Safes robbed at Seymour during Thursday night breakins
Thieves struck the Domestic Laundry on West Second Street and the Gulf Bulk Station at Lynn Street and the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, stealing more than 37 dollars in cash and 5 dollars in postage stamps. The laundry safe moved to the boiler room and opened. entrance gained through a side window. Police investigate Seymour.
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West Second Street
Gulf Refining Company
Lynn Street
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Seymour
Norman Barkman
Gulf Bulk Station
A. R. Voges
CCC Camp Youths Go Home for Christmas Vacation
A special car carrying C C C camp members from Henryville passed through Seymour about 7 o clock Thursday night bound for Indianapolis. The train carried youths to their homes for the New Year break and other campers will depart today. Youths were paid Thursday with half of registrants able to go home if all camps permitted.
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Henryville
Seymour
Indianapolis
Public Service Company of Indiana
Jackson County
Brownstown
Freetown
Indiana highway bids on $700,600 road and bridge plan
Bids were opened by the state highway commission for a 700,600 dollar road and bridge project. Low bidders include Seymour and Cloverdale firms for paving 0.416 mile on U S Route 50 West Tipton street at 17,168.58 dollars with part of the cost to be covered by the federal government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
U.S. Road 50
West Tipton Street
Seymour
W. E. Pickens
Cloverdale
School Opening Dates Adjusted For Townships And City
Announcement states Jackson township schools shift opening to Tuesday January 2 from Monday January 1. Seymour city schools set to begin on Monday January 8 with the revised schedule.
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Jackson Township
Seymour City
Dillinger Makes Notable Turn in Gangster News
Story mentions John Dillinger gaining notoriety amid a flare of crime on a Thursday night. References safes being battered and a New Year approaching, with a fragmented nod to the Cub team or event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dillinger
Cub
Fire truck loses chain during return from call
Seymour firefighters backed two trucks into headquarters after a run to 713 North Walnut Street at 6 55 Thursday night. The smaller truck's rear wheel skid chain was missing, apparently knocked off en route. Chief Frank P Colemeyer traced the route but could not locate the chain. A flue fire at the Shannon residence burned a few shingles and was extinguished with chemicals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Lawrence Shannon
North
Walnut Street
Frank P. Colemeyer
Rev A A Cohn to mark tenth year at First Baptist
Rev. A. A. Cohn, pastor of the First Baptist Church, begins his tenth year of service this Sunday with special services across church departments. The anniversary includes an all church watch service, youth expressions, adult sermon, choir music, Lord's Supper, and a Monday night schedule of events led by various church members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. A. Cohn
First Baptist Church
Cohn
T. R. Carter
Miss Mary Austin
J. R. Blair
Anna EF. Carter
W. HL. Hughes
Schoolgirl Succumbs After Knee Injury
Martha Aleshire, seven year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Daniel Aleshire, died Thursday from septic poisoning linked to a knee injury suffered when she fell on the way to school a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha
Daniel Aleshire
County approves forty five pensions in Huntington
Huntington Ind December 29 county commissioners completed the pension investigations and granted pensions to forty five of nearly five hundred applicants. The county council appropriated four thousand dollars for pensions and the state is expected to provide a like sum.
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Huntington
Ind
Brain operation on five month old Sue Trammell declared successful
Johns Hopkins Hospital physicians issue bulletin from Baltimore on December 29 stating that the brain operation performed on five month old Sue Trammell to combat a destructive brain disease was successful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Little Sue Trammell
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Roosevelt Plans Three Step Pact to Halt Invasions
President Roosevelt unveiled a three step plan for a world non aggression pact and urged leaders to bear responsibility for blocking a universal peace. He warned any nation clinging to use of the sword for invasion could be singled out and criticized interventionist policies. He spoke during a Wilson birthday event, praising the League of Nations as a prop but not the answer. The White House framed the speech as a key articulation of American foreign policy and responsibility.
