253 Students Absent Today From Schools
The city reports 253 of 1,534 enrolled pupils absent amid mild influenza and mumps. Four teachers also out. absences split between mumps and sore throats. Officials warn of possible school closures if illnesses rise, while Dr. Thurman B. Rice notes this may be the winter epidemic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J. Lasher
St. Joan of Arc Catholic
Indianapolis
Seymour
Thurman B. Rice
State Department of Public Health
Police Seek 1000-Pound OPA Safe in Hammond Theft
Hammond police hunt for a 1000 pound safe from the Office of Price Administration stolen Sunday night. The container held 8000 number 4 war ration books and an undetermined number of gasoline ration books.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hammond
Ind
Price Administration
Freeman Field Talent Entertains Rotarians At Meeting
Freeman Army Air Field musicians arranged by Dr A A Cohn provided a fine program at the Seymour Rotary Club dinner at the Elks home. Lt Charles D Hale announced the county premier of This Is the Army at Majestic Theater with proceeds split between the Army Emergency Relief Fund and the Jackson County War Fund. A new Rotary member Glenn H Seward was introduced by Walter L Surface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Army Air Field
A. A. Cohn
Soldiers’ Hospitality Center
First Baptist Church
Seymour
Rotary
Harry M. Palmer
Charles D. Hale
Camp Atterbury
Majestic Theater
Hale
Freeman Field
Rotary Club
Army Emergency Relief Fund
Jackson County War Fund
Local Soldier Dies Overseas in Melbourne
Miss Mary Rose Eldridge learns her father George H. Eldridge of the U S Army died in Melbourne Australia on Thanksgiving Day after a long illness. A mechanic with Continental Can Company, he supervised canning plants in the state and is survived by his mother and brother in Wisconsin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Rose Eldridge
South O’brien Street
George H. Eldridge
U. S. Army
Melbourne
Australia
Rose Eldridge
Oliver Eldridge
Chilton
Wisconsin
New Local Grade Teacher Is Named
The city board of school trustees appointed Mrs. Christine Vaughn of Danville Kentucky to the second grade at Emerson School. She fills a vacancy existing since the start of the term and began duties Monday. Vaughn is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky Normal College and has fifteen years of teaching experience in Florida New Jersey and Danville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Board of School Trustees
Christine Vaughn
Danville
Emerson School
Georgia Cox Waller
Vaughn
Eastern Kentucky Normal College
Richmond
Florida
New Jersey
Infant Son of Mr and Mrs Charles Lucas Dies
John Gerald Lucas day old son of Charles W and Nora Nie wedde Lucas of 703 East Brown Street died late Monday afternoon at Schneck Memorial Hospital where he was born Sunday. Funeral services were held at 3 pm at Voss Mortuary with Rev John Engleking officiating. Burial was in Lutheran Cemetery. Survived by parents and two brothers James William and Charles Russell Lucas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Gerald Lucas
Charles W
Nora Niewedde Lucas
East Brown Street
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Voss Mortuary
John Engleking
Lutheran Cemetery
Owen Presides at District Welfare Meet in Indiana
S Z Owen of Browns town Jackson county heads the southeastern district welfare group of 17 Indiana counties meeting at Clifty Inn near Madison. He presided as county officials including Margaret Robbins and Dorothy Von Dielin gen attended with staff. R H Matthias explained auditing procedures to the gathering, Brown county not represented in the all day session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stanley Z. Owen
Brownstown
Jackson County
Indiana
Clifty Inn
Madison
Owen
Margaret Robbins
Dorothy von Dielingen
R. H. Matthias
State Office
Brown
AAA Delegates Named for 1944 County Meeting Series
Bill R. Isaacs announces township meetings to elect AAA committeemen and delegates to the county convention for 1944. Meetings at Brownstown Carr Medora Driftwood Grassy Fork Hamilton Cortland Jackson Owen Salt Creek Redding Vernon-Crothersville Washington. Topics include dairy feed hog marketing war food production and conservation. All gatherings start at 7:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AAA
Bill R. Isaacs
Jackson County Agricultural Conservation Administration
Brownstown
Carr—Medora
Driftwood
Wallonia
Grassy Fork
Tampico
Hamilton & Pershing—Cortland
Jackson—Carter
Owen and Salt Creek
Clear Spring
Redding
Walnut Grove
Vernon
Crothersville
Washington
Dudleytown
Mrs. Jennie Dailey Dies in California
