Rotarians Hear Business Talk On Keeping Town Commerce
Rotarian Albert Haring of Indiana University outlined strategies to retain local commerce at Seymour Rotary Club. He cited sufficient regional attraction such as cinema and leisure amenities, urging support for home town businesses and outlining survey findings with Prof. John Stempel. The group also planned the annual boys Christmas party for December 16 with Jack O Hearn in charge.
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Seymour
Albert Haring
Indiana University
Bloomington
Seymour Rotary Club
Kids
West Second Street
Haring
Lehigh University
Bethlehem
Pennsylvania
John Stempel
I. U. Department of Journalism
Indiana
Kk. Ss. Welch
Rotary Club
Jack O’hearn
RR. J. Miller
Charles R. Brown
Frank Bolinger
William Scheidler
Greensburg
Rotary International
Prof. Haring
Seymour Lions Attend Zone Meeting in Austin
Two Seymour Lions Club officers attended a zone meeting in Austin Monday night. Representing clubs from Brownstown Crothersville and Medora were present. Seymour attendees were T. Perry Wesley president and Paul R. McGuire secretary.
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Seymour Lions Club
Austin
Brownstown
Crothersville
Medora
Seymour
T. Perry Wesley
Paul R. McGuire
Circuit Court Opens Monday with New and Pending Cases
The December term of the Jackson Circuit Court will begin Monday with Judge John Branaman presiding. Prospective petit and grand jurors were drawn Monday by county clerk Albert H. Horstman, as preparations for the term proceed. Names include Boreie Deavers Pershing township Elsworth Brown Owen Jennie Tinder Hamilton James Hubber Pershing George Rowe Salt Creek Windom Goss Brownstown Frank Butler Vernon John G. Garard Vernon Roy Jamison Driftwood Fred Boling Browns town Howard G. Blamer Fern Stark Carr Louis H. Wessell Grassy Fork Verna Murry Redding Otis H. Bundy Driftwood Grand jurors Henry Krumme Washington township George P. Meyers Jackson Elmer Robbins Mirassy Fork Marion Empson Hirassy Fork Florence A. McDonald Jackson Sherman Berry Jackson Fred Mellen camp Hamilton August Sehat stall Hamilton Charles P. Lind Redding
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Jackson
John ©. Branaman
Petit
Boreie Deavers
Pershing Township
Elsworth Brown
Owen
Jennie Tinder
Hamilton
James Hubber
Pershing
George Rowe
Salt Creek
Windom Goss
Brownstown
Frank Butler
Vernon
John G. Garard
Roy Jamison
Driftwood
Fred Boling
Howard G. Blamer
Fern Stark
Carr
Louis H. Wessell
Grassy Fork
Verna Murry
Redding
Otis H. Bundy
Henry Krumme
Washington Township
George PF. Meyers
Elmer Robbins
Mirassy Fork
Marion Empson
Hirassy Fork
Florence A. McDonald
Sherman Berry
Fred Mellencamp
August Sehatstall
Charles P. Lind
Arbuckle Funeral Set For Wednesday In Indiana
Arlie Arbuckle sixty five of Elizabethtown and former Bartholomew County sheriff will have funeral services at 2 o clock Wednesday from Flanigan Reed and Hall Funeral Home. Dr T K Smith and Rev Robert Morrs will preside Burial will be in Garland Brook Cemetery. He died Monday morning in Indianapolis Methodist Hospital after a period of failing health. He is father of Mrs Forrest Kamman of this city who with Mr Kamman spent the winter in Chicago and he had many friends here.
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Arlie Arbuckle
Elizabethtown
Bartholomew County
Flanigan, Reed and Hall Funeral
T. K. Smith
Tabernacle Christian Church
Columbus
Robert Morrs
Garland Brook
Arbuckle
Forrest Kamman
Kamman
Chicago
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Funeral today for John M. Schmitt prominent Seymour grocer
Funeral services for John M. Schmitt age eighty six longtime Seymour grocer who died Sunday morning were held at 3 30 this afternoon from his home with Rev Amos L Boren of First Methodist Church presiding. Burial was in Riverview Cemetery. He owned and operated a grocery store here for sixty three years before retiring three years ago due to ill health.
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John M. Schmitt
Seymour
Amos L. Boren
First Methodist Church
Riverview Cemetery
Schmitt
Parking Plan Being Studied in Seymour
Seymour business leaders and workers will be asked to sign pledges not to park on downtown Chestnut Street from Bruce to Third and on Second Street from Walnut to Broadway during work hours. The pledge program follows a council committee and Business Men's Association meeting to ease shopper parking and support local stores.
