Freetown Man Killed In Crash On Road 58
Raymond Hatton of Freetown was killed when a sedan overturned about six times on late Road 58 near Kurtz. Passenger William Engle, 20, suffered injuries and was treated at Memorial Hospital with condition listed as satisfactory.
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Freetown
Urtz
Raymond Hatton
William Orville Engle
Town
Neck Memorial Hospital
Air Force
Hatton
U. S. Army Airorces
Tuberculosis Association Receives Top State Rating
The Jackson County Tuberculosis Association has earned an A rating from the Indiana Tuberculosis Association. Officers, informed by M. A. Erbach of Indianapolis, celebrate meeting all required qualifications set by the National Tuberculosis Association and state standards. The rating is issued by a state committee including a local tuberculosis secretary.
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Jackson County Tubercuis Association
Indianaberculosis Association
M. A.erbach
Indianapolis
Rotary
National Tuberlosis Association
Cers
Debates to Open to Public in Butler Fieldhouse
Indianapolis officials confirm Homer Capehart and Rep drew Jacobs will hold the first public debate at Butler Fieldhouse next Monday at 7 30 pm. The Civis Committee will provide free transcripts of seven debates for Indiana radio stations, while no radio time payments are planned for rebroadcasts. WIBC and SH will carry the opening debate live.
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Indianapolis
Homer E. Capehart
Drew Jacobs
Butler
Ale J. Holder
Irman
Civis Committee
Capehart
Indiana
WIBC
Columbus Grange Hall to be built in spring
Columbus Grange plans a new hall on the east side of the road south of State Road near the Sims service station. The project, estimated at about $20 000, will be funded by 20 year interest bearing bonds to be issued to Grange members.
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Columbus Ange
State Road
Sims
Columbus
Rites Not Yet Set for Lawrence W Cunningham
Funeral arrangements for 45 year old Lawrence W Cunningham of this city are pending word from his son Lt Robert W Cunningham in Tokyo Japan. Cunningham died early Tuesday night after an illness of eleven years. He was a machinist at the Blish Milling Company while health permitted.
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Lawrence W. Cunningham
Robert W. Cunningham
Tokyo
Japan
Mr. Cunningham
Blish Milling Company
Jury Finds Man Guilty in Quick Brownstown Trial
Cyrus C. Stafford of Ewing was found guilty of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated in Jackson Circuit Court Brownstown. The jury deliberated 2 hours 4 minutes after an hour and 50 minutes to reach verdict. Stafford was fined 50 dollars plus 20.05 in costs and received a suspended six month sentence at the state penal farm.
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Jackson
Cyrus C. Stafford
Ewing
Brownstown
Stafford
U. S. Road 50
Arthur Raney, Jr
Seymour
State Penal Farm
George H. Gossman
Driver in fatal Vernon wreck charged with reckless homicide
Leslie Hessler 43 of Cincinnati faces charges of reckless homicide and operating a vehicle under the influence after a head on crash south of Vernon on November 26 killed John H. Sharp of Columbus and injured Sheriff Richard Thayer of Bartholomew County. Bond set at 5000. Hessler remains hospitalized in fair condition. The earlier reckless driving charge will be dropped.
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Leslie Hessler
Cincinnati
Vernon
John H. Sharp
Columbus
Richard Thayer
Bartholomew County
Sharp
Jennings Circuit Court
Jennings County
Ira Hamilton
Indiana
Hessler
North Vernon
Justice of the Peace Court
Thayer
15 Degree Low Seen For Seymour Tonight
A Canadian cold wave brings an icy trend to the Midwest with Seymour expecting a low near 15 degrees tonight. Mrs. Ruth Everhart reports daytime highs from 22 to 50 degrees and a gradual warmup is forecast to begin Friday. Snow and slick glaze affect northwest Indiana roads as state police warn hazardous travel from Hammond to South Bend.
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Canada
Midwest
Ruth Everhart
Seymour
Indiana
Hammond
South Bend
PCA Members Meet for Election at Trinity Church
PCA members registered at 11:30 this morning for a meeting at Trinity Methodist Church on South Chestnut Street. A business session and election of directors were scheduled after a noon luncheon.
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Trinity Methodist Church
South Chestnut Street
Guard Recruiting May Close Soon
Captain John N. Owens of Company B 138th Heavy Tank Battalion warned local youths that National Guard recruiting will close within weeks due to a budget cap of about 400 000 men for the current year. He said the ceiling is not expected to rise until next year and only vacancies will be filled once reached.
