Influenza Hits Jackson County Forcing School Closures
An influenza outbreak in Jackson County led to Me dora and Tampico closing until Monday while Wallonia, Freetown, and St. Ambrose Schools faced absences. Immanuel Lutheran and parochial Wallonia also reported dropoffs. Across Seymour and Shields districts hundreds remained home. officials hope to reopen after the weekend with enhanced ventilation and disinfection.
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Jackson County
Medora
Tampico
Wallonia
William H. Peters
Driftwood Township
Freetown
Sherman Carmichael
Pershing Township
St. Ambrose
Immanuel Lutheran
Arthur L. Glaze
Austin
Seymour
Shields Senior High School
Lasses
Shields Junior High
Stuckwisch Infant Dies at Schneck Memorial Hospital
Wayne Eugene Stuckwisch two day old son of Mr and Mrs Andy Stuckwisch Seymour R2 died at Schneck Memorial Hospital after birth on December 4 Funeral services are planned for Friday at an area church with burial to follow.
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Wayne Eugene Stuckwisch
Andy Stuckwisch
Seymour R2
Schneck Memorial Hospital
New Thermometer Replaces Broken Instrument at Station
Mrs Willard N Everhart Sr official weather observer reports a new minimum thermometer arrived to replace the one broken during relocation. Wednesday night’s low was 35 degrees and unofficial downtown reading this afternoon was 48. Clouds persist mild weather through Friday with White River at 1 ft 9 in above low water mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard N. Everhart, Sr
Seymour
Willard N. Everhart
Weatha
Erin
Seymour Water Co
Eine
Crowd Attends Bond Premiere at Majestic Theater
Several hundred local residents who bought Victory bonds since November 17 filled the Majestic Theater to two thirds capacity for a Victory Bond Premiere. Admission was by ticket with bond purchase. patrons enjoyed The Stork Club with Betty Hutton and Barry Fitzgerald as county war finance officials issue another urgent plea as the drive nears its end.
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Jackson County
Majestic Theater
County War Finance Committee
Betty Hutton
Barry Fitzgerald
Satuday
Victory
C. G Steinwedel
County War Finance
Seymour Board Purchases New Police Car Del logo Deluxe Plymouth
The Seymour board of public works and safety bought a new police car today from Guy M. Cooper Motor Sales for 975 dollars a four door deluxe Plymouth with heater. Trade-in value for the present car is not stated but its siren will be moved to the new vehicle at no extra cost. Delivery depends on Plymouth factory output and a delivery date was not given. A bid for new city trucks was also discussed and gross income tax payment noted.
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Seymour Police Department
Seymour Board of Public Works and Safety
City
Guy M. Cooper
Plymouth
Several Divorces Granted in Jackson Circuit Court
In Brownstown Jackson Circuit Court granted multiple divorces. Emma Kathryn Riley won divorce with custody of a minor and $30 monthly child support. Mary Lee, Agnes Marie Loudermilk, Earl Thompson, Roy L Wineinger, Mary J Wilson also received divorces with various custody arrangements. The state case Merlin Sitterding for petit larceny was dismissed on prosecuting attorney’s motion.
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Jackson
Brownstown
Emma Kathryn Riley
Delbert Harold Riley
Mary Lee
Eugene Lee
Agnes Marie Loudermilk
Willie M. Loudermilk
Agnes Marie McClellan
Earl Thompson
Thelma Thompson
Roy L. Wineinger
Betty Wineinger
Mary J. Wilson
Tommy Glenn Wilson
Merlin Sitterding
Petit Larceny
Florida Colonel Kills Alligator Near Osannah Lake
Col. E. T. Rundquist formerly of Freeman Field and then Orlando Air Base shot and killed a seven to twenty foot alligator in Lake Osannah near Orlando using an army carbine. The gator swam ashore and was finished off at 75 yards with the eye shot. The incident was described by Orlando reporters and includes plans for steaks and an alligator hide purse for Mrs Rundquist.
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E. T. Rundquist
Freeman Jeld
Easton Training Command
Lake Suzannah
Orindo
Orlando Army Air Base
Orlando
Tribune
Barara Harmon
Titusville
Fla
Col
Orlando Air Base
Lake Osannah
Rundquist
Richard Howard
RAF Center
Three New Appointments To City Posts Announced
Mayor C W Burkart announces three new city appointments Willard Able becomes Seymour fire department member after Army service James Stewart resignation created the vacancy William Toppe named sanitary officer succeeding George Auffenberg and Frank Sage named regular night police officer filling Toppe’s prior duties Toppe had served as acting sanitary officer during Auffenberg illness Sage had served as acting night police before appointment
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C. W. Burkart
Willard Able
George W. Able
Brownstown
Seymour
William Toppe
George Auffenberg
Toppe
Auffenberg
Frank Sage
Sage
Waterfront Fire Damages Two Navy Vessels in Long Beach
A major waterfront fire in Long Beach California damaged the navy cargo ship U S S Extavia and the fleet tanker U S S Marias while heavily harming the dock infrastructure. About 1000 firefighters battled the blaze for 3.5 hours. Estimated total damage could exceed 1 million dollars. About 25 responders were treated for burns and smoke inhalation.
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Long Beach
Calif
E. J. Amar
Army Vehicles To Be Exhibited At Open House
U S Aircraft will dominate the Free man Field open house on December 9 and 16 with displays of army air field vehicles. The line will include wreckers with cranes, a tug, jeep, fork lift, staff car, weapons carrier, reconnaissance and command cars, trucks of various sizes, a dletrac and glider trailer. The Post Exchange will be open to the public for soda fountains and cafeteria services, with reduced prices increasing field activities funded by profits.
