Ice Ration Keeps Seymour Ice Supply Stable
Indiana faces wartime ice shortage fears but Seymour reports steady stock as Ebner Ice & Cold Storage enforces a ration. Since July 9, residents may obtain twenty five pounds daily with no sales on Wednesdays and Sundays. Hospitals and sick households receive regular or special deliveries, while commercial users get seventy percent of their June average.
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Indiana
Seymour
Ebner Ice & Cold Storage Company
County Soldiers' Memorials Set
Two memorial services honor local servicemen killed in France. T/4 Walter John Waldkoetter, killed on D-Day June 6, and Pvt. Gerald Eckelman, killed July 18, will be remembered at Wegan Lutheran Church at 2 PM and White Creek Lutheran Church at 10 AM respectively, with pastors Rev. Urbahns and Rev. Schulenburg in charge. Families and friends are invited.
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Jackson County
France
Walter John Waldkoetter
Gerald Eckelman
T/4
Waldkoetter
Jane Patrick Waldkoetter
Little Walter John Waldkoetter
John Waldkoetter
Brownstown
T/4 Waldkoetter
Wegan Lutheran Church
Ernest Urbahns
Pvt
Eckelman
Leona Bobb Eckelman
William Eckleman
White Creek
Pvt. Eckelman
White Creek Lutheran Church
L. Schulenburg
New Postal Regulations Limit Gifts to Army Troops Overseas
Jackson county residents learn of new Army mail rules issued by Postmaster General Walter H. Droege. The changes affect registered mail handling and US overseas shipments of candy and foodstuffs, papers, watches, eyeglasses, and fountain pens via APOs, with eight ounce package limit for overseas registrations.
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Jackson County
Walter H. Droege
Army
Navy
Apo's
District G O P Meeting Set With Millis Speech
Republicans of Jackson county plan a fall campaign kickoff at Shields Park at 7 30 tonight with Frank T Millis. The ninth district gathering is set for Saturday August 26 at Avastin with state officials county organizations and candidates attending. James M Tucker toasts at 6 PM dinner. program opens 2 PM with interviews tours and events through 6 PM.
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Jackson County
Frank T. Millis
Shields Park
Ivan C. Morgan
Austin
Avastin
Republican State Committee
James M. Tucker
Indiana
Morgan
Nephew of Deceased Local Woman Killed in France
Private Loren Jack Furnish of Madison died in action in France on July 15 in the St Lo sector after twenty six days in country. He enlisted October 26, 1943 and belonged to the Madison Kiwanis Elks Country Club Eagles Lodge and Methodist Church. Survived by widow Mrs Emma Nell Furnish daughter Nancy Lee Furnish mother Mrs Laura Furnish a brother and four sisters.
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Loren “Jack” Furnish
Madison
Trv-Me Bottling Company
D. L. Perrin
France
St. Lo
Pvt
Furnish
Madison Kiwanis Club
Elks Club
Country Club
Eagles Lodge
Methodist Church
Emma Nell Furnish
Nancy Lee Furnish
Laura Furnish
Scottsburg
Letter Carriers Link Patrons With Outside World
Seymour Lions Club hears Wesley, former local newspaperman and past district governor, speak on rural carriers. Lion Beldon inducts Malcolm Mason. W. H. Droege and several rural carriers attend as guests. Wesley, associate editor of National Rural Carriers Magazine, contrasts Seymour fellowship with Washington indifference.
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Wesley
Frank Mattox
Lion J. Floyd Beldon
Malcolm Mason
Seymour Lions Club
Lion Beldon
Lion T. Perry Wesley
Lion Wesley
Tional Rural Carriers Magazine
Washington, D. C
W. H. Droege
Seymour
Washington
Rural Letter Carriers
Former Resident Killed in Action in Italy
Sergeant Victor Solimeo of Brooklyn New York formerly lived in this city for two and a half years and worked at Reliance Manufacturing Company He was with a tank division and was killed in action in Italy on July 21 relatives in this city learn with regret.
