New Steel Corn Storage Buildings Planned Near Seymour
Freeman Field south west of Seymour will get five prefabricated steel warehouses with 17 000 bushels capacity each. Built by Pittsburgh Steel Corporation, the 20 by 100 foot structures will rise by mid September, moving stored corn from the hangars to the new facilities.
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Freeman Field
Seymour
Will R. Isaacs
Jackson County
Isaacs
Pittsburgh Steel Corporation
County Schools Open Year Across Jackson County
The 1950 51 school year begins in Jackson county with Sayers Lutheran School in Washington township and several townships, including Driftwood, Jackson, and Pershing, observing Book Day. Clara D Carter School in Jackson township opens Friday at 8 30 am with book lists and info. Vallonia and Freetown start Sept 11 for full sessions.
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Sayers Lutheran School
Washington Township
Jackson County
Driftwood
Jackson
Pershing
Clara D. Carter
Jackson Township
Wallonia
Driftwood Township
Freetown
Pershing Township
Vallonia
Redding Township
Sayers Lutheran
James H. Tatlock
Redding Township School Term Set
Redding township schools start Tuesday September 5 for 1950 51 term announced by trustee E J Montgomery. Grades 1 6 go to their buildings at regular time to receive book lists and buy books afternoon at Seymour Administration building. Junior and senior high pupils transfer to Seymour by bus at 1 pm. Teachers announced Woodstock Enola Sullivan and Beryl Spaugh Walnut Grove Elsie Ringer and Florence Green Reddington Gladys May Opal Adams. A teachers meeting will be held Thursday afternoon at Woodstock School for book lists and term plans.
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Redding Township
E. J. Montgomery
Seymour
Adolph Zollman
Montgomery
Woodstock
Enola Sullivan
Beryl Spaugh
Walnut Grove
Elsie Ringer
Florence Green
Reddington
Gladys May
Opal Adams
Two Pilots Qualify For Private Licenses
Two local men earned private pilot licenses through Trans-Air Inc at Freeman Field. Paul Vehstage of Seymour R4 qualified Sunday and Adrian Barksdale of 412 West Second Street qualified Tuesday. A total of 47 pilots have qualified in the Trans-Air program, with Edwin K. Beck acting as examiner.
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Trans-Air, Inc
Freeman Field
Paul Vehstage
Seymour
Adrian Barksdale
West Second Street
Trans-Air
Edwin K. Beck
Organization
Civil Aeronautics Administration
Library Adopts 10-Cent Tax Rate
The Seymour Public Library board approved a 10 cent tax levy for 1951 at Tuesday night’s meeting. Miss Katherine Frazee announced the budget was approved and noted staff changes including two resignations and two new hires. Mrs. Arthur Lange, famed for story hour and summer reading clubs, resigned to teach in Lensing Michigan as Mr. Lange studies at the University of Michigan.
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Seymour Public Library
Katherine Frazee
Frazee
Arthur Lange
Lensing
Mich
Lange
University of Michigan
Third Offense Charged Against Robert Miller in Seymour
Robert Jay Miller of Seymour was arrested early today by city police on a third offense charge for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of intoxicating liquor. The charge will be filed in Jackson Circuit Court at Brownstown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Jay Miller
Seymour
Jackson
Brownstown
Man Hurt When Hit By Truck at Corner
Conrad Engleking, 78, of Seymour Alabama, was injured at noon at the Chestnut and Tipton intersection. He was taken to Schneck Memorial Hospital with possible a fractured leg. Jesse Kovener drove a 1946 Dunlap and Company truck north on Chestnut andleft onto Tipton as Engleking stepped from the curb.
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Conrad Engleking
Seymour al
Chestnut
Tipton Streets
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Jesse Kovener
West Oak Street
Dunlap and Company, Inc
Chestnut Street
Tipton Street
Engleking
Man Arrested After Chase and Shots In Air
Joseph Hugh Browning 36 of Louisville was charged with public intoxication and held in the city jail. He fled across a barn area near Reddington Tuesday night, as officers fired into the air during the chase and found him later in the weeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Hugh Browning
Louisville
Browning
Chester Wilson
Arthur D. Warrick
Seymour
Reddington
Indiana Hints at Bridge Widening Plan on Highways
Indiana highway officials consider widening 1218 narrow bridges including new primary road spans already under construction. The plan, proposed by Samuel Hadden, could cost 9.255 million if approved by the state commission and federal authorities. Police Superintendent Arthur Thurston notes fatal crashes near Elkhart and Seymour on U S routes 1 and 31, urging broader safety measures as traffic speeds are slowed on the affected corridor.
