WPA Projects Sought in Seymour City to Rehabilitate Parks
Seymour officials move to submit WPA project applications led by Charles R. Mather to rehab Shields Park and Gaiser Park, and fund sidewalk, curb, gutter repair. A sewer for northeastern Seymour is proposed to drain flood-prone areas. The council notes electricity savings from a meterized White Way and discusses adding street lights at key intersections while removing others.
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City Council
WPA
Seymour
Charles R. Mather
W. W. Stradley
Mather
Shields Park
Gaiser Park
Logan Sargent
City Budget Set for 1936 Draft by City Clerk Treas
Seymour prepares the 1936 budget to govern next year’s city tax levy. John Hauenschild will draft and present an itemized plan at the August 19 regular meeting. no action then, but receipts and expenditures will be read for council input. The budget follows Indiana law with the clerk treasurer compiling from prior year data. A July report shows $3,819.66 general fund balance and $8,864.33 across all funds.
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Seymour
John Hauenschild
Logan Largent
C. W. Burkart
Edward P. Elsner
Jackson County
Jackson County Board of Tax Adjustment
Hauenschild
Entries for Jackson County Fair Open Monday at Shields Park
Entries for the Jackson County Fair at Shields Park in this city from August 12 to 17 must be filed before 6 PM Monday. Exhibits should be delivered to the shelter house in time for display setup Monday night, with early entries easing organization. The 4H Club section is expected to be notably large with over 700 members in Jackson County.
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Jackson County
Shields Park
Shelter House
4H Club
Prac
Seymour residents seek 1936 street resurfacing plans
Seymour city officials urge residents to notify authorities now about street resurfacing desires for summer 1936. Councilman Stradley says early input will help estimate costs for intersections, allowing budget inclusion and timely planning for bituminous resurfacing during hot weather.
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Seymour
W. W. Stradley
Seymour School Board Elects New Officers In Reorganization
George A. Clark named president of the Seymour Board of School Trustees at Shields School during a Monday night reorganization. Mrs. C. O. Swails begins a new three year term as secretary, A. P. Charles elected treasurer, and Miss Dorothy Jane Sweazy becomes clerk to Norman J. Lash er, superintendent, replacing Miss Joyce Ackerman who resigns after eight years in the clerk role.
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George A. Clark
Seymour Board of School Trustees
Shields School
C. O. Swails
A. P. Charles
Swails
Dorothy Jane Sweazy
Norman J. Lasher
Joyce Ackerman
Miss Ackerman
Shields High School
Warring Democrats on Committee Face Guffey Bill Standoff
The House Ways and Means Committee factions split seven to seven on a motion to report the Guffey bituminous coal stabilization bill. President Roosevelt urged action despite constitutional doubts as four Democrats were absent, leaving leaders hoping absent members could swing a majority.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Ways and Means
Roosevelt
Rotary tribute highlights foreign citizen’s service and school aid
N. F. Fultz of Cicero portrays a benefactor who aided crippled children, helped a deformed girl through artificial limbs and piano training, and influenced four youths from crime to education. He recounts reforms improving a local school system and promoting recreation programs.
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Rotary
N. F. Fultz
Cicero
Seymour
Washington County
Fultz
Liquor License Hearing Set for Jackson County
A public hearing is scheduled for 9 a.m. next Monday, August 12, at the Jackson County courthouse in Brownstown to review applications from five entities for liquor beer or wine permits under Indiana law. The hearing will consider Elk Lodge No 462 and four individuals or groups with listed Seymour addresses and restaurant or beer retailer licenses. The board includes Orace Chestnut Laurel streets Frank Spanagel and Louis Elsner, all Seymour officials.
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Thomas KE. Conner
Jackson County
Brownstown
Indiana
Orace FE
Willis
Chestnut
Laurel Streets
Beverage Board
Frank Spanagel
Louis Elsner
Seymour
Mussolini Mobilizes 60,000 Forces Along East African Front
In Rome on August 6, Premier Mussolini ordered mobilization of two regular army divisions, two replacement divisions, and a volunteer fascist blackshirt division. The units total about 60,000 men, per a propaganda ministry communiqué. The action follows reports of Ethiopian troop movements along Italy's East African front.
