Tragic Bicycle Fatality Near Woodstock Inquest Rules Accident Unavoidable
In Tallin Estonian capital tragedy verdict declared death by unavoidable accident in teen James Archie Mellencamp of Woodstock after his bicycle was struck from behind by Wilbur Williams 21. Coroner Dr L E Shaver conducted inquest and found Mellencamp cut left in front of the car and that the death was unavoidable. Funeral arrangements listed with viewing times and burial at Riverview Cemetery.
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L. E. Shaver
Jackson County
James Archie Mellencamp
Harry Mellencamp
Woodstock
Ewing Street
Wilbur Williams
West Second Street
Shields High School
Tower Funeral Home
C. H. Allison
Crothersville
Rockford
Tower Funeral
Walter Selfridge
Peter's Switch
Shaver
Williams
Mr. Selfridge
Mellencamp Lad
Karl Acton
Acton
Mellencamp
School Buses Require Special Plates Under New Law
Bruce K. Combs announces school buses must use dedicated license plates and titles. Plate transfers rebates and discounts are not allowed, and truck plates cannot be used on buses. 1941 truck and weight tax plates may be rebated.
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Bruce K. Combs
Vehstage
Combs
Free Tuberculosis Clinic Set for Seymour City Hall
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association sponsors a clinic next Wednesday at Seymour city hall with Dr. C J McIntyre of Indianapolis in charge. Clinic hours are 9 to 12 in the morning and 1 to 3 in the afternoon Daylight Saving Time.
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Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Seymour City Hall
C. J. McIntyre
Indianapolis
Selective Service Rules Require Carrying Registration
Jackson county selective service board today stressed that every registrant must carry his registration certificate at all times and display it on request. The notice detailed who may require exhibit including law officers, national or state headquarters officials, and local boards.
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Selective Service
Jackson County
Selective Service Board
Board of Appeal
Seymour Observes Labor Day Holiday Monday
The Seymour edition announces a full holiday Monday with noontime edition and closures. Businesses will close from Saturday night through Tuesday morning as staff take the summer break for Labor Day.
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Seymour
No Celebration Called Off Labor Day Parade
Oklahoma City on August 29 reports laborers are tied to national defense work and the Labor Day parade is canceled by a spokesman noting the decision to forego celebration due to defense jobs.
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Oklahoma City
Downtown Groceries To Close For Day Amid Monday Tribune
The Monday issue of the Tribune will publish at noon. Downtown groceries are expected to be closed all day, and most other shops are following the same schedule.
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the Tribune
Three Men arraigned after traffic stop near Seymour
George Speer of Leesville was fined 10 and costs and had his license suspended for 30 days after being charged with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Charles Glover and Tony Brock, both of Leesville, were fined 1 and costs totaling 4.75 each in Justice John Russell's court.
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U. S. Road 50
William Vondielingen
Walter G. LaMaster
Seymour
John Russell
Brownstown
George Speer
Leesville
Charles Glover
Tony Brock
Justice Russell
Quail Hunting Dates Misprint Triggers Confusion
A press dispatch to The Daily Tribune from Indianapolis misstated quail season dates. It claimed November 10 to 19 with two birds daily, while actual quail season runs November 10 to December 20 with a ten bird daily bag. The note also mentions pheasants only for November 10 to 19.
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The
Daily Tribune
Indianapolis
Lions Club Program Delights With Vocal and Whistling Acts
Seymour Lions Club members and guests enjoyed a fine monthly ladies night program featuring Victor Warriner and Treva Otte. Warriner, known as Happy Harry Howard, performed whistling and vocal numbers with Maxine Deputy on piano, including a vocal whistling duet of Sweetheart of Sigma Chi.
