Perilous Herrin Colp road claims first fatality
James Robert Musgrave 16 of Colp killed Saturday night when struck by a car driven by Karnes 28 of Galatia on the Herrin Colp road west of Herrin. Karnes allegedly failed the curve and dragged Musgrave about 40 feet. A coroner's jury recommended manslaughter charges. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. Burial in Hillcrest. Musgrave survived by parents, brothers, sister, aunts and uncles.
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James Robert Musgrave
Colp
Br Karnes
Galatia
Herrin
Herrir
Karnes
Musgrave
Riggin
Carterville
Williamson County
Robert
Gladys Musgrave
Johnny Lee
Donald Ray
Martha Marie
Goldie Hale
Sylvia Townsend
Carbondale
Rosetta Swinford
Galconda
Jessie Musgrave
Golconda
James Meece
Marion
Vance Walker
Hillcrest Cemetery
Kentuckian Killed in Route 3 Crash
James Childers of Hichman Kentucky died at 7 15 p m Sunday one mile south of Ellis Grove on Route 3 after his car struck a livestock truck. The truck overturned but its driver and the livestock were uninjured.
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James Childers
Hichman
Ellis Grove
McClure
Governor Proclaims Mother's Day Observance
Springfield on May 8 reports Gov. Adlai Stevenson has proclaimed next Sunday as Mother's Day, urging heartfelt recognition across the state.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Veteran may lose eye in three car crash near Jonesboro
A 24 year old Anna War veteran named Robin Hubbs endured a glass injury to his right eye after a three car crash on Route 127 three miles southwest of Jonesboro. Valerie King and his wife were hospitalized for severe facial and leg injuries while Hubbs was treated for eye trauma.
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Robin Hubbs
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Route 127
Jonesboro
Hubbs
Val King
Anna
Route 51
Anna Transfer Company
King
Lincoln Street
Campbell and Denny
Weather outlook and lake readings show warmer trend
Cloudy and warmer through tonight and Tuesday with lows from 58 to 64 and highs in the 76 to 84 range. Sun metrics show a sunny spillway reading for Crab Orchard Lake at 14 inches above spillway and Little Grassy Lake 5 inches below. Crib readings note a 26.1 foot depth and a 1.1 foot 24 hour fall.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Index and Page Labels Across Today's News Pages
The notice lists page allocations: National page 1 Local News page 3 Editorials page 4 Sports pages and Comics pages designated with symbols and classified ads pages 8 and 9 Markets page 9. The references indicate a structured layout for today’s newspaper.
Flood Threat Heightened by Rain Forecasts
Winnipeg battles rising Red river flood as forecasts of more rain trigger mass evacuations. Brig. Morton says authorities are holding their own while warnings spread to 1,500 residents in low areas. Hundreds of blocks face inundation with about 10 000 homeless in Manitoba.
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Red River Valley
North Dakota
Minnesota
Prairie City
R. E. A. Morton
Manitoba
Weather Bureau
Red River
Colorado
United States
Winnipeg
U. S
Ex-Carbondale Man Slugged and Robbed in Marion
Richard Grant Corbett, a Harrisburg resident and Missouri Life Insurance salesman, said two hitchhikers attacked him near route 13 and 148 south of Herrin early Sunday. He suffered possible skull fracture and was taken to the Veterans Hospital in Marion after regaining consciousness at the wheel. Authorities reported the robbers stole about 20 dollars in small bills.
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Richard Grant Corbett
Carbondale
Harrisburg
Veterans Hospital
Marion
Charles Edwards
Williamson County
Corbett
Edwards
Missouri Life Insurance Company
Herrin
Dictors
Novelist Gordon Hillman Admits Killing Mother
Gordon Hillman 49 admitted in an oral statement that he beat his 74 year old mother to death in their Back Bay hotel suite after dining with her. Police cited financial troubles and alleged he sought to conceal them from his mother. Hillman formerly worked for the Boston Transcript and wrote fiction including The Great Man Votes later adapted as a film.
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Boston
Gordon Hillman
Back Bay
Francis Wilson
Hillman
Wilson
Old
Boston Transcript
Man Bites His Own Dog, Police Say
Washington police report two men biting a dog led to an investigation. They detained Sitwell Long, 23, who admitted the act saying the dog was his. He was taken to Gallinger Hospital for observation.
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Washington
Sitwell Long
Gallinger Hospital
Truman Raps Isolationists In First Speech of Junket
Rimouski Quebec residents faced the ruins of a weekend fire that leveled 312 homes and many buildings in an 80 mph wind, leaving 2,500 homeless and causing 20 million dollars in damage with no deaths reported. Hard-hit institutions included St Joseph hospital and the Sisters of Charity orphanage. The blaze reportedly started when a power line sparked in strong winds, then took hold, and was declared under control by Maj. Gen. R. O. G. Morton early Sunday morning.
