Bill Seizure Ban Proposed by House Committee
The House judiciary committee votes on a war powers extension bill that would declare the President has no inherent constitutional power to seize private property. Sponsored by Rep. Tom Pickett, the provision targets President Truman's steel mill seizure and bans any such action without specific statutory authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
House Judiciary Committee
Tom Pickett
Texas
Truman
Supreme Court
Sen
H. Styles Bridges
R-N.h
Wayne Morse
R-Ore
Subcommittee
Executive Branch
Baby saved at sea via ship rescue dash for oxygen
The U S transport Washington carried a tiny premature infant saved by a sister ship dash and an Air Force B29 rescue plane delivering oxygen. The baby Dee bby Rozelle weighed two pounds three ounces at birth and remained in critical condition aboard the Washington as it headed toward London May 23.
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London
U. S
Washington
U. S. Navy
Dee
Emi Boece Rozelle
Janet Rozelle
Dallas
Texas
England
Leland Bree
Sas Eesigerator
Blue
U S Rail Control Ends With Peace Plan Acceptance
The army will relinquish control and operation of the nation s railroads to private owners following a peace plan accepted by management and leaders of three unions the engineers firemen and conductors. The action ends two months of military control amid efforts to avert a strike.
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Washington
Army
Bendetsen
Truman
Hospital Notes from Anna and Carbondale
Admissions include Lenora Keller and Phillip Casey in Dongola, Willie Landis in Anna, and Charles Middleton and baby girl in Anna. Discharges note Octavia Davis in Anna and Lacy Keef in Rosebud, with multiple doctors listed for surgical and medical care in Carbondale and Belleville. SI birth log reports Willard and wife Benz welcomed a son at Doctor’s hospital in Carbondale.
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Anna City
Anna
Keller
Carbondale
Wilson
Mae
Surgical
Warren
Vera
Manis
James
Harrington
Mildred
Medical
Stancliff
Richard
Belleville
Harrel
Fred
Benz
Willard
Doctor’s Hospital
Names of residents listed in local contact registry
A lengthy list of residents and spouses across Herrin Colp Johnston City Marion Carterville Zeigler and surrounding towns appears as a community contact register. Several households include Mrs and baby annotations, with multiple Herrin and Carterville entries.
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Herrin
Copening
Garland
Colp
Evans
Lawrence
Freeman Spur
Williams
George
Johnston City
McCluskey
Michael
Carterville
Yates
Lucille
Hunter
Anna
Hanks
Jewell
Marion
Flower
Martha
Feezer
Clemma
Hurst
Campbell
Lizzie
Sweet
Arley
Bishop
Gorgina
West Cullin
Laughlin
Zeigler
Jent
Sharon
Baker
Herman
Annie
Hall
Carmen
Baby
Bowen
Eula
Energy
McNeely
Shirley
James
Nellie
Frances
Nila
Rowatt
John
Penrod
Mary
Capogreco
Adam
Davie
Woodrow
Jack
Lillian
Randy
Jean
Lee
Lois
Pittsburg
Green
Fredia
Blankenship
Richard
McGee
Holden Hospital Names Read Like Medical Rolodex
Humphreys J B medical staff in Carbondale. Fleming Marie medical in Murphysboro. Bloodworth Mrs Ernest and daughter in Marion listed among hospital contacts.
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Holden Hospital
Humphreys
J. B
Carbondale
Fleming
Marie
Murphysboro
Bloodworth
Ernest
Marion
Admitted Names From St Andrews Murphysboro Admission List
A list of admitted patients and names from St Andrew's Murphysboro includes families and individuals such as Velma Pinckneyville Mona Michelson and Olga Smetona, with notes on maternity cases and multiple surnames. The fragmentary OCR reads like a hospital admission roster with several surnames and towns including Du Quoin Benton Coulterville and Murphysboro.
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Marshall Browning
du Quoin
Boismerie
Velma
Pinckneyville
Biot
Julian
Leabo
Clifford
Benton
Michelson
Mona
Morganstern
Kenneth
McBride
Cletus
Lesser
Wuichard
Margaret
Coulterville
Kownacki
Felix
Tamaroa
Robinson
Olga
Smetona
John Jr
Baby
Ae Louis
Russell
Ralph
Sheller
Bernard
Wilson
Burr
Hillsboro
Wits Amazing How Quickly You Can
Amazing brief reads fragmented and unclear containing stray phrases about wit and ligid. No clear event or person names present.
Southern Illinois Deaths List Highlights Local Obituaries
A long obituary column from Carterville to West Frankfort records deaths and funeral details. Entries include Collins Vi Virgus Eugene 28 in Gastonia NC with naval aviation ties, Moroni Rosa 69 in Marion, Hufstedler Rachel stillborn in Murphysboro, and multiple births in Herrin and nearby towns with burial or service details.
Collins Rites Set in Carterville for Virgus Collins
Funeral services for Virgus Eugene Collins 28 will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at Riggin funeral home Carterville Rev N G Daniels will officiate Burial will be in Hillcrest cemetery He died Sunday from injuries suffered in an auto crash near Gastonia NC He was born May 28 1923 in Carbondale a son of John and Alva Collins He leaves four brothers and seven sisters besides his parents He was a naval aviation machinist mate stationed at Norfolk VA.
