Two Women Injured In Auto Bus Collision Here
Two North Vernon women were injured when their car collided with a Greyhound bus at Second street and Broadway Monday night. Ruby Martin, 25, was treated at Schneck Memorial Hospital for possible concussion and facial cuts and released. Mary Virginia Fewell, 24, received a severe bruise above an eye and was treated and released. The bus driver Cleo W Dewese, 36, was uninjured.
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North Vernon
Greyhound
Second Street
Broadway
Ruby Martin
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Mary Virginia Fewell
North Verdon
Louisville
Cleo W. Deweese
Huntingburg
Rites Set For Local Youths Grandfather
Funeral services for William F. Stemler will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at Flanner and Buchanan Mortuary in Indianapolis. He died Sunday night at 3211 Graceland Avenue. Burial is in Crown Hill Cemetery. Survived by his widow Anna Stemler and sister Katherine Nanz of Jeffersonville.
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Flanner and Buchanan Mortuary
Indianapolis
William F. Stemler
Graceland Avenue
Crown Hill Cemetery
Stemler
Anna Stemler
Katherine Nanz
Jeffersonville
Skeleton Mystery Solved in Aurora Discovery
Aurora police identified the adult skeleton found in a yellow pine box float in the Ohio River as a bones dug up six years earlier at Lawrenceburg. The box, stored at the city light plant, was disposed of when a truck driver and his helper dumped it into the river.
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Aurora
Ind
Ohio River
John Minger
Lawrenceburg
City Light
Final Plans for New Year's Day in Seymour
Final preparations for New Year's Eve and New Year’s Day observances are under way in Seymour. Tonight’s arrival of 1947 is expected to be relatively quiet, with a number of events and plans for the holiday period outlined.
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Seymour
Town Hall Plans Advance in Jackson County
The Indiana State Chamber of Commerce Agriculture Department completes plans for the second Town Hall meeting. Speakers include Tom Kelly of the U S Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service. Event at Brownstown High School gym Tuesday January 7 at 6 30. Tickets 125 admit dinner and program.
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Agriculture Department
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
Agricultural Business Committee
Seymour and
Brownstown
Chamber of Commerce
Jackson County
Tom Kelly
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
Kelly
U. S. Sei Conservation Service
Seymour
Brownstown Chamber of Commerce
C. of C
Ladies of the Christian Church of
Chamber of Commerce Deshine
Tribune
Sears Farm Store
Timperman Sales and Service
Union Hardware
Seymour Hardware
Cordes Hardware
Woodstock Mills
Farm Bureau
Blish Mills
Farmer’s Homing Mill
Ellim Seymour
Banner Offen
County Sericulture
Ewing Mills
REMC
Crescent Mills
Crothersville
Cortland Elevator
Major Eckert Suspended Amid Police Probe in Indiana
Reports of irregularities swirl as Major Walter Eckert, Indiana state police executive officer, is suspended in Indianapolis. Capt. Robert O Neal becomes acting chief. Det. John Barton moves to captain. Gov. Gates and Supt. Killian announce probe into drunken driving incidents and other cases tied to Eckert and civilian staff.
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Indianapolis
Walter Eckert
Indiana State Police Department
Robert O'Neal
John Barton
Fred McClain
Seymour
Columbus
Col. Kilian
Eckert
Albert R. Stiles
Seymour Post
McClain
Lt. Stiles
Gates
Associated Press
Maj. Eckert
Department
Major Eckert
Charlestown
Indiana State Police
O’neal
Quartermaster
Clarence Grinstead
Rotary Club Inducts Two New Members in Ceremony
The Seymour Rotary Club formally inducted James T. Thompson and Tom Voss at a candle light ceremony at the Elks Home. Toastmasters from Seymour Club spoke as guests from the Chamber of Commerce agriculture business committee attended. A reminder was given for the next Town Hall meeting set for Tuesday night January 7 in Brownstown.
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Seymour
Agriculture-Business Committee
Seymour Chamber of Commerce
Harry M. Palmer
Chamber of Commerce
Brownstown
Rotary
James T. Thompson
Tom Voss
J. Walter Hastedt
R. J. Shepherd
Vocational Service Committee
Arthur Kaufman
Community Service Committee
Theodore’ Precht
International
Weather Records Official Min Max Readings
Official minimum .0008 and maximum Monday .33 reported. Reading at 20. WA state river stage noted at 5 feet.
Anglo American Airforce Plan Reported by London Papers
The Daily Mail and Daily Telegraph cited Washington dispatches that the United States and Great Britain moved toward an Anglo American airforce. Draft training plans were presented to Gen Carl A Spaatz for signature, proposing standardized schooling and joint experiments in fields including supersonic flight and atomic bombing.
