City Public Schools Complete Grade Assignments for 1940 41
Norman J. Lasher announces the Seymour city schools staff for the 1940 41 term. Miss Dorrce Conner of New Albany named music supervisor replacing Lillian Miller who moves to LaPorte rural schools. Grade teachers assigned at Washington Emerson and Riley Schools with principals and class sections listed. Mr. Martin joins Washington from Medora succeeding Orville Brown who will finish his degree at Indiana.
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Seymour
Norman J. Lasher
Dorrce Conner
New Albany
Lillian Miller
LaPorte
Indiana
Miss Miller
Franklin
Miss Conner
DePauw University
Greencastle
Washington
Daisy Alves
Floyd Martin
Sarah Bottorff
Dawn Trueblood
Edith Dove
Georgia Cox
Lincoln School
J. A. Brackemyre
Willa Swengel
Marguerite Hess
Carol Foster
Cecil Shields
Emerson School
Ralph Collins
Mary L. Foster
Stella Gilbert
Edith Bowman
Alberta Goss
Lois Bartlett
Riley
Curtis Manden
Eva Day
Mary Beatty
Edith Trumbo
Bertha Holland
Anna Lee Patrick
Mr. Martin
Washington School
Medora
Orville Brown
U S Ponders Defense Means As European War Intensifies
German Stukas smashed the British naval base at Portsmouth turning it into a sea of flames. The raids for London and Berlin marked the fiercest air attacks yet, affecting 12,000,000 civilians.
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U.S
Portmouth
Associated Press
Britain
Portsmouth
London
Berlin
Lemons Expensive as War Broadcasts Intensify Bombings
London reports lemons at one shilling each with limit one per buyer amid wartime scarcity. The city endures a seven hour raid with fires from incendiaries, while RAF strikes Berlin near Hitler's chancellery killing ten and wounding thirty. Silent raids over Britain are noted, and censorship hides continued conflict.
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London
Italy
Outdoor DeMolay Initiation Held In Forest Shelter
Seymour Chapter Order of De Molay held an outdoor Initiatory degree ceremony Wednesday night under rain at Shelter House No 2 in Jackson County State Forest southeast of Brownstown. Porrest Foster led the event as Master Councilor with over thirty attendees including several Masons from Jackson Lodge No 146. The chapter plans further Initiatory and DeMolay degree work and officer elections and installations for a new term while some members prepare to leave for college within three weeks.
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Shelter House
Seymour
Order of de Molay
Shelter House No. 2
Jackson County State Forest
Brownstown
Porrest Foster
Jackson Lodge No. 146
Seymour Business College Opening Dates
Seymour Business College announces day classes from September 3 to 9 and night classes beginning September 10.
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Seymour Business College
Two Mishaps Reported To State Police Here
Two crashes occurred Wednesday night in the Seymour area blamed on vehicles driven in the road center. Mrs. Michael J. Flashing of Chicago injured when a 1940 sedan overturned along U S Road 31 south of Seymour after a near center-of-road encounter. Clyde Fair of Hope, driving a 1982 sedan on U S Road 50 four miles east of Brownstown, overturned while avoiding a center-lane car. no injuries reported to Fair or three companions. Both other cars fled the scene.
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Michael J. Flashing
Chicago
U.S. Road 31
Seymour
Flashing
Albert Patterson
Patterson
Warren A. Taflinger
Seymour State Police Post
Road 50
Brownstown
Clyde Fair
Fair
Junior Chamber Meets in Seymour Dinner Discussion
The Seymour Junior Chamber of Commerce held a Wednesday night meeting at the Elks Home on West Second Street with John Holmes presiding in Wilford B. Greemann’s absence. Members approved an outdoor stag party for next month and praised the evening’s lively talks despite a smaller attendance due to a local CAA course exam.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce
Seymour
Elks
West Secon Street
John Holmes
Wilford B. Greemann
Jaycee
CAA
Jaycees
Funeral services held for Horace Ransdell at Muncie and Connersville
Horace Ransdell aged twenty eight of Muncie died Wednesday after a brief illness with infantile paralysis at Ball State Hospital. He was a roommate of Elbert Lasher at Hanover College and served four years as YMCA secretary and active in youth work. Parents Mr. and Mrs. Earl A. Ransdell of Connersville. He was a talented musician.
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Muncie
Connersville
Horace Ransdell
Ball State Hospital
Ransdell
Elbert Lasher
Hanover College
Earl A. Ransdell
Muncie Y, M. CA
Youthful hunter injured in Jennings County shotgun accident
Joseph Hester fourteen of North Vernon remains at Schneck Memorial Hospital with a shattered right thigh after a shotgun discharged at close range while he and companions hunted squirrels on a farm west of North Vernon. The incident occurred Wednesday and is Jennings County's first hunting accident.
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Joseph Hester
North Vernon
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Jennings County
Wallace to Accept Nomination for Vice President
Henry A. Wallace will formally accept the Democratic vice presidential nomination in Des Moines tonight. Wallace was designated to lead the party's campaign speeches after President Roosevelt said the international situation would keep him near Washington this fall.
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Wallace
Associated Des Moines
Henry A. Wallace
Roosevelt
Washington
Rushville Buzz as Willkie Campaigns Near Indiana Stop
Associated Press reports Rushville Indiana seethes with Willkie campaign activity. Crowds greet the Republican nominee on the front porch of his rented red brick house while banners, hotel rooms, and storefronts bustle to accommodate visitors and press.
