Former Klan Dragon Fights Extradition in Minnesota
David C. Stephenson former grand dragon of Indiana Ku Klux Klan says he will fight extradition on parole violation charges. He was arrested at a Minneapolis printing plant after a photo led to recognition and claims Indiana banished him, questioning jurisdiction over his return. He describes his Klan past as corrupt from the top and states he seeks private work to support himself.
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Mnnneapolis
David C. Stephenson
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Stephenson
Minneapolis
Stehenson
Michigan City
Ind
Carbondale
Madge Oberholtzer
Ill
West Frankfort Slayer Freed
A Franklin county coroner's jury ruled justifiable homicide Tuesday in the fatal shooting of Jesse Young 54 of West Frankfort by Emmett Johnson 70 of Benton. Johnson said Young ordered him out of a trailer and picked up an icepick before Johnson fired twice. Johnson surrendered to police and awaits further action as the case closes for the state attorney unless a grand jury revives it.
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Franklin County
Jesse Young
West Frankfort
Emmett Johnson
Benton
Young
Johnson
North
Palmer Street
California
Bob Irvin
Cole L. Jones
Foreman
Ira Moore
Dan McPhail
Bob McCollum
W. A. Scott
Joseph Hickman
Weather Report Forecast and Lake Levels
The forecast calls for fair and warmer on Friday with a low tonight near 30 and a Friday high in the mid fifties. Observed temperatures include 52 at 8 am and 62 at 6 pm today, with a noon reading of 55. Humidity at 8 am is 52 percent and precipitation since yesterday morning totals 0.15 inches. Winds averaged 5 mph with 120 miles recorded between yesterday and today. Crab Orchard Lake sits 20 inches below spillway and Little Grassy Lake 14 feet below spillway as of yesterday.
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Crab Orchard Lake
Local News and Editorials Across Index Page Mix
An index page rundown lists sections from Local News on page 3 to Editorials on page 4 and Women’s pages on 6 and 7. Sports coverage appears on pages 13 to 15, with Comics on 21 and Classifieds on 22 and 23.
Murphysboro Attorney Appointed to State Committee
The Illinois Supreme Court named 26 lawyers to one year terms on its state committee on character and fitness. The panel reviews applicants for state bar admission. Included among appointees is Isaac K. Levy of Murphysboro.
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Illinois Supreme Court
State Bar Association
Isaac K. Levy
Murphysboro
Youngest child undergoes groundbreaking infant heart surgery
Dr. Chester P. Lynxwiler reported to the Southern Medical Association that 11 weeks old Linda Weber from St. Louis City underwent successful surgery for coarctation of the aorta at St. Mary’s Hospital. Surgeon Sidney Smith removed a segment at the blockage and joined the vessels. a refrigeration technique slowed body activity during the procedure. The case offers hope as 90 percent of affected infants die within the first year, with potential normal life expectancy for Linda. The operation occurred amid the Southern Medical Association meeting in St. Louis.
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St. Louis
Chester P. Lynxwiler
St. Louis University School of Medicine
Southern Medical Association
St. Mary’s Hospital
Lynxwiler
Linda Weber
Sidney Smith
The
Herrin Man elected Illinois member of UMWA board
Joseph Shannon of Herrin won the Illinois seat on the United Mine Workers international board. Shannon defeated Sherman Whitlow of West Frankfort by 7,647 to 2 in a Nov 7 election by Illinois locals. Shannon, district 12 auditor for the UMW, will replace the late Curtis Mundell as Illinois representative.
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Springfield
Joseph Shannon
Herrin
Illinois
United Mine Workers Industrial Board
Hugh White
UMW
Shannon
Sherman Whitlow
West Frankfort
Curtis Mundell
Beniton
Internatonal Board
White
John L. Lewis
Whitlow
Lawyers Win Fee From Alexander County Estate Sale
Circuit Judge Loyd Bradley ruled in Cairo that two attorneys receive half of the sale price above 650 for a tract in Oscar Tamm’s Alexander county estate. Crain and Wilbourn earned about 16 000 after helping protect title and stave government tax claims on land trustees valued as worthless. The trustees had paid taxes due of more than 5 000 and the lawyers contributed one fifth of that amount to redeem the land.
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Loyd Bradley
Cairo
Oscar Tamm
Alexander County
Joe Crain
Dorothy Wilbourn
Tamm
California
Bradley
Elliott
Picket Nine Illinois Bell Exchanges Picketed in Illinois
Telephone strikers picketed nine Illinois Bell exchange buildings across Mount Vernon Collinsville Joliet Alton Decatur Libertyville Geneva Lake Forest and Edwardsville. Local and long distance service ran on urgent only in several towns with non dial service. some dial towns reported normal local service. Illinois Bell reported 95 percent of phones operating normally and local service 99 percent.
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Chicago
Illinois Bell Exchange
Mount Vernon
Collinsville
Joliet
Alton
Decatur
Libertyville
Geneva
Lake Forest
Edwardsville
Illinois Bell Telephone Co
Sangamo Workers Vote Union Shop at Sangamo Electric
Sangamo Electric plans to negotiate a contract with the International Association of Machinists after an NLRB ordered election at the Ordill plant. Employees voted 911 to 66 for a union shop, with IAM as bargaining agent from a prior vote. Formerly, Sangamo workers were with District 50 UMWA.
