Snow and Sleet Paralyze Indiana County Roads and Rail
A severe winter storm swept Jackson County with snow and sleet and moved across the state. The Weather Bureau warned of bitter cold with temperatures near four to ten degrees above zero tonight. Traffic slowed on trains and roads as sleet damaged lines and crews prepared for outages while White River rose rapidly and Rockford to Medora roads faced closure. In the north a blizzard halted traffic with several inches of new snow. Continued on page 4 column 4.
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Jackson County
U.S. Weather Bureau
Smaur
Southern Indiana Telephone and Telegraph Company
Riley Goble
White River
Rockford
Medora
Plains
Skies to Clear and White Christmas Predicted
After nine days of misty skies sun is forecast to return to the Middle West with a sharp temperature drop from Canada. Chicago may see clear blue skies tonight as the weather bureau notes plunging degrees, and physicians warn a renewed influenza surge could follow the mist. A white Christmas is hoped for by the weather service.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Middle West
Canada
Weather Bureau
Midwest Snowstorm Brings Severe Cold Across Regions
A fierce blizzard like snowstorm moves over the Middlewest with north wind and bitter cold. Temperatures plunge to seasonal lows in southern states as wind and fog clear for air routes. Rain from yesterday freezes, turning streets and structures to ice while snow continues through the night.
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Kansas City
Middlewest
Doctors to Attend Indiana Medical Association Council
Dr. H. P. Graessle and Dr. E. Gillispie will attend the Indiana Medical Association council meeting at Indianapolis Athletic Club on Thursday. Dr. Gillispie serves as association president.
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H. P. Graessle
E. Gillispie
Indiana Medical Association
Athletic Club
Indianapolis
Gillispie
Auto Crash Hits Wagon. Driver William Hart Hurt
Police search for hit and run driver after a Chevrolet coupe struck William Wheaton Hart’s wagon at Tipton and Walnut last night. Hart was knocked unconscious, then improved. he was taken to Dr. D. L. Perrin’s office.
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Louis Heins
Tipton
Walnut Streets
William Wheaton
Council Set To Hear New Water Rate Views Tonight
Seymour business leaders urged full turnout as the adjourned city council session weighs ten year water rate changes. Mayor Burkart presides with input from merchants factory owners and attorneys on whether a rate increase is just and how state public utilities law might apply.
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Seymour
C. H. Wiethoff
Business Men’s Association
Marvin
Water Company
Public Service Commission of
Indiana
Public Service Commission
L. K E. Jennings
W. Burkart
Hall Orchard Co Seeks Apple Sale Ahead of Holidays
The note urges readers to stock up on apples, cider, and apple butter for the holiday season, promoted by Hall Orchard Co.
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Hall Orchard Co
Christmas rush hits Seymour and Jackson county
Shoppers fill the streets as Christmas programs and church observances rise in Seymour and Jackson county. Seymour schools will close Friday for a week long vacation through December 31, with most county schools following, while Santa Claus visits planned by local merchants boost holiday spirit.
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Seymour
Jackson County
Brownstown
Medora
Crothersville
N. J. Lasher
James H. Tatlock
Seymour Business Men
Santa Claus
John L. Blish
Griffitts
Santa
Seymour Busi
Owl. Lineup Shifted for North Vernon Battle
Practice this week has shaped the varsity Owl lineup for a game against North Vernon at Shields gym Friday night. Coach Babe Wheeler unsettles Ward with Aufderheide for added punch and reserves Meladden and Ward at guards while Walters holds center.
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Owl
North Vernon
Shields Gym
Babe Wheeler
Walters
Goens
McCord
Meladden
Ward
Aufderheide
Payne
Wheeler
Kamman's offers pens and brands for fountain lovers
Kammans advertises fountain pens and pencils from Conklin Wahl Shaeffer and Parker. A social Euchre night is set at the Knights of Columbus hall on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. Public invited.
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Kamman’s
Conklin
Wahl
Shaeffer
Parker
Euchre
K. of C._ hall
PLAN ROCKNE SYSTEM TO HUNT NET STARS
Coach N L Wheeler will institute the Rockne system at Seymour high school to develop players for the Owl basketball team after Christmas. The method, linked to Notre Dame football prestige, divides students into teams with regular schedules and selection by Knute Rockne. The plan aims to identify and train ready material from freshmen and sophomore classes for next year.
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N. L. Wheeler
Rockne
Seymour
Notre Dame
Knute Rockne
Seymour High School
Wheeler
Owl
Fire safety plea as candles still cause Christmas tree fires
Fire Chief Frank Colemeyer urged care with lighted candles on Christmas trees, noting papers show recurring tragedies around December 26. He said electric lights lessen danger but candles remain in use for programs and decoration, calling for extra caution.
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Frank Colemeyer
Christmas story hour at Seymour city library
The Seymour public library decorates for a party and a Christmas story hour for children is planned. Miss Madajine Williams and Miss Beryl Dannettelle will tell stories. Grades one to three arrive at 9 30 a m and grades four to six at 10 a m, announced librarian Miss Katherine Frazee.
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Seymour Public Library
Madajine Williams
Beryl Dannettelle
Katherine Frazee
Clown Joe Gould Delights Seymour Lions Club Meeting
Joe Gould former circus clown visits Seymour Lions and Brownstown Lions, drawing laughter and applause. He tours Sehneck Memorial Hospital with Pat Rooney and Lions Calvin Dobbins and Paul McGuire, sharing circus memories during Rooney's recovery. A Lutheran gospel quartet performs and Brownstown Lions join in festive numbers as interclub ties strengthen. The Seymour club cancels Christmas Eve meeting and plans to reconvene on New Year’s Eve.
