Draft Examinations Move Off Carroll County Men
Ninety Jackson county men left Seymour for Louisville to take final selective service exams. Names of those rejected will not be published, only accepted candidates will be named after return. The order also delays induction for men thirty eight and older and future groups will favor married men and eighteen nineteen year olds.
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Jackson County
Seymour
Louisville
State Draft Board
County Board
C Books to be Investigated in Indiana Ration Program
Indiana O P A director James D. Strickland announced that all applications for C mileage ration books from automobile owners will be reviewed by local war price boards. If ineligible, books will be revoked and books issued on false information will be recalled with enforcement immediate and penalties for false statements.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Indiana
James D. Strickland
Office of Price Administration
Strickland
O.P.A
Post Service Officer To Address Rotarians
Lieut Roland Davis special service officer Seymour Army Air Field will speak at the Seymour Rotary Club dinner at 6 15 tonight at the Elks Home H H Miller club president presiding and other airport officers may attend
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Roland Davis
Seymour Army Air Field
Seymour
Auxiliary Firemen to Meet in Seymour Tonight
All members of the Auxiliary Firemen of Seymour will meet at 7 30 tonight at the home of Harry S McBride on Fourth street and Emerson Drive. A number of important matters will be considered during this regular session.
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Seymour
Harry S. McBride
Fourth Street
Emerson Drive
Dim-Out Tonight Ends Pearl Harbor Anniversary Observance
City marks Pearl Harbor anniversary with a 9 pm to 9 30 pm dim-out of residential areas. Mayor Switzer urges closed rooms or total lights out for 30 minutes and a bond and stamp drive begins at 11 55 am. Air raid wardens, auxiliary police and fire units will monitor cooperation during the blackout.
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Pearl Harbor
Girl Struck By Auto Leaves Arm Fractured
Nine year old Marjorie Schneider was struck by a westbound car on U S Road 50 six miles west of Seymour. She sustained a left arm fracture a bruised knee and facial cuts and was admitted to Schneck Memorial Hospital around 4 50 PM. The driver Merald Malloy 29 of Ewing was cited. Officer George Coon investigated. Snowy highways contributed to additional weekend accidents on U S 59 and State Road 135.
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Marjorie Schneider
Irving Schneider
Seymour
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Gir
U. S. Road 50
Midway Fruit Stand
Merald Malloy
Ewing
George B. Coon
Seymour State
U.S. Road 59
Brownstown
Robert B. Ice
Camp Atterbury
Gilbert Staley
Politic
Walter G. LaMaster
Raymond Schaeffer
Purse Theft Under Investigation in Seymour Hotel
Seymour police investigate the theft of a purse from the lobby desk of a local hotel. Gerald L Garriott of Crothersville is the owner, with about 485 dollars in cash checks and money orders inside. He arrived for a military examination and had left the purse with hotel staff before being shown to his room.
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Seymour
Gerald L Garriott
Crothersville
Garriott
Hardesty Hotel
Bloomington
Wardens Meet Tonight for First Aid Class
Air raid wardens in the southwest zone attend a Monday night first aid class from 7:45 to 8:45 at Washington School. They will be dismissed in time for tonight's practice dim out.
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Southwest Zone
Washington School
Ex-Resident Killed in Boonville Mine Accident
Lawrence Ackerman thirty five of Boonville died in a mine accident near Boonville. He worked at the Tecumseh Coal Mine and died at 6 30 Sunday morning. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at Holland. He left a widow and two sons Louis and James and is survived by his parents Rev and Mrs L H Ackerman two sisters Marjorie and Ruth and a brother Joe Ackerman all of Indiana and Holland relatives.
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Lawrence Ackerman
Boonville
Ray Hoeferkamp
North
Pine Street
Ackerman
Tecumseh
Holland
L. H. F. Ackerman
Seymour
Holland Methodist Church
Louis Frederick
James Howard
Marjorie Ackerman
Indianapolis
Ruth Ackerman
Joe Ackerman
Kurtz Woman Is Called by Death
Mrs. America Bower of Kurtz died at 8 p.m. Sunday after two years of heart trouble. Born August 27, 1857 in Washington County near Pekin, she married William H. Bower in 1884 and lived in Jackson County since. She was a Christian Church member. her husband preceded her in death. Survived by several nieces and nephews. Burial will be in Kurtz Masonic Cemetery.
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America Bower
Kurtz
Kurtz Masonic Cemetery
Bower
Washington County
Pekin
Samuel
Nellie Gray Goss
William H. Bower
Jackson County
Christian Church
Weather Record for Seymour Shows Mixed Official and Unofficial Readings
Today's Seymour report notes the 2 p.m. temperature reading from a downtown thermometer as unofficial while the minimum, recorded over twenty four hours by Miss Louise Ahlert, is official. River level data come from the Seymour Water Co pumping station at Rockford.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
Rent Control Registration Starts Dec 15 in Jackson County
Jackson County rents face registration from December 15 to January 15 under the new rent control program. C R Julian named inspector in charge of the Seymour office opening today at Room 32 Vehstage Building, open 8 15 A M to 5 P M.
