Resuming Normal Railroad Service After Strike Settlement
The nation's worst railroad strike in four years ends as five major carriers order firemen back to work. The dispute over hiring a second fireman on diesel locomotives is settled, arbitration to address union charges, and pay rates for firemen are equalized across locomotive types.
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Chicago
Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen
David B. Robertson
Pennsylvania
New York Central
The
Southern Railway
San‘ Fe
Union Pacific Railroad
National (Railway) Mediation Board
Robertson
King Neptune the Bond-Selling Hog Dies near Anna
King Neptune, a 700 pound World War II war bonds hog, died of pneumonia at his Anna area home. He raised over 19 million in bonds, traveled Illinois auctions, and was buried in King Neptune Park near Man. Funeral is set for 10:30 a.m. Wednesday.
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Anna
King Neptune
Illinois
Sherman Boner
Don Lingle
Marion
Lingle
Neptune
Navy
L. Card
Dwight H. Green
War Ponds
Henry J. Morganthau, Jr
United States
Freeport Elks
Orpheum Theater
Lewis Bakery
Southern Illinois
Man
Claude Williams
Toscanini Conducts NBC Symphony in St Louis Festival
A crowd of 4700 filled Fox Theater in St Louis to hear the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini. The performance drew a large attendance and showcased the famed maestro's leadership.
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Toscanini
St. Louis
Fox
Weather forecast shows showers and mild temps
Showers likely tonight with cloudy Wednesday forenoon. Temperatures near 50 to 60 tonight and 74 to 80 Wednesday. Monday highs around 83, humidity about 45 percent at 9 am, precip zero from yesterday to today, winds averaging 1.25 miles per hour. Crab Orchard Lake 14 inches above spillway Sunday and Little Grassy Lake 5 inches below spillway. Mississippi River at 8 am today 30 feet, up 3 feet in 24 hours.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Mississippi River
Dividend Tax Plan Favored by House Committee
The House ways and means committee approved a 10 percent withholding tax on corporate dividends aimed at unreported dividend income. The plan, pushed by Rep. Wilbur Mills, would withhold from each stockholder and credit the amount against total tax due, potentially raising about 150 million dollars yearly.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Federal
Treasury
Wilbur Mills
D-Ark
Mills
Five State Police Raid Gambling Halls in Hannibal
In Hannibal Missouri on May 16 five state policemen raided several establishments and seized punchboards bingo jars and baseball lottery tickets. Fifteen owners or managers were ordered to appear before Prosecuting Attorney Roger Hibard. The raids were led by Highway Patrol Sergeant E H Dennison on orders from Capt George Pate of Macon.
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Hannibal
Roger Hibard
Highway Patrol
E. H. Dennison
George Pate
Macon
Dennison
Lewis Denies Secret Signals Tied to Miners
Washington May 16 AP John L Lewis refused to testify to a House labor subcommittee but denied sending secret signals to miners during the coal strike. He released a letter denying any whistle stop instructions and noting Sidener’s $50,000 fine after the strike. Sidener filed unfair labor practices with the National Labor Relations Board in Chicago against UM W leaders and Canton local.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
House Labor
Andrew Jacobs
Dind
Lewis
United Mine Workers
Jacobs
Lloyd Sidener
United Mine Workers Union
Canton
Sidenep
Sidener
United Mine Workers of America
Ill
National Labor Relations Board
Chicago
Um.w
United Electric Coal Co
Canton U.M.W
Hugh White
District 2
U.M.W
Area Counties Show Big Retail Gains 1939 to 1948
Census bureau figures released ahead of state totals reveal Southern Illinois counties posting substantial gains in both retail and wholesale sales from 1939 through 1948. Williamson led with 22.4 million dollars in wholesale and retail growth, followed by Saline, Hamilton, Pulaski, and Pope with multi‑million increases.
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Illinois
Census Bureau
Brack
Egypt Council Refuses to Recognize Princess Fathias California Marriage
Cairo May 16 The Egyptian council declined to recognize the marriage of Princess Fathia Farouk to Riad Ghali in San Francisco. A palace spokesman said property control would be placed in the hands of administrators for both Fathia and Queen Mother Naziri. The royal council led by Prince Mohammed Ali declared the union annull ed for Egypt.
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Cairo
Egypt
Royer
California
Farouk
Fathia
M&her
Nazii
San Francisco
Riad Ghali
Workers Strike Over Vile Language At SIU Projects
More than 200 construction workers at two Southern Illinois University building sites walked off to protest a supervisor language they termed vile. They picketed the service shops and training center while demanding the suspension of Carl Renshaw of Federal Constructors Inc. A sit down by 20 workers preceded the strike as the company faced calls for ice for drinking water and for Renshaw’s removal.
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Southern Illinois University
Carl Renshaw
Federal Constructors, Inc
Chicago
Renshaw
D. W. Morris
Morris
Washtub Drowning at Farm Pond Claims Mt. Carbon Boy
A 13-year-old Mt. Carbon student, Paul Wayne Foster, drowned when a washtub capsized during a pond crossing on the Frank Henry farm near Murphysboro. Witnesses Albert Allen and Judith Ann Porter, 9 and 7, described the struggle as rescuers arrived. Paul, warned not to swim near the pond, went under after about ten surface resurgences. his body was recovered at 6 p.m. by State Patrolman Elza Brantley. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Myers funeral home with burial in Worthen Cemetery. Paul leaves a mother, a sister Margaret, a brother Charles, and a step-brother Junior. The incident follows a prior drowning in Murphysboro’s nearby lake last July.
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Mt. Carbon
Paul Wayne Foster
Ed Foster
Hurst
Fred Pierce
East St. Louis
Frank Henry
Murphysboro
Paul
Albert Allen
Judith Ann Porter
Coulterville
Paul Wayne
State Welfare Administration
Henrys
Henry’s
Mike McElroy
Bert
Henry
Judy
Jackson County Sheriff's Office
State Highway Patrol
Meyer Funeral Home
Worthen
Margaret Foster Brown
Frank Brown
Clark Street
Charles
Harold Conner
Junior
Charles Carter
Harrisburg
Val Edward Verbal
Verbal
Joe Borgsmiller
Nationalists Quit Chushans in Formosa
Nationalist China announced abandonment of the Chushan islands after evacuating 150000 troops. The base 10 miles southeast of Shanghai had served for blockading the Communist port. Chiang Kai-shek pledged to defend Formosa if defeat comes.
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Nationalist
China Tonight
Chushan Islands
Shanghai
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
China
River Boat Deckhand Dies After Injury
A deckhand, B. F. Bowden, 50, was found seriously injured aboard the tug Baton Rouge and died in a hospital. Fellow crewmen found Bowden aboard the tug Sunday with head and face injuries near Beardstown.
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Beardstown
Baton Rouge
B. F. Bowden
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Anna National Bank
Anna-Jonesboro Chamber of Commerce
Ernest Goddard
Harry Stout
Jack Lewis
Lewis Brothers
Chief Lingle
Williamson
Saline
Hamilton
Pulaski
Pope
Bradley Tits
Route 13
Physboro
Carbondale
Wayne Foster
Elza Brantley
Roy Carter
Jackson County
Teddy Crawshaw
Hugo Layer
Williamson County
Loyd M. Bradley
Bradley
Lorton
Kenneth Powless
Irving Lang
Adolph Spitznass
Spencer Lorton
Springfield
Court House
Lezern Saylor
William Montgomery
Evan
Boy
Paul Foster
Forbidden Pond
Elbert Allen
Mt. Carbon School
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