Murdale airport roofs in new hangar and runways near Carbondale
Workmen roof hangars at the 231 acre Murdale airport between Carbondale and Murphysboro as construction nears completion for a June 1 opening. Midwest Aero Service will operate the field replacing Carbondale port. the site includes two sod runways and three paved lengths, a graded entrance road, and a water well being dug to supply the airport center.
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Murdale
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Midwest Aero Service, Inc
Picket's Fast Action Stops Runaway Team
A wagon and three horses bolted through Murphysboro's business district after the owner stopped to retrieve a fallen barrel. Police and a state trooper pursued but Bill Hooker, a Beta Clerks Local 1995 picket, jumped aboard the moving wagon and halted the team. A horse skidded under a parked car but escaped with a minor leg scrape.
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Walnut Street
Murphysboro
Missouri-Pacific
Twelfth Street
Luther Cole
Clarence Ward
Warren Grammel
Thirteenth
Walnut Streets
Bill Hooker
Beta Clerks’ Union Local No. 1995
Woolworth
Hooker
Eleventh
Mrs Elvira Sanford Dies at Holden Hospital
Elvira Sanford age 80, a Black resident, died at Holden hospital at 1 a.m. Friends may call at Jackson funeral home. She is survived by daughter Pauline Brooks of Carbondale, son LeRoy Sanford of Chicago, and three grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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Elvira Sanford
Holden Hospital
Jackson Funeral
Pauline Brooks
Carbondale
LeRoy Sanford
Chicago
Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges In Illinois Towns
Admitted Friday Mrs. Cressie Taylor surgical Mt Vernon Harold Worthin medical Marion Mrs Walter Jackson surgical Johnston City Discharged Friday Mrs Ethel Bell surgical Carbondale Miss Janice Newton surgical Marion Cheryl Sweet surgical Marion Miss Susan Oterich surgical Anna Raleigh Little medical Carbondale Mrs Robert Miller and son Marion Mrs William Reissaus and son Carbondale
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Cressie Taylor
Mt. Vernon
Harold Worthin
Marion
Walter Jackson
Johnston City
Ethel Bell
Carbondale
Janice Newton
Cheryl Sweet
Susan Oterich
Anna
Raleigh Little
Robert Miller
Mar
Subscription rates and delivery areas for The Daily Free Press
The Daily Free Press lists subscription options with carrier and mail delivery rates. Carriers charge 25 cents weekly while mail options range from 1 to 52 weeks, with restrictions on areas served. The paper is entered as second class matter in Carbondale Illinois and is associated with the Associated Press which holds reprint rights for local and AP dispatches.
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Daily Free Press
West Mainstreet
Carbondale
Llin
Associated Press
Greece Worth Saving Highlighted By YMCA Secretary
Ormond Moulton, YMCA district secretary for Southern Illinois, told Carbondale Lions how Greece, birthplace of democracy, remains incredibly beautiful yet poor. He cited communist threats since 1940, German occupation, refugee surges, and international aid shaping Greece’s fate, urging support for American defense and democracy.
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Greece
Lions Club
United States
Ormond Moulton
Young Men's Christian Association For Southern Illinois
Carbondale Lions Club
Moulton
Deer Run Mishap On Route 3 Leaves Two Injured
A deer and a motorcycle collision near Deer fun south of Worthen bayou bridge on Route 3 left two men Wil lard Chambers and Bobbie Eugene Collier injured and hospitalized in Murphysboro St. Andrew's hospital. The deer was turned over to Game Warden Ray Dillinger. A second version says a third rider struck the wrecked bike while approaching the scene.
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Worthen Bayou
Grimsby “Y
St. Andrew's Hospital
Murphysboro
Willard Chambers
Joppa
Bobbie Eugene Collier
Fulton
Ray Dillinger
Carbondale
De Soto and Carbondale Drivers Collide in Murphysboro
A pickup driven by Robert McCabe of De Soto and a sedan driven by William Lawrence of Carbondale collided at Eleventh and Locust streets in Murphysboro at 6 30 a m. The truck front end was badly smashed while the sedan avoided serious damage per Police Chief Clarence Ward who investigated.