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London
Daily Mail
Daily Telegraph
Washington
United States
Great Britain
the Mail
RAF
U. S
Army
Carl A. Spaatz
U. S. Army Airforce
The
Mail
James Brough
Brough
Good Buys for Veterans Remain Rare in Indiana
Veterans face scarce housing as GI Bill loans expand. Indiana had 13,320 veterans with $55,572,040 in guaranteed home loans through October. 87 loans repaid, saving $127,981.34. four farm loans and 25 business loans also noted. Average loan about $4,170, though housing prices exceed this.
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John Buenting
Veterans Administration
Indiana
Indianapolis
The
Buentring
Man Arrested for Drunken Driving in Jackson Circuit Court
Otho L. Allman of Cortland R1 was arrested Monday on East Tipton Street by city police. He faces a charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and is held at the city jail ahead of the Brownstown court filing. Allman has prior legal troubles.
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Jackson
Brownstown
Otho L. Allman
Cortland
East Tipton Street
Allman
New Plane Received At Mapleton Airport
Mapleton Airport east of the city announced a new Aeronca Chief two place airplane has been received. Two planes flew from Mapleton to Middletown Ohio to pick up the aircraft with Preston Wright and T Volney Carter in one plane and Dewey Able and Oran Stradley in the other. Able accompanied by Carter flew the new plane back and Stradley piloted the returning aircraft.
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Mapleton
Middletown
Ohio
Preston Wright
Wallonia
T. Volney Carter
Dewey Able
Seymour Flying Service
Oran Stradley
Mr. Able
Mr. Carter
Mr. Stradley
Able
Potato Loss Set At Eighty Million Dollars
Washington officials warned that millions of bushels of frozen and rotten potatoes will be dumped under government orders in the coming weeks as part of a 1946 crop surplus of about 100 million bushels. The department faces an estimated $80 million final loss, caused by surplus storage, sales to distillers, and loans to growers, while some stock remains unused or distributed to public programs.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Clinton P. Anderson
Logansport Mayor to Succeed Resigning Chief Tonight
Leland Smith the Republican city attorney will become mayor of Logansport Indiana at midnight to succeed Mayor Russell Leonard who resigns due to ill health.
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Logansport
Ind
Leland Smith
Russell Leonard
Big Four of GOP Take Firm Hold on Group
Washington reports the four leading Republicans Vandenberg Taft White and Millikin assume key control of Senate organization. They direct committees set policy and face moves to bar Bilbo from a third term while Halleck looks to win the GOP floor leadership. Senate names Taft Vandenberg White Millikin to top posts and assigns committee seats amid party strategy.
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GOP
Washington
Senate
Vandenberg
Michigan
Taft
Ohio
White
Maine
Millikin
Colorado
Committee On Committees
Bilbo
Congress
House
Ren. Halleck
Indiana
Halteck
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
White House
Todoey
Vanfenberch
Wherry
R-Neb
Republicans push balanced budget as first tax plan aim
Three Republicans pressed for budget balancing ahead of tax cuts while White House aides signaled opposition to broad tax reductions. Leaders Hawkes Hoffman and Judd urged reducing spending and debt first, citing potential windfall tax risks from portal pay suits and large refunds under wartime tax rules. Knutson warned of possible $5 billion in treasury losses if Congress delays action.
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Washington
White House
Truman
Congress
Capitol
Hawkes
R-Nj
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Association of Manufacturers
Hoffman
R-Mich
Rep
Judd
R-Minn
Portal
Knutson
Rminn
Treasury
Truman ends war period as 18 wartime laws die
President Truman proclaims end of hostilities effective noon today yet notes the state of war remains. He says Congress will receive recommendations on canceling the national emergency and ending the war state. Several emergency laws will lapse in six months unless Congress acts.
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Washington
Truman
Roosevelt
United States
Congress
The Little Guy Ends 1946 With Quiet Reflection
Washington notes the year closes for the average man as the little guy grows older and poorer. He leaves behind shortages from OPA while prices rise, rides a bus home on New Year’s Eve, and contemplates lost youth and quieter times as 1946 ends. Continued on page 7.
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Washington
Proclamation to Reduce Nation Taxes Sharply
President Truman's action may cut the 1947 tax bill by about 700 million dollars as excises on liquor jewelry furs luggage and many consumer items drop on July 1. The wartime act set wartime levies at high levels and mandated reductions six months after hostilities end. liquor falls from 9 to 6 per proof gallon and other levies drop to lower rates across services and goods.
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Washington
Truman
Colin F. Stam
Joint
Congressional Committee On Internal Revenue
Congress
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Rotary Club
Willard N. Everhart, Jr
London Daily
Jesse
Halleck
Sen. Lodge
Senator Lodge
Masachusetts
Foreign Relations Committee
Smith
New Jersey
Hickenlooper
Jaws
Jec
Vanconders
Cuyper
Kansas
Bridges
Wiley
McCarthy
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