Romania Restricts Diplomats in US in Retaliation Move
Washington May 26 The United States imposed tight limits on Romanian diplomats in the United States in retaliation for Bucharest actions against the American legation. Mihai Magieru and staff are confined to 35 miles around Washington with travel only by special permission.
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Washington
United States
Bucharest
Romania
Webb
Mihai Magieru
District of Columbia
Gio Rtrot
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Tavern Blast Damages East St. Louis Bar
A dynamite blast outside a tavern at 6118 West Bl. East St. Louis causes about 10000 dollars in damage. Owner Edward Gnojewski offers no motive but notes a possible link to a Washington Park volunteer fire department dispute. Police recover a fuse similar to coal miner charges. Nearby residents are unharmed.
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East St. Louis
Ill
Washington Park
Edward Gnojewski
Oret Bl
Gnojewski
Ann Burdzell
Rent Office Faces Force Reduction Notices
The Crab Orchard area rent office at 105142 West Monroe Street Carbondale received reduction in force notices to 10 states due to budget shortfalls. Henry Tate and secretary Mary Lou Tyner will be on annual leave or leave without pay after June 6 through June 30 unless reassigned or recalled. The June 30 expiration of the federal rent law leaves office work dependent on Congress action with a skeleton staff and some dismissals likely withdrawn.
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Crab Orchard
West
Monroe Street
Carbondale
Henry B. Tate
Mary Lou Tyner
Oscar G. Ahern
Chicago
Ilinois
Iowa
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wyoming
Colorado
Kansas
Missouri
Lake County
Ind
Nationalists Claim Big Victory on Wanshans
Nationalists announce a decisive victory over Communist forces in the Wan shan islands. The navy reports 4 000 dead among the 7 000 attackers after a second landing attempt, with 19 gunboats 54 motor junks and one landing craft sunk. Gerald Stevenson also designates June as dairy month in Illinois.
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Taipei
Secord
Wanshan
Ladrone
Chingchow
West Chingchow
Sanchiao
Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
McKinney Accepts Unified School District Post
Robert E. McKinney, Williamson county and Herrin city educator, will become general superintendent over Marion city schools and high school systems starting July 1 1950. He resigns county post after completing audits. Lee Booth to oversee until reports finish.
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Robert E. McKinney
Williamson County
Marion
MeiKinney
Eugene Morrison
David Watford
McKinney
Lee Booth
Republican Party
Ernest Armes
Johnston City
Maurice P Clark
Herrin
Republican Central Committee
Herrin City
Illinois County Superintendents Association
Weather summary and river readings from today
Cloudy with showers tonight and Saturday and little temperature change. The report lists temperatures from 55 to 65 tonight and 60 to 88 for Thursday, with specific readings at 7 AM 72 and 6 PM 81. River levels show the Mississippi at 23.8 feet this morning, falling 1.4 feet in 24 hours, Crab Orchard Lake near spillway two inches above, Little Grassy Lake 24 inches below spillway yesterday.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Grassy Lake
Mississippi River
Today's Index Sports and Comics and Classifieds
Sports pages 7 and 8 cover games, results, and standings with featured athletes. Comic page 8 presents daily strips in their usual humor. Classified ads pages 10 and 11 list local listings, services, and notices. Markets neve ll.
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Neve Ll
Miner dies in rock fall at Jeffrey mine near Herrin
Granvel R. Burden 58 was killed about 11 p m Thursday at the Jeffrey mine two miles east of Herrin. He had used a pick to pull down a loose rock while helping on a loading machine. The rock, seven by three by five to six inches, did not cover his body. he fell while attempting to rise. Burden, a 25 year veteran, was a deacon at Herrin First Baptist Church. An inquest is set for today at 6 p m at Storme funeral home. He leaves a wife Beatrice a son Leonard and a daughter Mrs Garland Grant, plus four brothers two sisters and a grandchild. Funeral Sunday at 2 p m at Herrin First Baptist Church. burial in Marion LO with files.
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Granvel R. Burden
Jeffrey
Herrin
Burden
Johnston City
Roland Wilson
The
Freeman Coal Mining Corp
Wilson
Trenton Cox
Harry Belcher
Storme
Mr. Burden
Butler County
Wylie
Panella Burden
Beatrice
Leonard
Evansville
Ind
Garland Grant
Marion
Route 3
James
Frank
Levi
Garrett
Kentucky
Ava Johnson
Daisy Snodgrass
Aberdeen
First Baptist Church of
Herrin First Baptist Church
Paul McCasland
LO. O. F
Oak Ridge Walkout Halts Atomic Plant Construction
About 7 percent of 525 night shift workers reported to the K-29 and K-32 site as a 3000 member AFL union walkout shut down work on the 227 million dollar Uranium-235 production project. Pickets blocked entrances. unions offered no official reason.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
A. F. of L
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Laborers and
Hadcarriers Union Local 818
A.E.C. Nor
J. M. Maxon Construction Co
End of Israel Arab State Arms Race Seen
Washington officials say a new American British French arms deal for the Middle East should prevent any arms race between Israel and Arab states. The pact aims to curb military build up by limiting weapons flows and stabilizing regional security dynamics.
