Seymour plans loan for new gymnasium and pool
Seymour city council approves plan to seek a federal loan for a modern gymnasium auditorium and indoor swimming pool at Shields High School site with a 75000 cost cap. The project would receive 30 percent funding from the federal government and debt service begins after five years.
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RFC
Seymour
Edward Massman
George Riley
W. Burkart
Seymour Board of School Trustees
Riley
Shields High School
Don A. Bollinger
George A. Clark
Federal Reconstruction Finance Corporation
T. Harlan Montgomery
C. O. Swails
Shortest Day Shopping Note from The Cub
Continued on page 4 column 6 the notice urges early Christmas shopping as the shortest day is described. It warns readers to buy now or miss opportunities and notes there is no Tribune on Christmas Day. The Cub signs off.
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Tribune
Cub
Bombing of Changchow by Nanking government planes
A dispatch from Hong Kong reports that thirteen Nanking government airplanes bombed Changchow in Fukien Province. Twenty two bombs caused heavy casualties and extensive damage according to the AP report.
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Hong Kong
Nanking
Changchow
Pukien
Reserves Set For Tonight At Shields High Gym
The Seymour Owls reserves and alumni face off in a three way benefit at Shields High School gym tonight at 7. Officials say season tickets are invalid and no free list will exist to boost the funds. Admission requires twenty cents or more in food clothing or cash for adults and ten cents for students.
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Seymour Owls
Shields High School
Big Sisters Help Children Brighten Christmas in Seymour
Nineteen Seymour children under twelve receive clothing and basics from Sunshine Society of Shields High School as big sisters organize in small groups. Mrs. Annette K. Test Miss Elizabeth Feaster and Mrs. Rose Hamilton supervise with public health nurse Miss Matilda Lebline aiding. Groups of three or four sisters sponsor each child and have been working diligently this season.
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Seymour
Big Sisters
Sunshine Society of
Rose Hamilton
Matilda Lebline
Death of John Wagner in Covington Kentucky
Henry Sprenger reports the death of his brother in law John Wagner of Covington Ky. He died Wednesday morning after visiting his wife in hospital for treatment. Wagner, son of Gregory and Margaret Wagner, was a machinist in the . & C. shops and left the city about forty years ago. His body placed in vault pending arrangements.
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Henry Sprenger
John Wagner
Covington
Farmers Have Leeway in Leasing Corn Land
Indiana farmers may adjust contracted corn acreage under the corn hog plan. Purdue University official J H Skinner says the minimum reduction is 20 percent of the farm’s average 1932 1933 corn acreage, with a 30 percent cap. Farmers can remove whole fields if inside 20 30 percent range, with payments based on actual acres taken.
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Indiana
J. H. Skinner
Agricultural Extension Department
Purdue University
Christmas Business Boost Across Stores This Season
Travis E. Carter, postmaster, announced the post office stamp window will stay open to 4 PM Saturday for public convenience. Seymour enjoys a busy Christmas period as merchants report broad sales gains and optimistic mood with gains of 10 percent or more across drugs hardware clothing jewelry and other types of shops.
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Travis
Carter
Seymour
Christ Mag Ssiaronn
Travis FE. Carter
CWA Projects Approved for Seymour and Driftwood Township
The Civil Works Administration approved two Seymour projects painting and repair at Washington School employing 16 painters at 695 and 370 for materials. A repair project costs 905 with 10 workers paid 800. Additional CWA approvals for Seymour and Driftwood township came from Indianapolis officials on Thursday afternoon.
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Indianapolis
Seymour
Washington School
Civil Works Administration
Driftwood Township
State Evil Works Administration
Reynolds Store Wins Prize for Window Display
Reynolds Store at No 3 Second and Ewing streets received a cash prize of 10 for the best soap company window display. Decorated by Clifford Percifield the display shows the progressive merchandising ideas of the store managers.
Winters Arrive Marking Solstice Shortest Day
The winter solstice began at 1 58 a m EST today when the sun reached its farthest south position for the year marking the shortest day.
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Washington
Democrats plan $2 liquor tax in proposed program
The House Ways and Means Committee members, summoned to approve a secret tax bill, propose a $2 per gallon levy on newly legal liquor with 20 percent back to states. Treasury estimates project $294 million for 1934 in strong activity, $202 million in weak. The plan excludes a double tariff on liquor imports for now, due to trade-legislation aims and revenue needs from larger imports.