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Indiana
Samuel C. Hadden
Indiana State Highway Commission
Hadden
Arthur M. Thurston
Highway Department
Elkhart
U. S. Road 31
Seymour
U. S
Road 31
Brotherhood Fish Fry At Central Church Tonight
The Men's Brotherhood of Central Christian Church will host a fish fry at 7 tonight in the church. A weather change moved the event from Delbert Anderson cabin at Cranetown to the church. Gospel Four quartet will sing and Rev. Howard Jenkins of Greentown will speak.
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Men's Brotherhood of the Central Christian Church
George L. Florence
Delbert Anderson
Cranetown
Gospel Four
Howard Jenkins
The
Christian Church
Greentown
Weather records for Seymour include official readings
Official maximum Tuesday 81, official minimum 0, 2 PM unofficial 68 from downtown thermometer. Readings from Mrs Ruth Everhart government weather observer. Precipitation 0.11 inch, river 2.5 feet.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Local Man Active In War's Most Intensive Shelling
Cpl. Billy Quinn of Seymour participates with the First Cavalry Division Artillery in Korea during a period of heavy bombardment. He uncased and prepared ammunition for a six gun battery firing 1,820 rounds in 24 hours to repel crossing Reds at the Naktong River, estimating 300 fuses and 30 tons of TNT expended. An estimated 600 Communist troops were killed as battalions were broken up.
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First Cavalry
Korea
Seymour, Lrd
First Cavalry Division
Naktong River
Cpl
Billy Quinn
Irene Anderson
East Sixthstreet
Seymour
T.N.T
Lne
Two Connersville Command Officers Have Seymour Links
Two of the four commanding officers at the Connersville state police post previously served at Seymour. Lt. Elmer H. Hollenbach led southern Indiana assignments from Bedford to Seymour before moving to Connersville in 1938. Don R. Phipps succeeded him in 1947 and trained at Northwestern University Traffic Institute in Evanston, Illinois.
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Connersville
Seymour
Elmer H. Hollenbach
Indiana
Bedford
Rushville
Brookville
Don R. Phipps
Hollen
Continued Rain Expected Here In Five Day Forecast
A five day Seymour forecast calls for more rain tonight through Friday with total accumulation from 1.5 to 3 inches. Rainfall this week has left Seymour with over 42 inches for the year and temperatures expected 3 to 6 degrees below normal. Tuesday's high reached 81 and low 66 as cooler weather is forecast for Friday and Saturday. Indiana corn crop remains fair to good after a volatile week with heavy rains in some areas.
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Seymour
Kford Station
Ruth Everhart
Indiana
Waymansville Church Picnic Scheduled for Sunday
The St. Peter Lutheran Church in Waymansville announced its annual Sunday School and Church picnic next Sunday on church grounds. Rev. William C. Breda said games for all ages will be held in the afternoon with entertainment in the evening and the Men's Club managing refreshments and food tents.
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St. Peter Lutheran Church
Waymansville
William C. Breda
Favorable Food Situation Supports Conservation Practices
Will R. Isaacs, chairman of the Jackson County Production and Marketing Administration Committee, says the July Bureau of Agricultural Economics report shows a strong national food position. He notes similar civilian supplies to recent years, ample storeable stock, and exports remaining lower, with per person consumption about 11 percent above the 1935-39 average.
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Will R. Isaacs
Jackson County Production and Marketing Administration Committee
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States
Isaacs
Anti-Inflation Curbs Set for Swift Action
A Senate House conference compromise clarifies Truman's power to impose price controls and related wage ceilings. The plan lets him set controls on items or broad categories with linkage to production, aiming for quick final action after minor differences are resolved.
