The Ledger and Times, May 22, 1948
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For more information, please contact [email protected]. 9 • - ' 14. 21. 1948 Selected As nest All-Round Kentucky Community Newspaper For 1947 WEATHER FORECAST 1 MEMBER Wail' KENTUCKY: Fair and cooler BUREAU today and tonight, Sunday 05 fair and warmer. 1RCULATI S YOUR PROGRESSIVE B 0 M gNEWS- United Press PAPER FOR OVER HALF A CENTURY Murray, Kentucky, Saturday Afternoon, May 22, 1948 MURRAY POPULATION - 8,000 Vol. XIX; No, 250, STATE RINDS AVAILABLE FOR COUNTY 11P.A.-DS Over $40" Be Spent On Calloway Jurors Fail 230 Miles Oj Calloway Roads 3eMOn- FRANKFORT, Ky.. May 22 eSpe- miTleosb.acco road from KY 95 at To- lyW000, ciall-A total of $41.197 08, Callo- bacco to the Ellis Baker ,road, 2 )Istered way county's share of the annual e mink Verdict At $5,000,000 state-aid fund, will be Bruin road from the Poor Farm Lys. Return To spent this year on maintenance of of Bee road to the north bank 230 miles of county roads. The Creek, 1 mile. sum will be spent under a new Kirksey-Almo-Shiloh road from agreement between the fiscal court KY 299 in Kirksey thence to the and the Kentucky Department of Shiloh road, 11.4 miles. Kimble Murder Trial Highways covering the fiscal year Murray-Paris road from KY 121 ending March 31, last!). to the East State Line road, 8 miles. The state-aid projects recom- State Line road from Hazel mended by the county and approved to the, new Providence road, 4.5 Judge Declares by the department were listed by miles, INFANT SON OF EACH MEMBER OF Rural Highway Director George H. East State Line -road from the Mistrial, Holds Hailey as follows: Nemilwes.Providence ,idence rdroad extending 2.2 Dexter road from KY 95 in Dex- Case For October C.T TOWNSEND ROTARY GIVES TO ter to Jonothan Creek, 4.4 miles. Wiswell road from Wiswell to a Poor Farm road from KY 95 to junction with the south 16th street Jurors failed for the second time, KY 299 north of Stella, 5 miles. road, 2:5 miles. TODAY WORTHY CAUSE the Tobac- te yesterday afternoon, to re- DIES South Ninth Street road from Ellis Baker road from L. Townsend, 10-months- with the Cross- urn a verdict after hearing the Michael The Rotary Club of' Murraywent Murray to the South 16th Street co road to junction Joe Kimble. 53-year-old old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles T land-Wisell road, 2.2 miles. rial of over the top last Thursday when WORLD'S BIGGEST HYDROPLANE-The hydroplane, "Arc en Ciel," largest vessel of Its rued, 1.1 mile. Townsend. died of complications at Grove-Wiswell road from ickman county farmer charged $650.00 was subscribed by Harris their a total of kind in the world, rocks on the waters of tha Seine after its arrival In Paris. Built by A. A Shiloh road from 01 mile west of with murdering his estranged 5:00 o'clock this morning at Wiswell to Harris Grove, 2.6 miles. members to the Rotary Interna- to the junction of KY 94. 3.3 home in Orchard Heights. Couzinet in Brazil, the ship Pan attain a speed of 58 m.p.h. and carries 22 passengers In Shiloh Brooks Chapel road from the ate. Laverne. tional Foundation. To reach this Survivors include the parents. afldition to its two-man crew. miles. road to 0.8 mile east of A special panel wali 'called from cent subscription, Dexter Mr. and Mrs. one hundred per Roy Graham road from KY 121 to alloway County to hear the pro- and grandparents, Almo. 5 thiles. out of Mrs. each member donated $10.00. a point 0.7 mile northeast of Penny. !spokesman Otto Townsend. and Mr. and Elm Grove road from KY 94 to eeclinge at Clinton. The The Rotary Foundation is a fund 2 1 miles. they Toy Jones of Graves County. junction of the TVA.road. 3.2 miles. or the jurors reported that set up to aid in satisfying the needs College Farm road from KY 121 Funeral services will be held at Faxon-Newburg road from KY etc hoplessly divided after three of the peoples in war affecteetcoun- near Murray thence north to the Lynnville at 2:00 o'clock Sunday os, thence to Faxon, 3.3 miles. Graduate €A,05zdar,EarE 94 delib- To of State ours and 25 minutes urr4y tries and to foster projects