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Jackson County
C. R. Julian
Seymour
Vehstage
Knox Says Japs Short of Vessels
Navy Secretary Knox says Japanese forces in the Pacific will lack vessels to transport troops as replacements dwindle. He cites Tokyo’s maritime strength weakened to within a few thousand tons of crippling its communications, crediting American submarine actions over the past year.
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Washington
Knox
Pacific
Army and Navy Journal
Tokyo
Japan
Western Pacific
Riots at Manzanar Camp in California
At Manzanar relocation center in California a riot left one Japanese dead and nine wounded after soldiers fired on the crowd. Project Director Ralph Merritt says martial law was requested following earlier clashes as protesters attacked a cordon of military police. One more Japanese was beaten and another jailed in earlier phases of the disorder. The violence surged during a Pearl Harbor anniversary celebration by pro Axis groups among residents.
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Manzanar
Calif
Manzanar Relocation Center
Ralph Merritt
Merritt
Pearl Harbor
Two Alleged Drunk Drivers Are Held
Two men arrested during the weekend face arraignment today before Judge John C Branaman of Jackson Circuit Court. Charles Quinn was arrested by Officer George B Coon at US Road 31 near the junction with Road 50 around 1 AM Sunday on a drunk driving charge. Leo C Buxton of Blocher was arrested in Crothersville on a similar charge by Officer Charles H Blum.
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John C. Branaman
Jackson Circuit Court
Charles Quinn
George B Coon
Seymour State
Leo C. Buxton
Blocher
Crothersville
Charles H. Blum
Wickard Becomes U S Food Czar
Secretary of Agriculture Claude Wickard of Indiana takes full control over the nation’s food program under a Roosevelt executive order. He will oversee marketing and distribution of farm products and coordinate with wartime agencies to feed civilians and armed forces. Wickard joins Ickes McNutt and Jeffers in the president’s war cabinet with a creed about ample food as democracy’s missionary product.
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Washington
Claude Wickard
Indiana
United States
Roosevelt
Wickara
Wickard
War Production Board
Harold Ickes
Paul McNutt
William Jeffers
Siciy Island Airfields Fueled Axis Reinforcements
Wherezit Map shows Siciy as the major airbase used by Axis forces to fly in planes and troops for the battle of Tunisia. Airfields across the island had been used by the Nazis for bombings of Malta and British Mediterranean convoys.
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Siciy
Tunisia
Malta
Mediterranean
United Nations on Road to Victory in World War II
United States enters its second year of war with the United Nations on track for victory. Authorities warn of greater sacrifices to come in the European invasion and Pacific campaigns, with focus on crushing Germany and Italy, holding Japan, boosting aid to allies, tightening the economy, and hoping for victory by Pearl Harbor’s second anniversary.
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United States
United Nations
Europe
Japan
Germany
Italy
North Africa
America
Washington
United Nations High Command
Pearl Harbor
Pacific
Pearl Harbor bombing anniversary page of pictures
The Tribune presents a page of pictures and feature material marking the Pearl Harbor bombing anniversary. The page includes pictures maps charts and other items assembled from special releases. Turn to page 4 for the feature.
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the Tribune
Pearl Harbor
Gas ration controversy over jurors sparks court reaction
Indianapolis reports dispute over extra gasoline for jury duty. Judge William H. Schannen condemns the ration board action as threatening a fundamental right while noting hoped fixes. Judge Harold J. Barger sought extra fuel but was denied. a reply to Representative Raymond followed.
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Indianapolis
Apration Boards
William H. Schannen
Alien County Circuit Court
P. A
Fort Wayne
The
Schannen
Harold J. Barger
Shelby County Circuit Court
Ration Board
Raymond
Allied Forces Hold Control Near Tebourba
Allied commanders plan final phase of the Tunisian campaign as fighting rages near Tebourba and Mateur. Morocco radio says allied forces securely hold heights dominating Tebourba’s strategic communications center, twenty miles west of Tunis.
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Associated Press
Tebourba-Mateur
Morocco
Tebourba
Tunis
Hershey to Stay On Draft Job
Washington reports Major General Lewis Hershey will continue as director of the selective service system. War Manpower Chief Paul McNutt confirmed the arrangement saying, for the time being, he will stay in the post. Hershey remains on loan from the army and could be recalled at any time.
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Associated Press
Washington
Lewis Hershey
Paul McNutt
Hershey
McNutt
1943 License Plates On Sale January First
Indianapolis December 7 APL Small tabs for 1943 automobile license plates are being distributed to license ranches and will go on sale January 1 according to Secretary of State Rue J. Alexander. The deadline to purchase the metal tag is March 1 and prices will be the same as last year. Special numbers issued to individuals will be abolished and 1943 tags will not be matched to prior year plates.
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Indianapolis
Rue J. Alexander
Alexander
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