Farm Bureau Day at Jackson County Fair Draws Big Crowd
Jackson County Fair officials prepared for today’s Farm Bureau Day with a mobile program and a Brownstown High School band performance. Rain washed out the lightweight horse pulling contest Wednesday, but grounds were drying for afternoon and evening events including a Farm Bureau Pet and Hobby Club parade and a tractor safety demonstration showcasing safe operation of farm implements.
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Farm Bureau
Jackson County
Fairgrounds
State Road 250
Brownstown
Truman rules out new price controls and OPA revival
President Truman said at a weekly news conference that a revival of the OPA is not being considered and that no all out mobilization is in sight. He criticized Soviet blocking in the UN and voiced optimism over UN Korea progress while noting agencies would handle emergencies. He left specifics of a controls bill to Congress and favored discretionary power to fix prices and wages without delaying wider executive tools. The House debated authority with additions while credit and commodity speculation limits remained undecided.
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Associated Press
Truman
Soviet Russia
United Nations Security Council
General MacArthur
United Nations
Korea
Senate
House
Office of
Price Administration
White House
Purdue Extension Restores Veterans Allowances Across State
Veterans subsistence allowances cut in half last April are restored retroactive to March 28 announced by Dr. Leslie M. Sparks director of the Purdue University extension center at Columbus in charge of Seymour courses. Veterans with children receive 120 dollars monthly. Enrollments for fall classes require certification of eligibility, and a full Seymour program is planned with classes starting September 14.
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Leslie M. Sparks
Purdue University Extension Center At
Columbus
Seymour
Sparks
Purdue U. Extension Center
Husband of Former Local Resident Dies
Funeral services set for 2 oclock Friday afternoon in Crawfordsville for Earl Peterson husband of former Seymour resident Mary Alice Seller of this city. Peterson died Tuesday night after a lingering illness at their Crawfordsville home.
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Crawfordsville
Earl Peterson
Seymour
Mary Alice Seller
Peterson
Dinner Meeting Held By Optometric Group
Dr. and Mrs. William M. Conner of Seymour attended a dinner meeting of the Southeastern Optometric Zone at Court Cafe in Jeffersonville. Twenty doctors and wives attended the monthly session. They discussed problems of new optometrists in the zone and a regional meeting for all of southern Indiana is set for Bedford in September.
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William M. Conner
Seymour
Court Cafe
Jeffersonville
Conner
Indiana
Bedford
Veterans speakers set for Jackson County Fair program
James Butters of Indianapolis and Joe Lutes of Houston will speak on international affairs at the fair Friday night end of program in the arena around 9 p.m. The speeches cap Veterans Day events. Robert F. Speckner notes an information booth in the Industrial Building will stay open to help veterans file World War II bonus claims with 1,198 yet to file.
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James Butters
Indianapolis
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Joe Lutes
Houston
American Legion
Jackson County Fair
Robert F. Speckner
Jackson County
Veterans’ Service
Speckner
Booth
Indiana
Two Arrested in Stolen Auto by Seymour Police
Two men were taken to the Seymour police station for questioning by FBI agents and local officers after being arrested for allegedly stealing a 1948 five passenger convertible in Baltimore. David Junior Lewis 18 of Seaford Del claimed army transfer to Camp Stoneman Calif. Ernest W Lewis 33 a merchant seaman with addresses in Maryland and Norfolk Va gave Baltimore as the place of the theft.
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Seymour
FBI
David Junior Lewis
Seaford
Del
Ft. Benning
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Ernest W. Lewis
Maryland
Norfolk, Va
Baltimore
Everett Paul Mason, Jr
Ernest Lewis
Final Elimination Amateur Contest Set Tonight at Park Shelter House
The Seymour Exchange Club and park board present the fifth and final weekly amateur contest at Shields Park shelter house tonight at 7 30 PM. Seven acts compete for a chance to enter the Thursday August 17 show and share of 150 in prize money among five finalists. Music by Pappy Henderson and His Children of Rhythm opens and closes the program. Participants include Roscha Hohnstreiter Ronnie Gerth Barbara Ann Mize Arnold Myers Berneice Hignite Jo Ann Lind and Mary Martha Whitaker.
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Shelter House
Shields Park
Ellis L. Hooper
Seymour Exchange Club
Seymour Park
Pappy Henderson
Children of Rhythm
Roscha Hohnstreiter
Ronnie Gerth
Barbara Ann Mize
Arnold Myers
Berneice Hignite
Seymour
Jo-Ann Lind
Columbus
Mary and
Martha Whitaker
Madison
V J Day Observance Planned in Seymour on August 20
Seymour prepares for the annual V J Day event sponsored by Leslie Arbuckle-Zimmerman Post No 1925 VFW. A parade and program at Shields Park precede a memorial at Gaiser Park and a large fireworks display. Float entries must be in by August 12 with entry calls to 65 X. Poppy sales run August 18 to 20 downtown and at factories. Anti hoarding sticker distribution is planned for Seymour businesses.
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VFW Club
Commander Survey
VFW
Seymour
Small Girls Present Circus Proceeds for Hospital X-Ray Fund
The Helpers Club of Seymour aged nine to eleven ran a yard circus with Connie James as site host. They raised 10 dollars from ticket sales and donated it to Schneck Memorial Hospital X-ray Fund, joining an anonymous gift of 100 dollars this week for a running total of 6808.07 dollars. Members listed: Linda Bollinger, Connie James, Patty Reetz, Ann Reetz, Linda Henderson, Beverly Foster, Ginny Blish, Maureen Cunningham.
