42-Cent Civil City Tax Levy Increase in Seymour Budget
Seymour city council unanimously approved a 1935 tax levy of 1.55 total, up 42 cents from last year. General fund rises to 1.20, with 0.11 relief sewer, 0.10 library, 0.08 sinking fund, 0.02 hospital, 0.01 firemen pension, and 0.03 parks. Levy faces state board approval and September adoption.
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Seymour
Jackson County Board of Tax Adjustment
C. H. Ahlbrand
Adjustment Board
Third Street
John Hauenschild
Park
Majestic Theater
Edward Massman
Charles R. Mather
City Eneineer
Ek. M. Eagleston
H. Wagoner
Shepard
Pleads for New City Fire Truck to Lower Insurance
Joe Scherer of the Indiana State Fire Marshal's Office urged Seymour officials to buy a new fire truck at a Monday Board of Works meeting. He warned the smaller truck will receive no rating next year, likely raising insurance rates due to reduced protection. The budget plan totals 69 000 with anticipated state funds and docket fees, outlining line items for lighting, water, streets, salaries, and fire equipment.
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Seymour
Joe Scherer
I Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Office
Board of Works
Indiana Inspection Bureau
Scherer
City to receive bids for street improvements in Seymour
Seymour city council set August 20 as bid opening date for street work including Third Street from Chestnut to Walnut Fifth Street from Walnut to Johnson Emerson Drive from Second to Fifth and Jackson Street from Chestnut to Walnut with bituminous retread. City engineer estimated the city’s share at 1.00.
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Seymour
J. B. Shepard
Third Street
Chestnut
Walnut Streets
Fifth Street
Walnut
Johnson
Emerson Drive
Second
Fifth Streets
Jackson Street
Charles R. Mather
Cattle Train Passes Through Seymour With Herd for New Grazing Grounds
A cattle train of eighty cars bearing cattle and calves from drought regions moved through Seymour Monday night toward the east on the Baltimore and Ohio line. It marks the first cattle-only through shipment observed here though other freight trains have carried up to thirty-two cattle cars. The train, powered by two engines, carried many hoboes who slept along the cars during the long journey.
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Seymour
Baltimore & Ohio
Seymour Schools Report Details Debt and Tax Cuts
Norman Ay Lusher reports the Seymour city schools reduced the budget 11.5 percent from 120 498 to 106 673 and cut bonded indebtedness to 125 000. Property taxes for 1933 34 were 72 651.07, down from 85 343.76, while 1982 collections reached 96 354.25. The levy fell from 1.25 to 1.13 as personal property valuations dropped 2 145 000, about 29 percent, prompting questions on broader government cuts.
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Seymour
Norman Ay Lusher
Board of School Trustees
Seymour Night at Brownstown Homecoming Plans
Brownstown prepares for Seymour night events with a Thursday parade from Seymour residents to the county seat. The annual home-coming opens Monday with rides concessions and bean dinner drawing hundreds from the county and neighboring areas. The celebration closes Saturday.
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Brownstown
Court House Square
Browns
Irwins Silk Dress Special This Week at Irwins
Irwins silk dress sale this week only with prices listed as 1.00 1.98 and 2.98. Sizes range from 14 to 20 and 38 percent to 52 14 claimed. Located in Seymour.
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Irwin
Seymour
Commissioners Talk Finances In Regular Session
County board approves 1935 expense items and boosts pension funds with large allocations totaling 20 150 dollars in a Monday meeting.
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County Board
Reguilar
Poor Relief Fund Items Approved By Jackson County Board
Jackson County commissioners meeting at Brownstown approved several expense items for the coming year including a $20,150 total for poor relief across twelve townships and $10,000 for county orphan poor, $90,500 for gravel road repair, $4,000 for state institution inmates, $3,000 for county poor farm supplies, and $1,852 for courthouse custodians and firemen. The board also budgeted $2,500 for courthouse fuel, $400 for contagious diseases, $2,500 to Sechneck Memorial Hospital, and increased old age pension to $5,000 for the coming year from $4,000. A new assessing method prompted a further allowance.
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Jackson County Board of Commissioners
Brownstown
Sechneck Memorial Hospital
Field Day Planned at Jennings County Experiment Field
Field Day and fourteenth annual picnic set for Thursday August 23 at the Jennings County Experiment Field Klein s Grove near North Vernon on State Highway 407. Local residents prepare the grounds to welcome families and showcase demonstrations for farmers and landowners in the southeast region.
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Jennings County
Purdue University Agricultural Experiment Station
Klein's Grove
North Ver
Mense
Thomas Todd Succumbs in Meltenville Funeral Planned
The death of Thomas Todd, aged 77, occurred at six o'clock this morning at his son's home in Meltenville. He spent much of his life in Monroe County with many friends in Jackson County. Funeral arrangements are not yet learned.
