Boy Scouts Founder Baden-Powell Remembered
Obituary notice recalls Sir Robert Baden-Powell 1832 August 8 Our source notes his role in founding the Boy Scouts in England 1908 and the movement's spread to the United States with a 1910 DC charter Beard remains active at 90 and Baden-Powell is praised as author explorer and peer with famed Boer War siege leadership 215 days. The Scout oath and law values are cited.
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United States
Boy Scouts
England
Sir Robert Baden-Powell
Boy Scouts of America
District of Columbia
Daniel Carter Beard
Lord Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Boy Scouts and Girl Guides
Mussolini Decline Seen as Likely Within Months
Opinion pieces condemn Benito Mussolini as a pitiful and defeated dictator whose war plans have failed. They argue Italy’s arms faltered, navy and air force underperform, and German leadership may soon assume control, signaling humiliation for Italy.
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Benito Mussolini
Italy
Mussolini
France
Greece
Africa
Germany
Hitler
Do You Remember When Do You Remember When
A historical recap notes a fox hunt near Wm Hall's and Morristown by five Knightstown men ending with the fox eluding pursuers. It mentions J O Nelson renting Holt room for buggies and social visits by local residents in January 1911.
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Knightstown
Wm. Hall
Morristown
J. O. Nelson
Army Band Letters From Carthage Preview Encampment News
Robert Tuttle, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Tuttle of Carthage, writes from Shelbyville where he and the 151st Infantry Band await deployment for a year at Camp Shelby Mississippi. He describes meals at armories and camps, exams at Indianapolis, church attendance, and plans for January 27 1941 departure, plus army travel in Pullman cars with a dining car and two baggage cars. He also notes radio program renewals and cultural items from NBC CBSWLW listings.
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Robert Tuttle
A. L. Tuttle
Carthage
Bob
National Guard
Shelbyville
Camp Shelby
Mississippi
151St
Indianapolis
Presbyterian Church
Tattooing Moves to Los Angeles Supplier
Natives of Tahiti on Tabita island long used tattoo machines from Germany but wartime disruption cut off that supply. They have shifted to a new Los Angeles manufacturer for their tattooing equipment.
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Tabita
South Pacific
Germany
Los Angeles
Air Ministry report on 1940 air losses and captures
The Air Ministry states 3,534 German warplanes were shot down over Britain in 1940 while the RAF lost 1,050 aircraft. Most German airmen were killed or captured, and about 500 Britons survived to reach home.
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British
Air Ministry
Britain
Royal Air Force
Trappers Have Eight Days to Collect Pelts in Indiana
Hoosier trappers have eight days left to collect musk rat, opossum, raccoon and mink pelts as the trapping season ends at midnight Friday January 31. Acting Commissioner Frank N. Wallace notes licensed fur buyers may hold untanned hides for sixty days after season close. Reports from across the state vary, with muskrat and opossum pelts dominating the 1939 40 season totals.
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Hoosier
Frank N. Wallace
Department of Conservation
Trustee's Report Highlights 1940 Disbursements in Ripley Township
The 1940 Trustee's Report for Ripley Township Rush County lists John Doe as auditor, itemizing receipts and expenditures across teaching, supplies, cemetery work, salaries, and transportation. Notable entries include tax distributions, state reimbursements, and final balances totaling 10,986.97 with none of the warrants outstanding.