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Associated Press
Washington
White House
Roosevelt
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
League
Life Resident Gallion Dies at 77 in Jackson County
Life-long Jackson County resident Gallion 77 died at his daughter’s home 512 East Tipton Street at 10:30 p.m. after five weeks illness. Born December 11, 1856 in Medora he was a laborer. wife predeceased him 38 years ago. He is survived by two daughters Mrs. Stephens and Mrs. Mamie Milby. Funeral 2 p.m. Saturday at Voss Mortuary with Rev. Flynn Daniels officiating. Friends may call after 5 p.m. tonight.
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St. Clair Gallon
Jackson County
James Stephens
East Tipton Street
Mr. Gallion
Medora
George and
Angeline Beam Gallion
Stephens
Mamie Milby
Lustianapolis
Voss Mortuary
North Chestnut Street
Flynn Daniels
Central Christian Church
Temperature Readings Rise After Severe Cold
Temperature records here climbed after a low of ten degrees above zero Thursday night, following three degrees below zero Tuesday. Traffic conditions returned toward normal though streets remained slick and drivers exercised care while pedestrians walked cautiously on icy sidewalks.
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Rockford
Jackson Promises Penalties for Tax Dodgers
Indiana tax chief C A Jackson vows aggressive enforcement to root out tax dodging as annual returns approach. Employers must report all wages over 666 67 from May 1 to December 31 1933 and individuals must file for the eight month period by January 30 1934. Jackson cites new tools and cross checks used by the division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
C. A. Jackson
Indiana Gross Income Tax Division
Jackson
Gross Income Tax Division
Indiana Tax Division
Dillinger Heads Public Enemies List With 2 Women
Chicago police today received a revised public enemies list headed by John Dillinger with his photo. Two women Pearl Elliott and Mary Kinder are named as associates. The lineup also includes John Hamilton Charles Makley Russell Clark Walter Detrick and Joseph Fox, all linked to the Indiana penitentiary escape and various crimes. Pamphlets warn officers to shoot to kill and note many newcomers are from outside Chicago and faced charges from kidnaping to racketeering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Chicago
Desperado
John Dillinger
Pearl Elliott
Mary Kinder
Dillinger
John Hamilton
Charles Makley
Russell Clark
Walter Detrick
Joseph Fox
Indiana Penitentiary
Michigan City
Milwaukee approves 28.6 million bond plan for utilities
Milwaukee voters endorse a 28.6 million bond budget for 1934 to fund a 15 million power plant a 6 million housing and slum clearance project a 4.6 million filtration plant and 3 million for miscellaneous utilities The plan faces two hurdles separate project ordinances and federal loan grant approvals before bonds can be issued.
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Milwaukee
Common Council
Daniel W. Hoan
Little babies headline dispatches in print
In New York on December 29 AP reports babies appearing in news items as headlines. Postmaster Julio Amarriego of Luchana near Bilbao Spain retrieves an unaddressed package opened at his office containing a contented infant.
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New York
Julio Amarriego
Luchana
Bilbao
Spain
Amarriego
Ogan Elected Scout Board Chairman In Seymour
Ogan was elected chairman of the Seymour Boy Scout executive board at Shields High School in a meeting of city officials. New scout commissioners elected include J. R. Mitchell and J. R. Thompson. nominating committee members were H. C. Watkins I. L. Frost and W. A. Fleenor. A Monday night scoutmaster training course begins January 8 with three modules. Harold Boltz of Madison urged training and discussed a local Board of Review potential.
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DeWitte Ogan
Seymour
Shields High School
Ogan
Francis Birge
T. H. Montgomery
A. A. Cohn
J. R. Mitchell
J. R. Thompson
H. C. Watkins
I. L. Frost
W. A. Fleenor
Public Service Company
Southern Indiana Telephone & Telegraph Company
Harold Boltz
Madison
Hoosier Hills
Charlie Meosk er attends Psilota Mi dance in Browns Town
Charlie MeOsker from Browns Town was here Thursday evening to attend the Psilota Mi dance event.