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Seymour Business Men
Chestnut Street
Bruce
Third Streets
Second Street
Walnut Street
Broadway
Ety Council
Seymour Business Men's Association
Seymour
William Topie
Business Men's Association
George Abel
City Court Dockets: Multiple Pleas in Arraignments
City court disposed cases as defendants were arraigned before Mayor Stanley A. Switzer. Lindsey Sears and Eugene Johnson pled guilty to petit larceny for stealing car parts totaling 3 dollars. each fined 11 and jailed five days. Clifford Stratton also pled guilty to petit larceny. fined 15 and costs 25. Orville Reynolds fined 15 and costs 25 for receiving stolen goods. Charles Sierp pleaded guilty to public intoxication. fined 11 and costs 11. sixty days at penal farm. W K Taylor, colored, of Indianapolis, charged with leaving scene of an accident and improper license plates.
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Stanley A. Switzer
Lindsey Sears
Elkson
Eugene Johnson
Russellville
Ivan Bane
Crothersville
North Walnut Street
Clifford Stratton
Orville Reynolds
Stratton
Lewis Bundy
Bundy
Reynolds
Charles Sierp
W. K. Taylor
Indianapolis
Fire in streetcar kills Terre Haute man
An old streetcar fire in Terre Haute last night killed Robert McKee, 68, a resident of the city. Firemen said a kerosene stove exploded in the car and neighbors carried McKee from the vehicle, but he died shortly after.
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Terre Hante
Tad
Dee
Robert McKee
MekKee
Possible Treason Charge Considered for Defense Strikes
Washington December 10 House lawmakers studied ways to curb defense industry stoppages including a treason charge if preparedness work halts. Rep Hobbs said drastic steps might be needed though he hopes labor and management cooperation avoids such measures. A Wright Aeronautical contract with an Independent Union bans strikes and sets arbitration for grievances.
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Associated Press
Washington
House
Congress
Hobbs
Ala
Paterson
Noah
Wright Aeronautical Corporation
Wright
Afl
Titertiol
Stoep
Trea
Dr. A A Cohn Named Indiana Baptist Men's Work President
Dr A A Cohn pastor of First Baptist Church has resigned from the Indiana Baptist Convention evangelism chair to become president of Indiana Baptist Men's Work. He aims to unite state men under a threefold program of information enlistment and fellowship. Vernon Sandcreek Association heard his address “When A Man Is A Man” as Walker from Seymour accompanied him.
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A. A. Cohn
Fist Baptist Church
Cohn
Coln
Sandcreek Association of
Vernon
Dr. Cohn
BF. Kh. Walker
Baptist
Seymour Church
Windsors Arrive in U S For Private Visit
The Duke and Duchess of Windsor arrived in Miami aboard the Southern Cross for a strictly private visit. Police lined the dock and planned a fifty man guard to keep crowds at bay while a stealthy motorcade and motorcycle escort carried them to St. Francis Hospital for an overnight stay after the duchess underwent a major dental operation.
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Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Duchess of Windsor
Southern Cross
Nassau
Windsors
Miam Beach
St. Francis Hospital
British sailors rush repairs on Carnarvon Castle
Montevideo Uruguay December 10 British sailors hastened repairs on the battle damaged auxiliary cruiser Carnarvon Castle to be ready to leave before 6 30 pm tonight the deadline set by the Uruguayan government The government meanwhile studied a note from German Minister Otto Langmann protesting a twenty four hour extension of the forty eight hour repair limit set by Uruguay
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Carnarvon Castle
Otto Langmann
Seals drive proceeds ahead in Jackson County
About half of Christmas seal recipients responded to the campaign opening, yet totals to date exceed last year. Officials aim to raise 1500 for county sharing while tuberculin testing across the county nears completion except for Washington township students. Another free clinic is planned January 4 at City Hall for examinations as the drive ends Christmas Day.
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Virera Ofte
Jackson County
Otto
Washington Township
Jackson County Association
Evansville Woman Contracts Rabbit Fever After Rabit Cut
Mrs Herbert Fissler of Evansville Indiana president of the Womens Auxiliary of the Funkhouser American Legion Post is believed infected with tularemia after a bone pierced her hand while she cut up a rabbit her husband had shot last Wednesday.
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Evansville
Ind
Funkhouser American Legion Post
Herbert Fissler
Quarantine Cleared at Ada Mevers Home on Euclid Avenue
The Ada Mevers residence at 612 Euclid Avenue is released from quarantine after scarlet fever containment. Mevers family member Billy, age five, has recovered. One home remains under city quarantine for contagious disease in the city.
