Railroad Strike Expands to Union Pacific Route Picket Lines
The strike by locomotive firemen extends to a Union Pacific stretch from Daggett to San Bernardino with picket lines in Enola and Harrisburg. The walkout targets eastern and southern traffic on the Pennsylvania system and threatens 18,000 firemen across four carriers as mediation efforts stall.
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Chicago
Union Pacific
Pennsylvania Railroad
Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
UNION
Philadelphia
New York
Baltimore
Washington
Brotherhood of Locomotive
New York Central
Southern
Ta Fe
Daggett
San Bernardino
Calif
Santa Fe Railroad
D. S. Herrick
Enola
Farrisburg
Southern Railway
National Railway Mediation Board
Rail Union
Francis O'Neill, Jr
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Los Angeles
Salt Lake City
Santa Fe
U S Developing Lightweight Baby A Bombs for Jets
Washington May 13 AP The United States is developing lightweight baby A bombs small enough for jet fighter bombers and possibly as powerful as larger nuclear weapons. Details remain secret though reports cite discussions on arming allies and using compact bombs to support ground and sea actions.
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Washington
United States
North Atlantic
Europe
Air Force
Louis Johnson
Congress
Japan
Bikini
Two Car Crash Near De Soto Injures No One
At about 8 15 a m at the junction of U S route 51 and the blacktop between Hurst and De Soto three people escaped injury in a two car collision. Grover Haymes Jr Marion pulled off the road onto 51 James Butler St Louis Mo and an unidentified passenger in Butlers car collided with Haymes vehicle. One car struck a New Eve Dairy truck parked on the roadside. both cars were badly damaged while the truck had little damage.
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Hurst
de Soto
Grover Haymes
Marion
James Butler
St. Louis
Haymes
New Eve Dairy
Weather Summary for Crab Orchard and nearby areas
Partial cloudiness tonight and Sunday with showers and little temperature change. Low tonight mid 50s, high Sunday 70 to 80. Friday low 53 and 54 this morning, 69 this evening. high Friday 71. Sunrise 4 46 am, sunset 7 08 pm. Humidity 67 percent at 9 15 am. Precipitation 0 since 7 am yesterday. Wind averaged 12 mph between 7 am yesterday and 7 am today. Crab Orchard Lake 14 inches above spillway yesterday. Little Grassy Lake 5 inches below spillway yesterday. Mississippi River 25.5 feet at 8 today, down 3 feet in 24 hours. Additional weather on page 8.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Local pages guide for today’s newspaper sections
The index lists sections: National page 1 Local News page 3 Sports pages 6 and 7 Comics page 7 Classified ads pages 8 and 9 Markets page 8. Readers can navigate to each area for updates, features, and listings.
State Police Raid Madison Venice Clubs
Illinois state police acting on Gov Adlai E Stevenson orders raided two Madison county clubs Hyde Park and the 200 club Madison. Six operators and 48 employees were jailed after seizures including cash over 20000 dollars. Authorities say evidence shows betting and blackjack style operations.
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Venice
Illinois
Adlai E. Stevenson
Madison
Hyde Park Club
Stevenson
Alton
Madison County
Edwardsville
Ivan E. Elliott
Elliott
Gregory E
Red’ "Moore
Harry Wrest
200 Club
Tom Brennan
Thomas O'Donnell
Harold Talley
Austin Lewis
Talley
Lewis Asked To Testify At Hearing
Rep. Andrew Jacobs invites John L. Lewis to testify next Tuesday before a House labor subcommittee on union democracy. Subpoena powers may be stripped, leaving the panel without a venue to hear Lewis or Sidener Beasley. Jacobs seeks to counter abolition moves as Lesinski cites political cowardice while Detroit speculation unfolds.
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Andrew Jacobs
Ind
John L. Lewis
House
Jacobs
Lewis
John Lesinski
D-Mich
Indiana
Suboena Lewis
Lloyd Sidener
United Mine Workers
Canton, Ill
Bernard Beasley
U.M.W
Lesinski
Detroit
Sidener
Three Jackson County Officers on Raid Names Declined
State police headquarters at Du Quoin declined to announce the full list of officers from this district. Jackson County patrolmen in the raid included Warren Graer and Elza Brantley from Murphysboro and George Jack O'Daniel from the Cora area.
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du Quoin
Reli
Jackson County
Warren Graer
Elza Brantley
Murphysboro
George Jack O’daniel
Cora
Fugitive Paul E. Sanders Captured in Marion Road Gang Case
Marion authorities report fugitive Paul E. Sanders, wanted since 1941 for assault to murder and escape from a Georgia prison camp, waived extradition and will be sent to Atlanta. Sanders, 28, was arrested in Marion on a rifle assault complaint by a woman.
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Marion
Georgia
Paul E. Sanders
Atlanta
Williamson County
Lawrence Cannon
Cannon
Sanders
Merion
Boy Falls 30 Feet Into Cavern at State Park
Leo Flynn a 17 year old son of Clyde L Flynn Hardin county school superintendent is in serious condition at Elizabethtown hospital after a 30 foot fall into a cave at Cave In Rock State Park. He was unconscious for about ten hours following the accident during a picnic yesterday with injuries to his face head and hip.
