Two Local Gunners Die in Italian Front Actions
Jackson county gunners on Flying Fortresses are reported casualties in World War I. Sgt MecMillan is missing after a bomber mission on November 27. Sgt Edwin W Chastain, Crothersville R2, is confirmed killed in action on November 25. Chastain's wife Mildred and both families were notified.
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Jackson County
Sgt
MecMillan
J. C. McMillan
East Second Street
Edwin W. Chastain
Crothersville
Seymour Adopts Unanimous City Curfew at Sixteen
Seymour city council approved a curfew ordinance setting the loitering ban for those under sixteen on city streets after 10 p m with allowances for guardians and work duties. The measure, to take effect after two legal publications, aims to curb youth loitering and was supported by Mayor Burkart and most council members.
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Seymour
C. W. Burkart
Christmas School Vacation Schedules Vary in Jackson County
Jackson County schools report varied Christmas dismissal times due to influenza closures and pandemic disruptions. Some districts, like Wallonia and several in Carr township, plan short breaks, while others forego vacations or adjust days to finish the term by spring. Public schools in Seymour adjourn Friday noon for holiday recess. Shields High School to end with a four-class, convocation prior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
James H. Talleck
Jackson
Redding
Crothersville
Uniontown
Tatlock
Seymour
Shields High
Winter Arrives Officially With Year’s Shortest Day
The newspaper notes today is the year's shortest day at 9.9 daylight hours as a cold wave pushes northern midlands toward near zero. Forecasts warn of subzero readings by Thursday across several states with Indiana seeing zero to five below in the north and five to ten above in the south.
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Midlands
Seymour
Indiana
Jackson County
Astronomical
Weather Bureau
Legion Santa fund appeal seeks more donations
Contributions to the Legion Santa fund, sponsored by Seymour Post No. 89, American Legion, are slow. Donors are urged to drop gifts at Walter Schierling’s American Security Company office and a 4 PM free movie for city children at Majestic and Vondee Theaters with Santa distributing treats.
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Legion Santa Fund
Seymour Post No. 89
American Legion
Walter Schierling
American Security Company
North Chestnut Street
Legion
Majestic and
Vondee Theaters
Santa Claus
Christmas Eve Service At Soldier Center Plans
The First Baptist Church Soldiers' Hospitality Center hosts a Christmas Eve program from 1 PM to midnight featuring carols and candles. Capt J W Fuller from Free man Field delivers the message. Soldiers wives and WACs invited. Carols precede a citywide tour at 8 PM, ending with gifts. Senior Beta Gamma Kappa girls set a 6 30 PM party for soldiers.
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Soldiers’ Hospiality Center
First Baptist Church
J. W. Fuller
Freeman Field
Beta Gamma Kappa
Weather records for Seymour official and unofficial readings
Official low temperature from Miss Louise Ahlert, government weather observer, and unofficial high temperature from downtown thermometer. River level sourced from Seymour Water Co at Rockford pumping station.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
County Quota Sets Bond Drive Goals for War Loan
Jackson county's Fourth War Loan quota is 1 015 600 dollars for January and February. Statewide quota is 233 million and national 14 billion, with a three point plan assigning per employee and per person bonds, farm canvasses, and payroll carryover counted toward the quota. Jackson County reports December sales totaling 61 784 65 toward the December quota of 127 853, with county bank purchases at 26 650 90 and small contributions from other institutions.
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Jackson County
Cc. G. Steinwedel
War Finance
Steinwedel
Vessel Named for Franklin Man to Be Launched in Boston
Lieutenant Norman Francis Vandiver a Franklin resident and Franklin College alumnus who died in the Midway battle will be honored as a destroyer escort bearing his name is set for launch December 27 at the Boston Navy Yard in the First Naval District. Vandiver a Sigma Alpha Epsilon member and former varsity football player earned the air medal and served in the United States Naval Reserve.
