Charges Dropped in Adultery Case Against Labor Activist
In Jackson Circuit Court Judge William Fitzgerald sustained a defense motion for dismissal of adultery charges against Roy Lancaster former CIO organizer and Ethel Burrell. The pair were arrested together during peak labor union activity as Lancaster sought to organize local textile plants. Other court actions included dismissal of a larceny charge against Fred Woodruff and a new trial date set for Carol Robertson non support.
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Roy Lancaster
CLO
Ethel Burrell
Jackson
William Fitzgerald
Jennings County
Fitzgerald
Lancaster
CIO
Fred Woodruff
Carol Robertson
Alger G. Bowen
Fannie B. Bush
Pearl Hubbard
Fred H. Hubbard
Alvinus Blocher Et al
Kimberling Baptist Church
John Gorman
Death of H E Robinson veteran of Spanish American War
H E Robinson of Columbus aged sixty four and formerly of Seymour died at 5:05 am in the Veterans Bureau Hospital Indianapolis after treatment. Funeral services will be held 10 am Monday at Hathaway Funeral Home Columbus with Rev. George T. King in charge and burial at 11 am Monday in Riverview Cemetery north of Seymour. He was a Pennsylvania bridge carpenter, moved to Columbus about 1900, survived by widow, a son Gerald Sonny Robinson, a step-mother, a sister, a half sister, a granddaughter, two nephews and a niece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry FE
Buck” Robinson
Columbus
Seymour
Veterans Bureau Hospital
Indianapolis
Hathaway Funeral Home
George T. King
Columbus Baptist Church
Riverview Cemetery
Robinson
H. F
Olive Robinson
Gerald
Sonny” Robinson
el Robinson
Maude Knight
Eive Bush
Betty Lou Robinson
Frank Knight
J. Larry Knight
Mary Knight
Unbreakable lens prompts first cost remark by Dr Gillespie
The note cites Dr. C. B. Gillespie discussing the first cost related to wearing an unbreakable lens. The fragment hints at optics or medical eyewear but lacks full context or specifics about the product, date, or institution involved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Gillespie
Hospital Receives Aid from Local Societies
Announcement today that Schneck Memorial Hospital received several useful articles. The Kappa Kappa Kappa sorority donated a modern baby’s bed and Ladies Aid No 3 of the Lutheran Church contributed scarves, dishes and other needed items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Kappa Kappa Kappa Sorority
Ladies Aid No. 3
Lutheran Church
Seymour Observes Christmas Holiday With Legion Drive
Seymour to observe Christmas with moving picture show for about 475 children by American Legion Post 89. Donated candy stockpiled for baskets to be delivered by legionnaires with auxiliary aid, while post office traffic falls. Schools close and Saturday edition cancelled as the holiday begins.
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Seymour
Vondee Theater
Seymour Post No. 89
American Legion
Legion
Legion Auxiliary
Daily Tribune
Frank Query Dies After Wife's Funeral Services
Frank Query seventy five died hours after his wife Florence J. Query's funeral. He was found unconscious in the bamlot at his Becks Grove home and died in Indianapolis hospital. Survived by one son two daughters and brother Henry Query. Funeral for Frank held at his daughter’s Indianapolis home.
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Frank Query
Beck's Grove
Brown County
Indianapolis
Florence J. Query
Query
Olive Street
Henry Query
Columbus
Death Claims Mrs Schlehuser After Brief Illness
Mrs Emma M Schlehuser age seventy lifelong Bartholomew county resident died Thursday at 1 20 pm at the family home White Creek. Funeral services Sunday at 1 pm from the home and 1 20 pm from White Creek Lutheran Church with Rev Louis Schulenburg officiating. Burial in the church cemetery. Surviving are husband John F Schlehuser and numerous children including Henry, Mrs Otte Knoke, Mrs Otte Von Strohe, William, Carl, Walter, Mrs Elmer Zobrurg, Oscar, Mrs Arthur Taylor, and Robert. Two sons and a daughter preceded her in death. A sister Mrs William Steinker also survives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma M. Schlehuser
Bartholomew County
White Creek
Culver
Ind
Otte Knoke
Seymour
Otte von Strohe
William Schlehuser
Cortland
Carl Schlehuser
Walter Schlehuser
Jackson County
Elmer Zobrurg
Columbus
Oscar Schlehuser
Arthur Taylor
Robert Schlehuser
Soldier Killed While Hitchhiking Near Stilesville
Associated Press reports Private Robert Little of Ft. Benjamin Harrison, Indianapolis, was killed when struck by a truck while hitchhiking on U.S. Route 40 near Stilesville, Indiana, yesterday.
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Associated Press
Stilesville
Ind
Robert Little
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Here
Yuletide Outdoor Lights Brighten Seymour Homes
Christmas decorations glow across Seymour with electric candles wreaths stars and trees brightening doors porches and roofs. Shields High School features an elaborate display with green and red lights framing the entrance as children of the city gaze on a festive neighborhood stretch.
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Santa
Seymour
Shields High School
Christmas Gift From Stranger Aids Widow Family
Mrs J D Bair will deed a $12000 house to the mother of four widowed by an auto crash that killed Harry Brickett and his daughter Rita. The car’s driver George Bair was acquitted of involuntary manslaughter. the gift aims to support Brickett’s deceased wife and four children.
