Lowlands in Jackson County Are Submerged
Severe flood conditions grip the region as White River at Rockford swells to 17.16 feet, 3.16 feet above flood stage. Highways across Southern Indiana close under rising water, cattle swim under the Columbus bridge, and Jackson County farmers worry about delayed corn planting and possible idle acreage this season.
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White River
Rockford
Indiana
Seymour
State Highway Commission
C. E. Bruce
Columbus
Edinburg
Jackson County
Officer Konkle Hurt in Crash Near Columbus
Seymour state police officer Robert Konkle was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Alternate U. S. Route 31 one mile north of Columbus. He sustained head cuts and possible concussion and was taken to Bartholomew county hospital.
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Robert Konkle
Seymour State Police Post
Bartholomew County Hospital
Columbus
U. S. Road 31
Konkle
Selective Service Office Opens at Fort Benjamin Harrison
Lt. Col. F Lyle Summers announces Indiana opens selective service records at Fort Benjamin Harrison. Wartime draft files from 152 local boards centralized in a converted barracks. Col Summers acting director with 23 civilian staff to answer information requests. Fort released to the USSR temporarily by the war department pending fort abandonment July 30.
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Indianapolis
F. Lyle Summers
Selective Service
Indiana
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Sumners
War Department
Freetown Girl Weds West Point Graduate
Among 17 newly commissioned second lieutenants at West Point today was George E. Bland of Crane formerly of Freetown who married Hazel Eileen Brock in the Military Academy chapel following graduation ceremonies.
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West Point
George E. Bland
Crane
Freetown
Brandt
Hazel Eileen Brock
Military Academy
Seymour Pool Opens With Chilly Splash For Youth
The Seymour Municipal Swimming Pool opened Monday from 1 to 4 pm with 57 swimmers, mostly children seeking season tickets, but the cold water kept many away. Today’s hours run 1 to 6 pm, then 1 to 9 pm after June 15. all under 18 were screened for scalp ringworm with Wood’s light by health nurse Mrs. Horstman and staff using individual applicators.
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Seymour Municipal
James F
Margaret Horstman
Jackson County
Seymour Stores to Close Wednesdays in Summer
Seymour retail shops will shut each Wednesday afternoon during June July and August after noon. The policy committee of the Seymour Chamber of Commerce announced the plan at a recent meeting with no objections from the rest of the members within the seven day period.
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Seymour
Council Meets Tonight in Seymour City Building
The Seymour city council holds its semi monthly meeting at 7 30 tonight in the council chamber. Routine business is expected to be transacted.
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Seymour
Council
Milwaukee Line Valuation Cut Challenged in Indiana Court
The Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railroad seeks to reduce Indiana 1944 state board assessments from 5 485 310 to 4 939 106 arguing the higher figure overstates true cash value and prior year assessment. Judge George H Gossman presides in Jackson circuit court as a week of technical evidence begins.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad Company
Indiana
State Board of Tax Commissioners
George H. Gossman
Jackson
Tax Board
Milwaukee Company
T. H. Montgomery
O. G. Edwards
Chicago
Bert Beasley
Indianapolis
J. A. van Horn
Grand Jury Called as June Sessions Begin in Jackson
At Judge George H. Gossman’s direction the Jackson county grand jury meets at 9 30 a m Friday June 6. Kenneth Holmes faces trial June 11 for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after a collision with J F Beldon. Chester Wayt’s trial is set for June 10 on a fraudulent check charge. State excise officers filed affidavits in circuit court against Herbert Bacret for selling liquor without a permit and possessing liquor to sell after raids May 11 and June 1. Bacret pleaded not guilty in Burrell’s court.
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John M. Lewis
Jackson County
George H. Gossman
Jackson Circuit Court
Kenneth Holmes
J. F. Beldon
Chester Wayt
O. B. Burrell
Seymour Justice of Peace
Herbert Bacret
St. Louis Avenue
Bacret
Weather Records Official Minimum and Maximum Readings
Reading at 2 p m recorded river stage 17.16 feet as part of daily weather records for Monday.
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Seymour
Willard N. Everhart, Jr
Commissioners Hear Petitions on Local Roads in Redding Township
Two petitions presented to the Jackson county board of commissioners at the June session seek local road improvements at the residents’ expense with possible county highway inclusion. A second plea asks graveling a Vernon township road from Hilgy school site west to King's corner. No action on the gravel request. decision to not take inmates from Lawrence county infirmary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Board of Commissioners
C. M. Montgomery
Franz Kuhlman
Noblitt-Pruitt
Seymour
Redding Township
Hilgy School
King’s Corner
Vernon Township
Lawrence County
Jackson County
Wheat Prices Drop as Market Recedes in Local Trade
Wheat fell five cents a bushel to 2.40 for No 1 and 2.39 for No 2 with the market easing after several days of decline. Prices are 10 cents below last Friday as traders anticipate a large crop moving from the southwest and July arrival of the local crop. Corn also softened though heavy rainfall may delay plantings if conditions don’t improve in the corn belt.
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Midwest
Corn Belt
Exchange Club Tours Seymour Woolen Mills
The Exchange Club members toured Seymour Woolen Mills Monday night guided by Don M. Bollinger W. F. Biggs and P. B. Gregory. They observed wool processing from raw material to finished blankets and flannel fabric as operations continued. Bollinger noted the mill is the largest in the state.
