Christmas Queen crowned as Seymour parade opens season
Miss Geraldine Galati was crowned Christmas Queen by Mayor Switzer during Seymour’s parade that opened the Christmas shopping season. The Junior Chamber of Commerce organized the event with floats themed on fairy tales and Disney characters, attracting thousands along a route from the high school through downtown.
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Seymour
Santa
Walnut
Bruce
Chestnut
Second
Broadway
Fifth
Third Street
Clearsprint High School
Geraldine Galati
Mary Christmas
Stanley A. Switzer
Palmer
Clearspring
Shields High School
Scott County
Morgan Packing Company
Austin
Second Street
Majestic Theater
Kathyrn Felt Dies After Blood Disease Battle
In Philadelphia seven year old Kathryn Felt died of pneumonia after a seven month struggle with acute lymphatic leukemia. Her mother Mrs Harry Felt had issued a national appeal for blood donors to help save her daughter, a plea that drew attention to the disease and its devastation.
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Kathryn Felt
Philadelphia
Dee
Harry Felt
Forest Fire Report for Jackson County in November
Jackson county saw seven fires in November burning 269 acres with damage estimated at 3 644 dollars. Dry weather limited activity compared to 1939 with 16 fires and 1 122 acres burned causing 16 056 dollars damage in the same month last year.
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Jackson County
State Division of Forestry
Brownstown
Auto plate applications begin arriving in city
Applications for the 1940 auto license plates are arriving from the State House after Governor Townsend announced a moratorium until March 1. Plates go on sale Monday at the Seymour branch. licenses due January 1. The governor cannot extend truck weight tax tag purchases. Plates are aluminum figures on black. 1,309,700 pairs needed across ten vehicle classes. manufactured at Michigan City prison.
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State House
M. ©. Townsend
Hns
Michigan City
Silver Creek Baptist Church Rededication Near Speed Indiana
The Silver Creek Baptist Church near Speed Indiana, the first Protestant church in Indiana founded in 1798, resumes services after restoration. A 2 PM Sunday rededication features talks on origins, revival and future, with Baptists from across the state attending. The church lies three miles east of Road 50, just north of Speed. The Seymour delegation departs at 1 PM.
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Silver Creek
A. A. Cobn
Seymour
G. C. Mitchell
North Vernon
The
Indiana Baptist Convention
Baptist Historical Shrine
Oelock
Mr. Mitchell
W. H. Dillard
T. J. Parsons
Indianapolis
C. D. Strother
New Albany
Cohn
Road 50
Speed
Indiana
Mrs. Eva Dawson Dies After Illness at 43
Eva Dawson of Indianapolis aged 43 and former state women’s bowling champion died at home after months of illness. She won the 1937 Fort Wayne state title and led local women bowlers for years. Survivors include Rex P. Dawson, Thorntown-born Harrods, and Henry W. Harrod. Funeral plans pending.
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Eva Dawson
Jackson County
Indianapolis
Sunset Boulevard
Third Christian Church
American Legion Auxiliary
Homer Harrod
Thorntown
Henry W. Harrod
Farm Bureau Awaits Report on 1940 Drive Progress
Officials hoped for a full report on the Jackson county Farm Bureau membership drive. Only Redding and Jackson townships submitted definite 1940 reports with increases over last year. County chairman predicted total membership would exceed 560 as more solicitors continued efforts Tuesday and Wednesday.
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Farm Bureau
Jackson County
Harold Myers
Redding
Jackson
S. J. Brewer
Dewey Opens Campaign With Farm Probing Talks
Dewey moves into his presidential bid by probing the farm problem. He hosts a conference with top Minnesota farmers and farm leaders while railing against New Deal defeatism. He seeks facts on drought, southern dairy competition, and broader economic issues as Secretary Wallace and Senator Wheeler address a farmers union event in St Paul.
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New York
Wallace
Burton K. Wheeler
D-Mont
Farmers’ Union
St. Paul Auditorium
Dewey
Roosevelt
Woman killed at Pennsylvanian Crossing in Louisville
Mrs. Threasa Austin of East Oak Street was struck and killed instantly by a switch engine at the Laurel Street crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad while walking to mail a letter. Engineer L. B. Hartwell and crew, including J. R. Owens and Millard Wise, planned an inquest later today. Survived by a sister Mrs. John Petro, a daughter Mrs. Kenneth Lett, and three grandchildren.
