Two Freeman Cadets Die in Capital Crash
Two aviation cadets from Freeman Field Joseph F. O'Brien age nineteen of Haverhill Massachusetts and Lawrence Nelson age twenty of Chicago were killed when their twin engine army training plane crashed and exploded in a field east of Madison Avenue Indianapolis Witnesses said the right wing tore loose in a storm and the plane plunged after striking high tension wires Officials said the bodies will be accompanied home by fellow cadets for funeral services and burial Authorities and police handled the scene and traffic in Indianapolis
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Freeman Field
Indianapolis
Joseph F. O'Brien
Haverhill
Mass
Lawrence Nelson
Chicago
Madison Avenue
William B. Poe
O'Brien
William F. McDonald
Nelson
Robert T. Ropka
University Heights
Butter Shortage Looms in Indiana Dairy Figures
Heavy government demands and drought hit Indiana dairy supply threatening a serious creamery butter shortage within thirty days. Indianapolis dairy manager F. E. Tyrie said Sunday night the state faces tight stocks due to poor pastures and rising demand.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Indiana
F. E. Tyrie
Ordination Held In Austin Church
Three Jackson county ministers led installation and ordination at Bethel Lutheran Church Austin for Rev. E. H. Zimmerman. Local Lutherans and delegations from county churches attended. Rev. George H. Steinkamp of Dudleytown led services and preached. Rev. E. E. Streufert of Immanuel and Rev. J. Th.
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Jackson County
Bethel Lutheran Church
Austin
E. H. Zimmerman
George H. Steinkamp
Dudleytown Lutheran Church
G. M. Leberenz
Former WAAC member Ella Trinkle dies at 39
Mrs Ella F Trinkle age thirty nine a resident of this city for sixteen years died at Schneck Memorial Hospital Saturday night after four days illness She served in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps during World War II enlisting December 11 1942 and discharged August 9 1943 Survived by husband Charles two sisters Edna Downing Clara Rosemeyer a brother Walter Downing and a son James Lester Hawn Funeral at 230 Tuesday from Voss Mortuary with Chaplain Phillips Brooks Henderson of Freeman Field in charge Burial Riverview Cemetery Calls at home until 1 am Tuesday then at Voss Mortuary
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Ella F. Trinkle
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Jeffersonville
Charles Trinkle
Trinkle
WAAC
Army Auxiliary Forces
James Lester Hawn
Indianapolis
Walter Downing
Clara Rosemeyer
Scottsburg
Edna Downing
Voss Mortuary
Phillips Brooks Henderson
Freeman Field
Riverview Cemetery
West Second Street
County Seeks Blood Donations to Aid War Efforts
Jackson county faces a shortage as Red Cross officials report only 33 Seymour residents have booked for the blood donor unit visit. They need at least 250 appointments to ensure the unit’s tour and to support sailors soldiers and airmen overseas during World War II.
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Jackson County
Red Cross
Seymour
Sonic
Rev Prentice Speaks at Park Service Sermon
The Rev John L Prentice of the First Presbyterian Church delivered a sermon titled Frozen Righteousness at Shields Park Sunday night during the weekly union worship service. Ministers Wilson Shake Black and Cohn offered invocations readings prayers and announcements as the First Presbyterian choir sang.
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John L. Prentice
First Presbyterian Church
Shelter House
Shields Park
R. S. Wilson
Central Christian Church
Edwin F. Shake
First Methodist Church
Clyde S. Black
Trinity Methodist Church
A. A. Cohn
First Baptist Church
Mr. Prentice
Mrs Robertson Dies After Hemorrhage in Honeytown
Mrs Cora Blanche Robertson aged 71 died suddenly Saturday afternoon at her Honeytown home from a hemorrhage. She was a lifelong Jackson county resident born near Cortland March 27 1873 and married Holmes Robertson November 5 1893. Survivors include husband four children two sisters a brother eleven grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Funeral services Tuesday at the Honeytown Christian Church conducted by Rev William DeHart. Burial in Robertson Cemetery.
