Mercury Hits New Low at 4 Below Zero
Seymour residents endure a pre winter cold wave as the thermometer dips to four degrees below zero. Officials warn of icy walks and hazardous roads with snow flurries forecast tonight and Friday. Trains buses delayed by ice and snow, rural schools closed in some areas. White River level reported one foot above low water mark.
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Seymour
Willard N. Everhart
the Tribune
Mercury
Associated Press
Canada
Indiana
White River
Last Rites Set For Former Resident
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Eddington of Columbus, who died Tuesday, will be held Friday at 1 30 PM at Hathaway Funeral Home. The widow of a former Seymour resident, she leaves three sons Otis H. Eddington Los Angeles Roy E. Eddington Hawthorne and Alva Eddington Columbus seven grandchildren and three brothers Elmer Louis Evett of Chicago and Eugene in Canada.
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Mary Eddington
Columbus
Hathaway Funeral Home
Mr Wood
First Methodist Church
Eddington
Seymour
Otis H. Eddington
Los Angeles
California
Roy E. Eddington
Hawthorne
Alva Eddington
Elmer
Louis Evett
Chicago
Eugene
Canada
Local teams cancel games due to snow and ice
Local school officials canceled Wednesday night junior high and freshman basketball games at Greensburg as travel hazards closed roads and postponed preliminaries to the Greensburg Greencastle matchup.
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Shields High School
Greensburg
State Employes Feted At Indiana Christmas Party
About 1,000 state department employees were to be entertained in Gov Gates office today with another similar number invited from twenty two other departments as part of the holiday events in Indianapolis.
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Indianapolis
Gov. Gates
Sale of E Bonds Nearing Quota
Jackson county residents bought 15 443 75 in war bonds the week after the Victory Loan drive, leaving 15 146 00 short of the E bond quota. Total bonds sold by Dec 15 reach 967 895 80. E bonds 229 854 00. other bonds 374 234 80. corporate purchases 363 895 00. County quota 753 500 00. surplus 214 395 80. End of month prospects could lift E bond totals.
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Jackson County
C. G. Steinwedel
Jackson County War Finance Committee
Rayl Rites Will Be Conducted Saturday
Funeral services for Thomas J. Rayl age seventy five of Seymour Noblitt addition will be held at 2 pm from Voss Mortuary with Dr A A Cohn in charge Burial will be in Riverview Cemetery Friends may call at his son Louis A Rayl s home 10th and Center streets Noblitt from 7 this evening until 11 Saturday morning After that they may call at the mortuary Mr Rayl died Wednesday afternoon after a three week illness He was born January 26 1670 in Jackson county He married Mary Elizabeth Morris in Vincennes December 25 1899 She survives He was a carpenter and contractor and is survived by five children Herschel Rayl Edna Marie Rumph Virginia Smith Bernice Luke and Louis A Rays a half brother Charles Hayes and a half sister Lassie Schornick and nine grandchildren
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Thomas J. Rayl
Seymour R1
Noblitt Addition
Seymour
Voss Mortuary
A. A. Cohn
First Baptist Church
Riverview Cemetery
Louis A. Rayl
Tenth
Center Streets
Rayl
Jackson County
Thomas
Mary J. Weddel Rayl
Vincennes
Mary Elizabeth Morris
Rays
Herschel Rayl
Edna Marie Rumph
Virginia Smith
Bernice Luke
Indianapolis
Louis A. Rays
U. S. Army
Italy
Charles Hayes
Lassie Schornick
Surprise
Funeral Rites Friday For Miss Mayme Dierker
Miss Mayme Dierker of Granite City Illinois will be laid to rest Friday at 2 PM from Winklepleck Funeral Home Brownstown with Rev Frank Templin officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview cemetery Brownstown. She died of a heart ailment and is survived by her father William Dierker of Granite City a grandmother Mrs Sadie Burrell of Indianapolis a sister Mrs Manco Flynn of Los Angeles a brother William Dierker in the army and several cousins. The funeral party is expected to arrive late today and friends may call after 7 PM.