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Associated Press
Rushville
Ind
Wendell L. Willkie
Fire in Auto Ignites in Seymour Street Flair
A Washington Indiana tourist stopped on East Tipton street at 7:40 AM reporting a burning odor. She found a tire beneath her car dash causing the blaze. Firemen used a small truck and chemicals to extinguish it. officials cited paper lodged against the manifold as the cause.
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Washington
Ind
Seymour
West Tipton Street
East Tipton Street
Miss Lee
Legion Officers Installed Here in Seymour Post
Seymour Post No 88 of the American Legion held an installation ceremony at the Legion Hall on Chestnut and Bruce streets. Forest Herrmann was installed as commander, with Ray Robinson of Paoli installing officers and District Nine commander presiding.
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Seymour Post
American Legion
Legion Post
Legion Hall
Chestnut and
Bruce Streets
Legion
Ray H. Bowers
Harry Carter
Sons of Legion
J. J. Kutch
M. J. Plump
Poppy
Walter Voss
CMTC
Martin W. Steinwedel
Coulter M. Montggomery
T. A. Plunkett
Robinson
W. J. Brunton
Scottsburg
Ninth District
Ed Gardener
Lincoln Park
Clothing Needed As School Opens Seymour Welfare Seeks Donations
Seymour families face clothing shortages as school starts. welfare association reports exhausted clothing supply. Appeal issued to donate outgrown children’s clothing and shoes via Lt. Frost or ward chairmen or at the welfare storage room in the city building.
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Seymour
Seymour Welfare Association
Welfare Association
Lt. Frost
Road 31 bids due Sept 17 for widening and resurfacing
The Indiana state highway commission invites bids on two road projects south of Seymour. One covers 3.502 miles on U S Road 31 in Jackson County with gaps filled north of Crothersville including segments near Crothersville. The second covers 1.366 miles around the Muscatatuck River area in Scott and Jackson counties. Minimum wage scales are 75, 60, and 50 cents.
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Seymour
Indiana State Highway Commission
Jackson County
Crothersville
Muscatatuck River
Scott
Jackson
George McManus Dies at Sea Girt Home After Turbulent Trial
George McManus, famed Broadway gambler once linked to the Rothstein murder, died of heart disease at his Sea Girt New Jersey summer home. He was acquitted after a sensational 1920s trial, while Rothstein’s slaying in 1928 remains unsolved.
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New York
George McManus
Arnold Rothstein
Sea Girt
N. J
McManus
General Sessions
Rothstein
Farm ad rents out property quickly in Tribune classifieds
Mrs. Louise Siefker advertised renting her farm in Tribune Classifieds. The three run campaign secured a tenant after a single appearance, showing how affordable small ads can effectively move property.
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Louise Siefker
Tribune
Willkie Campaign Long Distance Operators Sent to Rushville
Special operator Miss Jerry Stratton of Indianapolis and another operator Miss Frances White were sent to Rushville to handle long distance calls for Wendell L. Willkie and newspapermen. Telegraph operators also returned to Rushville as Willkie presided over campaign activities from Main street. Stratton is daughter of Mr and Mrs Herman Stratton of Indianapolis.
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Jerry Stratton
Indianapolis
Rushville
Wendell L. Willkie
Frances White
Cora Wilk
Willkie
Main Street
Miss Stratton
Herman Stratton
Seymour
New York publicity man tied to Nazi propaganda probe
House committee on un American Activities widens its probe into Carl Byoir a New York publicity man and army reserve officer accused by Rep Patman of serving as a Nazi propagandist. Patman claims Byoir received 4000 from the German consul in New York and held a German front contract with the Tours Information Service.
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Washington
House
Patman
Dtex
Carl Bycir
New York
Byon
Dempsey
Byonr
Byou
Byoir
Byow
Debate over training versus combat planes in government orders
Washington reports stress on buying training aircraft over combat planes. Army contract for 850 training and 20 transports amounts to 14 410 235 dollars with no delivery dates given. Senator Byrd questioned orders while President Roosevelt and Secretary Knox reiterate training planes as a priority.
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Washington
Army
Byrd
Knox
Navy
U. S. Plans Underground Fuel Vault at Pearl Harbor
Honolulu reports a $5.16 million program to bury the naval fuel supply at Pearl Harbor. Officials say tanks exposed to air could be bomb targets, risking the islands’ oil reserves of about five million barrels, with 100 hard rock miners brought from the mainland to work.
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U. S
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Navy
United States
Mer
Charles Edison
Hawaii
Naval
House Military Committee Approves Burke-Wadsworth Draft Bill
Washington Aug 23 AP The House military committee quickly approved the Burke Wadsworth conscription bill for men aged 21 to 44 inclusive aiming for floor action next week. Senate passage and a 58 31 vote shaped the bill with a 1 000 000 conscripts cap favored over 900 000 and possible industry conscription added later.
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Washington
House Military Committee
Senate
House Committee
House
May
D-Ky
Hlouse
Senate Military Committee
Weather Records and River Stage for Seymour
The city reports unofficial maximum temperature from a downtown thermometer. The official minimum comes from government observer Louise Ahlert. River level data come from Seymour Water Co. pumping station at Rockford with the stage at 2 inches below low water mark.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
Local Showers and Thunderstorms Ahead This Week
The outlook calls for showers and thunderstorms on Thursday, followed by warmer and mostly fair conditions Friday and Saturday. A local thunder shower is possible Saturday afternoon or night.
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Metropolis
Reichsfuhrer
Adolf Hitler
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British Press Association
de Molays
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Rush County
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Seymour Post No. 89
Herrmann
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Hyde Park
N. Y
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Crown Prince
Olav
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