Kansas City Gamblers Charged With Income Tax Evasion
A federal grand jury indicted Samuel C. Hayden and Thomas Lococo in Kansas City on income tax evasion counts. Hayden, a former assistant county prosecutor, faced a $10,000 fine or up to five years. Lococo faced up to 25 years and a $50,000 fine on five counts. The cases tie to gangland slayings and rackets linked to Charles Binaggio and Charles Gargotta.
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Kansas City
Charles Gargotta
Samuel C. Hayden
Thomas
Tano) Lococo
Lococo
Gargotta
Charles Binaggio
Binaggio
Wolf C. Rimann
Hayden
U. S
Richard M. Duncan
Sam M. Wear
Duncan
U.S
Albert L. Reeves
Wear
Missouri
Former Union Official Begins Two to Five Year Term
William Simmons former A F L union official began a two to five year sentence for the hit and run death of 13 year old Phyllis Paternel in West Frankfort. He admitted driving the car that struck her as she returned from the public library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmi
Ill
William Simmons
A. F L
West Frankfort
Simmons
Caswell J Crebs
Teamsters
Phyllis Paternel
Franklin County
15 Children Drown as Bridge Collapses in Venice
A children's church procession in Venice collapses a rickety footbridge over a canal. Fifteen young children drowned despite efforts to rescue, while priests and villagers pulled thirty five others from the water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venice
Italy
Freak tornado hits three valleys north of London
An AP report from London describes a freak tornado that damaged three valleys north of the city. It left about 500 people homeless in one village and blanketed the area with hailstones the size of chicken eggs.
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London
Illinois appoints nine public guardians in southern counties
Governor Stevenson announced the appointment of public guardians for nine Illinois counties. Appointees in Southern Illinois include Claude R. Williams of Anna Union County T. O. May of Rossclare Harden County and Mrs. Nora E. Brown of Pinckneyville Perry County. Appointees serve terms through December 1953 and act as natural guardians for minors without parents or close relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Illinois
Stevenson
Claude R. Williams
Anna
Union County
T. O. May
Rossclare
Hardin County
Nora E. Brown
Pinckneyville
Perry County
Blast Ravages South Amboy Kills 27 and Injures 350
Army demolition squads work to remove live shells after a Friday night blast that devastated the South Amboy waterfront. Officials report 27 deaths, 350 injuries, and $7.9 million in damage as 3,000+ mines are recovered and a phosphorus fire smolders. Schools closed for the term. seniors to graduate.
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South Amboy
N. J
Mile Square
Hugh Cavey
Army
Red Cross
Newark
Ohio
Pakistan
New York
Weather Summary Readout For Local Area
Fair and mostly fair tonight and Tuesday with a likelihood of showers Tuesday night. Temperatures near 80 by day and mid forties to mid fifties at night with dawn values around 66 today. Observed humidity 53 percent and a 0.68 inch precipitation total since yesterday morning.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Index Section Overview for National and Local Pages
Today's edition outlines National page 1 Local News page 3 Editorials page 4 Sports pages 7 and 8 Comics page 8 Classified ads pages 10 and 11 Markets page 11 highlighting section content and page allocation.
Northern Baptists to Study Merger With South
About 5 000 delegates from 36 states and Puerto Rico gather for the 43rd Northern Baptist convention as leaders consider merging with the Southern Baptists. A unity motion could change the convention title to American Baptist. Southern Baptists must approve. The split originated over the slavery issue.
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Boswn
Puerto Rico
Northern Baptist Convention
Southern Baptists
American Baptist Convention
Convention of Southern Baptists
Chicago
Southern Baptist Convention
Military Show To Color Memorial Day Program At Mardale
Camp Campbell units join jet fighters and C 47 transport planes for a May 30 Memorial Day demonstration at Mardale Airport west of Carbondale. About 150 service members will display equipment at 1 p.m. and 65 ground crew will defend during a 2:30 p.m. paratrooper drop from three C 47s. Aerial teams from Selfridge AFB Michigan will bring jet and conventional fighters. High ranking officials will inspect troops after the show and parking for 5 000 cars is arranged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Campbell
Mardale
Carbondale
56Th Fighter Interceptor Wing
Selfridge Air Force Base
Michigan
Harold E Stassen
John R. Hodge
Illinois National Guard
Everett Prosser
Loots Roacal Button Heist in Manila Warehouse
Three armed men robbed a Manila warehouse last night taking 576000 buttons valued at $4000 destined for the Philippine army. Police pursued leads but no arrests were reported. The raid is described as possibly the largest button theft in history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Philippines
Truman Attacks Soviet Boycott of United Nations
President Truman denounced Soviet Russia for boycotting U.N. sessions over China, calling it a wilful flouting of the U.N. charter. He urged continued U.N. activity while strengthening the West and pressuring the Soviets. He noted 1949 and 1950 tensions, atomic issues, and Russia's possession of an atomic weapon. The address praised U.N. work on Indonesia, Palestine, and Kashmir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Truman
Russia
United Nations
U.N
Congress
World Organization
Soviet Union
State Department
Kuman
Free World
Palestine
Kashmir
Lightning Kills Williamson County Man in Field near Freeman Spur
Earl Ralph Osteen 27 of West Frankfort was fatally struck by lightning while planting corn Sunday in a field on the old Hillard Lamaster farm west of the Wooden Overhead bridge between Freeman Spur and Plumfield. He died at Union Hospital West Frankfort. Burial is set at Denning cemetery after services at Townmount Baptist Church Tuesday at 2 30 p.m. Darwin Dawson and Mary Catherine Osteen rushed him after the strike. An inquiry by Coroner David L. Clayton followed at Walker Jackson funeral home. Osteen served in World War II and worked at Harco No 40 in Harrisburg. He is survived by his wife, parents, sisters, and brothers.
