Carbondale Woman dies in blaze at East Birch Street home
An 80 year old Carbondale resident, Mrs Emma McFadden, perished when a fire swept a five room frame house at 411 East Birch Street. Four others were left homeless. Fire officials cited a stove misfire as the probable cause and said access was blocked by embers and debris. Burial services were held at Oakland Cemetery with an inquest set for Tuesday night at Carbondale city hall.
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East Birch Street
Carbondale
Emma McFadden
Collier
Biff
Boston
East Main Street
Weather Outlook With Temperatures Narrowed
Showers and partly cloudy skies expected tonight and Tuesday. Cooler Tuesday with highs from 80 to 85 and a low near 55. Yesterday’s high 89, low 52, with no measurable precipitation. Crab Orchard Lake is % inch above spillway today.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Worked First Illinois Mine Veteran Thomas Clayton Dies at 80
Thomas Clayton 80 of Benton longtime employee at Illinois first coal mine died Saturday at home after a long illness. He began work at age 12 near Murphysboro and retired 64 years later from New Orient mine in West Frankfort at 76. Survived by wife Grace and several children and a step-daughter. Funeral Tuesday at North Benton Baptist Church with Rev. Homer Peterson. Burial in Herrin city cemetery. Friends may call at Mitchell funeral home Benton.
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Thomas Clayton
Benton
Illinois
Mr. Clayton
Murphysboro
New Orient
West Frankfort
Clayton
Grace
George
California
William
Norman
Detroit
Ray
Salt Lake City
Walter
Beulah Nichols
Danville
Inez Bagwell
North Benton Baptist Church
Rev
Homer. Peterson
Herrin City
Mitchell Funeral Home
Labor Libel Ruling Upheld in Kentucky Case
The Supreme Court let stand a total libel judgment of six thousand dollars against a labor union and a Paducah newspaper for running an ad accusing a restaurant owner of unfair treatment. The Kentucky court upheld the awards to Gerald Wise, noting unions may be civilly liable for false statements of unfairness when no justification exists.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Llor
High Tribunal
Kentucky Court of Appeals
Paducah
Sun-Democrat
Paducah Central Labor Union
Union leader claims no monopoly in newspaper industry
Woodruff Randolph of the International Typographical Union said there is no monopoly in the newspaper industry today during a May 4 dinner marking the union’s 100th anniversary in Cincinnati Ohio. He warned that newsprint is contracted by existing papers and attacked government labor policy as fascistic. He urged the government to stop restricting union organizing and to stop fixing wages and prices.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
A. F. of L. International Typographical Union
Woodruff Randolph
Union
Randolph
L.T.U
Fort Massac State Park Featured in Southern Illinoisan
A feature page in today's Southern Illinoisan highlights Fort Massac State Park at Metropolis. The 479 acre park offers camping picnic and recreation facilities and showcases its scenic beauty through stories and photographs.
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Fort Massac
Southern
Illinois
Metropolis
Western Lines Seek 10 Percent Fare Increase
Nine Western railroads petitioned the Interstate Commerce Commission to raise interstate travel west of the Mississippi by 10 percent. Basic coach distance fares would climb from 2.5 to 2.75 cents per mile, sleeping and parlor car rates from 3.5 to 3.85 cents, and the minimum single ticket from 15 to 20 cents.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Mississippi River
Missouri Pacific Railroad
Southern Pacific Co
Northwestern Pacific
Pacific Electric
St. Louis Southwestern Railway Co
St. Louis Southwestern Railway of
Texas
San Diego
Arizona
Fastern
Texas & Pacific
Texas and New Orleans
Carbondale wins Class B music title at state meet
Carbondale captures the Class B crown at Jacksonville with 89 points to lead 99 Class B schools in Saturday state high school music contests. Mount Pulaski wins Class C with 103 points at Peoria, while Flanagan takes Class D with 63 points at Macomb Edinburg place.
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Carbondale
Mount Pulaski
Flanagan
Jacksonville
Peoria
Hamilton
Macomb Edinburg
Hinckley
Eisenhower Leaves Paris for Italy on NATO Farewell Tour
General Dwight D. Eisenhower departed Paris by plane for Italy this morning as he continues his farewell tour of NATO nations. He travels to Italy to meet allied leaders and observe ongoing operations in the alliance.
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Eisenhower
Italy
Paris
France
Dwight D. Eisenhower
N.A.T.O
Brannan to Appear Before Senate Panel on Cover Up Claim
Secretary of Agriculture Charles Brannan agreed to testify before the Senate agriculture committee regarding Sen. George Aiken’s accusation of a cover up in farm aid. Aiken pressed Brannan to explain delays and to justify actions on Clovis Walker and a CCC official linked to cotton dealings. Walker faces questions over contacts with an Egyptian trader.
