Seymour Amends Curfew Ordinance Seeks Final Passage
Seymour introduces an amended curfew act combining 1897 language with an eighteen year age limit to curb juvenile loitering. Council debates grace period removal and enforcement history while considering lowering age to fifteen and deploying auxiliary police to aid night patrols.
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Seymour
C. W. Burkart
Burkart
Arthur B. Foster
Jesse Himler
John Hauenschild
J. W. Loertz
Himler
Loertz
Soldier Sgt. George M. Wood Dies in Italy Front
Sgt. George M. Wood of Redding township, Jackson county, died in action on the Italian front. Word reached his sister Mrs. Lucille Reichenba of this city from the War Department. He had been overseas since March 1942.
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Jackson County
George M. Woodson
Redding Township
War Department
Lucille Reichenba
Moose Lodge Seeks Annexation to Seymour City
Moose Lodge No. 1223 filed a resolution requesting annexation of the Moose Home east of South O'Brien street. The council referred the measure to the city attorney for legal steps, noting fire protection will not extend beyond city lines after January 1 and that an ordinance and circuit court approval are needed.
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Seymour
Moose Lodge No. 1223
O’brien
Adam Maschino
George Callahan
George Ballard
Ennis Deppert
W. H. Boicourt
Jesse Himler
C. W. Burkart
Circuit Court
Corporation
Dairy Subsidy Payments For October In Jackson County
Dairy subsidy payments for October in Jackson County totaled 3591.70 dollars based on thirty five cents per hundred pounds of whole milk or four cents per pound of butterfat. Producers submitted sales evidence and drafts for this month were issued from the AAA office. November and December payments will be issued after January 3 due to a holiday and Sunday. Applicants should keep sales records and apply in January.
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Jackson County
AAA
Quarantine Issued Over Rabies Scare in Jackson County
Jackson county health commissioner D J Cummings issued a ninety day countywide quarantine for all dogs and cats amid a rabies scare in Brownstown where a dog bit several children including the sheriff's son. The notice, signed by state veterinarian J L Axley and public health officials, requires leashed dogs and under control cats and allows killing at large animals not under direct owner control. Vaccinated dogs within six months prior to January 8 1944 are exempt after thirty days if known to authorities.
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Brownstown
D. J. Cummings
Jackson County
J. L. Axley
Cummings
Thurman D. Rice
State Division of Public Health
Jackson
Sheriff
Cletus G. Sneed
Freeman Field Follies Gears Up for Army Premiere Show
Lt Roland O. Davis leads rehearsals for Freeman Field Follies aiding the Jackson County premiere of This is the Army at the Majestic. The all star cast includes Kate Smith George Murphy and Irving Berlin with proceeds aiding Army Emergency Relief and Jackson County War Fund. Curtain set for 8 15 pm Friday with tickets at 1 10.
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Freeman Field
Col. E. T. Rundquist
Irving Berlin
Jackson County
Kate Smith
George Murphy
Francis Langford
Joan Leslie
Alan Hale
the Majestic
Army Emergency Relief
Jackson County War Fund
Freeman Army Field Honors 600 Civilian Workers
About 600 workers including 335 sub-depot staff at Freeman Army Air Field received blue ribbon air corps insignia for six or more months of satisfactory service. The post theater program featured the 405th Army Air Forces Band, a Navy film on Midway, and remarks by Lt. Kenneth N. Knight and Major Paul H. Harrison recalling Pearl Harbor and civilian contributions to the war effort.
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Freeman Army Air Field
Air Corps
War Department
Washington
D. C
Pentagon
Freeman
405Th Army Air Forces Band
W/O Mitchel Chetel
Kenneth N. Knight
Paul H. Harrison
Hawaiian Air Depot
Hickam Field
Pearl Harbor
Burglar Strikes Topie's Service Station in Tipton
City and state police investigated a burglary at Topie's Service Station on Tipton and Walnut. A cigarette vending machine was torn apart and cash and cigarettes taken. The interior was ransacked with gasoline stamps scattered. owner Millard Topie said only the vending machine held money. A break in through a small front door glass enabled entry.
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Topie
Tipton
Walnut Street
Millard Topie
Weather records for Seymour include official min and unofficial max
Official minimum temperature for the past twenty four hours comes from Miss Louise Ahlert, government weather observer, in Seymour. The unofficial maximum temperature comes from a downtown thermometer. River level reported by Seymour Water Co pumping station at Rockford stands at 2 inches above low water mark.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
Woman Hurt in Auto Crash at Walnut and Fourth
Mrs. Doris M. Odom, 326 West Seventh street, suffered bruises in a downtown collision at Fourth and Walnut. Police said her car on Walnut eastbound struck Dr. A. A. Cohn’s westbound auto on Fourth. both vehicles sustained damage but were not moving fast.
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Doris M. Odom
West Seventh Street
Fourth and
Walnut Streets
Charles H. Blum
Seymour
Walnut Street
Harry M. Miller
Dr. Cohn
Fourth Street
Extra Features Set By Knights Templar
Plans for Seymour Commandery No. 56 Knights Templar ladies night at the Masonic Temple Thursday includes a 6:30 pitch in supper. Ladies are to be entertained while the Knights conduct the 1944 officers election and business meeting followed by a public installation. Hospitaler committee chairs arrangements. E. C. Lory is present commander.