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Rome
Italy
Mussolini
Ministry of Propaganda
Asietta
Grants Sought to Convert Highway to Indiana System
County commissioners met with residents of Jackson Redding and Pershing townships to discuss state takeover of the Seymour Browns town road. A special committee Ray Bottorff Jason Bottorff and Fred Meyer will help secure grants from landowners for the right of way. The panel hopes funds are available to purchase the right of way so the state can assume control this fall. Temporary improvements may begin soon.
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Jackson
Redding
Pershing
Brownstown
Estate Highway Commission
Seymour
Indiana
Ray Bottorff
Jason Bottorff
Fred Meyer
Obs Haves
Injured man run over by wagon in Crotheraville incident
Clarence Sweaney, 22, of Crotheraville rural route 2, was brought to Schneck Memorial Hospital Monday night with a serious head injury after a wagon wheel ran over him when a team ran away. He was to be transported to a Louisville hospital for further treatment.
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Clarence Sweaney
Crotheraville
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Mr. Sweaney
Louisville
Heat Wave Persists With 93 Degree High At Rockford
Rockford readings show a 93 degree daytime high, one degree below the season peak. Monday night’s low reached 70 degrees, six degrees cooler than the hottest prior overnight reading of 76.
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Rockford
Workers Return to Jobs Today in Crete After Strike
Four thousand strikers returned to work in Crete with a 15 percent wage increase negotiated by Gen. Bakapoulos after surrendering. Casualties from Candia street fighting totaled six killed and fifteen wounded as authorities moved to curb unrest and disarm rebels.
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Athens
Crete
Bakapoulos
Candia
Athem
Bakopoulos
Eleutherios Venizelos
Sho
Venizelos
Tesse-La-Madeleine
Mandeville Zenge Pleads Innocent in Dr Bauer Mutilation
Missouri carpenter Mandeville W. Zenge pleaded innocent to the mutilation death of Dr Walter J. Bauer of Kirksville Missouri. Mrs Louise Schaffer Bauer, widow, was held in technical custody as the state seeks to indict Zenge before a Kirksville grand jury in Chicago.
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Mandeville Zenge
Chicago Criminal Courts
Joseph Green
Anthony Bongiono
Missouri
Walter J. Bauer
Chicago
Mandeville W. Zenge
Young
Louise Schaffer Bauer
Missouri Farmer-Carpenter
Crand
Zenge
Justin F. McCarthy
Kirksville
Dr. Bauer
Bauer
Kirksville College
Ann Arbor
Mich
Dougherty
Post and Rogers Near Start in Alaska Flight
Seattle Aug 6 two famous cronies of theaire Wiley Post and Wil Rogers were nearly ready today to start in Post s new red monoplane for Alaska the first leg toward Siberia and Moscow Weather delays and a pontoon test may push the launch to tomorrow at Renton airfield where Post his wife and Rogers await a possible secret takeoff as mechanics complete pontoon and engine adjustments Rogers arrived from San Francisco and planned to proceed with the journey continued on page 5 column 7.
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Associatedress
Seattle
Theaire
Wiley Post
Wil Rogers
Post
Alaska
Siberia
Moscow
Renton
Here
Rogers
San Francisco
Nazi fears Olympic loss threaten Berlin preparations
Berlin reports fear the 1936 Olympic Games could be jeopardized by Nazi missteps against Jews and political Catholicism. Officials warn a defeat would strike a heavy economic and political blow to the regime as costs mount for an expanding Berlin city complex, training sites, and infrastructure.
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Berlin
Cel
Paul Joseph Goebbels
Foreign Association
Doeberitz
Kiel
Partenkirschen
Luftgarten
Goebbels
Julius Streicher
Wuerzburg
Ministry of E
Weather Records Report by Riley Goble at Sey mour Water Co
Weather notes by Riley Goble from the local weather observer at the pumping station of Sey mour Water Co report on May conditions. The report mentions a slipping trend and notes a starla place and cony on.
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Riley Goble
The
Seymour Water Co
Hove
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