Natural gas switch eyed for Seymour and nine others
The Public Service Company of Indiana and Northern Indiana Power Company filed with the Public Service Commission for uniform natural gas rates. If approved, the plan would save Seymour and nearby communities about 8 696 dollars annually and roughly 115000 dollars regionwide. Conversion to 1000 BTU per cubic foot gas will occur after appliance adjustments within a week to ten days, paid by the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Southern
Indiana
Public Service Company of Indiana
Northern Indiana Power Company
Public Service Commission
Corme
Universal Gas Company
Texas
Ilinois
Kentucky
L. Frost
Public Service Company
Boeing plant workers vote to delay threatened strike
Union employees at Boeing Aircraft Corporation plants in Seattle voted last night to delay a threatened strike by at least ten days. They oppose a proposed wage reduction in lower brackets and authorized their negotiations committee to keep seeking a settlement with the company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
Boeing Aircraft Corporation
Triplet Sons Born in Lansing. One Dies at Birth
Word has arrived of the birth of triplet sons to Mr. and Mrs. William K. Fox of Lansing Michigan on July 28. One infant died. the surviving boys are named Brian Kenneth and Byron Thomas. Mrs. Fox and the sons are reported to be doing well. Mr. Fox is the son of Mr. and Mrs. George Fox of Reddington and is well known in Seymour and vicinity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William K. Fox
Lansing
Mich
Brian Kenneth
Byron Thomas
Plan Quarterly Meeting at Trinity Church
The fourth quarterly conference of Trinity Methodist Church will be held Sunday morning after worship. Rev. Albert Schmitt says the service opens at 10 10 with Dr. S L Martin of Columbus delivering the sermon. The conference will elect officers for the coming year and Dr Martin will lead. A birthday dinner for members 80 and older was postponed until September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Trinity Methodist Church
Albert Schmitt
S. L. Martin
Columbus
Seymour District
Methodist Episcopal Churches
Martin
Sehmuitt
Cooler Weather Brings Brief Relief After Heat Wave
Residents on Wednesday and Wednesday night enjoyed relief from weeks of abnormal high temperatures. Officials have not yet declared an end to the heat wave but the cooler conditions provided a welcome break for locals.
Heat’s Third Knockdown For Adams Ends With Hospitalization
In Louisville on August 1 AP reports 21 year old Start Adams, a freight handler, fainted from heat during a race event. An emergency police car evacuated him, he improved then worsened, and he was eventually taken to a hospital after prostration recurred.
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Louisville
Ham
Start Adams
Adams
Temperature dips below seventy in local weather
After two weeks with no rain the mercury falls to sixty seven on Wednesday night marking the first sub seventy reading since two weeks prior. Wednesday’s high reached ninety six, seven below the season best of one hundred three as drought persists. Government reading at two pm shows ninety one, twelve below the season peak, with Indianapolis forecasting warmer weather and possible southern rain showers. Partly cloudy skies and potential thunderstorms expected in northern areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Export Ban Studied Aboard Roosevelt Era Policy
Tokyo Ane b4AP Presi dent Roosevelt's ban on the es cort of aviation gasoline to point outside the western hemisphere was interpreted by the admiralty spokesman as a move against Japan, Germany and Italy with possible repercussions. He warned foreign powers against interference in the current roundup of persons, mostly Britons, suspected of espionage and urged newspaper correspondents to avoid illegitimate activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Ane
Roosevelt
Admiralty
Japan
Germany
Italy
License plate sales rise with half price week
Forest Kysar reports auto plate sales up in the first half of 1940, with seventy one more passenger plate sets and forty eight more truck sets sold than 1939. Titles show forty one extra in six months, and August totals compare to prior year as sales trend upward with no rush anticipated.
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Halfprice
Forest Kysar
Kysar
Legion Convention Planned at Scottsburg District Meet
Seymour Post No 80 American Legion and auxiliary plan to attend the Ninth district convention in Scottsburg on August 3 and 4. Events include a dance with Clayton McMichen and his Georgia Wildcats, business sessions, a Scottsburg Public Library meeting, and a Sunday public address by Rev Louis Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Post
No. 80
American Legion
Legion
Scottsburg
Clayton McMichen
Georgia Wildcats
Legionnaires
Louis Phillips
Risine Syn
W. [. Brunton
Mystery surrounding Irene Perry slaying baffles Dartmouth police
In Dartmouth Massachusetts on August 1 Irene Perry of New Bedford was found partially decomposed and bound beneath a tree. A 31 year old New Bedford millhand released without charges provided a alibi, leaving investigators with a blank wall as the "lovers lane" case unfolds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dartmouth
Mass
Irene Perry
New Bedford
Homecoming for Rita and Dann at Reunion
Rita and Dann, high wire performers, present a feature free act at the Soldiers' Reunion and Homecoming in Brownstown this week. They recall past shows at Shields Park and the Jackson County Free Fair, travel with their white dog Toby, and boast twenty two years of high wire performances.