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House Ways and Means
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Treasury
United States
Lindbergh Plane Donated to American Museum of Natural History
The low winged Lockheed Sirius flown by Charles and Anne Lindbergh is donated to the American Museum of Natural History in New York. It becomes the central exhibit in the hall of ocean life after January first along with all equipment from their five month exploratory flight. Col and Mrs Lindbergh presented the plane, accepted by museum president F Trahee Davidson who called it of rare historic value.
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Associated Press
New York
Charles
Anne Lindbergh
Continents
American Museum of Natural History
The
Lindberghs
Roosevelt Expands Silver Coinage and Gold Purchases
President Roosevelt issued a proclamation expanding silver coinage to cover domestically produced silver through 1937 with half the metal coined and returned as dollars while the other half goes to government reserves. The move, tied to the London silver agreement, also increases gold buying funds to 100 million dollars as part of a broader commodity price program.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
United States
RFC
Philadelphia Strike Looms in City Wide Action
A general strike by nine unions halted 27,000 workers in Philadelphia on December 22 threatening Christmas deliveries. Bakery drivers plane movers milk drivers cleaners and dryers railway express drivers and the brotherhood led the walkout, aiming to cripple multiple business lines.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Brotherhood of
Worth a Dollar but a Damaged One At Seymour Post Office
A $1 denomination bill, large and heavily worn, arrived at the Seymour post office during Thursday rush. Clerks noted it was so badly worn it was nearly transparent in spots and scorched in areas, suggesting it had been out of circulation for some time and required extra scrutiny to verify its authenticity.
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Seymour
Americans First To Be Questioned In France Spy Probe
Two young Americans Mr and Mrs Robert Switz will be the first to be questioned in France s large military spy drama. Magistrate M Benon will examine them Saturday with Switz s lawyer present on a deposition by Chief of Detectives Martz. Police point to Soviet Russia and Germany and the case reaches Warsaw with suspected documents tied to France s forts and trenches.
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Associated Press
Paris
Robert Switz
France
M. Benon
Switz
Charles Moyse
Martz
M. Martz
Soviet
Russia
Germany
French Antiespionage Service
Warsaw
East Orange
N. J
Santo
Marjorie Tilley
New York
Switzes
Theatre party to be held in city tonight
A kiddies party and charity benefit show is set for the Princess Theater tonight beginning at 7 o'clock. All children gain free admission after that hour and proceeds from adult tickets go to charity. A novelty show is on the program, per management.
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Princess
Princess Theater
Blind actors in Pasadena stage hope to dazzle audiences
Pasadena group of blind actors and actresses showcase Theatre hope with An Hour in June, a one act comedy by blind author Louis O Siggins. James Townsend says audiences forget blindness and enjoy the performance by reading stage positions and makeup aids. The troupe rehearses The Litimate Strangers by Booth Tarkington for future shows in Los Angeles Ontario Santa Monica Pasadena and other cities if successful.
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Associated Press
Pasadena
Calif
Pasadena Braille Players
Louis
Siggins
James Townsend
Booth Tarkington
Los Angeles
Ontario
Santa Monica
Townsend
Police kill trio in Rogers Park bank raid gunfight
In a Rogers Park apartment raid, Chicago police killed three gunmen believed linked to the Dillinger gang. Fingerprints identified two as Louis Katzewitz and Charles Tattlebaum, while others suspected included Dillinger lieutenants. $62,000 was taken from the May 16 1932 bank robbery. The pursuit began after a tip led officers to 1428 Avenue and culminated in a violent confrontation.
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Chicago
John di
Indiana
Rogers Park
Dillinger
Jacok Hamilton
Harry Pierpont
Louis Katzewitz
Charles [Lattlebaum
Aklo Chuck Tilden
Union National Bank of Streator
Sam Gi
Michigan State Prison
Jackson
Katzewitz
Tattlebaum
Ottawa
Ill
1428
Avenue
Dilliser
Tain
John Stege
Stege
Reynolds
Rey
Stee
John Daly
Stewe
Daniel Gilbert
State’s Attorney's Office
Weather Records Sige 218 i Ghewe Walter Mark
Weather record note mentions Sige 218 and Walter Mark in a dated entry. It lists measurements and dates with minimal context, implying a localized meteorological observation. The lines preserve the vintage reporting style and key proper nouns from the fragment.
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