Mrs. Jennie Dailey died November 23 at San Gabriel California. She was wife of W C Dailey former Jackson county coroner and mother of Webster Ralph and Orville all of California. Surviving are two sisters Bertha Hartz Los Angeles and Arnie Gardner Weston plus many nieces and nephews. Burial was at Forest Lawn Memorial Park Glendale California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennie Dailey
San Gabriel
Cal
W. C. Dailey
Jackson County
Webster
Ralph
Orville
California
Bertha Hartz
Los Angeles
Arnie Gardner
Weston
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Glendale
Weather Records Minimum Temperature at Low Water Mark
A weather reading recorded the lowest temperature at 22 meters above the low water line with a 2 inch reference noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
LSS
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Tion
Ockford
Atterbury Corporal Not In Critical Condition
Camp Atterbury Indiana December 7 Corporal Neal Gray from Alton Illinois who fell from a Shelbyville Indiana hotel window on Sunday is not in a critical condition. Lieutenant Wesley Jones public relations officer at Camp Atterbury confirms the report and says a WAC private who also stayed at the hotel is not being held for question.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Neal Gray
Alton
Ilinois
Shelbyville
Indiana
Wesley Jones
WAC
This Is Army Premiere at Majestic Theater
Seymour hosts Irving Berlin's This Is Army premiere on Friday December 10 with The Freeman Field Follies a GI stage show from the local air base. Proceeds benefit Army Emergency Relief and Jackson County War Fund 70 percent to AER 30 percent to the fund. Tickets reserved lower floor $1.10, balcony $1.10 no reservation. The three hour program combines stage and screen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Jackson County
Irving Berlin
Majestic
Army Emergency Relief
Jackson County War Fund
I. L. Frost
Majestic Theater
Tax Audit Co Opens New Seymour Office
The Income Tax Audit Co under Malcolm Routt has opened offices at 12242 West Second Street to assist residents with preparing their 1943 estimated tax returns due December 15. Routt, a Benjamin Harrison Law School graduate, previously practiced law in Greensburg and served as an auditor in Indianapolis. He will relocate to Seymour with his wife and daughter when a home is found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Income Tax Audit Co
Malcolm Routt
Seymour
West Second Street
Routt
Benjamin Harrison Law School
Indianapolis
Greensburg
Collector of Internal Revenue
St Ambrose to Observe Feast of Immaculate Conception
The Feast of the Immaculate Conception will be observed at St Ambrose Catholic Church as a Holy day of Obligation. Masses are scheduled for 5 30, 7 00 and 8 30 a m with Blessed Sacrament exposed for public adoration. Benediction closes the devotions at 7 00 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ambrose
Pius XII
New Divorce Suit Filed in Jackson County Court
Clara Schurman seeks divorce from Edward Schurman in Jackson Circuit Court at Brownstown. They married January 18 1927 and separated November 27 1943. She asks custody of three children, alimony, attorney fees, and support. C M Montgomery represents the plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson
Brownstown
Clara Schurman
Edward Schurman
C. M. Montgomery
Turkey’s Action Gives Germany Case of Jitters
A London report says Germany is jittery over Turkey possibly declaring war. Dispatches claim Turkish president Sinn Fein no, Erdogan? meeting with Roosevelt and Churchill in Cairo. Berlin comforts fear allies pressuring Ankara. Troop movements through Bulgaria and Teheran links fuel Balkan war speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
Germany
Turkey
Stockholm
Inonn
Roosevelt
Churchill
Cairo
George Schroeder
Balkans
Washington
Teheran
Wilson Broadbent
The
Daily Mail
Berlin
Broadbent
Decorated Local Gunner Receives Purple Heart and Air Medal
Staff Sgt. George H. Marling belly gunner in a Flying Fortress of the U S Army Air Corps has been awarded both the Purple Heart and the Air Medal for injuries suffered on a bombing mission. He waited to recover before informing his parents at 612 Euclid Avenue and notes he was wounded by flak over one eye during the mission. He has served overseas since September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George H. Marling
George L. Marling
Euclid Avenue
U. S. Army Air Corps
Marling
Army Air Corps
Ration Stamp Heist Hits Keokuk Mid West
AP reports the Keokuk ration board vault was robbed in a professional safe cracking theft. The thief stole stamps valid for over 1.25 million gallons of gasoline, 1500 pairs of shoes, 1000 copies of ration book four, and hundreds of sugar and gasoline coupons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keokuk
OPA
Middle West
Parades Not Needed to Mark Pearl Harbor Anniversary
