Farm Accident Kills Hagler in Carbondale Area
Frank Hagler of rural Carbondale died Tuesday evening after a tractor accident on his Route 51 farm near Pomona gravel road. Witness neighbor George Webb said Hagler slumped at the wheel, the tractor lurched, and both fell. authorities suspect a heart attack contributed to the incident. Coroner Edward Knowles ordered an inquest for 8:30 p.m. at Carbondale city hall. Hagler had a family history of fatal accidents, with two sons previously killed in 1949 south of Carbondale.
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Carbondale
Doctors’ Hospital
Frank Hagler
Pomona
Jackson County
Roy Carter
Hagler
Carter
George Webb
Webb
Edward Knowles
Paul
Robert
Red Police Get Shoot to Kill Orders in Berlin
Berlin May 28 AP East Germany tightens the blockade along the Wes German border issuing shoot to kill orders for anyone lacking a proper pass in the new three mile no mans land. The move follows a severing of transit links and a new visa formula threatening West Berlin travel. Allied officials warn of possible airlift if the city withers under isolation.
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Berlin
Germany
East Germany
Iron Curtain
No Man’s Land
Helmsted Autobahn
Reds
West Berlin
Bonn Republic
Paris
Russia
British Told Situation In Korea Grave
London May 28 AP The British Parliament was told that Communist forces in North Korea had nearly doubled their strength during cease fire talks and Winston Churchill called the situation very grave. Defense minister Lord Alexander said the Communists are not far from a million men, compared with just over 500000 last July. He spoke to the Lords and a similar statement was read in the Commons. Alexander outlined increases in armor artillery and air power and noted about 1800 aircraft with about 1000 jet fighters. He warned there is no imminent attack but a major offensive could be launched with little warning as reinforcements bolster North Korean units. Casualties for Britain since the war began were 3250 killed 1601 wounded 939 prisoners and 197 missing.
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North Korea
Winston Churchill
Lord Alexander
Britain
House of Lords
House of Commons
Churchill
United States
Alexander
Tokyo
Korea
Nemy
United Nations
U.N
Baruch urges faster defense production amid inflation waste
Washington May 28 AP Bernard M Baruch told senators more than 20 billion dollars is wasted on defense due to inflation he calls for a broad overhaul to speed aircraft tanks and guns production He criticized delays in an air force program questioned the option to expand German NATO ties before Europe is armed and warned no victory in the cold war while the Soviets hold a military edge He blamed unused inflation controls after the Korean outbreak for the waste and urged immediate action.
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Bernard M. Baruch
Baruch
Congress
Russia
Truman
State Department
Western
Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Europe
West
Koje Duty Hard To Take Former Guard Chief Says
Osaka May 28 AP the former Koje island security officer Capt Jack McGuire said it was difficult for American guards to endure insults from Red prisoners but there was never a single instance of inhumane treatment He recalled the April 10 riot that killed four Korean guards and three North Korean prisoners and injured many others He described the prisoners as defiant dangerous and menacing and spoke of his wounds from the clash while leading a guard detail into the compound and of Brig Gen Francis Dodd being relieved after hostages were taken.
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Osaka
Japan
Koje Island
Jack McGuire
New York State
McGuire
Attica
N. Y
Kore
N. Francis T. Dodd
Dodd
Koje
AME Church To Honor Stevenson In Sparta Fete
Adlai E. Stevenson will be honored at 6 p.m. July 9 with a plaque acknowledging humanitarian work for the Negro race. The Rev. Dawley of Bethel A.M.E. Sparta leads the ceremony on behalf of about 6000 Negroes in Cairo district. The award, from the A.M.E. church, marks Stevenson as the fourth civic leader and fifth honoree in history, following Michigan Governor Williams, Detroit Judge Gillis, Windsor Mayor Reaume, and former Georgia Governor Arnall.
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Adlai E. Stevenson
Is Dawley
Bethel A.M.E
Sparta
Cairo
A.M.E. Church
Gov. Stevenson
Gov
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Gillis
Detroit
Reaume
Windsor
Canada
Elia Arnall
Georgia
Arnall
Odd Fellows
Gov. Williams
Mayor Reaume
Dawley
Weather update and river level notes for Crab Orchard area
Cloudy conditions persist with a chance of rain near Cairo tonight and Thursday. Tonight will be cooler with lows 48 to 55 and highs around 69. Yesterday’s high 83, noon today 66, 7 a.m. today 67. Precipitation reported from 7 a.m. yesterday to 7 a.m. today. Humidity at noon 64 percent. Winds averaged 1 mph with 25 miles recorded between 7 a.m. yesterday and 7 a.m. today. Sunset 7:16 p.m., sunrise 4:37 a.m. Crab Orchard Lake 2 inches above spillway today, Little Grassy Lake 1 inch above spillway today.