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Sangamo Electric Company
International Association of Machinists
Ordill
National Labor Relations Board
Machinists
Sangamo
Illinois Ordnance Plant
United Mine Workers of America
House Demos At Fees Of Profits Levy
Washington Nov 16 The Ways and Means Committee barred any alternative tax to raise four billion dollars from excess profits. By 15 Democrats to 10 Republicans the panel refused to let witnesses propose substitutes, and set a 15 minute limit on testimony. Secretary Snyder outlined a 75 percent excess profits levy to fund defense needs.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
Robert Doughton
Dn.c
Congress
Republican Committee
Snyder
Jere Cooper
D-T
Daniel Reed
R-N.y
Democratic Committee
Truman
Treasury
Hunt Suspect In Drury Case
Police seek Anthony Rotondo, 35, of Trenton as a key suspect in the Drury slaying. Rotondo reportedly told a friend he was paid $9,000 to kill William J. Drury, a former police lieutenant who was assassinated before testifying before a Chicago crime committee. Charles Di Umberto, 32, claimed Rotondo’s admission and testified under Kefauver Senate crime committee subpoena. Detectives and state authorities caution Rotondo may not be truthful, while Di Umberto’s statements are being weighed.
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Chicago
Trenton
N. J
William J. Drury
Drury
Anthony Rotondo
Charles di Umberto
Rotondo
di Umberto
Kefauver Senate
Committee On Chicago
Andrew Aitken
John S. Boyle
Wailbur Clark
Las Vegas
Lash Place
Cleveland, Ohio
Cliff Jones
Nevada
Moe Sedway
Morris Rosen
Benjamin
Bugsy) Siegel
Siégel
Sedway
Estes Kefauver
United States
Alexander Wiley
Rwis
Charles H. Tobey
R-Nh
Senate panel shocked by Nevada gambling links and mob ties
The Senate crime investigating committee returned from Las Vegas aghast at legal and illicit gambling links. Key Los Angeles figures Mickey Cohen and desert gaming interests were cited, with Reno and Nevada officials accused of conflicts and courtship of gambling outfits.
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Los Angeles
Senate Crime Investigating
Nevada
Mickey Cohen
Las Vegas
Nev
L. R. Greeson
Reno
New York
Joseph Stacher
Greeson
Stacher
Bank Club
CIPS Job Halted by 24th Strike at Grand Tower Plant
Iron workers and boilermakers clash over ash hopper erection at the Central Illinois Public Service plant in Grand Tower. About 500 men idle as picket lines form at 2 30 p m according to C Boyne of New York Foundation, marking the first jurisdictional strike since September 21 when a prior dispute over an ash hopper was settled after three idle days.
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Central Illinois Public Service Company
Grand Tower
C. Boyne
New York Foundation Company
Man Scrambles 450 Egg Cases After Route 3 Crash
A 34 year old Missouri man Troy M Bullard Neelys Landing was arrested after his car struck a truck and spilled 450 egg cases near Ware Junction Route 3. Bullard was charged with drunken driving. no injuries reported to driver James Moore Baton Rouge Louisiana.
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Missouri
Union County
Troy M. Bullard
Neely’s Landing
D Bunken
Ware Junction
Bullard
James Moore
Baton Rouge
Chapman Gets Seventh Stay of Execution
The death sentence for Curtis Chapman, 19, confessed murderer of a former Murphysboro resident, was stayed to February 1 in Macon County Circuit Court Decatur. Judge Martin E. Morthland granted the stay at the request of Judge Charles E. Keller to allow time for a sanity petition trial. Chapman’s sanity hearing is set for next week.
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Curtis Chapman
Murphysboro
Macon County
Decatur
Martin E. Morthland
Charles E. Keller
Champaign
Chapman
Chapinsane
Emerson Baetz
Ralph T. Smith
Alton
A. L. Menn
Pfomc County
Thern Gray
White Hall
Carson Seger
Carrollton
Howard Heininger
Jerseyville
Fred L. Heininger
Seger
Greene County
Mrs Evan Dale Missing During California Vacation
Mrs Evan Dale wife of a Southern Illinois labor leader was reported missing from Carbondale after leaving for a California vacation. The secretary treasurer of the Southern Illinois District council of theكو common laborers union vanished last Friday and did not return home by Thursday night.
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Evan Dale
Southern Illinois
California
Dale
Carbondale
Southern Illinois District Council
Common Laborer’s Union
Ft i
Sil
Wallace patent claims burnt gob concrete mix substitute
George W. Wallace of Benton obtained a patent for using burnt gob, a coal mining residue, in a concrete composition. He asserts his mix surpasses standard cement sand gravel blends in strength and insulation, resists water damage, is lighter, and reaches peak strength faster. Burnt gob is abundant, transportable, and inexpensive, currently used mainly for road surfaces. Wallace filed the patent applications in August 1946.
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George W. Wallace
Benton
Wallace
Southern
Illinois
Allies Drive Ahead in Cold of North Korea
Allied forces pressed the North Korean front amid frost and sleet. U S marines and 17th infantry moved toward the Manchurian border, with gains up to four miles and the 41st parallel reached. South Korean, British and American units extended the line while naval gunfire aided defense against coastal attacks.
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North Korea
Seoul
Korea
U. S
Pungsan
U.S. First Corps
Changjin
Repubblic of Korea First Corps
Changjin Reservoir
Tokchon
Kun
Myongchon
Rochester
U. S. Tenth Corps
Chongjin
Bulwerk
Christmas Seal Month Proclaimed in Illinois by Governor
Governor Adlai Stevenson designates November 20 to December 2 as Christmas seal month in Illinois urging support for the charity drives. Public notice sets the period for fundraising and participation across the state.
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Springfield
Adlai Stevenson
Illinois
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