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Exchange Club
Seymour Woolen Mills
Don M. Bollinger
W. F. Biggs
P. B. Gregory
Bollinger
Private Detective Tells Rotary Club Of 28 Years Work
J. T. Ackerman of Indianapolis spoke at the Seymour Rotary Club dinner at the Elks Home. He described his 28 years as a private detective with the Continental Secret Service Bureau and Pinkerton ties, noting ethical standards and uses of moving pictures in insurance cases. He urged diligence in employee checks and support for hospital nursing needs while outlining detective work for missing persons and investigations for insurers, stores, and attorneys.
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Seymour Rotary Club
Elks
J. T. Ackerman
Indianapolis
Continental Secret Service Bureau, Inc
Ackerman
Indianapolis Rotary Club
Ralph Droege
E. B. Duane
Bloomington
D. D. Yoder
Columbus
International Rotary Foundation Fellowshi Fund
Rotary International
Leo Timperman
J. Ralph Thompson
Don L. Coy
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Pinkerton Detective Agency
Fate of Income Tax Reduction Bill Faces Uncertain Path
The $4 billion yearly income tax cut cleared the Senate 48 to 28 and moved toward President Truman, whose veto is anticipated. The measure would grant 10.5 to 30 percent cuts starting July 1, with varying rates by income, and would require both chambers to sustain a veto override to become law.
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Washington
Senate
White House
House
President Truman
Truman
Taft
Ohio
Republican Policy Committee
Hospital Here Needing Nurses
The Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital seeks registered nurses to fill critical staffing gaps. Superintendent Mrs. Neva Findley appeals through churches and local groups to recruit qualified personnel, warning service may drop after three to four weeks without help and urging immediate contact with the superintendent.
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Jackson County Schneck Memorial Hospital
Neva Findley
Masons Plan $200000 Annex at Indiana Masonic Home
The Indiana Grand Lodge announces a two story annex costing 200000 to the Masonic Home at Franklin. The addition adds 40 rooms for women and aims for federal approval as plans for a chapel and other building work are also noted. Expenditures reached 252571.48 with 322 residents on May 1 and about 48 on the waiting list.
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Jackson County
Franklin
Indiana Grand Lodge
Masonic Home
Accident Toll in Indiana Increases
Three deaths reported as Indiana accidents rise. Homer W. Apar, 60, conductor from Princeton, killed by a Southern Railway freight train near Mt. Vernon. Goldie V. Freeman, 59, of Indianapolis, dies at Portland hospital from Sunday collision near Dunkirk. Carl Molinet, 48, of Evansville, dies from injuries after being struck by a street truck.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Southern Railway
Homer W. Apar
Princeton
Mt. Vernon
Goldie V. Freeman
Jay County
Portland
Dunkirk
Carl Molinet
Evansville
British to Transfer Power in India This Year
The British government announced that power would be transferred to Indians soon on a dominion status basis, with India to be one or two self governing states. Attlee, Mountbatten, and a white paper outlined timing, while violence flared as an armed mob near Amritsar killed three and wounded seven.
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London
India
Attlee
House of Commons
Lord Mountbatten
Representative Named to Board
John C. Isaacs a trustee of Jackson township was elected by the Jackson county board of education to represent the board on the county tax adjustment board whose annual session will be held next September. Lester Hanner of Kurtz was reelected attendance officer for Jackson county next year. James H. Tatlock, county superintendent of schools, presided the meeting and will extend his four year term by two more years.
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John C. Isaacs
Jackson Township
Jackson County Board of Education
Lester Hanner
Kurtz
Jackson County
James H. Tatlock
Pulpit and Press Urged to Unite in Crusade
Mrs. Helen Chaffee Elwell, new president of The Mother Church, urges pulpit and press to join in a crusade of righteousness for harassed employers and dissatisfied workers and nations. She cites a historic opportunity for the true concept of God guiding man and the universe. Attendees from California to South Africa attend one of the year's largest annual meetings signaling global religious activity.
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Boston
Mass
Helen Chaffee Elwell
Mother Church
Amity
Elwell
U. 40
California
England
Europe
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Fair Weather Follows Danger Of Flood Water
Flood warnings eased as Indiana enjoyed clear skies after two days of heavy rain. Roads closed by high water included routes near Batesville Edinburg Columbus Scottsburg and Argus. A Franklin levee break flooded city streets and Highway 44. White River intake in Washington reduced to a 10 inch main, with a six inch water rise noted. The Midwest grain outlook grew tense as corn and oats plantings lag and risk autumn frost.
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Uniontown
Garden City
Columbus
Little York
Medora
Indiana
Edinburg
Scottsburg
Austin
Indianapolis
State Highway Commission
Batesville
Argus
Franklin
Washington
White River
Mid-Western
Corn
Illinois
Iowa
Cc. M. Galvin
James E. Bennett and Company
Ohio Rivers Surge as Floods Drive New Displacements
Torrential rains pushed Ohio rivers to flood crests forcing at least 80 families from homes. Firemen and volunteers rescued 30 families in boats north of Dayton as Miami Valley levees held. Cottages were stranded by two breaks in a levee. Columbus Zoo flooded with animals raised above water. Roads across Miami Logan Shelby and Darke counties closed under one to three feet of water. Miami River near Dayton rose toward the 1937 crest.
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Columbus
Ohio
Dayton
Miami River
Miami Valley
Franklin County
Big Walnut Creek
Mill Creek
Garfield Heights
Cleveland
O’shaugnessy
Columbus Zoo
Miami
Logan
Shelby
Darke
State Highway Patrol
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Fred Brock
Milwaukee Line
State Tax Com Board
Eeereeee
Gunther Boccius
Patterson Field
Xchange Club
Rotary Club
Masons
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