Miss Josephine Brownson Wins Notre Dame Laetare Medal
Detroit educator Miss Josephine Brownson receives the 1939 Laetare Medal from the University of Notre Dame. She is the first descendant of a former medalist to be honored since the award began in 1883. her father, the late Henry Brownson, was the 1892 medalist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josephine Brownson
Detroit
University of Notre Dame
Brownson
Laetare Committee
Miss Brownson
Henry Brownson
Funeral services held for John C. Miller in Evansville
Mr and Mrs Walter Dhonau and family attended the funeral in Evansville Saturday afternoon for John C Miller who suffered a stroke last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Dhonau
Evansville
Mr. Dhonau
John C. Miller
McDaniel Bradford Free Show Arrives in Carthage
McDaniel-Bradford department store sponsors a free moving picture event in Carthage at the Auditorium theater. On Saturday, March 25, the show Flight to Fame starring Charles Farrell and Jacqueline Wells runs from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m. Local business owners invite everyone to visit, enjoy the film, and meet Carthage merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McDaniel- Bradford Department Store
Charles Farrell
Jacqueline Wells
Lawrence McDaniel
Ernest Bradford
Carthage
McDaniel-Bradford
Knightstown Wife Gains National Attention For Mustache Cup Hobby
Mrs Walter Jolly of Knightstown has built a nationwide reputation with an antique mustache cup collection. She earned a trip to New York to appear on Hobby Lobby on Wednesday nights, though her scheduled March 15 appearance was postponed. Her eight year collection spans England France Japan Canada Germany Austria and the United States with over 800 cups. The hobby recalls the late 1800s fashion era and features varied sizes shapes and inscriptions. Dave Elman helped arrange the Hobby Lobby exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Jolly
Knightstown
New York City
Jolly
Engand
France
Japan
Canada
Germany
Austria
United States
Dave Elman
Indiana Adopts Measures From 1939 Legislature
After the 1939 session Governor Townsend signs laws intended for broad public benefit. Provisions include beer regulation changes, township relief residency rules, a public harbor commission for Burnsditch in Porter county, fireworks ban after August 1 1939, and funding for a state public council. Additional items cover wage collections under 100 dollars, license plate purchases by March 1 grace period, Barber Board trade dispute powers, marriage license medical exams, pneumonia serum funding, and Health Board authority over foods drugs and cosmetics.
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Indiana General Assembly
M. Clifford Townsend
Assembly
Indiana
Lake Michigan
Porter County
Burnsditch
Barber Board
State Board of
Morton Memorial Takes 1939 Rush County Oratorical Win
Charles Alexander of Morton Memorial won the 1939 Rush County oratorical contest at Fletcher Methodist church. Rosalie Humes placed second, stirring debate over the judge’s decision. The event marked Morton’s third straight year winning the rotating plaque and sixth consecutive county title.
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Charles Alexander
Morton Memorial
Rush County
Fletcher Methodist Church
Rosalie Humes
County Board
Paul Carmack
Rushville
Anita Oldham
Knightstown
Morton
Alexander
Barton
Rosemary Northam
Arlington
Hunt
Frances Hinchman
Raleigh
Griffin
Frederick Harcourt
Milroy
Holt
Betty Mae Rees
Sheats
Suzanne Murdock
Manilla
Sayer
Douglas Jackson
Mays
Eugene Gardner
A. J. Carr
Anna Jean Kizer
Jean Webb
Juanita Winfield
Edgar White
Richard Sipe
Miss Humes
Carthage Service Club
Local Middletown Teacher Ruby McGeorge Receives Raise
Contracts for next year offered to Middletown Indiana school staff include a ten percent raise. Ruby McGeorge, former local girl and first primary teacher, is among those contracts nearly signed and returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middletown
Indiana
Ruby McGeorge
Henry Troy Kinder Dies at 40 in Carthage
Funeral services for Henry Troy Kinder 40 held at his home with Rev. C L Shaw and Rev Murray S Kenworthy. He died Monday night after illness from influenza and pneumonia. Born Sept 13 1899 in Cape County Missouri he came to Carthage three years ago. Widow and three daughters survive. body to Palestine Illinois for burial.
