Special Grand Jury to Convene Over Craig Embezzlement Case
A Floyd County special grand jury will probe the Citizens Security Company of New Albany as Lynn Craig faces federal embezzlement charges. Investigators review Citizens State Bank Palmyra Scottsburg State Bank and Union State Bank after losses tied to Craig’s financial network. deposits total about 1 million dollars with insurance to cover most. Depositors are to receive refunds under federal insurance within ten days as the security company likely liquidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Security Company
New Albany
Lynn Craig
Floyd County
Roy W. Darneal
Indiana Department of Financial Institutions
Citizens State Bank
Palmyra
Scottsburg State Bank
Scottsburg
Union State Bank
Crothersville
Craig
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Rk. FE. Korte
R. H. Weir
Sceottsburg
Home Transit Company
Jeffersonville
Robert RK. Kelso
Palmyra Bank
Floyd County Bank
Palmyra’ Bank
Kelso
Indianapolis Banking Department
Bedford and Seymour Meet in Tonight’s High School Basketball
The Goal Dust column reviews a tangled history between Seymour Owls and Bedford Stonecutters. Since 1917 they have not played regularly, eleven-year gaps in scheduling, and a Bedford victory later forfeited. The piece previews tonight’s matchup and related past frictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Owls
Bedford
Stonecutters
Dedication Night for St Ambrose Church Addition
The dedication ceremony for the St Ambrose Church addition is set for tonight after the Forty Hours Devotion ends at 7. Indianapolis Bishop Joseph Ritter will lead the rites with Monsignor A J Rawlinson and Rev Henry Herman assisting. Priests from the area are expected, with a public procession of children and special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
A. J. Rawlinson
Joseph FP. Ritter
Indianapolis
Henry Herman
Msgr
Rawlinson
Short Rites Set for Bartholomew County Farmer
Funeral services for Charles M. Short fifty nine Bartholomew county farmer fatally injured Saturday night in a collision on U S Road 31 north of Jonesville will be held Wednesday afternoon at 2 from Voss Mortuary with Rev S J Cross First Methodist Church in charge Burial in Riverview Cemetery Short died of a fractured skull at Bartholomew County Hospital about thirteen hours after the crash The Walls car occupants Lowell Walls Everitt Parnell and Charles Bellville of Columbus were uninjured Short formerly lived in Seymour
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Short
Bartholomew County
U.S. Road 31
Jonesville
Voss
J. Cross
First Methodist Church
Riverview Cemetery
Mr. Short
Bartholomew County Hospital
Lowell Walls
Columbus
Everitt Parnell
Charles Bellville
Walls
Seymour
Development of Transportation and Bridge History
Dr Sumner L Martin Rotary Club speaker discusses bridge development in America and Europe. He notes rivers as boundary lines, cites Indianapolis as a major inland city, and traces bridge evolution from wooden to iron spans with lengths increasing from 72 to 3500 feet. He highlights covered bridges and catalogs numerous pictures of them nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sumner L. Martin
Rotary Club
Indianapolis
America
Bellow Falls
Frankfort
N. Y
Martin
United States
Vermont
Connecticut River
New Hampshire
Diphtheria Strikes Three Children in Seymour Quarantines Issued
Three children in Seymour are ill with diphtheria leading health authorities to quarantine two South Chestnut Street homes, 332 and 328 South Park Street, over the last two days. Thomas Eugene Otto at 328 South Park is sick, while the Kovener residence at 605 West Oak Street was released from scarlet fever quarantine today as Gilbert Dale recovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Leona
Geneva Ferguson
Emer Ferguson
South Chestnut Street
South Park Street
Thomas Eugene Otto
Jesse Kovener
West Oak Street
Gilbert Dale
Signs of Progress Seen in Maritime Walkout
AP reports tentative talks to settle the Pacific coast maritime walkout as coastwise operators and union spokesmen plan a public debate. The Labor Department notes a break in the forty day port blockade while a rank and file Atlantic coast strike votes to depose office holders. Nationwide tensions include Racine Wisconsin injunctions and a New York WPA sit down at a theater project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Edward F. McGrady
Atlantic
Eastern and Gulf Sailors Association
C. M. Davison
Philip F. LaFollette
J. L. Case Company
New York
Pleasantville
N. J
WPA
Christmas lights strung along downtown streets
Christmas lights are being strung along downtown streets with green foliage and colored bulbs. Workmen started the job after a delay and will illuminate the display each night while downtown stores remain closed at night for a time. Businesses plan extended hours from December 21 through Christmas. Christmas Day will halt city business.
