Mail Volume Rises Ahead of Yuletide at Local Post Office
Walter H. Droege, the local postmaster, reports cancellations rising from 7,432 to about 9,558 pieces daily with peak Christmas volumes forecast at 37,000. A second parcel post truck and extra temporary staff will join three trucks to handle the surge, and a new stamp machine aids quick service. Early mailing urged to avoid delivery delays this holiday season.
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Walter H. Droege
Droege
Postoffice
Refilling Wallonia Lake Delayed for Nursery Pond Cleanup
Refilling of Starve Hallow Lake near Wallonia is postponed to allow cleaning of the adjacent Jackson County State Nursery pond. The lake will stay at 538 feet elevation while work proceeds, with a power shovel needed for pond cleanup. Berkey Wright and Fred Gray are involved. spillway repairs were previously done after a 10 foot lowering.
Rites for Brownstown Man’s Brother Held
Funeral services for Harlan Joseph Hulse 73 a Jennings county native and brother of Mrs Martha Grimes Browns town were held at Bear Creek Baptist Church with burial in the local cemetery. He died Tuesday after a two week illness and is survived by his widow two daughters five sisters and three brothers.
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Harlan Joseph Hulse
Jennings County
Martha Grimes
Brownstown
Bear Creek Baptist Church
Mr. Hulse
Scipio
Alert
Columbus Man 81 Dies Suddenly at Home
Perry K. Johnson 81 a former Seymour resident died suddenly this morning at 820 Union Street Columbus. He is survived by his widow Mary Johnson several children and grandchildren and a brother Charles M. Johnson of near Redington. Funeral services set for 2 PM Monday at Columbus Church of the Nazarene with burial in Driftwood Cemetery.
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Perry K. Johnson
Seymour
Union Street
Columbus
Johnson
Mary Johnson
Charles M. Johnson
Reddington
Signals to be Installed at Seymour Crossings Soon
Work to install automatic flashing crossing signals at four unguarded Pennsylvania Railroad crossings in Seymour is set to begin soon. Mayor Donald Heiwig said signals will replace a daylight watchman at Second street and provide 24 hour warning at Second, Third, Seventh, and Ninth streets amid prior rail work nearby and earlier B&O signals nearby.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Seymour
Donald L. Heiwig
Railroad
Heiwig
Second Street
Third Street
Seventh Street
Ninth Street
Baltimore & Ohio
Pennsylvania
St. Louis Avenue
Local Men Attend State Cleaners and Dyers Meet
The Indiana Association of Cleaners and Dyers holds its annual meeting at Antlers Hotel in Indianapolis with about 600 members expected. Notables include Claude Sciarra and Maurice Haper of Seymour, James Babcock of Anderson as president, and Dale Crittenberger of Indianapolis as executive secretary. Discussions, a banquet, and a floor show are on the agenda, with Dr. Pauline Beery Mack of Pennsylvania State College delivering the Sunday address.
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Indiana Association of Cleaners and Dyers
Antlers
Indianapolis
Claude Sciarra
Carmin Sciarra
Maurice Haper
Seymour
James Babcock
Anderson
Dale Crittenberger
Pauline Beery Mack
Pennsylvania State College
Mack
Christmas Choir Program at Rotary Dinner
The Shields High School choir will perform Christmas music at the Seymour Rotary Club dinner at 6 15 p m Monday at the Elks Club. Dr A A Cohn chairs the program. The club will hold its annual boys Christmas party the following week.
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Shields High School
Seymour Rotary Club
Elks’ Club
A. A. Cohn
Shields High to Elect Student Council
Students at Shields High School will vote Tuesday to elect class representatives for 1948 49. The initial council will have 13 members from four classes with gender balance, and a president and vice president chosen from senior and junior representatives respectively.
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Shields High School
DeWitte Ogan
National Association of Student Councils
Reserve Officers Meet Program Set with Christmas Dinner
Army Air Force Navy and Marine Reserve Officers are urged to attend the Reserve Officers Association Chapter 17 meeting. A 7 o clock Christmas dinner at Hotel Truman opens the program followed by a business meeting and Q A with Major Russell Prohl and Master Sergeant Alva Murray. Major Taylor Hoffar is in charge of arrangements.
