County Adds 3 More 1 B Beds at Rockville Sanatorium
Jackson county receives a quota increase to five beds at the Rockville Tuberculosis Sanatorium, bringing three new beds into use in the new two story wing. The addition supports Indiana’s TB program with 100 extra beds statewide and funds shared by local, state, and national associations.
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Jackson County
Rockville
J. R. Mitchell
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Mitchell
Indiana
Indiana State Tuberculosis Association
Jackson County Association
National Tuberculosis Association
Bartholomew
Quarantines Released Ban Lifted From Two Homes In City
Two Seymour homes were released from quarantine by city health authorities Saturday. Miss Josephine Parker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Parker, has recovered from illness with diphtheria and the home at 310 St Louis avenue was released. The home was quarantined November 23. Mary Lou Gill, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Gill, 515 West Brown street, has recovered following an outbreak with scarlet fever. The home, posted November 15, has been released. Three homes remain quarantined for diphtheria and two for scarlet fever in Seymour.
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Seymour
Josephine Parker
Herbert Parker
St. Louis Avenue
Mary Lou Gill
Albert Gill
West Brown Street
Four Injured In Auto Collision Near Seymour
Four persons were injured, none seriously, when cars collided on U S Road 31 about 500 feet north of the Trading Post, six miles southeast of Seymour, during heavy snow about 4 30 Sunday afternoon. Kelley L Butler of Chicago suffered a crushed leg and head wound. Floyd F Potter and Nell Potter of Akron, Ind each sustained injuries. Mrs David Laffette of Maron Ga suffered facial and head bruises.
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U. S. Road 31
Trading Post
Seymour
Kelley L. Butler
South
LaSalle Street
Chicago
Floyd F. Potter
Akron
Ind
Nell Potter
Sehneck Memorial Hospital
Potter
Seek Coal Thieves on Rail Lines in Local Vicinity
Railroad detectives monitored coal cars for days to curb coal thefts. Herman Tidd of the city pled guilty to petit larceny in Seymour city court before Mayor C W Burkart. the case was taken under advisement. Tidd was arrested Sunday night by B and O Railroad detective J R Maddox for allegedly taking coal from a car.
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Herman Tidd
Seymour
C. W. Burkart
Tidd
J. R. Maddox
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
530 000 Checks Mailed by Banks for Christmas Clubs
Banks in Seymour and Jackson County distribute the season’s largest Christmas Club payout totaling 30000 to hundreds of members. The program aids holiday buying with most funds spent locally, while farmlands and families use savings for taxes, mortgages and travel.
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Seymour National Bank
Jackson County Loan & Trust Company
Christmas Club
United States
Winter Cold Wave Grips Seymour and Jackson County
Snow dampens countryside as a cold wave chills the region. Official low near twelve degrees at a farm station, but city thermometers drop lower. Roads south of Scottsburg and east of North Vernon icy while local routes stay clearer. Indiana AP notes eight degrees in some areas.
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Seymour
Jackson County
Henry Ahlert
Here
Scottsburg
North Vernon
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Marjorie Weaver Rises to Stardom After Mule Incident
Indiana University graduate Marjorie Weaver, discovered after a Tennessee mule once kicked her at age three, rises to film prominence in 1938. She started at 75 dollars weekly, now earns 300, and leads future contracts as a top heart interest.
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Associated Press
Hollywood
Destiny
Marjorie Weaver
Indiana University
Marjorie
Crossville
Tenn
Miss Weaver
Tyrone Power
Weigds
University of Indiana
Old Levi to Make Her Last Trip Across Ocean
The Leviathan steamship, once a speed queen of the Atlantic, heads to the junkyards for scrap iron to aid British arms after the US Lines refused sale to Japanese interests. It will sail to England under its own power, a final voyage before its 23 years of service end. Harris estimates a week to commission her.
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Levi
New York
Leviathan
United States Lines
France
Leviathan Sinks Near War Era Service Ends in Sale
Jackson county readers note the Leviathan once known as the queen of the seas and used to move troops to Europe during and after the armistice. Basil Harris announces its sale to Metal Industries Ltd of London for over 800000 dollars after Japanese bids were rejected. He says permission to ship to Japan could not be obtained.
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Jackson County
Europe
Basil Harris
Levi
Metal Industries, Ltd
London
Japan
Leviathan
Open 40 Hours Adoration At St Ambrose Church
The Forty Hours Adoration opens this morning at St Ambrose Catholic Church under Rev. Fulgence Meyer OFM. Born in the United States, he studied philosophy and theology in Rome and served on the faculty there before teaching dogmatic theology at the Franciscan Seminary in Oldenburg Indiana. He has led retreats and missions for twenty years and authored twenty two books.
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St. Ambrose Catholic Church
Fulgence Meyer
Father Fulgence
St. Anthony’s International College
Rome
Italy
United States
Franciscan
Oldenburg
Ind
No Reopening Planned for Reliance Plants
Indianapolis December 6. Max Schafer of the labor division said company officials told him in Chicago last week there is no chance of reopening Reliance Manufacturing plants in Washington and Indiana cities for the next few months. A hearing on Unit ed Garment Workers complaints will be held in Washington Thursday over refusal to bargain and union member discrimination.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Max Schafer
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Washington
Indiana
Schafer
Thomas Hutson
American Federation of Labor
United Garment Workers of America
Herbert Mayer
Reliance Company
A. T. Bard
National Labor Relations Board
United Garment Workers
Labor Division
Reliance
Variety Show Tonight and Tuesday at Lutheran Club
A light entertainment program is set for this evening and Tuesday at the Lutheran Club. Local performers signed on to entertain patrons in a modest community venue. Proceeds support club activities.
