City Council approves park concerts and sewer asks
City council met Monday night approving $200 for band concerts at Shields Park during Jackson County fair week. They ordered sealing a storm sewer on Elm Street near the B and O grade to identify improper sanitary connections and prevent future suits.
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Jackson County
Shields Park
Henry Huber
Park Board
J. B. Shepard
Elm Street
Shepard
FE. P. Elsner
Public Service Company of Indiana
White Way
John Hauenschild
Beech Street
Lynn Street
Laurel and
Brown Streets
Don Joyner
Myrtal Niehaus
Seth Hunsucker
Clarence Schroer
John McClellan
O'Brien Street
Second Street
Ecouncil
Nobjitt-Sparks Industries
Homer W. Smith
Glenlawn Tabernacle
Glenlawn
Park Street
Hearing Set On Reddington Station Change Request
Public Service Commission of Indiana will hold a hearing at 10 o'clock on Wednesday morning August 23 at the Reddington school to consider Public Service Company of Indiana petition to change Reddington from agency to non agency status on its interurban line. R. C. Gilbert, examiner, announced the hearing and urged public participation.
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Public Service Commission of Indiana
Public Service Company of Indiana
Reddington
R. C. Gilbert
Public Service Commission
Commission
Rain Brings Hope as Seymour Sees First Consequence Rainfall
Rain welcomed by Jackson county residents as Seymour records sixty eight hundreds of an inch at Rockford observatory. A 91 degree high and 69 degree low follow a long dry spell, with farmers planning sowing of turnips and fall plowing if soil loosens. The late potato crop and corn are expected to benefit from the rainfall.
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Jackson County
Seymour
Rockford
Services for Mrs Peacock Held at Wesleyan Chapel
Funeral services for Mrs Gol die May Peacock age forty five of the Crothersville area will be held at 2 o clock Wednesday at the Wesleyan Chapel Church with Rev George Thompson in charge Burial will be in Wesleyan Chapel cemetery She died Monday afternoon at home six miles southeast of Crothersville She was the daughter of Edward and Lizzie Ann Richardson Muehmore both deceased and was born in Scott County on April 5 1888 She married Herman Peacock January 29 1905 He survives along with seven sons Ormel Remington Manville Herman Clifford Milton Roscoe and Bicknell all in the area Two sons and a daughter preceded her in death
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Goldie May Peacock
Crothersville
Weslayan Chapel
George Thompson
Wesleyan Chapel
Scott County
Herman Peacock
Wesleyan Chanel M. FE
Ormel
Remington
Manville
Herman
Clifford
Milton
Jackson County Free Fair Opens August 14 at Shields Park
Hundreds of 4-H boys and girls clubs from Jackson County prepare exhibits for the twelfth annual Jackson County Free Fair at Shields Park. The event runs August 14 to 19 with free attractions twice daily and judging starting Tuesday. Local families expect large attendance amid National Recovery Act updates and pride in youth entries.
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Shields Park
Jackson County
Juatdges
Indianapolis
Whitsett Rites Today for Arthur Whitsett
Funeral services for Arthur Roy Whitsett age forty five were held at 2 30 this afternoon from the Lower Funeral Home on North Walnut Street with Rev Elvin Daniels of Central Christian Church presiding Burial followed at Riverview Cemetery The report notes a separate item about a men only course in father child training on the Oaklahoma A and M College summer schedule.
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Arthur Roy Whitsett
Lower Funeral Home
North Walnut Street
Elvin Daniels
Central Christian Church
Riverview Cemetery
Oaklahoma A
M. College
Food dealers plan city meeting for tonight at seven thirty
Food dealers plan to meet here this evening with the session scheduled for 7 30 leaving hours for the state dealers to set.
Post Office Seeks Return of Consumers' Pledge Cards
Post office officials requested all business establishments and others who have signed Consumers' Pledge Cards to return them so they can be forwarded to the proper authorities.
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NRA
Local NRA hours plan for Seymour food dealers meeting
A meeting of all local retail food dealers is set for 7:30 tonight in the Seymour National Bank community room to form a local agreement under the state NRA hours schedule. Francis Wells, state NRA director, cites a 63 to 68 hour operating window replacing the prior 58 hour temporary timetable.
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NRA
Seymour National Bank
Francis Wells
Wheat allotments in Jackson county based on acreage or production
Farmers in Jackson county will receive wheat allotments under the national adjustment program. Plan A uses three year acreage and county yield to determine share, tied to human food usage of the crop. Plan B bases on three year production with county adjustments, yielding larger payments for higher producing farms. compensation is 30 cents per bushel this year.
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Jackson County
Heltonville Robber Remains At Large
The Heltonville incident left the thief at large after stealing 50 in cash and a 60 watch from the C. L. Lane residence. He fled Jeff Holt’s home when a woman screamed and again from M. D. Lane’s yard when a watch dog alerted. No description exists beyond a silhouette of a man in the dark.