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Threasa Austin
East Oak Street
Laurel Street
Pennsylvania Railroad
L. B. Hartwell
Columbus
J. R. Owens
Millard Wise
Louisville
T. B. Conner
S. F. Tower
Jackson County
John Petro
New Palestine
Ind
Kenneth Lett
Barrett Avenue
Schleswig Holstein
Paaralos
Thames Estuary
David Lloyd George
House of Commons
Labor Party
Organization of Manpower and Resources
Ministry of Economic Warfare
Germany
Physicians Hold Meet Wednesday in Vernon
Jackson county doctors attended a one day obstetrics post graduate course at the Muscatatuck Inn Vernon organized by Indiana University School of Medicine and led by Dr. Carl P. Huber. Dr. Francis T. Brown spoke on premature infants. Dr. Howard B. Mettel assisted. Attendees included Dr. H P Graessle Dr. Lawrence W Elsner Dr D L PERRIN of Seymour Dr D J Cummings and Dr G R Gillespie of Brownstown Dr Frank B Bard and Dr W K Adair of Crothersville.
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Jackson County
Muscatatuck Inn
Vernon
State Obstetrics Department
Indiana University School of Medicine
Indianapolis
Carl P. Huber
Francis T. Brown
St. Francis Guild
City Hospital
Howard B. Mettel
Salem man pleads not guilty to assault charge
John Johnson of Salem entered a not guilty plea to assault and battery at city court before Mayor Stanley A. Switzer. He is held on $50 bond awaiting trial Friday morning and jailed. Police arrested him Wednesday on a charge filed by his wife Elizabeth May Johnson of Seymour.
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John Johnson
Salem
Stanley A. Switzer
Johnson
Switzer
Elizabeth May Johnson
Seymour
Lucky Boy Grand Champion Steer Sells for 1.55 a Pound
The Lucky Boy steer, grand champion of the International Livestock Exposition, sold at auction for 1.55 dollars per pound in Chicago. The sale price reflects demand for top market animals.
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Chicago
Dee, T
Britain’s Secret Weapon Report Sparks War Plane Crash Mystery
London reports a sketch on a potential secret British weapon said to have downed a German warplane off the Norfolk coast. Official comment was withheld while newspapers cite high officials hinting at a new device, amid continued warfare and maritime tension.
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Associated Press
London
Britain
Norfolk
Tas
Air Ministry
Germany
DNB
Berlin
Slaying Of German Official Stuns Brooklyn District
A German Consulate secretary Dr Walter Engelberg was found murdered in his Brooklyn home with heavy blows to the head. Police describe a possible vengeance motive and seek a stocky German speaking man with a mustache who once shared the home. No robbery occurred. FBI says no file on such inquiry.
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Associated Press
New York
Walter Engelberg
Manuel E. Martin
Engelbers
Engelberg
Brooklyn
Tifler
Marten
William F. X. Geoghan
Enneberg
Joseph Reynolds
Reynolds
Hitler House
Frederick Doell
Doell
University of Berlin
United States
Athens
Greece
Federal Bureau of Investigation
P. E. Foxworth
FBI
Washington
Russia Breaks Finnish Lines in Major Isthmus Assault
Moscow reports Soviet troops shattered the main Finnish defense on the Karelian Isthmus near the Vueksi water system, advancing northward. The Leningrad communique describes heavy artillery, trench, mine, and armor activity with Finnish forces suffering severe losses as Russians push toward the border.
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Associated Press
Moscow
Karelian
Leningrad
Vueksi
Vuoksi
Stockholm
Alexander Meelblom
Helsinki
Enty
Red
Finland
Ino
Mesterjarvi
Fort Ino
Perkjarvi
Italian Planes Crash Kills Fourteen in Storm
Officials said three Italian bombers crashed amid a violent storm while en route from a northern Italian base to Sicily. Thirteen airmen and one farmer on the ground died. Five airmen survived with parachutes.
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Rome
Dee
Ficials
Sicily
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Mayor Switzer
Mrs. Dawson
Minneapolis
Thomas FE
Pennsy Crossing
Russia
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