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Boy
Leo Flynn
Clyde L. Flynn
Hardin County Schools
Elizabethtown
Cave- In-Rock State Park
Slot Machines Face New Federal Curbs as Legislation Looms
The Senate approved a bill to halt shipment of slot machines into states where they are illegal, with the House weighing the measure. Chicago's slot industry wonders about the impact under the proposed law. The piece traces origins to 1885, notes payouts vary, and cites estimates of up to two billion dollars in annual gross take for operators.
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Sam
Senate
House
Chicago
Charles Fey
California
William B. Herlands
New York
United States
Internal Revenue Bureau
Nevada
Idaho
Washington
Montana
Louisiana
Tennessee
Alabama
California Commission On Organized Crime
Prisoner Hushed Wireless Plot Exposed at Iowa Reformatory
Pete Hellyer, a 47 year old inmate at Anamosa, Iowa, allegedly installed a microphone in the warden’s conference room and made wire recordings of parole board sessions. He built a transmitter with an 80 mile range and smuggled spools of tape outside the prison hidden in a leather bag. WMT’s Jim Bormann disclosed the affair, saying others helped and the governor promised an investigation.
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
State Board of Parole
Jim Bormann
WMT
Bormann
Chicago
Pete Hellyer
Waterloo
Hellyer
Parole Board
Inter
Reformatory
Baseball Death Termed Accident in Herrin Player
Williamson county coroner's jury ruled Donald Lee Johnson's death an accident after he was struck behind the left ear by a pitched ball in a Herrin Johnston City game. Johnson, 17, died in Herrin hospital about five hours later.
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Williamson County
Donald Lee Johnson
Herrin
Johnston City
Johnson
Freeman Spur
Bob Kendrick
Sam Simmons
Storme
Leonard Scholl
Lowell Hall
Jack Stevens
Herrin First Methodist Church
Clyde Gulley
Carl Mitchell
Herrin City Cemetery
Dixon Man Dies of Auto Crash Injuries
Gordon A. Swift, 46, of Dixon, died in a hospital yesterday from injuries suffered in an automobile accident. He passed away after the crash injuries were sustained earlier.
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Dixon
Gordon A. Swift
Williamson County Board Faces Monday Injunction Hearing
The Williamson County Board of Commissioners and Springfield accountant Spencer D Lorton prepare to defend a suit filed by two Marion taxpayers seeking an injunction to halt the county books audit and stop payments for services not rendered The case advanced with a May 15 continuance after an amended charge adding Montgomery to the list of receivers of pay.
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Williamson County Board of Commissioners
Spencer D. Lorton
Springfield
Marion
Lorton
Charlies Winters
Kenneth Powless
Adolph Spitznass
Irvin Lang
Bradley
DuHamel
Area Grade Bands Win Honors in State Meet
Carbondale grade school band earned a first rating in the state finals at Herrin this forenoon. Murphysboro captured a second rating. Zeigler and Christopher bands earned first and Carterville was rated second.
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Carbondale
Southern T Illinois
Herrin
Murphysboro
Zeigler
Christopher
Carterville
Flier Missing After B3 Bomber Explosion Over Texas
An Air Force lieutenant vanished after a B3 bomber suffered an in air explosion at about 28,000 feet above Fort Worth Texas. Maj Edwin D Easley said no parachute was seen. The blast tore the bombardier’s window and was blamed on a pressure system failure during a training flight toward Fairfield Suisun. The missing pilot’s name was withheld pending search results.
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Fort Worth
Texas
Air Force
Edwin D. Easley
Salome
Aziz
Fairfield-Suisun
Calif
Polo Adopts Daylight Saving Time In Vote
Polo residents approved daylight saving time by a 479 to 359 vote yesterday, confirming the change despite opposition. The measure shifts clocks forward to extend evening daylight hours, aligning with neighboring communities.
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Polo
Postmaster General Defends Mail Service Cuts
Washington May 13 AP Donaldson defends his cuts to mail delivery saying complaints come from the national letter carriers union. He says reductions are needed to fit funds and will mostly affect temporary workers while normal staff aren’t harmed. The carriers union calls the move a deliberate attempt to minimize the mail crisis.
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Jesse M Donaldson
Letter Carriers Union
Congress
Donaldson
National Association of Letter Carriers
A. F. of L. Carriers ‘Association
Carriers Union
Vienna Passes Eating Place Licensing Ordinance
Vienna city council approved a sanitation focused ordinance requiring permits for all eating and drinking establishments. The measure empowers the Board of Health to license venues and mandates annual tuberculosis tests for staff with chest X-rays for positive reactors. Classes A B and C labels will grade compliance, with a January 1952 effective date to allow readiness.
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Vienna
Oscar Hooker Vienna
City Board of Health Authority
Jackson
R. F. Sondag
Jackson County
Sondag
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