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Charlies MeOsker
Brownstown
Thirteen Year Old Confesses to Schoolgirl Murder
In White Plains New York on December 29 13 year old Mary Kavala confessed to the murder of eight year old Josephine Woropay. She described a brutal sequence including striking with a rock strangling with strands of mop twine and a bottle smashing. The body was found on Christmas Eve under St Matthews Lyceum porch Hastings on Hudson. The district attorney said no accomplice is believed and a murder in the first degree charge is undecided.
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White Plains
N. Y
Dee
Frank H. Coyne
Chum
Mary Kavala
Coyne
Josephine Woropay
Jose
Josephine
St. Matthews Lyceum
Hastings-on-Hudson
Mary
Josephne
Lyceum
Harry Sulka
Coyne Sai
Salem church union service speakers announced
The Rev. Roy Brumbaugh of Brownstown Presbyterian Church will speak at the Thursday night union service at Salem Methodist Church as Salem churches sponsor a week of union services starting January 1. The Rev. Karl Daniels of Salem Christian Church will preach Friday night at the Salem Presbyterian Church.
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Roy Brumbaugh
Brownstown Presbyterian Church
Salem
Salem Methodist Church
Churches of
Karl Daniels
Elvin Daniels
Salem Christian Church
Salem Presbyterian Church
Tax Payments Larger in Alien County November period
Fort Wayne Indiana December 29 Associated Press says total tax collections in Alien county rose by 304684.96 from the spring period. County Treasurer Fred W Eggersman noted the increase today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Fort Wayne
Ind
Alien County
Fred W. Eggersman
Convicts Escape Reported From Atmore Prison Farm
A report reached Montgomery that twenty six convicts escaped from Atmore state prison farm in southern Alabama. Convict department officials said they had heard of it but had no details while Atmore camp staff indicated an escape occurred but withheld specifics.
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Montgomery
Ala
Atmore State
Alabama
Convict Department
Atmore
Hamburg Paper Reports France Arms Proposal
The Hamburger Fremdenblatt, from Paris, cites French plans for a two-step disarmament treaty over four years. The first step would place European armies on a militia basis with eight to nine month enlistments, granting Germany a 200000 strong militia excluding storm troops and light weapons up to 105 millimetres.
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Hamburg
Germany
Hamburger Fremdenblatt
France
Paris
Mystery Speaker Attacks Austrian Bishops on Radio
A member of the Nazi land leaders council used Bavarian radio to attack Austrian bishops for their pre Christmas pastoral actions. He claimed Austrian hierarchy opposed Nazi measures more than German clergy and predicted Dollfuss and supporters would be gone by Christmas. The broadcast urged rejection of Hitlerism and Nazi antisemitism.
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Dy Associated Press
Munich
Germany
Engelbert Dollfuss
Dollfuss
Quota Boosted for Emergency Education Relief in Indiana
Indiana's allotment for the emergency education relief program rises from 11000 to 49500 monthly. William H. Book and George C. Cole plan jobs for unemployed teachers to offer free instruction, with two hundred teachers already at work in several cities. Jackson county quota is five teachers.
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CWA
Indianapolis
Indiana
William H. Book
George C. Cole
Jackson County
Treasury tightens gold mobilization to close loopholes
Washington reports a new treasury command to pull most monetary gold from private holdings into the treasury and remove the 100 exemption. Acting Secretary Morgenthau says action protects the currency system and closes legal gaps exploited by hoarders, prompting discussion of potential gains but no figures yet.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
Morgenthau
Treasury
Federal Reserve Banks
Reconstruction Corporation
Treasury Command
Roosevelt
New York
Thomas Edmondson Receives Recognition for Hydrobiology Work
Thomas Edmondson, known as Tommy, a senior at New Haven High School and editor of the Hallhouse Gleam, conducts hydrobiological research at Yale. He identified new Haitian rotifers named Bondi, Myers, and Spinifera, with findings to appear in Archiv for Hydrobiologie.
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Thomas Edmondson
Tommy
New Haven High School
Haven
Osborne Zoological Laboratories
Yale University
Bond
Haiti
Edmondson
Tane Bondi
Bepadella Myersi
Ena
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