Start of 1940 41 School Year Brings Fresh Hope
Friday morning September 6 1940 marked the official opening of the new school term with bell signals at nine and classes briefly meeting to review required texts. Teachers welcomed Mr. Morris back while Mr. Masters moves on, and the Carthage faculty hopes for a winning ball club as underclassmen begin softball practice. Class officers were elected with leaders named for the Juniors Sophomores and Freshmen and sponsors specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pete Tuttle
Gene Hunt
Morris
Carthage
Fatal Crash Near Charlottesville Claims Farmer Walter Knight
Walter Knight, 57, a southern Henry county farmer, died in a collision two miles north and east of Charlottesville after his truck hit a car driven by James E. Kessling of near Anderson. Mrs Knight was severely injured and Kessling sustained facial and head cuts. Theodore Weber of Chicago was fined $1 for sleeping on railroad tracks and causing two trains to stop.
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Walter Knight
Henry County
Charlottesville
Theodore Weber
Chicago
Hoosier Motor Club Seeks March 1 Registration Date
The Hoosier Motor Club proposes a deferred automobile registration date of March 1 to the 1941 General Assembly. Secretary manager Todd Stoops notes this would be the sixth time such a bill has been sponsored and cites national trends toward deferral. He says less than 10 percent of U.S. car owners face January 1 renewal costs and that the plan helps motorists cope with year end expenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
General Assembly
Todd Stoops
Hoosier Motor Club
The
U.S
Prince Michael Returns to Throne in Romania
King Carol abdicates and flees Romania as Prince Michael, son of Carol and Helen, is shown with his mother. Lupescu banished and Helen invited back. Antonescu leads a dictatorship with Michael ruling in name only.
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Bucharest
Romania
Michael
Carol
Helen
Greece
Mme
Magda Lupescu
Lupescu
Rumania
Ion Antonescu
Crocker Unveils New Picket Signs in Trenton Protest
George L. Crocker, manager of a Trenton hotel, responded to shabby demonstration signs by presenting marchers with new and more elaborate placards as part of the ongoing protest.
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Trenton
N. J
George L. Crocker
Rochester man jailed for tickling a minor without consent
Ralph Willard of Rochester New Hampshire serves a three month sentence in the House of Correction for tickling the feet of a minor without consent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Willard
Rochester, N. H
House of Correction
Thurston and Andrews Families Share Sunday Visits
Social notes list Sunday dinner guests at several homes including Gwynneville Thurston family with the Andrews, Haywood, Davis and Kemp connections. Other items note visits around Shelbyville and Rushville, church gathering at the U B church, and students preparing for Purdue and Indiana Central College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herschell Thurston
Loretta and
Kay
James Andrews
Howard Haywood
Lavone Davis
Ola Haywood
Stella Kemp
George Nigh
Chester Hurst
Shelbyville
Charles Irvine
Ed Poston
Jennie Stiers
Walter
Millard Eck
Ralph Ritter
Rushville
Fred Pollitt
Keaton
Riley Park
Greenfield
Ned Peer
Lafayette
Purdue University
Bob Hurst
Indiana Central College
Indianapolis
C. E. Hurst
Carl Dyer
Near
Arlington
Ralph Kemp
Dave Redenbaugh
Doyle
Census shows rise in farm population in early 1930s
Preliminary census figures place US population at 122 million with 32 million in farming. After two decades of decline, farm population rose by 2 million since 1930, prompting the Agriculture Department to warn of mounting pressure on farm income and noting normal production needs could be met with about 3.5 million fewer farm workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Department of Agriculture
Tulsa teen wins skeet event at national tournament
Rob by Parker of Tulsa Oklahoma breaks 175 straight targets to win one event at the national skeet tournament held in Syracuse New York. Parker also claimed the all around national championship last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
N. Y
Robbie Parker
Tulsa
Okla
Young Parker
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Ohio
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Pete Ewing
Bayard Baker
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Eugene Tuttle
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Mrs. McGraw
Robert McKain
Robert Nigh
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Mary Beth Hughes
Alan Curtis
William Boyd
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Spring Byington
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George Ernest
June Carlson
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Nelson Eddy
Mary Boland
George Zucco
Mr. Knight
Addison’s Market
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Frank Wilcoxon
New Horizons
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Pauline Guffin
Marjorie Nigh
Mary Blanche Poer
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