Japanese reply to U S kept secret at Lions club meeting
Dr and Mrs T B Noble Jr presented a color and black and white photo program for Seymour Lions Club wives and guests at the Elks home. The Indianapolis couple shared travel in the southwest plus Indian tribe studies with landscapes and sunset scenes. The event followed a schedule shift for Christmas season and a volunteer drive for a good will bag campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
T. B. Noble, Jr
Indianapolis
Seymour Lions Club
Elks Home
Mrs. Noble
Noble
Harold E. Miller
Lioms Club
G. B. Bottorff
State man fined for drunk driving in city court
Robert McCloud of Owensburg Indiana pled guilty to operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He was fined 10 dollars plus costs amounting to 20 and his license suspended for 30 days by Mayor Stanley A Switzer. McCloud was arrested Thursday on U S Route 31 near Crothersville by Officer Robert Van Dyke and brought to the city jail by Officer Gene Cox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McCloud
Owensburg
Ind
Stanley A. Switzer
McCloud
U. S. Road 31
Crothersville
Robert van Dyke
Charlestown
Gene Cox
Seymour
Classification of New Draft List in Jackson County
Jackson County draft board continues classifying seventy men sent to New Albany for final physicals ahead of possible induction. No new call for examination or induction has been received. many will stay in deferred or later 1-A status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Draft Board
New Albany
Julius G. Harlow
Jackson County
Farm machinery repair boom tied to defense drive
A spurt in orders for repair parts and service and in scrap metal sales from farms follows a defense appeal. Farmers were urged to inspect equipment, order parts, or arrange repairs quickly to avoid spring bottlenecks and ready equipment for the 1942 season. Some delay on a machinery school in Brownstown February 20 could hinder timely work, though overall business is rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. P. Stall
Brownstown
Short Promoted Again at Camp Shelby Mississippi
Homer L Short receives promotion to supply sergeant at Camp Shelby Miss marking his third promotion since enlisting April 21 1941 Rising through first class private to fourth specialist before the latest rank He belongs to Company C W51st Infantry and is the son of Mrs Charles M Short of Seymour He will return home December 16 for a twelve day furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer L Short
Camp Shelby, Miss
Sgt
Short
W51st Infantry
Camp
Shelby
Charles M. Short
Seymour
Martha A Wible Dies in Indianapolis at 92
Mrs Martha A Wible aged ninety two died in an Indianapolis hospital after a monthlong illness due to age. Funeral services are set for Saturday in Indianapolis with burial in Riverview Cemetery. she leaves five children, twenty one grandchildren, and fourteen great grandchildren.
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Martha A. Wible
Seymour
Indianapolis
Kregle & Bailey Mortuary
Riverview Cemetery
New Albany
Wesley Wible
Sacramento
Calif
James Wble
Wallonia
Charles PF. Wible
Thomas Ellis
Indiananelis
Mrs Walter Darling Dies in Cincinnati
Mrs. Walter T. Darling 4305 Ashland Ave Norwood Ohio died at Christ Hospital Cincinnati at 1 30 this morning after a three year diabetes illness Funeral arrangements await word She was born in Lawrenceburg widow of Baltimore & Ohio Railroad engineer Walter T Darling who died November 18 1940 She is a sister in law of John H Darling and had many local friends Nazarene Church Norwand She leaves eight children including Mrs Arthur Bartlett of Lima Ohio a well known resident here
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Walter T. Darling
Ashland Avenue
Norwood
Ohio
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Darling
Lawrenceburg
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
John H. Darling
Fwing Street
The
Nazarene Church
Norwand
Arthur Bartlett
Lima
Georgia colleges dropped from accreditation list
The Southern Association accused Governor Eugene Talmadge of unprecedented and unjustifiable political interference for dropping ten Georgia state colleges from its accreditation. The suspension, approved at the association's annual meeting, takes effect September 1, 1942.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisville
Southern Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools
Eugene Talmadge
Georgia
Association
Boy Hitchhiker Aims For California Before Turning Home
Ten year old David Schilling of Sellersburg told a motorist he was hitchhiking to California when picked up near New Albany. He later asked at police HQ how far the trip would be, saying 197 miles, but corrected to 2,000 miles. The boy said he wanted to go home and authorities saw he reached his destination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Albany
Ind
David Schilling
Sellersburg
California
Ben Skinner
David
Taft Pushes Hoover Aid On Senate Price Control Move
Senator Taft proposed inviting former President Hoover to advise the Senate as it tackles price control legislation after the House passed a bill. Senate hearings, led by Senator Glass, will begin with Leon Henderson as first witness.
