Pulitzer Prizes Awarded in 1952 Fiction Drama and More
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk wins the fiction Pulitzer. Joseph Kramm's The Shrike takes the drama prize. St. Louis Post-Dispatch earns its fifth Pulitzer for meritorious public service with IRS corruption exposure. John M. Hightower of AP earns international reporting for Wake Island coverage.
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New York
Bron Herman Wouk
Joseph Kramm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Internal Revenue Department
John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Columbia University
Joseph Pulitzer
Columbia
Pulitzer
Post-Dispatch
Truman
Louis la Coss
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
West Point
U. S. Senate
Washington
Oscar Handlin
Harvard University
Merle J. Pusey
Charles Evans Hughes
Pusey
The
Washington Post
Marianne Moore
St. Louis
Brooklyn
Symphony
Gail Kubik
National Broadcasting Co
SIU Psychology Students to Visit Anna State Hospital
Southern Illinois University psychology students from an introductory course titled The Human Personality will visit Anna State Hospital Wednesday afternoon. The 32 students will be guided by instructor Professor Lessix F. Malpass.
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Southern Illinois University
Anna State Hospital
Lessix F. Malpass
Bedtime Snack claims to ease laxative issues
An audience member reports success with Bedtime Snack before bed, stating it helped with a recurrent laxative problem and suggesting it may restore regularity. The note remains non-specific about ingredients or official endorsements.
Chester Garage Operator Dies
Chester business leader Henry Riechman 83, longtime Chester garage operator, died Monday May 5 at 315 Morrison. Born March 1, 1869 in Chester he married Eliza Gant September 22, 1891. Funeral Thursday May 8 at 2 pm at Welge chapel. burial Evergreen. He leaves wife, son Fred, daughter Irene, two grandchildren, and brothers Louis of Helena Montana and Herman of Harrisburg Arkansas.
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Henry Riechman
Chester
Morrison Street
Eliza Gant
Odd Fellows Lodge
Methodist Church
Welge
Earl Stadge
Evergreen
Cem
Riechman
Fred
St. Louis
Irene Riechman
Louis
Helena
Mont
Herman
Harrisburg
Ark
Plan Pacific Crossing Sets Sail From San Pedro
John Caldwell sails Tropic Seas a 36-foot ketch toward Australia aided by the sale of Desperate Voyage about his 1946 Panama to Australia voyage to fetch his war bride. His crew includes his wife Mary and two young sons Johnnie and Steve. The voyage covers about 6,000 miles.
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Pacific
San Pedro
Calif
John Caldwell
Tropic Seas
Australia
Panama
Mary
Johnnie
Steve
Caldwell
Polite Bowl Hosts Duke in Wartime Rose Bowl
In Durham on January 1, 1942 the Rose Bowl was played at Duke University Stadium due to the war. Duke hosted Oregon State with a 20 to 16 defeat, the Blue Devils offering a courteous welcome on a unique game day.
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Durham
N.C
Pasadena
Calif
Duke University Stadium
Blue Devils
Oregon State
Mile trip will take a year with ham eggs and books
A traveler plans a yearlong journey supplying himself with ham and eggs and books to sustain him. The note highlights practical provisioning for an extended voyage and indicates a focus on self supplied resources.
Ava Students Visit Murphysboro Fire Truck and Bottling Plant
Ava grade school students and 10 parents toured Murphysboro to observe a Dr. Pepper Bottling plant operation and the city fire department. Chief Urba Hanson explained the fire truck gadgets before a Riverside park picnic lunch.
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Ava Community Consolidated Grade School
Murphysboro Fire Department
Locust Street
Murphysboro
Urba Hanson
Riverside Park
Iraq Cabinet authorizes oil sale of three million tons
The Iraq cabinet authorized the economy ministry to sell three million tons of crude oil under a royalty agreement with the British run Iraq Petroleum Co. The sale is reported by the Arab news agency.
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Cairo
Iraq
Economy Ministry
Iraq Petroleum Co
East St Louis Men Sentenced For Vagrancy
Owen Birdsong 23 and William Rader 28 received four months at Vandalia state penal farm on reduced vagrancy charges. Thomas Sprouse 19 got six months probation under a $1000 bond. All three, East St Louis natives and half brothers, were arrested April 14 by Cobden officers for assault with a deadly weapon against Robert Claxton 50, after breaking into Claxton home to seek revenge on Claxton’s daughter Margie 18. Claxton was beaten with a chair.
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Owen Birdsong
William Rader
Illinois
Vandalia
Thomas Sprouse
Union County
Paul D
East St. Louis
Cobden
John Stegle
Carl Hatley
Robert Claxton
Birdsong
Claxton
Margie
Wilson infant dies funeral set in Ava
Connie Lee Williams infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Roy Williams of East Carbondale died at St Marys hospital East St Louis shortly after birth. Funeral services were to be held at Wilson Funeral Home Ava with burial in Kimmel cemetery Elkville. The infant is survived by parents a brother and grandparents in Ava.
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Ronald H. North
Hugh North
Carterville
North
U. S. Marine Corps
Parris Island
S. C
Camp Lejeune
N. C
H & S Co
Wilson
Ava
Connie Lee Williams
Roy Williams
East Carbondale
St. Mary’s Hospital
East St. Louis
Wilson Funeral Home
John Mifflin
Kimmel Cemetery
Elkville
Roy Ernest Williams
Jake Burnett
Frank Williams
Rites Set Wednesday for Carven Harris
Carven Harris, 45, a race track groom and former Christopher resident, died Saturday in New York. He leaves a sister Inez Harris of Chicago and four brothers in Indiana and Michigan. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Wednesday at the First Christian Church in Christopher with Rev. M. E. Frank officiating. Burial will be in Antioch Cemetery in Tamaroa. Friends may call at Union Funeral Home in Christopher.
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Carven Harris
New York
Christopher
Inez Harris
Chicago
Leonard
Lesser
Russell
Fort Wayne
Ind
Lester
Benton Harod
Richard
Detroit
Mich
First Christian Church
Rev. M. E. Frank
Antioch Cemetery
Tamaroa
Union Funeral Home
America
Cadillac
Co op Lunch in Oklahoma Bank Keeps Costs Low
Tulsa Farmers and Merchants Bank employees operate a no frills co operativ e lunchroom at noon for 37 cents. For that price workers receive ham navy beans corn bread sliced tomatoes cottage cheese ice cream cookies and unlimited coffee. The bank handles buying menus and payroll for the cook and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tulsa Farmers and Merchants Bank
Bank
Coffeeteria
Malaya Plans Malay Anise of Chinese School Textbooks
Malayan education authorities say Chinese school texts overly stress nationalism and will Malayanize the books. Eighteen Malayan education experts were appointed to advise on the steps to be taken.
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Kuala
Lumpur
Malaya
Pollen Used in Artificial Jollination Frozen for Next Season
Pollen used in artificial pollination is sometimes frozen and stored for use in the following season. The practice aims to preserve viability and ensure availability for future crop cycles.
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SIU
Anna State
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois Music Festival
Southern Ilinois University
Ethel Kuehn
Garde
Reba Woodard
E. St. Louis
Mainini Tile CO
Herrin
Church of the Nazarene
South Park Avenue
Herrin, Illinois
Farnsley
New Albany, Indiana
Rev
Thomas E. Shider
RITES
South Side Lumber Co
William D. Jackson
Elmer Jackson
Lackland Air Force Base
San Antonio
Texas
Elliott’s
Cash & Carry
W. Main St
Carbondale
Owen Brothers National Heating CO
Hunter-Owens Motor Co
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