War Bond Premiere Draws Crowds At Majestic Theater
Jackson county war bond premiere at the Majestic Theater drew a packed house for the feature and a stage show led by War rant Officer Mitchel Chetel. Bond tickets surpassed $100,000 in E Series sales, with a second screening added and Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in Lost in a Harem shown after the stage program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Majestic Theater
Freeman Field
Mitchel Chetel
705Th Army Air Forces Band
Harry M. Palmer
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Harry Montel
Shields
Marcella Ann Crawford
Riley School
Billy Foreman
Lincoln School
Jimmy Hudson
Washington School
Glen Walter
Charlotte Hill
Elsie Cordes
Emerson School
Cyril Var Fossen
St. Ambrose
Mrs Sylvia Wehrkamp Dies at Home in Seymour
Mrs Sylvia Lillian Wehrkamp age thirty three died at home Seymour R1 of a probable heart attack. She was born June 15 1911 in Jackson county daughter of August and Della Vincent Hagen she is survived by husband Walter and four children Betty Joyce Kenneth Lee Floyd Allen and Ronald Lynn. Funeral set for Saturday with services at home then Immanuel Lutheran Church Rev Victor Mack officiating. Burial in Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sylvia Lillian Wehrkamp
Seymour
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Betty Joyce
Kenneth Lee
Floyd Allen
Ronald Lynn
Charles Hagen
U. S. Army
Doreen Marsh
Reddington
Victor Mack
Farm Bureau honors two with distinguished service awards
A newspaperman and a college official won the American Farm Bureau Federation awards for distinguished service to agriculture. William W. Waymack of Des Moines Register Tribune editorial section and Lloyd R. Simons of New York state colleges of agriculture and home economics received the honors at the federation's annual convention.
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Chicago
American Farm Bureau’ Federation
Federation
William W. Waymack
Des Moines Ua. Register and Tribune
Lloyd R. Simons
New York State Colleges of Agriculture and Home Economics
Medal Presented At Retreat Here
An Air Medal and an oak leaf cluster were presented to Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Kelly of Austin R1 at Freeman Field retreat ceremonies for their son Technical Sergeant Absalom Kelly of the air corps who is reported as a prisoner of war in Germany. Lieutenant Colonel Howard Williams presented the award and Captain W. H. McLeod read the citation. Freddie Kelly, Viola Colby, and Mrs. Dan Hill attended.
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C. R. Kelly
Austin R1
Freeman Field
Absalom Kelly
Air Corps
Germany
Howard Williams
W. H. McLeod
Freddie Kelly
Kellys
Viola Colby
Dan Hill
Austin
Five Booker Sons Serve in World War I Armed Forces
West Oak street residents Mr. and Mrs. Everett Booker celebrate their five sons in uniform. Benny Booker joined the Coast Guard as the fifth son to enlist, with three others already overseas: Junior in the Navy Pacific Area, Maurice in Italy with the Army, and Sylvester and Robert in the Army Air Corps with Sylvester in France after two years and ten months abroad. The final son recently reported to a camp near Baltimore.
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Benny Booker
Coast Guard
Everett Booker
West Oak Street
Armed Forces
Junior Booker
Navy
Pacific
Maurice
U. S. Army
Italy
Sylvester
Robert
Army Air Corps
France
England
Baltimore
Mrs Matilda Kriete Dies at 49 at Home Here
Mrs Matilda Kriete aged 49 died at her home 110 St Louis Avenue after a year long illness. Born August 23, 1895 in Ogilville to Green and Lucinda Berry she married Frank Kriete in Cincinnati July 22, 1939. Survived by husband two sisters Mrs William Patterson Indianapolis and Mrs James D Hodler Columbus. Funeral at 2 pm Saturday from Walesboro Church with burial in Walesboro Cemetery. viewing Friday afternoon at Voss Mortuary.