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Rita
Dann
Brownstown
Jackson County
Shields Park
Sermour
Seymour Municipal
Seymour
Vskime
Toby
Taylorville
Hinnows
Pimekneyville
Swiss to Defend Passage to the Alps in World War II Stance
General Henri Guisan pledged anew that the Swiss army will defend the Alpine passage to the end. In a broadcast marking the 649th anniversary of the oath, he warned the war is not over and mobilization remains, praising Swiss neutrality and independence amid the European conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Bern
Switzerland
Amg
Henri Guisan
Ruth Plains
Switzerand
Windsors Sail for New York Amid Bahamas Governor Move
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor traveling as Captain and Mrs Wood sail from Lisbon on the Excalibur at 6 p m for New York. They are bound for the Bahamas where the Duke will assume post as governor and commander in chief. Accompanying them are Maj. Gray Phillips, and aides de camp Capt. George Wood and Capt. Vyvyan Drury.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Duke and Duchess of Windsor
Mrs. Wood
New York
M. C.S
Bahamas
Gray Phillips
Duke
de Camp
George Wood
Vyvyan Drury
Death of J Henry Eggersman dies after long illness
J Henry Eggersman 76 of Seymour R2 dies at 4 45 am after long illness with heat cited as a factor. Funeral 1 30 pm Sunday from home and 2 pm at Dudleytown Lutheran Church Rev George Steinkamp in charge. Burial Dudleytown Cemetery. Survived by wife Margaret Breitfeld Eggersman and many children including William George Ben Edward Alice with numerous grandchildren.
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Henry Beversman
Seymour RL
Dudleytown Lutheran Church
George Steinkamp
Dudleytown
Kegersman
Named to Board
Indianapolis Aug. I AP IL L. J. Demberger of Stewarteville Posey county poultry raiser is a new member of the Indiana Hoard of Agriculture Governor Townsend appointed him yesterday to succeed the late George Stolte of Fort Wayne
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Indianapolis
Ll. J. Demberger
Stewarteville
Posey County
Indiana Hoard of Agriculture
Townsend
Cgeorge Stolte
Fort Wayne
Lions Meet Tonight In Seymour Club
Members of the Seymour Lions Club plan a regular weekly meeting in the Elks House dining room at 6 15 tonight. A short, interesting program has been arranged by the committee in charge.
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Seymour Lions Clb
Elks Hore
Dynamite Used to Collapse Camden Factory Ruins
Firemen blasted the ruinous walls of a paint factory in Camden New Jersey to speed the search for seven missing after a $2 000 000 blaze that destroyed a four block area. Two were dead and 21 hospitalized as crews combed the debris amid noxious fumes and heat while warnings of a major blast were issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Camden
N. J
James
BR. M. Hollingshead Company
Mary W. Kobus
Municipal Safety Commissioner
Philadelphia
Wheeler Opposes Compulsory Training Pause Stalls
Senator Wheeler said the Senate military committee action to limit registration to men aged twenty one to thirty does not change his opposition to conscription. House passed a nearly five billion dollar preparedness bill to fund a two ocean navy, 14,304 planes, and equipment for two million soldiers, boosting defense funds this session.
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Associated Press
Washington
Auglo- Sharp
Senate
Wheeler D. Monty
Senate Military Committee
Burke Wedsaworth
Wheeler
National Guard
Barkley
House
Roosevelt
Norris
Johnson
D-Cole
Vandenberg
Military Committee
House Military Committee
Stimson
Great Britain
Pacific
Japan
Italy
Germany
TVA
Lory's Confectionery Moves to Demas Building
Lory's confectionery and candy shop relocate to the Demas Building at 210 West Second Street. Elmer Lory, proprietor, shifts Majestic Gall duties to Denis business. James Demos runs a candy kitchen at the rear and handles wholesale work. New equipment is installed and the store will be rearranged. seven days of transition will keep business as convenient as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lory
Demas
West Second Street
Elmer Lory
Majestic Gall
Denis
James Demos
German Soviet Unity Claimed As Molotov Appeals
Premier Molotov told the Supreme Soviet that recent European events have strengthened Soviet German relations and Russia would stay out of the war while Britain and the United States fight Germany and Italy. German bombers raided Britain. Dover area claims of air losses and Norwegian Danish air activity were reported. Latvia Estonia Lithuania joined the union, voted last month.
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Associated Press
Molotoff
Europe
Supreme Soviet
Molotovf
Russia
England
United States
Germany
Italy
Britain
Dover
Arctic
North
Africa
Tokyo
Dome
London
Japan
Spain
Portugal
Latvia
Estonian
Lithuania
City pre school classes close summer term
Four city grade schools closed the summer term with an average daily attendance of sixty children under the supervision of Mrs. Rachel Kellem. Emerson Riley Lincoln and Washington schools were led by Miss Adams Beatty Lauster Sage Ruddick and others. Lincoln had the highest attendance and a joint Washington Emerson picnic was held at Shields Park.
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Rachel Kellam
Jean Adams
Mary Lou Ferguson
Emerson School
Mary Louise Beatty
Betty Harrix
Riley School
Ruth Lauster
Bertha Fmily
Lincoln School
Dorothy Sage
Esther Ruddick
Lenora Bell
Washington School
Washington
Emerson
Shields Park
Second Major Train Wreck Blamed on Wrong Operating Orders
Akron on August 1 1940 officials blamed failure to follow operating orders for a fiery collision near here that killed four people and burned many aboard a gasoline coach the Doodlebug. Engineman Thomas N Murtough was seriously injured and unable to tell his story.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Akron
Thomas N. Murtough
L. M. Wolcott
Cleveland
Pennsylvenia Railroad
Murrough
Wolcott
Silver Lake
B W. Smith
Ulling
Hudson
Pittsburgh
Murtough
Harry
Chafer
Charles) Bliderback
Columbus
R. B. Amos
Railroad
Weather Records Show 2 P. M. Maximum and Low
Local weather record notes a 2 P. M. maximum and a low reading of 0.001, with unclear units and context due to OCR.
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P.S.C
Trinity Church
Local
Post and Auxilary Arianne
Alps
Pass
Windsors
J. Henry Eggersman
Lory's
City End
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
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