House expected to override veto on highway measure
The House was expected to override President Roosevelt's veto of a highway bill affecting U S Road 31 between Indianapolis and Louisville. A three to one vote was anticipated, with the Senate already voting 57 to 19 to sustain the override. Indiana officials cited potential $3,000,000 in road improvements if enacted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House of Representatives
U. S
Road
Columbus Republican
James D. Adams
State Highway Commission
Indianapolis
Indiana
Adams
Columbus
Death of Rabindranath Tagore Ends An Era In India
Calcutta reports the death of Rabindranath Tagore aged eighty a world famous poet laureate and Nobel prize winner for literature in 1913. He had been seriously ill since October and recently underwent kidney surgery after a prolonged illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calcutta
India
Rabindranath Tagore
Tagore
Special Friday Night Events At City Pool For Health Week
A program of seven activities is planned for Friday at the city swimming pool to mark Swim for Health Week sponsored by the Seymour Lions Club. Activities begin at 8 p m with events including backward race armless race spoon race candle race tub race and chariot race as described by pool superintendent Avery Dittmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Seymour Lions Club
Avery Dittmer
No Levy Needed for County Highway Budget
Fred Meyer, superintendent, states maintenance of county highways is funded from gasoline tax and requires no county tax levy. The Jackson county board approved the highway department's proposed budget for next year in Brownstown, but it did not include the highway budget in the proposed general fund levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Meyer
Jackson County Board of Commissioners
Brownstown
Meyer
Medora Woman Injured in Auto Crash
Mrs. H. C. McCoun of Medora was hospitalized at Sehnneck Memorial Hospital after being struck by a car on the road in front of her home. She suffered a fractured right arm and leg fractures, plus scalp laceration and bruises. sheriff indicated no official report yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. C. McCoun
Medora
Sechneck Memorial Hospital
McCoun
Sherff William von Dielingen
Local Baptists Attend Brownstown Association Session
Delegates and members from First Baptist Church joined others from Jackson county at Clearspring to attend the Brownstown Baptist Association's 106th annual meeting held at the Clearspring Baptist Church. Rev. J. R. Quick presided as moderator. The session opened at 9 30 this morning and afternoon program addresses were planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Baptist Church
Jackson County
Clearspring
Brownstown
Hendry Rites Friday for Civil War Veteran Martin Hendry
Funeral services for Martin B. Hendry ninety five year old former Houston postmaster and justice of the peace will be held Friday at 11 oclock from the Freetown Methodist Church. Burial will be in Houston Cemetery. He attended the North South veterans reunion at Gettysburg in 1938 and died Wednesday at his Freetown home after a period of declining health. He drove his own car until two years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin B. Hendry
Indiana
Freetown Methodist Church
Houston
Hendry
Aluminum Scrap Heaps Near Ten Tons in Indiana Post
Aluminum from Dearborn Clark and Orange counties adds to a post at Seymour Indiana police post 7. The heap grows past nine and a half tons with Dearborn county delivering 2 290 pounds and 2 100 pounds in three loads. Clark county contributes 3 480 pounds and more loads expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Post No. 7
Indiana State Police
Dearborn County
Clark County
Frank B. Gray
Orange County
Tennessee woman confess murder plot and prison term
A Tennessean known as Tennessee, Merle McCoy of Lafollette, Tenn., confessed in Seymour to aiding in the slaying of her deaf and dumb mother for a welfare check and said a companion killed a man and hid the body on a railroad track. She previously faced public intoxication charges, was fined and sentenced to six months in the Indiana Woman's Prison. Her latest statements came after arrest in Seymour on Indianapolis Avenue and a prior arrest north of here on November 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tennessee
Seymour
Shady Berd
Here
Indianapolis
Indiana Woman's Prison
Stanley A. Swityer
Cuty Court
Merle McCoy
Lafollette
Tenn
Gvoung
Woman seeks liquor store near Tabernacle Church in Columbus
A former Jackson County resident, Violet Hehman, applied to operate a package liquor store at 432 Fourth Street, Columbus. At a Bartholomew county alcoholic beverage board hearing, it was suggested the permit may be denied because the proposed site is within 200 feet of the Tabernacle Christian Church, with the store reportedly 190 feet from the curb on the west side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
New Tabernacle Christian Church
Columbus
Bartholomew County — Alcoholic Beverage Board
Violet Hehman
Fourth Street
Hehman
Wallonia
Sey
The
Columbus Republican
Silk industry seeks a way out amid stock freeze
Silk manufacturers and their representatives met in Washington to find remedies after the government froze all silk stocks. A hosiery survey warned of a shortage within two months as American women would face no silk stockings, prompting changes in knitting to use other fibers. Unemployment fears rose as eastern Pennsylvania mills partially suspended operations and Bethlehem area workers were laid off. The conference was chaired by Simon Hillman and included Leon Henderson and Donald M. Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Pennsylvania
Bethlehem
Simon Hillman
Office of Production Management
Leon , Henderson
Office of
Ice Administration
Donald M. Nelson
New York Defense Exposition Opens Next Month
A defense fair planned for September to October 18 will occupy all four floors of Girand Central Palace in New York City. Organized by Defense Exposition Inc, two thirds of exhibits come from the government with one third from defense industries. Proceeds support United Service Organizations and civilian defense offices with emphasis on civilian defense topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Biowest
George A. Sloan
New York City
Girand Central Palace
Sloan
Defense Industries
Defense Exposition Inc
United Service Organizations
Mine Wage Contract Signed In Indiana After Pay Difference Ends