to bring junction of KY 121, 3.1 miles. afternoon under the direction of Faxon-Newburg road from Fain- ration. about better unjlerstanding between Backusburg road from KY 299 Bro. J. B. Hardeman. Burial will on to the Tennessee River, 3 miles. When asked for a verdict by peoples of the world. in. Kirksey to the Graves county sad killer be i the Cuba cemetery. Ellis Wrather road from the Pen- facts Judge Elvis J. Stahr, the spokes- body will beat the parents' The greater part of the money 18-YEAR-OLDS line, 5.6 miles. Kirksey-Almo-Shi- does per- of the The ny road to the man indicated by a slip the was collected Thursday before last History Penny road from KY 41 to the until Class In Heights est bulletins! home at Orchard loh road. 4.5 miles. tongue that the jurors stood four county line, 9.6 miles. funeral hour. The Max Churchill when nearly every member present WASHINGTON. May 22 (UP)- Marshall Green Plain Church road from for conviction. He was hastily ten Murray State will grant degrees* New Providence road from KY funeral home is in charge of ar- gave dollars. Absentees were The plan to draft 18-year-olds into KY 121 to a point northeast of New by Judge Stahr who ex- on May 31 to the largest seni r clam State 5.9 miles s-.1cipped rangements. contacted and the club reached the the armed forces apparently was 121 to the Line road, Providence. 2 msles. that jurors were not sup- in its history. announces Mrs. Cleo KY 95 gt plained one hundred per cent mark. FOR out the window today. Sycamore road from South Pleasant Grove Church to tell how they stand. Gillis Hester. registrar. WORKSHOP Murray to junction with the South posed President C. 0. Bondurant thank- An informal poll of the senate road from KY 94 at Lynn Grove to declared the pro- Approximately 204 seniors and 13 road. 0.4 mile. Judge Stahr ed the members at the meeting last armed services committee showed 16th Street junction with the Crossland-Wis- mistrial and continued FRENCH CLUB AT graduate students have apelied for Albritton road from the New ceedings a Thursday for their enthusiastic re- COUNTY TEACHER,S that its members were ready to well road, 9 miles. next term of their degreet, which compares with Hope and extending south the caee until the sponse in the worthy cause. recommend to the senate that the Church West State Line, road from Hazel the previous high of 178 in 1.042. Of mile. court Da October. COLLEGE ENDS proposed 18-year-old draft be put to Cressland. 28 miles. Mahlon Shel- Some of the candidates completed HELD ON CAMPUS Cherry Corner-Patterson road Kimble's attorney. on a voluntary basis. New Hope Church road from east Co. their work in the quarters ending workshop fo•- Callo- t teachers' said that he A from KY 280 to a point 0.2 mile east bourne of Paducah, Those who enlisted of their own city limits of Murray to KY 121, to seek release Of DRIVE BAPTISTS TOLD in December, March, June, and way county teachers was held on of Cherry, 3.9 mile does not plan CLOTHING accord for one year's service would 37 miles. 'LAR Sts. bond immediately. some will complete their require- Murray State campus May 17 Hico road from KY 94 to the Mar- his client on Miss Ruth Butler. language be exempt from the two-year Holland Road frem KY 90 have been ments in August. through May 21. with Prentice Las- shall county line. 4.8 miles. Two previous motions teacher and sponsor of "Les Co- AMERICA MUST -through-25 draft. But no 18- 95 to junction of a road east of Acting President Marvin 0. of the county 19 denied. Kimble has been in jail Murray siter, superintendent South 16th Street road from KY Clark's River. 2 miles pains". French club at Wrather year-old would be put in uruform Mrs. Kimble, will confer the degrees on schools, in charge of the program. 04 to junction with the Wiswell to since the slaying of State, reports that three large boxes against his wishes. Crossland road from KY 94 13. BE GREAT NATION the largest of classes at the Com- Lecture courses were given by road. 2.6 miles. Oakton postmaster, on May of clothing have been collected the west state line road in Cross- mencement exercises on the even- Dr.