Snow Adds Slippery Coasting Citywide
More snow covers the countryside as Bath Parks plan to add sled courses in Shields and Gaiser Parks and along West Fifth Street. Officials rope off streets and set up supervision, oil drum furnaces, and park staff to monitor activity amid light traffic and holiday hopes.
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Seymour
West Fifth Street
Walnut
Elm Streets
Fifth Street
Recreation Department
Beldon
Shields and
Gaiser Parks
New Victory Is Claimed In Third Finnish Advance
Finland claims a new victory as Red forces are said to be rolled back in one sector of the eastern frontier. Dispatches report ski troops toward the Murmansk railway gaining foothold while Finnish guerrilla tactics disrupt Russian advances and Finnish air power grows with Italian support.
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Moscow
Soviet
Russia
G. M. Stern
Vest
Leningrad
Finland
K. A. Meretskoff
Kremlin
Commissariat of Foreign Affairs
Foreign Office
Murmansk
Lieska
Salla
Stockholm
Arctic Circle
Petsame
Arctic Ocean
Viipurm
Viipuri
Helsinki
Torn
Gulf of Bothnia
Koiviste
Fred H. Cheyne Dies Thursday at 74 in Indianapolis
Fred H. Cheyne 74 of 568 West Drive Woodruff Place Indianapolis died Thursday after a yearlong illness at Robert W. Long Hospital. A native of Toronto he founded the F H Cheyne Electric Co in 1903 and served as its president. Surviving are widow Emma Alberta Scott Cheyne son Tom L. Cheyne mother Mrs L Cheyne two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services will be held Saturday at Kregele Bailey Funeral Home with burial in Brownstown.
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Fred H. Cheyne
West Drive
Woodruff Place
Indianapolis
Brownstown
Robert W. Long
Cheyne
F. H. Cheyne Electric Company
Kregele & Bailey Funeral Home
Emma Alberta Scott
Tom L. Cheyne
L. Cheyne
Brampton
Canada
C. E. Cheyne
Wallace Cheyne
Hampton
Marian Anderson
New York
Jean Cheyne
Toronto
Lions Club Tas Ladies Meeting Special Session
Seymour Lions Club held its monthly ladies night in the Kedks Home dining room with a games program. It was the last meeting of the year and a joint Americanization speech with the American Legion Rotary Club and Junior Chamber of Commerce was announced for Tuesday instead of Thursday.
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Seymour Lions Club
Kedks
Perod
Witt
American Legion
Rotary Club
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Burlington Liar Club seeks nation’s top tall tale
The Burlington Liars Club plans its New Year Eve contest to crown the nation’s top tall tale. About 6 750 stories entered for the diamond studded gold medal. last year’s winner told of a fishing boat and a dogfish that began to hark.
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Burlington
Wis
Burlington Liars Club
O.C. Helett
Brother Hulett
Eclub
Gilbert Boettcher
Milwaukee
Chi
John Zelanek, Jr
Tacoma
Wash
Dr Dafoe May Quit as Quintuplets' Guardian
Dr Allan Roy Dafoe reportedly sought to resign as one of the Dionne quintuplets guardians to focus on the children's health. Premier Hepburn said retirement is Dafoe's decision but would require government-backed oversight if changes occur. Other guardians declined to comment as discussions on contracts and guardianship continued.
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Callander
Ont
Allan Roy Dafoe
Dionne
Mitchell Hepburn
St. Thomas
Dafoe
Oliva Chionne
Dr. Dafoe
Hepburn
J. A. Valin
Percy Wilson
Keith Munro
Death of Mrs. Anna Marie Hoeferkamp in Seymour
Mrs Anna Marie Hoeferkamp eighty two longtime Seymour resident died at 1:15 this morning at her son Kylwin Hoeferkamp's Indianapolis home after a year plus illness. Funeral at 2 pm Saturday from Voss Mortuary with Rev EB Revers. Burial Lutheran Cemetery. Survived by son Edwin and three sisters and two granddaughters. Friends may call after 7 pm tonight.
