County tax adjustment board members to be named soon
The county will appoint six new members to the tax adjustment board with Judge Branaman naming five and Fred Meyer slated to return. The board can revise or reduce tax levies to fit the $1.50 maximum for cities and $1 rural limits, with emergencies needing five of six votes.
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Branaman
Fred Meyer
County Tax Adjustment Board
Freetown
John C. Branaman
County Council
Circuit Court
Tax Adjustment Board
Threatening Shirley Temple Arrests Stir Nebraska Farm Town
Grant Nebraska August 1 Sterling W Powell 16 farm youth jailed on a life threat plot against child star Shirley Temple in a 25000 extortion scheme federal agents traced a sheet of stationery to his farm home where Sheriff H Bechtel made the arrest.
Eight Missing After Plane Disappears Over Sea
Airplanes and lifeboats comb the sea for a missing plane bound for St Helier with eight passengers and two crew. Five women are among the passengers.
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Associated Press
St. Helier
Jersey
England
Fines Rise in Seymour Parking Crackdown
Seymour police enter day two of strict enforcement of the traffic ordinance with two more fines for illegal parking. Eva Rodman was fined for parking in front of a fire plug and Walter Perry for parking a truck on West Tipton Street. The crackdown warns of arrests on second violations and highlights focus on headlights taillights and a cap on riders in the front seat to avoid obstructed view.
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Seymour
Eva Rodman
South
Walnut Street
Baldwin's
West Second Street
Walter H. Perry
Brownstown
Jackson Brick and Holloware Company
West Tipton Street
Chestnut and
Carter Streets
Polies
Julius G. Harlow
Harlow
Don F. Stiver
Slaying Probed in Tennessee Household
Milan Tennessee August 1 Sheriff M J McElmore Carroll county says thirteen year old Carl Roe shot and killed his fifty year old step father Herbert Perkins in defense of his mother. The shooting happened yesterday at the Perkins home in Lavinia near here. Amateur aviation is becoming popular in Turkey with young Turks taking up flying and gliding.
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Milan
Tenn
M. J. McElmore
Carroll County
Carl Roe
Herbert Perkins
Perkins
Lavinia
Here
Turkey
Henryville Man Facing Charge In Drunk Driving Case
Orville Daily, 26, of Henryville and employed in Austin, is held in Scott county jail after a high speed collision and failure to stop. He faces arraignment in Scott circuit court on DUI charges. Three WPA workers in Indianapolis were fined and jailed for public intoxication after arrests at Franklin.
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Orville
Henryville
Austin
Scott County
Scottsburg
Scott Circuit Court
Frank B. Gray
Seymour
WPA
Indianapolis
Harry McMillin
Franklin
State Penal Farm
Leo Staley
Russell Webb
Chris Norman
Licenses Now At Half Price In Indiana Sale
Indiana license plates go on sale at half price today at the Sey mour license bureau branch. The reduced rates apply to all plates while operator and chauffeur licenses remain unchanged. The bureau reports a record year with high demand and ongoing restocks as motorists rush to buy tags.
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Indiana
Seymour
State Department
Captain Jennings Awaits Hurricane News
Captain M E Jennings visiting his parents on North Walnut Street expresses concern over a hurricane that hit north western Florida. He notes government rest camp cottages and a barracks on a ten acre tract five miles from Valparaiso, highlighting potential misreadings of local population and a military air field investment.
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M. I. Jennings
L. Kk. Jennings
North
Walnut Street
Florida
Valparaiso
Jennings
Four-H Exhibits Planned At Brownstown Fair
The Soldiers Reunion and Homecoming free fair will run Monday through Saturday at Brownstown with four shows four rides daily plus band concerts and 4-H Club exhibits. Nights mark Seymour Austin Crothersville Wallonia Medora Freetown Cortland celebrations. Brownstown hosts the 4-H displays after Shields Park denial ended Seymour’s Jackson County Free Fair plan. Hundreds yearly visit for the event and more are expected.
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Brownstown
The
Daily Tribune
Seymour
Austin
Crothersville
Wall
MRR Ldies
Local Firm Named in Suits in Indianapolis Court
In Indianapolis on February 27, 1935, suits seek a total of 3500 dollars in damages for an accident involving a Grouch Company wholesale grocery truck and the city fire pumper. Bert Caylor, a city firefighter, claims 2000 dollars for back injuries from the collision at Delaware Street East New York and Massachusetts Avenue intersection.
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Jackson
Indianapolis
John C. Grouch Company
Bert Caylor
Grouch Company
Delaware and
East
New York Streets
Massachusetts Avenue
Caylor
Dollar Wheat and Corn Return Lift Local Market Prices
Jackson county farmers reported improved prices with wheat and corn back at dollars. No. 2 soft wheat at 1.02, No. 1 soft at 1.03, white corn at 1.00, yellow corn 0.95, and mixed corn 0.93 per bushel on the local market.
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Jackson County
McWhirter Heads Indiana GOP Finance Committee
Felix M. McWhirter of Indianapolis assumed his duties today as head of the Republican finance committee in Muncie Indiana. The panel will receive contributions from Indiana citizens for the party's national committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Muncie, Ind
Felix M. McWhirter
Indianapolis
Republican Finance Committee
Indiana
Davidson Held In Robberies
Leo Medaker 19 was arrested as three Muncie bandits were linked to seven holdups in three states over eleven days. Charles Davidson 25 and Harold Fahrner 20 were held in Danville Illinois for robberies at Anderson Richmond Middletown Greensburg Fort Wayne and Danville. Davidson had lived in Seymour and played basketball there and faced fraudulent check charges here.