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Norman Francis Vandiver
United States Naval Reserve
Franklin
U. S. Navy
Boston Navy Yard
Naval District
Edward
Miss
Vandiver
Franklin College
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Naval Service
Grosse Isle
Mich
Air Medal
Navy
No Lions Club Meeting This Week In Seymour
No meeting of the Seymour Lions Club will be held on Thursday night this week due to the holiday season and evening store hours. The regular dinner meeting will be held next Thursday night December 30 at the usual hour.
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Lions Club
Seymour Lions Club
More Employers Must Pay Security Tax
Indianapolis reports that 1,450 more employers became subject to the Indiana Employment Security Act in the first eleven months of 1943. Division director Everett L Gardner announced the rise due to employers increasing their staff to eight or more. Contributions from all employers are due January 20, 1944.
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Indianapolis
Everett L. Gardner
Winter Extension Meetings in Jackson County Schedule
Two winter extension schools will be held in Jackson County during January and February. The first on January 4 at the R E M C building in Brownstown features Purdue specialist W B Ward on the 1944 garden program and Tiny Wilhelm on poultry management. The February meeting, set for February 14 week, will cover farm machinery and farm management led by R H Chinn and W R Poynter. All extension meetings are public and aim to involve local community leaders.
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Jackson County
Brownstown
W. B. Ward
Purdue
Tiny Wilhelm
Poultry Department of
R. H. Chinn
W. R. Poynter
Capitol Hill Seeks Holiday Recess Before Big Economic Debates
Washington notes Congress goes home for Christmas to rest and gear up for a presidential campaign year. The 78th Congress will return Jan 10 to tackle wartime economy questions including inflation controls, taxes, wage subsidies, and appropriations. Subsidies and taxes face Senate action, wage stabilization in the House, and mustering out pay for servicemen is set for January action. The Senate has approved a sliding scale discharge pay from 200 to 500 dollars based on service length.
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Washington
78Th Congress
Roosevelt
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Lt. Harrington Hurt and Wife Dies in Car Crash
Seymour relatives of Lieuten ant Ralph Harrington of Winter Park Florida received word that Lt. Harrington's wife was fatally injured in an automobile accident on December 16. Harrington stationed at Foster Field Texas had flown to California after his wife, who lived there during his California post, planned to visit Winter Park for the holidays. Enroute, the automobile crash occurred.
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Seymour
Ralph Harrington
Winter Park
Fla
Harrington
Foster Field
Texas
California
California Air Field
Strike Orders From Rail Workers Threaten Nationwide Tieup
Washington reports a Dec 30 deadline set by 1.1 million rail workers in the office shop and track trades for wage demands. Five operating Brotherhoods seek vacations, more overtime and expense pay, rejecting Roosevelt’s 4 cent overtime plus 4 cent base increase plan and pushing for an eight cent total raise.
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Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Confirm Capture of Pvt. Green
Mr and Mrs Thomas M Green of Cortland report their son Pvt Robert H Green a paratrooper in the U S Army is an American prisoner of war held by Germany He is No 21490 in Stalag 2B Germany The family had learned he was missing since September 15 but later learned he was a prisoner through the International Red Cross
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Thomas M. Green
Cortland
International Red Cross
Pvt
Robert H. Green
U. S
Stalag 2B
Germany
Green
Indianapolis Airport Renamed for Ace Harvey Weir Cook
The Indianapolis Municipal Airport will be renamed Weir Cook Airport to honor Col. Harvey Weir Cook who died in a South Pacific crash on March 21. Cook, a Wilkinson native and Anderson High School graduate, was WWI ace and helped develop Indiana civilian aviation. The city council approved the renaming.
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Indianapolis
Ace
Associated Press
Weir Cook
Col
Harvey Weir Cook
South Pacific
Col. Cook
Wilkinson
Anderson High School
Indiana
Pacific Tense Fom Conference
Gen George C Marshall visited allied lines from Cairo to Teheran and New Guinea as Japanese air activity stirred nerves. MacArthur announced Marshall was at New Britain advance HQ when Sixth Army invaded Arawe on December 15, signaling ongoing Allied operations in the Pacific theater.
