Four Hurt in Christmas Day Crashes. Diamond Ring Lost
Four people were injured in a two car crash one mile south of Reddington on Christmas morning. George P Fowler and wife suffered severe cuts, while James and Mary Merryman were shaken. Mrs Fowler lost a diamond ring. A second accident at Laurel and Chestnut damaged a fire hydrant and vehicles. August Bobb Jr and Henry Guffey were involved.
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U.S. Road 3
Reddington
George P. Fowler
Redding Township
James Merryman
Marengo
Laurel
Chestnut Streets
Chestnut Street
August Bobb, Jr
Ina
Henry Guffey
Thompson Dairy Com
Tankersley Held After Break-In Attempts At Drake’s Cafe
Arthur Tankersley of this city was held in the city jail after allegedly attempting to break into Drake's Cafe on Second street and Indianapolis avenue Tuesday night. He is also accused of breaking into Edward Newkirk's barber shop in the Lynn Hotel basement nearby, with a door glass shattered in the entry. Officers Toppe and Bobb reportedly surprised him during the Drake break-in, noting two screwdriver marks on the glass.
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Arthur Tankersley
Drake
Indianapolis Avenue
Tankersley
Edward Newkirk
Lynn Hotel
William Toppe
Alfred Bobb
Majestic Grill Leased to Frank Talley for Management
The Majestic Grill west of the Majestic theater has been leased today to Frank Talley who assumes personal charge. Talley brings restaurant experience and plans changes including specials alongside the fountain menu. The grill opened today under his supervision.
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Majestic Grill
Majestic Theater
Frank Talley
Talley
Mr. Talley
Nation's holiday toll nears 400 deaths
The Associated Press reports at least 382 violent deaths during Christmas observances across the nation. Traffic crashes caused 273 fatalities on Christmas Eve and Day, while 109 additional deaths from smothering, fires, poisonings, explosions, drownings, stabbings, and asphyxiation contributed to a coast to coast tally.
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Associated Press
City Court arraigns several on Christmas Day drunkenness charges
Several men spent Christmas Day in the city jail and were arraigned before Mayor Stanley A. Switzer. Thomas Caywood of Lexington Ky and Homer Rueter of White Creek Columbus RS pled guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and were fined 10 dollars plus costs and had their licenses suspended for 90 days. Rueter’s licenses were confiscated for 1940 and the newly issued 1941 license. Karl Smith of Seymour RI pled guilty to public intoxication and was fined 4 dollars plus costs. Edwin W. Leckermeyer of this city is held on a public intoxication charge after a Christmas Eve arrest following a scuffle that allegedly knocked down his mother, who sustained a fractured arm.
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Thomas Caywood
Lexington
Indiana
Robert van Dyke
Seymour State
Homer Rueter
White Creek
Columbus RS
Marvin E. Watts
Ander
Switzer
Rueter
Karl Smith
Seymour RI
East Second Street
Edwin W. Leckermeyer
Leckermeyer
East Tipton Street
Will Install Officers of Brownstown Masons for 1941
Washington Lodge No. 13 Free & Accepted Masons of Brownstown will install officers for 1941 at a Brownstown Masonic Temple meeting on Friday night. Boaz will become Worshipful Master succeeding Ford Lutes. other officers include William Pitman Senior Warden Kenneth Lucas Junior Warden GR Empson treasurer Howard Snyder secretary and Ford Lutes trustee for three years.
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Washington Lodge No. 13
Free & Accepted Masons
Brownstown
Masonic Temple
Boaz
Ford Lutes
William Pitman
Kenneth Lucas
Empson
Howard Snyder
Frohman Dies at 89, Dean of American Stage Producers
Daniel Frohman, longtime leader in American theatre production, died at 6:15 a.m. in LeRoy Sanitarium at age 89 following complications from a fall. He was a prominent figure in New York's stage scene.