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Henry Troy Kinder
C. L. Shaw
Murray S. Kenworthy
Palestine
Illinois
Kinder
Cape County
Missouri
Carthage
Enlists in Artillery Coast Service at Panama Canal Zone
John D. Leslie of Carthage enlisted through the U S Army Recruiting Office in Indianapolis for service in the Coast Artillery Corps with station at the Panama Canal Zone.
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John D. Leslie
Henry L. Leslie
Carthage
U. S. Army
Federal Building
Indianapolis
Indiana
Coast Artillery Corps
Panama, Canal Zone
Arlington Woman Escapes Accident After Semi Collision
Mrs. Marjorie Ging of Arlington, REMO office employee in Rushville, escaped serious injury when a semitrailer driven by Joseph Catanzaro of Cincinnati toppled onto her car on West Third Street. The truck, owned by L G Davis Co of Chicago, swerved during a misread hand signal as she prepared to turn onto Spencer Street. Ging was fined $1 plus costs in Rushville Municipal Court for failure to give a proper hand signal.
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Marjorie Ging
Arlington
REMO
Rushville
West Third Street
Ging
Joseph Catanzaro
Cincinnati
Ohio
L.G. Davis Company
Chicago
Spencer Street
REMC
Catanzaro
Realty transactions show slow county activity in February 1939
County recorder Anna F. Downey reports only 27 realty transfers in February 1939 totaling 20 849 28 with 16 deeds listed for 1 and other considerations. The largest sale was 126 acres in Union township from Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co to Orville and Hazel Porter for 8558 28. Carthage and Ripley township deals include Muriel Zorne and Rolla Zorne selling Lot No 4 in Carthage to William Herkless for 950 Sadie Hurin and Virgil Hurin release to Charles H Schillinger 140 acres in Ripley township for 1 and Sylvester Moore and Roxie Moore selling a Carthage lot to Lillie Porter for 500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna F. Downey
Union Township
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co
Newark
N. J
Orville H. Porter
Hazel Porter
Carthage
Ripley ‘Township
Muriel G. Zorne
Rolla .E. Zorne
Decatur Co
Ind
William L. Herkless
Henry Gears
Sadie F. Hurin
Virgil Hurin
Hendricks Co
Charles H. Schillinger
Ripley Township
Sylvester D. Moore
Roxie J. Moore
Lillie’ A. Porter
Milroy Petition Seeks Crossing Guard at 244 Big Four Crossing
One hundred thirty nine Milroy residents petitioned the Public Service Commission of Indiana asking for protection at the Road 244 and Big Four crossing. The group urged the railroad to install flasher signals or station a watchman due to alleged hazardous character of the crossing.
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Milroy
Public Service Commission of
Indiana
Road 244
Big Four Railroad
European Aggression Grows as Stop-Hitler Drive Forms
A 1938-leaning report traces Hitler’s expansion from Austria to Sudetenland and Bohemia Moravia, detailing Memel, Danzig, and the Polish corridor as looming gaps. It notes Germany’s gains in iron ore, timber, coal, farming, and Skoda munitions, plus rising gold reserves, and cites Britain France and Russia as pivotal players.
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Germany
Adolph Hitler
Memel
Lithuania
Hitler
Austria
Sudetenland
Czecho-Slovakia
Jugo-Slavia
Poland
Danzig
Skoda Munition
Bohemia
Baltic
Baltic Sea
Munich
Moravia
Czech-Slovakia
Prague
Roumania
Europe
Perhars Hitler
Balkan
Britain
France
Russia
Italy
Des Chamberlain
Napoleon
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Mills College
Oakland
Cal
Eve Curie
Mme. Marie Curie
Aurelia Henry Reinhardt
Chamber of Deputies
Senate
Daladier
Rand McNally 6 CO
Hungary
Slovakia
ITO
Romania
Paul von Hindenburg
German Reich
Hindenburg
Adolph
Braunau
German Republic
Rhineland
Goering
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