Thirty Men in Draft Group Are Sworn in
Thirty of the forty seven Jackson County men sent to Louisville Thursday were accepted for service and are at home on furlough awaiting reporting. Fifteen join the U S Army, thirteen to Navy, two to the Marine Corps. The list includes Herschel Cockerham, Joseph Durbin, Orval Brown, and others from Seymour Medora Cortland and nearby towns.
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Louisville
Jackson County Selective Service Board
Armed Forces
Selective Service Office
U. S. Army
U. S. Navy
U. S. Marine Corps
Jackson County
Pearl Harbor
Draft Board
Herschel William Cockerham
Seymour
Joseph Leo Durbin
Orval Oakley Brown
Medora
Gordon Ray Henderson
Norman
Frank Patrick Smith
Robert Liston Ferry
Delbert Kenneth Altemeyer
Cortland
Herbert Ray Gardner
Herbert Lewis Elmore
Ernest Vernard Foster
James Elsworth Hall
Roy Barnett, Jr
Robert Eugene Weaver
Ewing
Elroy Merle Marcott
Freetown
Walter Lee Cockerham
Robert Lewis Williams
Gerald Denver Haddix
Louis William Jaynes
Brownstown
Robert Alfred Henson
John Mack Steinkamp
Walter Edward Bishop
Jesse Truman Combs
Donald Francis Combs
Charles Ervin Hanner
Browns
Mrs. Eulaine R. Jordan Dies Near Crothersville
Mrs. Eulaine R. Jordan aged 71 longtime farm resident near Crothersville died Saturday night after a three week illness. Born May 15 1872 she was wife of Jacob S. Jordan an elder in the Church of Christ. Survived by husband three children all teachers sister and brother reside in local and distant towns. Funeral set 10:30 Tuesday at Tampico Church of Christ Elder Claude Hurley to officiate.
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Eulaine R. Jordan
Crothersville
Jordan
G. W
Mary Ann Ray Johnson
Jackson County
Jacob S. Jordan
Church of Christ
Ind
Harriett Jordan
Wallonia
Braxton T. Johnson
Estancia
New Mexico
Nancy Johnson
Tampico Church of Christ
Claude Hurley
Early Courses Keep Soldiers at Air Field
Freeman Field personnel were kept at the base as passes were stopped to ensure all men attend refresher training courses early Sunday morning. Married men living off post could visit Seymour or Ridgeview and stay overnight.
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Air Field
Seymour
Ridgeview
Anniversary celebration honors Soldiers' Hospitality Center
More than eight hundred soldiers and civilians attend the first anniversary at Freeman Field. Lt. Roland O. Davis opens the day with a message. Cpl. Joseph Boardman sings. Cpl. George S. Goodman performs. Pvt. Thaddeus Ashby recites a poem. The Freeman Field Band performs. Misses Jeanne Blair Betty Reed Norma Barkman play piano. Luncheon at 6 pm supervised by Miss Marie Adams with guests including Chaplain.
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Soldiers’ Hospitality Center
Roland O. Davis
Freeman Field
Cpl
Joseph Boardman
George S. Goodman
Pvt
Thaddeus Ashby
Freeman Field Band
W/O Mitchel Chetel
Jeanne Blair
Betty Reed
Norma Barkman
T. E. Ross
Noble Foster
George W. Jones
Marie Adams
Rigsbee Named in Musical Group
Paul W. Rigsbee a Shields High School music instructor was elected vice president of the South Central Band Orchestra and Vocal Association at the annual meeting in Terre Haute Indiana State Teachers College He becomes the first vice president Vernon Spalding of Crawfordsville was elected president for his fourth term Lincoln Northcott of Speedway Indianapolis was named secretary treasurer Arthur Hill of the college hosted and chaired the session which decided to hold the solo finals.
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Paul W. Rigsbee
Shields
South Central Band
Indiana State Teachers College
Terre Haute
Rigsbee
Vernon Spalding
Crawfordsville
Lincoln Northcott
Speedway
Indianapolis
Arthur Hill
Indianapolis Gun Battle Ends With One Dead
Frank Gardner is listed in serious condition after a gun battle in Indianapolis Saturday night. Archie Dickson was killed, and Gardner and William Sullivan were wounded while two accomplices fled. Otto Ray quotes Gardner saying Dickson demanded money and fired first. Gardner fired three times. Sheriff Otto Petit describes the scene as a race bookmaking establishment.
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Associated Pres
Indianapolis
Frank Gardner
Archie Dickson
Gardner
William Sullivan
Dickson
Otto Ray
Ray
Otto Petit
Graduates urged to promote goodwill abroad in U S aviation program
Major Paul H. Harrison addressed Class 43 K aviation graduates at Freeman Field, urging them to respect local customs and cultures when posted overseas. He reminded them that moral stamina matters in combat and quoted Napoleon on morale, noting some posts may entail lone, waiting duties.
