Cairo Liquor Dealer's Name In Hijack Trial
Cairo Illinois liquor wholesaler J B Wenger is named again as seven defendants face charges of possessing portions of a 22000 dollar hijacked whisky shipment. Witnesses describe stamped vs unstamped liquor and the route from Lawrenceburg Indiana to Cairo Illinois with ties to Georgia and Mississippi cases. Attorneys expect the trial to last about two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cairo
Memphis
Tenn
Tom Robinson
J. B. Wenger
Caro “Export House
Herschel Helm
Decatur
Ill
Cypress
Mable Daugherty
George A. Mueller Co
Springfield
Wenger
Georgia
Mississippi
Gordon A. Tinsley
Louisville
John A. Pearson
William Moore Pegram
William J. Harris
Horace Twitty
Napoleon Maxwell
Anderson Haynes
Pearson
D. R. Senter
Winder
Schenley’s
Lawrenceberg
Ind
Ex Murphysboro Man Missing Case Recalls Unsolved Disappearances
The Southern Illinoisan reports relatives seek help in locating George Whiting a 59 year old Murphysboro man who left for St Louis by bus and planned to ride to Denver. He is described as slender brown hair and wearing a brown suit and four in hand tie.
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George Whiting
Greeley
Coro
Murphysboro
Southern Illinoisan
Whiting
Oscar Qualls
Clark Street
Qualls
Sylvia Bowerman
St. Louis
du Quoin
East St. Louis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Albert A. Heberer
George M. Lorius
East St Louis
West Coast
Heberer
Alberquerque
N. M
FBI
Dallas
Tex
Lorius
Raymond Gere
Gere
Wherry Calls For Probe Into Perverts in Government
Senate Republican Leader Kenneth Wherry urged a full Senate investigation claiming Washington police estimate 3750 sex perverts in government from top officials to minor functionaries. He cited a police report alleging many homosexuals in State Department and a Red fifth column using sexual degenerate to aid sabotage.
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Washington
Senate
Kenneth S. Wherry
Senate Appropriations
Wherry
State Department
Nebraskan
Russia
Ex Cardinals Star Holm Kills Wife Then Self in Iowa
Roscoe Albert Holm a 48 year old former St. Louis Cardinals outfielder fatally shot his wife in Everly Iowa then killed himself. Clay County coroner Lyle Frink called it murder and self inflicted death. Holm also shot and injured his daughter Margaret who was an eighth grade graduate and hospitalized in Spencer. He had worked at a Spencer sporting goods store and lived in Everly about a year.
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Everly
Iowa
Roscoe Albert
Wattie) Holm
St. Louis Cardinals
Yond
Clay County
Lyle Frink
Holm
Cards
Storm Lake
Whitecaps
Frink
Margaret
Spencer
Sportsmen’s Inc
Spencer Iowa
Carterville Woman Named President of Illinois Federation of Republican Clubs
Mrs James Henry of LaGrange was named president of the Illinois Federation of Women's Republican clubs at the federation biennial convention in Springfield. Other officers elected include Mrs Logan Colp of Carterville as recording secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Henry
LaGrange
Illinois Federation of Women’s Republican Clubs
Logan Colp
Carterville
Weather Summary for Local Area
Cloudy with occasional showers tonight and Saturday. Little temp change expected. Low tonight around 60 and high Saturday near 78. Readings show 70 at 7 a.m. and 76 at 6 p.m. today. noon 69. high Thursday 82. River levels: Mississippi at 27.8 feet, down 0.3 feet in 24 hours. Crab Orchard Lake 5 inches above spillway. Little Grassy Lake 20 inches below spillway.
Local News and Arts Pages Highlight Index Area Coverage
National page one leads with standard updates while Local News on page three details community events and developments. Editorials on page four offer opinions. Sports on pages seven to nine cover games, players, and standings. Comics linger on page nine. Classifieds fill pages ten and eleven. Markets report on page eleven.
Medical Society Awards At Southern Illinois Cancer Symposium
The fourth annual Southern Illinois Cancer Symposium in Herrin awarded $90 in cash prizes to high school essayists on Why Private Practice of Medicine Furnishes This Country With The Best Medical Care. Arlena Fish won $50, Jane McKinney $25, and Arie Waldron $15. About 100 doctors from 25 towns and 10 counties attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois Cancer Symposium
Herrin
Arlena Fish
Marion Township High School
Jane McKinney
Arie Waldron
Hurst-Bush High School
D. J. W. Tidwell
Williamson County Medical Society
Leo Brown
Carbondale
Illinois
C. O. Lane
West Frankfort
Illinois Medical Association
Art Newman Again Seeks Parole For Freedom
Art Newman a noted Southern Illinois gunman and Tony Marino life convict seek definite sentence paroles as State Parole Board plans June July hearings. Newman serving five terms including murder conspiracy and bank robbery and once aided Birger. Marino convicted of murder in a holdup attempt and appeals have stalled despite a Supreme Court critique of Illinois procedure.
