New Four Year Administration To Begin Here
The Seymour civil city administration will officially assume office on Tuesday January 1 with five new city council members sworn in by Mayor Donald L Heiwig. Changes are limited to the council as department heads stay job secure and a full time city engineer is to be appointed later.
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Seymour
Donald L. Heiwig
Heiwig
Ralph J. Lucas
J. Curtis Mann
Claude C. Sciarra
Allen T. Parker
Alfred W. Bobb
Athol P. Woolls
City Board of Public Works and Safety
William H Boscourt
Board of Public Works and Safety
Paul B. Gregory
Jesse Himler
Hardin Hancock
Paul Brackemyre
Masons Install Officers At Jackson Lodge No 146
Officers of Jackson Lodge No 146 were installed at a lodge meeting in the Masonic Temple. T. P. Cordes became worshipful master for the coming year, with Alonzo L. Tuttle senior warden and George F. Cooper junior warden. H. G. Massman begins his thirtieth year as secretary.
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Jackson Lodge No
Masonic Temple
T. P. Cordes
Earl C. Parker
Alonzo L. Tuttle
George F Cooper
H. G. Massman
T. E Ross
Harry McMillan
Luther Mobley
Clifford F. Miller
Clyde C. Elliott
Clarence Glassford
Russell Allen
William E. Ellis
Tyler
Ernest E. Truex
Vergil Ruddick
N. D. Short
Local School Busmen Attend Capital Meeting
A Jackson county group of Indiana School Bus Drivers Association met in Indianapolis Friday. Clarence Hammond of Scottsburg was elected vice president, Gordon Amos of Greensburg named president, with Everett Gillis Lakeville, Milton Thrasher Huntingburg, and Edwin Hewitt West Terre Haute as vice presidents.
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Jackson County
Indianapolis
Indiana School Bus Drivers Association
Clarence Hammond
Scottsburg
Gordon Amos
Greensburg
Everett Gillis
Lakeville
Milton Thrasher
Huntingburg
Edwin Hewitt
West Terre Haute
Indiana to complete 31 Dual Lane on US 31 to Columbus
Indiana state highway commission says the 10 mile dual lane from Edinburg area to north of Columbus will be finished by next fall. Concrete and blacktop tests run this season will guide the reinforced pavement experiment, with results sent to cement and asphalt groups for specifications.
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Columbus
Indiana State Highway Commission
Bis
Samuel C. Hadden
State Commission
Indianapolis
Seymour
Jackson County
Edinburg
Indiana
Eggee
Portland Cement Association
Asphalt Institute
Hadden
Death of Mrs Adeline Probst Cortland RI
Mrs Adeline Probst 30 lifelong Cortland resident died Friday after two weeks illness at her Cortland home. Funeral Sunday at 1 pm from Voss Mortuary and 2 pm at St Peter’s Lutheran Waymansville church. Burial Waymansville Cemetery. Survived by son Wilbert, stepson Harry Notting, one grandchild and four step-grandchildren.
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Adeline Probst
Cortland RI
Voss Mortuary
St. Peter's Lutheran Church
Waymansville
Edward Hoeferkamp
Jonesville
Voss
Mrs. Probst
Bartholomew County
George Gerhard
Mary Strobeck Borgstedt
Germany
Christian Probst
St Peter's Lutheran Church
Wilbert Probst
Cortland Rl
Harry Notting
Columbus
Anna Moorman
Cortland
Engineer Praised for Saving Train After Jonesville Crash
Jeffersonville locomotive engineer Elmer J. Grammer 45 years with the railroad was at the throttle when a Pennsylvania passenger train collided with a gasoline truck at Jonesville last Saturday. The impact killed Carl Meyer 43 of Columbus, broke glass and sparked a blaze. Grammer shut the throttle, then stopped the train a mile from the wreck with the cab on fire. His fireman Thomas Raines was burned as well.