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Muneie
Ind
Leo Medaker
Muneie Bandits
Danville
Ill
Charles Davidson
Muncie
Harold Fahrner
Anderson
Richmond
Middletown
Greensburg
Fort Wayne
Davidson
Seymour
Farm income outlook boosts hopes for 1936 profits
Forecasts indicate 1936 farm income could be the highest in six years despite crop losses from drought. Government data show first half income above a year ago by 535 million dollars and rising commodity prices lift overall values to near 1930 levels.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Upper Michigan
North Dakota
South Dakota
Bureau Ofcrease
Bureau
Car Crash Injures Eleven in Indianapolis
An automobile collision in Indianapolis last night injures 11 people, two critically. Cleburn Hopkins, 28, likely has a skull fracture and other injuries, while George Kunkle, 44, suffered a severed jugular vein.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Cleburn Hopkins
George Kunkle
Man Arrest Made in Trumbull Car Carrying Weapons
Con stable Raymond Beckwith reported the arrest of a man who claimed to be Harry W. Masten, 64, of South Bend Indiana, on weapons charges after found with a loaded revolver a shotgun and a tear gas pistol in his car in Trumbull Connecticut on August 1.
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Associated Press
Trumbull
Budget Makers Getting Busy in 1937 Tax Planning
Officials across Seymour Jackson Township and surrounding units prepare budgets for 1937 with August 1 deadlines. Proposed budgets will be advertised next month and adopted early September by advisory boards. county board of tax adjustment will review in late September. Indications show slightly higher tax levies next year, though exact rates depend on assessed valuations including banks utilities and railroads.
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County Board of Tax Adjustment
State Board of Tax Commissioners
State Board
Germany Opens Olympic Games with Parade and Oath
Berlin crowds celebrate the eleventh Olympiad opening as 4 844 athletes from 53 nations gather for track and field, boxing, rowing and more. Chancellor Hitler to pronounce the opening and Rudolph Ismayr to recite the oath for Germany while America fields a 300 strong team led by color bearer Alfred Jochim.
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Berlin
Germany
Olympic Stadium
Hitler
Rudolph Ismayr
America
Alfred Jochim
Union City
N. J
James W. O'Connor
Venice
Calif
Fred Lauer
Chicago
Orsinger Leads Campaign Against Fish Tale Stereotype
Fred Orsinger of the United States Bureau of Fisheries launched a campaign to combat the belief that fishermen tell tall tales. He argued the stereotype is unjust and that real fishing stories deserve respect.
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Washington
Fred Orsinger
United States Bureau of Fisheries
Roosevelt Maps Flood Control on Train Tour
President Roosevelt returned from Canada to chart domestic flood relief, staging conferences with Vermont New Hampshire and Massachusetts officials on flood prevention. He planned talks at Montpelier Hanover and Springfield to push start dates for projects under the 320 million omnibus flood control act.
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Roosevelt
Hyde Park
N. Y
Quebec
United States
Vermont
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Montpelier
Hanover
N. H
Springfield
Mass
Wolfe
Montcalm
Canada
Ile
Lord Tweedsmuir
Mackenzie King
Citadel
Passamaquoddy
Maine
Rockland
Waterbury
Barre
Bethel
White River Junction
Dartmouth
Wiliam C. Bullitt
Russia
Gov. H. Styles Bridges
Held for Murder in Vicksburg Slaying
Louis Mize Jr., 24, is held on murder charges after a sheriff and deputy said he shot and killed Martin W. Decelle, 35, following a dispute with his wife at the Vicksburg National Military Park. The incident occurred after Mize complained his wife was there with Decelle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vicksburg
Miss
Louis Mize, Jr
Joseph Ring
Thomas Byrd
Vicksburg National Military Park
Mize
Madrid Digs In Against Fascist Assaults and Reinforcements
Madrid fortifies defenses as loyalist forces groom military machine for a push toward insurgent strongholds north and south of the city. Fresh offensives target Buitrago and surrounding areas while international reaction shifts toward neutrality amid reports of Italian and German interests.
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Spain
Madrid
Roblegardo
Buitrago
Spanish
Morocco
Paris
Leon Blum
Berlin
Rome
Mussolini
North
Africa
Italy
Mediterranean
French Morocco
Melilla
Spanish Morocco
Huelva
Zaragoza
Huesca
Calatayud
Cordoba
Gijon
Oviedo
Palma
Mallorca
Valencia
Lisbon
Portugal
Seville
Shot by Step-Father in Dayton Man Wounded in Police Case
Russell Fortune, 27, of Dayton, Ohio, lay critically wounded in an Indianapolis hospital after a step-father admitted shooting him to stop his drinking. Police cited the alleged motive as preventing further drinking problems.
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Indianapolis
Russell Fortune
Dayton
Weather Readings From Downtown District and River Level
Unofficial weather record notes downtown temperature at 8:30 am and river stage measured by Seymour Water Co pumping station. Temperature 389. Stage 314 inches below the low water mark.
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Seymour Water Co
A. m
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M. E. Jennings
Storm Center
Suits
City of
G. O. P. Post
Jackson Township
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