Methodist S S Officers Named for 1937 at First Church
Officers for the First Methodist Church Sunday School and Men's Bible Class were chosen for 1937. S. F. Hodapp was reelected Sunday School superintendent with N. H. Parker as assistant. Lila Nieman and Bernice Taskey were named secretary and assistant secretary respectively. Dale Patrick treasurer and Kenneth N. Warbritton director of entertainment. Glenn H. Seward librarian. Department superintendents include Parker, Mrs. George Schmitt, Miss Clara Massman, Miss Virginia Disney, Mrs. W. A. Seward, Miss Kathleen Taskey. N. L. McCord elected president of the Men’s Bible class. Russell Patrick vice president and John L. Klein secretary-treasurer. W. B. Everdon to teach the class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Methodist Church
S. F. Hodapp
N. H. Parker
Lila Nieman
Bernice Taskey
Dale Patrick
Kenneth N. Warbritton
Glenn H. Seward
Hedapp
Parker
George Schmitt
Clara Massman
Virginia Disney
W. A. Seward
Kathleen Taskey
N. L. McCord
Sewer tile laid for Seymour pool project in Shields Park
Workmen advance a $40,000 municipal swimming pool in Seymour by laying sewer tile along Eighth Street from Broadway to Park. A trench has been dug, two park lamp posts removed, and the flagpole scheduled for removal as excavations continue. A building for the construction superintendent and materials storage has been erected and equipped with a stove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Shields Park
Eighth Street
Broadway
Park Street
Broad
Pope Pius XI Delays Return to Duty
Vatican officials said a sudden chill weather kept Pope Pius XI in bed despite continued improvement in his condition. It was deemed unwise to risk exposure, delaying his reentry into full daily routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vatican City
Pius XI
Holy Father
Vatican
Temperature dips to nineteen above at Henry Ahlert place
The government thermometer at Henry Ahlert place north of zee recorded a minimum of nineteen degrees Monday night, six degrees higher than the previous night’s reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Ahlert Place
Zee
Pension proposals loom for widows of World War veterans
Washington reports that with a bonus tight absent for years Congress may tackle pensions for widows and orphans of World War soldiers. Talks center on uniform pension bills extending benefits to survivors of World War Spanish American Indian and Civil wars. Lawmakers weigh costs and possible moves from within and outside Congress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Gasque
D-Sc
House Pensions Committee
House
Veterans’ Organizations
Rankin
House Veterans Committee
Barrett Returned to Scott County on Forgery Charge
James Leonard Barrett, 23, of several miles northwest of Scottsburg, was turned over to Scott County officers by Seymour police Monday night. He faces forgery charges in Scott County after allegedly writing checks totaling about 140 dollars. Barrett had been charged in Jackson County with trying to pass a forged check last Friday and confessed to forging the check in Scott County in a signed statement to Chief Julius G. Harlow and Deputy Prosecutor Allen Nierman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Leonard Barrett
Scottsburg
Scott County
Seymour City
Barrett
Jackson County
Julius G. Harlow
Allen Nierman
Jury seated for Hicks murder trial in Miller case
A jury of twelve men was seated tentatively as Heber L. Hicks enters the second day of his murder trial for the head and hands slaying of Capt. Harry R. Miller, a retired Cincinnati fire fighter. The panel includes one garage mechanic and eleven farmers from the New Trenton area, all subject to peremptory challenges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brookeville
Ind
Heber L
Jimmie” Hicks
Harry R. Miller
Cincinnati
New Trenton
Miller