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U. S
Freeman Field
Army Air Field
Army PX
Three Herrick Children Die In Aurora Fire
In Aurora Indiana on December 6 a fire at the Herrick home claimed the lives of Mary Carroll five Orville two and Chester Lee one. Mrs Herrick was visiting a neighbor when the blaze began and the father on leave from the navy was at Lawrenceburg. Firefighters found the bodies in bed after arriving at a home consumed by flames. The origin of the fire remains undetermined.
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Aurora
Ind
Gene Herrick
Herrick
Mary Carroll
Orville
Chester Lee
Hurley Attacks Acheson Over Iran Policy in Senate Hearing
Maj. Gen. Patrick J. Hurley stormed the senate foreign relations committee session arguing that Dean Acheson had destroyed and defeated American policy in Iran. Hurley challenged current Iran policy and accused Acheson of undermining U S interests.
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Washington
Patrick J. Hurley
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Acheson
Iran
U S to Send Over Four Billion to Britain
London reports a United States loan of 4.4 billion dollars to Britain, pending approval by Congress and Parliament. The deal, negotiated in Washington over twelve weeks, would start repayments in 1951 with no interest for five years and a 2 percent rate thereafter, about 28 million in the first interest year.
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London
United States
Britain
Congress
Washington
Principals in Major Dispute To Meet Today
National labor conflict grows as General Motors plant workers strike surpassing 200000. Detroit talks mark first negotiations since the walkout. Chrysler wage talks collapse and federal mediation sought. Yale & Towne plant in Stamford remains blockaded with fourteen executives inside amid a November strike. Chicago Local No 20 approves Montgomery Ward wage offer amid prior demonstration strike.
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General Motors
CIO
United Auto Workers Union
Detroit
P. m. Cst
Chrysler Corp
Chrysler Corporation
Ide
Stamford
Conn
Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company
AFL International Association of Machinists
AFL
Chicago
Ward
Allies Arrest Two Top Jop Political Men
General MacArthur orders the arrest of Prince Fumimaro Konoye and Marquis Koichi Kido as war crimes suspects. Seven other senior figures including vice admiral Godo and diplomat Oshima named among those wanted. comes as Tokyo and Diet react to Allied lists of detainees.
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Tokyo
Fumimaro Konoye
Koichi Kido
MacArthur
Konoye
Japan
Kido
Hirohito
Kijuro Shidehara
Ambassadorship Aide George Atcheson Jr to Speak Friday
Tokyo dispatch reports George Atcheson Jr., named as having once urged lend lease arms to Chinese Communists to topple the Nationalist government, said he would issue a statement Friday.
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Tokyo
George Atcheson, Jr
U. S
Patrick Hurley
United States
China
Five Navy Bombers Reported Missing Near Atlantic
Five navy torpedo bombers from the Naval Air Station Fort Lauderdale are listed missing. An extensive search along the Atlantic seaboard is under way with over a hundred aircraft and twenty surface ships scouring from Mayport, Florida, to Miami area throughout the night.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Navy
Naval Air Station
Atlantic Seaboard
Coast Guard
Atlantic Ocean
Mayport
Miami
Date Agreed For Polish Invasion Revealed In Nazi Records
The International War Crimes trial heard British prosecutors present Hitler’s official records showing a September 1 1939 invasion date set five months in advance. A Wehrmacht directive from April 3 1939 ordered invasion readiness from September 1 1939 onward, contradicting Hitler’s public denials of aggression.
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Nuernberg
Adolf Hitler
Poland
Hitler
Fuehrer
Reichstag
Germany
Evi
McVay Shouted Orders in Indianapolis Disaster Trial
Washington Dec 6 The navy general court martial heard that Captain Charles B McVay shouted verbal orders to abandon ship about ten minutes after the Indianapolis was struck by the blasts. Coxswain Edward H Keyes testified he tried to pass orders via the loud speaker but the system was out of order. The testimony concerns the charge that McVay failed to issue timely abandon ship orders before the cruiser sank July 30 en route from Guam to Leyte. A second charge alleges he failed to zigzag in waters with plotted submarine activity.
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Washington
Navy
Charles B. McVay
Indianapolis
Edward H. Keyes
McVay
Guam
Leyte
Scientist Describes A Bomb Rays Killing Jap Victims Weeks Later
Washington observers report Dr. Philip Morrison outlined how atomic bomb rays caused blood deterioration and fatal infections weeks after Hiroshima and Nagasaki blasts. He cited blood impairment, reduced white cells, and widespread internal bleeding leading to deaths two to three weeks post exposure.
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Washington
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Philip Morrison
Special
Senate Atomic Energy Committee
Morrison
University of Illinois
Readied P-36 planes to defend Hawaii plan outlined
Gen. George C. Marshall testified that early in 1941 he ordered most combat pursuit squadrons in the United States to lose their P-36 fighters to reinforce Hawaii. He noted engine defects in the P-40, bringing Hawaii’s total pursuit planes to fifty, and said he knew of no prewar commitment to go to war before Pearl Harbor was attacked.
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Washington
George C. Marshall
United States
Hawaii
Marshall
Army
Pearl Harbor
Roosevelt
William D. Mitchell
Mitchell
War Navy Department
Pacific
Boost in Price Estimates May Reopen Wage Disputes
Washington reports a higher cost of living estimate from Stabilization Administrator John C. Collet, suggesting living costs rose toward 33 percent since 1941, replacing 29.5 to 30 percent. The shift could let employers base price increases on higher living-cost figures, tying to President Truman's wage price policy. GM and CIO Auto Workers resume talks over a 30 percent wage increase after earlier postponement.
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Washington
John C. Collet
Collet
Truman
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