Mayor-elect Switzer Names Seymour Police Department Heads
Stanley Switzer as new mayor announces six month probation for all police appointees. George Abel to be police chief. Edward Massman Sr. city attorney. George Ernest sanitary officer. Raymond Corbin Menlo Miller and William Toppe patrolmen. Lieut. Don Kooken to provide instruction and advisory support. New administration takes office Sunday noon after Mayor Burkart leaves.
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Stanley A. Switzer
Seymour
Edward Massman
George Abel
Indiana
Martin County
George Ernest
Raymond Corbin
Menlo Miller
William Toppe
Switzer
Abel
Mayer-elect
Ernest
Corbin
Miller
Seymour Reds
Toppe
Setzer
Don Kooken
Lieut. Kooken
Admin
George Storey Dies Wednesday
George Storey eighty two lifelong Jackson county resident died at 2 50 pm Wednesday at his Ewing street road home after five days illness. Born Cortland February 22 1856 he married Mary Herrmann in Seymour June 25 1880. Survived by three children nine grandchildren five great grandchildren and other relatives. Funeral 2 pm Saturday at Voss Mortuary with Rev William De Hart. burial River View Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 pm tonight.
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George Storey
Jackson County
Ewing Street Road
Seymour
Storey
Mr. Storey
Cortland
Stephen
Elizabeth Brewer Storey
Mary Herrmann
Effie Chastain
Leaffie Ruddick
Andy Storey
Voss Mortuary
William de Hart
Riverview Cemetery
Plan Centennial Services at Seymour First Baptist
The First Baptist Church of Seymour opens a Centennial celebration next Sunday with a roll call of members at the evening service led by deacons and deaconesses. The program runs 26 Sundays and 26 Wednesday evenings, climaxing June 28, 1939, with a Lord's Supper observance and a new Centenary bulletin.
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First Baptist Church of
Seymour
Hoffman proposes labor bill to curb union organizers
Rep Hoffman of Michigan introduced legislation to prohibit interstate transportation of union organizers and others to engage in labor disputes. He described it as a companion to the law barring interstate transport of strikebreakers and said the public is tired of CIO tactics.
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Washington
Hoffman
R-Mich
CIO
Clarence E E Davis Will Remain Township Constable
Jackson township constable Clarence E E Davis said he will continue in office after the new year. The constitutional office, he notes, is filled by county commissioners until a successor is elected and qualified. He was appointed on July 6, 1936.
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Clarence EE. Davis
Jackson Township
Junior C of C Holds Meeting
Members of the losing team in a Seymour Junior Chamber of Commerce attendance contest hosted winners at the Lions Den on Jeffersonville avenue. Frank Mattox led the victors. Claude Seiairra captained the losers who provided dinner and presided over a kangaroo court. Robert M. Mann accepted a U S Chamber plaque as the event concluded with plans for January 11.
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Junior Chamber of Commerce of
Seymour
Lions den
Jeffersonville Avenue
Frank Mattox
Claude Seiairra
Jon Herwig
Robert M. Mann
United States Chamber of Commerce
Elsner Heads Lawyers Here
Edward P. Elsner of this city was named president of the Jackson County Bar Association at the annual banquet held Wednesday night at the Seymour Country Club. Coulter M. Montgomery passed the presidency to Elsner with Edward Mossman Jr as vice president and G H Gossman of Brownstown as secretary. Allen H Ner man of Brownstown was chosen treasurer. A steak dinner preceded the meeting with twelve members offering brief talks on professional issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward P. Elsner
Jackson County Bar Association
Seymour Country Club
Wisconsin Supreme Court rules emergency board acted illegally
The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that Governor La Follette's emergency board acted illegally when it voted on November 16 to pay the state's Civil War debt and a tax balance owed to the Teacher's Retirement Fund. The court enjoined Secretary of State Damman and Treasurer Levitan from carrying out the board's orders, which would have depleted nearly $4,000,000 from the general fund.
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Madison
Wis
State Supreme Court
la Follette
High Court
Theodore Dammann
Solomon Levitan
Huntington clerk-treasurer resigns in embezzlement case
Kenneth Cook, 31, resigned as War ren clerk treasurer in Huntington Indiana after pleading guilty to embezzling about 5000 dollars from the town electric utility. He was sentenced to two to 21 years in a Michigan City state prison and fined 25 dollars by Circuit Judge Otto H. Kreig.
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Huntington
Ind
Dee
Kenneth Cook
Warren
Michigan City
Otto H. Kreig
Prominent Chinese Slain in Tientsin Restaurant Outing
Lin Wang Chu, chairman of the Chinese chamber of commerce and salt commissioner, was fatally wounded by a gunman as he left a restaurant in the French section of Tientsin last night. The Associated Press reports the incident on December 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tientsin
Wang Chu
Lin
Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Salt Commissioner
Real Cold Wave Dims Then Deep Freeze Spreads
A second cold wave from Canada threatens virtually every state east of the Rockies with zero to 25 below, as forecasts indicate a harsh stretch with snow in the northeast and northern plains. Reports note ten higher readings in Indiana and widespread exposure and crash risks across the Midwest and West.
