Indiana to Review Agricultural Deferments for Age 18 to 25
Indiana will reconsider deferments for all selective service registrants aged eighteen through twenty five in agriculture. Col. Robinson Hitchcock directs local boards to reexamine 2 D deferments to free up men for military service without harming 1945 food production.
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Indiana
Selective Service
Robinson Hitchcock
State
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Col. Hitchcock
Hitchcock
County Agricultural War Board
Agricultural Boards
Local Soldier Hurt in Action
Mrs. Bertha Maschino of Seymour reports from the War department that her husband Pvt. Joye G. Maschino was wounded in action on November 27 in France. He had worked at National Veneer and Lumber before induction and was sent overseas in October in an infantry division. no further word has reached them.
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Bertha Maschino
Seymour R1
War Department
Pvt
Joye G. Maschino
France
Maschino
National Veneer and Lumber Company
Army
County Students To Get Degrees In 1944 Commencement
Five Jackson county students will participate in Indiana University's second 1944 commencement, announced Registrar Thomas A. Cookson. Degrees will be awarded to 349 students this ceremony, bringing 1944 total degrees to 1086. Earlier in April 454 degrees and in August 283 more were awarded, with Dr Norman Vincent Peale noted.
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Indiana University
Jackson County
Thomas A. Cookson
Norman Vincent Peale
Corn Club Shows Record Corn Output At Brownstown
Twenty boys and one girl completed 4H corn club work and exhibited 9 208 bushels of corn on 142 acres at Brownstown High School on December 6 at a cost of 32 cents per bushel. Loren Gene Kuehn led the top rankings with Grassy Fork township, Everett Briner and Donald Hackman also placed high. The exhibits used certified Hoosier hybrid 813 seed. hybrid seed corn was a standout in the show with Howard L. Kuehn presenting five acres of hybrid seed. The judge praised overall quality as higher than any prior year with most samples well above average.
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Brownstown High School
Jackson County
Loren Gene Kuehn
Grassy Fork Township
Everett Briner
Vernon Township
Donald Hackman
Howard L. Kuehn
Neal Boxman
Berton J. Briner
Edward N. Briner
Harlan Gillaspy
John E. Gillaspy
Alva Ernest Lucas
Harold Pottschmidt
John Pottschmidt, Jr
Albert Stahl, Jr
Juanita Stahl
Paul J. Stahl
William
AAA Checks In Mail For 1944 Soil Conservation Participants
The AAA Association at Brownstown reports that the first group of 1944 soil conservation program participants will receive payment checks. One hundred seven checks totaling 4026.40 dollars go to these individuals, excluding costs of conservation materials already charged to the program. Jackson county is among the first fourteen Indiana counties to get 1944 payments.
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AAA Association
Brownstown
Jackson County
Indiana
Observance Planned by Seymour Commandery No 56
Seymour Commandery No 56 Knights Templar will hold a meeting at 7:30 p m Thursday in the Masonic Temple. A turkey dinner at 6:30 precedes a ladies night for the public installation and Christmas program. E C Lory serves as commander.
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Seymour Commandery No
Knights Templar
Masonic Temple
E. C. Lory
Lewellyn Rites To Be Thursday Afternoon
Funeral services for Clarence Lewellyn seventy four? four? age sixty four former Crothersville resident who died Sunday in Perry Iowa will be held at 2 PM Thursday at the Crothersville Baptist Church with Rev Walter Moseley in charge Burial will be in Crothersville Cemetery He was born April 20 1880 in Jackson County to Harvey and Sarah Lewellyn He was married in 1904 to Ertie McCaslin who survives Also surviving a daughter Mrs Ray Waskom a brother Thomas Lewellyn three sisters Mrs C J Briner Mrs Grace Snyder and Mrs Emma Harrold and two grandchildren Friends may call at the daughter’s home after 7:30 PM tonight
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Clarence Lewellyn
Crothersville
Perry
Iowa
Thomas Lewellyn
Wabash
Indiana
C. J. Briner
Grace Snyder
California
Emma Harrold
Waskom
Dubois Farmer Wins Indiana Corn Title for 1944
Alfred Bartelt of near Huntingburg is named Indiana state corn champion for 1944 by Purdue University agronomy. He posted 163.8 bushels per acre on five acres, topping runner up Worth Hudson of Rushville who had 160.5. Other top finishers included A. C. Brown Ripley county 158.5 and Howard J. Scott Shelby county 154.8. Bartelt will receive the Rose Gold Medal at the Indiana Corn Growers Association meeting at Purdue on January 10 and be crowned Corn King.
