City council asks Poplar Street views before hearing
Seymour council discusses proposed closing of the north half of Poplar street between Fifth and Sixth streets. Mayor Switzer says he must appear in Jackson Circuit Court on December 16 for the school city suit. He seeks citizen opinions. some council members support closing for school safety and traffic considerations for a new high school gym.
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Seymour City
Council Chamber
Stanley A. Switzer
Poplar Street
Fifth
Sixth Streets
Switzer
Jackson Circuit Court
Brownstown
Arthur B. Foster
Edward McCrary
Seed Meeting Set To Promote Better Agricultural Seeds
Indiana seed dealers join Purdue University and the Agricultural Extension Service for a dozen conferences in Indiana. A Columbus meeting will be held at the Post Office building on Tuesday December 10 from 9 30 a m to 3 30 p m with noon intermission. Farmers seed producers and seed dealers are welcome.
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Indiana
Purdue University
Agricultural Extension Service
Columbus
Jackson County
Purdue Univerity
County 4-H Corn Show Plans Set in Jackson County
Jackson county 4-H clubs invite members to the annual corn show at Brownstown High School agriculture rooms Monday and Tuesday. Entries accepted by 3 PM Monday, show open at 5 PM Monday and 9 AM Tuesday, with judging Monday night. Two divisions open pollinated and hybrid seed. top twelve in each win prizes including seed corn merchandise and cash. Harold Kestner leads receiving and arranging exhibits. seed corn provided by the county hybrid seed group and other donors. A corn conference begins at 1 PM Tuesday.
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Jackson County
Brownstown High School
Harold Kestner
Brownstown
Jackson County Hybrid Seed Producing Association
Tennessee Girl Returned There Exposes Slaying Plot
Lafollette Tennessee twenty three year old Miss Meral McCoy returned from Seymour to Campbell county after reportedly confessing to aiding in the murder of her deaf mute mother to obtain her welfare checks. She implicated her former companion Jack Walls in additional killings meant to look like accidents. Authorities plan to reopen investigations into the mother’s death and a nearby railroad track discovery.
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Meral McCoy
Lafollette
Tenn
Campbell County
P. H. Baird
Associated Press
Minior
Jack Walls
Clifford Lay
Cold Wave Sweeps Through the East
An arctic front moves seaward as record low temperatures hit the northeastern states. New York records include Albany four below, with other towns like Glens Falls and Lake George also recording subzero or near record lows. The cold snaps end in the Midwest where readings dipped to twenty to thirty below in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Associated Press
New York State
New England
Middle West
Midland
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Albany
New York
Tub Mountain
Glenn Falls
Lake George
Saratoga Springs
Oneonta
Poukhkeepsie
New
Mrs Anna Yater Dies Mother Of Seymour Man
Mrs. Anna Yater aged 75 died Tuesday at W S Major Hospital Shelbyville after five weeks illness. Born Holton January 30 1865 she lived in Osgood years then moved to Shelbyville to live with son Clyde R Yater. She leaves two sons and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be in Osgood then Holton with burial in Holton Cemetery.
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Anna Yater
Shelbyville
Brad Yater
Seymour
Yater
Holton
Osgood
Clyde R. Yater
Holton Cemetery
New Yorker Fined for DUI in Indiana Case
Floyd Watson of New York paid 10 dollars plus costs totaling 20 and had driving rights suspended for thirty days after pleading guilty to operating a motor vehicle under the influence before Mayor Stanley A. Switzer in city court Tuesday. Hitchhiker Uhl Crosley of Trenton New Jersey pleaded guilty to public intoxication, fined 1 dollar plus 11 in costs. Mrs. Mary Early of this city pled guilty to petit larceny, sentenced to ninety days in the women’s prison suspended on good behavior for stealing eighteen dresses one skirt and one coat valued at 20 from Beatrice Avis of the Brownstown area.