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Seymour
Helpers Club
Connie James
Linda Bollinger
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Ralph W. Keyes
Weather records for Seymour show official and unofficial readings
Official maximum Wednesday was 79 with official minimum 64. The 2 PM reading from downtown anemometer is unofficial while other readings come from Ruth Everlart, government weather observer. River stage is 2.4 feet and precipitation totals 0.30 inch.
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Seymour
Ruth Everlart
Seymour and neighbors plan Atterbury housing aid
Seymour and nine nearby cities met with Chamber of Commerce officials to plan housing and recreation facilities for Camp Atterbury reactivation. Ridgeview near Seymour may absorb some demand with a central registry to coordinate rentals. 25,000 soldiers expected by early September and U. S. Hospital in Atterbury planned.
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Seymour
Camp Atterbury
Chamber of Commerce
Franklin Chamber of Commerce
Columbus
Franklin
Hope
Edinburg
Shelbyville
Indianapolis
Greensburg
Martinsville
Morgantown
Harry M. Palmer
Seymour Chamber of Commerce
Ridgeview
James E Murphey
Palmer
Irvin Morris
Atterbury
Morris
P. B. Reeves
Col. Murphey
Wakeman’ Hospital
U. S. Hospital
C. of C Plans Mobilization Aid Meeting at Northwestern
A call to a Chamber of Commerce secretary and Harry M. Palmer from Seymour C of C invites attendees to Northwestern University Evans ton IL on Friday August 18. The goal is to map responsibilities and lead mobilization efforts with moderator Ben Lawshe and U S Chamber officials in attendance. The session takes place in the Technological Institute building.
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Chamber of Commerce
Harry M. Palmer
Seymour Chamber of Commerce
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
Chambers of Commerce
Ben Lawshe
United States Chamber of Commerce
R. D
Indiana Considers Two Toll Bridges
Governor Schricker said Indiana plans toll bridges at Lawrenceburg and near Mt Vernon if Kentucky and Illinois officials approve. The Lawrenceburg span over the Ohio River would cost 4 million dollars and the Wabash River bridge west of Mt Vernon about 2.25 million. A preliminary traffic and earnings report deemed the project feasible and sound financially. Conferences will be arranged with Kentucky officials.
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Indianapolis
Schricker
Indiana
Lawrenceburg
Mt. Vernon
Kentucky
Illinois
Indiana Toll Bridge Commission
State Highway Commission
Ohio River
Wabash River
Governor's of
Senate Finance Committee OKs Truman tax rise
The Senate Finance Committee unanimously approved President Truman's plan to raise corporate taxes by 1.5 billion yearly, setting a 5 percent rate on the first 25 000 of income and 45 percent above that. The measure would take effect July 1 1950 as part of a broader 5 billion tax package to fund the Korean War.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Truman
Mr. Truman
America
Universal Military Training Studied
Defense Department spokesman informed the Senate Armed Services Committee that a new Universal Military Training plan for youths 18 and 19 is under intensive study and should reach Congress soon. Rear Admiral H A Houser represented the department and gave no details beyond the upcoming submission.
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Washington
Defense Department
Congress
H. A. Houser
Senate Armed Services Committee
Tydings
Army
Navy
Air Force
U S Efforts to Prevent Rail Strike Amid War Tensions
The White House presses a new bid to avert a large rail strike during the Korean War crisis. Union leaders seek a 40 hour week for 300000 conductors and trainmen as John R. Steelman conducts private talks with railroads and unions. Senate debates seizure and arbitration bills while a switchmen walkout has faded.
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Washington
White House
Trumans
John R. Steelman
Mr. Truman
Railway Labor Act
Senate
Morse
R-Ore
W. P. Kennedy
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
R. O. Hughes
Order of
Truman
Donnell
R-Mo
Senate Labor Committee
B 29s Pound Wonsan Rail and Oil Center
Seventy B 29 bombers from Japan and Okinawa bases hit Wonsan Korea targeting its rail center switching yard repair shops and Chosen oil refinery in the largest air strike yet. Tail gunner Richard F. York of Whiting Indiana described smoke rising beyond 15 000 feet as waves struck the target.
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Tokyo
Japan
Okinawa
North Korea
Wonsan
Chosen
Richard F. York
Whiting
Ind
Biggest Gains Of War Made By Americans
U S troops yesterday drove 13 miles near Chinju and trapped up to 1000 enemy troops, the largest single day gain of the war for American forces. Chinju base faltering as North Korean forces reached eight miles from a U S fighter base near Pohang and Taegu faced renewed pressure along the 30 mile front.
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U.S
Tottering
Chinju
Pohang
Tokyo
U. S
South Korea
Taegu
Naktong River
Walker's Gamble With Offensive Is Paying off
Lt. Gen. Walton H Walker commands the U S Eighth Army in Korea and gambled on a southern offensive. The gamble appears to pay off as Pusan remains secure and the main American defense line along the Nak tong River is thinned. The plan aimed to concentrate force for an attack that pushed North Korean forces back toward Chinju.
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Leif Erickson
U. S. &Th Army
Korea
Walton H. Walker
U. S. 8Th Army
Pusan
Naktong River
Chinju
Indiana State Fair Opens With Spelling Bee And Atomic Display
Indiana's 1950 state fair runs August 31 to September 9 with attractions from an old-fashioned spelling bee to a 10 000 square foot atomic energy exhibit. Premiums total 314369.96 with nearly 22000 for 4 H entries, aiming to draw record exhibitor turnout.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Carl Tyner
Fair Board
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NEA
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