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Heltonville
C. L. Lane
Jeff Holt
M. D. Lane
New York Doctor Highlights Medical Progress Since Pasteur
Dr J F DeVine of Goshen NY spoke at the Seymour Rotary Club on advances in medicine over 75 years. He cited Pasteur as starting modern progress, vaccination against smallpox and diphtheria, mosquito transmission of germs, and disease control in the Panama Canal era. He discussed rabies in animals, serum development, and the delayed onset of visible illness. The talk was well received by members.
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J. F. DeVine
Goshen
N. Y
Seymour Rotary Club
DeVine
Harry M. Miller
Seymour Club
Miller
Lasis Pasteur
France
Pasteur
Panama Canal
Plotter in Custody in Nash Kidnapping Plot
National authorities report Louis Stacy, nicknamed Doc, in federal custody for plotting the delivery of Frank Nash from Kansas City. Melvin Purvis identifies Verne Miller as a gunman and says others involved are known to officials after the Union Depot shootout that left Nash and four officers dead.
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Chicago
Louis
Doc) Stacy
Frank Nash
Kansas City
Melvin H. Purvis
United States Bureau of Investigation
Stacy
Nash Purvis
Verne Miller
South Dakota
Nash
Union Railway
Recovery Chief creates board to speed blue eagle codes
Hugh S. Johnson forms a special board with Robert Stevens Edward Stettinius Robert Straus Woolston and Kilbourne Johnston to study and speed temporary wage and hour codes. The plan aims to apply codes quickly and seek consumer support for blue eagle products ahead of Labor Day toward 5 009 000 jobs. Johnson travels to press miners and boot and shoe sectors while the National Conciliation Board weighs Pennsylvania hosiery and Hollywood strikes.
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Washington
Hugh S. Johnson
Johnson
Robert T. Stevens
Edward R. Stettinius
The
Recovery Administration
Industrial Advisory Board
Robert K. Straus
W. Woolston
Labor Advisory Board
Kilbourne Johnston
Edward F. McGrady
Pennsylvania
McGrady
Massachusetts
Nationa Conciliation Board
Senator Wagner
New York
Europe
Leo Wolman
Wolman
Roosevelt
Hollywood
Assurance From Germany To Stop Propaganda Drops
London Aug. The Italian government received assurances from Germany that efforts will be made to halt propaganda leaflets dropped from airplanes over Austria and broadcasts attacking the Austrian government. Italy approached Germany in a friendly way last week regarding Austro German tensions.
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London
Germany
Austria
Italy
Gas theft alleged three Louisville suspects halted in Jonesville
Three people giving Louisville addresses were stopped on Ewing street by night police after allegedly stealing oil from Vogt filling station in Jonesville. Vogt advised paying for the oil and travel would drop charges. the trio paid 4 and were released. They identified as Mamie Eglen Odley Wheeler and Kenneth Baxter. Police had been alerted at 9:50 pm.
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Louisville
Ewing Street
Vogt
Jonesville
Mamie Eglen
Odley Wheeler
Kenneth Baxter
Smd
Government in Pennslyvania Coal Fields Faces Rift and Red Scare
In Brownsville Pennsylvania a double effort by federal authorities seeks to end a 60 000 miner strike and root out communist agitation. Edward F McGrady is sent to urge acceptance of a Washington truce while UMWA factions feud over immediate return to work and alleged red influence.
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Brownsville
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Hugh S. Johnson
Edward F. McGrady
Washington
U. S
Lloyd W. Bryan
United Mine Workers of America
William Feeney
Mine Workers’ Union
Martin Ryan
Ryan
Feeney
United Mine Workers
Wheat meet tonight draws Jackson township growers
Jackson township wheat growers will meet at 8 oclock tonight at the Kasting Consolidated school for another county wide wheat organization meeting led by county agent W P Stall. The Jackson Township Farm Bureau meeting was canceled to urge participation. A similar session will be held at Reddington Wednesday night. More than 300 attended the Cortland school meeting in Hamlet township, the largest crowd yet in the two week series.
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Jackson Township
Kasting
W. P. Stall
Jackson Township Farm Bureau
Bureau
Reddington
Cortland
Cuba Faces Bloodshed as Machado Resists Peace Efforts
Cuban cities report rising death toll amid protests over President Machado. Armed forces guard public buildings as clashes erupt and hundreds are wounded or killed in Havana. Officials deny claims of resignation while opposing parties criticize government actions and call for stability.
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Havana
Cuba
Macha‘o
Machado
ABC
Ramiro Guerra
Department of Interior
Eme
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Mrs. Peacock
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Whitsett Rites Today
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Kasting School
Colama
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