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Washington
Dee
Taft
Ohio
Senate
Herbert Hoover
House
Hoover
Ohioan
Senator Glass
D-Va
Senate Banking Committee
Leon Henderson
Glass
Flying Boat Mars Catches Fire During Tests
The Mars, a seventy ton flying boat built by Glenn L Martin Company for the U S Navy, caught fire while taxiing for water tests. Flames issued from the motor bay near the pilot’s cabin, a propeller broke free creating a hole, and the craft grounded in shallow water as fire damaged another engine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Glenn L Martin Company
1. S. Navy
Battlefront reports drive from Rostov to Mariupol and Tula front grim
Allied dispatches describe Soviet claims of German retreat between Rostov and Mariupol as Timoshenko’s forces seize 100 villages toward Rostov. Moscow front sees grave conditions at Tula with repelled assault and encirclement pressure. 4400 Germans reported wiped out as Polish government in exile signs mutual aid pact with Russia.
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Associated Press
Russia
Germany
Rostov
Mariupol
Kuibyshev
Semeon_ Timoshenko
Tula
Moscow
Red Army
Stalinogorsk
Wladyslaw Sikorski
Hsinking
Manchukuo
Manchukuo-Siberia
Africa
Western Desert
Tobruk
Libya
Balkans
Huge Steel Span Collapses Killing Eight at Connecticut Bridge
A massive section of a highway bridge over the Connecticut River collapsed during placement, killing at least eight workers and injuring many more. Rescuers recovered bodies as divers searched the wreckage, while permanent piers remained intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Hartford
Conn
Connecticut River
New London
Sharp upturn in draft expected as expansion plans loom
Washington dispatch reports a predicted surge in selective service inductions after holidays as the army aims to expand to about two million officers and men. Officials expect larger draft board calls, accelerated three year enlistments for air forces, and the creation of two more armored divisions to support a broad expansion.
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Edward FE
Bomar Washington
Army
Congress
War Department
Rotary Forum and Dinner Held at Shelbyville
Rotary members from Seymour along with clubs from Greensburg Franklin Columbus and others attended an inter district Rotary forum at Shelbyville Thursday. J Carthell Robbins Stuttgart lumberman and Rotary International director led the forum and delivered the principal address at the banquet.
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Seymour
Shelbyville
J. Carthell Robbins
Stuttgart
Ark
Lumberman
Rotary International
Rotary
Robbins
Don L. Coy
Ity
156Th
155Th
J. Ralph Thompson
Thhmpson
St. Louis
Harold Cooper
Marion
Greensburg
Franklin
Columbus
Connersville
Rushville
Roosevelt's Hands-Off Defense Labor Policy Emerges
President Roosevelt reportedly adopts a hands-off stance on defense labor legislation leaving Senate leaders to sort a tangle of anti-strike bills. Three groups push priority as the Senate considers measures from seizure and wage boards to mediation and a secret-ballot strike ban. CIO chief Murray and AFL head Green criticized the House Smith bill as a step toward totalitarian controls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Senate
Smith
Lly
D-Tex
van Nuys
van Nuys ¢D Hateh (D-Nm), Norris (nd-Neh), Austin (R-Vi
Judiciary Committee
Thomas
Utah
Hill
Ala
Ellender
D-La
Taft
Ohio
Ball
Minn
Senate Labor Committee
Byrd
D-Va
House
Mediation Board
Philip Murray
CIO
William Green
AFL
Green
Murray
Man and Wife Robbery Pair Sentenced in Indiana
Roy Skages, 30, of Indianapolis, jailed 10 years in Michigan City state prison for an Anderson filling station robbery on Sept 9, part of a man and wife team. Dorothy Lucile Skaggs, called the woman in Red, pleaded guilty and received 19 years in Ohio state prison after arrest in Indianapolis Oct 9. officers said the couple robbed in six Indiana cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Anderson
Ind
Roy Skages
Indianapolis
Michigan City
Charles FE. Smith
Madison Circuit Court
Dorothy Lucile Skaggs
War State
Indiana
Roosevelt Takes Charge of Japanese-Tokyo Talks Amid War Threats
Washington reports Roosevelt directly oversees the U S response as Tokyo weighs a reply to allied probes on troop movements in French Indo China. Envoys say Japan’s massing troops may be exaggerated though risk of war sharpens. Emperor Hirohito visits army HQ while Britain warns of possible aggression.
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Associated Press
Washington
Dee
Roosevelt
Nomura
China
Thaieland
Karususa
United States
Japan
Sig
Melbourne
Australia
Washington - Tokyo
Pacific
Singapore
Barneo
Hirohito
Imperial Army Headquarters
Sugiyama
Britain
Far East
A. V. Alexander
Admiralty
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Lions Ladies
Camp Shelby
Riverview
Walter Darling
Barkley
Banking Committee
Bia
Jerusalem
Old Yugoslavia
Uzice
National Headquarters
Rotary Forum
Coy
Louise Ahblert
Seymour Water Co
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