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National Guard
John N. Owens
138Th Heavy Tank Battalion
Capt. Owens
Last Rites Held for Mrs. Emma Bowers in Salem
Funeral services for 83 year old Mrs. Emma Bowers were held at her son Clarence Bowers home in Salem. Burial followed at Crown Hill Cemetery. She died December 4 after an extended illness at the home of daughter Serilda Baird in Morning Sun, Iowa, where she had lived many years.
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Emma Bowers
Minnie Wright
Jackson County
Washington County
Daniel Jacob
Kit” Bowers
Clarence
Salem
Ava
Murl
Thurman
Iowa
Abel
Cravel
Illinois
Clara Trueblood
Michigan
Serilda Baird
Elijah
Lacy
Jerry
Thornton
Heltonville
Alma Holsapple
Louisa Bowers
Weather Readings From Official and Unofficial Stations
The report lists official and unofficial weather readings for Seymour. The Pp. m. temperature is from an downtown thermometer and deemed unofficial. Other readings come from Ruth Everhart's government weather records and are official.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Weather brief for River area Wednesday forecast
Officials report official high and low temperatures for Wednesday. River stage at 2 PM measured 2 feet with readings showing minor fluctuations throughout the day.
Gas Line Blast Impacts Midwest Supply Near Centralia
A 24 inch natural gas pipeline blew out near Centralia Missouri this morning interrupting gas to many cities in Indiana Illinois and Michigan. Indiana Gas and Water Company district manager stated Seymour local service remained unaffected as Panhandle Eastern line damage reduced part of Seymour supply.
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Centralia
Indiana
Illinois
Michigan
Seymour
Frank Coyle
Indiana Gas and Water Company, Inc
Panhandle Eastern Company
Associated Press
Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company
Ewing Fined and Youth Sentenced in Burglary Case
Elzie R. Ewing of Washington county was fined 100 dollars, costs 40.25, and sentenced to 60 days at the state penal farm for reckless driving, with 90 day license suspension recommended, after a two day trial in Jackson Circuit Court. James Edward Roles, 17, Mount Hope WV, pleaded guilty to first degree burglary, facing a reduced Indiana sentence due to age.
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Elzie R. Ewing
Washington County
Jackson
Brownstown
George H. Gossman
Ewing
State Penal Farm
James Edward Roles
Mount Hope
West Virginia
Gossman
Indiana
Top Producers Hold Fast in Coal Dispute
Washington reports that major coal operators remain united against John L. Lewis in a protracted dispute as 550 million tons mined yearly face stalled wage talks. Eight Indiana mines reportedly signed new contracts, but industry officials doubt large producers have accepted UMW terms.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Midwest
South
Lewis
Indiana
Terre Haute
UMW
O. L. Seales
Indiana Coal Producers Association
Indianapolis
Scales
Ralph E. Landry
Pike County
Landry
New York
Brooks Defense to Make Freedom Bid
Nicholas Brooks a Rome house painter 30 faces a first degree grand larceny charge as bail seeks in Rochester New York. Detectives may press kidnapping charges tied to the disappearance and presumed drowning of his wife Gilda 26. A 15 year old boy says Brooks pushed her from a pier and forced the boy to Oklahoma City. Brooks denies the accusations.
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Rochester
N. Y
Nicholas Brooks
Rome
Emil Lambiase
Brooks
Orsemus Bitely, Jr
Gilda Brooks
Bitely
Oklahoma City
War Dads Auxiliary to be Formed by VFW in Seymour
Members of Leslie-Ar buckle-Zimmerman Post No. 1925 Veterans of Foreign Wars announce a new War Dads organization in Seymour. The Fathers' Auxiliary will open to fathers foster fathers or stepfathers of overseas veterans and follow VFW lines. An meeting is set for Monday night at 8 in the downstairs VFW clubroom.
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Leslie-Arbuckle-Zimmerman
Seymour
Frank Updike
Indiana
VFW
Updike
Fathers’ Auxiliary
VFW Committee On
John Mize
Clarence Lurrey
Greencastle
Fathers of
AMA Votes $25 Compulsory Dues Will Fund Campaign
The American Medical Association approved a $25 annual compulsory dues plan to fund its anti socialized medicine campaign and other activities. About 85 percent of roughly 142,000 members would pay, yielding about $3 million yearly, with exemptions for retired, honorary, and associate members as decided by state societies. Officials note this marks AMA’s first compulsory dues policy, though a prior voluntary assessment drew criticism.
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Washington
American Medical Association
AMA
George Lull
Lull
East German Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl Said Seriously Ill
The East German information office announced Prime Minister Otto Grotewohl is in a hospital with a serious illness. A spokesman said a full statement would follow but did not describe the illness.