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Freeman Field
United States
Paul H. Harrison
Harrison
Rotarians to Hear Hospitality Talent at Seymour Club
Rotarians hear a hospitality talent program at the Soldiers' Hospitality Center, First Baptist Church, during the Seymour Rotary Club dinner at 6 15 tonight in the Elks Home. Dr A A Cobn leads. Homer E Capehart to speak December 27. Harry M Palmer chairs. Dr John L Prentice presides business session.
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Soldiers’ Hospitality Center
First Baptist Church
Seymour Rotary Club
Elks
A. A. Cobn
Homer E. Capehart
Harry M. Palmer
John L. Prentice
Weather records for Seymour show official and unofficial readings
The day’s high temp comes from a downtown thermometer as an unofficial reading. The low is from Miss Louise Ahtlert, government weather observer, as official. A river was remeasured at Ampurater Co. with 2 inches above low water mark near Rockford.
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Seymour
Louise Ahtlert
Ampurater Co
Rockford
Glider to Air Pilot Is New Officer's Career
Lt. George A. Madden of Class 43 K earned silver wings at Freeman Army Air Field graduation. He trained as a glider pilot and held posts at Antigo Wisconsin Mobile Alabama and Stuttgart Arkansas before serving as a parachute technician at Chanute Field Illinois. He will join Central Instructors' School Randolph Field Texas and return to Freeman Field as a flying instructor.
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George A. Madden
Freeman Army Air Field
Madden
Antigo
Wis
Mobile
Ala
Stuttgart Army Air Base
Stuttgart
Ark
Chanute Field
Ill
Air Corps
Harry J. Madden, Jr
Gladys Sward
Braintree
Mass
Central Instructors’ School
Randolph Field
Texas
Freeman Field
Wounds Fatal to Ex-County Man
Private First Class Harold Andy Fleener, formerly of Tampico, died November 13 in a base hospital in Africa of wounds suffered in action on November 5 on the Italian front. He is survived by widow Joann E. Fleenor of Indianapolis and was the son of Mr and Mrs Joseph E Fleenor. He spent his youth near Tampico and later moved to Indianapolis. He enlisted in March prior to his death.
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Harold “Andy” Fleener
Tampico
Africa
Joann E. Fleenor
West 34Th Street
Indianapolis
Charles D. Fleenor
Armed Forces
Fresh Axis Reinforcements Reported For Yugoslav War
AP dispatch says Yugoslav liberation army broadcasts that German and Bulgarian troops are being rushed to Yugoslavia for new attacks on guerrilla positions. Reinforcements include two Austrian divisions. Prisoners are used to fill German ranks amid bitter fighting in Slavonia where a town Cacini is captured but liberation not broken through. In Croatia 270 German soldiers are said to be captured and Yugoslav partisans in Bosnia seize the town Trnovo near Sarajevo.
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London
Yugoslav Liberation Army Today
Yugoslavia
Austria
Slavonia
Croatia
Bosnia
Trnovo
Sarajevo
Fifth Army Blasts Way To New Heights
Allied Fifth Army in Italy has stormed further up the heights guarding Mignano Pass toward Rome. British Eighth Army advances on the Adriatic side from San Vito to the Moro River, with destroyers bombarding the coast between Pescara and Giulianova.
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Algiers
Fifth Army
Italy
Mignano Pass
Rome
Mount Magaziore
Eighth Army
Adriatic
Eighth
San Vito
Moro
Pescara
Giulianova
Ancona
Benedetto
Venafro
Clark
Cassino
Via Cassilina
Moro River
Sangro
Montgomery
Mayor Ollie W. Bacts Dies After Month of Illness
Ollie W. Bacts age sixty three mayor of Salem died Sunday after a month long illness. Elected in 1942 on the Republican ticket he had been active in Salem since the early 1900s. He served ten years on the town board and led as president twice. Funeral services set for 2:00 PM Tuesday at the Salem Christian Church.
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Ollie W. Bacts
Salem
Bowers
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellons Lodges
The
Christian Church
Salem Christian Church
Wegan Church Memorial Fills For Pvt Steinkamp Tribute
Several hundred relatives and friends of Pvt Ralph F Steinkamp Brownstown Jackson County's first World War II casualty gathered at Wegan Lutheran Church for an impressive memorial service. The Rev Ernest Urbahns led the service with Rev Theo Herrmann in charge of altar duties. Camp Jackson Post 112 American Legion color guard participated. Steinkamp died of wounds in the Italian campaign on November 3 at age twenty two. he was the son of Mrs Ida Steinkamp Browns town. Word of his death reached his mother on November 22.
