J C Branaman County Judge Dies in Sleep
J C Branaman longtime Jackson County judge and former Indiana legislator died in his sleep at his Brownstown home likely from a heart attack. Funeral set for Sunday at Brownstown Presbyterian Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery. He served fourteen years on the bench and forty six years as a lawyer, born December 20 1875 in Brownstown.
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John C. Branaman
Jackson
Indiana
Brownstown
Branaman
Thee
Jackson County
Frank and
Ada Burtell Branaman
Indiana University
159Th Regiment of
Indiana Volunteers
House of Representatives
Indianapolis
Mollie Kopp
Bar Associations
Jackson County Bar Association
Indiana State Bar Association
Barnard College
New York City
Thomas H. Branaman
Frank, Jr
Local jeweler L. W. Tiemeier dies at 33 in Seymour
Louis W. Boss Tiemeier a Seymour jeweler for years dies at Schneck Memorial Hospital after three months with heart disease. Born January 1 1911 in Dudleytown he built a prominent business from Hawn’s shop to his own Holtman Jewelry in Seymour. Survived by Naomi his wife daughter Marcia Beth four months old, three brothers and three sisters. Funeral services held at Immanuel Lutheran Church with burial at Riverview Cemetery.
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Louis W. “Boss” Tiemeier
East Fourth Street
Seymour
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Immanuel Lutheran Church
E. E. Streufert
Buriak Riverview Cemetery
Voss Mortuary
East Fourth Street Road
Tiemeier
Lawrence Hawn
Hawn
Hawn-Tiemeier
Bee Hive
Second and
Chestnut Streets
Holtman
North
Chestnut Street
Mr. Tiemeier
Dudleytown
Edward
Elizabeth Kriete Tiemeier
Climax, Mich
Naomi R. Hawn
Seymour Lions Club
Seymour Chamber of Commerce
Crothersville
Andrew Barksdale
King George VI Hosts Buckingham Palace Birthday Ball
King George VI marked his forty ninth birthday with a wartime birthday ball at Buckingham Palace. The gala drew about 109 guests and was the first dance held there since the war began.
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London
George VI
Buckingham Palace
Indiana Soldier Lt. Jesse B. Crecelius Killed in Action
The War Department lists forty six Indiana servicemen as killed in action among them Lt. Jesse B. Crecelius of Medaryville. Crecelius son of Philip C. and Mrs. Crecelius and former Seyamur residents had been missing in Africa since November 10, 1943.
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Indiana
War Department
Jesse B. Crecelius
Medaryville
Crecelius
Philip C. Crecelius
Seyamur
Africa
Knights Templar Elect Officers For 1945 In Seymour
Members of Seymour Commandery No 56 Knights Templar elected officers for 1945. E C Lory was chosen commander for a third term and Ernest E Truex became grand supreme. E W Sargeant was re elected captain general and Charles G Martin named prelate. Additional posts went to Fred N Fouts senior warden Willard M Wohrer junior warden J Robert Klein treasurer Harry H McDonald recorder and Charles A Bard standard bearer. The group also adopted a resolution to meet the second Wednesday each month rather than the second Thursday.
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Seymour
Knights Templar
E. C. Lory
Ernest E. Truex
E. W. Sargeant
Charles G. Martin
Fred N. Fouts
Willard M. Wohrer
Hayden
J. Robert Klein
Harry H. McDonald
Charles A. Bard
Crothersville
Creation of Central Flood Control Authority Adopted
A district flood control meeting in Brownstown endorses forming a central state agency with power to study flood control and raise funds by assessments. The plan, tied to the Shoals dam issue, was urged by R A Broddecker and supported by Earl Wilson. local officials and residents from Jackson and neighboring counties attended.
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William E. Jenner
Congress
R. A. Broddecker
Brownstown
W. H. Whiteneck
Mitchell
Ed Hughes
Campbellsburg
Earl Wilson
R. S. Robertson
Anton
Hulman, Jr
Terre Haute
Ralph Roessler
Marion
Joe Quinn
Eugene B. Crowe
Bedford
Ralph Wiley
Captain Richard Etter Awarded Distinguished Flying Cross
Captain Richard Etter son of Mr and Mrs R B Etter 603 North Poplar street has received the Distinguished Flying Cross word sent to his parents confirms He is a Troop Carrier Command pilot stationed in England since before D Day He flew in the Sicilian and Italian campaigns and earned the Presidential Unit Citation
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Richard Etter
R. B. Etter
North Poplar Street
Etter
Troop Carrier Command
England
Varied Talks Entertain at Lions Meeting
Seymour Lions club members applauded a regular meeting program with three Seymour Toastmasters delivering short talks. J. Walter Hastedt spoke on tuberculosis as a “white plague” and urged isolation, seals sales, and legislative support for isolation bills. Stuart S. Blish discussed compulsory military training highlighting health, national defense, and other key reasons for its adoption.
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Seymour Lions Club
Frank Mattox
A. L. Jackson
Seymour Toastmasters Club
J. Walter Hastedt
Stuart S. Blish
Walter L. Surface
Mr. Hastedt
County Tuberculosis Association Board of Directors
State Association
Hastedt
Blish
Plane Crash Kills Farm Hand in Georgia Silo
An army P-38 plane struck a silo on T. Q. Sullivan’s farm near College Park Georgia killing farm hand J. E. Mealer age 32 and father of five. The pilot was critically injured. The crash occurred yesterday as the plane descended onto the silo top.
