Youthful diver fatally injured at Sandcreek near Scipio
Francis Hoffman aged sixteen of North Vernon died Wednesday afternoon after diving from a springboard into Sandcreek. He struck or collided with a rising diver, suffering head and neck injuries. Recovery efforts failed. an inquest was held. Funeral set for Saturday at St Mary’s Church North Vernon.
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Francis Hoffman
North Vernon
Sandcreek
Scipio
Hoffman
Buck Whitcomb
Seymour
Scipio School
Nicholas Hoffman
Charles
Martha
North Métison
Francis
North Vernon Country Club
St Mary's Catholic Church
North Madison
Two Boys Held in Brownstown Robbery
Raymond Eglen aged fifteen of this city and Pete Haley aged fourteen of Brownstown are held at Brownstown jail awaiting charges for stealing between forty and fifty pocket knives from Shepard's Variety Store. Eglen confessed to police chief Harlow and implicated Haley. The theft occurred Monday night after breaking a window and entering by unlocked window.
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Raymond Eglen
Pete Haley
Brownstown
Shepard
Eglen
Julius Harlow
Haley Lad
Ed Drees
Woodstock
Drees
Seymour
U. A
Harlow
Meredith K. Stewart
Haley
Duty as Measure of Inner Needs
A reflective line on how a man’s obligation defines his silent inner requirements and moral compass.
New Gasoline Railcar Draws Attention in Seymour
A novel gasoline powered inspection car, built like a coach but running on rails, drew interest in Seymour at the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul depot. J P Gilleck of Chicago, CMStP&P president, C E Elliott of Terre Haute, and E H Pfafflin, Terre Haute division engineer, visited for an inspection. The car, described as an unusual locomotive with luxurious equipment, completed its first trip from Chicago to Seymour.
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Seymour
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
J. P. Gilleck
Chicago
Roalroad
C. EB. Elliott
Terre Haute
E. H. Pfafflin
Wednnesday
C. M. St. P. & Pacific
Balloonist injured after landing at Brownstown reunion
Prof. D. L. Dennis of Franklin Indiana, a veteran balloonist, was hurt Wednesday night when his parachute landing struck a fence post near U S Route 50 two miles northeast of Brownstown. He likely has several broken ribs and may miss tonight’s scheduled leap. Dennis, about sixty, has performed at Brownstown homecomings for years and plans to resume if possible.
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D. L. Dennis
Franklin
Ind
Brownstown
Dennis
Seymour
U. S. Road 50
Courthouse Square
Sermons On Midway by Rev Waddell Joins Dodson Shows
The Dodson show management announces Rev Doc Waddell of Chillicothe Ohio known as the edireus parson will deliver his sermon It s Great to be Alive wherever the shows appear He will also give five minute sermonettes daily before grandstand crowds Chaplain Waddell will be at the Menomonie Wis fair next week The Dodson brothers once lived in Columbus and are sons of S R Dodson Doc Waddell is well known in this city and has many acquaintances here He and W P Rooney have been close friends for many years
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Dodson
Waddell
Chillicothe, O
Edireus Parson
Menomonie
Wis
Dodson Brothers
Columbus
S. RR. Dodson
Doc” Waddell
W. P. Rooney
Office Closure Notice By Dr Shinness
The office will be closed from August 5 through August 14. Dr. B. Shinness will be unavailable during this period and normal operations resume on August 15.
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Dr. B
Damage From Severe Tampico Storm Leaves Plants and Power Off
A brief cloudburst and hail swept Grassyfork township near Tampico on Wednesday collapsing power lines and damaging homes and crops. A porch was blown off Clem Robinson’s Tampico residence, a hog killed by a fallen tree, barns on Joe Stout and Charles Rosemar farms damaged, and crops slightly harmed though rain may aid growth. Temperatures rose to 82 as unsettled weather and possible thunder showers followed. other towns reported heavy rain.
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Tampico
Grassyfork
Clem Robbinson
Henry Hackman
Aubke Place
Joe Stout
Charles Rosemar
Brownstown
Jonesville
Italian squadron holds at Shoal Harbor awaiting fair weather
The Italian air squadron of twenty four sea planes under General Italo Balbo remained at Shoal Harbor in N F Aug 3 awaiting weather to permit departure for Valentia Island Ireland. The planes arrived eight days earlier and will fly out as soon as conditions improve.
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Associatedress Shoal Harbor
N. F
Italo Balbo
Valenina Island
Ireland
Genuine love as the peak of unselfishness in life
A concise reflection asserts that genuine love embodies the ultimate form of selfless giving, elevating personal affection to a universal virtue. It emphasizes altruism through relational care and steadfast commitment.
School Buys Land for Enlarged Playground Facilities
Brownstown school board completes purchase of three peach orchard lots from S. M. Hotchkiss for 500 dollars to expand playground space. A sixty foot street separates the new land from the current yard, with plans to close it and create a 522 by 350 foot tract. Separate play areas for different age groups and a possible baseball diamond are planned.
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Brownstown
M. Hotchkiss
Hotchkiss
Names of NIRA members posted in local post office
The local post office has received and posted names of firms and individuals who signed the President's Re employment Agreement after verification by the Indianapolis office. Additional names will be added daily as verifications continue. Indiana Manufacturers' Association members may sign individually rather than via a blanket agreement.