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Mayme Dierker
Granite City
Illinois
Esther Robert
Winklepleck
Brownstown
Frank Templin
Methodist Church
Fairview Cemetery
Miss Dierker
Robert
Seymour
William Dierker
Sadie Burrell
Indianapolis
Manco Flynn
Los Angeles
Winklepleck Funeral Home
No Fathers Exemption From Draft Calls Issued
Washington announced new rules barring men with three or more children from enlistment, exempting under twenty six year old fathers. In Jackson county only a small number are affected, with two under twenty six listed as fathers. Most 18 to 25 year olds will fill replacement needs as the draft narrows and total inductions drop around holidays.
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Selective Service
Washington
Jackson County Selective Service
Jackson County
County Draft Board
Army
Navy
Japan
Congress
Japanese Teachers Demand 500 Percent Pay Rise
Three hundred thousand teachers in Japan filed a petition through the Japan Education Society demanding a 500 percent salary increase from the government.
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Tokyo
The
Japan Education Society
Weather Readings for Seymour Day Official and Unofficial
Official and unofficial weather figures reported for Seymour include a 3 below zero high and a 20 degree low. The 2 PM reading notes a river stage 1 foot above the low water mark from the Seymour Water Co pumping station at Rockford with a record from Mrs. Willard N Everhart Sr. government weather.
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Seymour
Willard N. Everhart
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
Patton Tests Health After Night in Heidelberg
Gen. George S. Patton Jr. remained under medical observation in Heidelberg as of December 20, following injuries from an automobile crash. A midday bulletin reported he endured an uncomfortable night due to excessive bronchial secretions.
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Patton
Heidelberg
Germany
George S. Patton, Jr
Installation of officers at Jackson Lodge No 146
The Jackson Lodge No 146 Free and Accepted Masons held a lengthy special session at the Masonic Temple to install officers for 1946. Ernest E. Truex was installed as worshipful master, succeeding Wilbur F. Biggs who received a past master's jewel. Four candidates were conferred with the Master Mason degree, and a banquet followed.
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Jackson Lodge No
Masonic Temple
Ernest E. Truex
Wilbur F. Biggs
Biggs
Kenneth Murphy
Meredith Wineinger
Charles R. Mayfield
E. C. Lory
H. G. Massman
L. H. Becker
Vergil Ruddick
Dallas Noell
Clarence Rebber
J. Allen Brackemyre
Frank S. Gilbert
Tiler
Becker
Bruce K. Combs
Combs
Charles R. Brown
Lodge
Seal Sale Progress Report To Be Given Tonight
The Jackson County Tuberculosis Association reports steady returns for the annual seal and health bond sale. Board directors meet at the Jackson County Loan and Trust Company to review progress as the drive ends Christmas Day. chairman W B Everdon urges late returns to meet the quota.
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Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Jackson County Loan and Trust Company
W. B. Everdon
Navy Officers Clash Over Pearl Harbor Warning Routes
A congressional inquiry exposed a sharp dispute among top navy leaders about who was responsible for informing Pearl Harbor command during the 1941 crisis. Adm. Turner maintained the intelligence division, not war plans, should notify Admiral Kimmel of the fourteen-part Japanese message.
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Washington
Pearl Harbor
Richard Kelly Turner
William D. Mitchell
Senate House Committee
Office of Naval Intelligence
War Plans
Navy
Turner
Husband E. Kimmel
Pacific Fleet
Mitchell
T. S. Wilkinson
Naval Intelligence
War Plans Division
Wilkinson
Adm
A. B. Kirk
Harold R. Stark
Naval Operations
Rites For Accident Victim To Be Friday
Funeral services for Norman Lee Kasting seventeen will be held Friday at 1 30 p m from his home and at 2 p m at Immanuel Lutheran Church with Rev E E Streufert in charge Burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery Friends may call at the West Brown Street home Kasting died at St Vincent s Hospital Indianapolis after the county road crash that also killed John G Laupus III seventeen and Lawrence Wayne Wheeler fourteen of Brownstown
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Norman Lee Kasting
Dudleytown
West Brown Street
Immanuel Lutheran Church
E. E. Streufert
Young Kasting
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Indianapolis
Schneck Memorial Hospital
John G. Laupus III
Lawrence Wayne Wheeler
Brownstown
Freeman Field Civilian Employees to Receive Christmas Holidays
Freeman Field civilian employees and the Jackson County Selective Service office will observe extended holiday breaks over Christmas and New Year. Off duties run December 22 to 25 with makeups on December 29, and December 30 to January 1 with a makeup on January 5. Guard and fire protection remain in place.