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College Park
T. Q. Sullivan
J. E. Mealer
Greeks Fight on In Soaking Rain In Athens
In rain soaked Athens ELAS and British forces clash with fresh artillery and rifle fire. Unconfirmed reports say King George II may name the Archbishop of Athens as temporary regent amid talks on monarchy or republic. ELAS infiltration into Omonia Square and the security actions around Piraeus are noted as the fighting continues.
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Athens
ELAS
George II
Greece
George
London
Omonia
Piraeus
Letter From Lt. Richard Wessel POW in Germany
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Wessel of Seymour report their son Lt. Richard Wessel, a prisoner of war in Germany since Sept 13, sent a letter dated Sept 18. He states he is okay after an initial rough period and credits the Red Cross for help, noting communications travel through Red Cross channels.
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Virgil Wessel
Seymour
Richard Wessel
Germany
O. K
Red Cross
Wessel
Employe Examinations to Resume Next Month
Examinations of local employes for tuberculosis x rays will resume in early January after a mobile unit breakdown. 300 workers were scanned earlier this week with plans to complete signups in the first two weeks of January. Citizens urged to mail Christmas seal payments and contact W. B. Everdon for missing seals. Dr. John L. Prentice presided and named a publicity committee.
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Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
County Association
Jackson County Loan & Trust Company
Glenn M. Keach
W. B. Everdon
Shields High School
John L. Prentice
Association
Kenneth N. Warbritton
W. Calvert Brand
Charles R. Brown
Churchill Urges Poland to Accept Red Demands
London reports Churchill backs Russian frontier claims on Poland and proposes compensation with East Prussia and Danzig. He urges Roosevelt and Stalin to meet soon, warns of spring battles, and notes US uncertainty on allied stance.
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Churchill
Poland
Red
Associated Press
London
Britain
Old
Lwow
Ukraine
East Prussia
Danzig
Germany
Roosevelt
Marshal Stalin
United States
Russia
Curzon Line
Konigsberg
Armies collide as US air attacks pound Japanese in the Philippines
American carrier planes strike northern Philippines as Japanese fields, ships, and air bases face heavy damage. Reports say 91 enemy fields destroyed, two destroyers set afire, clashes reach Luzon and Visayan regions with incendiary bombs dropped near Manila.
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Associated Press
Philippines
Japan
Clark Field
Manila
Luzon
Visayan
Radio Tokyo
Douglas MacArthur
Pearl Harbor
Chester W. Nimitz
Pacific Fleet
Nimitz
Guam
Rembert James
James
Seventh Army Near Karlsruhe and Palatinate Front
Allied forces press toward Karlsruhe within seven miles along the Rhine as Seventh Army campaigns drive through the Rhineland. German defenses stiffen around Colmar pocket while Devers and Patton’s commands shape a widening Rhine frontier toward Lauterbourg and Saarland.
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Seventh Army
Karlsruhe
Paris
Rhine
Mannheim
Ludwigshafen
Rhineland
Wissembourg
Bavarian Palatinate
Eifel Range
Bienwald Forest
Hermann Balck
Colmar
Strasbourg
Jacob L. Devers
Palatinate
Saarland
Devers
Switzerland
Lauterbourg
U.S. Third Army
George S. Patton, Jr
Saarlautern
Dillengen
Germany
Sarregumines
U. S. First Army
Roer River
Duren
104Th
9Th di
Roer
Mariaweiler Shephoven
Cologne
Alexander M. Patch
Lauterbough
Town
Hughes Appointed U. S. Commissioner
Francis M. Hughes of Indianapolis was named U. S. Commissioner by Federal Judge Robert C. Baltzell to replace Howard S. Young who joined the state supreme court. Hughes has been deputy Marion county prosecutor since January 1, 1943 and is son of Bishop Edwin Holt Hughes.
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Indianapolis
Francis M. Hughes
Robert C. Baltzell
U. S
Howard S. Young
State Supreme Court
Hughes
Marion County
Edwin Holt Hughes
Chevy Chase
DePauw University
Red Tanks Strike Nazi SS Forces in Eastern Slovakia
Moscow dispatches report red tanks and motorized infantry clashing with German SS forces along the Ipoly River north of the Danube Bend. The battle aligns with Malinovsky’s second Ukraine Army and Petrovs Fourth Ukraine Army efforts to trap Germans in eastern Slovakia, about eighty five miles east of Bratislava.
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Moscow
Ipoly
Danube
Bratislava
Malinovsky
Second Ukraine
Petrov
Fourth Ukraine
Slovakia
Senate Reacts To State Probe
Attorney General James A. Emmert questioned the Senate campaign expenditures committee's authority to extend its inquiry to interpretation of state election laws. Senator Willis of Indiana warned that considerable stretching of the committee's authority would be required to include state law interpretation in the investigation.
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Indianapolis
James A. Emmert
Senate
Washington
Willis
R-Ind
Indiana
FDR Signs Widows and Children Pension Bill
President Roosevelt signed a bill granting pensions to widows and children of World War I veterans. The plan costs about 37 million dollars in its first year and pays up to 74 dollars monthly to eligible families. Coverage now extends to most WWI veterans as benefits no longer hinge on death cause.
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Washington
Roosevelt
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Seymour Water Co
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Stuart Bush
W. L. Surface
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