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Rimouski
Que
St. Lawrence
Quebec
St. Joseph Hospital
Sisters of Charity
Technical School
Rimouski Hospital
Price Brothers
R. O. G. Morton
Court Upholds Non-Red Oath In Labor Law
The Supreme Court upheld the Taft Hartley Act non Communist oath requiring union officials seeking to use the National Labor Board to file affidavits stating they are not Communists. Chief Justice Vinson led the majority with several justices concurring or dissenting. Justices Reed and Burton joined the majority while others did not participate. The appeals were brought by CIO United Steelworkers and the American Communications Association.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National Labor Board
Fred Vinson
R. H. Jackson
Hugo Black
Felix Frankfurter
W. O. Douglas
Tom Clark
Sherman Minton
Stanley Reed
Harold Burton
Wallace State Jaycees Elect Illinois State Officers
Wallace State Jaycees elected state vice president James Wallace of Carbondale at the Illinois Junior Chamber of Commerce convention in Danville. Carbondale Jaycees won the Travel trophy. La Mont C. McGlothlen became Illinois state president. Awards went to Robert Adler Evanston outstanding state chairman Charles Schlink Peoria outstanding Jaycee Raymond Rice East St. Louis outstanding local chapter president. Attendees included James Wallace Fred Brown Ralph Dillion Orren Wallace. Rev. William Alexander spoke at the inaugural banquet.
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James Wallace
Carbondale Jaycee
Chamber of Commerce
Danville
C ‘Dao Jaycees
Carrie
la Mont C. McGlothlen
Galesburg
Illinois
Dean Madden
Decatur
Robert Adler
Evanston
Charles Schlink
Peoria
Raymond Rice
East St. Louis
Fred Brown
Carbondale
Ralph Dillon
Orren Wallace
Miller elected Tenth District VFW commander at Herrin encampment
Carl Miller of Herrin won the district commander post 224 to 142 over John J. Wolfe of East St. Louis at the VFW annual encampment in Herrin. The two day meeting drew about 1,000 VFW and Auxiliary members from Southern Illinois and registered 348 delegates.
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Carl Miller
Herrin
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Miller
John J. Wolfe
East St. Louis
Mike Bond
Centralia
Illinois
Lawrenceville
St. Louis
Carbondale
Harold Stassen
John R. Hodge
American Legion
Truman on World Peace Cooperation in Galesburg
President Truman urged international cooperation and United Nations support in a brief speech on his Midwest tour aboard the 13 car train. He warned of dangers from totalitarianism and the next war, drawing a large crowd in Republican-leaning Galesburg, Illinois.
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Truman
Galesburg
Ill
J. L. Murphy
Wer
United Nations
Knox County
Supreme Court Opens Wage Claims for Wartime Overtime
The Supreme Court ruled 5 to 2 that workers at government munitions plants under cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts are covered by the Wage-Hour Act, allowing overtime claims potentially totaling 250 million dollars. Deciding plants include United States Cartridge Co. in St. Louis, Arkansas Ordnance in Jacksonville Arkansas, and Lone Star Defense in Texarkana Texas.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Frankfurter
Secretary of War
United States Cartridge Co
St. Louis
Arkansas Ordnance Plant
Jacksonville
Ark
Lone Star Defense Corp
Texarkana
Texas
Five Baylor Students Die In Arlington Crash
Five Baylor University students were killed in a head on collision near Arlington Tennessee when their sedan collided with a trailer truck carrying construction equipment. Victims include Jimmy Nelson 22 Dallas Betty Pierson 19 Waco Jeannette Boyd 20 Dallas David Roy Figart 20 Waco James Percival Langley Jr 23 Sacramento. Truck driver Gard Waley 29 Houston escaped uninjured.
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Arlington, Tenn
Baylor University
Here
Jimmy Nelson
Dallas
Texas
Betty Pierson
Waco
Tex
Jeannette Boyd
David Roy Figart
James Percival Langley, Jr
Sacramento
Calif
Langley
Lexington
Figart
Miss Pier
Memphis
Garland Waley
Houston
Large Crowd at De Soto Horsepull Draws Spectators
About 700 spectators jammed De Soto for a township sponsored horse pulling contest. Eric Wells of Bonnie Illinois won lightweight division, Clyde Robinson of Waltonville won middleweight, Stanley McCowen of Waltonville won heavyweight. Second and third place finishers included John Doetch Ava Charles Downen Mulkeytown John Hicks Vergennes James Cochran Lesser and Nels Martin Inc. Prizes included feed baskets motor oil and groceries. Weighing in started at 8:30 a.m. and the event ended at 4 p.m.
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de Soto
de Soto Township
Eric Wells
Bonnie, Ill
Clyde Robinson
Waltonville
Ill
Stanley McCowen
John Doetch
Ava
Charles Downen
Mulskeytown
John Hicks
Vergennes
James Cochran
Lesser
Nels Martin
Ohio convicts escape using Tarzan style cable swing
London Ohio May 8 three convicts escaped from the London prison farm by swinging on an electric cable from the roof of the main building about 70 feet to the ground. The escape was described as clean and swift.
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London
Ohio
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C.I. O. United Steelworkers
C.I.O
Philip Murray
American Communications Association
William Alexander
First Christian Church
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Senate
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Charles Miller
Carmel
William McKay
Fairfield
Gordon Patton
William Cline
Belleville
Victor Hunley
Vernon
Tenth District
Kankakee
Alben Berry
Golden Gate
Carl Crain
Mt. Carmel
James Schmitz
Ottawa
Henry L. Warner
Maywood
Ed Driemeyer
Fred Schoonover
Robert J. Young
Hurst
Driemeyer
Schoonover
Young
Herrin V. F. W. Post
Herrin Baker-Ladd
Post
Herrin C. of C.hall
Eagles Lodge
Elsie Donati
Caseyville
Fern Davis
Eldorado
Elbert N. Dillard
Mrs. Truman
Margaret
Mr. Truman
U. S. Circuit Court
Robert H. Jackson
Burton
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