Jackson County Fair Set to Open with Optimism
The fourteenth Jackson County Free Fair opens Monday at Shields Park with high expectations for a record crowd. Seymour Day Thursday promises a peak turnout with business suspending early to allow participation. Officials foresee a strong week of rides, shows, an automobile display, revived attractions, and renewed county support boosting the fair’s prominence.
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Jackson County
Shields Park
Seymour Business Men’s Association
Seymour
W. Burkart
Mrs Hochstettler Dies In Coal City Indiana
Mrs. Sue Hochstettler of Coal City Indiana died Sunday. She was sister of Mrs. Lillie Stants of this city and funeral services were held there this afternoon. Mrs. Stants traveled to Coal City for the funeral and attended. She is survived by six children.
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Sue Hochstettler
Coal City
Ind
Lillie Stants
Beavers Infant Relapses. Blood Transfusion Appeal
Le roy Beavers two months old, son of Mr and Mrs Claude Beavers, of this city, worsened at Schneck Memorial Hospital after several days illness requiring a blood transfusion. Authorities appeal for volunteers as tests continue to locate the correct blood type. Hope remains for a timely match in the next hours.
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Leroy Beavers
Claude Beavers
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Rotary District Picnic To Honor Indiana Governor
J. R. Thompson, governor of the Indiana Rotary district, will be the honor guest at a Madison Rotary Club district picnic in Madison tomorrow. More than a thousand Rotarians and guests are expected with a 5 o'clock picnic supper followed by a three hour Ohio River boat ride on a chartered boat. Members from New Albany Seymour and other clubs will attend. it is the first district picnic in several years.
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J. R. Thompson
Indiana Rotary District
Madison Rotary Club
Madison
Ohio River
New Albany
Rotary
Seymour Police Probe Attempted Robbery in Tipton Street Store
Seymour police investigated an attempted robbery at a Tipton and O'Brien streets store owned by EF. H. Leekermeyer after a front window was broken during the night. Officers were told no merchandise was taken. the theft report came at 6:10 AM when the store opened.
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Seymour
EF. H. Leekermeyer
Tipton
O'Brien
Lightning damages Indianapolis trolley cars near Reddington
A southbound Public Service Company of Indiana trolley was delayed for 1 hour 40 minutes after lightning struck the trolley and entered the motors on Glas son siding just north of Reddington. The northbound car stalled briefly. the southbound service was to reach the city at 1 17.
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Public Service Company of Indiana
Glasson
Reddington
Legion Junior finals start in Indiana with two derby games
Richmond meets Kokomo in an Indiana Legion Junior Baseball final skein at Redland Park as Kokomo wins 6 to 4 in extras with Tinder homering in the ninth. Richmond led 4 in the sixth before Kokomo tied in the seventh. Friday’s schedule includes Mt. Vernon vs East Chicago following the Kokomo win.
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Richmond-Kokomo
Mt. Vernon
East Chicago
Tinder
Kokomo
Richmond
Mrs Black longtime Norman resident dies at 81
Mrs Louisa Black of Norman aged 81 died at 12:30 p m Wednesday after a two day illness of heart trouble. Funeral services will be held 10:30 a m Friday at Liberty church near Norman with burial in Norman Cemetery. She was born September 1 1853 in Norman to James and Dalila Cummings. She married Adam Black in 1888 who died in 1925. She was a member of Norman Christian Church. Survived by son Claude J Black of Bedford and brother Will Cummings of Clearspring. Son Edward Black precedes her in death.
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Louisa Black
Norman
Liberty Church
Black
James and
Dalila Johnson Cummings
Adam Black
Norman Christian Church
Claude J. Black
Bedford
Will Cummings
Clearspring
Edward Black
Post and Rogers Discuss Alaska Flight Plans
Wiley Post and Will Rogers debated whether to resume their Alaska flight in Post’s red pontoon monoplane. Rogers urged a quick takeoff for Nome to lasso a reindeer, while Post favored fishing chores and a delay to restock. The pair arrived in Juneau from Seattle after an eight hour flight and planned to meet aviator Joe Crosson.
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Juneau
Alaska
Wiley Post
Will Rogers
Post
Rogers
Nome
Wiley
Fiying
Moscow
Seattle
Joe Crosson
Territory
Unusual Records Sought By Merchants In Seymour
Merchants in Seymour announce a Jackson County Fair week project to collect unusual records from residents. Prizes include a ton of coal, a new dress, and incentives for oldest man registered and largest family. Old dresses will be displayed as part of the exhibit.
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Seymour
Jackson County
Daily Tribune
The
Econcera
Brownstown Baptist Association marks centennial meeting
The Brownstown Baptist Association held a two day centennial gathering in Brownstown with five sessions plus a youth session. Rev. Robert Marlett was elected moderator and L. W. Loeckmond vice moderator. Alma Foster became secretary treasurer amid a program featuring church histories and talks by Dr. T. J. Parsons and others.
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Brownstown Baptist Association
Brownstown
Association
Robert Marlett
Beth
L. W. Loeckmond
Clearspring
Alma Foster
Uniontown
T. J. Parsons
Two Arrests After West Of North Vernon Vehicle Crash
A Wednesday collision on U S Road 50 west of North Vernon left George Humphrey of Cincinnati injured and hospitalized at Sehneck Memorial. Paul Strickland of North Vernon faces reckless driving charges with a 500 bond. Cecil Strickland, owner of the truck, is fined 19.50 for weight tax avoidance. State troopers Elmer Hollenback and J E Neal led the investigation.
