East Chicago Legion Team Wins Indiana Title in Thriller
East Chicago Washington High School capped a 7 to 6 win over Kokomo at Redland Park after a late rally in the seventh inning. Phillabaum of Kokomo was ruled out for failing to touch first base on a potential homer. East Chicago then scored the decisive run as Hernandez drove in Farcus.
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Indiana Legion
Kokomo
Redland Park
Washington High School
East Chicago
Seymour
Akron
Ohio
Fawcett
Ratkay
Howard County
Chicago
Farcus
Hernandez
Mexico
A. Woods
Coulter
Don Yohe
Pleas Greenlee
Paul V. McNutt
Glen Fawcett
E. B. Crowe
Tinder
Richmond
Massoth
Smith
Gasoline funds eyed for county road right of way
Jackson county commissioners discussed using gasoline tax receipts to buy the right of way for a Seymour to Freetown road project. The plan would cover costs over three years with notes and grants from landowners, then state transfer of maintenance and resurfacing. Court action would finalize assessments of benefits and damages.
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Seymour
Freetown
Jackson County
State Highway Commission
Woman Who Went West in Covered Wagon Dies
Mrs. Phoebe A. Weekly, 78, died at her Freetown home after an illness of three years. She earned local fame for a pioneer 1884 wagon trip to Kansas and Nebraska. Funeral at 2 p.m. from the home. Rev. Great House officiating. Burial Garbett's Chapel Cemetery. Survived by husband John Wesley Weekly, three children, two sisters, seven grandchildren, and five great grandchildren.
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Phoebe A. Weekly
Kansas
Nebraska
Freetown
Greathouse
Garbett’s Chapel
Weekly
Charles W
Frances Cooner
Jackson County
Clearspring
John Wesley Weekly
West
Edward
Kurtz
Charles
Mattie Emmons
St. Bernice
Ind
Mattie Klitch
City
Martha Deal
Indianapolis
Bishop Ritter announces diocesan pastor transfers
The Most Rev. Joseph Elmer Ritter of Indianapolis Diocese announces numerous transfers effective August 12. The Rev. Marchino moves from St. Philip's Posey County to administer St. Joseph's Jennings County.
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Indianapolis
Joseph Elmer Ritter
Marchino
St. Philip's Posey County
St. Joseph's Jennings County
Columbus Girl Goes to Movies
Miss Hazel Hogan of Columbus, known in Seymour, flew to Los Angeles to begin work as a script girl in Ken Maynard studios. Maynard, son of Mr and Mrs William Maynard of Columbus, invited her after a recent visit. The position offers a chance to advance in the film industry.
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Hazel Hogan
Columbus
Seymour
Miss Hogan
Los Angeles
Ken Maynard
William Maynard
Maynard
Driver Pleads Guilty in Court to DUI Charge
Franklin man KE Brown pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle under the influence. He was fined five dollars plus costs totaling fifteen, license revoked for one year, and ninety days at the penal farm, suspended. Brown was arrested Friday by Indiana State Police officers on U S Routes 31 and 50 near Seymour.
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KE. Brown
Franklin
Brown
Sergt
Walter Eckert
Elmer Hollenback
Indiana
Union Services Move to First Methodist for August Sundays
The Sey mour Ministerial Association announces regular Sunday night worship at 7:30 at First Methodist Church this month, replacing the Shields Park shelter. Rev. R. S. Wilson of Central Christian will preach, with Rev. S. J. Cross presiding. Albert Schmitt is away on vacation.
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Seymour Ministerial Association
First Methodist
Shelter House
Shields Park
R.S. Wilson
Central Christian Church
S. J. Cross
Albert Schmitt
Man Wounded as Algerian Protesters Clash with Police
In Oran today, a man was wounded and a police officer severely beaten during clashes between police and protesters trying to rescue comrades sentenced to jail terms for a noisy demonstration Wednesday night.
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Oran
Algeria
Jackson County Free Fair Set to Open Next Week
A calm morning at Shields Park contrasts with the upcoming bustle as the Jackson County Free Fair prepares to begin in Seymour next Monday. Mayor Burkart will formally open the fourteenth annual event with an address while crowds gather for exhibits, rides, and free acts.
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Shields Park
Seymour
Jackson County
Burkart
Harris Placed With New Auto for State Police Safety Campaign
Patrolman Ernest Harris assigned as one of two officers to lead a white supercharged phaeton labeled State Police Safety Car No. 1. Patrolman Paul Beav erford will join him. The car will tour Indiana for brake and light tests, issuing warnings for careless driving and distributing educational safety literature.
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Ernest Harris
Seymour Barracks
Indiana
Harris
Paul Beaverforden
Fort Wayne
Laval Warns of Dictatorship as Decrees Enforced
Premier Pierre Laval warned of a possible dictatorship if his unpopular recovery decrees are not accepted. He spoke to most of France's 86 prefects saying the fate of the regime and the country hinges on enforcing measures while governors share responsibility for preventing a dramatic situation.