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Brickett
Rita
Young Bair
Cohen
Harry Brickett
Seymour Physician Named Jackson County Health Officer
Dr Louis H Osterman a Seymour physician was named health officer of Jackson county by the board in special session at the Brownstown courthouse. He will assume duties January 1 for a four year term succeeding Dr I D J Cummings. Miss Matilda Lebline Rockford named Jackson county health nurse and Dr Charles Ackerman Brownstown named county physician replacing Gillespie.
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Louis H. Osterman
Seymour
Jackson County
Board of County Commissioners
Brownstown
Osterman
J. Cummings
Matilda Lebline
Rockford
Charles Ackerman
G. R&r. Gillespie
Fred Christopher
George E. Mellencamp
Ezra Scott
City Receives December Tax Distribution Check
John Hauenschild city clerk treasurer receives a December tax distribution check of $35,745.05 from Jackson county auditor Jason Bottorff in Brownstown. Funds will be allocated to third street relief park and other city accounts including general library hospital sinking and notes and interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Hauenschild
Eity
Jason Bottorff
Jackson County
Brownstown
Third Street Relief Fund
Firemen’s Pension Fund
General Fund
Library Fund
Canned food stock climbs for Jackson County farm families
Sixty three Jackson county FSA loan households report 11340 quarts of fruit and 3150 pounds of garden produce stored after January plan to preserve. Home production aims to supply at least half of yearly needs, aiding economic independence.
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Jackson County
Farm Security Administration
Mary Frances Whiteman
Jackson Conty
Bureau of Home
Large Barn Burns Near Sey A Farm
A large barn on U S 31 north of the Kriete curve near Sey suffered a heavy fire loss Thursday night. A horse and cow escaped but the horse was severely burned. hogs, dogs, tools, corn, hay, and other feed were destroyed while neighbors could not approach the blaze. No one was home at the Moore residence.
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U.S. Road 31
Kriete
Seymour
Maurice Moore
Moore
Neghbors
Harmon
County Employes Dine At Christmas Dinner
Jackson county officials and staff gathered for the annual Christmas party in Dr. Thomas KK. Conner’s office. Willis P. Stall acted as toastmaster as about thirty attendees, including county commissioners, welfare board, and county farm organizers, enjoyed a turkey dinner at 1 o clock.
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Dr. Conner
Thomas KK. Conner
Jackson County
Christias
Willis P. Stall
Ziba McMahan
Two Quarantines Only Two in Effect in Seymour Today
City health authorities report only two homes under quarantine in Seymour for Christmas Day with one more scarlet fever quarantine still in effect. The last diphtheria quarantine, Thelma Waggoner’s home at 400 East Second Street, was released Thursday.
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Seymour
Thelma Waggoner
East Second Street
Ford to Appeal Ruling Over Labor Act Violations
Detroit December 24 The Ford Motor Company plans to appeal the National Labor Relations Board ruling that Ford violated the Wagner Act by opposing unionization. The board orders reinstatement of 29 discharged employees, stopping anti union actions and vigilante style interference. Ford calls the decision prejudiced and unjust and says it will seek U S Court of Appeals then possibly the Supreme Court.
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Associated Press
Detroit
Ford Motor Company
National Labor Relations Board
United States Court of Appeals
Ford Company
Supreme Court of the United States
Ford Service Department
Lous Colombo, Sr
Ford
Labor Board
Harry H. Bennett
Service Department
Annual Greeting Edition Reflects Christmas Spirit
The Daily Tribune presents its yearly Greeting edition published the day before Christmas. Local manufacturers retailers and other firms extend thanks for yearlong courtesies and convey holiday wishes to readers patrons and the Seymour community in a display of festive messages and warm regard.
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The
Daily Tribune Today
the Tribune
Seymour
License limit set for Mar Townsend charges repression delays time
Hoosier Governor says thousands bought during a business slump deliberately created to halt social progress. Townsend accuses repression extending time as the motive behind the measure.
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Townsend
Hoosier
Indiana extends license plate purchase deadline to March 1 1938
Governor M Clifton Townsend issued an executive order in Indianapolis extending the motor vehicle license fee payment deadline to March 1 1938 after talks with the state highway commissioner and the license bureau. The move relieves motorists from buying plates before the new year though drivers and chauffeurs licenses are unaffected. He cited a deliberate business slump created to slow social progress and pledged government aid to people.
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Indiana
M. Clifford Townsend
Indianapolis
Associated Press
State Highway Commissar
Motor Vehicle License Bureau
Panay Official Reports Sink By Japanese Air Attack
Panay wounded commander Lieut. Commander James J. Hughes says the gunboat was sunk without warning by Japanese planes at the Yangtze river on December 12. He notes clear weather and reveals the ship bore huge logs for identification. report released after Roosevelt and Hull read it and sent to Tokyo for apologies and indemnities.
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Associated Press
Washington
Panay
James J. Hughes
Yangtze
Japan
Navy Department
Roosevelt
Hull
Tokyo
Hughes
Shanghai
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H. E. Robinson
Beyond
Merry Christmas
Tribune
Pittsburgh
Chim
Dr. Osterman
Court of Appeals
NLRB
United Automobile Workers of America
Ford Brotherhood of American
Mar
Sey
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