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Indianapolis
Travis E. Carter
C. H H. Wiethoff
Cochrane
Washington
Restaurant Owners to Discuss New Regulations
Restaurant and cafeteria proprietors meet tonight at the Russett Cafeteria at 8:30 to review new federal code requirements. W E Edwards of Palm Dafe reports on Indianapolis state group suggestions and has been named district vice president as a separate code and insignia for restaurants are considered. adoption may wait until next week due to hours of work uncertainties.
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W. E. Edwards
Indianapolis
North Vernon Woman Treated After Antiseptic Poisoning
Mrs. W. R. Hurst, 26, of North Vernon, was brought to Sechneck Memorial Hospital Wednesday afternoon after poisoning from an antiseptic solution. Although her initial condition seemed serious, she responded to treatment and was much improved within a few hours.
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W. R. Hurst
North Vernon
Sechneck Memorial Hospital
Seymour Night Parade To Brownstown For Homecoming
Seymour plans a 7 PM departure from Tipton and Walnut streets for Browns Town for Seymour Night at the Soldiers Reunion and Homecoming. Coulter Montgomery says the Legion drum and bugle corps and other veterans groups will join, police escort provided, and parking reserved downtown for visitors.
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Seymour
Brownstown
Tipton
Walnut Streets
Soldlers
Coulter Montgomery
Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Seymour Delegaton
Brownlawn
Rtip
Montgomery
Legion Air Circus Sponsored by Seymour Legion this Weekend
Seymour Post No. 89 American Legion sponsors an air circus at White River Airport this Saturday and Sunday with 2 pm shows. Pat Hathaway the stunt man will escape a straight jacket from 1500 feet as a plane flies 120 mph, with Harry Boggs piloting. Oren Welch will perform a dead stick landing and Gene Rock will parachute. The program includes aerial acrobatics, plane races, dog fights, and more. the Legion drum and bugle corps will parade downtown Saturday at noon.
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American Legion
White River
Pat Hathaway
Harry Boggs
Oren Welch
Gene Rock
Mr. Boggs
Seymour Legion Drum and Bugle Corps
Road 46 surface treated between Columbus and Nashville
State Road 46 from Columbus to Nashville is being surface treated and is not in good condition for traffic. No detour exists and motorists are advised to drive slowly to avoid throwing fresh oil on vehicles. the road is unlikely to be much better for weekend travel.
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Columbus
Nashville
Denver Flood Unaccounts for Several Amid 5000 Displaced
Torrential rains caused Cherry Creek to break its barriers in Denver driving 5,000 from homes. Two deaths reported. Parker dam failed sending flood waters through Parker and Denver as crews evacuated lowland districts and feared further damage.
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Denver
Associated Press
Cherry Creek
Here
Colorado Boulevard
Logan Street
Robert W. Speer
Castlewood
Parker
Colo
Hugh Payne
Colorado Springs
Clyde Hill
Mathieson
Code Hearings Set By Associated Press
Washington August 3 The status of codes of fair practice presented by major industries and trades and pending before the Recovery Administration. Steel hearings planned, coal hearings moved to August 9, automobile hearings around August 15. Retail trade hearings set for August 14 with voluntary labor terms in effect. Banking and food dealers have voluntary terms. lumber hearings concluded. Textile and clothing lines codes are in development with various agreements from theater to wallpaper.
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Washington
Recovery Administration
New Weekly Price Reports To Counter Profiteering
Farm administrators will issue new weekly reports of prices paid by consumers and to farmers for food and textile commodities. Dr. Fred C. Howe announced the service to curb profiteering and tax pyramiding, with data from 50 cities and over 1,000 stores.
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Washington
Fred C. Howe
Farm Administration
Dr. Howe
Roosevelt
Medora brick plant to reopen with 35 jobs under Joseph Robertson
The Medora brick plant, managed by Joseph Robertson of Browns town, plans to reopen next week with about thirty five men employed. A new shale pit is being opened and the undertaking is welcomed by Medora citizens as community aid after its closure since August 1932.
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Medora
Joseph Robertson
Brownstown
Active man builds success on failure’s foundation
An assertion that steady effort converts past failures into future achievement. It emphasizes resilience as the engine of progress and personal growth through repeated trial and adjustment.
Johnsons efforts aimed at ending Pennsylvania coal strike
Washington reports Hugh S. Johnson, head of Roosevelt's recovery program, seeks a temporary solution to coal field labor troubles by pressuring mine operators and unions to end the strike. A Bituminous code hearing is set by August 9 to decide union vs labor control, guiding future industrial relations while banks and industries adopt temporary codes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Hugh
Johnson
Roosevelt
Pennsylvania
Recovery Administration
NBA
U. S. Steel
H. C. Frick Coke
Seils Sterling Circus to Show Here Friday
The Seils Sterling circus, claimed as the largest motorized show, will perform twice in Seymour on the C lot. The caravan includes over fifty trucks with new tents wagons and costumes. The tent seats 3600, and Billy Sunday the oldest living elephant travels with the troupe.
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Seymour
The
Billy Sunday
America
B. Lindeman
Billy
Weather Record Lists Rainfall in Inches Across Regions
A weather report records rainfall in inches for several regions including Abe Dow and near Water Gar. The data shows varying totals with notable totals in coastal and inland stations.
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Abe Dow
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