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Floyd Watson
New York
Indiana
Stanley A. Switzer
Thesday
Watson
Uhl Crosley
Trenton
N. J
Mary Early
Women’s Prison
Beatrice Avis
Brownstown
Infant Morris Dies of Bronchial Pneumonia
Alvin Leon Morris, 19 days old and son of Mr. and Mrs. Glen A. Morris of 413 North Walnut, died at Sehneck Memorial Hospital at 3:30 this morning from bronchial pneumonia after a three day illness. Funeral services are set for 2:30 Thursday at Voss Mortuary with Rev. Minnie Worth. burial in Hayden. Survived by parents, born November 15, 1940, in Seymour. Call at Voss Mortuary after 7 tonight.
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Alvin Leon Morris
Glen A. Morris
North
Walnut Street
Sehneck Memorial Hospital
Voss Mortuary
Minnie Worth
Hayden Cemetery
Seymour
Glen A
Ruth Terry Morris
Fire burns at Pure Oil bulk station on Maple Avenue
Firefighters from Sermout were called at 7:40 AM to the Pure Oil bulk station on Maple Avenue. An overheated furnace ignited the office floor and a wall, with water from the booster tank used to extinguish the blaze and prevent further damage.
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Sermout Fire Department
Pure of Company
Maple Avenue
Parade floats ready for Seymour Christmas display
Elaborate floats and colorful costumes are finished for Seymour's second annual Christmas parade staged twice on Thursday. The first parade leaves Shields High School at 3 PM and crowns the queen after, then elephant nets are shown on West Second Street. The second march through downtown starts at 7 PM with crowds expected, as merchants keep stores open for visitors.
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Shields High School
West Second Street
Chestnut
Walnut Streets
Seymour Business Men's Association
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Henry G. Kindred Dies Sudden at Capital
Henry G. Kindred age 74 of 1313 University Court Indianapolis died suddenly Monday in Indianapolis from a heart attack. Funeral at 12 noon Thursday from the GriensteinerPaner with Rev Dodrill in charge, burial at Riverview Cemetery around 3 pm. Born Alma Indiana July 29 1866, retired civil engineer for the New York Central Railroad, married July 4 1892 at Bedford to Anna Howard of Bedford.
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Henry G. Kindred
University Court
Indianapolis
Griensteiner Paner
Dodrill
Broadway Baptist Church
Riverview Cemetery
Kindred
New York Central Railroad
Alma
Ind
Abraham
Melissa Utterback Kindred
Bedford
Anna Howard
Merit System Plan Studied by Indiana Steering Committee
The Republican steering committee in Indiana voted to remove penal, correctional and benevolent institutions from political control and establish a merit based employee service. They also plan to ban liquor influence in politics and repeal a statute affecting a Democratic club, with bills to implement penalties including job loss.
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Associated Press
Ldiinnapolis
Dec. d
Lewisla Fon
Indiana
Archo N. Bobbitt
Tate Chapman
GOP
House
Senate
Bobbitt
Indiana plans guard rails on state and federal highways
The Indiana state highway commission announced sealed bids due December 17 in Indianapolis for 10,638 feet of flexible steel plate guard rail. Installation will cover Seymour district areas in Jackson Jennings Lawrence Monroe Franklin and Floyd counties with labor rates set at 50 to 75 cents per hour depending on skill.
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Indiana State Highway Commission
Indianapolis
Seymour
Jackson County
Jennings
Lawrence
Monroe
Franklin
Floyd
Worst influenza epidemic in California since 1928 spreads
In a mid winter heat wave California battles its worst flu outbreak since 1928. Los Angeles reports 55 000 cases and 70 deaths with 30 percent of city schoolchildren affected. Bakersfield Kern county residents and several campuses face closures while San Jose and San Francisco report cases.
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Los Angeles
California
Bertram P. Brown
Bakersfield
Kern
San Jose
San Francisco
Dr. Brown
Anniversary of Peace Ship Sailing Marked
New York observers mark the 25th anniversary of Henry Ford funded Oscar II peace ship voyage to Europe to urge an end to World War I. Passengers included Elmer Davis Berton Braley Irving Copeland. Mine Rosika Schwimmer credited for the expedition. The voyage faced internal rifts and delayed peace hopes as Mord and many returned before Christmas.