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Mihearles Beutelspacher
North
Chestnut Street
Tina Todd
Nisme
Meltenville
Todd
Monroe County
Jackson County
Roosevelt in drought zone eyes water saving plan
President Roosevelt toured drought stricken North Dakota and Montana area near Fort Peck as he urged counting every ounce of water. He visited Devils Lake and spoke with Senators Nye Shipstead and Herdale along with Rep. Herb Mead candidates for Minnesota Senate. Accompanied by Arthur Mullen and relief officials the president highlighted the administration water conservation program during the harsh drought spread through the northwest.
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Associated Press
Roose
Washington
Roosevelt
North Dakota
Northwest
Gulf of Mexico
Fort Peck
Montana
Missouri
Devils Lake
Regen
Nye
Fort Peek
Shipstead
Farmer Labor
Herdale
Minnesota
Senate
Arthur Mullen
Nebraska
Democratic National Committee
Judges Chosen for County Fair 4H Divisions
W B Ward of Purdue extension and Miss Mae McCullough Scott sburg High School supervisor were named judges for the 4H divisions at the Jackson County Fair opening next Monday at Shields Park. Ward will judge potatoes and melons in boys classes while McCullough handles all girls work.
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Mae McCullough
W. B. Ward
Purdue University
Scottsbury High School
Jackson County
W. P. Stall
Shields Park
Jackson County Fair Association
Two Hundred Miners Trapped in French Coal Mine
Two hundred miners are trapped at the 1,000 foot level of a coal mine near Lens France after a group of twenty Polish miners protested and imprisoned them. The incident follows yesterday's tensions and continues to develop with reports reaching the Associated Press.
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Associated Press
Lens
France
Striking Drivers Call for Consumer Boycott
Striking truck drivers urged a consumer boycott as Rev. Francis Haas pressed to end a long running dispute. The Haas-Dunnigan plan seeks firm wage terms and non-discriminatory rehiring. A court action on martial rule looms as authorities clash over military street control.
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Minneapolis
Francis Haas
Wiliam Brown
Missouri and Arkansas Grapple With Severe Drought
The Associated Press reports widespread drought in Missouri and western and northern Arkansas with pasture losses over 12 million acres and primary relief areas expanding. Cattle are bought for slaughter or relocation, and relief efforts begin as drought relief reaches 5,696 Arkansas families. The Arkansas River at Little Rock hits a record low.
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Missouri
Lowan
Arkansas
Relra
Little Rock
Religious Riots Death Toll Near 100 in Constantine
In Constantine Algeria violent clashes between Arabs and Jews ease after days of turmoil. Authorities deploy troops. martial law prevails as about forty arrests proceed for summary trials. Most of the dead are identified as Jewish and many residents flee the city.
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Constantine
Algeria
Sengalee
Missippeville
Germany Honors Von Hindenburg on Final Feld March
An Associated Press dispatch describes Marshal Paul von Hindenburg honored in a flag draped funeral cortege. The procession moved from Neudeck through a torched lane to Froningen and on to the National Memorial at Tannenberg where his coffin rests with the Hall of Commanders awaiting interment.
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Tannenberg
Paul von Ilmdenburg
Chissoen
Neudeck
Dnantry
Oaknell
Frorenga
Marshal von Hindenbure
von Hindenburg
Ballots Cast In West Virginia Missouri And Kansas Primaries
Voters in West Virginia Missouri and Kansas stage party primaries with focus on U S Senate and congressional seats. West Virginia sees nine Democratic Senate hopefuls pledging support for the Roosevelt New Deal amid Hatfield opposition. Missouri faces three way Senate contest with Pendergast Cochran and Milligan. Kansas nominates governor and seven congressmen as Roosevelt policy looms.
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West Virginia
Missouri
Kansas
U. S
Congress
Roosevelt
Henry D. Hatfield
Senate
Clem Shaver
WFE
Chilton
Mert Fisher
Rush D. Holt
Hatfield
Foy
John J. Cochran
Jacob T. Milligan
Bennett Champ Clark
Cochran
Milligan
Nick
Huge Crop Plan Is Considered
A vast crop loan plan would place 1935 supplies under farmer control, modeled after corn and cotton loans. Government loans would cover many crops with price-trigger sales pledges. Last year loans aided cotton and corn, stabilizing prices as farmers sold and repaid, securing profits and government recoupment.
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Associated Press
Washington
Aug
Ion
Farm Administration
McNutt calls prison improvements needed amid escapes
Gov. Paul V. McNutt says state prison structural upgrades are essential to confine inmates. funds may delay the work. The report follows Alonzo Striker escaping Benton county honor farm with a rumored accomplice, as Warden Kankel and officials probe recent hospital escapes. Striker, a 9 year prisoner, was jailed for a 10 to 21 year sentence for theft.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Paul V. McNutt
Louis E. Kankel
Alonzo Striker
Vermillion County
Benton County
Striker
Wayne Coy
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Ilenry F. Huber
George W. Riley
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Jarvis
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Purdue
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National Givar
Kansas City
RE. A. Logan
United States Bureau of Agricultural Economies
Germany
M'Nutt
Cay
Beymour Water Co
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