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Carterville
Collins
Virgus Eugene
Gastonia
N. C
Naval Aviation
Norfold
Riggin Funeral Home
Alice Sizemore
Maxine Emery
Peggy Collins
Ruby Longshore
DuQuoin
Herrin Moroni
Rosa
South Ninth Street
Grace Duty Moroni
East Allen Street
Marion
St. Mary’s Church
Herrin
New Rose Hill
Tower Grove Cemetery
Howard Hufstedler
James
Murphysboro
Frank Hufstedler
Edwardsville
August
Frank
Marine Etta
Virgus Eugene Collins
Riggin
Rev. N. G. Daniels
Hillcrest Cemetery
Norfolk, Va
Memorial Hospital
Carbondale
John and
Alva Collins
Chicago Produce Butter and Eggs Price Receipts Report
Butter steady with 793 555 receipts and wholesale prices 93 AA 68 92 B 68 90 B 66 89 C 65. Cars 940 B 66% and 89 C 65%. Eggs firm on 24 547 receipts with wholesale prices unchanged U S extras 35 U S mediums 32 U S standards 32 current receipts 30 dirties 29 checks 28.
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U. S
Potato term origins traced to sweet potato and white potato
The National Geographic Society notes that the term potato originated with the sweet potato and was later applied to the white potato, though the two plants are only distantly related.
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National Geographic Society
Marion Man Sues for $25 000
Paul Crites of south of Marion filed suit in Williamson County circuit court for 25 000 damages against Nel Camden of Creal Springs alleging personal injuries from a mobile accident on November 5. The collision on Route 45 south of Vienna occurred when Camden towed 60 mph in icy conditions, causing a fractured vertebrae and a neck brace needed for mobility. Crites cannot work as a laborer.
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Paul Crites
Marion
Nel Camden
Creal Springs
Williamson County
Crites
Camden
Route 45
Vienna
East St. Louis Livestock Hogs and Cattle Prices Report
Hog sales 14 000 head with 50 to 75 lower on barrows and gilts. sows down 25 to 50. various weight ranges quoted from 18.00 to 22.00 for 180 230 Ibs, up to 21.75 for 240 270 Ibs. lighter hogs 21.65 and under 220 Ibs. 280 325 Ibs 19.0 20.00, sows 18.00 50 down. bulls 13.00 15.00. Cattle and calves 600 and 500 head respectively, prices steady. steers and heifers scarce. cows 22.50 25.50. canners 16.50 22.00. vealers mostly 30.00 36.00 with primes to 38.00. utility to commercial 24.00 26.75.
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Thursay
Livestock Auction Report Shows Slow Hog Trade and Mixed Cattle
Salable hogs 11 000 and cattle 1 000 in the sale with hogs mostly 75 to 1.00 lower for butchers and sows down 50 to 75. several hogs unsold. Lightweights and sows varied with prices from 18.00 to 22.00 for hogs and 16.00 to 19.00 for heavier weights. Cattle and calves offered steady to strong with yearlings 31.00 to 36.00 and prime bulls 32.00 to 38.00. canners 18.00 to 22.00 and utilities 22.00 to 27.50. Cull and utility cows 20.00 to 31.00.
Chicago cash grain price quotes for wheat corn oats and soybeans
Grain prices in Chicago show wheat unavailable and corn mixed across grades with No 3 at 1.84 to 1.86, No 4 at 1.82 to 1.83, No 5 at 1.76 to 1.80, sample grade 1.53 to 1.75. Oats unavailable. Soybeans No 2 at 3.07.
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Chicago
Who Is Mor Morris Addressing Campus Vandalism
The piece reports on campus unrest at Carbondale and Macomb involving raids and student disorder. It notes police and state troopers on duty, expulsions and potential evictions under rent rules, and President Morris urging restraint and responsibility. It also covers a Macomb panty raid resulting in two students jailed for disorderly conduct and minor property theft.
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Carbondale City
Roy Carter
Morris
Macomb
Grote Hall
Western Illinois State and
Lawrence Brown
Brown
Critics and regional tensions in Illinois industry
In a report from R. F. Hay the letter discusses the Vocational Guidance Program at the University of Southern Illinois and inadequate intercommunity cooperation. It argues that social and psychological factors drive absentee ownership of coal resources, urging study by social scientists rather than technicians to address the regional conflicts and economic irresponsibility.
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University of Southern Illinois
Chambers of Commerce
State Arrests 143 Truckers in Illinois Check
Springfield May 23 AP A routine survey of vehicle lettering ends with 143 alleged violators arrested. Sixty one drivers fined 5 dollars. 82 to be heard later. The act requires names on trucks and symbols for hire. Checkpoints on Routes 66 54 36 in Springfield. G Norman Kennedy says checks part of act enforcement.
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Springfield
Illinois
William Conway
G. Norman Kennedy
Eisenhower to Speak in Detroit June 14
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower will visit Detroit for two appearances on June 14 The events include a non partisan address at city hall in the afternoon and a major speech at Olympia stadium at night Acting Mayor Louis C Miriani and party officials announced the plan for the Republican presidential possibility
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Eisenhower
Detroit
Dwight D. Eisenhower
City Hall
Olympia Stadium
Louis C. Miriani
Republican National
Arthur Summerfield
John Feikens
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