On the second anniversary of Pearl Harbor, America remains strong and hopeful. Allied leaders pledge relentless war and a coming international peace framework as new invasions loom with attacks on the Marshall Islands and Cape Gloucester while Bougainville and Rabaul are tightened by U S forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Pearl Harbor
Hawaii
America
Roosevelt
Churchill
Stalin
Soviets Push Across Ukraine In Major Offensive
Soviet columns knife through Ukraine severing the Smela Znamenka rail line and threatening Kirovograd and Krivoi Rog. Units advance from Cherkassy and Kremenchug bridgeheads toward Dnieper targets as northern columns move on Zhlobin and Rogachev, sweeping up towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Ukraine
Smela
Znamenka
Red Army
Black Sea
Rumanian
Kirovograd
Krivoi Rog
Cherkasy
Kremenchug
Dnieper
Zhlobin
Rogachev
White Russia
Packers Absorb Hog Receipts
War Food administration reports improvement in hog market conditions with midwestern receipts allowing packers to clear holdovers. Chicago shows the healthiest undertone with air clearance of hog supplies. similar clearances at St Louis Indianapolis and Omaha indicate readiness to handle fresh supplies up to slaughter capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
War Food Administration
St. Louis
Indianapolis
Omaha
Road to Seymour Dudleytown Right of Way Costs Rise
Viewers appointed by the Indiana state highway commission reported to Jackson County commissioners that the initial $16 000 appropriation for securing right of way for the Seymour to Dudleytown road would likely fall short by up to $3 000. The commissioners refused extra funds, though the issue may be taken to the state highway commission. The plan calls for the state to take over the road along Freeman Field, cover present maintenance, and permanently improve it after the war emergency ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Highway Commission
Seymour
Dudleytown
Jackson County
State Highway Commission
Highway Commission
Seymour- Dudleytown
Freeman Field
Mussolini Paralyzed in Swiss Care Reports
Bern reports from Italian sources that Benito Mussolini is virtually paralyzed and being treated by German specialists in Switzerland. The Ex Duce is said to be growing worse steadily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bern
Switzerland
Benito Mussolini
Pacific War Hits Marshalls and New Britain Fronts
On the second Pearl Harbor anniversary, air squadrons blast Japanese positions in the Marshalls three hundred miles north of the Gilbert group. MacArthur HQ dispatches report Cape Gloucester bombing as Allied forces press New Britain near New Guinea. A MacArthur staffer in Cairo says the Dutch East Indies can fall without an invasion of the Japanese mainland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Harbor
API
Marshall 'S
Gilbert Group
Chester Nemitz
Long
Marshalls
MacArthur
Cape Gloucester
New Britain
New Guinea
Cairo
Netherlands East Indies
Japan
Rumors of German Peace Feelers Reemerge in London
The London report cites Reuters noting German officers, seen as out of favor with Hitler but backed by industrialists, allegedly making peace overtures to the Allies. Names like Von Brauchitsch Raeder and Doenitz surface in revived rumors, though no allied source has confirmed them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reuters
Bern
Switzerland
Hitler
Marshal von Brauchitsch
Erich Raeder
Karl Doenitz
Soviets Pleased With Tehran Conference Outcomes
The Soviet government voiced strong approval of the Tehran meeting between Roosevelt Stalin and Churchill. An Izvestia editorial says four days of roundtable talks produced complete agreement on wartime matters and key post war peace planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Teheran
Roosevelt
Stalin
Churchill
Izvestia
Allied Eighth Army pushes across the More River in Italy
British Eighth Army drives big guns and tanks across the More River on the eastern Italian front as heavy pressure continues from Ortona to Guardiagrele. Fifth Army reveals vast gains toward Rome with Mount Camino and Mount Maggiore areas now under Allied control. Weather hampers air operations. US heavy bombers claim success against Ath ens Greece, ten German fighters downed.
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Algiers
Eighth Army
More River
Ortona
Adriatic
Orsogna
Guardiagrele
Eisenhower
Fifth Army
Mount Camino
Mount Maggiore
Rome
United States
Athens
Greece
Italy
San Vito
Pescara
Flignano
Venafro
Bignano
Cassino
Pearl Harbor
Piscara
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Emerson
Lincoln
Riley
Junior
Rice
Ration Books
Forrest E. Breckenridge
Ilness
Charles Lucas
James William and
Charles Russell Lucas
S. Z. Owen
San Gabriel, Cal
Atterbury
Tax Audit Co
Bulgaria
Pacific
Marshall Islands
Gilberts
Rabaul
Bougainville
Solomons
Packers
Mussolini
Pacific Zone
Eternal City
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