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Berlin
Otto Grotewohl
Grotewohl
Eight Alcoa Plants Reopen After Strike
Eight Aluminum Company of America plants including one at Richmond Indiana began opening to prepare for full scale production. Seventeen thousand CIO United Steel workers are covered by a new contract providing wage adjustments pensions and insurance. The agreement reached Wednesday offers a $100 monthly minimum pension including social security and social insurance benefits.
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Pittsburgh
Aluminum Company of America
Richmond
Ind
CIO
United
Gunfire Kills Seven In Batangas Crossfire
Seven people including four children were killed when a bus was shot at near Lipa City Batangas province in a crossfire between constabulary forces and unidentified dissidents. A Herald correspondent witnessed the incident and said responsibility for the shooting was not fixed.
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Manila
Lipa
Batangas
Herald
Constabulary
Wildcat Strike Ends at Oak Ridge Atomic Plant
Oak Ridge Tennessee four day wildcat strike by about 3000 AFL crafts workers ends with a rapid return to work across Maxon Construction Co. where two new atomic plants are being built. R W Cook of the AEC notes many have already resumed work and talks continue with labor leaders and the AELR panel.
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Oak Ridge
Tenn
R. W. Cook
Atomic Energy Commission
Cook
AFL Knoxville Building Trades Council
Maxon Construction Company
Maxon
Atomic Energy Labor Relations Panel
National Labor Relations Board
The
AEC
Jailbreaker Nabbed In Home of Sister
Donald Travers, 29, Danville jailbreaker, was found napping in his sister’s Indianapolis home after a routine state police check. He admitted sleeping in cars and theaters since escaping last Friday. Officers recovered a loaded revolver, two hack saw blades, brass knuckles, and a jumper coil. Travers walked 20 miles from Danville and had nearly 24 hours earlier begun a 12 year sentence for a 1948 filling station holdup.
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Indianapolis
Donald Travers
Danville
Leon Bayliss
Hendricks County
Jack Hester
Hester
Ray Thompson
Travers
West Side
Bayliss
Higher Gasoline Tax Foreseen by Official
Samuel C. Hadden, chairman of the Indiana highway commission, said a higher gasoline tax is virtually certain to pass the 1951 legislature. He spoke before the Indiana Highway Constructors, Inc., in French Lick, Indiana, and doubts about restoring farm road taxes were noted.
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French Lick
Ind
Indiana
Samuel C. Hadden
State Highway Commission
Indiana Highway Constructors, Inc
Hadden
Groves reveals withheld atomic reports from Wallace
Lt. Gen. Leslie Groves, retired, says he withheld secret atomic reports from former Vice President Henry Wallace. He told a House Un American Activities subcommittee he preferred not to share them and had shown one report in 1943. The committee investigates shipments of uranium and heavy water to the Soviet Union and Groves approval for shipments in 1943.
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Leslie Groves
House Committee On Un-American Affairs
Washington
U. S
Russia
Groves
House
New York
Leslie R. Groves
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
Norwalk
Conn
Remington Rand
House Committee On Un-American Activities
Harry Hopkins
House Brobers
Reds
Un-American Activities Committee
William C. Moore
James P. Hoopes
Gen. Groves
Three Children Six Adults Die In Plane Crash
Bodies of three children and six adults were recovered from the California Arrow Airways airliner wreckage after a Wednesday night crash near Oakland Airport. Ground crews located the scene six miles from Vallejo and two to four miles from Benicia. a Coast Guard search plane sighted the wreckage. Pilot Lt. Jerry Rea was aboard.
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Vallejo
Calif
Benicia
Vincent Warren
California Arrow Airways
Oakland
U. S. Coast Guard
Jerry Rea
Nationalists plan to move capital to Taipei Formosa
Chinese Nationalists decide to transfer government to Taipei Formosa after emergency cabinet meeting led by Premier Yen Hsi-Shan. Sichang in Sikang province named general headquarters for mainland operations. Gen Chang Chun resigns as southwest China head. Gen Ku Chu Tung adds chief of staff duties.
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Chengtu
China
Taipei
Formosa
Yen Hsi-Shan
Chiang Kai-Shek
Sichang
Sikang
Chang Chun
Southwest China
Ku Chu Tung
Sears Store Santa Photo Event With Reetz Announcement
W. J. Reetz, manager, says Santa will be at the Sears store all day Saturday December 10. An expert photographer will take 5x7 pictures of children talking with Santa, available in a folder for parents who wish to buy. Photos will be taken 10 to 12, 2 to 5, and 7 to 9.
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W. J. Reetz
Sears
Santa Claus
Santa
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PCA
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Covington
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Wildcat
Atom
Oak Ridge Project
Henry Wallace
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