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Joe Gould
Seymour Lions Club
Brownstown Lions
Rooney
Calvin Dobbins
Paul R. McGuire
Lions Club
Gould
Lions
Sauers Lutherance Goard
Victoria
Hildegarde Destinon
J. Th. Destinon
John Schroer
Tennessee Harmony Four
Charles Cox
George Gunder
W. P. Stall
Brownstown
Chicago incinerator sold for 800 dollars
The 1914 Chicago incinerator, never used and once called a monument to civic wastefulness, was sold to salvagers for 800 dollars. Its original cost was 225000 dollars.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Kamman's Pocket Lighter Promises Free Station Service
A compact notice states purchasing a pocket lighter from Kamman’s includes a free service station counter offer available at all times. The message emphasizes extra value beyond the lighter itself and positions the station as a constant perk.
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Kamman’s
Santa Claus Postal Business Jumps as Yule Season Arrives
In Santa Claus Indiana population 60, Postmaster James F. Martin handles a spike in December mail. He must cancel 8 000 to 10 000 pieces plus 500 to 600 letters to the Real Santa Claus and other greetings from far as New Zealand. The town sits five miles from Lincoln City with rich Lincoln lore.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Indiana Hills
Ohio River
Spencer County
Chamber of Commerce
James F. Martin
Santa Claus
New Zealand
Martin
Lincoln City
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Mable Normand Fighting to Halt Tuberculosis
Los Angeles December 18 Miss Mable Normand once one of the screen’s leading actresses is slightly improved though her condition remains serious. Dr Francis M Pottenger said she has been battling tuberculosis at a sanatorium in Monrovia California for several months.
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Associated Press
Los Angeles
Mabe
Normand
Francis M. Pottenger
Miss Normand
Monrovia
Cal
Pottenger
Christmas Poultry Order Form At 110 St Louis Ave
Citizens may place orders for turkeys geese ducks and chickens at 110 St Louis Ave or by calling the listed phone numbers 495 41617 18 19 21. The notice presents contact details for poultry purchases during the season.
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St. Louis Ave
Pleads Not Guilty in Muncie Slaying Case
James Wood arraigned in Muncie Indiana on two indictments for the slaying of George and Elizabeth Heath. He pleads not guilty by reason of insanity. The Heaths, Delaware county residents, were killed at their rural home last week. Wood was captured near Albany Kentucky and reportedly confessed. He remains jailed in Muncie.
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Muncie
Ind
James Wood
George
Elizabeth Treath
Heath
Delaware County
Wood
Albany
Heaths
Miners Trapped Mine Disaster Toll Grows in Oklahoma
Rescue workers labored through the night at the old town coal mine in North McAlester to recover bodies after an explosion trapped 62 miners. Gas hindered efforts as over 200 responders sealed off danger zones. 47 bodies were removed and identified while three men were rescued.
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Associated Press
McAlester
Okla
Old Town Coal Company
North
T B Association Meeting At City Building
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association executive board will meet in the county health nurse Miss Matilda Lebline’s office at the city building at 7:30 pm Thursday. They will discuss plans to sell tuberculosis Christmas health bonds and the ongoing seal sale led by chairman J R Mitchell.
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Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Matilda Lebline
W. L. Clark
J. R. Mitchell
Wills Moody wedding date to be set Thursday
Formal announcement of the marriage date for Helen Wills and Frederick Moody Jr. will be made tomorrow by Mrs. C A Wills. She said the wedding would occur very soon but declined to reveal time or place.
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Berkely
Cal
Helen Wills
Frederick Moody, Jr
Bond
C. A. Wills
Judges at Washington township institute near Dudleytown
N. C. Henderson and Miss Pearl Shafer from Shields high school judged exhibits at the Washington township institute held at the township school near Dudleytown. Henderson evaluated the agricultural displays while Shafer judged the culinary exhibit.
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N. C. Henderson
Pearl Shafer
Shields High School
Washington Township Institute
Dudleytown
Henderson
Miss Shafer
Kamman's Lighter and Free Service Station Mentioned
A note directs readers to Kamman’s to buy a pocket lighter and inform that a nearby service station offers a free service.
Missing RAF aviators vanish on Cape Town flight
Natives near Zaghouan report an airplane crash yesterday killing both occupants, feared to be the Royal Air Force mono plane attempting a nonstop England to Cape Town flight. London reports no word by radio communications as Squadron Leader A G Jones Williams and Flight Lieutenant A M Jenkins were last heard 50 miles northwest of Sardinia.
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Bizeile
Tunis
Zaghouan
Royal Air Force
England
Capetown
London
South Africa
Air Ministry
Roch. man makes sensational catch off sudden home fire
In Rockford on December 18 Rob ert Sherwood of Rochelle saved a month-old infant tossed from a fire at Mrs. Carl Coppola’s home. Sherwood caught the child as Mrs. Coppola screamed and jumped, landing in the arms of three bystanders while he contemplates a Cubs bid to replace Hack Wilson.
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Rockford
Robert Sherwood
Rochelle
Hack Wilson
Cubs
Sherwood
Carl Coppola
St Ambrose students stage Christmas entertainment
St Ambrose school children present their annual Christmas program for St Ambrose parish on Friday at 8:00 p.m. in the community room of the First National Bank.
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St. Ambrose
St. Ambrose Parish
First National Bank
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Middle Western States
William Wheaton Hart
North Vernon Battle
Schiff Aviation Trophy
Fisher
Herbert Schiff
Schiff
T. G. Fisher
Therbert Troover
Naval Squadron
San Diego
Cali
Plan Rockne
Colemeyer
Lions Roar
Pat” Rooney
Lutheran Quartet
Mable Normand
Alleothers
T-B Association
Miss Lebline
Judge Institute Work
Shields
Britto
Sahara Desert
Babe
The
Saysmour Water Co
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