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Sehneck Memorial Hospital
North Vernon
U. S. Road 50
George Humphrey
Cincinnati
Paul Strickland
Jennings
Cecil Strickland
Justice of the Peace
Mr. Humphrey
Elmer Hollenback
J. E. Neal
Sermout
Stephenson Folders New Petition in Murder Conspiracy Case
Stephenson, former grand dragon of the Ku Klux Klan, files a petition in Laporte circuit court seeking release from Michigan City penitentiary where he serves life for Madge Oberholtzer's murder. He accuses Indiana political leaders and ex Klansmen of conspiring to convict him, cites resignation from the Klan two years before the murder, and recounts alleged deals with Jackson to suppress Klan exposes before 1928 election. A hearing is set for next Monday before Judge Wirt Worden.
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Associated Press
Laporte
Ind
Stephenson
Indiana
Ku Klux Klan
Michigan City
Madge Oberholtzer
Indianapolis
Wirt Worden
Klan
Jackson
Heirship dispute over Miss Merrill estate settled
In Natchez Mississippi Duncan G Minor, longtime friend of Miss Jane Sargent Merrill, is named sole heir to her $250000 estate after Nellie Jane Grist of Greenfield Indiana withdraws her claim as Merrill’s daughter. The withdrawal resolves the identity mix up prompting the uncontested claim.
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Natchez, Miss
Duncan G. Minor
Jane Sarget Merrill
Nellie Jane Grist
Greenfield
Ind
Merrill
Mix
Milew City Guards Tighten Security Over Accused Killer
Angered crowds gathered at the courthouse in Milew City Montana as guards kept watch to prevent renewed threats against a black man named George Criner accused of killing one police officer, wounding another, and injuring a negro woman.
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Milew City
Mont
Ang
Extra
Court House
George Criner
Boxer Jose Santa Fractured Skull After Car Crash
Oporto Portugal August reports say Jose Santa the Portuguese former heavyweight who boxed Max Baer in 1931 is in critical condition in a hospital after an automobile accident that left him with a fractured skull.
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Oporto
Portugal
Jose Santa
Max Baer
Judge Nathan P. Bryan Dies at 63 in Jacksonville
Ivy Associated Press reports in Jacksonville that Nathan P. Bryan age 63 and former Florida U.S. Senator and presiding judge of the Fifth Circuit died early today. The death ends a long public service career in federal judiciary and politics.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Nathan P. Bryan
United States Circuit Court of Appeals
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Florida
Seymour Schools Face Rising Per Capita Costs
The Seymour finances report shows per capita school costs of 68.53 for the year ending recently, up from 64.65 in 1934. High school per capita rose to 79.14 in 1935 from 75.75, Shields Junior High 71.43 versus 66.35, and elementary 58.86 vs 56.00. Enrollment totaled 1,735, up 69 from last year with elementary 872, junior high 247, and senior high 616. Per capita cost by enrollment stood at 56.17 in 1935, down from 57.74 in 1934, with elementary and senior high being notably lower.
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Seymour City
Shields
Price of Hogs at 1926 Mark
Scarcity of hogs and rising demand push Chicago prices to new highs. Several lots of 210 to 230 pound hogs sold at 14.10 dollars per hundredweight, tax included, the first above 14 dollars since October 1926. Yesterday’s average price reached 15.25 dollars with tax. Receipts hit a multi year low at 7,000 head, down from 9,840 last week and 21,730 a year ago.
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Chicago
Aug
Cupboard Chick Hatch Gives Dalton Family Surprise
Mrs Ed Smith of Tunnel Hill discovered a baby chick hatched from an egg placed on a kitchen cupboard shelf. The chick emerged after three weeks of silence and a faint cheep from the egg basket.
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Associated Press
Dalton, Ga
Ed Smith
Tunnel Hill
Free Masons in Reich to be Eliminated Across Germany
Nazi press reports that all Free Mason lodges in the Reich will be dissolved this Saturday. Saxony state lodge Dresden great lodge and Leipzigs German brethren chain to end, following earlier dissolutions and a yearlong campaign.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Reichsfuehrer
Adolf Hitler
Voelkiseher Beobachter
Reich
State Lodge
Saxony
Dresden
Leipzig
Free Masons
Germany
Hitler
der Angriff
Floods Hit Six Ohio Counties With Massillon Hardest Hit
Floodwaters from two large rivers and many streams sweep across central Ohio, flooding six counties and leaving Massillon nearly 60 percent underwater with hundreds homeless. Rivers still rising, several towns isolated, and counts of deaths and missing amid extensive property damage and farm losses.
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Associated Press
Coshocton
Ohio
Massillon
Here
Dover
Ings
Tuscarawas River
New Philadelphia
Tuscarawas
Walholding
Younty
Coshoeton
Ville
New
Man argues coatless riding in elevators before court
David Alper, 26, six footer, refused to wear a coat in a Fashion Center elevator. He claims he can ride shirt sleeves in many city buildings. Elevator operator cites building rules. police remove him. Magistrate Capshaw will rule after briefs.
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New York
David Alper
Supreme Court
Fashion Center
St. Moritz
Barbizon Plaza
Empire State
Radio City
George Gilbert
Fashioner
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Legion
Bulletin
J. R. Mitchell
Lions Club
C. W. Burkart
Pleas Greenlee
Paul V. McNutt
Mrs. Black
Crosson
Baptist Meeting
Officers
Ivy Associated Press
Hy Associated Press
Freemasons
Massilon
Apsociated Press
Riley Goble
Seymour Water Co
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