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Army
Air Force
Navy
Marine Reserve
Reserve Officers’ Association
Hotel Truman
Russell Prohl
Alva V. Murray
U. S. Air Force Reserve
Taylor Hoffar
Inf-Res
Weather Readings for Seymour Official and Unofficial
Official daily data for Seymour shows Ruth Everhart as government weather observer with most readings. A downtown thermometer reports the 2 PM temperature as unofficial.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Weather Record Brief for Friday Readings
Official minimum temperatures logged Friday with readings at 10 a.m. River stage measured at 3.3 feet. Values shown include 35, 20, and 31 in the sequence.
Four To Attend Health Meeting In Franklin College Plans
Adolph Zollman Seymour schools superintendent Mrs Harold E Miller school board member and PTA leader Dr G H Kamman Jackson county health officer and Dr Robert L Peden local dentist attend a public health conference at Franklin College December 15 The program theme is Building an Integrated Health Program for Your School and Community Dr Peden serves on a fifty minute discussion panel on Functional Health Instruction Franklin College general chairman is Dr Walter Portteus Speakers include State Superintendent Ben H Watt and Dean Walker elected November 2.
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Adolph Zollman
Seymour Public Schools
Harold E. Miller
Parent- Teachers’ Association
G. H. Kamman
Jackson County
Robert L. Peden
Indiana
Franklin College
Peden
Walter Portteus
Franklin
Ben H. Watt
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Dean Walker
Maintenance Man Is Named for Seymour Schools
Lelah Ames of this city was hired by the Seymour board of education as full time maintenance man for the Seymour public school buildings. He will begin January 3 after the Christmas holidays, with duties in plumbing, electricity, carpentry, plastering and related repairs, and may assist with cleaning at some buildings.
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Lelah Ames
Seymour Board of Education
Seymour
Ames
Rites for Carl Turner Sunday at Medora
Carl Turner 72 of Medora died Friday morning at his home. The funeral service will be conducted at 1 30 o'clock Sunday afternoon from the Hague Funeral Home in Medora, followed by burial in Zollman Cemetery.
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Carl Turner
Medora
Hague
Zollman
Big Inch Break Boosts Gas Supply For Kentuckiana
A break in the Big Inch pipeline near Seymour disrupted gas pumps but led Indiana and Kentucky to authorize Texas Eastern Transmission to deliver extra gas to Texas Gas Transmission temporarily for sale to local customers. The firm had planned deliveries further east but said repairs are needed before resuming those flows.
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Indiana
Kentucky
Seymour
The
Power Commission
Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation
Texas Gas Transmission Corporation
Texas Eastern
Concert Cards Mailed for Seymour Series
Membership cards mailed Friday for Seymour Community Concert Association. Joseph Fuchs violinist moves to March 29 from March 22. First concert January 18 features Gyorgy Sandor pianist. Second concert February 22 features the Don Cossacks chorus.
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Seymour Community Concert Association
W. H. Droege
Joseph Fuchs
Gyorgy Sandor
Don Cossacks
Christmas Concert at Shields High School By Band And Choir
Shields High School presents a joint Christmas concert Sunday led by Paul W. Rigsbee with the high school band and choir. The program features Bagley’s National Emblem March and Long’s Christmas Rhapsody, carols, and a Nativity narrative with soloists Nancy Myron Doris Pfaffenberger Marion Reinbold and narrator Gregory DeMille. Admission is by season ticket or door single tickets. concert begins at 3 o'clock.
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Shields High School
Paul W. Rigsbee
Bagley
Long
Human Rights Bill Passed At UN Assembly
The United Nations General Assembly approved a world declaration of human rights by 48 to 0 with Russia abstaining along with its satellites and Saudi Arabia. The measure relies on moral authority and proposes a covenant to enforce rights under sanctions. Vishinsky blamed Western powers for paving the way to World War II.
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Paris
United Nations General Assembly
Palestine
Berlin
Greece
Russia
South Africa
Saudi Arabia
Honduras
Yemen
Andrei Y. Vishinsky
United States
Britain
France
Vishinsky
United Kingdom
Hitler
S.S.R
Richart's Men’s Shop Plans Grand Opening in Rockford
Richart's Men's Shop in Rockford announces a four day grand opening from Monday December 13 to December 16. Leo Richart, with over twenty years in the clothing trade, showcases a full line of menswear in a new building and offers 10 door prizes including Fortune shoes and a wool jacket. Prizes awarded at Thursday night drawing 8:30 with winners notified.
