Seymour Adopts New Coal Weighing Ordinance
The Seymour city council unanimously adopts a coal weighing ordinance after first reading on November 21, with penalties up to 50 dollars per violation. The measure requires loads to be weighed on approved scales within Seymour or near the city, with tickets showing gross tare and net weight. The ordinance takes effect after publication. The meeting also discussed Walnut Street widening and fire department quarters improvements, with funding constraints noted.
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Seymour
C. Hartwell
Edward McCrary
Hartwell
William Boicourt
Walnut Street
McDonald Street
Don Herwig
Dudleytown
Herwig
Owls Win Fourth Straight game at Jeffersonville
Shields High School Owls defeated the Demons 24 to 17 on Tuesday night in Jeffersonville. They schedule next games against North Vernon at home Friday and Bedford on Tuesday, with details on page 2.
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Shields High School
Owls
Jeffersonville
Demons
North Vernon
Bedford
Jeff
Fine Weather Parades in Downtown Christmas Pageant
A 5 PM parade through downtown features a Santa visit and floats from Shields High School. Miss Geraldine Galati will be crowned Christmas queen near the Majestic Theater as Mayor Switzer presides. Downtown shops stay open after the parade for evening shoppers.
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Santa
Shields High School
Walnut
Bruce
Chestnut
Second
Broadway
Fifth
Third Street
Geraldine Galati
Mary Christmas
Majestic Theater
Stanley A. Switzer
Miss Galati
Feastday Set At St Ambrose Church Celebration
The St Ambrose Catholic Church congregation plans a Feastday service with High Mass at 8 A M led by Rev Father C W Burkart. Parochial school children will form the choir. The article notes St Ambrose’s early Christian lineage and lists mass times for Friday’s Immaculate Conception observance.
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St. Ambrose Catholic Church
C. W. Burkart
St. Ambrose
Milan
Douglass Dies By Associated Press
Morgantown Indiana December 6 Benjamin Wallace Douglass fifty seven author and former state entomologist died today in his home after two years of illness.
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Douglass
Associated Press
Morgantown
Ind
Benjamin Wallace
Here
Pool Report 18 Revealed Profits From 1939 Season
Seymour pool reports three year operation covered all expenses including unpaid bills leaving a profit of 708.72 with receipts totaling 3 057 60 and disbursements 2 807 30. Officials plan 1940 season tickets on sale before Christmas with prices unchanged and praise pool staff for service.
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Seymour
Walter H. Droege
Swimming Pool Commission
Council Chamber
Jackson
Nyle M. Jackson
Don Herwig
Glenn M. Keach
Droege
Good Will Campaign To Start Friday In Seymour
Seymour Lions Club sponsor announces annual good-will bag drive to aid the Welfare Association. High School students will assist in distributing bags. Donors urged to contribute warm clothing and nonperishable foods for winter relief. distribution starts 7:30 Friday morning with bags left for a week and collection on Friday, December 15.
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Seymour
Harold FE. Miller
Seymour Lions Club
Miller
Shields High School
Seymour Welfare Association
Dr. Miller
Lions Club
Welfare Association
U S rights protected by officials over navicert dispute
Washington reports officials will defend U S maritime rights under international law despite possible delays and costs to American shippers. Navicert policy by Britain prompts lines to consider refusing unnavicerted cargo. treasury cites 1917 law allowing denial of sailing privileges to vessels refusing freight. Detentions of American ships by belligerents totaled 48 since Sept 1, with Britain responsible for 33 cases.
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Associated Press
Washington
State
Treasury Department
Great Britain
Treasury
New York
Black Diamond Line
Victor Sudman
State Department
France
Germany
Seymour to Begin Night Shopping December 14
Downtown Seymour stores will stay open at night from December 14 through December 23 to help Christmas shoppers. After tonight, shops will not be open nights again until the following Thursday. Food shops are expected to join the late hours about a week later.
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Seymour
Seymour Business Men’s Association
Fritz Kuhn Sentenced to Years for Larceny and Forgery
Fritz Kuhn, leader of the German American Bund, began serving a prison term at Sing Sing after being sentenced by Judge James Wallace to two and a half to five years for grand larceny of bond funds and forgery.
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New York
Fritz Kuhn
Fuehrer
Sing Sing Prison
Bundesfuehrer
James
Wallace
Legion Santa Fund Seeks Gifts for Local Children
Seymour Post No. 89 American Legion sponsors a Santa Fund to distribute baskets of toys candy and nuts to children in need. Donations are collected through Walter Schierling and the fund funds repairs of donated toys by Roland Beldon and helpers. The committee relies on school attendance officer Mrs. Annette Test and publishes donor names daily in The Daily Tribune.