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Anna Marie Hoeferkamp
Seymour
Kylwin Hoeferkamp
Dawson Street
Indianapolis
Voss Mortuary
EB. H. Revers
Emmanuel Lutheran Church
Hoeferkamp
Ripley County
Gottlieb
Anna Marie Auffenberg Freuchtenicht
George Hoeferkamp
Lutheran Church
Lows Hoeferkamp
William Hoeferkamp
Edwin Hoeferkamp
Lisette Arend
Dora Barth
Emma Katenbrink
Nebraska
Jean
Dawn Hoeferkamp
Bell to be Named Undersecretary of the Treasury
President Roosevelt announced he would name Daniel W. Bell, former acting budget director, to the vacant post of undersecretary of the treasury in Washington on December 29.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Daniel W. Bell
the Treasury
Quake Toll Rises as Turkish Earthquake Devastation Grows
An Associated Press dispatch places deaths at about 50,000 with 40,000 injured in east central Turkey after a major quake. Special trains bring doctors and supplies. widespread frost and looting compound suffering as martial law is imposed.
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Associated Press
Turkey
Vilayet
Erzincan
Janik Mountains
Black Sea
Marquart Rites Planned for Wallonia Resident
Funeral services will be held Saturday at the Wallonia Methodist Church for Mathias Marquart 85 of Vallonia who died Wednesday in St. Vincent's Hospital Indianapolis after a long illness. Burial will be in Wallonia Cemetery. He lived with Indianapolis relatives in recent years and had spent most of his life in Wallonia area. Surviving children include John Marquart of New Albany and several daughters in Indianapolis Wallonia Columbus and a sister in Murrieta California. He was married to Laura Newcomb who preceded him in death and was a member of the Methodist Church.
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Wallonia Methodist Church
Mathias Marquart
Vallonia
St. Vincent's Hospital
Indianapolis
Wallonia
Mr. Marquart
Nea
Laura Newcomb
Methodist Church
John Bh. Marquart
New Albany
Claude Smith
H.C. Clarkson
A. 4. Herndon
Henry Burbrink
Fred Linenhopp
Columbus
Clara’ Garrison
Murrieta
Calif
Roosevelt Hurt in Auto Crash Near Paris Virginia
Franklin D Roosevelt Jr and Mrs Roosevelt were injured early today in a car accident near Paris Virginia about 23 miles east of Winchester They were admitted to a Winchester hospital with head lacerations for treatment.
Administration Seeks New Year Lift for Business Revenue
Washington reports the administration aims to boost business in the new year to reduce the federal deficit. Economists forecast 1940 as a strong year, with production near 1929 highs, though concerns center on consumption and demand.
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Washington
Mrs Murray Dies At 79 In Reddington Home
Mrs Kuma J Murray aged seventy nine died at the home of her son Claud Murray on Seymour Al near Reddington at 1 20 this afternoon. Funeral arrangements and other particulars will be announced later. Friends may call Tower Funeral Home.
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Kuma J. Murray
Claud Murray
Seymour al
Reddington
Tower Funeral Home
New Label Rules for Foods Drugs and Cosmetics
Washington December 20 AP Foods drugs and cosmetics entering interstate commerce must display full ingredient lists and manufacturer or distributer details starting New Year’s Day. Labels must show contents weight or count and, for standards products, indicate if below standard. Exceptions exist until July 1 for certain manufacturers with stocks. Violations carry fines up to 10000 dollars and imprisonment up to three years.
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Washington
Food, Drug and Cosmetic Administration
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Nirth
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Leve
Davenport
Shields High School
Lions Club
TAS Ladies Meeting
Service Club
Gale Barnhouse
Fowlerville
Mich
Maude
Guardian
Bell
Earth
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Anatolia
Redding Township
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Flyvee
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