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Scott Hershey
New York
Oscar H
New York Harbor
Oscar
Henry Mord
Europe
Elmer Davis
Berton Bralew
Irving Coes
Luucheon
Clohe
America
Henry Ford
Wilson
Automobile Mannoataether
Ford
Loving Caesar
Caesar
Chesar
Rosika Schwimner
Kirkwall
Chianstiana
Norwic
Vallonia Woman Dies At Home In Wallonia
Mrs. Anna Margaret Turmatl, 79, lifelong Jackson county resident, died this morning at her Wallonia home after a year of illness and a week of serious condition. Funeral services were held Friday and burial was in Vallonia Cemetery. She was born August 18, 1861, to Louis and Marie Anghier Geyer.
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Anna Margaret Turmatl
Jackson County
Wallonia
Wallon
Trinity Lutheran Church
Walter Huebthausen
Vallonia
Tarmail
Mrs. Tarmail
Louis and
Marie Anghier Geyer
Indiana 1941 driver licenses go on sale Thursday
Indianapolis reports that the 1941 automobile and drivers licenses go on sale Thursday. The statutory deadline for using the 140 license is midnight December 31. Frank Finney, motor vehicle commissioner, said there will be no executive extension of the deadline this year as in prior years.
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Indianapolis
Indianautomobile
Frank Finney
Bethlehem Steel Expands Capacity With 850000-Ton Increase
Bethlehem Steel Corp announces an $181 million expansion to add 850000 tons per year of steel ingots for military and commercial use. The company is also finishing an $80 million plant expansion as part of the program.
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Washington
Bethlehem Steel Corp
Ship strike ends as coast freighters settle contracts
A sixty day labor shutdown affecting over forty coastal freighters headed for settlement as deck officers tasters mates and pilots ratified a new contract. The AFL Sailors Union of the Pacific and Shipowners Association of the Pacific reached an agreement ending the long disruption begun October 4 with multiple unions involved.
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San Francisco
Dee
National Defense Construction
APL
Ameren
C.F. May
Union
Shiplowners Association of the Pacific
AFL Sailors Union
V Pacific
Vaerle Coast
Minister Resigns from Brownstown Christian Church
The Rev William Richmond resigns as pastor of Brownstown Christian Church effective January 10. He also steps down from Medorn Christian Church where he preaches Sundays. The Richmond family has lived in Indianapolis while he studies at Butler University and works part time at an Indianapolis bank.
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William Richmond
Brownstown
Teaching of Communism in New York Schools Probed
New York December 4 AP report to a legislative committee investigating subversive activities in city schools described six year old pupils taught by communist party members to beat up boy scouts and to view teachers and policemen as enemies as part of the inquiry.
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New York
Conservative MP Urges Appeal to Help Patrol Atlantic Trade Routes
In the House of Commons Ian Campbell Hannah calls for a direct British appeal to the United States to aid patrols of Atlantic trade lanes with a British navy. He argues the war burdens also benefit America. The debate notes possible compulsory mobilization of British labor to rebuild bombed industries, including Birmingham. The Rome Berlin axis reports heavy air attacks on Britain.
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Associated Press
United States
Atlantic
House of Commons
London
Britain
America
Ian Campbell Hannah
M. P
House
Birmingham
English Midlands
Hueh Dalton
R.A.F
Germany
Jennier Mussolini
High Command
Suda Bay
Greek
Crete
Man Held in Jail on Board Bill Charge
Robert Wilkerson arrested Tuesday at Corydon by constable Adam Maschino is held in the city jail awaiting arraignment before Justice William Tuell of Seymour on a charge of beating a board bill filed by Helen Martin owner of a Crothersville restaurant. Wilkerson allegedly owes a board bill of 121.85 dollars.
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Robert Wilkerson
Corydon
Adam Maschino
William Tuell
Seymour Justice of Peace
Helen Martin
Crothersville
Wilkerson
Weather Records Reading At Two Pm Today
Reading reports stage of river and low water mark with notes on gas and conditions but details are unclear due to garbled OCR.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
Minmium
Weather Outlook for Ohio Valley to Turn Colder
Generally fair weather with light rain or snow possible in the upper Ohio Valley Wednesday night into Thursday. Temperatures stay below normal but will moderate by Thursday, then drop colder in the Ohio Valley Thursday afternoon or night.
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Upper
Ohio Valley
Witk
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