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Lutheran Club
Boiler Blast In Indiana Trains Widow Seeks 95000
Mrs. Julia Dickason files federal suit in Chicago seeking 95000 damages from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad after her husband Charles Dickason was killed in a locomotive boiler explosion near Osgood Indiana on June 22 Roy Carr fireman and engineer George Gottberg were killed along with him. Dickason had served the railroad about thirty years and worked as conductor and brakeman for twenty one years. Other crew members were unaware of the blast until the train halted.
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Chicago
Julia Dickason
West Fourth Street
Associated Press
Dickason
Charles Dickason
Osgood
Ind
Roy Carr
Mitchell Vicinity
George “Shorty” Gottberg
Mrs. Elizabeth Pruitt Dies at 75 in Norman Route 1
Elizabeth Louise Pruitt age seventy five of Norman rural route 1 died at 4 o'clock Sunday morning at the home of her daughter Mrs. David Adams in Greenwood after two years of heart disease. Funeral at 1:30 Tuesday from Houston Church with burial in Houston Cemetery. She was born September 30 1862 near Houston and married Dynham Pruitt in 1880. Survived by husband three daughters Mrs Adams Mrs Delmer Croucher and Mrs Cleve Mobley a sister Mrs Jack Goble and a son Vernon Hill Pruitt preceded in death.
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Elizabeth Louise Pruitt
Norman
Houston
David Adams
Greenwood
Adams
Delmer Croucher
Cleve Mobley
Jack Goble
Vernon Hill Pruitt
Race of Death Between Japanese Sub-Lieutenants
The Nichi Nichi reported from Kuyung China that on December 6 in Tokyo the two sub lieutenants were at 89 to 78 in a race to kill 100 Chinese soldiers. Their scores had risen within a week from 46 and 26 respectively.
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Tokyo
Nichi Nichi
Kuyung
China
First cost is the last if you wear unbreakable lens
Dr. C. E. Gillespie presents the idea that the initial expense is the final expense when choosing unbreakable lenses, suggesting long-term value for eye protection. The remark appears in a period context likely promoting durable eyewear.
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C. E. Gillespie
Japanese Troops Near Nanking Press Warfront Advance
A Japanese army spokesman said fighting could begin inside Nanking tomorrow as vanguard troops moved within three miles of the city walls from Tanyang. Reports also claimed advances toward Wuhu and Chinkiang while Allied observers noted heavy air attacks and fires in Nanking and surrounding areas.
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Ated
Tokyo
Asahi
Takahashi
Nanking
Japan
Tanyang
Grand Canal
Wuhu
Yangtze River
Chinkiang
Yangtze
Nagato
Tungcho
Kuyang
China
Lanchonfu
Kansu
Tibet
Roosevelt program status at start of fourth week
Washington reports the president’s legislative push faces slow progress. Farm-Credit bill faces cautious House action with limited Senate debate. Wage Hour bill nears vote after petition to bypass rules. Housing programs see hearings in both chambers. Regional planning shows hearings but no action before 1938. Government reorganization remains debated but unlikely this session.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Farm—House
Senate
House
Rules
House Committee
Revolt Rumors Fade as Roosevelt Program Stalls
Washington dispatch reports that congressional leaders expect President Roosevelt to find little progress on his legislative agenda upon returning from Florida. Despite rumors of revolts against his recommendations, the two houses have not diverted from the administration's business aid program.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Florida
Congress
Indianapolis declares war on hit and run drivers
The city moves to charge hit and run motorists with murder after eleven fatalities over a weekend in Marion county. Coroner Wilson, Prosecutor Spencer and Judge Myers pledge full support, abandoning involuntary manslaughter in favor of harsher charges.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Indiana
Marion County
F E. R. Wilson
Herbert M. Spencer
Dewey E. Myers
Criminal Municipal Court
Wilson
Baby epidemic claims its eleventh victim at St. Elizabeths
Chicago reports the death toll from a mysterious baby epidemic at St. Elizabeths Hospital reaching 11 with 12 day old Daniel Ennesser dying last night. Nineteen infants have been stricken since the first death. The illness diagnosed as enteritis or acute epidemic diarrhea puzzled doctors as eight baby specialists and health officers treated two more in critical condition. Autopsies by Dr. Richard H. Jaffe suggested an unfilterable virus as the possible cause.
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Associated Press
Chicago
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Daniel Ennesser
Navy
Sandra Traska
Health Department
Ennesser
Richard H. Jaffe
Cook County Hospital
Lindberghs Return to New Jersey Estate in Sealed Visit
Colonel Charles Lindbergh and Anne Lindbergh arrived incognito aboard the President Harding for a brief visit to the Mor row estate near Englewood New Jersey. Guards blocked access and no plans were announced as to why they returned or how long they will stay.
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Englewood
N.J
Charles A. Lindbergh
Morrow Estate
Hudson River
Anne
New York
United States
President Harding
South Hampton
Gregory
England
Manhattan
Dwight Morrow
Lindbergh
Lindberghs
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr
Hill
Morrow
Wales
Aubrey Morgan
J. P. Morgan
Weather Record From Downtown and River Stage
Unofficial weather note records downtown temperature at 27 degrees with river stage measured by Seymour Water Co pumping station. River level stands 13 inches above low water mark.
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Seymour Water Co
Weather Outlook for Week in Ohio Valley and Tennessee
Forecast calls for fair and cold conditions Monday in the Ohio Valley and Tennessee. Temperatures rise Tuesday into Wednesday with precipitation likely Tuesday night or Wednesday. Expect generally fair but colder conditions toward the end of the week.
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Ohio Valley
Tennessee
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Rockville Sanatorium
Skid
Ences
Grips
I. A. Grad
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Mrs. Pruitt
Shanghai
U. S
Rone Ong
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