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Deniel Frohman
New York
Daniel Frohman
LeRoy Sanitarium
Deaths in Indiana during Christmas holidays toll
Fourteen people died violently in Indiana on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day. The highway toll reached seven, with other fatalities from a train accident, a mine explosion, a fire, a fall from a barn roof, and a suicide following a farm machine accident.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Traffic death toll by state totals listed in report
The survey tabulates traffic and violent deaths by state with New York at 41 and Pennsylvania 24 while Ohio shows 20. California 24, Texas 22, Illinois not listed, and other states range from 1 to 14 in various counts. District of Columbia 6, Florida 6, Georgia 11, Michigan 13, Wisconsin 12, and New Jersey 13 appear among the totals.
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Trict
Columbia
New York
Ohio
Hillness
Pennsylvania
Calfornia
Texas
Alabama
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District
Florida
Georgia
Idaho
Line
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michgan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
North Carolina
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Five Day Manhunt Ends in Two States
Atlanta reports a five day chase for the slaver of a Georgia highway patrolman ended at Fulton county jail. Charles Coates confessed to killing Patrol Corporal W. B. Black after a traffic stop near Ringgold Georgia. He surrendered to a posse in rural Decatur Tennessee after being wounded and exhausted. A .38 revolver was recovered from his clothing.
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Atlanta
Georgia
Fulton County
Georgia Public Safety
Lon Sullivan
Charles Coates
W. B. Black
Ringvold
Black
Sulivan
Coates
Decatur
Tenn
North
East
Tennessee
Lions Meet Tonight Regular Ladies Night Dinner
Seymour Lions Club holds its weekly dinner meeting at 6 15 tonight in the Elks Home dining room. The event features the monthly ladies night with a program arranged by committee members Francis Murray Nyle M Jackson Dr Harold K Miller and Ralph Williams.
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Seymour Lions Club
Elks
Francis Murray
Nyle M. Jackson
Harold K. Miller
Ralph Williams
Yule Bonus Paid at Seymour Woolen Mills
Seymour Woolen Mills distributed a year end bonus to employees on Tuesday totaling between 3000 and 4000 dollars. The payout reflected service length and total hours worked as the firm nears its 75th year in Seymour, with incorporation dating to 1866.
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Seymour Woolen Mills
Seymour
Townsend Outlines License Plans and December Deadline
Governor Townsend said state police would not be sent into cities with officials choosing no cooperation for enforcing the December 31 deadline to buy 1941 automobile license plates. Three counties oppose immediate arrests for motorists with 1400 plates after the new year. local officials have not stated their enforcement stance. The governor reaffirmed no extension of time and noted executives orders had granted extensions in prior years. Frank Finney cited slow 1941 plate purchases and the bureau of motor vehicles awaits local decisions.
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Townsend
Mono
Associated Press
Indianapolis
Frank Finney
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Sail
Plan Tri County Meet of Red Men Near Friday Night
Members of the Chicakeith Tribe of the Improved Order of Red Men will attend a tri county meeting in New Bellsville Friday. A large class of candidates will receive the Adoption Degree as Great Chiefs attend. After degree work refreshments will be served. L M Moore chairs the meeting. The Bellsville Tribe marks an anniversary while the Seymour tribe departs at 6 30 by bus from Second and Chestnut streets.
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Chicakeith Tribe
Improved Order of Red Men
New Bellsville
L. M. Moore
Joe
Bellsville
Seymour Tribe
Second
Chestnut Streets
Coast Guard searches for 10 missing after Stanwood disaster
Coast Guard launches mission to find ten men from a small lifeboat after a Christmas Day incident off Point Arena. The Stanwood, a lumber schooner with 22 crew, was battered by heavy seas. Shawnee, Shoshone, and a South San Francisco Airport plane join the hunt. The missing craft carried no radio. One Shawnee crewman is injured as vessels pursue the stranded Stanwood.
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San Franccisco
Dee
Point Arena
Thomas
Port Arena
Coast Coard Healquarters
Shawnee
Tambelli Taw
San Franciscan
Stanwood
Coast Minard
South San Francisco
Coast Guard
Shoshone
Mureka
Calif
Stanweed
Port Bray
Sraal
Relief Drop Indicates Defense Program Cuts May Reduce WPA Aid
Washington lawmakers, while reviewing the defense program, expect lower relief spending. Congress voted 475 006 to the WPA for the current year, with plans to use the entire appropriation before March. A supplemental appropriation may be needed to extend relief payments to July 1.