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Matilda Kriete
St. Louis Avenue
Kriete
Ogjilville
Green
Lucinda Jones Berry
Cincinnati
Ohio
Frank Kriete
William Patterson
Indianapolis
James D. Hodler
Columbus
Walesboro
Voss
Seymour Conservation Club Holds Meeting in City Building
The Seymour Conservation Club met Wednesday night in the council chamber. C. E. Bruce presided. regular business was transacted. Committee members requested more time on grounds and proposed park furnace due to illness. An orchestra featuring Hancock Stilwell and Anderson performed selections.
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Hancock, Stilwell and Anderson
Seymour Conservation Club
Council Chamber
C. E. Bruce
Park Furnace
Forty-Eight Students On Honor Roll At Shields High
Shields High School announces honor roll results for the second six weeks. Forty-eight students earned high or regular honors with Sophomores leading high honors, and Senior and Freshman numbers following. Names listed include both high and regular honor recipients across Freshmen to Seniors.
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Shields High School
Mary Theele
Lieutenant Homer Lane Missing in Action
Lieutenant Homer Lane of New York, a Freeman Field graduate, is missing in action. Mrs. Lane reports he went overseas in September and was last heard from after a raid over Germany on October 18. The couple resided with Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Lucas at 717 East Second Street in Seymour.
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Homer Lane
New York
Freeman Field
Ralph Lucas
East Second Street
Lane
Seymour
Germany
Churchill Defies Critics Over Greece Policy
London reports Churchill stood firm amid attacks on Greece policy and hinted at a national address. He noted British casualties in Greece since the landing reach about 460, a figure not clarified for Athens fighting. In Athens ELAS drives seemed halted as heavy clashes eased and sporadic fire lingered.
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Churchill
Greece
ELAS
London
Britain
Italy
Athens
National Liberation Front
Revised Tax on 1945 Paid Wages
The revised rates for withholding income tax from wages under the 1944 act apply to all wages paid on or after January 1 1945. Will H Smith, Collector of Internal Revenue, explained that even December earnings paid after January 1 are subject to the new rates. (Continued on page 2 column 4)
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Will H. Smith
Internal Revenue
War Casualties Reported Higher
Washington reports total Army casualties at 483,957 through November 28, up 9,059 in the week. Combined armed forces casualties reach 562,368 with Navy at 78,411. Italy ground forces casualties rise 16,255 since Sept. 25 to Dec. 9. Salerno to Dec. 3 totals reach 98,366.
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Stimson
Army
Navy
Coast Guard
Italy
Salerno
Alleged Gunman Dies After Herrin Shootout
Blackie Armes thirty eight year old St. Clair county gunman tied to the Shelton gang died in a Herrin hospital from gunshot wounds suffered in a Wednesday morning gun battle.
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Herrin
Monroe
Blackie) Armes
St. Clair County
Shelton
Rangoon Bombed by B29s in Burma Day Raid
Eleven American Superfortress bombers attacked the Port of Rangoon in southwest Burma around 1 p m. Japanese time. Five were shot down, others driven off before ground installations were damaged, with possible ties to earlier raids on Thailand.
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Associated Press
Rangoon
Burma
Tokyo Radio
Kington
Thailand
War Department
Curtis Lemay
20Th Bomber Command
India
Japan
Airforce
Washington
Aleutians
Unmak
Douglas MacArthur
Leyte
Seventh Infantry
B29 Bombs Hit Nagoya as Thailand Raid Reported
Bombs from B29s struck targets in Japanese held Thailand and Nagoya faced a large raid from the homeland. Reports say the Hatsudoki Aircraft factory took heavy damage with about half the bombs hitting objectives. Leyte, Kweichow, and Chinese forces were also noted in the broader fighting as Japanese troops retreat.
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Thailand
Nippon
Nagoya
Leyte
Philippines
Kweichow
Bay of Bengal
India
Bangkok
Singapore
Burma
Indo-China
Hatsudoki Aircraft Factory
Munitions Production Soars in November
Washington reports a sharp rise in November munitions output led by B 29 Superfortress production. War Production Board acting chairman Hiland G Batcheller calls it a wonderful month for critical programs and notes army demand requires expanding tire facilities, with labor availability as a key factor in site decisions.
