Older Men Put On Draft Eligible List in Indiana Move
Jackson county draft registrants aged twenty six to thirty eight learn they are again on the selective service eligibility list but inductions will start in at least several days. Col Robinson Hitchcock, state director, says local boards must reopen cases and reclassify under the current deferment policy.
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Jackson County
Indianapolis
Col
Robinson Hitchcock
Selective Service
Col. Hitchcock
Jackson County Board
Army
Navy
Open House at Freeman Field Honors Early Aviation History
Crowds attend Freeman Field open house with 1:30 formation flight and 2:30 aviation cadet field day. A 4:30 parade retreat closes the event, organized by F. T. Rundquist to commemorate August 1 1907 start of the AAF and August 2 1909 first War Department purchase of a military airplane.
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Freeman Field
F. T. Rundquist
AAF
War Department
Bond Set For Two Juveniles In Cortland Burglary
Bonds set at 1000 dollars each for Glen Cathcart and Roy Robbins Jr aged sixteen of Washington county held in Jackson county jail Brownstown for allegedly burglarizing the Lawrence Abel home on the Charles Hess farm southwest of Cortland. Arrests by Sheriff Cletus Sneed and detectives Don Winn and Eugene Vance. loot pawned in Indianapolis recovered. Robbins had prior circuit court appearance in Washington county.
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Glen Cathcart
Roy Robbins
Washington County
Jackson County
Brownstown
Lawrence Abel
Charles Hess
Cortland
Cletus Sneed
Don Winn
Eugene Vance
Seymour State
Indianapolis
Robbins
Vehslage Named REMC Officer
E. H. Vehslage of Hamilton township was elected vice president of the Jackson County REMC at its sixth annual meeting held in Brownstown High School gymnasium. About 300 attendees heard from F. A. Anderson and John N. Hamer as re-elected directors from districts Wallonia one Scottsburg six North Vernon seven and Salem four.
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E. H. Vehslage
Hamilton Township
Jackson County Rural Electrification Membership Corporation
Brownstown
F. A. Anderson
Indiana State Wide Rural Electric Corporation, Inc
John N. Hamer
Jackson County Remc
Vehslage
Council To Hear 1945 City Budget
Seymour civil city budget for 1945 to be presented for first reading at the semi monthly council meeting tonight at 7 30 in the council chamber. First publication deadline August 10 with second by August 17 and appeals by September 25. Annual budget adoption set for August 28.
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Seymour
Steinker's Meat Market Closes All Day Wednesday
Steinker's Meat Market will be closed for the entire day on Wednesday August 2. No services or hours will be available.
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Steinker's
Towns Should Develop Good Personalities
Seymour Rotary hear from Yandell Cline former newspaperman and Noblitt Sparks executive on town character. He says a town’s personality equals its people’s attributes and leaders steer its path. A staged salute noted Pvt Howard H. Peek killed in action in France July 6 after serving since April with the U S Infantry.
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Yandell C. Cline
Columbus
Seymour Rotary Club
Elks Club
Noblitt-Sparks Industries, Inc
Cline
Pvt
Howard H. Peek
R. E. Peek
East Sixth Street
France
U. S. Infantry
Revision of Coal Price Ceilings in Indiana
The Office of Price Administration revised ceilings for bituminous coal in Indiana and for truck shipments from mines or preparation plants. Washed coal ceilings replaced raw coal ceilings and service charges on washed coal were abolished. Effective August 5, 1944, the change will raise truck shipped coal by under three cents per ton.
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Indiana
Office of Price Administration
Red Army Attacks Praga as Warsaw Braces for Fierce Battle
Russian and Polish forces launch a three-pronged assault on Praga across the Vistula while German defenses in Warsaw brace for a prolonged fight. Rokossovsky directs a massive artillery and air bombardment as dire warnings of heavy damage reach the capital.
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Moscow
Praga
Warsaw
Vistula
Izvestia
Konstantin K. Rokossovsky
Red Army
United Nations
Germany
Hitler
Rokossovsky
Late War Developments Across Fronts and Peace Talks
Reports from London and other cities describe Warsaw burning as Russian forces press the northeast suburbs. East Prussia falls back toward the prewar border on a 143 mile front as German defenses retreat. American infantry capture Brecey and advance toward dams on the Selme river with POW totals rising to 18,587. Allied air forces strike German airfields near Paris and central France to mark the 37th anniversary of the US air force. Berlin claims but does not substantiate sinking 124,000 tons of Allied shipping in July. Belgium and northern France pause motor traffic August 15 under Nazi orders. U S liberators off Hongkong bomb and likely sink a Japanese sub.
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London
Warsaw
East Prussia
Gavray
France
Brecey
Lee River
Avranches
Selme River
Paris
United States Air Force
Berlin
Normandy
Weather Record Reconciling Official and Unofficial Readings
Official and unofficial Seymour temperatures noted. Downtown thermometer shows a maximum reading that is unofficial. Louise Ahlert records provide the official minimum for the past twenty four hours, tied to the Rockford water station.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
River Eres
Obianet Vo Eeymour
Rockford
Former Local Resident Rinehart Dies in Cincinnati
John Hubert Rinehart aged 33, native of this city and nephew of Roy Rinehart and Mrs Trilby McCulley, died Monday night at Jewish Hospital Cincinnati after a monthlong cancer illness. Survived by widow Jane Pietz, mother Alvina, three children Billy Ann Charlotte, all at 1913 Sherman Ave Norwood, one brother Richard Navy, one sister Mary Catherine. Funeral 9 Friday from St Elizabeth's Norwood church. burial in Norwood cemetery.
