Agreement Authorized For Paving West Tipton Street
West Tipton street from Poplar street to the city line will be paved under an agreed plan with the Indiana State Highway Commission. The city council authorized mayor and city clerk treasurer to enter the agreement as an aid project and will maintain the street after construction.
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State Highway Commission of
Indiana
Tipton Street
Poplar Street
Corporation Line
Henry Huber
Fourth Ward
William Ellis
Edward P. Fisner
Evan B. Stotsenburg
State Highway Commission
Indianapolis
State Department
Seymour
Miss Katherine Vogel dies after long illness at age eight
Private funeral services were held for Miss Katherine Vogel eight in Four Corners Jennings county at St Joseph Catholic Church. Burial followed at Four Corners cemetery. She died Saturday night at home after about three months illness from scarlet fever. Survived by parents Peter and Elizabeth Vogel and ten siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Katherne Vogel
Four Corners
Jennings County
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Pather Schmitt
Miss Vogel
North Vernon
Peter
Elizabeth Vogel
St. Joseph
The Cub Seeks Rhythm With Pencil and Page
The note invites a playful rhythm exercise from The Cub urging readers to grab a pencil and try writing. It frames a light creative prompt as a quick activity.
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Weill
Evangeline to Be Shown at Shields High Convocation
Evangeline a moving picture of Longfellow’s poem will be shown during Shields High School convocation Tuesday morning. Free admission. yell leader selections precede the film and a short pop session follows. Visual education department sponsors. film starts about 10 25. A large audience is expected.
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Evangeline
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Shields High School
Visual Education Department
Auto Collision With Train Sparks City Safety Measures
An auto driven by William Beineke narrowly escaped serious injury when it struck a Pennsylvania train at Second Street crossing around 9:15 p.m. The car was dragged about a half block but no one was hurt and witnesses include Morris Whiteford, Delbert Wayman, and Rufus Hart. City council moved to require a watchman at Second Street daily from 6:30 a.m. to midnight, and similar steps for Broadway and Chestnut crossings. City Attorney Edward P. Elsner to seek Public Service Commission input. Several near misses have occurred at the Second Street crossing after watchman hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Beineke
Pennsylvania Railroad
Second Street
Pennsylvania
Morris Whiteford
Delbert Wayman
Rufus Hart
Maxine Mendell
Verna Wari
Broadway
Chestnut Street
Baltimore & Ohio
Edward P. Elsner
Public Service Commission of
Indiana
Immunization totals at Emerson School announced
A total of 172 of 197 Emerson School pupils are immunized against diphtheria, an 87.7 percent rate. All but two students in grades one and four are immunized, with specific unvaccinated counts in grades two, three, five, and six. Arthur Kaufman, ill since Thursday, is improving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emerson School
Ralph R. Collins
Arthur Kaufman
Go To Church Sunday Draws Large Seymour Attendance
Seymour ministers report 1 571 attend morning services across seven cooperating churches. Attendance in most churches more than doubles, with 325 to 425 in the biggest and smaller counts down to 120. Evening services also drew strong crowds, some higher than morning. J R Mitchell chaired the committee with W H Hughes as secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Sewmanristerial Association
J. R. Mitchell
W. H. Hughes
600 People Attend Seymour District Garage Opening
About 600 Indiana State Highway Commission employees, families, and guests attended the Saturday night opening of the Seymour district garage and office building at U S Roads 31 and 50 east of Seymour. James D. Adams and Evan B. Stotsenburg addressed the crowd with praise for the new facility and the district’s personnel. Officials and Democratic leaders joined the ceremony as the building was hailed as the finest district headquarters in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana State Highway Commission
Seymour District
U. S. Roads
Seymour
James D. Adams
State Commission
Evan B. Stotsenburg
Indianapolis
Ll. L. Walker
Gineer
Seymourdis
Sey
Edward P. Eisner
E B. Loertz
Frank C. Platter
C. L. Kessler
F. J. Voss
C. D. Billings
Fred Able
Ralph Williams
Adams
Stotsenburg
Highway Commission
Patterson Given Fifteen Year Term In Auto Banditry Case
Julian Patterson of Indianapolis, a paroled Indiana reformatory convict, was sentenced to fifteen years for auto banditry in Bartholomew circuit court after pleading guilty. A kidnapping charge remains on file and will be dismissed. He protested the length, believing ten years would be imposed, while the judge noted prior trouble and parole violation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julian Patterson
India
Olis
Indiana
Long
Patterson
Mr. Bryer
Seymour Owls to challenge Bedford Stonecutters Tuesday night
Seymour Owls bring a large fan contingent for a tough road game against Bedford Stonecutters. Seymour has split six games 3-3 with Mitchell Columbus Salem and Shelbyville Greensburg, trailing by five points in total scoring. Bedford shows consistent form while Seymour alternates between brilliance and slumps as 75 prime seats go on sale locally.
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Seymour Owls
Bedford Stonecutters
Seymour
Owls
Mitchell
Columbus
Salem
Shelbyville
Bloomington
Greensburg
Lyvonsmen
Bedford
Howard Knost Dead at Fifty Five in Gary
Howard Knost aged forty five son of Mrs George Knost of Elwood died Sunday at his Gary home after returning from his father's funeral. He suffered a broken arm from a fall on an icy sidewalk but the injury was not thought serious. He leaves his mother a daughter Wanda a brother Charles of Gary and a half brother William J Robertson of Filer Idaho. Funeral services will be held at Elwood Tuesday afternoon.
