Farm Help Shortage Hits Jackson County Farms
Emergency farm labor in Jackson County will be hard to obtain at affordable wages. Raymond L. Rucker notes limited available help, a rainy planting period increasing demand, and reliance on neighbor exchange and local merchants to match workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Raymond L. Rucker
Brownstown C. C
Mr. Rucker
C. J. Briner
Crotheryville
Mrs. Bedel
Uniontown
Leslie Harris
Reddington
C. E. Cummings
Norman
J. D. Summa
Kurtz
Willer
Clearspring
Lutes
Houston
Sprague
Freetown
Barnum
Medora Junction
Bottorff
Cortland
Gale Strikes LaPorte Indiana Causes $75000 Damage
A powerful gale in LaPorte Indiana caused about $75000 in damage. A woman at the Allis Chalmers plant was injured by flying glass. Roofs at five defense plants were blown away and a plant roof at Thanhartburger was torn off. Bricks and debris fell into the street as walls caved in. Trees were uprooted and fires sparked in homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LaPorte
Ind
Allis-Chalmers
Thanhartburger, Incorporated
la Porte
Indiana
Canning Sugar Certificates Totals Discussed by County Panel
The county food panel reports issuing 106 585 pounds of canning sugar to 1 760 families totaling about 53 5 tons. They estimate 7 050 people received sugar for canning with 71 335 pounds left for general canning plus 70 500 pounds via War Ration stamps making 141 835 pounds available for 7 050 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Rationing Board
Food Panel
Don Coy Confirmed to County Food Panel
Don Coy of Seymour, a local business man and former Rotary district governor, was confirmed by state OPA officials to join the county rationing board’s food panel. He had served as acting member while awaiting formal confirmation and will join panel chairman T. Perry Wesley and Mrs. John T. Heller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Coy
Seymour
OPA
Coy
Richard S. Robertson
Allan H. Lucas
C. W. Graessle
T. Perry Wesley
John T. Heller
Brownstown
Robertson
Capital Finance Corporation
War Council Board Formed for Jackson County Nurses
A Jackson County War Council Board was formed at Schneck Memorial Hospital Nurses Home to draft nurses under the manpower commission. Chair Mrs. Mary Ethel Pickett led the meeting. the board will contact all available Indiana nurses as 900 are needed. Monthly meetings are set for the first Monday at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Council
Jackson County
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Manpower Commission
Mary Ethel Pickett
Bartholomew County War Council Board
Indiana
Jackson County War Council Board
Neva Findley
War Council Board
Elizabeth Brackemyre
Alberta Vonderau Wa
Sara Tower
Alyce More
Rona Whelan
Wilma Brackemyre
James Heller
Dixon
William Horstman
Arthur Vogel
Red Cross
Armed Forces
Lawrence W. Elsner
H. H. Carter
Vogel
Sylvie Zickler
Seymour
Bette Diotte
North Vernon
Lola Pillman
Brownstown
Plasma Unit Sees County Blood Drive Record
Red Cross mobile plasma unit visits county for two days raising 209 pints. Tuesday set a one day county record with 118 pints while Monday contributed 91. Total donated in county across the visit reached 782 pints. Lions clubs and local Red Cross coordinated the drive at the Lutheran Club with several first time donors and repeat contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Lions Clubs
Quints’ Physician Dr Allan Dafoe Dies at 60
North Bay Ontario June 2 AP The doctor who delivered the Dionne quintuplets Dr Allan Roy Dafoe died today at age sixty He had cared for the quints for years and their guardianship later returned to their parents about a year ago
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Roy Dafoe
North Bay
Ontario
Weather records show river level at 2:30 p m
Reading notes a river stage of 2 ft 6 in above low water mark at 2 30 pm with temperatures recorded as part of daily weather notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
Massman Renamed to School Board Trustee
Edward Massman of West Bruce street was reelected to the Sey mour school board for a new three year term starting August 1. The vote was unanimous with four council members present. Dr J W Loertz was absent. An overhead lighting renewal contract with Indiana Public Service Company was approved after third reading. An ordinance for a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad flasher at Poplar street was adopted. No action on the National Veneer plant fire protection agreement. Park board bills approved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Massman
West Bruce Street
Seymour
J. W. Loertz
Public Services Company of
Indiana
Himler
John Hauenschild
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Poplar Street
Hauenschild
Gregory
Council
National Veneer and Lumber Company
West Second Street
Lee Boulevard
Jackson County Farm Bureau
City Directory To Be Published By Caron Directory Co
Caron Directory Company of Louisville will publish a new city directory. Representative Frank J Burke said preparations are underway and revisions will reflect address changes and population growth since 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caron Directory Company
Louisville
Frank J Burke
Caron Company
County Plans To Meet June Bond Quota
Jackson county failed to reach May war bond quota and now plans June sales to meet a $110,419 Series E target and $11,042 F and G quota. National June goal is $750 million, Indiana $19 million. May total was $92,005.50 against $113,324.00. Residents are urged to buy bonds now.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