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Seymour Commandery No
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
Commandery
Hospitaler
E. C. Lory
Pacific Combat Veteran to Speak at Seymour Meeting
Corporal Oswald O. Obhof will speak at the USO in Seymour on Tuesday night December 14 at 8 with a forest industry focus. A showing of the film Wood Vital to Victory and remarks by Walter Nicewander of the Timber Production War Project will follow. Woodlot owners and wood workers are urged to attend per District Ranger Robert S. Dimmick Browns town.
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Oswald O. Obhof
Seymour
USO
Corporal Obhof
Southwest Pacific War Zone
Cpl
Obhof
United States
Pearl Harbor
Australia
New Caledonia
Guadalcanal
Cpl. Obhof
Walter Nicewander
Nicewander
Jackson County
Robert S. Dimmick
Brownstown
U. S. Forest Ranger
Mount Camino Summit Struck By Fifth Army
General Clark notes Fifth Army has stormed Mount Camino in west central Italy after repelling Nazi counterattacks. The victory clears high ground for a view into the valley as Allied forces push toward Rome with Montgomery on the Moro River front and air strikes hitting Civitavecchia and Pescara.
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Algiers
Clark
Fifth Army
Mount Camino
Italy
Rome
Cassino
Eighth Army
Montgomery
Moro River
Civitavecchia
Adriatic
Pescara
Monastery
Albert Kesselring
90Th Armored Grenadier
65Th
Mihailovic Declares War on Tito and Partisans
The Swiss correspondent of Dagens Nyheter reports General Draja Mihailovic has declared virtual open war on Tito’s Partisans. Mihailovic denies collusion with Germans or Nedic forces while the Partisans announce a provisional Yugoslav government headed by Ivan Ribar with Tito as defense committee chairman.
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Associated Press
Stockholm
Dagens Nyheter
Draja Mihailovic
Tito
Mihailovic
Nedic
Yugoslavia
Peter
Ivan Ribar
Committee For National Defense
Shoppers May Buy Here at Night Beginning Monday
Seymour merchants announce extended hours to Christmas Eve. Stores stay open five nights starting Monday December 20 and most downtown banks will open Wednesday afternoon December 22 to aid last minute shoppers. No downtown holiday lighting due to war and fuel conservation.
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Seymour
Seymour Merchants
William Topie
Seymour Business Men's Association
Unity in World War Two Conference At Cairo 1943
A wartime communique details the Cairo meeting of Franklin D Roosevelt Winston Churchill and İsmet İnönü on December 4 to 6 1943. Anthony Eden M Numan Menemcnoglu and Harry Hopkins attended. The talks highlighted the allied bond among Britain the United States and Turkey and the strong Turkish friendship with the US and Soviet Union.
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Cairo
Roosevelt
Churchill
Inonu
Turkey
United States of America
Smet Inonu
Winston Churchill
United Kingdom
Anthony Eden
M. Numan Menemencloglu
Harry Hopkins
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Tuonu
Byrnes urges price controls to curb inflation
Democratic sources report War Mobilization Director James F. Byrnes calls for immediate inflation containment and a new equity based line of effort. Senator Joseph O Mahoney supports price control as a path to avert cost of living crises while Congress debates ending food price subsidies.
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Washington
Wyoming
Joseph O'Mahoney
James F. Byrnes
O'Mahoney
Byrnes
Byrne
John Bankhead
Alabama
Senate
Banking Committee
MSO Makes Curtains For Freeman Day Room
The 907th Quartermasters Squadron at Freeman Army Air Field received twenty curtains made by the Mothers' Service Organization of the Sey mour USO center. Under Mrs. George Henry the MSO members met at the USO to complete the donation, with participants including Mrs. Lawrence Thias Mrs. Frank Mitchell Mrs. I L Frost Mrs. William Alrey Mrs. Roland La Croix and others.
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907Th Quartermasters
Freeman Army Air Field
Mothers’ Service Organization
Seymour
USO
MSO
George Henry
Lawrence Thias
Frank Mitchell
I. L. Frost
William Alrey
Roland la Croix
T. C. Barnett
Ben Burke
Parliament to Meet in Extra Session Today
Cairo reports say the Turkish Parliament will convene in extraordinary session to address topics from the Cairo Allied talks with Roosevelt Churchill and Turkey’s Inonu. Observers see moves edging Turkey toward war though some doubt full engagement for months due to military equipment needs.
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Cairo
Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Inonu
Turkey
Berlin
Vichy
Saracoglu
Associated Press
Ankara
William
King
William King
Soviets Close On Znamenka Junction
Russian columns push toward Znamenka from three directions as Soviet forces near the Nazi held rail hub. German positions fell around Kremenchug with 16 strongholds captured, signaling a likely Znamenka loss that would disrupt German transport below Kiev.
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Moscow
Znamenka
Kremenchug
Kiev
Red Army
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