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Cairo
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Southers Minotaan Daily Press Publication Note
Evening edition published by Southern Winola Publications at 22 Wentian Street Carbondale Illinois. This newspaper is entered as second class mail in Carbondale under the act of March 3 1878.
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Ree Preas
Southern
Winola Publications
Twe
Iain
Carbondale tHinois
Carbondale
Sinois
College boys acquire second hand hearses for overland trips
In New Haven on May 28 AP reports a fad among New England students buying second hand hearses for long trips. Yale Outing Club fielded one hearse with seven members headed to Denver. Harvard has three similar hearses and MIT six in use.
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New Haven
Conn
New England
Yale
Denver
Yates
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Storm Hits Corpus Christi in Strong Gulf Port Storm
A wind and rain storm with gusts up to 80 miles an hour struck Corpus Christi Texas early today causing damage across the Gulf port city. The storm brought heavy rain and high winds disrupting travel and forcing cancellations and emergency responses. Local officials warned residents to stay indoors and report downed power lines and flooded streets.
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Gulf Port City
Third General Transferred After Koje Island Kidnapping
Koje Island Korea May 28 AP a third American general loses command over the Francis T Dodd kidnapping by Communist prisoners of war Brig Gen Paul F Yount commander of the Pusan army base was reprimanded in Washington for overlooking the promises made to secure Dodd s release by P O W s on Koje An official said Yount would be transferred within a week The incident followed by Colson s statements and U N and Red propaganda disputes with Gen Mad Clark noting Koje P O W camp was in Yount s command both Dodd and Colson were ousted and demoted to colonel Ironically Yount was due for normal in a month
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Koje Island
Korea
Brg
Francis T Dodd
Paul F. Yount
Pusan
Washington
Department of the Army
Dodd
P.o.w.s
Kose Island
Navy's Cutlass Fastest Plane At Sea and Sky
The Navy's F7U 3 Cutlass jet interceptor roars off a runway and climbs in a sharp spiral, likely the fastest U S produced airplane. Built by Chance Vought, it features two turbojets with afterburners and a forward cockpit, tested as a potent carrier craft.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Texas
Navy
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Richard L. Johnson
Wright-Patterson Test Center
Dayton
Ohio
Indusiond
Jetter
U.S. S. Midway
Texas delegates shift as four conventions form vote blocs
Texas politics create four delegations split between Taft and Eisenhower in the Republican camp while Democratic contenders Russell Harriman and Kefauver vie for second. Connecticut and Florida add delegate counts as nationwide totals tighten races ahead of the Chicago nominating conventions.
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Connecticut
Texas
Chicago
Hartford
Florida
Dwight Eisenhower
Ohio
Robert Taft
Richard Russell
Georgia
W. Averell Harriman
Associated Press
Taft
Eisenhower
Estes Kefauver
Tennessee
Russell
Harriman
Kefauver
Mineral Wells
Eisencoe
Reds hint new action in Korea as talks stall
In Munsan Korea on May 28 AP reports Communist truce negotiators warned of marching Red armies blaming Allied handling of captives. UN command dismissed the threat as propaganda. Nam Il accused captured Reds of mistreatment and vowed that the Korean peoples army and Chinese volunteers shall not sit idle. No progress on repatriation for 100,000 captured Reds and internees.
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Munsan
Korea
U.N
Nam Il
Korean Peoples Army
Chinese Peoples Volunteers
Return of 588 State Slots Plan in Springfield
U S Attorney Howard L Doyle announced federal authorities will return 588 slot machines seized by the FBI in downstate Illinois. He aims to obtain permission from the Springfield U S district court to destroy about 300 more confiscated machines. Doyle cited three post raid federal court decisions interpreting dealer under the Johnson act, limiting destruction grounds.
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Springfield
U. S
Howard L. Doyle
F.B.I
Hlinais
U. S. District Court
Doyle
Maryland
Kentucky
Louisiana
West Plans Three-Power Armies Cap on Forces at One Third
The United States Britain and France present at the UN disarmament commission a ceiling of one third for Soviet Union United States and China armed forces with UN approval, plus strict safeguards. The plan aims to counter Russia's one third cut proposal, asserting four million Soviet troops and about 3.6 million U S servicemen under arms.
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Soviet Union
United States
China
United Nations
U. N. Disarmament Commission
Russia
Britain
France
Europe
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