Rotary Forum Plans Draw Fans From Several Clubs
A Seymour Rotary Club dinner featured plans for attending an inter city Rotary forum in Shelbyville Thursday. District Governor Don L Coy and Harold Cooper will preside with J Carthell Robbins leading the program. Members from Seymour Franklin Columbus Greensburg Connersville Rushville and Shelbyville will attend.
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Seymour
Seymour Rotary Club
Elks
West Second Street
Shelbyville
Don L. Coy
Coy
Harold Cooper
Marion
155Th
J. Carthell Robbins
Stuttgart
Arkansas
Rotary International
Franklin
Columbus
Greensburg
156Th
Connersville
Rushville
H. C. Henderson
Fred Ashbaucher
Ephraim Harlow
Henderson
R. J. Miller
Marshall Tackett
George O’ Brien, Jr
Kenneth Murphy
Boys’ Club Board
Tackett
Boys’ Club
Eight year old Frances Thompson funds Ringling Circus elephants
Frances Thompson of Richmond wrote to the Richmond Times-Dispatch offering a dime to help the Ringling Circus pay for more elephants after the death of Romona Nan. She recalled loving animals and a pet goat, and said she wanted to aid the circus in memory of her late friend.
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Associated Press
Richmond
Frances Thompson
Ringling Brothers-Barnum and Baily Circus
Richmond Times- Disputch
Frances
Romona Nan
Nan
Ringling Circus
Times-Dispatch
Circus
Date Set for Seymour Sewer Bids and Bond Sale
Seymour boards set bids for Southside Interceptor sewer, Chestnut Street main line, and Maple Street lift station with a 5 percent bid bond. Sealed bids for a $58 000 city bond issue financing the project and a $35 000 municipal bond are due December 19 with specific dates and interest up to four percent.
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Seymour End
Seymour Board of Public Works and Safety
Laurel Street
Gaiser Ditch
Chestnut Street
Maple Street
Board of Works and Safety
Elmer H. Brown
Wheat Loan Storage In County Getting Limited
Farmers in the county face limited government loan storage for 1941 wheat as the season nears end. The Blish mill quoted the loan rate at 1.07 and cash price matches the loan rate for this year’s crop. Bush company storage is full, Crothersville elevator holds scarce loaned wheat, and millers foresee a steady price rise driven by rising commodity prices and tightened storage stocks.
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Blish
Bush Company
Crothersville
Three Men Enter Not Guilty Pleas In Auto Battery Case
Three men faced assault and battery charges after a Monday night dispute over a car battery. Clay Elmore Merrill Kirsch and Fledy Richards appeared before Mayor Stanley A. Switzer in city court and were released on their own recognizance. No trial date was set.
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Clay — Elmore
M. BE. Wirsch
Merrill Kirsch
Clay Elmore
Fledy M. Richards
Stanley A. Switzer
Former resident Hodapp dies in California
Word has been received of the death of Mrs. Lenore Hodapp formerly of Seymour and wife of J. D. P. Hodapp of Los Angeles California. She had visited Seymour often and had many friends there.
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J. D. P. Hodapp
Los Angeles
Calif
Lenore Hodapp
Seymour
Heller Rites Set for Frank Heller at Brownstown
Funeral services for Frank Heller age eighty one will be held Wednesday afternoon at Brownstown from Wallace Funeral Home with Rev Robert Crosby in charge. Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery Brownstown. Heller, born near Browntown in 1860, was a former Seymour resident and jewelry tradesman. He died suddenly in Los Angeles.
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Brownstown
Frank Heller
Seymour
Los Angeles
Calif
Wallace Guneral
Robert Crosby
Brownstown Presbyterian Church
Fairview Cemetery
Mr. Heller
Brownestown
Jackson County State Forest
U S Quang Pat on Peace Terms Reported Naval Actions Update
Allied and Axis forces clash in Libya as British and German units shift to Tobruk Rezegh lines with sea reinforcements. In the Indian Ocean, the Australian cruiser Sydney sinks the German raider Steiermark but is also lost, survivors rescued by the enemy ship remains.