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Ada Mevers
Euclid Avenue
Billy. Mevers
Carpenter John Beemer Dies After Injury in Evansville
Evansville carpenter John Beemer, 58, died in a New Albany hospital yesterday from a skull fracture suffered ten days earlier when he bumped his head on a joist.
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Carpenter
New Albany
Ind
John v Beemer
Evansville
Federation Officials Propose Plan To Change Farm Support
Baltimore convention hears plan to peg crop prices higher and end parity subsidies. The proposal would maintain loans at or above 75 percent of parity for wheat corn and cotton with strict production controls and penalties for excess sales. Congress already appropriated funds for parity payments.
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Baltimore
Dee
JO Cap
Amenew Farm Bureau
Federation
Loosevelt
O'Neal
Bowers
Morket
Congress
Seek Referendum Law
Two Republican senators Nee of North Dakota and Capper of Kansas said they would vigorously push war referendum legislation in the next session. Roosevelt and Hull oppose the plan which would require a constitutional amendment for a public vote on sending troops outside the western hemisphere.
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Washington
Republian
Nee
North Dakota
Capper
Kansas
Roosevelt
Hull
Three Youths Held for Armed Robbery Near Richmond
Three youths from Arcanum James Burk 16 Charles J oedereh 1h- and John Burk 16 were held in Richmond Ind on an armed robbery charge for a filling station holdup. Burk confessed to the Liberty gas station robbery as well according to Sheriff Arthur Quigley.
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Richmond
Ind
Dee
Charles J. “Oedereh
James
John Burk
Arcanum
Arthur Quigley
Burk
Liberty
Indiana Parties Agree on Defense Plan Cooperation
Republican leaders in the Indiana legislature and Governor Townsend's secretary, Tostranm Coffin, said they would cooperate thoroughly in any defense measures the state may undertake. The talks followed discussions with Democratic leaders about a unified approach to national defense efforts.
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Indianapolis
Dee 1
Indiana
Teneel Janney
Townsend
Tostranm Coffin
Sald
Taxable Notes Issued By Us S500 Million Defenses Bonds
Treasury Secretary Morgenthau outlined the plan for a fully taxable 500 million dollar U S defense notes the first wholly taxable federal issue in U S history He urged all holders to pay taxes toward national defense while exempt bonds were labeled as Shreker money The move aims to shift tax exemptions from future bonds and seek legislative authority to end tax exemptions on government securities including savings bonds and guarantees
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Associated Press
Washington
Priesters
United States
Treasury
Morgenthau
Roosevelt
Othe
Congress
United States Savings
Four Local Men Named to Posts in Indiana Insurance Group
Four local men were appointed to prominent posts within the Indiana Association of Insurance Agents. Hobbs Miller becomes director, J Floyd Neldon joins the grievance committee, J C Maftnan serves on the insurance school committee, and Robert H Mann joins the local oat committee. The association plans to grow to 1,000 members, establish a local board in each county, and expand the annual insurance school.
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Indinia Association of Insurancce
Harry B. McClain
Indianapolis
Hobbs Miller
J. Floyd Neldon
J. C. Maftnan
Serance
Robert HH. Mann
David Bigler Dies in Elkhart Indiana November 26
Miss Gertrude Hodapp reports the death of David Bigler in Elkhart Indiana on November 26. He is survived by his wife formerly Miss Irma Fitch who spent her early life in Seymour. Numerous friends and relatives reside in this city and Jackson county.
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Gertrude Hodapp
David Bigler
Elkhart
Ind
Bigler
Irma Fitch
Seymour
Jackson County
British and Italian fronts widen as desert fighting intensifies
Churchill reports British desert forces cut behind Giarni's Italian group at Sidi Barrani in Egypt. British troops reach the coast 35 miles west, threatening main Axis positions. Allied gains include 4,000 Italian prisoners. Greek forces also push Italians near Piqueris as Hitler addresses a rally of 12,000.
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Associated Press
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Britain
Egypt
Rodolfo Graziani
Sidi Barrane
Sidi Barrani
Bugbug Baghughes
Charehi
Trajan
Churchill
Odrve
Keyptian
Sidi Daitom
Adolf Hitler
Motorist Fatally Hurt Near Milton Kentucky
A motorist died after his car overturned south of Madison Indiana on Saturday night. Joseph Trandlon aged 20 from near Milton Kentucky sustained a skull fracture and died in a Madison hospital.
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Madison
Ind
Dee
Kentucky
Here
Joseph Trandlon
Milton
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