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Victor Solimeo
Brooklyn
N. Y
James Galati
Italy
Solimeo
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Benjamin F. Yount Dies in Elwood at 70
Benjamin F. Yount 70, of 613 Mill Street, died suddenly on Thursday afternoon in Elwood while visiting relatives. Born May 29, 1874 in Lexington, he lived in Indianapolis and Seymour, worked for Indianapolis City Railways, married Ada Dismore in 1910, and was a member of Seventh Christian Church and Knights of Pythias. He is survived by his wife. a sister Martha Bartlett preceded him in death. Burial planned in Scottsburg with funeral arrangements pending.
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Benjamin F. Yount
Mill Street
Elwood
Mrs. Yount
Mr. Yount
Sarah Adkins
Martha Bartlett
Scottsburg
Weather Records Mis
Reading at 2 p.m. River stage eight inches above low water mark and weather records misreported.
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Mis .O
Secessservers Rerer
Soviets Mass Forcing Szeszuppe Crossing Near East Prussia
Soviet front reports say German scorched East frontier villages as Russian Third White Army Group under Gen. Ivan Cherniakhovsky massed for a crossing of the Szeszuppe River on the Germany border. German counterattacks failed to halt the advance after two weeks of hard fighting in western Lithuania.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Ivan Cherniakhovsky
Szeszuppe
Lithuania
East Prussia
Cherniakhovsky
River Rises as Heavy Rains Hit White River
Heavy rains in the northern part of the state pushed the White River to eight inches above low water by mid afternoon, after Thursday stood at one inch. Temperatures cooled with a 60 degree low and 88 degree high, while 1.7 inches of rain soaked into ground hungry for moisture.
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White River
Louise Ahlert
Shields High Band to Perform at Osgood Sunday
The Shields High School Band directed by Paul W. Rigsbee will travel to Osgood Sunday to perform at a Moose Lodge arranged celebration. The group departs Shields Memorial gym at noon. The band is noted as a leading southern Indiana high school musical unit.
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Shields High School
Paul W. Rigsbee
Osgood
Moose Lodge
Shields Memorial Gymnasium
Rigsbee
Indiana
No Park Service Sunday at Shields Park Shelter
No church service under Seymour Ministerial Association will be held Sunday night. On August 27 the service at Shields Park will be led by the colored A. M. E. Church of this city.
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Seymour Ministerial Association
Shields Park
the Park
Colored A. M. E
Brilliant Flash Baffles Hoosiers
Reports of a brilliant sky flash and loud explosion spread from Dunes State Park to Vincennes Richmond and Terre Haute at about 8 20 this morning The event drew statements from Indiana state police and witnesses who said a huge silver flame seemed to fall in the direction of Robinson Indianapolis observers noted a trail of smoke and a plume of blue flame without a confirmed crash location
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Dunes State Park
Vincennes
Richmond
Terre Haute
Elmer Paul
Walter Eckert
Eckert
Hitler
Ollie Richardson
Bicknell
Robinson, Dl
Legion Eyes Purchase of Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis and Aug 18 AP The Indianapolis Motor Speedway, home of the 500 mile race since 1911, may become property of veterans group The American Legion's Fans Making and Charity-Promoting branch, Indianapolis Volture 145, which disclosed it has an option to buy the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation assets for an undisclosed sum.
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Indianapolis
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Indianapolis Volture 145
American Legion
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Corporation
Roosevelt nominates Patch for lieutenant general rank
President Roosevelt nominates Maj. Gen. Alexander M Patch Jr commander of the Seventh Army now invading Southern France for promotion to lieutenant general.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Alexander M. Patch, Jr
France
Three American divisions named in southern France drive
Rome reports three American infantry divisions spearheading the Seventh Army push into southern France are the Third, 36th and 45th, veterans from the Mediterranean and previously part of the Fifth Army in Italy. London notes Allied air power west and east of the Seine escape barrier, downing 23 German planes as heavy bombers hit forward air bases in raids.