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Seymour Post
American Legion
Legion
Annette Test
Daily Tribune
Walter Schierling
American Security Company
Santa Fund For the Legion
Willian Topie
Schierling
Roland Beldon
Former County Resident Passes
Mrs. James Bennett, 58, of Saybrook Ohio, died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs Burns Alberts home in Corydon. Born September 23, 1881 in Cortland she lived in Jackson county earlier in life and had been away for many years. She is survived by her husband and five children with funeral services at Saybrook on Thursday at 2 pm and burial there.
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James Bennett
Saybrook
Jackson County
Burns Albert
Corydon
Bennett
Cortland
Nelson Harris
Mary Harris
Spraytown
Russians Push Deep in Finland Across Border
On the twenty second anniversary of Finnish independence Soviet forces reportedly drove about a fifth of the way across northern Finland reaching Kuolajarvi with a 35 mile penetration. The base at Kandalaksha supplied the thrust as troops landed along Petsamo Fjord and air raids continued.
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Kirkenes
Norway
Finland
Kuolajarvi
Sweden
Kudajarvi
Soviet Union
Petsamo Fjord
Burke Infant Dies in Twin Tragedy
James Burke day old twin son of Mr and Mrs George Burke died Tuesday afternoon at 109 South Broadway. Funeral services were held at Voss Mortuary with Rev Father C W Burkart officiating. Burial followed at Catholic Cemetery. The infant and twin sister Shirley Burke and brother Donald Burke survive along with parents George and Gertrude Lewis Burke.
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James Burke
George Burke
South Broadway
Voss
C. W. Burkart
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
George
Gertrude Lewis Burke
Shirley Burke
Donald Burke
Missing Dogs Prompt Classifieds In Tribune
Dog owners posted three notices in The Tribune Jost am classifieds seeking lost pets including a Cocker spaniel a Toy Boston Bull dog and a large brown dog. Details are listed on the classified page.
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The
Tribune
German Liner Ussukuma Captured Amid South Atlantic Chase
British warships in the South Atlantic captured the German liner Ussukuma, with German officers and crew taken aboard a British prize ship. Authorities said scuttling attempts failed. the ship is the third German vessel lost near Cape of Good Hope in two weeks. Ussukuma was bound from Hamburg to India, carrying passengers and cargo.
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London
Reuter
Capetown
South Africa
South Atlantic
Watussi
Adolph Woermann
Ussukuma
German East Africa Line
Bahia Blanca
Argentina
Cape of Gold Hope
Hamburg
India
Hoosier Indicted in Millersburg Labor Riot
Geore Delk, 35, of Millersburg, indicted by Warnick county grand jury on manslaughter for the July 25 fatal shooting of John Pinkelton, 35, during a clash between AFL Bridge Workers' Union pickets and non union workers on a Millersburg bridge project.
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Boonville
Ind
Geore Delk
Millersburg
John Pinkelton
Warnick County
Grand Jury
Pinkelton
AFL
Italy Watches Finn Success In The Air
Rome reports Italy closely followed Finnish air force counterattacks on the Soviet Union as Finnish planes, largely Italian made, faced Russian forces. Delivers were rushed after the Russian onslaught, with Italians hopeful Finland’s planes prove superior.
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Associated Press
Rome
Italy
Soviet Union
Finland
United States aids Finland as Russia condemns invasion
Washington notes steps to aid Finland as debt payments are held in a special account. Roosevelt seeks authority to use funds for relief, denies neutrality concerns, and backs Hull’s foreign policy while Latin American allies join in denunciation. Red Cross surveys relief needs. Hoover to coordinate contributions.
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Secretary of Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Finland
Congress
Russia
State Department
Little Republic
American Red Cross
Palo Alto
Calif
Hoover
Hjalmar Procope
St Ation
United States
Hull
Weather readings show downtown temp and river level
Unofficial measurements list the downtown temperature at 2 PM and river level readings supplied by the Amoor Water Co. The report notes weather observance in the area and provides provisional figures for local records.
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Amour Water Co
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Switzer
Boicourt
McCrary
A. L. Jackson
U. S
Burke
Bulletins
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
House of Commons
Huntsman
Hoosier
Eero Jarnefelt
Avvenire of
Tripoli
Rumania
Mediterranean
U. 5
Soviet Russia
Pacroay
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