Tennessee woman admits part in poison slaying
Meral McCoy of LaFollette Tennessee confessed while intoxicated to aiding in the slaying of her deaf and dumb mother for a $16 welfare check. She claimed her companion Jack Walls killed two men by throwing rocks and placing their bodies on railroad tracks. Authorities filed murder charges as she traveled back to Tennessee.
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Tennessee
Meral McCoy
LaFollette
Tenn
Clifford M. Lay
Jacksboro
Campbell County
Corp
Harry McMillin
Raymond Bell
Robert K. Gorman
Jackson County
Brownstown
Santa Claus Parade Sails Through City With Dual Thursday Show
Seymour residents can view the annual Christmas parade two times on Thursday. The event features a circus addition, floats, and fairy tale themes with bands in line. A change of plans now has the parade at 3 PM and again at 7 PM downtown, with the decision announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
All bids rejected in house removal program
County commissioners rejected four bids at the regular meeting for removing two residences near Schneck Memorial Hospital. A December 24 special meeting will readvertise, after finding the highest bid lacked proper bond and the others were too low. Omer Hackman submitted the top bid of 467 dollars including removal. Bruce Jarvis bid 127 dollars for a building on the west.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of County Commissioners
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Omer Hackman
Bruce Jarvis
Seymour City Considers North Poplar Street Closure Tonight
Citizens may speak at a Seymour city council meeting about closing one square of North Poplar street between Fifth and Sixth streets. The session starts at 7:00 PM instead of 7:30 PM in the city building council chamber.
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North Poplar Street
Fifth
Sixth
Seymour
County Officials to Attend Three Day Indiana Convention
Jackson county officials travel to Indianapolis for the sixth annual Indiana County and Township Officials convention at the Claypool Hotel. About three thousand officials from every county and township will attend the three day meeting ending Friday night. The program emphasizes cooperation and coordination among county and township offices with separate sessions for eleven member organizations and a joint session on mutual local government issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Indianapolis
Indiana County and
Claypool Hotel
Bishop Blake Injured in Wilmington Auto Crash
Retired Methodist Bishop Edgar Blake and his wife were hurt in a Sunday rollover near Wilmington. Mrs Blake suffered rib fractures a collar bone injury and back injury while Bishop Blake had no fractured jaw and both were listed in fair condition at James Walker Memorial Hospital in Wilmington.
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Edgar Blake
Methodist Church
Wilmington
Bishop Blake
Coral Gables
Fla
Indianapolis
Blake
James Walker Memorial Hospital
Blakes
Queen Selection for Seymour Christmas Parade
Seymour headlines a Christmas parade selection with Jane Thompson Shields High School student chosen as Queen. The junior chamber of commerce committee, in charge of the event, announced Miss Merry Christmas as the title holder for the Thursday parade activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Thompson
Shields High School
J. Ralph Thompson
Seymour
Seymour to Host Second Annual Holiday Parade
Community groups plan a night parade illuminated by torches to accommodate daytime workers and county students. Downtown stores will stay open Thursday for Christmas shopping as floats themed after fairy tales will combine with circus style elephants and clowns for a festive Southern Indiana spectacle.
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Seymour Business Men's Association
Junior Chamber of Commerce of
Seymour
Indiana
Forest Service plants 39,812 acres of trees in midwest region
The Forest Service reports 1940 fall planting of 38,812 acres across Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio, totaling 78,865 acres for the year and aided by 12 regional nurseries and one Illinois nursery. Jack pine led with 35,317,000 trees, red pine 23,706,000.
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The
Forest Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Michigan
Missouri
Ilinois
Indiana
Ohio
Washington
Jay H. Price
Milwaukee
Federal Forest Service
Florida
Texas
North
Ccutover
Illinois
Two Local High School Boys Play Tonight
Shields High School and Jeffersonville face off in two games at the local gym tonight. Reserve teams begin at 6:30 and the main contest follows at 8:00. Glaze reports Mellencamp absent due to illness. varsity lineup may include Giinnap Sparks Prather Tramiston Elsner Berry Dinker Garvey.
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Giinnap
Sparks
Prather
Tramiston
Elsner
Berry
Dinker
Garvey
Treasure Chest Moves to Spacious New Location
Mrs. Branelia Barnes relocates The Treasure Chest to Fourth and Walnut streets after thirteen years at 710 North Chestnut. The shop, founded November 10 1927, expanded from a small enterprise to a regional gift shop with nationwide shipments and monthly Chicago buying trips. The new Old Colonial style building offers larger display space and broader assortments.
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Branelia Mae Barnes
Fourth and
Walnut Streets
North
Chestnut Street
Barnes
Treasure Chest
Indiana
Air instructor arrives to teach five budding flyers
Lawrence Krueger of Boston arrives to instruct five young men who earned free flying lessons from the federal government after completing a ground school course run by the Seymour Business Men's Association and the Junior Chamber of Commerce. He learned to fly in Boston and plans to start the local course soon with a goal to finish by January 15 using a local air party plane.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Krueger
Boston
Mass
Voung
Seymour Business Men's Association
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Krueger
Air Party
Notaries Hear Music Program at Rotary Meeting
The Seymour Rotary Club praised Shields High School chorus and band directed by Paul Rieshee for the downtown Christmas decorations. Secretary Wilim Topie noted funding by the Seymour Merchants Association and the Seymour Pair Association as key to the 1940 display. Jack Hearn announced plans for the December 16 annual Christmas party.