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Freeman Field
Jackson County Selective Service
Wehstage
Boards Ready Decisions on Pay Increase
Associated Press reports wage dispute boards face crucial tests today. General Motors panel plans hearings but will recess to rule on profits and price issues after GM refused to disclose books. Oil wage panel recesses to Friday for rulings before hearing further arguments. Schwellenbach seeks to end Greyhound Bus strike by appointing a third fact finding board if 4000 AFL riders return to work. Retroactive wage rises to November 1 may be granted. Penn Central and Greyhound face reinstatement negotiations.
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Truman
General Motors
Lloyd K. Garrison
Cio-United Auto Workers Union
Garrison
Office of Price Administration
Schwellen
Bach
AFL
Greyhound Bus Lines
AFL Amalgamated Street Railway
Longtime Jackson County Resident Holmes Robertson Dies
Holmes Robertson 77 of Honeytown died this morning at Schneck Memorial Hospital after seventeen days of treatment following a fall at Second and Chestnut. He was born January 22, 1868, in Jackson County, married Cora Blanche Walker in 1893, and is survived by four children and siblings. Funeral services are set for 2 PM Sunday at Voss Mortuary with burial in Robertson Cemetery.
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Holmes Robertson
Jackson County
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Second
Chestnut Streets
Mr. Robertson
Seymour Rde
Honeytown
Jonathan
Susan A. Harrell Robertson
Cortland
Cora Blanche Walker
Robertson
Washington Lodge No. 13
Free & Accepted Masons
Brownstown
James H. Snodgrass
Island Lake
Ill
Wayne Robertson
Oscar Schlehuser
Columbus
Neil Robertson
New Executive Officer at Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis December 20 1943 a new executive officer at Fort Benjamin Harrison is Lt Col William F Northam a 1943 West Point graduate and son of Columbia City banker Frank M Northam.
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Indianapolis
Fort Benjamin Harrison
West Point
William F. Northam
Frank M. Northam
Columbia City
Merry Christmas Sign Lights General MacArthur HQ
A giant illuminated sign spelling Merry Christmas blazed tonight from General Mac Arthur's headquarters in Tokyo. Emperor Hirohito could view it easily from his palace grounds.
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Tokyo
General MacArthur
Emperor Hirohito
Challenge Raised At UNO Delegate Confirmation
Senator Lang er of North Dakota raised a protest against President Truman s slate of UNO delegates, opposing Edward R. Stettinius Jr for two posts. The move, seen as largely symbolic, blocked immediate confirmation while reaffirming Stettinius role alongside Connally Vandenberg and Mrs Anna Eleanor Roosevelt to attend the first UN General Assembly session.
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Washington
Senate
Truman
United Nations Organization
Langer
R-Nd
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Stettinius
UNO
United States
Security Council
Tom Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
Arthur H. Vandenberg
R-Mich
Connally
San Francisco
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt
Assembly
James F. Byrnes
White House
City to Receive Bids on New Street Trucks
Seymour plans to accept bids until 10 AM Thursday January 3 for two 1.5 ton dump trucks with hydraulic hoists and steel bodies ten feet or longer and a steel body pickup for the street department. Bids will be opened by the board of public works and safety with two 1936 Ford trucks traded in. Heaters are preferred and bidders must have a representative present to explain the bid. The board may reject any or all bids.
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Seymour Street Department
Seymour Board of Public Works and Safety
City Street
Big 3 Ministers Making Progress At Moscow Conference
Soviet Russia Great Britain and United States foreign ministers reported making steady progress on day five of their Moscow conference. Observers note many complex issues require time and no finish by Christmas is assured. Byrnes plans to attend the American colony’s Christmas Eve dinner, signaling ongoing talks beyond the holiday.
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Moscow
Soviet Russia
Great Britain
United States
U. S
James F. Byrnes
Congress Ends War to Peace Session After Historic 79th
The 79th Congress closes its session spanning Roosevelts death to Trumans presidency. It ratified the UN Charter, funded UN relief, extended lend‑lease, and enacted Bretton Woods, while approving GI Bill revisions and tax cuts. It left many plans for 1946 unresolved, including pension raises and universal military training.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Truman
Senate
White House
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truman
79Th Congress
United Nations
UNO
United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration
Bretton Woods
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Wit Berien Buses
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Seal Sale
Pennsylvania and
Central Greyhound
Solons
House
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