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Richart
Rockford
Leo Richart
Fortune
Mastercraft
Oshkosh
Midair Refueling Demonstrates B 50 Range Upgrade
The United States Air Force reports a B 50 bomber flew 9400 miles non stop from Texas to Hawaii and back using midair refueling by tanker planes on December 7 and 8. A concurrent test sent a six engine B 36 on a non stop Texas to Hawaii flight without refueling.
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Washington
Texas
Hawaii
Air Force
Slight Fire Damage at The Chatterbox
Fire damaged a closet and burned a hole in the floor of The Chatterbox on Indianapolis Avenue when a furnace puffed smoke Friday afternoon. Soot from the chimney started the blaze. firefighters extinguished it with water from a booster tank on a city fire truck.
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Chatterbox
Indianapolis Avenue
Pumpkin Papers Will Be Released
A public meeting at Shields High School at 3 30 Monday afternoon will feature Dr Margaret Lindsay coordinator of education at Indiana State Teachers College Terre Haute as the speaker on Why Children Fail She will argue that failure is not always the fault of the child All public school teachers in the city are urged to attend
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Shields High School
Margaret Lindsay
Indiana State Teachers College
Terre Haute
Lindsay
Netherlands Breaks Indonesian Ties
The Netherlands government ends United Nations sponsored talks with Indonesia and plans an interim regime for parts of Indonesia. The move risks disaster for the republic but keeps a door open for later participation. In China, government troops win a local success against the Communists as talks in Washington between Mme Chiang Kai-Shek and U S leaders yield no clear results. Washington expects a final defense pact among major western nations ready for Senate action before spring.
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Netherlands
Hague
Indonesia
China
Hwai River
Pengpu
Nanking
North
Peiping
Mme
Chiang Kai-Shek
Washington
Truman
Marshall
United States
Canada
Britain
France
Belgium
Luxembourg
Senate
Lewis to Cast Indiana Electoral Vote
John M. Lewis the only Republican elector from Indiana's ninth district will travel to Indianapolis on Monday to cast one of the state's 13 electoral votes for Thomas E Dewey and Earl Warren. The electors meet in the governor's office and then vote after organizing with a chairman and secretary. Dewey carried Indiana and will receive all the votes.
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John M. Lewis
Indianapolis
Indiana
Thomas E. Dewey
Earl Warren
Dewey
Warren
Congress
King George VI Begins 13th Year on the Throne
King George VI marked the 13th year of his reign amid poor health and fulfilled royal duties from bed. He ascended after the abdication of his brother Edward VIII, who left to marry Wallis Warfield Simpson, becoming the Duke and Duchess of Windsor.
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George
London
George VI
Edward VIII
Edward
England
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Duke and
Duchess of
Windsor
Grand Jury to Quiz Suspects In New York
New York officials report William W. Pigman of Appleton Wisconsin testified before the espionage grand jury. Congressional investigators prepared to release a dozen papers they say prove a Red spy ring operated in the State Department a decade ago. The papers, from Whittaker Chambers, implicate Alger Hiss and Henry Julian Wadleigh and were allegedly copied by Mrs. Hiss. The House committee set its next meeting for Monday noon with details on openness undecided.
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NEA
Henry Julian Wadleigh
State Department
Whittaker Chambers
House
Louis J. Russell
Wadleigh
Chambers
New York
William W. Pigman
Appleton Wis
U. S. Bureau of Standards
Washington
Dec
House UN- American Activities Committee
Russia
Maryland
Moscow
Alger Hiss
Effect of Ruling On Steinbarger May Be Extensive
Indiana lawyers and judges discussed the Indiana Supreme Court ruling that declared a state burglary liability law unconstitutional as potentially far reaching. The decision in Clyde Steinbarger’s case held the legislature cannot infringe on a jury’s sole authority to judge law and facts in criminal trials.
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Indiana
Indiana Supreme Court
Clyde Steinbarger
Indianapolis
Jackson
Brownstown
Highway Commission
Cootie Post to Be Organized in Seymour
Cootie Post No. 29 a foundation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars will be organized in Seymour by local VFW members at 9:30 Sunday morning in the VFW clubrooms on St Louis Avenue. More than 30 members to be initiated and several state officials expected. Local members to be initiated charter instituted and officers elected. VFW members invited to attend.
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Cootie
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Seymour
VFW
St. Louis Avenue
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Wallonia Lake
Rotary
Mary Alice Bruner
Elizabeth Feaster
James Deputy
Jane Waldkoetter
Netherland
Chiang
Associated Press
Lewis
Bulletin
Steinbarger
Cootie Post
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