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Earl Ralph Osteen
Freeman Spur
Williamson County
Osteen
Pierce Dawson
Millary Bruise
Dawson
Union
West Frankfort
Mary Catherine
Hillard Lamaster Farm
Plumfield
Walker-Jackson
Franklin County
David L. Clayton
William Earl Osteen
John Ralph Mayer
Edward Shelton
Galatia
Linda Lou Osteen
Arnold
Glenn
Trusty Flees Menard Prison in Springfield
Victor Jobe, 50, a trusty and cook at the home of the assistant warden outside Menard State prison, walked away today. He is serving one year to life for burglary and reportedly had substantial freedom in his trusted job. Jobe, committed in 1938 by Madison County Court, vanished from the prison grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Ill
Menard State Prison
State Public Safety Department
Victor Jobe
Public Safety Department
Jobe
Menard Prison
Madison County Court
Anna Hospital Inmate Escapes
James Smith a 62 year old inmate at the State hospital in Anna escaped from the institution around 9 15 p m Sunday Assistant Superintendent Dr D T Cole reported He is of medium height about 156 pounds and is believed headed for his home in West Frankfort He exited near the general kitchen where he was employed.
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James Smith
State Hospital
Anna
D. T. Cole
Smith
West Frankfort
Cole
Dr. Cole
William E Hoffman Dies Former Illinois Official
William E Hoffman age 49 died at his Ottawa home after a long career in local government. He served 16 years as Ottawa town clerk and was treasurer of the Illinois Probate Clerks association. In April he won the Republican primary for a third term as LaSalle county probate clerk.
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Ottawa
Ill
William E. Hoffman
Illinois County Officials Association
Hoffman
Illinois Probate Clerks’ Association
LaSalle County
Sullivan Heads Area Eagles Directors to Plan Next Semi-annual Affair
About 1,000 Eagles and women's auxiliaries attended the first Southern Illinois rally of Eagles lodges in Herrin. Twenty-seven lodges from Lawrenceville to East St. Louis and Cairo were represented. Ed Sullivan, Murphysboro, was elected president with Walter Reeves, East St. Louis, as vice president and Ben Cherry, Zeigler, secretary. A semi-annual rally is planned with a board of directors to choose the site and date in October. Murphysboro won first in men’s ritual contests. East St. Louis won auxilia ry first, Carbondale second, Belleville third. A parade featured Herrin groups and bands. a Carbondale girl’s medal was lost and promised to be returned.
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Southern Illinois Rally of Eagles
Herrin
Lawrenceville
East St. Louis
Cairo
Ed Sullivan
Murphysboro
Walter Reeves
Ben Cherry
Zeigler
Sullivan
Frank Modetz
Reeves
John O'Grady
Christopher
Cherry
William Houser
Flora
Mervin Moore
du Quoin
Charles Walker
Harrisburg
Joe Martin
Mount Vernon
Burrell Meredith
Benton
Carbondale
Belleville
Fred C. Baughman
Galesburg
Herrin American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Zeigler Lodge
Carbondale Motor Club
Herrin Lodge
Crab Orchard Lake
Ed W. Korba
East
St. Louis
Area Methodists Meet in Marion for Southern Illinois Conference
More than 500 Methodists will gather in Marion for the twelfth annual Southern Illinois Methodist conference. Bishop J Ralph Magee will open the session with delegates from 244 charges and about 64 300 members. Final day expected 3 000 attendees with worship and speakers from national church leaders.
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Marion
Southern Illinois Methodist Conference
J. Ralph Magee
Chicago
First Methodist
Aldersgate
W. L. Hanbaum
First Methodist Church of
Magee
Harry R. Rodd
P. Pearce
Marion Ministerial Alliance
A. L. Fowler
First Methodist Church
W. Kenneth Pope
Houston, Texas
Russell Grow
McKendree College
C. B .Ladine
Indianapolis
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Robert Kazmayer
J. Wasko Pickett
India
M. D. Ross
Lesa Chang
Southern Illinois University
Korea
Robert Shuler, Jr
Asbury Theological Seminary
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Ministers’ Wives Association
C. H. Todd
Carbondale
E. C. Phillips
Olney
Omer T. Whitlock
Harrisburg
H. G. Hurley
Lebanon
East St. Louis
Illinois Elks elect Giles president at 47th convention
John E. Giles of Marion was elected Saturday as president of Illinois Elks at the forty seventh annual convention in Springfield. William S. Wolf of Pontiac won the vice presidency, with Albert W. Arnold of Lincoln re elected secretary and Charles W. Clabaugh of Champaign re elected treasurer.