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John Hubert Rinehart
Roy Rinehart
Trilby McCulley
Jewish Hospital
Cincinnati
Mr. Rinehart
John J
Alvina Rinehart
Norwood
Jane Pietz
Billy Rinehart
Ann Rinehart
Charlotte Rinehart
Sherman Avenue
Richard Rinehart
Navy
Sater
Mary Catherine Rinehart
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
Conquest of New Guinea Clinched By Allied Forces
Japanese forces suffered a decisive defeat as Allied troops extended a 200 mile westward thrust securing New Guinea. The campaign advances brought Gen. Douglas MacArthur closer to the Philippines and highlighted further Marianas progress near Guam and Tinian. Tokyo radio reported activity on Rota as part of these operations.
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Japan
New Guinea
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Guam
Tinian
U. S
China
Tokyo Radio
Rota
Marianas
Manuel Quezon Dies in New York
Manuel Quezon sixty five exiled Philippine president died today at a summer home in Saranac Lake New York from tuberculosis He fled Luzon on February twenty twenty two after the Philippines fell to Japan and died at 9 05 this morning His widow two daughters Maria Aurora and Maria Zenaida and son Manuel Jr were at the bedside He had supported Philippine independence and fought against both Spanish and American occupation since arriving in the United States he worked to defeat and oust the Japanese forces
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Saranac Lake
N. Y
API
Manuel Quezon
Quezon
Luzon
Philippines
Asheville
N. C
President Ryti resigns Finland presidency
Reuters dispatch from Stockholm reports President Risto Ryti of Finland has resigned. The Helsinki sources say Premier Edwin Linkomies will become the new president.
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London
Risto Ryti
Finland
Reuters
Stockholm
Helsinki
Edwin Linkomies
Allied Spearhead Nears Key City of Vire
American and British forces push toward Vire as the invasion's second week accelerates. Columns drive south of Avranches toward Pont-a-Boult and Ducey, with Le Beny Bocage and Villedieu captured or contested. Canadians seize and lose Tilly-La-Champagne amid ongoing progress along the Vire front.
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Vire
Avranches
Selmne
Normandy-Brittany
Pontaubault
Ducey
le Beny Bocage
Villedieu
Percy
Souleuvre
Eveque Forest
la Ferriere
Caumont
St. Germain
Torigny
Souleuvre River
Caen
Tilly-La-Champagne
Omar N. Bradley
Dewey Attacks Smith Over Bricker Nomination
Governor Thomas E. Dewey condemned Gerald L. Smith head of America First for a move he called a sinister smear of Ohio Governor John W. Bricker, the GOP vice presidential nominee. He compared Smith to rabble rousers and Adolf Hitler in criticizing the attempt to link Bricker with Smith.
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Springfield
Thomas E. Dewey
Gerald L. K. Smith
America First, Inc
John W. Bricker
Ohio
GOP
America First Group
Bricker
Smith
Dewey
Gerald Smith
Adolf Hitler
Gov. Bricker
Germans Resist Fiercely in Italy Before Florence
Allied headquarters report slow methodical progress by Eighth Army toward Florence as German forces defend with four divisions in a wide semicircular line. The Fourth Parachute Division the 29th Panzer Grenadiers and the Third Panzer Grenadiers fight with Tiger tanks and new wire booby trap grenades across road aerials.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Florence
Italy
Panzer Grenadiers
Drivers Urge Safe Keeping of Gasoline A Covers
The Indiana OPA warns motorists not to destroy A coupon covers after exhaustion. Old covers and inspection records are needed to obtain the new group of A coupons due September 1 to 21. William Aitchison stresses retention to prevent duplicate renewals amid shifting populations and obsolete board records.
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Indiana
District Legion Elects Officers at Columbus Home
Members from Seymour Brownstown North Vernon Hope Bedford Scottsburg and Columbus met for the ninth district gathering at the Columbus post home. Alva Bronnenberg of Versailles was elected ninth district commander succeeding Roscoe Mount. William Brown of Bloomington endorsed for state commander with Hasselbring of Indianapolis for southern vice commander. William White of Columbus named district parade marshal. Oscar Brown Indianapolis service officer gave the dedicatory address. W J Brunton Scottsburg presided. The Columbus post acquired the home July 1 after purchasing it last spring.
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American Legion
Seymour
Brownstown
North Vernon
Hope
Bedford
Scottsburg
Columbus
New American Legion
Columbus Post
Alva Bronnenberg
Versailles
Roscoe F. Mount
William Brown
Bloomington
Fred Hasselbring
Indianapolis
William White
Oscar Brown
The
Legion
W. J. Brunton
Indiana
C. G. Harrod
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W. J. Waldkoetter
Walter John Waldkoetter
Jane Patrick Waldkoetter
Seymour R2
John Waldkoetter
REMC
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Wiliam Meyers
H. P. Graessle
Orvis Steinberger
J. Ralph Thompson
Don L. Coy
A. S. Kaufman
Seymour Club
Walter L. Surface
F. S. Welch
Charles Pullen
Pennsylvania
Greenwood
Rotary
I. L. Frost
White River
Havoc
Reds
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Aftonbladet
Ernst Busch
White Russia
New York
Belgium
German Transocean Agency
Chungking
Hongkong
Joseph W. Stilwell
Destiny
Southwest Pacific Empire
Supreme Headquarters
Allied Expeditionary Force
trans-Normandy
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