Council Adopts Ordinance for New Lighting
Seymour city council approved a street lighting contract with Public Service Company of Indiana for a new white way system downtown. The deal, signed by the board of public works and safety, should save about 1490 until installation next July, with retroactive rate to December 1 and fivefold illumination at similar cost. Freeman Field inquiry also addressed. Mayor Burkart to contact War Assets Administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Public Service Company of Indiana
Board of Public Works and Safety
John Hauenschild
W. H. Boicourt
C. W. Burkert
Edward P. Elsner
Jesse Himler
Himler
Boicorrt
Paul Brackemyre
Boicourt
Freeman
Office of Division Engineers
Cincinnati
Freeman Field
O'Byrne
Postoffice Awaits Parcel Post Rules
Seymour post office awaits official notification on new parcel post rules after a shipping embargo. Postmaster W H Droege expects guidance soon as rules set Friday limit parcels to five pounds and sixty inches combined measurement, likely shrinking holiday parcel business by up to fifty percent.
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Seymour
W. H. Droege
Washington
Expense accounts filed in Jackson County election
Filing of campaign expense reports for the November 5 general election continues as candidates submit totals within thirty days. Names include Henry Hageman, Willard Newkirk, Herschel MecClintick, Francis Grider, Max Tinch, Glen Stilwell, Harden Hancock, Wiley Phillips, and Vernon Hill with varying amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert H. Horstman
Jackson County
Charles G. Martin
C. C. Elliott
Seymour
Justice of Peace
George H. Gossman
Jackson
Henry Hageman
Washington Township
Willard Newkirk
Hamilton Township
Herschel MecClintick
Francis Jennings Grider
Driftwood
Max Tinch
Glen Stilwell
Owen Township
Harden G. Hancock
Wiley Phillips
Carr Township
Vernon Hill
Salt Creek Township
Firemen Respond to Two Roof Fires in Seymour
Seymour fire department made two runs to roof fires in Seymour Tuesday night and this morning. Damage was light. A spark on a shingle roof at 401 East Second street damaged a residence owned by A Sallee. A roof fire at 801 Hustedt street damaged a residence owned by a Mr Green.
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Seymour
East Second Street
A. Sallee
Hustedt Street
Green
Two Women Held for New York Police
Two young women claimed to have escaped from a Syracuse state school in New York were held at the city jail to be turned over to New York authorities. They gave names as Virginia Cord and Doris Eason, both aged nineteen, after being taken into custody by Seymour night police Tuesday.
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Syracuse
New York
Seymour
Virginia Cord
Doris Eason
Shields High School Cafeteria Serves About 100 Lunches Daily
The Shields High School cafeteria served 3,078 plate lunches during October and November, averaging about 100 daily, with 466 bottles of milk sold to students who bring lunches from home. The program started October 1, 1946, and operates at cost to provide balanced meals, with daily menu changes and staff of two full time workers plus student helpers.
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Shields High School
Officials to Take Office as New Year Begins
The November elections set a wave of changes in county and township posts. Many officials start January 1 1946, while others delay to later months. Earl Wilson begins a fourth two year term in Congress January 1. John M Lewis becomes Jackson circuit court prosecuting attorney. George H Gossman starts a six year Jackson circuit court judgeship. Metford seats in the Indiana house when assembly meets. Joe W Goss waits until February 25 1948 to assume clerkship. Gaynelle Moritz becomes county recorder January 1. Others begin January 1 1947 48 or 1946 in succession, with all township trustees taking office January 1.
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Earl Wilson
Congress
Indiana
John M. Lewis
Jackson Circuit Court
John H. Metford
Malcolm Routt
Metford
Mr. Lewis
George H. Gossman
Jackson
John C. Branaman
Kr. Metford
Jackson-Brown
Indiana House of Representatives
General Assembly
House
Joe W. Goss
Albert H. Horstman
Max Tinch
Chauncey Hague
Gaynelle Moritz
Thelma Alberring
George W. Abel
Leon E. Shaver
Ernest L. Kieffer
Earl Singer
Mart Bergsieker
Molotov Accepts U S Arms Reduction Proposal
Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov announced at Lake Success that the Soviet Union will accept the U S arms reduction proposal as a basis for discussion. He stated the big power veto would not apply to control and inspection systems. The move drew praise from British and Australian delegates and may enable UN action.
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Lake Success
N. Y
V. M. Molotov
United States
Hartley Shawcross
Paul Hasluck
United Nations
Molotov
U. N. Assembly
Russia
Security Council
Theater Ads Move Up to Page Three in Tribune
The Tribune places theater advertisements on page three instead of the usual last page today, signaling a change in layout. The shift affects listings for plays, showtimes, and venue names featured in entertainment notices.
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The
Tribune
Weather Records Show Official Highs and River Readings
Official weather record lists a minimum and maximum for Tuesday with readings taken at 2 PM. River stage measures 1.6 feet above baseline, indicating higher water levels for the period.