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Springfield
Ill
John E. Giles
Marion
Illinois Elks
William S. Wolf
Pontiac
Albert W. Arnold
Lincoln
Charles W. Clabaugh
Champaign
Pilot and Three Sisters Die in Plane Crash Near St. Charles
In a thunderstorm near St. Charles Missouri the pilot William Sturm 28 of Oklahoma City and three sisters died returning from a wedding. The sisters were Pauline Guensey 48 Butler Oklahoma Mrs G A Anderson 52 Enid Oklahoma and Mrs Lee Caffey 56 Mangum Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Charles
Here
William Sturm
Oklahoma City
Pauline Guensey
Butler
Okla
G. A. Anderson
Enid
Lee Caffey
Mangum
Slain Girl Parents Beat Young Suspect in Inquest
Chicago May 22 AP The parents of Patricia Swartz 16 assault Raymond Jenko 19 as he arrives for an inquest into her killing at his South Side home. Jenko held without charge after coroner's verdict of murder. Swartz attack followed a reenactment. police will question Jenko about a 1947 Waukegan knife slaying.
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Chicago
William Swartz
Raymond Jenko
Jenko
Fred Johnson
Florence Swartz
Pretty
Brunet
Patricia Swartz
South Side
Swartz
Ruth Peterson
Waukegan, Ill
West Frankfort Scouts Lead At Du Quoin Camporee
West Frankfort Boy Scouts won Class A honors at the Pharoah and Sphinx district camporee in Du Quoin over the weekend. More than 150 scouts from Franklin Perry and Jackson counties participated in overnight camping at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Frankfort
Pharoah
Sphinx
du Quoin
Franklin
Perry
Jackson
du Quoin State Fairgrounds
Seven Canadians Killed As Train Hits Truck
A truck carrying men, women, and children returning from a fishing trip collided with a Canadian Pacific train in Sturgton Falls Ontario. Six truck passengers died and seven were injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sturgton Falls
Ont
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Seizure at Illinois private clubs nets slot machines
Seven slot machines and several punchboards were seized at a Springerton private club and another in Enfield on Saturday night, according to Sheriff Ken Cole.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmi
Springerton
Arother
Enfield
Ken Cole
Heavy storm causes major losses to Southern Illinois growers
A Sunday hail storm from Du Quoin to Cobden damaged gardens and fruit orchards. Metzler orchards manager H. H. Lamer estimates losses around 150000 dollars, with 52000 bushels of apples and peaches written off at Patterson Hill. Hartline's Hartline orchards suffered extensive damage, predicting no No 1 crop this year. Weather and utility disruptions were reported in Du Quoin and Carbondale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
du Quoin
Cobden
Metzler
Hartline
Carbondale
Harvey Hartline
Lamer
Ulinois Power Co
Robert Wright
Illinois Commercial Telephone Co
Howard Hill
U. S
Czech Exhibit Banned From Chicago Trade Fair
The United States International Trade Fair barred the Czechoslovak exhibit as unacceptable. The board refunded $4920 partial payment for 9,140 square feet of space sold to the Chamber of Commerce of Czechoslovakia for the Chicago event August 7 to 20, where 39 nations planned to exhibit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
United States
Czechoslovakia
Chamber of Commerce of
the Sun
Bakers Union May Accept Employer Offer After Mediation
Striking members of the A F L bakers union considered a settlement offer from employers. Mediation talks during a nine day old walkout affecting 57 bakeries in 35 downstate cities were suspended as the negotiating committee took the proposal to local meetings. The companies call the offer final. A union official said the plan lowers payroll increases by tying a five cent general hourly rise to a classification system, versus the union’s demand for a 40 cent package rise from 82 cents to 1.42 an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
A. F. L. Bakers
Tractor kills boy in Indiana farm accident
Hansel H. Balser, 12, of Williamsport Indiana, was fatally injured when his tractor overturned on a road near Williamsport while turning onto a farm drive. The tractor ran into a bank and collapsed onto him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Williamsport
Ind
Hansel H. Balser
Here
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Union, Perry, Hardin Public Guardians
Grassy Lake
Frankie Sherman
National Restaurant Association
Anne Foster
North Side
Northern Baptists
Arn
Soviet
U. N
John M. Hightower
The
Associated Press
Freeman
Earl Osteen
Trusty
Anna Hospital
William Hoffman
Eagles
Marion State Elks
Bakers Study
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