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Seymour Lions Club
Victor Warriner
Happy Harry Howard
George King
Charlestown
Maxine
Seymour
Miss Otte
Mr. Warriner
Arthur Johnson
Foster
Spencer
Miles Gidieed
G. B. Bottorff
Ralph R. Cline
Cline
The
Water Beverage Company
Indiana State Fair Opens With Boy Scout and 4-H Day
First day crowds at the Indiana state fair praised Hoosier products and cheered Junior and Sis on opening day. Boy Scouts paraded before the grandstand as Lieut. Gov. Dawson and Gov. Schricker spoke. fifty scouts earned eagle badges. 4-H youth displayed live stock and crafts while home economics classes ran on the grounds. Fair officials forecast a record crowd of about 35 000 as clouds temper the heat.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Hoosier
Charles M. Dawson
Schricker
Fairy Grounds
Francis M. Overstreet
The
Fair Board
Weather Bureau
Back to School Party Parade and Doll Exhibit in Seymour
Seymour hosts a back to school event with a 4 PM parade featuring model planes, dolls, bicycles, a band, and police escorts. Psi lota Xj judges parade entries while 110 West Second Street showcases dolls from centuries and various national styles with exhibits returning at 5 PM.
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Seymour
Psilota Xj Sorority
West Second Street
Tri Kappa Sorority
Death of Seymour Merchant GM Beldon at 78
George M. Beldon 78, longtime Seymour grocer and former Jackson County resident, died at 12 35 am at his daughter’s Indianapolis home. Funeral services planned 2 pm Monday at Tower Funeral Home. calling hours begin Saturday night. He was born April 4 1863 in Tampico and owned several stores in Crothersville Osgood and Seymour before retiring in 1933.
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George M. Beldon
Seymour
J. F. . Beldon
G. A. McClure
Broadway
Indianapolis
Tower Funeral Home
Tower
Beldon
Jackson County
Tampico
Crothersville
Osgood
Séymour
Walter Eckert
Indiana
Red Men members to attend Ogilville picnic
Chicakeith Tribe No 405 of the Improved Order of Red Men plans to travel to Ogilville for a Red Men's picnic Monday. Pocahontas drill teams meet at the Red Men's Hall at 3 PM to finalize arrangements for a drill at Ogilville. A bus departs at 4 30 PM. About twenty five to thirty Pocahontas members are expected to go for the Labor Day drill.
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Ogilville
Pocahontas
Degree of Pocahontas
Last Union Services Sunday Draws Large Attendance
A Sunday night program of music and features by colored people closes the Summer union worship series at Shields Park shelter house. Edgar F. Maddox founder. Bethel AME Church choir performs. Seymour Ministers participate. crowds expected as the two months of services end. A fellowship week of camp meeting follows September 1 to 8 with Evangelist Rev W D Patton preaching nightly.
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W. D. Patton
Hobbs Chapel
M. Kk
Anchorage
Fall Term at Seymour Business College Opens In September
Opening dates announced for Seymour Business College with Day School starting September 2 through September 8 and Night School beginning September 9. Enrollment details indicate a brisk start for the fall term across programs.
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Seymour Business College
Book Purchasing Time Near. Shields High Freshmen Budget Range
Students at Shields High School plan to buy new school books this winter, with freshmen and seniors spending around four to six dollars and most pupils buying used texts to cut costs. Changes in textbooks are minimal this year, with several titles entering the store and reducing overall expenses.
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Seymour
Shields High School
Roosevelt creates seven man supply board to run resources
President Roosevelt appoints a seven man supply priorities and allocations board led by Vice President Wallace to decide what portion of national materials and power go to military needs and what can be spared for civilians. The move reorganizes defense machinery and may cause civilian hardships while officials seek to ease them.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Wallace
White House
Office of Producion Management
Bernard M. Baruch
War Industries Board
Knudsen
OPM
Sidney Hillman
War Stimson
Navy
Knox
Leon Henderson
Office of Price Administration
Civilian Supply
Harry L. Hopkins
Mission Festival Planned Near Waymansville
The Waymansville Mission Festival is scheduled for Sunday August 31 at the Herman Bante Grove located northeast of Waymansville off State Road 58. Morning speaker Rev Karl Herman of Dillsboro and afternoon speaker Pastor Robert Trautman of New Palestine will address services at 1030 a.m. and 230 p.m. Daylight Saving Time. The public is invited. Rev Robert Schulz pastors St Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Waymansville.