Edward VII Faces Love or Throne Dilemma in Britain
King Edward VII contemplates his future as Wallis Simpson offers to renounce their romance to save his throne. The cabinet and Dominions oppose marriage to Simpson while urging abdication if he refuses. The king seeks guidance from advisers at Fort Belvedere and amid court intrigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Edward VII
Fort Belvedere
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Stanley Baldwin
Mrs. Simpson
Dominions
Cannes
Edward
Simpson
Labor Party
Clement Attlee
Learns of Tragedy as Daughter Hears of Father's Death
Mrs Russell Sweeney of Indianapolis learned of her father Charles M Short's fatal auto crash from a newspaper while waiting in Fort Wayne. Relatives struggled to contact her after the Saturday accident as she and her husband traveled from Detroit to Indianapolis via Port Wayne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Russell Sweeney
Indianapolis
Charles M. Short
Seymour
Sweeney
Planes Hunt for Southern Cross Missing in Atlantic
Dakar Senegal December 8 planes and ships scoured an expanding area of the south Atlantic for the four motor mailplane Southern Cross en route to Natal Brazil with five crew. Jean Mermoz reported one motor failure but said weather was excellent. Overdue at Natal by midnight, the final position put the craft 420 miles southwest of Dakar as search zones widened.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dakar
Senegal
South Atlantic
Southern Cross
Natal
Brazil
Jean Mermoz
Air France
Mermoz
Run-around Opens After Salt Creek Bridge Collapse
Motorists now use State Road 5S between Kurtz and the junction with State Road 135 south of Freetown via a new run-around at Salt Creek. The lone sixty foot steel bridge collapsed under a truck last Thursday and the south side detour was removed once the run-around was completed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kurtz
Freetown
Salt Creek
Desperate criminals fail in escape attempt at Ohio penitentiary
Six convicts at the Ohio State Penitentiary plot to flee using dummy pistols lines and knives. An oncoming guard distraction by a fellow inmate thwarted the plan as the six were overpowered and the guards bound. The ringleaders include Joseph Filkowski Charles Menges LeRoy Keith Clyde Staup Frank Benszowski and Morris O Flaherty all serving prison terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio — Penitentiary
Joseph Filkowski
Cleveland
Charles Menges
Cincinnati
LeRoy Keith
Warren
Clyde Staup
Lima
Frank Benszowski
Morris O'Flaherty
W. R. Springer
W. W. Rauch
William Gardner
Thousands Dead as Cagayan Flood Wrecks Philippine Valley
Manila reports thousands killed as the Cagayan River flood sweeps 100 miles of Luzon farmland. Dozens of villages inundated and hundreds of houses carried away, with thousands missing and relief efforts mobilized across the Commonwealth. Local officials call it the greatest disaster in the Philippines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Cagayan
Philippines
Philippine Army
Commonwealth
Lulon
Luzon Island
Tsabella
Ile
Canayan
Lagan
Cagayan Valley
Leon Cabarroguis
Nueva Vizcaya
Charge Dismissed in Hunting Without License Case
Clyde Johnson of West Second street faced a hunting license charge in O. B. Burrell’s court. The case was dismissed due to lack of evidence after a Seymour game warden arrested him while hunting on his own farm about one and a half miles east of Uniontown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde Johnson
West Second Street
O. B. Burrell
Justice of Peace
Johnson
Phillip Creeelius
Seymour
Uniontown
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St. Ambrose Church
Bishop Ritter
World Progress
Rotary
Dr.s.l. Martin
Big Four Railroad
Santa Fe Railroad
Albuquerque
N. M
Methodist S. S
Pope
Capital
Seymour Water Co
Spor
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