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Washington
State Department
Middle East
Israel
David Felts Recovers After Eye Operation
David V. Felts editorial writer for the Southern Illnois is reported to be recovering after an eye operation May 16 at Mennonite hospital in Bloomington. He is expected to remain in the hospital about 10 more days and cannot receive visitors yet.
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David V. Felts
The
Southern Illr
Mennonite Hospital
Bloomington
Diplomat Dr. W. W. Yen Dies in Shanghai
Hong Kong papers report the death of Dr. W. W. Yen former premier of China and longtime diplomat in Shanghai this week. He is remembered for his pivotal role in early Communist era diplomacy and Chinese government service.
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Hong Kong
W. W. Yen
China
Shanghai
Methodists Discuss Pension Plan for Ministers at Marion
The twelfth annual session of the Southern Illinois Conference of Methodist churches held morning sessions in Marion focusing on a new pension plan for ministers. A committee was formed to study funding options and will report at the next conference.
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Southern Illinois Conference of Methodist Churches
Marion
Circus Worker Falls To Death During Mid Show
In Waco Texas on May 26 a circus performer Otto Berosini 22 fell about five feet while aiding a trapeze rig. He died an hour and a half later in a hospital. the 73 year old retired official had heart disease.
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Waco
Texas
Otto Berosini
Navy officer accused of pilfering from ship and desertion
Lt. Bascom B. Boaz a 19 year Navy veteran is jailed in Los Angeles on federal charges of embezzling $19000 from a ship’s safe and desertion. He faces a preliminary hearing after posting $10000 bail. He reportedly began a six month binge amid domestic troubles.
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Los Angeles
Navy
Bascom B. Boaz
U. S. Navy
Frat Boy Bomb Incident At Northwestern Campus
A fumigation bomb in Sigma Chi dorm lobby sickened twenty four students and ten Evanston firemen. Firemen and police investigate gas type while inmates sought treatment at Evanston Hospital. officials report no critical cases.
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Evanston
Sigma Chi
Northwestern University
University
Evanstein Hospital
Half of Denver's Trees Damaged by Snowfall
Snow blanketed northern Colorado and Wyoming as Denver streets filled with fallen branches. City Forester Earl Sinnamon said about 50,000 of the 100,000 street trees suffered serious damage. Some limbs brought down power and phone lines as unofficial totals reached 11 inches on a highway near the state line. Snowplows struggled to keep main routes open.
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Denver
Colorado
Wyoming
Earl Sinnamon
U. S. Highway 287
Colorado- Wyoming
Adolescent Chapman Faces Clemency Hearing in Murder Case
Springfield May 26 The state board hears clemency pleas for Curtis Chapman 19 and Carson Segar 20, condemned for the Jerseyville hitchhiking murder of Howard Heininger. Doctor testifies Chapman is adolescent and emotionally immature while Segar dominates. defense and prosecution clash over representation and personalities amid prior reprieves and a pending sanity hearing set for May 31.
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Springfield
Ill
Curtis Chapman
Groves B. Smith
Chapman
Carson Segar
Do. W. Burton
Edwardsville
Segar
Pardon Board
Stevenson
U. S. Supreme Court
Jerseyville
Howard Heininger
Murphysboro
Green
Chicago Streetcar Crash Leaves 33 Dead Trucker Also Perishes
Police ordered the arrest of conductor William Liddell after a street car collided with a heavily loaded gasoline truck. The crash killed 32 trolley passengers and the truck driver, injured many, and left nearly 200 homeless. Liddell, 29, disappeared but later said he would report for questioning. Investigators probe jammed rear doors as a possible cause and a massive fire swept through buildings on State Street.
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Chicago
William C. Liddell
Liddell
Chicago Transit Authority
C.T.A
Michael Ahern
Chicago Police Department
Chicago Sun-Times
Cet
Sixty-third
State Street
Dismissal of I C Dividend Suit Over Arrears
Federal Judge Clarence G. Galston dismissed a suit by Alexander A. Guttman and other holders of 7 percent non cumulative preferred stock against Illinois Central RR seeking about 12 million dollars in back dividends. The plaintiffs argued preferred payments should come before any common dividend. Railroad counsel said withholding payments aided the road and praised the board.
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New York
Clarence G. Galston
Illinois Central Railroad
Alexander A. Guttman
Wall Street
Railroad
Board of Directors
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Jeffrey Mine
David Felts
Casefire
Board of Lay Activities
Robert Kazmayer
Ralph Magee
Dist Youth Fellowship
N. D. Motzer
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J. Waskom Pickett
O. O. Maerker
Bishop Pickett
James Geisbecker
Geishecker
Boaz
Idaho
Aleutians
Gilberts
Marshalls
Saipan
Guam
Long Beach
Navasota
Calif
San Francisco-Oakland
Rosemary Carter
F.B.S
Naval Intelligence
Reno
Las Vegas
Pomona
L. H. Mehrhoff
Green County
Burton
Paul Manning
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