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Washington
Charles Brannan
Senate Agriculture Committee
Sen
George Aiken
R-Vi
Brannan
Aiken
Commodity Credit Corp
Clovis Walker
Walker
U. S
Loutsy Mansour
Allen J. Ellender
Dla
Justice Department
Agriculture Department
White House Talks Collapse Amid Oil Strike
Denver May 5 The oil workers strike crippled aviation and refinery output with aviation fuel cuts ordered 30 percent for airlines and private fliers. Airports planned schedule trims as the fuel shortage spreads through transportation and military use.
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Denver
Colo
Oscar Chapman
United States
Petroleum Administration For Defense
P.A.D
Air Force
Truce Parley Stalled Again at Panmunjom
In Munsan Korea on May 5 Allied and Communist truce delegates held a secret session with no progress. North Korean General Nam Il spoke for nine of eleven minutes and then urged a recess until Tuesday. The talks centered on prisoner exchange and a neutral observer, with details not disclosed.
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Munsan
Korea
Nam. Il
Red
Panmunjom
Soviet
Russia
Miss Southern crowned at Southern Illinois Spring Festival
Faye Keller of Carbondale named Miss Southern at the Spring Festival dance at Southern Illinois University. The photo shows Keller with the court: seated Carolyn Collier, Jeft Marion Ida Mae Schellhardt Anna. standing Linda Casper Metropolis Helen Nance Carbondale. Keller and Nance are daughters of local residents.
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Faye Keller
Carbondale
Southern
Southern Illinois University
Carolyn Collier
Jeft
Marion
Ida Mae Schellhardt
Anna
Linda Casper
Metropolis
Miss Keller
Helen Nance
Fred G. Keller
Route 2
Miss Nance
W. J. Nance
Meat supply threatened by hoof and mouth disease near U S border
Officials warn the foot and mouth disease spreading from Canada threatens the U S meat supply. If the outbreak reaches the border it could trigger quarantines and curb cattle and hog movement, risking shortages in many areas and disrupting Midwest to East Coast trade.
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Canada
Washington
U. S.-Canadian
U. S
California
Indiana
Ohio
Great Midwestern
Seaboard
Benton Refuses Testimony Over Recording Device
Sen. William Benton declines to testify at a pre trial hearing in Sen McCarthy's libel suit after discovering a tape recording device in the room. Benton follows advice from attorney Theodore Kindel of New York and refuses to answer while the device remains. McCarthy seeks U S district court action to compel Benton to testify in the case tied to allegations of Communist infiltration and perjury.
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Washington
Sen
William Benton
Joseph McCarthy
McCarthy
Senate Committee
Benton
Connecticut
Theodore Kindel
New York
Kindel
Wisconsin
U. S. District Court
Senate
Fragmented Local News Entry From Old Illinois Paper
A damaged OCR fragment mentions Southern and Illinois topics, a publication on Main Street, Corcentants, and a date near 227 Wet Olis with a note about second class matter. The readable text is minimal and lacks full events or names.
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Illinois
Main Street
Corcenants
Woder
Six Red Planes Destroyed in Korean Air Battles
U S Sabre jet pilots shot down four Communist jets and two Red propeller planes in three clashes over northwestern Korea near the Yalu River boundary. Fights spanned 40 000 to 5 000 feet. Allied losses to be announced in a weekly summary. Ground action limited to light skirmishes except for a patrol scrap on the western front.
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Seoul
Korea
Sth
Yalu River
Manchuria
Youthful bank robber surrenders after church confession
In Topeka Kansas a bank robbery is admitted by a young father who spoke from a pulpit about his crime and said God told him to surrender. Albert Johnson described planning the May 17, 1948 Hoyt robbery with caution to convert fellow inmates and join Youth for Christ after the case is resolved.
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Topeka, Kan
Hoyt
Industry Balks At Accepting Package Deal
White House talks on the steel dispute faltered as both sides reported narrow gaps. The Supreme Court wage ban and government seizure pending ruling limited options, with union leader Murray accusing the industry of a strike against collective bargaining and Bethlehem Steel's Arthur Homer noting the union pressed for full Wage Stabilization Board recommendations including a union shop.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Supreme Court
Steelman
Murray
Arthur B. Homer
Bethlehem Steel
Homer
Steelworkers Stay on Jobs Amid Talks Collapse
Pittsburgh May 5. Steelworkers grudgingly follow leaders and remain at work after White House talks fail. Murray head of the CIO United Steelworkers calls the move deplorable yet urges continued production while government and industry seek a peaceful solution amid a large steel industry effort to resume full productivity.
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Pittsburgh
Washington
White House
Murray
C.I.0
United Steelworkers
Bmeneg Y
Steel Fed Jones & Jones & Leila Steela
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Lake’ City
George Beckstead
Labor
Gerald Wise
Wise
Central Labor Union
Wise’s
LTU
Western Railroads
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Chicago
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C.I
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Miss Southern
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Pease Albert H. Johnson Saig
Ald Sands
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Santa Fe
Youth For Christ
seecaiePe
C.I.Q. Steelworkers
John R. Steen
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp
C.S.O
Philip Murray
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