Senior Class Play A Date With Judy
Shields High School prepares the senior class play A Date With Judy for two performances in the auditorium. Coach Kenneth N. Warbritton directs as the cast completes final touches for Thursday matinee and the 8 pm show. A large crowd is expected to attend.
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Judy
Shields High School
Kenneth N. Warbritton
Obituary of Roy E. Miller 65 in Seymour area
Roy E. Miller age 65 lifelong resident died early today at Schneck Memorial Hospital after two months illness. He lived on North Vernon R4 eight miles southeast of Seymour and worked twenty years for Central Pharmacal Company. Born October 16 1881 in Redding township he married Edith E. Wilkins April 14 1901 in Indianapolis and survives with five children, a brother, two sisters, eight grandchildren and his widow. Funeral at 2 PM Friday at Voss Mortuary with Rev George Dick, burial Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 PM tonight.
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Roy E. Miller
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Mr. Miller
North Vernon R4
Seymour
Central Pharmacal Company
Redding Township
Edmund J
Mary Ellen Davis Miller
Indianapolis
Edith E. Wilkins
Miller
The
Baptist Church
Collin Miller
W. Alfred Miller
Margie Powers
Frederick, Md
Wilma Vorn
Riverview
Voss Mortuary
Industries Hit Hard Blow By Embargo Order
Washington moves restrict rail freight and parcel post to essential coal needs, aiming to keep locomotives running on reduced schedules. Embargo hits industry and travel. 50 percent freight decline anticipated. distribution to public health items spared.
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Washington
Prospect
Armed Services
Office of Defense Transportation
ODT
J. Monroe Johnson
Senate Republicans push probe into occupied Germany reports
Four Republican senators pressed to publish and pursue a full inquiry into alleged immorality venereal disease misconduct and tenting of displaced persons in the American zone of Germany while Democrats blocked and the War and State Departments warned the charges based on gossip.
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Washington
Dec
Senate
Germany
Congress
War Department
Truman
George Meader
Meader
United States
Brewster
R-Me
Ferguson
R-Mich
Bail
R-Minn
Knowland
Calif
Col
Francis P. Miller
Europe
State
War Departments
Harry S. Truman
Edwin C. Johnson
D-Cole
Colorado
Oakland Mayor Seeks Emergency Powers Amid Labor Walkout
Oakland California December 4 An aroused mayor demands drastic emergency powers as a mass AFL protest walkout shuts down transport across the Bay Area. The strike halts commuter service, delays deliveries, closes industries, and fills streets with demonstrators while AFL leaders vow to press demands against Kahn's and Hastings department stores.
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Oakland
Calif
Herbert L. Beach
AFL
San Francisco- Oakland Bay
East Bay
Oakland Auditorium
James F. Galliano
Alameda County Labor Council
Kahn’s
Hastings
Heal
UMW Fined 3.5 Million. Lewis Fails Jail Hope
United Mine Workers faced a 3.5 million dollar contempt fine with John L. Lewis personally fined 10 thousand as judges weighed punishment for the coal strike. Government urged daily fines while defense argued cruel treatment. a jail term for Lewis was not requested.
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Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Lewis
T. Alan Goldsborough
John F. Sonnett
Syne
Goldsborough
Sonnett
Welly K. Hopkins
Thomas Kennedy
UMW
Federal Coal Mines Administration
Joseph A. Padway
Padway
Sennett
Gove
Andrew Redicker Dies At Home Near Wallonia
Andrew Redicker age fifty five died at his Driftwood township home south of Wallonia after a period of illness. Funeral services were held at 1 30 Friday afternoon and 2 o'clock at Driftwood Lutheran Church. He leaves widow Josephine Turmail Redicker and two sons Elbert and John William and sister Mrs Mary Pollett of Driftwood township.
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Andrew Redicker
Wallonia
Driftwood Lutheran Church
Redicker
Josephine Turmail Redicker
Elbert
John William
Mary Pollett
Driftwood Township
Hamilton Ohio Seeks State Aid as Blackout Hits
Hamilton the first sizable Ohio city to exhaust its coal reserves suffered a midnight blackout of street lighting. Gov. Lausche pledged state guard aid to protect 50 000 residents and property, saying the action could presage steps in other communities. Mayor Beckett and City Manager Buechner requested help.
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Columbus
Hamilton
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio State Guard
William Beckett
F. R. Buechner
State Guard
Gas to flow through Big Inch and Little Inch lines in 2 days
Congressional testimony said natural gas should start flowing through the Big Inch and Little Inch pipelines within 48 hours to ease the coal shortage. Gadriner Symonds of Tennessee Gas said crews are already at work and gas will turn on soon, weather in southern Louisiana delaying cross-border delivery due to easement issues.
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Washington
Big Inch
Little Inch
Gadriner Symonds
Houston
Texas
Tennessee Gas and Transmission Company
House
Symonds
John R. Steelman
Harold L. Ickes
Steelman
John L. Lewis
Louisiana
New York
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Pennsylvania
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Board of Works
N. York Police
Gossman Reelected
U.S
Willard N. Everart
W. C. Kendall
American Association of Railroads
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