80 at noon, 79 by 6 p.m. Humidity around 63 percent at 10 a.m. Precipitation near zero since yesterday. Crab Orchard Lake stood 14 inches above spillway yesterday, Little Grassy Lake five inches below.
Winds Sweep Three States Kill One Injure Fifty
Tornadic winds cut a destructive path across three states killing at least one person and injuring about fifty. The death occurred at Perryton Texas where 13 were hurt. Kansas logged 37 injuries and Great Bend housing project losses. Oklahoma saw several twisters hit Fort Supply Cordell and Washita Ellis counties. Dust storms hit El Paso and Lubbock with roof and window damage in New Mexico.
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Associated Press
Perryton
Texas
Kansas
Great Bend
Oklahoma
Spa
Fort Supply
Okla
Oklahoma Highway Patrol
Cordell
Washita
Ellis
el Paso
Lubbock
New Mexico
Stevenson urges stiffer penalties for overloaded trucks
Governor Adlai E. Stevenson urged the Illinois Legislature to consider harsher penalties for trucking firms that repeatedly overload, proposing second and third offense fines if current deterrents fail. He cited 32 firms with 8,042 arrests in the first year of the crackdown and stressed the need to protect highway costs and safety.
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Springfield
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
LTAM
Stevenson
Thomas J. O’donnell
Department of Public Safety
Plaintiffs Win 2000 Dollar Ware Station Suit
Purchasers of the Roberts service station and restaurant in Ware won a $2,000 judgment in Union circuit court. Judge Loyd Bradley ruled for C. F. Barham and Henry Buford against A. C. Knight over the August 16 1947 sale. The transfer included business and buildings valued at 4800 dollars, later found to involve owners Hill brothers.
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Ware Station
Union Circuit Court
Loyd Bradley
C. F. Barham
Henry Buford
A. C. Knight
Granite City
Roberts
Ware
Hill Brother
St. Petersburg
Fla
Long Beach
Calif
Knight
Harold Lingle
Anna
Joseph Steele
John H. Carter
Admiral Mine to Begin Loading Coal Next Week
The Admiral strip mine near Elkville will start loading coal again next week, recalling 10 miners laid off three weeks ago. Twenty five miners will return next month as full stripping operations resume, with coal still sold from a large stockpile at the tipple since the shutdown.
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Admiral
Elkville
E. T. Skinner
Skinner
Station Burglar Receives One to Ten Year Sentence
George Tommy Hiller of Herrin was sentenced to one to ten years at Menard by Circuit Judge C. Ross Reynolds after pleading guilty to burglary and larceny for breaking into the Marlow service station and sporting goods store on March 5. He admitted breaking a window with his elbow to enter and removing an 85 pound outboard motor two blocks away before returning to retrieve it, only to be stopped by police. Also convicted were James Brown and Bob Baldwin for related burglaries. Brown received one to twenty years, Baldwin one to ten. The Beltz and Greathouse burglaries yielded additional stolen items including radios, a wrist watch, a ring, silverware, and a rifle. the silverware was dumped in a mine pit and not recovered. The three men will be sent to Menard once paperwork is completed.
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Paul Sutton
Springfield
U.S. Weather Bureau
Ilinois
McLaughlin
State Department of Aeronautics
George
Tommy” Hiller
Herrin
Menard Penitentiary
C. Ross Reynolds
Williamson
Hiller
Marlow
Creal Springs
Aaron Greathouse
Menard
Reynolds
Baldwin
Greathouse
Billy Curry
Corinth
Beltz
States Attorney's Office
Writer Benet Heart Victim
William Rose Benet a 64 year old Pulitzer prize winning poet and editor collapsed on a street after attending a meeting of the Council of the National Institute of Arts and Letters He died a few minutes later Police said the death was due to natural causes
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New York
William Rose Benet
Benet
Council of the National Institute of Arts and Let
Senate trims 250 million from European aid funds
The Senate voted 47 to 33 to slash 250 million dollars from European recovery funds for the year starting July 1, aligning with the House cut of 2.85 billion for the ECAs third year. Administration opposition emphasized the danger of isolationism and the need for the full EC A appropriation to avoid a garrison state.
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Senate
Washington
The
Economic Cooperation Administration
E.C.A
James Kem
R-Mo
Scott Lucas
Elizabeth Taylor Weds Conrad Hilton Jr in Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor marries Conrad Hilton Jr at 2 p.m. in Beverly Hills Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd. The gown is white silk satin with a high neckline and beadwork. about 600 guests attend and a Bel-Air reception follows. The couple plan a May 24 Queen Mary honeymoon voyage to Europe after a secret weeklong trip.