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Associated Press
Paris
Pierre Laval
France
Agi
Relief Spreads Across Parched Midwest as Heat Eases
Weather relief arrived in parts of the Midwest with cooling winds and scattered rains while heat deaths rose to nine. J T Leonard, an 87 year old Gainesville publisher, died in Texas and two Californians perished in the heat of Los Angeles. Storms in Iowa injured several as temperatures plunged from 106 in Shenandoah to the 80s.
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Middle America
Angola
J. T. Leonard
Gainesville
Texas
Iowa
Shenandoah
Four Detained As Girl's Story Is Being Checked
Boone county officers held four persons as they checked the account of 17 year old Rosalie Hawkins who said she was abducted and taken to Kentucky. Roy Thompson was charged with kidnapping after his arrest in Sheridan Indiana. Mrs Rosie Frazier Max Martin and Eddie Spencer faced contributing to delinquency charges. The girl, an orphan who lived with her grandmother near Sheridan, said she was taken to Kentucky by Thompson Martin and Mrs Frazier and later told an uncle she had been sexually assaulted. She is in jail care while investigations continue.
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Lebanon
Ind
Boone County
Rosalie Hawkins
Kentucky
Wilbur Small
Roy Thompson
Indianapolis
Sheridan
Rosie Frazier
Max Martin
Eddie Spencer
Small
Miss Hawkins
Thompson
Martin
Frazier
Spencer
Peace hopes fade at French Lick meet on Indiana party rift
At the Indiana Democratic Editorial Association gathering in French Lick, U S Senator Frederick Van Nuys challenged a one man rule in the party and criticized centralization as undemocratic. Governor McNutt declined to comment. Officials planned talks to bridge differences as editor members met. Van Nuys warned against a packed convention as in 1954 while urging openness for 1936 governor candidates. The governor also awaited social security legislation and potential state action.
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French Lick
Ind
Indiana Democratic Editorial Association For Peace
U. SS
Frederick van Nuys
Indiana
McNutt
Omer S. Jackson
van Nuys
Sherman Minton
Pleas Greenlee
Greenlee
Congress
Phillip Lutz, Jr
General Assembly
Clipper Completes Third California to Honolulu Flight
The Pan American Clipper finished its third trans Pacific flight from Alameda to Honolulu on schedule with Captain Sullivan reporting everything okay. The four motor flying boat started from San Francisco yesterday and is bound for Wake Island after Honolulu with planned legs to Midway and Wake in the Pan Am Orient route.
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Honolulu
California
Associated Press
Alameda
Calif
Pan American Airway
San Francisco Hay
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
O. K
R. O. D. Sullivan
United States
San Francisco Bay
Wake Island
Lonely Atoll
Pan America
Orient
Midway Island
Pacific
Wake
Midway
Author Agrees to Freeze for Life After Death Experiment
Stephen Simkhovitch, 34, writer and scenarist, signs a contract to be frozen and possibly revived for medical science. Dr. Ralph S. Willard, Russian-born chemist, reports six years of animal freezing and revival and says tuberculosis may be overcome. Simkhovitch cites humanity’s good and a test of life after death. He is son of V. G. Simkhovitch, Columbia University economist, and Mary K. Simkhovitch, head of Greenwich House New York.
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Hollywood
Stephen Simkhovitch
Ralph S. Willard
Simkhovitch
V. G. Simkhovitch
Columbia University
Mary K. Simkhovitch
Greenwich House
New York
Roosevelt Signals Quick Action On Looming Social Security Measure
Washington reports quick signing and inauguration of the social security program after months of debate. The plan envisions a three member board for old age pensions, unemployment insurance run by states with federal funds, and grants to the disabled and needy mothers. Employers taxed 3 percent on wages up to 3000 to finance this program with benefits from 10 to 85 per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Roosevelt
Senate
Treasury
Children’s Bureau
Announcement: Dr G R Gil Lespie General Medicine Surgery
Dr G R Gil Lespie announced practice at Seymour Clinic in General Medicine and Surgery with new affiliation and service start details.
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G.R. Gillespie
Seymour Clinic
Early Showdown on Strike Widens Across Cities
Washington reports a brewing clash as New Deal relief workers threaten strikes and unions push for higher wages. President Roosevelt warns those refusing work will lose federal aid and recognitions, while Works Progress Administration officials gauge wage scales and regional pay levels amid labor unrest.
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Washington
New York
Roosevelt
Harry L. Ht
Tra
Atenographers and Union
Works Progress Ad
William Green
American Federation of Which
Congress
Dole
Norman Thomas
WPA
New York City
Ile
Center
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Laval
U. S
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Wash
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Boise
Idaho
Denver
Albuquerque
N. M
French Lick Meet
Clipper
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Clark
D-Mo
Riley Goble
Seymour Water Co
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