14 Dec 1937
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Newspaper
Seymour Daily Tribune
Location
Seymour, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1937
Page
1
Winter icebound conditions spread across Sey mour and Jackson counties as residents postponed outdoor activity. A county woman may lose sight in one eye after falling on a broom handle while sweeping. Traffic thinned, schools closed, pedestrians slipped, and rail service lagged by about thirty minutes as drizzle froze on contact surfaces.
N J Lasher city school superintendent announces public schools stay closed through Wednesday after several injuries on icy streets. Catholic and Grassy Fork township schools also close. Lutheran school in session today but to remain closed Wednesday due to dangerous conditions.
Mrs. Albert Dawe suffered eye injury after a broom strike as she fell on ice at home. Mrs. John Sprenger fractured both bones in her left wrist after a Monday fall and was treated at Schneck Memorial Hospital. Ice and sand on area roads created treacherous conditions, with highway crews redistributing sand to prevent accidents. Monday saw unusually light traffic and no wrecks reported at Seymour state police post. Officer Walter G. LaMaster began driving tests at the Seymour license bureau, with no rush of 1938 license seekers.
Chief Julius Harlow asks parents and children to stay off icy streets as Seymour reports no traffic fatalities through 1937. He cites holiday skaters and sled-riders as a danger and notes several injuries from falls. He urges indoor activity to prevent accidents.
The Seymour Junior Chamber of Commerce banquet at First Methodist Church was postponed indefinitely because speaker Rufus J. Putnam from Evansville could not travel due to hazardous conditions. A new date will be after the holidays.
Jackson Circuit Court announces petit jury names for the coming term drawn by Commissioners A. C. Gregor Travis E. Carter and Dr. Thomas E. Conner. Notables include Neal Pfaffenberger Wm Roettger Irving Harris Orva Curry Fred Kasper Henry Ahlert Herman Swengel Ruby Butler Henry Holtman Albert Droege Robert Bales Curt McNeice Ford Lutes with the term opening Monday and continued on page 6 column 4.
Dr Edwin A Severinghaus age sixty nine former resident died at 6 o clock Monday night at his home in New Albany He had been in declining health for months and his condition became serious Saturday A widely known physician in Southern Indiana he was active in Trinity Methodist Church New Albany Rotary Club and civic affairs He was son of the late Rev and Mrs J F Severinghaus and brother of Rev Charles Severinghaus who also served as pastor of Trinity church He was born at Piqua and later lived in this city before practicing medicine in New Albany
Jackson county's 30 students at Indiana University will return home for Christmas as IU closes Friday. About 10 354 students attend IU campuses in Bloomington Indianapolis and extension centers statewide with 4 940 in Bloomington and 7 10 in Indianapolis medical center and 1 910 at Extension Center. The Calumet Extension Center has 1 226 and Fort Wayne 930. This term sees 5 650 residents and 4 704 extension students from 40 states and eight foreign countries. Read list includes Brownstown Crothersville Ewing Medora Seymour Wallonia and many students across programs from nursing to dental schools and medical training.
Shields High School Owls practiced intensely for tonight’s big basketball clash with Bedford, a meeting of two undefeated teams. The game was moved to Thursday night drawing statewide interest as fans from practice sessions snapped up tickets.
The steamer President McKinley neared Manila with 453 passengers from the grounded Dollar Liner President Hoover. Manila prepared to aid shipwrecked refugees, with the same committee expected to handle cases but a spokesman said most Hoover passengers would not need help.
Funeral services were held at Beex Memorial Home Terre Haute for Mrs. J. W. Prather of 904 North Lee Street. Born in Seymour in 1865 and married in 1895, she lived in Bloomington since 1900. Survived by husband, two sons, three grandchildren, two sisters, one brother, and several nieces and nephews.
The Indiana public service commission announced a postponement of the Kurtz agency station abandonment hearing for the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific. The delay was due to attorney Bert Beasley’s illness, with a later date to be set and proper notice to follow.
Dora A. Baldwin, 77, longtime Jackson County resident since 1879, died at the home of her daughter Mrs. Homer Davis near Reddington after a years long illness. Born August 18, 1860 in Ripley County, she married Jacob Baldwin in 1878 and later lived in the Reddington area. Survived by four children, four brothers, one sister, seventeen grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements not listed.
A state regional fire school will be held in Seymour on Wednesday December 22 at 1:30 AM. City fire chief Frank P. Colemeyer reports Clem Smith as chief of the Indiana fire marshal department. Archie McCabe will direct the educational program with twelve subjects, some discussed by McCabe and some shown in sound motion pictures. Further arrangements will be finalized soon.
Medical note cites unwieldy price tag tied to unbreakable lens wearing. Dr. iC E Gillespie offers cautionary guidance on the financial and practical implications.
A small group of northern Democrats led opposition to the administration wage hour bill. Four northern members proposed substitutes seeking inflexible wage-hour standards for firms engaged in interstate commerce, as the House prepared to vote late today or tomorrow after debate.
At the Seymour Rotary Club luncheon a program titled Life Sketches featured member autobiographies. Dr H P Girnessle chaired the December committee with Walter Surface and Walter Voss assisting. Speakers Dr R J Miller Willard Buchanan and Walter Hastedt explained why Seymour is home for them and shared career facts. Surface announced the annual Christmas party set for next Tuesday with many local boys invited. Elbert Welch, club president, presided.
Fifty-two Panay survivors travel toward the Yangtze with two dead and eight seriously wounded. The United States and British gunboats and Japanese forces aid the injured near Hohsien as the State Department protests Japan. Names of the dead include Charles L. Ensminger and Sandro Sandri. eighty-one Chinese missing from the attack.
Reports from Shanghai state Nanking is now under Japanese control as fires rage through the ancient capital. A new Chinese regime under Japanese auspices forms at Peiping while the Panay is destroyed, killing at least two and drawing a U.S. demand for satisfaction from President Roosevelt. Foreigners in Nanking are unaccounted as Japanese forces advance.
Edward A. O Neal president of the American Farm Bureau Federation criticized the House bill, calling it a tragedy for agriculture. He said surplus control is essential to maintain farm prices and accused the House panel of avoiding the surplus issue with high marketing quotas. He praised the Senate bill and urged conference action to stabilize prices.
A downtown weather reading notes temperature data from the pumping station of the Seymour Water Co. confirming local conditions and readings.
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