Terre Haute AP reports United Mine Workers of America and Indiana Coal Operators Association signed a model wage contract covering about 5 000 miners in Indiana shaft mines except Brazil block field. The deal ends a 2 percent historical cut and sets basic daily wage at 7 with 28 day rate and 21 tonnage based classes. The agreement expires March 31 1943 and followed a brief walkout by 200 miners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Indiana
Austin
Ind
Cases to be Changed in Christian DUI Proceedings
John K. Christian of North Vernon faced trial in city court on a drunken driving charge with a motions to quash affidavit filed by Edward Morrison. The case will move to Jackson Circuit Court at Brownstown for dismissal. A second charge of driving with improper license plates will receive the same disposition after arrest earlier by city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John K. Christian
North Vernon
Stanley A. Switzer
Edward Morrison
Columbus
Christian
Jackson
Brownstown
John M. Levis
Pig Fish Fry Dudleytown Event at Brownstown Reserve
A Pig Fish Fry hosted by the Dudleytown Conservation Club takes place Sunday August 16 at Brownstown Forest Reserve. Admission is 50 cents for members and 75 cents for non members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dudleytown Conservation Club
Brownstown Forest Reserve
Jersey shipyard strike sparks national defense dispute
A CIO led strike at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock in Kearny New Jersey halts a $493 million naval and merchant hull program. Separately 35 000 California aircraft workers' wage dispute was referred to the National Defense Mediation Board after a two month stalemate. Police observed quiet picket lines as maintenance crews entered under guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New Jersey
California
National Defense Mediation Board
CIO Industrial Union of Marine and Shipbuilding Workers of America
Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company
Kearny
N. d
Peter Flynn
White Elephant Sale announced by Litt Brothers ad
The Tribune reports Litt Brothers announces an annual White Elephant Sale on page 1 section 2. The sale features items to clear fall stocks, priced to move and prevent becoming white elephants. Read the ads in today's Tribune for best value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tribune Today
Litt Brothers
Tribune
Draft Measure Aims to Speed Up City Delegation Process
A proposed draft measure seeks to accelerate the speed of city delegation approvals. Lawmakers debate timing rules and potential impact on project schedules and public input.
Senate votes to extend military service eighteen months
Washington August 7 AP reports Senate 44 to 28 to keep army selectees National Guardsmen reserves and enlisted men in uniform eighteen months longer. Debate focused on speed to avert delays in garrisoning distant outposts and avoid staff shortages at key bases including Hawaii. Gen Marshall warned urgent action needed to prevent demobilization issues and a guard anti aircraft unit from departing August 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Administration
Senate
Associated Press
George ©. Marshall
Military Committee
Congress
National Guard
Hawaii
Marshall
Marines Coming to Seymour for Enlistment Interviews
Marines will visit Seymour on August 9 and 10 to interview interested young men and conduct physical examinations for enlistment. Sergeant Lawrence T. Southern leads the recruiting trip with Sergeant Brewster assisting, using a Marine Corps station wagon to transport successful candidates to headquarters for final testing before transfer to the San Diego Training Base for ten weeks of training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Segeant Lawrence T. Southern
USMC
Brewster
Marine Corps
San Diego
Calif
Encephalitis Strikes Northwest Killing Dozens
A baffling disease, likely mosquito borne, leads federal doctors in a night and day effort to halt spread across the Northwest. Dr James P Leake directs the U S Public Health Service as cases rise in North Dakota Minnesota and South Dakota with dozens dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fargo
N. D
Northwest
James
P. Leake
Washington
U. S. Public Health Service
South Dakota
Minnesota
North Dakota
Fragmentary Page Note Continues Across Columns
The readable fragment hints at a continuation on page 4 column 5. No further context is available in the supplied text.
Axis raid on Suez Canal leaves dozens dead
Allied and Axis forces clash as a major assault targets the Suez Canal. reports say thirty killed and thirty five wounded in the Axis bombing and bombing raids. Russian forces repel assaults as Nazi columns push along the Leningrad front in fierce fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pasageway
Captain Bruno Mussolini Dies in Air Accident
Rome reports Captain Bruno Mussolini, 22, son of Benito Mussolini, was killed near Pisa in an experimental plane crash. The official statement said he died gloriously in the flight accident after a life crowded with war service and daring aviation exploits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake
Peipus
Nort
Karelian
Czars
Reuters
Moscow
Ich
Kiev
Leningrad
Suez Canal
Rome
Mussolini
Bruno Mussolini
Pisa
Red Army
Associated Press
Benito Mussolini
American Legion District Meet Set at Brownstown Church
Members of the American Legion and auxiliary in the ninth district travel to Brownstown next Tuesday night for a district dinner meeting hosted by Camp Jackson Post No. 112. The 8:30 p.m. (DST) event at the Brownstown Christian Church is arranged by district commander Ray Robinson of Paoli. About seventy five men and thirty women are expected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion
Ninth District
Brownstown
Camp Jackson Post No. 112
Brownstown Christan Church
Ray Robinson
Paoli
Weather Report From Seymour City Area
Official and unofficial readings for Seymour show today’s maximum temperature from a downtown thermometer and minimum from Miss Louise Ahert’s records. River stage at Seymour Water Pump shows 544 inches below low water mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Louise Ahiert
Also Mentioned on This Page
REDS
HOUSE
Roosevelt
Baptist Association
Clearspring Baptist Church
Freetown
Dearborn
McCoy
Tabernacle
Mour
NEA
Secretary of Interior
Harold L. Ickes
United Mine Workers
Indiana Coal Producers’ Association
Strike Gripples Jersey Shipyard
National Defense
Mediation Board
Army
Barkley
Kentucky
Chamber
Pepper
D-Fla
Associated Presa
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!