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Jonesville
Jeffersonville
Pennsylvania
Elmer J. Grammer
Carl Meyer
Columbus
Jackson County
Grammar
Grammer
Thomas Raines
Louisville
Penny Postal Card Doomed On January 1
Changes in mailing regulations take effect January 1 at Seymour and nationwide. Penny postal cards end Monday. two cents required from Tuesday and surcharges apply for large batches. Parcel post limits tighten to 72 inches and 40 pounds between first class offices within the continental U.S.
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Seymour
United States
Walter H. Droege
Congress
Columbus
Edinburg
Continental
Alaska
Yellow tabs go on sale for 1952 license plates in Seymour
The 1952 yellow tabs with black lettering, for 1951 plates, go on sale Wednesday January 2 at the Seymour license bureau and other county branches. Tabs begin with S J 1 and must be affixed to the bottom of 1951 plates on all vehicles except motorcycles. Owners are urged to preserve 1951 plates to avoid duplicate plate costs and to ensure correct registration details on the new form.
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Seymour
Wehstage
Seymour Branch
Wet Warmer Weather Forecast for Seymour Tonight
Wet and warmer conditions are forecast for Seymour tonight and Sunday. Friday night’s low reached 24 above in Rockford with a high of 42 in the last 24 hours. Downtown Seymour readings were in the low to mid forties, while White River fell to 9.1 feet.
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Seymour
Rockford
White River
Indiana
Associated Press
New England
Caribou
Pacific Coast
California
Washington
Weather records for Seymour report unofficial and official readings
Official maximum and minimum temperatures for Seymour on Friday are listed with downtown and river readings. The document notes a 9.1 foot river height and traces of precipitation, with multiple readings from Mrs Ruth Ever Berth’s government weather station and other sources.
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Seymour
The
Ruth
Seymour Man Among Survivors In Plane Crash
A two engined patrol plane crashed in the Sea of Japan off the North Korean coast during a routine flight. The Navy reports two crewmen were lost and 51 were rescued. survivor Lt. (J.G.) E. H. Hemmer of Seymour Indiana is among the rescued. The pilots names were not released.
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Seymour Man
Tokyo
Sea of Japan
Navy
J.G
E. H. Hemmer
Seymour
Ind
Walter Franklin Escapes Injury In Truck Crash
Walter Franklin 33 of this city escaped serious injury Friday when his 1951 pickup overturned on U S Road 50 eleven miles east of Bedford near the Lawrence Jackson county line. Officials said the mishap happened as Franklin swerved to avoid a car stopped to pick up Earl Thornburgh of the Bedford Daily Times Mail. The car was driven by William Young Norman R2. The truck suffered $260 damage and Franklin sustained only minor bruises.
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Walter Franklin
U. S. Road 50
Bedford
Lawrence- Jackson County
Franklin
Earl Thornburgh
Bedford Daily Times-Mail
William Young
Norman
Pines Updates Hours To 7 A.M. To Noon
New operating hours posted for The Pines at South U and Ss area. The schedule runs from 7 a.m. to 12 p.m. daily, affecting customer visits and services.
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the Pines
South U Ss
Wage Stabilization Board to Open Steel Settlement Talks
Washington, Dec. 29- The Wage Stabilization Board plans to meet January 7 to begin examining a steel dispute. A key January 3 meeting of the United Steelworkers wage policy committee could affect intervention and the strike question. The union seeks average 18 42 cent hourly wage increases and benefits, with defense wages near $2.00.
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Washington
Wage Stabilization Board
United Steelworkers
CIO
Truman
Chicago Snowfall Saves Lives and Prevents Injury
Chicago police report no traffic fatalities in the last week amid heavy snowfall. Capt. Michael J. Ahern of the traffic division says Chicago averages two deaths daily and estimates about 1,800 people were spared traffic injuries in the past week as thousands of cars were stalled and many motorists sheltered in garages.