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Springfield
Ill
Stateville Prison
Joliet
Art Newman
Southern Illinois
Tony Marino
State Parole Board
Newman
Charley Birger
Sheltons
Ilinois
Birger
Joe Adams
West City
Marino
United States Supreme Court
Illinois Criminal Review Procedure
Southern Illinois U Honors 109 Students on Honors Day
Special recognition was paid Thursday to 109 students at Southern Illinois University for top class averages. 32 seniors 38 juniors 20 freshmen and 19 sophomores earned certificates. Prizes and scholarships were awarded including the Pan-Hellenic scholarship plaque to Sigma Sigma and the Rotary Fourth Object scholarship to Manuel de Ezcardia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Illinois University
D. W. Morris
Association of Teachers of Spanish
Irene Oberhau
Olmsted
Independent Student Union
Nile House
Betty Rhodes
Delta Sigma Epsilon
Lenora Fierke
Herrin
Janice Neckers
Irma Strelow
Litchfield
Phi Beta Kappa
Richard Newby
Danville
American Association of University Women
Betty Ann Heisner
Pinckneyville
Pan-Hellenic
Sigma
Sigma Sigma Sorority
Inter-Fraternity
Kappa Delta Alpha Fraternity
Parent-Teacher Association
Wuella Seyer
Mascoutah
Rotary
Manuel de Ezcardia
Mexico
Charles Neely
American Association of University
Charles Dickerman
Carbondale
Illinois Federation of Women’s Club
Dolores Williams
UN Chief Returns From Moscow After Save the U N Mission
London May 19 AP Trygve Lie began his return to the West after a Save the U N mission to Moscow where he held talks with Premier Joseph Stalin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United Nations
Trygve Lie
Save the U. N
Moscow
Joseph Stalin
Senate Cloture Vote Halts FEPC Action in Civil Rights Move
Washington May 19 AP The Senate failed to invoke cloture on the Fair Employment Practices bill halting debate and delaying action on Truman civil rights program. A 52 32 roll call showed Southern Democratic opposition and Republicans strong support for proceeding. Six Republicans joined 26 Democrats against cloture while 12 senators did not vote.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
Scott Lucas
Illinois
FEPC
Wek
Lucas
South
Tweve
Ruling Halts Mine Picketing
Federal Judge Charles G Briggle issued a temporary injunction blocking Progressive Mine Workers from interfering with shaft sinking for a new coal mine at Farmersville. The order extends until a formal decree is issued. Progressive attorneys plan an appeal.
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Springfield
Charles G. Briggle
Progressive
Farmersville
Briggle
R. G. Johnson Co
Washington, Pa
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Johnson
P.M.W
United Mine Workers
P.M W
John Marchiando
Plow 30 Acres For Neighbor In Desoto Effort
Fourteen neighbors and four tractors helped plow thirty acres at the F W Dietz farm north of De Soto for a sick farmer. Wives prepared a pot luck dinner as Jim Alstat, 9, and Jack Masters, 11, helped operate the tractors. Others aiding included Delbert Dietz, Fritz Alstat, Herman O Dietz, Herman W Dietz, G W Dietz, Lavern Dietz, Leroy Dietz, Edgar Kuehn, Billy Walker, Louis Dietz, Claude Hicks, and Darcy Dietz.
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de Soto
F. W. Dietz
Dietz
Jim Alstat
Jack Masters
Delbert Dietz
Frittz Alstat
Herman O. Dietz
Herman W. Dietz
G. W. Dietz
Lavern Dietz
Leroy Dietz
Edgar Kuehn
Billy Walker
Louis Dietz
Claude Hicks
Darcy Dietz
Migratory workers arrive to pick Anna strawberry crop
Itinerant workers from Louisiana Texas Florida Arkansas Missouri arrive in Anna to harvest berries at about five cents a quart. The season aims to two weeks with 1 500 migratory workers plus 1 000 locals, then moving to Centralia and other areas for subsequent harvests.