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Cora Blanche Robertson
Honeytown
Hamilton Township
Holmes Robertson
Cortland Methodist Church
Wayne Robertson
Neal Robertson
James H. Snodgrass
McHenry
Oscar Schleheuser
Weather Record Report for Seymour Daily
Official and unofficial readings for Seymour show a downtown thermometer peak and Miss Louise Ahlert noted government observer recorded the 24 hour minimum. River level from Seymour Water Co pumping station at Rockford indicates a rise with low temperatures around 2 p.m. and a high near 86.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Fevel
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
Insurance reserves top $300 million in Indiana
Indianapolis Aug 7 AP Frank J Viehmann State Insurance Commissioner said reserves on deposit with the state for policy holders protection of Indiana companies exceed 300 million dollars for the first time.
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Indianapolis
Frank J. Viehmann
Indiana
Police Tighten War Time Truck Speed Crackdown
Indiana State Police intensify enforcement against truck drivers for wartime speed limit violations to ease a transportation crisis caused by tire shortages. Officials say hundreds of trucks are out of service. the crackdown was issued to ten posts after Indiana Motor Truck Association reports.
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Indiana
Indiana Motor Truck Association
Kiel Receives Purple Heart for Wounds in France
Private First Class Joseph Kiel was awarded the Purple Heart for injuries suffered in action in France. In a letter dated July 23 he reports resting in France, had permission to attend a show and church services, and plans to send the medal to his parents Mr and Mrs Dan Kiel of Seymour.
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Joseph Kiel
France
Dan Kiel
Seymour R4
Sgt. Kiel
Kiel
Warm Weather Relief After Weekend Heat Wave
Local residents endured a two day heat spell with temperatures near ninety eight Saturday and ninety nine Sunday. Miss Louise Ahlert records show the highs, while a distant shower threat failed to deliver moisture for nearby crops.
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Mercury
Louise Ahlert
Jackson County
Seymour Community Band Closes Ten-Play Series At Shields Park
One of the largest crowds ever to attend a band concert heard the Seymour Community Band present its last concert of a ten concert series at Shields Park Sunday afternoon. Director Paul W. Rigsbee led a sixteen-piece all-request program to conclude the series.
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Seymour Community Band
Shields Park
Paul W. Rigsbee
Russians Hammer East Wall Front as Drohobycz Falls
Moscow reports eleven Russian army groups hammering Germany’s east wall near Krakow and East Prussia frontier with heavy artillery and bombers. Drohobycz oil and communications center falls after a bloody rout as Russians push toward Krakow and Silesia, with Red planes harrying retreating Germans.
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Moscow
Germany
Krakow
Warsaw
East Prussia
Drohobycz
Carpathian
Red
Three Injured In Medora Truck Wreck
Elmer Williams of Medora his wife and eight month old baby were treated at Bartholomew County Hospital Columbus for minor injuries after a one vehicle crash at Road 31 and Road 9 east of Columbus. Williams said a car turned in front of him and he drove into the ditch to avoid collision. The truck rolled 275 feet leaving the highway. the baby was thrown from the cab but only minor injuries were reported.
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Elmer Williams
Medora
Bartholomew County Hospital
Columbus
Road
Williams
Lucien Bever
Road 9
Bever
Red Army Captures Sambor in Carpathians
Stalin said the German stronghold Sambor, 42 miles SW of Lwow, fell to the Red Army. Other dispatches note Bulgaria seeking Allied guarantees of independence in exchange for leaving the war and Allied heavy bomber raids on synthetic oil plants in Germany and Reich targets near Breslau and Beichhamer.
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Reich
East Prussia
Vistula River
Silesia
Krakow
Baltic States
Carpathians
Jelgava
Latvia
Bal
London
Sambor
Carpathian Slopes
Lwow
Red Army
Stalin
U. S
France
Fifteenth Air Force
Mediterranean
Beichhamer
Breslau
U S Ships Hit Bonin Islands In Quick Pacific Raid
American warships for the first time in this war turned their guns on the Bonin Islands 600 miles from Tokyo. Adm. Chester Nimitz announced a two day strike that sunk five destroyers or escorts, five cargo ships, one oiler, two smaller vessels and damaged others in a Japanese convoy.