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Republican Co
Mattie B. Publow
S. O. McCarty
Sanford Hill
Lewis Henderson
Ira Collins
Atv. Hearts Ak
F. Pitts
Same
J. Henley
Carthage Citizen
Earl Herkless
Frank Overman
Public Service Co
Ind
Light, Power
Paul Gray
Transportation
Roy Tanner
Ralph Moore
C. E. Bever
Charles Mosier
Robert Branson
Rami Cassonaris
Delong Agency
Ripley Farmers Tel. Co
Rent
Carthage
Bartel, Roche, Rosa Co
McDaniel & Bradford
O. C. McCarty
A. W. Winfield
H. T. Beher
Labor
Albert Hill
Quincy Buckner
Jasper Nigh
James Mosier
L. H. Burk
Raymond Addison
Waters
Jack Overman
Walter Brooks
Knightstown Furniture Co
Jesse Newsom
Kiger & Co
Huntington Lab
Palmer Product Co
Sance Product Co
W. E. Mann
Helen E. Cosand
Same Education Progress League
GRU
Marvin Bramel
Albert Murfin
Joe Binford
Avery Whitaker
Horace Foust
G. E. Nugent
Milton Gardner
Paul Souder
John White
Sarah E. Newby
John Jessup
Philip, Sattler
Coleman & van Osdel
John Benson
Ruth E. White
Anna Anderson
Hollis Ewing
Ripley Township
Rush County
Ing
Indiana
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Alonzo L. Tuttle
Publishers
Telephone
United States of America
BOY Scout’s Founder
Baden-Powell
Margaret Morton
Rushville
Marguerite Blackford
Lucille Binford
Dorothy Sipe
Lillian Kennedy
Hammel Henley
Byron Henley
Carl Norris
John Julian
Horace Lineback
Charlottesville
John Sawyer
Winona Newsom
Hoover
A. J. Carr
Paderewski
Mary Elizabeth Gatewood
Chas. Akers
Mooresville
Frances Addison
Zella Yates
la Fountaine
Marion
Alabama
Jethro Dennis
Army
Armory
Shelbyville Democrat
Johnny Presents
Nbc-Red
CBS
Ray Block
Swing Fourteen
Beverly
Audrey Marsh
Genevieve Rowe
Max Marcin
Walter Grenza
Phil Tully
Inspector Ross
Donovan
Jack Johnstone
Johnny the Call Boy
Charles O’connor
Dinning Sisters
WLW
NBC
NBC Page
Jimmy Donnelly
Eldridge Packman
Madeline Gray
NBC Red
Jersey
Olivio Santoro
Olivio
Yoleder
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Albert Warner
Washington
Alice Faye
Herbert Marshall
Screen Guild Theatre
Frank Crumit
Julia’ Sanderson
James C. Fidler
Frankie
Treasure Chest
Carle
New England
Leopold Stokowski
Carl Hoff
Tommy “Dorsey
Fabien
New York
Max Martin
Crime Doctor
Florida
Xavier Cugat
Guy Lombardo
America
The
Merry Macs
Ezra Stone
Eddie Cantor
Marilyn
Stone
Tatoo
Tahita
Christian Science Monitor
Monitor
Christian Science Publishing Society
Norway Street
Boston
Massachusetts
Trustee’s Report
Rush
Harry Rhodes
Hubert Alexander
Trend
Con’l. School Fund
Ehelae Sen
James A. Reynolds
Bayard Baker
Cedric Power
Claude Sipe
Eugene Masters
Charles Morris
Elsie McGraw
Norrene Phelps
Wilhelmina Feaster
Martha Jo Bentley
Alta Carfield
Teaching
Mabel DeMoss
Mary Louise Hill
Faye Norris
Gladys Smith
Ada Chappell
R. W. Shuk
Howard E. Henley
Bend
Frank McCullough
Roy Herkless
Carthage Grain Co
Grossman Agency
C. M. DeMunbrun
Carthage Hardware Co
J. R. Drake
H. W. Wilson
Fyr-Fyter Co
Ee & Supplies
Oak al Jax Chem. Co
Mupaitins Flanagan Typewriter Co
Equipment & Supplies
the Continental Chem. Co
Eupeles
W. O. Trueblood. Com
Hall & McCreary Co
World Book Co
Henry Henley
Anne Naeeeneeseeaensinesseessee
Ila Collins
Ripley
WM. F. Pitts
Earl Herrless
Advisory Board of
Courty Board of Supervisors
Calusa
Coluba
Calif
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