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Chicago
Michael J. Ahern
Four Airmen Tell of Harrowing 40 Days in Hungary
Four American airmen described their 40 days in Communist Hungary during a news conference planned at Erding Air Base. Capt. David Henderson, Capt. John J. Swift, T/Ser Jess A. Duff, and Sgt. are reported to have endured incommunicado detention, then flew home to a hero’s welcome near Munich after a perilous milk run from Belgrade.
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Erding
Germany
Hungary
Washington State Department
Franfurt
U.S. Air Force Base
Munich
United States
Yugoslavia
U. S
Belgrade
David Henderson
Shawnee
Oklo
John J. Swift
Glens Falls
N. Y
Jess A. Duff
Spokane
Wash
SOS Signals Fly As Ships Battle Atlantic Storms
In heavy Atlantic storms off England s southwest coast at least four ships face sinking danger. The 6,711 ton American Flying Enterprise sent an SOS reporting rapid water ingress and passengers aboard. Dutch Noordam and cargo ship Southland stood by, with tugs dispatched to assist the liner Henry Stevenson.
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Rotterdam
Netherlands
Atlantic
England
Enterprise
Dirkzwager
New York
Coast Guard
Flying Enterprise
Noordam
Southland
Land's End
Henry Stevenson
Churchill
Anthony Eden
Southampton
Isle of Wight
Big
Lewis Blame Ashes on Owner After Fatal Poison Death
In Los Angeles police say a note in the hotel room of Gordon C. Van Ess, 45, a laborer, appears written by him and found with his body. They suspect poison as the cause, and the note mentions bequests to his mother and others, and ties to a local medical school.
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Los Angeles
Harry Truman
Gordon C. van Ess
van Ess
Truman Juggles Heavy Problems This Holiday Season
President Truman, back from Missouri, faces a heavy workload including next year’s military budget. Defense officials presented defense spending recommendations at a White House meeting, followed by a Pentagon session with Lovett and budget experts. Rumors of downward revisions cloud the overall national budget due on Capitol Hill early next month.
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Washington
Truman
Missouri
White House
Pentagon
Defense Lovett
Capitol Hill
Rep. Mahon
D-Tex
House
Exoneration Joy for Tallulah Bankhead Victim of Check Fraud Exposed
New York dated December 29 Tallulah Bankhead exults after a jury clears her of alleged link to her former maid secretary Evyleen Cronin who is found guilty on three counts of second degree larceny Cronin admitted raising checks to fund heroin and illicit activities while Bankhead mourns the verdict Cronin faces sentencing January 24 and potential prison terms up to 15 years Bankhead tears up and says she did good for Miss Bankhead during the trial
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New York
Tallulah Bankhead
Evyleen Cronin
Miners blame mine safety after West Frankfort blast
J L Lewis and United Mine Workers investigators pin the December 21 explosion that killed 119 near West Frankfort on overlooked hazards. They cite prior reports noting serf hazards and improper electrical shielding at the Benton Ill mine. Company officials deny immediate stud, saying the blast was a harsh accident and insisting safety was a priority.
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Lewis
Dter
Chicago, Wilmington Fanklin Coal Company
Red Casualty Toll Reported in Korean War Briefing
Seoul reports that the joint U S Eighth Army briefing cites 1 515 688 total casualties, including non battle deaths frostbite and POWs, since November 7 1950 with 331 Chinese and 692357 North Korean tolls. The U S tally shows 216 721 enemy casualties inflicted by United Nations forces since talks began July 10.
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Seoul
Korea
U. S. Eighth Army
Ficer
United Nar
Kaesong
UN negotiators concede on POW fate to break truce deadlock
In Munsan Korea on December 26 1947 UN negotiators offered their most significant concession by dropping aerial reconnaissance demands and agreeing to discuss troop rotation if the Communists accept a policing plan. The UN said the agreement would reveal the fate of about 50 000 unaccounted for prisoners though many names already released remain unlisted.
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Munsan
Korea
United Nations
William P. Nuckols
Ter
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