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Mercury
Indianapolis
Indiana
Henry Ahlert
Northwest
Canada
Canadian
Rockies
Iowa
Minnesota
Nebraska
Idaho
Montana
Dakotas
Kansas
Wisconsin
J. R. Lloyd
Chicago
New England
New York
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Delaware
New Jersey
Virginia
Tennessee
West Virginia
Kentucky
District of Columbia
Bonner
Ferre
Oregon
Jack Tanner
Mission
B. C
Fraser Valley
Copper River
Cordova
Alaska
Coast Guard
Pembina
Warroad
Minn
Duluth
Gunmen rob Pittsburgh self-service market in New Year heist
Three gunmen robbed a Pittsburgh self-service food market, holding a dozen customers and three cashiers. They fled with 343 dollars as one gunman called out Happy New Year, and a woman customer fainted during the incident.
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Pittsburgh
State mails over 1 million tax forms to merchants and branches
More than 100000 gross income tax returns mailed to retailers partnerships and out of state corporations in two weeks under a policy by the State Gross Income Tax Division. An additional nine hundred thousand forms sent to 150 automobile license branches and 250 distribution points for the January filing period. Clarence A. Jackson says mailing aids efficiency and convenience though merchant lists may be incomplete. Taxpayers with taxable income or receipts over 1000 must file. retail merchants receive a 250 per month exemption under the 1937 Amended Gross Income Tax Act totaling 3000 for 1938.
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State Gross Income Tax Division
Clarence A. Jackson
Jackson
Ukraine Seen As Important Area
Diplomatic circles note swift Soviet moves to bolster Ukraine defense purge malcontents and close an Italian consulate in Odessa. Moscow reached a Finland border agreement and a trade pact with Poland while negotiating border issues with states through which Germany might press for a united Ukraine republic.
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Associated Press
Washington
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Odessa
Finland
Poland
Germany
Hitler
Rebels Down 20 Loyal Airplanes in Catalonia Battle
An insurgent communique boasts twenty government planes downed in a major air battle near the Albages Borjas Blancas road west of Barcelona. Despite air success, the land drive slowed to near deadlock as six days of fighting yield about 380 square miles of territory with German and Italian planes aiding the insurgents.
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Hendaye
France
Catalonia
Albages
Borjas Blancas
Barcelona
Italy seeks to internationalize Tunisia amid Mediterranean tensions
Paris reports Italy plans to push Tunisia under international control to curb French dominance. Mussolini may present the approach to Chamberlain in Rome, while Britain signals support for French authority over Djibouti and Tunisia remains a likely discussion point in Mediterranean policy.
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Paris
Italy
Tunisia
Mussolini
Premier Chamberlain
Rome
Foreign Office
Chamberlain
Djibouti
Mediterranean
Tunis
France
Germany
Britain
Steamer Mariongar Bombed Near Gibraltar
London reports an SOS from the 4239 ton British steamer Mariongar near Gibraltar. The message said Bombed and that the crew took to boats. No further details on casualties or origin are provided.
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London
Lilords
Gibraltar
Mariongar
Further arrests seen in Coster case investigation
New York December 29 AP Assistant U S Attorney General Brien McMahon predicted more arrests in the federal probe of the swindling career of the late F F Coster Musien, head of the McKesson and Robbins drug firm. He said the arrests, on charges not disclosed, probably would come soon.
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New York
Donald Coster-Musien
McKesson & Robbins
U. S
Brien McMahon
McMahon
Pittman Presses Peace Ties With Sanctions View
Senator Pittman of the foreign relations committee urged that world peace and justice rely on sanctions against violators of peace treaties. He argued moral financial and commercial sanctions can replace war and warned against ceding colonies without enforceable assurances.
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Washington
Pittman
D-New
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Davis Named Director of Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
J. L. Davis of this city was named a director at the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce annual meeting held Wednesday at the Columbia Club in Indianapolis. John E. Fredrick of Kokomo was reelected president as proposals and expansion plans were discussed.
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J. J. Davis
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Columbia Club
Indianapolis
John E. Fredrick
Kokomo
Congressional demand seen for gradual WPA end
Washington forecast shows lawmakers weighing a semi permanent PWA as emergency WPA funding to July 1 is likely. Senators Hayden Clark McCarran and Schwartz push for permanent planning, project prioritization, and end to WPA while pledging continued relief funds and higher PWA wages.
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Washington
Public Works Administration
Congress
PWA
Hayden
D-Ariz
Senate Appropriations Committee
Clark
D-Mo
Senator McCarran
D-New
McCarran
WPA
Schwartz
D-Wye
Weather Record From Downtown District May Be Incomplete
Unofficial weather reading notes temperature at 3 P M 31 degrees and river level at Seymour Water Co pumping station eight inches above low water mark.
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Seymour Water Ca
Stawe
Mivers
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Edward Massman, Jr
Istration
Burkart
Plan Centennial
Junior C. of C
Elsner
Weather Man
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America
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League of Nations
China
Ethiopia
Russia
Rumania
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Philippine Islands
Philippines
J. L. Davis
State Chamber of Commerce
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