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Lafayette
Ind
Alfred Bartelt
Huntingburg
Indiana
Agronomy Department
Purdue University
Dubois County
Worth
Hudson
Rushville
A. C. Brown
Ripley County
Howard J. Scott
Shelby County
Arthur Keith
Daviess
A. Russell Cortelyou
Shelby
James Hardy
J. L. Dougherty
Davies
Paul McCray
Union
Hugh L. Fortner
Vermillion
Bartelt
Indiana Corn Growers’ Association
Purdue
Nazarenes Hold All Day Zone Meeting
The Seymour Church of the Nazarene hosted representatives from seventeen churches for an all day Stone Belt Zone meeting chaired by Rev. Franklin M. Moore. Attendees from Columbus Browns town Bloomington New Albany Bedford Corydon Salem Ft Ritner North Vernon Haleysburg Kurtz Crothersville Madison Jeffersonville and Mitchell joined in devotions talks and discussions led by district pastors with a Tuesday night song service directed by Harold Vanosdol of Columbus.
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Seymour Church
Harold Vanosdol
Columbus
Nazarene Young Peoples Society
Weather Records Show River Temperature and Low Water
The report notes record temperatures and river stage readings with a low water mark cited. Specific figures are incomplete in the OCR, but the summary highlights extreme heat and reduced river levels affecting navigation and local conditions.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour At
War Bond Premiere Tonight Aids County Drive
County war finance officials report war bonds totaling 828979.24 dollars sold in the Sixth War Loan Drive from November 1 to December 9. A premiere at the Majestic Theater will feature Abbott and Costello with an army band and talent from Freeman Field to raise further support.
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Majestic Theater
County War Finance Committee
C. G. Steinwedel
Freeman Field
Army
W/O Mitchel Chetel
Bud Abbott
Lou’ Costello
Indianapolis
Louisville
the Majestic
B29s Smash At Nagoya on Jap Home Island
Heavy explosions and large fires were reported by B 29 fliers who raided Nagoya on Japan s main home island Honshu in midafternoon today. The attack hit Nagoya s large aircraft plant sector amid reports of Japanese anti aircraft action and damage to a manor house on Tokyo palace grounds.
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Nagoya
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Washington
Associated Press
Japan
Honshu
Vern Haugland
21St Bomber Command
Saipan
Shikoku
Korea
Aichi
Shizuoka
Melbourne
Australia
Philippines
Ponson Island
Ormoc Bay
Philippine
Baybay
Ormoc
Lincoln School Sets Record With 96.3 Percent Attendance
Lincoln Public Schools report high attendance for 1944-45 with an average daily attendance of 96.3 percent for the system. Lincoln School rooms led: Room 5 at 99.01 percent and Room 1 at 99.44 percent during the six weeks. Total enrollment 1,611 with 820 girls and 791 boys. pupil teacher ratios vary by level.
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Lincoln School
J. A. Brackemyre
Carol Foster
Riley School
Washington
Emerson
Lincoln
Shields Junior High
Shields
Germany plans five year underground war after collapse
Inside sources describe Adolf Hitler's circle planning three prongs for post collapse: open warfare from a mountain base, sabotage by district partisan bands, and propaganda by 200000 Nazi followers. SS units occupy Alpine strongholds in Austria Bavaria Italy ready to flee there, with food and munitions stored for long resistance.