C. G. Steinwedel
Jackson County War Savings Staff
Indiana
Summer School To Be Held Here At Shields High
Shields High School announces a six week summer session from June 7 to July 17. Classes run 8 am to 12 pm with two periods per day earning two credits. Registration Thursday evening 7 to 8 and Friday 9 to 11 30 at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shields High School
Dewitte Ogan
Dr J R Weir Dies in Indianapolis Hospital
Dr J R Weir of Scottsburg died Tuesday at Methodist Hospital Indianapolis after a stroke. A technical agriculture adviser, he worked for Venezuela's government and for Goodyear Rubber in Malaya. His daughter, a Shields High School graduate, lives with her uncle Ray Keach and wife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Weir
Scottsburg
Barbarita Weir
Ray R. Keach
Seymour
Methodist Hospital
Indianapolis
Weir
Venezuela
South America
Goodyear Rubber Company
Shields High School
Keach
Dr. Weir
Coal mine strike dispute renews talks as half million miners stay out
Washington AP reports coal mine operators and United Mine Workers leaders reopen negotiations after both sides rejected compromise offers as a nationwide walkout halts pits and threatens steel and war production. Interior Secretary Ickes labels the strike against the government and calls for resumption of work while lawmakers push the Smith Connally anti strike bill. Gallitzin locals urge action to return to work, awaiting terms from operators and union leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United Mine Workers
John L. Lewis
Ickes
Lewis
Capitol Hill
Andrew May
House Military Affairs Committee
Rayburn
House
Smith Connally
Gallitzin
Pennsylvania
Roosevelt
Union High Command
Seymour council raises curfew to 10 PM for under eighteen
The Seymour city council voted to enforce a curfew from 10 PM for all youths under 18, increasing the age from sixteen and changing the hour from 6 to 10. Councilman Jesse Himler proposed the change, citing public support and wartime time adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Himler
John Hauenschild
Himler
Seymour
No Stocking Ration Planned This Year Says War Office
Washington reports the Office of War Information states there are no plans to ration women’s stockings this year. It says about 85 percent of hosiery worn will be rayon and stockings will be about one inch shorter than prewar models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of War Information
War Labor Board halts coal talks as Roosevelt weighs action
The War Labor Board orders soft coal operators and United Mine Workers officials to suspend negotiations until striking miners return to work. The board says it will refer the case to President Roosevelt for appropriate action, citing defiance of its May 25 directive. Washington reports warn steel production could fall without coal, while Attu battle losses exceed 1,500 Japanese dead with four captured as mop up continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
United Mine Workers
Rooesvelt
Labor Board
Senate approves extending trade agreements program two more years
Washington reports the Senate finished extending the administration trade agreements program for two additional years with no changes. Multiple attempts to subject the measure to Congressional review were defeated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Bodies Recovered Of Drowned North Vernon youths
A rescue party led by Officers Walter G. LaMaster and Donald Schinbeckler found James Garnet Robison and John Francis Miller, both 15, in Sand Creek near Scipio. Witnesses heard cries. resuscitation failed. Coroner Dowd investigates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter G. LaMaster
Donald Schinbeckler
Seymour State
James Garnet Robison
James R. Robison
North Vernon R2
John Francis Miller
W. F. Miller
North Vernon
Sand Creek
Scipio
Tax Refunds For War Bond Purchasers
Seventy one local buyers who paid twelve cents tax for Mills Brothers Circus seats at the Hastings showgrounds may obtain refunds. The event, run with Seymour Post of the American Legion, offered 120 reserved seats to war bond purchasers awaiting a government ruling that the tax be canceled. Dr. G. Steinwedel, Jackson County War Savings chair, will handle refunds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mills Brothers Circus
Hasting
G. Steinwedel
Jackson County War Savings Committee
Seymour Post No. 89
American Legion
U. S
Steinwedel
Allied French Unity Efforts and Italy War Update
Allied unity moves continue as Admiral Muselier becomes deputy commander in chief in North Africa. Peyrouton resigns Algeria post with co-leader notes to De Gaulle and Giraud, while harmony talks persist. Meanwhile heavy air and naval strikes hit Pantelleria, Sicily, Sardinia, and Italian harbors as RAF and U S forces target rail links and seaplane bases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Henri Giraud
Charles de Gaulle
Axis
Giraud
Emile Muselier
Algiers
Muselier
de Gaulle
Stompierre
Miquelon
Newfoundland
London
Marcel Peyrouton
Algeria
Peyrouton
Vichy
North Africa
Rome
Stagnone Island
Sicily
Sardinia
Malta
Italy
England
RAF
Admiralty
A. V. Alexander
Commons
Moscow
Rus
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Massman
School Board
W. H. Boicourt
Donald Nelson
United States
Navy
Aleutian
Attu
T. F. Norton
Fletcher Dowd
Jennings County
Pantelleria
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