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Washington
Dee 26
Comgress
WPA
Premature Conscription Debate Sparks Washington Talk
Washington officials say proposals to limit conscription to 21 year olds are premature by at least three years. They warn such a shift could unfairly reduce the pool and leave the armed forces vulnerable if war comes soon.
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Washington
Congress
Europe
United States
Funeral rites held today for Riaasell A Roberts
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon for Riaasell Arnold Roberts aged twenty nine of Hamilton township Jackson county. The rites were held at 2 pm from Acme United Brethren Church with Rev Keys in charge. Burial was in White's Chapel Cemetery. He died at 8 45 am Tuesday after a brief illness of pleuro pneumonia. He was born October 27 1991 in Hamilton township and is survived by his mother Pearl Dover Roberts widow Hazel Bell daughter Rosalie four brother Layton Roberts and sister Mrs Robert Denny of Freetown.
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Riaasell Arnold Roberts
Kreetown
Acme United Brethren Church
Keys
Preetown
Churceh
Bartal
White's Chapel
Roberts
Seymour
Nobbitt-Sparks Industries, Inc
Phamilton Township
Acme
Tilew Roberts
Pearl Dover Roberts
Jackson County
Hamilton Township
Hazel Bell
Rosalie
Layton Roberts
Robert Denny
Freetown
Agnes Ayres Dies at 42 After Stroke in Hollywood
Hollywood star Agnes Ayres died Christmas Day from a cerebral hemorrhage at age 42. A leading silent screen actress, she starred in The Affairs of Anatol and The Sheik and later attempted a comeback before fading from cinema.
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Hollywood
Agnes Ayres
Miss Ayres
Gloria Swanson
Wallice Reid
Anatol
Rudolph Valentino
Chicago Fire Causes Major Damage and Disruption
An extra alarm blaze in downtown Chicago caused about 300000 dollars in damage to a five story building at 178 West Randolph. The restaurant and cocktail lounge on the ground floor burned rapidly, sending smoke through nearby blocks and delaying workers and traffic for two hours. Fire crews confined the flames to the restaurant but smoke and water damaged adjacent offices as police controlled the scene on Randolph La Salle Wells and Dake.
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Chicago
Anthony J. Mallaney
Freetimeshadt Whce
West
Randolph Street
Associated Press Bureau
Foods Company General Offees
Haar
Lynildie
Trafic
Randolph, la Salle
Wells
Dake
Axis and Soviet Showdown Feared as Troop Movements Rise
Reports from London and abroad note German troop trains moving toward the Soviet frontier while Balkan capitals debate a possible clash over Danube control. Observers warn of a broader drive to the east as Britain eyes a potential invasion of England and Greek forces report continued tensions in the Aegean.
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Adolf Hitler
Hungary
Rumania
Balkan
Berlin
Danube
Turkey
Near East
Humana
Britain
Walther von Srachitsch
Navi
England
Budapest
Germany
Reich
Soviet
Slovakia
Bucharest
Surrea
Red Army
Corfu
Tonian Sea
YULE TRAGEDY LEAVES FAMILY WITHOUT HOME AND WIVES
A Christmas Eve blaze destroyed the Trembach home in upper Marlboro, killing the father Henry Henduch and five children. The father, Mail Alton Trembach, and relatives planned funeral services in an undisclosed cemetery. Funeral directors disclosed no burial location at the family’s request.
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Chierten
Pee
Mair Alton Trembach
Upper Marlboro
Heinruch
Weather Records Temperatures Read at 2 P.M
Readings show temperatures at 2 p m with a minimum level recorded today though details are incomplete. Local observers report a cool trend for the afternoon with no further highs specified.
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Stanley A. Switzer
Brownstown Masons
Slaver
Sullivan
Red Men
Tvoe
Winston Churchill
Hitler
Romania
Axis
Moscow
Invason
Dover
Yule
Louise Adler
Obta Seymour Water Co
Rockford
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