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Anna
Louisiana
Texas
Florida
Arkansas
Missouri
Illinois Employment Service
Murphysboro
Information Service
Cline
Eintment Service
U. S. Department of Labor
The
Employment Service
Union County
Centralia
Midwest
Union County Trades Green-Wrap Tomatoes for Pink
Union County farm adviser Ralph Broom says growers will return to packing pink tomatoes this season. He notes green wraps were successful but pinks offer better market appeal and higher prices if growers bring quantities to Union county markets.
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Ralph Broom
Union County
Broom
State Apple Outlook Down from Last Year
Illinois forecast shows a weaker 1950 apple crop with lighter blooms across varieties. Delicious and Golden Delicious varieties show the harshest outlook and full bloom dates for apples extend one week to ten days later than in 1949.
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Illinois
Federal Agriculture Department
Critical 100 Days Facing Formosa
Gen Chiang Ching kuo warned Formosa faces a critical 100 days as Nationalist forces reported still holding Quemoy island near Amoy. The remark followed the official statement on troop positions amid tensions with the mainland government.
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Taipei
Chiang Ching-kuo
Chiang Kai-shek
Formosa
Quemoy Island
Amoy
Cecil Stearns Wins Eye-to-Eye Duel With Makanda Nag
13 year old Cecil Stearns of Makanda confronts a stubborn work horse named Cora, led by neighbor Dave Lackman. The horse veers down Highway 51 but Stearns halts its escape with a bold stance and escorts Cora back to Lackman.
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Cecil Stearns
Makanda
Dave Lackman
Stearns
Cora
Highway 51
Lackman’'s
Lackman
Axis Sally gets 10 to 30 year sentence on appeal
Mildred Gillars known as Axis Sally receives 10 to 30 years in prison plus a 10000 dollar fine after an appeals court upholds her wartime Nazi propaganda broadcast conviction. She was 49 and previously jailed in federal court after a 17 hour 20 minute jury deliberation. Gillars was seized five years ago in Berlin as American troops moved in and became infamous for radio programs that aided German forces including the Marlene Dietrich themed broadcasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Mildred E
Axis Sally
Gillar
Miss Gillars
Berlin
G.I
Marlene
Open House at Steeleville REA Dedicates New Headquarters
The Egyptian Electrical Cooperative Association dedicates its new 135000 dollar headquarters at Steeleville Saturday at 2 p.m. The public is invited for the dedication and for Saturday and Sunday open house. It serves power customers in Randolph Jackson Perry Washington St. Clair and Williamson counties. The 16 room building is fireproof with zone heating fluorescent lighting and two way radio links. John I. Pyatt chairs the cooperative R. S. Holt manages and Ora Snider is electrification adviser.
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Egyptian Electrical Cooperative Association
Steeleville
Rural Electrification Administration Co-Op
Randolph
Jackson
Perry
Washington
St. Clair
Williamson
John I. Pyatt
R. S. Holt
Ora Snider
State Bar Board Cites Gambling Donations in Pulaski County
Springfield May 19 Disbarment moves filed against Warner Wall Pulaski county state's attorney by Illinois Bar Association board alleging he took donations from gambling operators The board claims he failed to enforce gambling laws and used gambling fines for county purposes It notes a long running “donation” schedule and outlines amounts used for school seats courthouse flooring and road equipment Wall defends his actions saying he acted for taxpayers and harmed by a campaign against gambling
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Springfield
Pulaski County
Board O Governors
The
Illinois Bar Association
State Supreme Court
Warner Wall
Wall
Mound City
Board of Governors
Court House
Seger and Chapman Seek Supreme Court Rehearing
Carson Seger and Curtis Chapman asked the State Supreme Court for a rehearing on their murder convictions. A May 31 sanity hearing is set in Greene circuit court after five week reprieves granted May 4.
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Springfield
Carson Seger
Curtis Chapman
State Supreme Court
High Court
Greene Circuit Court
Supreme Court
Jerseyville
Howard Heininger
Murphysboro
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W. B. Buchanan
Senter
F.B.1
Lawrenceburg
W B. Guthrie
Coronet Magazine
G. O. P. Federation
Springfield, Il
Crab Orchard Lake
Little
Mississippi River
Medical Society
Pwarr
Brown
Warren H. Cole
Illinois Research and Educational Hospitals
Chicago
Eugene Bricker
Washington University
Roger Allen Harvey
University of Illinois College of Medicine
Danley P. Slaughter
Charles Koons
McLeansboro
Darwin Davis
Salem
William Paris
Rossclare
Robert Faner
Anthony Hall
Lie
Pulaski
Apple
Rea
State Bar Board
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