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Aldsdorf
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Gestapo
Heinrich Himmier
Hitler
Europe
S.S
Alavine
Alpine
S. S
Black Forest
Wey
Himmler Academies
ELAS Renews Athens Attack Amid Cease Fire Talks
ELAS units launched strong but unsuccessful assaults on central Athens during the night as leaders debated British orders to cease fighting. British barracks near Kifissia road faced the main strike while RAF fighters targeted an ELAS 75 mm gun. Maj. Gen. Scobie awaited a reply to cease-fire terms as Leftist leaders showed wavering on Papandreou’s resignation.
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Athens
ELAS
Kifissia
Piraeus
Ronald M. Scobie
Greece
George Papandreou
Nazis Retreat In Lamone Fight Near Faenza
Canadian troops crossed the Lamone River and formed two bridgeheads northeast of Faenza, driving Germans back two miles toward Lugo. The line extended across about 6 000 yards after 24 hours of heavy fighting with over 300 prisoners taken and several armored vehicles knocked out.
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Rome
Lamone
Faenza
Lugo
Ravenna
Bologna
Russi
Fosso Vecchio O Cantrigo
Eighth Army
Stolen Truck Recovered South of City
A 1941 model pickup stolen in Edinburg Tuesday night was found abandoned with no fuel on U S Route 21 just north of Clara Carter School. The vehicle belongs to Carter Manning of Edinburg and was recovered today by Officer Clifford E. McCory of the Seymour state police post.
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Edinburg
Clifford E. McCory
Seymour State
U. S. Road 21
Clara Carter
Carter Manning
Godollo Taken In Red Drive On Budapest Front
Russian assault forces moved toward Budapest from Godollo, ten miles northeast, with siege lines forming around the capital. Refugees fled west as German troops prepared to resist, while the Moscow communique claimed progress with Sajoszentpeter’s capture and ten towns in Slovakia. Izvestia and Red Star noted near liberation of Czechoslovakia and evacuations of Austrian depots.
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Moscow
Budapest
Godollo
Red Army
Sajoszentpeter
Miskolc
Slovakia
Izvestia
Czechoslovak Republic
Red Star
Austria
Former State Athletic Commissioner Dies
Samuel L. Murbarge, 69, secretary of the State Athletic Commission and former one man commission head, died of a heart attack in Indianapolis. A colorful figure in wrestling and boxing, he claimed the world welterweight title at one point. His downtown gym hosted legends like Bob Fitzsimmons and Jim Corbett. He served as president of the National Boxing Association and helped draft athletic control laws for ten states.
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Indianapolis
Samuel L. Murbarge
State Athletic Commission
Murburger
Bob Fitzsimmons
Jim Corbett
Flood Control Hearing Set at Brownstown
Residents from Jackson county and nearby counties will attend a public hearing by the Indiana Flood Control Commission at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Brownstown courthouse. The Shoals dam project, said to flood many acres of prime Jackson county land, has sparked local interest. A substitute flood prevention plan is expected to be presented at the meeting, originally called by the Brownstown Chamber of Commerce flood control committee.
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Jackson County
Indiana Flood Control Commission
Brownstown
Shoals
First Army Opens Swift Assault Toward Bonn
The southern wing of the U S First Army advanced eastward before dawn toward Bonn after breaking through near Hurtgen forest. Lt. Gen. Hodges reported four miles of progress to Rollesbroich while other units neared Bonn and nearby towns as German Fifth Panzer Army countered.
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Paris
U. S. First Army
Rhine
Bonn
Hurtgen
Duren
Courtney H. Hodges
Rollesbroich
Monschau
Rotgen
First
Fifth Panzer Army
Cologne
Roer
U. S. Seventh Army
Bavarian Palatinate
Third Army
Siegfried Line
Saarland
Seventh Army
Karlsruhe
Alexander M. Patch
Palatinate
Bavaria
Wissembourg
Fraulautern
Saarlautern
Dillingen
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State SS
Dubois
Nazarenes
Serae
Sears, Roebuck and Company
G. C. Murphy Company
Standard Oil Company
Federal Land Bank of Louisville
Aetna Oil Company
Bulletin
First Army
U. S
Hasso Eckardt von Manteuffel
Bizerte
North Africa
Volksgrenadier
Derichweiler
Gey
Mariaweiler
Blies River
Habkirchen
Sarreguemines
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