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Waymansville
Herman Bante
World at War Warning on Global Conflict Scale
On the eve of the second anniversary of Germanys invasion of Poland the National Geographic Society reported 1700000000 people four fifths of the worlds population are at war. The United States and the other American republics are the only sizeable regions not actively belligerent according to a bulletin from the society.
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Washington
Germany
Poland
National Geographic Society
United States
Society
Tax Bill Heads for U S Senate
Washington reports the Senate finance committee advanced a $3.69 billion tax bill and added $209.1 million in new taxes while calling for major non-defense spending cuts. Senator Byrd urged a 14 member panel to find further cuts and reduce non-essential outlays amid defense emergency concerns.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Budget Bureau
Byrd
D-Va
House
Secretary of the Treasury
Slayer Executed in Oklahoma Bride Slaying
Warren Abby a 58 year old Louisiana farmer and social worker was executed in McAlester Oklahoma for killing his 78 year old mail order bride during a honeymoon to obtain her savings. He was strapped in the electric chair at 1207 a.m. and died four minutes later. Warden Fred Hunt oversaw the first execution in his tenure and avoided eye contact with the chair.
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McAlester
Okla
Warren Abby
Louisiana
Abby
Fred Hunt
Jess Dunn
Hunt
Train crash kills six in Harrington area
A Pennsylvania Railroad freight train struck an automobile two miles south of Harrington after a shopping trip. Victims include William J. Derrickson, 42, Harrington. Violet Salmons, 40, Farmington. and her children Louise 10 Grace 8 Charles 6 and Stetta 2.
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Harrington
Del
Pennsylvania Railroad
Here
William J. Derrickson
Violet Salmons
Farmington
Louise
Grace
Charles
Stetta
Battle in the Gulf as German Forces Hit Soviet Ships
German forces push waves of attacks against Soviet warships and transports in the Gulf. Reports say armadas are under heavy assault as the clash escalates in fierce naval combat.
Hitler and Mussolini Meet at East Front HQ in Postwar Aim Talks
Berlin reports Hitler and Mussolini held five days of talks at the German east front headquarters to discuss postwar aims including destroying the Bolshevist threat and plutocratic exploitation. The German high command said Tallinn fell after hard fighting and Paldiski was captured, as Russian setbacks mounted with fighting near Viipuri and Leningrad reported.
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Solini
Berlin
Adolf Hitler
Tallinn
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
Gulf
Helsinki
Viipuri
Leningrad
Paldiski
Mission Festival at Savers Lutheran Church
The Savers Lutheran Church announces a mission festival in the church grove this Sunday. At 9 o clock a German service will be led by Rev. G Baumgart of Georgetown, at 10 o clock an English service by Rev. Theodore Hafner of Evansville, and in the afternoon Rev. Carl Spande of Louisville will preach at another English service. Song sheets and congregational singing will be provided with Sauers orchestra accompaniment.
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Savers Lutheran Church
Church Grove
J. Th. Destinon
G. Baumgart
Georgetown
Theodore Hafner
Evansville
Carl Spande
Louisville
Sauers Orchestra
Weather Record for Seymour Day Report
Official and unofficial weather figures for Seymour show a 2 pm temperature reading from a downtown thermometer and an official minimum for the past twenty four hours from Miss Louise Ahlert, the government weather observer. River level data comes from Seymour Water Co pumping at Rockford with the stage 4 inches below low water mark.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
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RED Men
Union Christian Fellowship Organization
Union Park Services
Wallace Group
Board
Bante Grove
U. S. Senate
Bulletin
Benito Mus
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Savers Church
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