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Robert McCabe
de Soto
William Lawrence
Carbondale
Eleventh
Locust
Murphysboro
Clarence Ward
Local Transfers and Honors Highlight SIU Decoration Day
W R Reed to John P Hodge sec 23 9 1 1 lands and Lester T Webb to Fred Stearns sec 22 9 2 1 land each for $1 noted. Second place in state contest earned by participant in Impromptu. Abe Martin chairs SIU Decoration Day luncheon detailing plans for dinner with Harold E Stassen as principal speaker at the observance.
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W. R. Reed
John P. Hodge
Lester T. Webb
Fred Stearns
Abe Martin
Southern Illinois University
Harold E. Stassen
Claude Fox Veteran Local Druggist Dies at 72
Claude Fox 72 a Carbondale druggist for 43 years died Friday at 1 p.m. at his home 904 North Oakland avenue He operated Fox Drug Store at 224 South Illinois avenue since 1906 He was a member of Shekinah Lodge Elks First Baptist Church and survived by his wife Gussie a daughter Margaret Clemens a granddaughter Mary Stocks two brothers Eldo and Bert and a half brother Ed Davis Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church with burial at Oakland Cemetery Shekinah Lodge to conduct cemetery service.
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Claude Fox
Carbondale
North
Oakland Avenue
Gussie Echols
Fox Drug Store
Illinois Avenue
Fox
Shekinah Lodge
A. F
A. M
the Elks
First Baptist Church
Huffman Funeral Home
William Janssen
Oakland Cemetery
Gussie E.fox
Margaret Clemens
Mary Margaret Stocks
Eldo Fox
Bert Fox
California
Ed Davis
Salt Lake City
Utah
Memorial Day luncheon tickets on sale in Southern Illinois
Tickets for the Memorial Day luncheon in Carbondale will be sold at Cline-Vick drug stores in Marion Herrin and Carbondale through May 25. Limited to 500 tickets at 3 dollars each with advance payment. After May 30 brief talks by Harold E Stassen and Lieut Gen John Hodge follow ceremonies in McAndrew Stadium.
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Carbondale
Cline-Vick Drug
Marion
Herrin
Cline-Vick
Southern Illinois
Southern Illinois University Business Office
Abe Martin
Harold E. Stassen
University of Pennsylvania
John Hodge
United States Army
Fifth Corps
Fort Bragg
Stassen
McAndrew
Private Collier Trains With Eighth Army in Japan
Private First Class Joseph C. Collier trains three weeks at Camp McNair near Mount Fujiyama with Company D Seventh Cavalry First Cavalry division. He fires individual and crew served weapons and takes part in platoon and squad maneuvers under simulated combat conditions to boost combat effectiveness.
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Eighth U.S. Army
Camp Mcnair
Yoshida
Japan
First Clas
Joseph C. Collier
Mae Collier
Carbondale
Mount Fujiyama
Seventh Cavalry Regiment
First Cavalry Division
Collier
First Cavalry
Drunk With $1400 Found on Carbondale Sidewalk
A California resident named M. O. Pierce was found on East Main Street in Carbondale with 1400 in his pocket and fined 13.40 for intoxication. He was jailed overnight and released after appearing before Justice W G Carter with Rev William Swarbrick officiating. Burial news follows for Mrs. Koch’s heirs.
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Carbondale
California
M. O. Pierce
Marion
East Main Street
Down State Chevrolet Company
Pierce
W. G. Carter
P.m
William Swarbrick
Anna Cemetery
William Koch
Meeting of S. I. U. Board Postponed
The monthly board of trustees of Southern Illinois University has been postponed to May 29 from May 22. No reason was given for the delay.
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Board of Trustees
Southern Illinois University
Mrs Mabel Koch Dies At Home In Anna
Mrs Mabel Koch an invalid for several years died at her home on North Green Street in Anna about 4 p.m. Friday. Funeral services will be at Norris Funeral Home Anna at 2.
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Mabel Koch
Anna
North Green Street
Norris Funeral Home
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