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Ralph F. Steinkamp
Brownstown
Jackson County
Wegan Lutheran Church
Ernest Urbahns
Mon
Theo. J. Herrmann
Brownstown Lutheran Church
Camp Jackson
American Legion
Pvt. Steinkamp
Ida Steinkamp
Uniontown Residence Destroyed By Fire
A six room residence at Uniontown owned by Mrs Aliie Bedel was destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon. Occupied by Mr and Mrs Lawrence Horst the cause is unknown. Neighbors found the fire in the family's absence and moved much furniture to safety. Several hundred quarts of canned products and other articles were lost. Loss partially covered by insurance.
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Aliie Bedel
Uniontown
Lawrence Horst
Red Army advances across Ukraine and White Russia
Soviet forces press the offensive under severe weather in Ukraine and White Russia. The German radio acknowledged breaks south of Cherkasy, while Kremenchug fell to deep hand to hand fighting. Red troops threaten Mogilev and push from Gomel toward Zhlobin as they gain control of the Timburg Peninsula near Odessa. Occupation of the narrow land blocks German port access at Kherson and Nikolaev.
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Associated Press
Red Army
Ukraine
White Russia
Cherkasy
Kremenchug
Mogilev
Gomel
Zhlobin
Dnieper
Timburg
Odessa
Kherson
Nikolaev
Execution of Ciano Reported
Count Galeazzo Ciano once Italy’s foreign minister and Mussolini’s son in law is said to have been shot by a firing squad. News of the execution surfaced at the Swiss Italian frontier via British agencies and may be tied to German occupation authorities.
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London
Galeazzo Ciano
Italy
Benito Mussolini
Reuters
Ciano
Mussolini
Duce
British Subs Sink 16 Ships in Aegean Raids
British submarine operations in the Aegean Sea report 16 enemy ships sunk including two medium vessels and 14 small supply ships. Submarines shelled warehouses on Naxos Island, sinking a seaplane and a 300 foot floating dock. In the western Mediterranean a landing craft with motor transport was sunk in the Gulf of Genoa and a medium tanker torpedoed near Toulon.
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Associated Press
London
Aegean Sea
Admiralty
Naxos Island
Greece
Mediterranean
Gulf of Genos
Toulon
France
Theater Ads On Page 5 Of The Tribune
Page 5 contains theater advertisements for today as the Tribune features the usual back page listings. The ad section highlights showtimes venues and ticket information for current productions.
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The
Tribune
Teheran Pact Outlines War Plans and Peace Aims
A December 1 statement by Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin details unified war plans to crush Germany and a lasting peace built on collective security. They pledge enduring anti tyranny aims and Iran support, marking a historic alliance at Teheran from November 28 to December 1.
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Cairo
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Germany
Teheran
Iran
United Nations
United States
Britain
Russia
Churchill Birthday Party At Teheran Conference
At Teheran on November 30 1943 Winston Churchill marked his sixty ninth birthday with a high level party at the British legation. Guests included Franklin D Roosevelt and Joseph Stalin along with Anthony Eden Andrew Cunningham and Alan Brooke from Britain. American participants were Averell Harriman Henry Arnold Ernest King George Marshall and William Leahy. Soviet guests included Vyacheslav Molotov and Marshal Clementi.
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Stalin
Vyacheslav Molotov
Teheran
Roosevelt
Harry L. Hopkins
Molotov
Marshal Voroshilov
Iran
Winston Churchill
Anthony Eden
Andrew Cunningham
Alan Brooke
Imperial General Staff
W. Averell Harriman
United States
Russia
Henry Arnold
United States Army Air Force
United States Fleet
Ernest King
United States Army
George Marshall
William Leahy
Marshal Clementi
Cordial Atmosphere Marks Tehran Conference Among Big Three
An official observer reports a highly cordial Tehran meeting among Stalin Roosevelt and Churchill with joking and little tension. Roosevelt and Stalin reportedly got along superbly from the outset, while Churchill and Roosevelt shared equal ease. Brigadier General Patrick Hurley led behind the scenes coordinating the talks.
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Cairo
Teheran
Stalin
Roosevelt
Churchill
Patrick Hurley
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Jacob Jordan
Col
E. T. Rundquist
U.S
Freeman
Hawaiian Air Depot
Hickam Field
Hawaii
Col. E. T. Rundquist
Ahennnepe
Pfe
Harold Fleener
Yugoslav
Wegan Church
Steinkamp
Pate
Sarah Oliver
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