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Hollywood
Elizabeth Taylor
Conrad Nicholson
Nick) Hilton, Jr
Elizabeth
Husky
Waldorf-Astoria
New York City
Stevens
Chicago
Catholic Church of the Good Shepherd
Beverly Hills
Patrick J. Concannon
M-G-M
Trousseau
Helen Rose
Liz
Conrad Hilton, Jr
Bel-Air Country Club
Detroit
New England
New York
Europe
Hayride Fall Fatal to Girl in Rantoul
Lucille Kelly, a top-ranking Rantoul High senior, died from injuries after a hayrack fall during a Girls Athletic Association ride. She was to give the valedictory address next month. She died at Chanute Air Force Base Hospital after the accident Tuesday night.
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Rantoul
Rantoul High School
Lucille Kelly
Chanute Air Base
Lynn Gibbs
Girls Athletic Association
Lucille
Thomas J. Kelly
St. Patrick’s
Iowa City
Streetcar Passengers Hurt by Lightning Strike
Lightning struck a streetcar in Pittsburgh early today injuring 23 passengers. Three remain in serious condition. Twenty were treated at hospitals and released.
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Pittsburgh
Resuming Work Monday On Grain Storage Bins
George Davis reports in Murphysboro that work will resume Monday at Jones Ridge and Jacobs Ridge with about 40 laborers to erect 40 grain bins at each site. The dispute began April 26 when iron workers protested exclusive hiring by the Hod Carriers and Common Laborers union. The Production and Marketing Administration ordered the bins be built by common laborers, ending a nine day strike.
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Jacob and Jones Ridge
George Davis
Laborers’ Union
Murphysboro
Iron Workers Union
Production and Marketing Administration
Davis
Jones Ridge
International Hod Carriers and Common Laborers Union
Jacobs
de Soto
U S Criticizes Russ Handling of Plane Story
The United States charged Russia with flouting international obligations over the Blanc plane incident. In a new note to Moscow the State Department rejected the Soviet account of the April 8 shootdown and warned Russia that it has not met its obligations under international law. The note, delivered in Moscow by Ambassador Allan G. Kirk, was made public by the State Department.
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United States
Russia
Moscow
State Department
Soviet Socialist Republics
Union Soviet Socialist Republics
Latvia
U. S
Allan G. Kirk
Herrin Host to District V F W Meeting in Herrin
The tenth district Veterans of Foreign Wars gathering draws 1000 to 1500 attendees in Herrin with a Saturday dance at Baker Ladd Post 1567 and a Sunday memorial service at 9 30 a m open to the public. Senator Robert Young of Hurst delivers the principal address as delegates from men and women meet at the post home and Eagles temple after noon lunch at the Masonic Temple.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars
Herrin
Baker-Ladd
Fred Schoonover
Herrinmayor
Eddie Driemeyer
Robert Young
Hurst
Post
Eagles
Herrin Ladies’ Auxiliary
Masonic Temple
C. C. Club
North
Fourteenth Street
Herrin Post
East Walnut Street
W Frankfort Ag Teams Win Sectional Contest
Agriculture students from Du Quoin high school won first place in the vocational agriculture judging contest held yesterday in West Frankfort. Entries included teams from 16 high schools in section 24, across Jackson, Franklin, Perry, Union, and Alexander counties.
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du Quoin
West Frankfort
Jackson
Franklin
Perry
Union
Alexander
University of Illinois
Pincknevyville
University School of Carbondale
Anna Jonesboro
Lesser
Benton
Murphysboro
Community High School of
Carbondale
Dongola
Cobden
Allin
Christopher
Mounds
Wolf Lake
Gorham
Students Escape Injury In Crash at Minneapolis
An airforce C-45 twin engine plane carrying 28 University of Minnesota ROTC students and 3 crew crashed after takeoff from Wold-Chambo?lain field near Fort Snelling. All occupants escaped with no serious injuries. The flight bound for Ames Iowa met disaster when the left engine burst into flames shortly after evacuation.
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Minneapolis
Airforce
Wold Chamberlain Field
University of Minnesota R.O.T.C
Ames
Iowa
Iowa State College
Air Force
Fort Snelling
Freud Collaborator Dr Federn Dies by Own Action
Dr. Paul Federn, 78, a Freud collaborator and psychiatrist, was found shot through the heart at his home. Police ruled the death as death by own action. Federn had cancer and was to undergo an operation soon.
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New York
Paul Federn
Sigmund Freud
Federn
20 Die in Bus Crash On Rio de Janeiro Road
A bus stalled in heavy rainstorm caught fire in Rio de Janeiro killing 12 and injuring 20. The disaster occurred today on a road leading into the city and involved multiple passengers.
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Rio de Janeiro
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