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Washington
Hil
G. Batcheller
War Production Board
Batcheller
Theft of Evergreens Reported as Yule Trees Make Annual Appearance
Ed N. Lee reports wholesale theft of evergreens for Christmas trees from 4500 acres of southern Indiana forests. Thefts have surged in the last two weeks with trees hauled away by truckloads. Prices rise as Seymour residents seek large, well trimmed trees for the holiday season.
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Seymour
Ed N. Lee
Indiana
Lee
Chinese Pursue Japs at Hochih in Kwangsi Push
Chinese forces close in on Hochih city in Kwangsi Province after retaking Cheho, fifteen miles northwest of Hochih, as they press along the Kweichow Kwangsi railway line. Cheho lies about twenty miles inside the Kwangsi border, southeast of Kweiyang.
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Ormoc
Carigara Bay
High Command
Hochih
Kwangsi Province
Cheho
Chungking
Kwangsi
Kweichow
Kweichow-Kwangsi
Kweiyang
Irwin Estate Valued At Over 2 Million Dollars
The William G. Irwin estate, tied to Columbus and Indianapolis banking, is valued at 2 907 645.18 with personal property 2 846 784.73 and real estate 210 260. Debts total 14 939.55 and inheritance tax 331 468.75. Nieces Nettie S. Miller and Elsie I. Sweeney each stand to receive 1 399 622.00. Irwin died December 14, 1943, in his Indiana National Bank office.
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Columbus
Ind
William G. Irwin
Indianapolis
Bartholomew Circuit Court
Nettie S. Miller
Elsie I. Sweeney
Irwin
Indiana National Bank
Red Barrage Hits Budapest Amid East Front Push
Soviet siege guns pounded Budapest suburbs Ujpest Rakospalota Kispet as advances north and east near Pest continued. Isaszeg and Kisalag reported captured as Malinovsky's Ukraine army presses toward Pest with Luftwaffe counterattacks and minefield challenges. Vienna fate described as decided after Budapest.
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Moscow
Budapest
Ujpest
Rakospalota
Kispet
Pest
Danube
Kisalag
Isaszeg
Rodion Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Four Coastguard Cutters Smash Nazi Arctic Try
Four coastguard cutters battled in ice packed Arctic waters against a Nazi attempt to establish bases in Greenland. German armed trawlers were sunk or captured, a bomber attack repelled, sixty prisoners taken, and a radio station destroyed during actions from July to October with the Northwind towed for repairs after crushing ice. Fastwind and Southwind captured the ternsternine and its twenty man crew on October 16.
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Washington
Arctic
Greenland
Navy
Coast Guard
Northwind
Fastwind
Southwind
Externsteine
Yanks Push Toward Cologne Plain in World War II Advance
Allied forces report gains as First Army advances one mile on the Cologne plain and overran Kesternich near the Roer. Ninth Army seizes Vichhofen near Julich. Seventh Army pushes toward the Rhine, breaching Maginot line northwest of Bitche and advancing near Saarland. German artillery withdraws as defenses tighten.
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Paris
Cologne
Roer
Kesternich
Rhineland
Euskirchen
Rollesbroich
Bickerath
Simmerath
Ninth Army
Inde
Vichhofen
Julich
Saarlautern
Dillingen
Rhine
Saarland
Saarbrucken
Habkirche
Germany
U. S. Seventh Army
Maginot
Bitche
Kappelenhof
Palatinate
Zweibrucken
Seventh Army
Seltz
Karlsruhe
London
Seventh
Army Beats Off Nazi Attack Near Faenza
Canadian forces of the Eighth Army repelled German counterattacks and expanded their Lamone River bridgehead north of Faenza after forming from a 6000 yard front west of the stream. Canadian tanks cut the Ravenna Ferrara highway northwest of Mezzano and another crossing was made at Mezzano.
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Rome
Eighth Army
Lamone River
Faenza
Ravenna-Ferrara
Mezzano
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Seymour Water Co
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