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Associated Press
Rezegh
Tobruk
Libya
Cairo
North African
Tobruk-Rezegh
Naval Board
H.M.S. Sydney
Ministry of Information
Auto Parts Theft Ring Breakup Reported by FBI
The justice department said FBI agents seized 30 men in Detroit Chicago and New York in a stolen auto parts ring linked to Ford plants. J Edgar Hoover stated the ring has netted at least 1 million dollars this year with potential totals up to 3 4 million.
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Washington
Justice Department
FBI
Detroit
Chicago
New York
Ford Motor Company
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Ford
18 May Get Sentences Running Up to 10 Years
Eighteen Socialist Workers party members convicted of conspiracy to cause insubordination in the armed forces face possible federal sentences up to ten years. Albert Goldman of New York said appeals would be pursued, with sentencing set for next week in federal court. Evidence included seized literature, Red flags, and Trotsky images.
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Minneapolis
Socialist Workers Party
Albert Goldman
New York
M. M. Loyee
Joyce
St. Paul
Leon Trotsky
Strike Curb Advocates Find Position Stronger
Washington debates over curb strike in defense industries. House labor committee plan would create a national mediation board with a 60 day cooling off period and possible government seizure of facilities. Competing proposals include naval committee plan with arbitration and a Smith measure to freeze union status, require secret ballots, and ban certain strikes.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
House Labor Committee
National Mediation Board
Naval Committee
Mediation Board
Rep. Smith
D-Va
Defense Industries
Smith
Tularemia warning urges precautions for hunters
Indiana State Medical Association circulates a bulletin urging residents to guard against tularemia also known as rabbit fever. The advisory notes transmission from infected wildlife and outlines hygiene steps and thorough cooking. It cites wildlife links including rabbits squirrels foxes quail and dogs and mentions 1940 Indiana cases with twelve deaths. A Cincinnati research group reports an antitularean serum and an experimental vaccine under development for those exposed.
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Indiana State Medical Association
Tonia
Indiana
Association
Ohio State Medical Association
Cincinnati
Lions Club Zone Meeting Aligns With Brownstown Session
Officers of the Seymour Brownstown Wallonia and Medora Lions Clubs will attend a zone meeting linked to Brownstown's weekly gathering at 6 15 this evening. After the regular Brownstown meeting a business session of the field of the trade will be held.
Railroads Lift Threat of Nationwide Strike
Washington reports the threat of a railroad strike was lifted after two days of talks. Wayne L. Morse, head of a wartime emergency board, announced settlement terms pending Roosevelt's review. The pact could add up to 325 million dollars annually to carriers' payrolls, easing holiday traffic ahead of Christmas furloughs.
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Washington
Wayne L. Morse
Roosevelt
Morse
John C Buhner Named in College Who's Who
John C Buhner, son of Mr and Mrs John T Buhner of North Vernon, formerly of this city, will receive his A B degree from Franklin College in June and is listed in the 1942 Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges. The book, released early next year, is compiled from over 600 colleges and serves as a national recognition tool for top graduates without politics or dues.
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John ©. Buhnner
John T. Buhner
North Vernon
Franklin College
Stunions
Powerful Forces Move to Tobruk Position
The report notes no change in Tobruk positions as powerful units swing toward the area. London dispatch says naval action in the Mediterranean, where the admiralty reports sinking one destroyer and two supply ships after intercepting an Italian convoy.
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London
Admiralty
Mediterranean
ABCD powers ready to fight if Japan moves on Thailand
The United States and its allies in Britain and the Dutch East Indies stand firm against Japan in Asia. Analysts say Tokyo’s invasion of Indo China could lead to a broader Australian, Burmese, and Chinese theater conflict with strategic aims including control of resources and supply routes.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dee
Japan
Asia
Pacific
State Hall
Jepen
Hull
State Department
Far East
Kingdom
Thailand
America
Britain
China
Dutch East Indies
United States
BCD
ABCD
Indo-China
Burma
Weather Records for Seymour Show Mixed Official Readings
Official daily data show the minimum temperature from Stine Louise After government weather observer, and the 2 pm reading is 1 foot above low water. An unofficial maximum temperature comes from a downtown thermometer. River level from Seymour Water Co. pumping plant readings.
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Seymour
Stine Louise
Seymour Water Co
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U.S. Quang Pat
State Medical Association
Sones
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Bese
Royal Navy
A. Nota
Ak Mom
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