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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 01, 1949
Page
4
Trud reports Urals quarry officials in Miass punished for safety rule breaches. The quarry chief gets three years penal servitude, a shift foreman two years, and a safety engineer a 1500 ruble fine. The negligence caused workers to endure dangerous conditions.
A joint installation of Townsend F. Dodd Post American Legion Anna and the auxiliary will be held tonight at the American Legion community center in Anna. Dorris L. Hankila will be installed as post commander and Mrs. Scott Grant as auxiliary president with James F. Wahl installing. The ceremony includes multiple officers and staff, followed by the 1949 auxiliary history, gifts, and a social hour. Hankla, a former VFW and Legion commander, serves in local roles and resides in Anna with his wife and two children.
Chatswood NSW Australia Maurice Woodward, builder, ditched his pony for a utility truck but the arrangement failed. The pony, named Prince, fretted each morning at the door when the boss left on the horseless carriage. Now Prince accompanies the truck at a few miles per hour.
Clyde Shelton of Hurst pleaded not guilty in Williamson county circuit court to two burglary indictments and one arson indictment related to the Ameri can Legion Home fire in Hurst and a burglary at a store. He claimed no funds for counsel and was assigned Duane Leach and J C Mitchell. A trial date was not set and the judge ordered docketing next week or ten days.
Hunters across southern Illinois began dove season at noon under federal rules that ban hunting after sunset. The Mississippi Flyway limit is 10 birds per day with a season through September 30. Mourning dove populations have declined in parts of the South and Southeast per Fish and Wildlife Service.
Seven rural districts north of Pinckneyville will vote Saturday on Perry county sixth community consolidated unit. About 85 students would be affected across Carr Round Prairie Cross Duncan Kellerman Wylie Eichholz districts with a new building planned near Rice if approved. Carr district has not used its schoolhouse for five years. Voting will occur in each district per County Superintendent J Wesley Neville.
A detailed ordinance sets the restricted sale areas for alcoholic liquor in Carbondale Illinois with boundaries described and penalties for violations. The measure specifies a residential character for areas outside the restricted zone, establishes fines from 25 to 200 dollars per offense, and notes passage dates August 1949 and city officials approval.
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