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Army Headquarters
Central Pacific
Long Pacific Battle Line
George C Marshall
United States Army
Marshall
Cairo
Teheran
Southwest Pacific
United States
Douglas MacArthur
New Guinea
Sixth Army
New Britain
Court Term Closes as January Session Opens in Brownstown
Jackson Circuit Court at Brownstown will close Friday and the January term begins Monday January 3 after a holiday recess. Jurors for the January term will be drawn Monday at 10 o'clock by the jury commissioners James Turner pleaded not guilty to non support bond set at 200 dollars. trial January 4. Betty Virginia Foutz is granted a divorce from William A Poutz and her maiden name Hooker restored. Court verdicts vacate town lots and an alley in Brownstown.
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Jackson
Brownstown
Petit
James Turner
John C. Brananan
Salvaged Cans Light In Southern Section
City salvage crews led by Henry J Moritz report in the southern section only about one truckload of flattened cans was found. North of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad more than two truckloads were collected by city workers with state highway assistance, during the December round-up.
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Henry J. Moritz
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
State Director Forecasts 1944 Draft of 10000 Indiana Fathers
Indiana draft director Col. Robinson Hitchcock predicts in 1944 two thirds of inductees will be fathers. He estimates about 10000 Indiana fathers and 25000 total from the state will be called, with 15000 non fathers drawn from 18 year olds 4 F and occupationally deferred groups. Roughly 300000 Hoosiers now serve in the armed forces. Pre induction physicals may begin soon though no funds or instructions exist yet from national headquarters.
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Indianapolis
Robinson Hitchcock
Col. Hitchcock
Indiana
Hitchcock
Selective Service Headquarters
Glen W. Lee
National Headquarters
Allied and Axis Moves Across Multiple Fronts Reported
British Eighth Army fights in Ortona near Pescara as Russian Baltic Army advances toward Vitebsk. American Fifth Army gains snowbound heights near Rome, while raids hit northern France. Mosquito bombers harass Germany as Red Army presses in Belarus and Ukraine. Tito's Partisans claim multi-front attacks in Yugoslavia with 40,000 casualties in Oct–Nov, including 16,000 dead and 11,00 captured.
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Associated Press
Eighth Army
Ortona
Pescara
Vitebsk
Italy
Fifth Army
Rome
Kiev
Korosten
White Russia
Zhlobin
Berezina
Kirovograd
Dnieper
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Marshall Tito
Germany
Tito
Stamp 5 to Pay Pork Dividend in Special Ration
Washington reports OPA expands pork ration by validating stamp No 1 for five points worth of pork products. The extra ration is valid until 12:01 a.m. January 2. Hog meat supply floods markets as packing plants strain to handle record hog arrivals.
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Washington
OPA
Berlin to Hold Trials for Anglo-Saxon Prisoners
Berlin radio said German military courts will try Anglo-Saxon prisoners accused of grave violations of international law. In Kharkov, three Germans and a Russian traitor were hanged in a public square after a Kharkov trial that heard testimonies of atrocities against Russian civilians and soldiers.
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Berlin
London
Kharkov
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James Wallace McMillan
John Hauenschild
City Board of Public Works and Safety
Arthur B. Foster
J. W. Loertz
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Hauenschild
Jesse Himler
Paul Gregory
Loertz
Medora
Sparksville
Carr Township
Wallonia
Clearspring
Surprise
Houston
Maumee
M. J. Plump
Soldier Center
Mittee
Eugene C. Pulliam
State War Finance Committee
Mr. Pullian
Pulliam
Harrington Hurt
Pacific
General Marshall
MacArthur
Halsey
France
Polotsk
Atttack
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