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Howard Knost
George Knost
Elwood
Gary
Brownstown
Knost
Wanda
Charles
William J. Robertson
Filer
Idaho
Flwood
Trail of Death and Suffering Behind Storm
Associated Press reports a widespread pre winter storm trail bringing floods and cold across the nation. Washington state faced heavy flood damage and homelessness while Nisqually River floods marooned motorists near Olympia.
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Washington
Puyallup
Nisqually
Tacoma
Olympia
Seattle
Two mail ships downed by storm over Alleghenies
Two Transcontinental and Western Air Lines mail planes crashed in heavy snow in the Allegheny Mountains near Portage Pennsylvania as blizzard conditions halted passenger flights. Pilots Gene Burford of Columbus and Harold G. Andrews of New York bailed out. Burford later reached Pittsburgh and Andrews landed at Roaring Springs Blair County. One ship remains missing.
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Midwest
Great Lakes
Northern Plain States
Rockey Mountain
East
Pennsylvania
New York
Quebec
New Brunswick
Canada
Portage
Bravine
Transcontinental
Western Air Lines
Allegheny Mountains
Treacherou Mountains
Gene Burford
Columbus
Harold G. Andrews
Roaring Springs
Blair County
Portege
Newark
Pittsburgh
Burford
Indiana Day marks 117th birthday of state
The article notes Indiana observing its 117th birthday on December 11 with public meetings and school exercises. It recalls Indiana’s 1816 admission to the Union and praises the state’s climate, resources, and people as typical Americans in the nation’s forefront of social and industrial progress.
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Indiana
General Assembly
Union of States
Madison
Prisoner Held in Secret Place Amid Mob Rumors
Hutchinson Kansas December 11 Jack Wisdom Kansas cowboy rushed from Oklahoma to avert mob violence held today in a secret place of safety. He is linked to the November 23 disappearance of Mr. and Mrs. Pritchard of Wichita. Authorities moved to recover the bodies while Wisdom claimed he did not kill them and pointed to a second man.
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Associated Press
Hutchison
Kas
Oklahoma
Jack Wisdom
Kansas
Kansas State Reformatory
Kingfisher
Okla
Dee
Harry Pritchard
Ile
Preparing for Congress Meet
Washington, Dec 11. The administration begins shaping its agenda for the upcoming Congress. Treasury policy tops the list with conferences on next year’s spending and funding. The deliberations will drive debates on public works relief liquor tax budgeting and national credit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Washington
Congress
Treasury Policy
Senate
House
Jesse M Collins Dies at 70 Near Crothersville
Jesse M Collins age seventy lifelong Crothersville area resident died suddenly at home while husking corn from organic heart disease per coroner. Funeral set for Tuesday with Tampico Baptist Church rites. survivor list includes widow Nannie M Crane son Dearborn and daughters Verne Jordan and Mildred Garner.
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Jesse M. Collins
Crothersville
Collines
W. A. Diekmeyer
Tampico Baptist Church
Walter Moseley
Uniontown
Bural
Crothersville Cemetery
Collins
Jackson County
David A
Rhoda Densford Collins
Nannie M Crane
Eiti
Dearborn
Salem
Verne Jordan
Hartford City
Ind
Mildred Garner
Indianapels
John
Mobile
Alabama
Tragic Fire Ends Dange Marathon Dancing Contest
Fires engulfed the Dange Marathon dance hall in Hampden Maine as a blizzard raged. At least three people died and survivors suffered frostbite and severe burns in the cold after a 30 hour storm forced contestants to flee into the snow. Names tentatively identified include John Ryan Emile Pelletier and Gertrude Sousa with numerous others hospitalized in Bangor and Portland for burns and frostbite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hampden
Hamden
John Ryan
New York
Emile Pelletier
Maine
Gertrude Sousa
Bontill Mass
Eastern General Hospital
Bangor
Eleanor Ryan
York City
Captain McCoy
K Ind
Ginger Beck
Portland
Beety
Helen Emery
Malden
Massay
Kay Wise
Chicago
Horace Brown Hurt In Jeffersonville Taxi Crash
Horace Brown taxi driver was injured when the car he was driving struck the viaduct at the P railroad in Jeffersonville around midnight Saturday. He had previously wrecked on routes 8 50 and 31 east of Seymour and was returning to Louisville when the accident occurred. Brown suffered bruises to his shoulder and left leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horace Brown
Jeffersonville
P Railroad
Brown
Seymour
Louisville
Weather records show cooler spell in northern areas this week
Readable notes indicate the north portion of the region will experience a cooling trend with temperatures dipping slightly. Forecasters warn of colder conditions on Tuesday and again Thursday or Friday, with overall cooler trend extending into the week.
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North
Weswent
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Katherine Vogel
L. R. Browning
Marjorie
Rar! Webb
Utica
Browning
Kurtz
R. A. Sutton
Seymour Ministerial Association
Civilian Conservation Corps
Freetown
Raymond Eglen
Eglen
Shepard
N. J. Lasher
Harry Quellhorst
C. C. Voeuths
Harry Green
New Lexington
Ohio
John Bresnikar
Cleveland
J. (. Penney Company
Aidnaper
Man
Bartholomew Circuit Court
Seymour Fages
Lawrence County
Winky
Crafts
Trio
Chad
Dorothy Wilson
Burns
Riles Goble
Cal
The
Seymour Water Co
Weel
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