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Washington
Senate
House Committee
Truman
House
Maybank
D-Sc
Gulf Hurricane Threatens Louisiana Coast
New Orleans reports a Gulf hurricane roared toward the coast and was expected to strike the Louisiana shoreline this afternoon and reach Mississippi and Alabama coasts tonight. At 9 30 a m CST the center was 165 miles south southeast of New Orleans with winds up to 95 miles an hour extending outward up to 100 miles and gale force winds reaching 250 miles in the northeast quadrant.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Alabama
Weather Bureau
W. R. Stevens
New Orleans Weather Bureau
Tilford Y. Logan dies in Seymour home at 49
Tilford Y. Logan a Seymour resident for 12 years died at his home 716 West Tipton late Tuesday after seven weeks of illness. Funeral set for Thursday 1:30 PM at Voss Mortuary with Rev. Edgar F. Maddox officiating. Burial at East Louisville Cemetery. Survived by mother Ida Coleman Logan and wife Carrie Rowan. one brother preceded him in death.
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Tilford Y. Logan
Seymour
West Tipton Street
Voss Mortuary
Edgar F. Maddox
Bethel A. M. E
Louisville
Joseph
Ida Coleman Logan
Miami
Fla
Carrie Rowan
Prisoners in Korea Fare As Well as GIs
Dr. Russel Davis describes equal medical care for North Korean prisoners and U S troops near the Korean front. He notes around the clock work by medical staff and contrasts prisoner treatment with how Russians claim POWs are treated.
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Korea
R. Davis
Russell Davis
Homer Davis
Reddington
Davis
Allies Hold but Reds Pour In As Seoul Front Rages
Allied forces clung to Pohang as North Korean troops massed from Taegu and the mountains. In two bloody clashes along Battle Mountain near Haman and at Waegwan the U S Negro and South Korean units drove back Reds. North Korea ordered by Kim Il Sung to wipe out UN forces by midnight, August ends behind schedule.
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Tokyo
Pohang
Sea of Japan
Taegu
Kim Il Sung
United Nations
Haman
Masan
Waegwan
Battle Mountain
UN Council to Air Formosa Question
Security Council plans to take up the Formosan issue after Korea. Russia’s Malik says he will stay to press for a Chinese Communist seat and an alleged U S aggression case against Formosa. The council voted 7 to 2 to study the complaint of armed invasion of Taiwan with China and Cuba opposing.
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Malik
Taiwan
Formosa
China
Cuba
Egypt
Yugoslavia
Britain
Gladwyn Jebb
UMT Shelved by Senate Armed Services Committee
The Senate Armed Services Committee voted 8 to 3 to delay action on Universal Military Training until January. Chairman Tydings was authorized to appoint a subcommittee to draft a comprehensive measure for the new Congress and seek priority when it reconvenes. President Truman opposed immediate action, aiding the pause amid Korea era strains.
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Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
Truman
Tydings
D-Md
Congress
New Autos Hoarded For Gray Market
Indianapolis reports indicate that new cars are being hoarded and moved to a gray market. Mahlon Leach states 232 cars bought last week were not licensed, with private purchases going to auction for quick profits. The bureau lacks authority to curb the practice.
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Indianapolis
State Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Mahlon Leach
Leach
Martin J. McManamon
Bureau
Truman to Deliver 30 Minute Fireside Chat Friday
President Truman will speak at 8 p.m. Friday in a national radio and TV address televised from the White House projection room. The speech will report on United Nations forces in Korea and the international crisis, plus home-front issues including proposed economic controls and the current tax debate.
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Washington
Truman
White House
Charles G. Ross
United Nation
Korea
Senate
First Day of Fair Opens At Indiana State Fair
Indianapolis August 30. Children twelve and under enter free as the Indiana state fair opens at 8 a m with about 5000 Boy Scouts expected to join in. Scouts ride free Thursday through Saturday and next Thursday while midway rides are discounted for youngsters only Thursday. Governor Schricker greets the Boy Scouts at 8 p m in front of the grandstand with a Sahara Grotto 14 hour show. Trained guides will explain the atomic energy display. Exhibitors work on a bigger and better fair as the conservation building is not ready.
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Indianapolis
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NEA Telephoto
1St Cavalry Division
South Korea
Nea-Acme
Stanley Tretick
Library
Chase
Brotherhood
Waymansville Church
PMA
UN Council
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