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Rome
Seventh Army
France
Fifth Army
Italy
London
Seine
Nazis in South France See Resistance Crumble Before Allied Advance
Allied reports say Nazi resistance in southern France is crumbling as Maj. Gen. Alexander M. Patch's forces push inland from the Riviera beachhead. Casualties total under 300 American and about 7,000 German prisoners, including a general and staff, are reported.
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Rome
France
Seventh Army
Riviera
Alexander M. Patch
Maritime Alps
Toulon
Cannes
Rhone Valley
Aix-En-Provence
Marseille
County Native Aids in Guam
Lieutenant Colonel Thomas B Manuel of Jackson county helped lead U S Army forces on Guam as the 77th Army Division pressed jungle warfare against Japanese defenses. The dispatch notes Manuel and Brig General Edwin H Randall scanning maps at regimental HQ near Mt Santa Rosa as reports flowed of tank hits and enemy casualties.
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Thomas B Manuel
Jackson County
U. S. Army
Guam
Navy
77Th Army
77Th
Mt. Santa Rosa
Thomas B. Manuel
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Edwin H. Randall
Muncie
Ind
Randall
Manuel
Patton’s Tanks Close on Paris as Nazis Flee Toward Rouen
Allied forces led by Lt. Gen. George S. Patton press toward Paris, driving German troops retreating toward Rouen on the Seine. American armored units operate near Paris while radio reports from Berlin note a northward thrust and efforts to encircle the Seventh Army south of the river amid heavy air and ground attacks.
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Associated Press
London
George S. Patton
Paris
Rouen
Seine
Patton
Eiffel Tower
Berlin
Seventh Army
Gace
Laigle
Argentan
Caen
le Havre
Falaise
Chambois
Blockade Threatens Japanese Holdings in Pacific
Allied air and naval blockade spreads across sea lanes below the Philippines threatening all Japanese holdings south of China. Japanese garrisons along 800 miles rely on makeshift shipping unable to move munitions or aviation gasoline. Gen. Douglas MacArthur reports the fifth Philippines raid and 23 planes downed at Halmahera. Japan’s big ships avoid waters southeast of a line from the Philippines to Celebes and Ceram.
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Southwest Pacific
Philippines
China
Islance
Nippon
Douglas MacArthur
Halmahera
MacArthur
Japan
Celebes
Ceram
Edward G. Trueblood Dies in Woodstock Residence
Edward G. Trueblood, 67, retired Seymour Woolen Mills fireman, died at his Woodstock home shortly before midnight Thursday after a two year illness. A native of Washington County born February 12, 1877, he had lived in Woodstock for ten years with his parents Henry and Mary E. Baker Trueblood listed as his father and mother.
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Edward G. Trueblood
Seymour Woolen Mills
Woodstock
Seymour R1
Mr. Trueblood
Washington County
Henry
Mary E. Baker Trueblood
Funeral Rites Set For Daniel Webster Mahoney
Funeral services for Daniel Webster Mahoney age eighty who died shortly after noon Thursday at his home 909 West Brown Street will be conducted at 2 oclock Saturday afternoon from Tower Funeral Home with Rev R S Wilson of Central Christian Church in charge. Burial in Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call at Tower Funeral Home after 7 oclock tonight.
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Daniel Webster Mahoney
West Brown Street
The
Tower Funeral Home
R. S. Wilson
Central Christian Church
Riverview Cemetery
Situation in Italy Much Easier Today
Rome Aug 18 The official note said the northern Florence area where tanks broke through Thursday is much easier with limited enemy sniping in the suburbs. Front activity elsewhere remains light with patrol clashes and artillery duels. The U S 91st Infantry Division under Maj Gen Livesay is now in the line with the American Fifth Army on the western front.
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Associated Pro Rome
Florence
Harold Alexander
U. S. 91St Infantry Division
William G. Livesay
Fifth Army
Vast Changes Likely For Social Security During the Coming Year
Capitol Hill experts work on a postwar revenue plan as Senator George D Ga predicts an early next year push for a full revision of the social security law. He cites requests for expanded programs and outlines three key decisions on public assistance equalization and the old age and survivors insurance payroll tax structure.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
George D-Ga
Congress
George
Finance Committee
Senate
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