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Associated Press
Bonin Islands
Japan
Chichi Jima
Bonins
Tokyo
Adm
Chester Nimitz
Pacific
New Guinea
Hengyang
U.S
Bonin
Kazan Islands
Eleven Meet Violent Deaths Across Indiana Week End
A weekend spate of drownings, accidents, and a fatal assault claimed at least eleven Hoosier lives. Among the victims a Fort Wayne high school girl was beaten to death, a Michigan City woman stabbed in a telephone booth, and an Indianapolis man shot near Rushville. Coroner E. N. ...
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Associated Press
Fort Wayne
Michigan City
Indianapolis
Rushville
E. N
Truck Driver Fined For Excessive Speed
A Wheatland Indiana truck driver Jessie Therine was fined 15 dollars and costs for operating at sixty mph after arrest by Seymour state police officer George B. Cogp. Doyle N Donavan paid 1 dollar and costs for fifty five mph in Brownstown. George C Nichols paid 1 dollar and costs for passing on a bill after arrest by Officer Coon. Harry Fink Jr of the city was fined 10 dollars and costs for driving sixty mph north of the city after arrest by local state police officers Howard J Lightfoot and Herbert Smith.
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Jessie Therine
Wheatland
Ind
George B. Cogp
Seymour
Pos
Doyle N. Donavan
John Russell
Brownstown
Burrell
Coon
Harry Fink, Jr
Seymour Fire Crews Fight Sawdust Pit Blaze
There was no loss from fire as the Seymour department was summoned on two runs Saturday afternoon. Both trucks responded to a burning sawdust pit at Noblitt Sparks Industries on East Second street. only the small truck was used later to extinguish a grass fire at the old city cemetery on Ewing street.
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Seymour Department
Seymour
Noblitt-Sparks Industries, Inc
East Second Street
Old City Cemetery
Ewing Street
U S Forces Broaden Paris Battering Ram
Allied forces strike at the German counteroffensive east of Avranches as Americans push toward Paris from Brittany. Mortain falls back, Vire is captured, and a Breton advance tightens the noose on Brest St Nazaire Nantes Lorient and St Malo. 13,300 prisoners taken as St Brieuc falls and heavy air support pounds German divisions.
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Vire
Lourdeval
Rncan
Brittany
Paris
Breton
Brest
St. Nazaire
Nantes
Lorient
St. Malo
Dinan
St. Brieue
Services Held For Pvt Peek
Memorial services for Pvt. Howard H. Peek age thirty three son of Mr and Mrs R E Peek 618 East Sixth street were held at the First Baptist Church with Dr A A Cohn in charge Pvt Peek was killed in action in France on July 6 while serving with the U S Infantry He had served overseas since April Mrs Talmage Cooper was the soloist and Dr Cohn spoke on Greater Love.
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Ard H. Peek
R. E. Peek
East Sixth Street
First Baptist Church
A. A. Cohn
Pvt. Peek
France
U. S. Infantry
Talmage Cooper
Cohn
British Say Lend-Lease Vital to Pacific War
New York Aug 7 British officials argue continued Lend-Lease aid is essential to Britain’s economy so it can fulfill its role in the Pacific War. NAM News reports the plan could cost the United States 2.5 billion dollars yearly above war costs and marks a sharp shift from current policy.
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Associated Press
New York
Germany
Britain
National Association of Manufacturers
England
NAM News
United States
Farm Wages in State at New High Level
Indiana farm wages have risen to record highs. J. B Kohlmyer, state supervisor of emergency farm labor, cites a U S Department of Agriculture report showing average Indiana farm hands earn 62.50 a month with board or 84.50 without board this year. Last year the average was 52.59 with board and 57 without.
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Lafayette
Ind
Indiana
J. B Kohlmyer
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau of Agriculture Economics
New Rules Give War Agencies Power to Force Worker Shifts
Washington reports a shift toward strict manpower controls as civilian workers may be reassigned by agencies to meet war needs. War Mobilizer Byrnes and a War Manpower Commission spokesman say use of forced layoffs will be rare, only in a few cases.
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Washington
Byrnes
War Manpower Commission Sai
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