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Lhhorts
Shields High School
Sevimour Rotary Club
Elks
West Second Street
Paul Rieshee
Shields
Rotary Club
A. A. Colm
H.R. Ringler
Seymour
Indiana
Wilim Topie
Seymour Business Men's Association
Seymont Pair Association
Jack Hearn
State to open bids for ten bridges in central counties
The State Highway Commission will receive bids today totaling about 700000 for ten bridges on state highways in Marion Putnam Greene Jackson Wells Clark and Hamilton counties. Projects include sections on Roads 31 40 and 135 plus bridges on Roads 403 31 and 303 with scope mostly road improvement.
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State Highway Commission
T. A. Dieus
Marion
Putnam
Greene
Jackson
Wells, Clark
Hamilton
Indianapolis
Pleasant Gardens
Newberry
Brownstown
Charlestown
Wells County
Tipton County
Express Official Dead A P Head Dies in Apparent Suicide
New York December 3 Steele Mitchell 42 president of the Adams Express Company is dead from a self inflicted bullet wound. police found him in his Fifth Avenue apartment and he died at Lenox Hill Hospital. Detective Vincent Kiernan said Mitchell apparently shot himself.
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New York
Steele Mitchell
Adams Express Company
Lenox Hill Hospital
Fifth Avenue
Lient
Vincent Kiernan
Mitchell
Westward Movement Triggers House Seat Shifts Across States
Census figures show California gains three House seats, seven states gain one each, and ten states lose one seat amid a westward population shift. New York leads with 45 members, Pennsylvania remains second with 33, Illinois third with 26. Apportionment for the 78th Congress slated for January 3.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dee
South
Eorsts Hareio
Roosevelt
California
Continental
United States
Census Bureau
Arizona
Florida
Michigan
New Menxico
North Carolina
Oregon
Arkansas
Tlineis
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Massiachhusetts
Nebraska
Ohio
Oklahoma
Peonsel Vianka
New York
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Joser
Congress
Advertisements for Worndee and Little Theaters
The Daily Tribune today features theater ads for Worndee and Little Theaters offering showtimes and ticket information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Daily Tribune
Youth Completes Course in Army Air Corps Supply Clerks
Eugene G T Wessel, a teen son of Virgil Wessel of Seymour, Texas, has graduated from the Army Air Corps supply clerks program at Randolph Field San Antonio. Enlisted in June, he is praised for excellent conduct and is a graduate of Shields High School with services noted in his record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene G. T. Wessel
Virgil Wessel
Congress Considers National Defense Inquiry Committee
Senator Byrd and about a dozen colleagues push for a six member Defense Inquiry Committee from military and naval panels to audit the National Defense Program. The panel would obtain department reports and Defense Council data to inform possible budget decisions for the coming year.
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Washington
Dee
Congress
Roosevelt
Tverd
D-Va
National Defense
Era
National Defense Council
Conepess
Former City Man Dies After Illness in Dayton
Henry Massman age seventy 4 former Seymour resident died Monday at his Dayton Ohio home after ten weeks illness. Survived by widow four sons Fred Glenn Howard and Robert Massman all of Dayton and sisters Mrs Frank Auffenberg Carrie Massman Lala Massman of Seymour. Funeral at Dayton 10 o’clock Thursday with burial there. He left Seymour about forty years ago worked as furnace man and tinner in Dayton after leaving Seymour.
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Henry Massman
Seymour
Dayton
Ohio
Massman
Frank Auffenberg
Carrie
Lala Massman
Fred Massman
Glenn Massman
Howard Massman
Robert Massman
Dies Stakes Committee Future On Public Plea
Chairman Dies of Texas urged continuation of the House un American Activities Committee for another year. He cited alleged sabotage of an experimental plane at a major plant and appealed to the people of America to support extending the investigation. He avoided naming the plant, warning corrective action could be taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Dies
House Committee On UN
Congress
People of
America
Pope Pius XI Calls Christmas Truce Amid War Warnings
Vatican message from Pope Pius XI urges warring nations to observe a Christmas truce to spare the seas and voices peace. At the same time Germany reports naval losses as 18 ships totaling about 148,247 tons are said sunk near Britain, with further ships likely lost in new sea-war actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pius XI
Urtis
Angelo
Britain
Guernsey Rites Held In Columbus For Longtime Railroad Man
Funeral services were held in Columbus for Lewis M. Guernsey eighty who died Saturday afternoon beside the Columbus armory. A telegrapher for sixty years he retired ten years ago. He was a 55 year member of the Masonic Lodge and a rail road mason pallbearers. He is survived by Mrs. Roscoe Reynead. His death shocked many friends here.
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Columbus
Lewis M. Guernsey
Roscoe Rayneed
Seymour
Masonic Lodge
Gnheensey
Columbus Armory
Indiana Crane Lodge
Seymour Stores Plan Night Openings for Christmas Shopping
Seymour business leaders announced extended hours to boost holiday sales. Stores will stay open Thursday night this week after the Christmas parade and begin a nightly schedule from Monday, December 16, remaining open on successive weeknights until Christmas Day.
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Seymour
Seymour Business Men's Association
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Bishop Blake Hurt
Fourth and Walnut
Notarians
Mississippi Valley Area
Nessee
Air Corps
Byrd
Pagel
Pope Pius
Vatican
Mackay Radio
Salvoni Wisbeng
Guernsey
Roscoe Haymond
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
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