Landowners at Base Field Site Meet About Joint Use
Landowners near the Advanced Twin Engine School base field southwest of Seymour attended an informal meeting at Easting School Friday night. J W Springer outlined site selection as strategic, nonlocal factors and urged cooperation while noting a July 23 court-ordered vacate and ongoing drainage planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Easting School
J. W. Springer
Springer
Columbus
Atterbury
Defense Movies To Be Shown Here
A defense meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday June 9 at the old Shields High School gymnasium will show moving pictures on proper wartime procedures. Organized by Russ Johann and Indiana state fire marshal staff, the event invites auxiliary police, air raid wardens, nursing and first aid class members, auxiliary firemen and the public at no charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Shields High School
Arthur F. Becker
Russ Johann
Indiana State Fire Marshal Department
New York Suffers Citywide Power Blackout
The Associated Press reports New York City with 7,573,000 residents went dark for about 20 minutes last night. Subways halted and streetlights failed as the metropolis experienced its first citywide blackout.
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Associated Pres
New York
Liberty Bell Club opens patriotic vacation reading at Seymour Library
The Seymour Public Library launches The Liberty Bell Club with a patriotic theme to run June 8 to August 4 for first through eighth graders. Enrollment begins Monday with many children expected. ten books earned diplomas, and extra defense stamps awarded for top lists.
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Seymour Public Library
Katherine Frazee
Seymour
Liberty Bell Club
School Opening Delayed A Week in Seymour
Seymour city schools will open on September 14, one week later than usual for the 1942 43 term. The board adopted the date at Shields High School, citing the canning harvest as the reason. Ten day permits will allow high school students time to aid in harvest before classroom attendance resumes. The board also reappointed clerks and janitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Frazee
Seymour City
Seymour
Friday’s Reading 98 Thunderstorms Loom
County residents awaited scattered storms forecast for Indiana as heat peaked. The official high reached 98 degrees, Miss Louise Ahlert noted, while Friday night cooled to 68. A morning breeze gave way to scorching sun and rising temperatures.
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Indiana
Mercury
Louise Ahlert
Jury sought in Darlage drunk driving case in Browns Town
Jury selection continued around 10 30 this morning in Jackson Circuit Court Browns Town for Alfred Darlage charged with third offense operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated Edward P Elsner and Allan H Nierman represent the defendant John M Lewis and H Wayne Baker sit for the prosecution Alyce M More of this city was granted a circuit court divorce from Howard More with 400 alimony awarded
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Alfred Darlage
Jackson
Brownstown
Edward P
Elsner
Allan H. Nierman
John M. Lewis
H. Wayne Baker
Alyce M. More
Howard More
Walter Voss Receives Embalmer License
Walter Bud Voss has earned his embalmer license from the State Board of Embalmers. He joins his father in Voss and Son Mortuary as part of the family business.
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Walter
Bud” Voss
Walter Voss
State Board of Embalmers
Young Voss
Voss and Son Mortuary
Tire and Tube Permits Listed
Members of the Jackson county rationing board met Friday to consider tire and tube applications. approvals included two new passenger tires and four passenger tubes, plus several truck tires and tubes and recap jobs. Individual permits granted covered Dr. W. H. Shortridge, A. J. Speckner, Wilson-Kidwell bus line, Lynn Roberts, John C. Grouch Company, Edwin Vogel, Bakerite Bakery, Charles H. Rumph, Kieser Oil, Dan Myers, and recap permits for several firms and individuals.
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Jackson County Rationing Board
W. H. Shortridge
A. J. Speckner
Wilson-Kidwell Bus Line
Lynn Roberts
John C. Grouch Company
Edwin Vogel
Bakerite Bakery
Charles H. Rumph
Kieser Oil Company
Dan Myers
Health Nurse Acts In County
Mrs. Rona Whelan of Minnesota is acting temporarily as public health nurse for Jackson county until a county nurse is appointed by the Jackson county board of commissioners in a special session at the Browns town courthouse next Friday. She trained at the University of Minnesota and worked in Rochester Hospital clinics and Minnesota school health programs.
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Rona Whelan
Minnesota
Jackson County
Indiana State Board of Health
Columbus
Canning Sugar Registration Delayed By Missing Blanks
Jackson county rationing board reports a missing 3,000 canning sugar application blanks delaying registration for sugar during wartime. State and county boards scramble as shipments and rail deliveries fail to arrive, volunteers scarce, and centers unable to open until blanks are located. Richard R. Robertson pledges quick action and public notice once a plan is arranged.
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Jackson County
County Rationing Board
State Rationing Board
Richard S. Robertson
Robertson
Biddle cites internment of 1700 enemy aliens in war control
Attorney General Francis Biddle announced the internment of 1,700 enemy aliens with bad records and said alien control is at a turning point. He warned against dispersing seditious material patterned after Berlin, in a Tennessee Bar Association address.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Francis Biddle
Biddle
Tennessee Bar Association
Berlin
No Hitlers to Rise After the War Warns Meyer
Brounville N Y June 6 Associated Press Eugene Meyer publisher Washington Post says after the war the United States must ensure no future Hitlers arise in Germany or elsewhere. He urges a dynamic peace with collective force and ongoing American involvement in world affairs to sustain peace and prevent a failed League of Nations outcome.
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Associated Press
Brounville
N. Y
Eugene Meyer
The
Washington Post
United States
Germany
Sarah Lawrence College
Hitler
Wallace
Sumner Welles
League of Nations
Attendance in Seymour City Schools Shows Strong Final Six Weeks
Seymour city schools averaged 95.45 percent attendance in the final six weeks of 1941-42. Emerson School led with 98.8 percent taught by Miss Lois Bartlett. Total enrollment reached 1,645 with 803 white boys and 822 white girls, plus 20 colored students.
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Seymour City
Emerson School
Lois Bartlett
Shields Junior High School
Shields Senior High School
Riley
Lincoln
Emerson
Washington
Twenty-Six Draftees Definitely Rejected
The county draft board in the Wehstage Building reports that twenty-six of fifty-nine draftees sent to Louisville for final induction examination have been definitely rejected. An announcement of accepted and rejected names is expected by Monday, with twenty-nine accepted and four unclassified.
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Louisville
County Draft Board
Wehstage
Arsenal Blast Toll Put at 51
Joliet Illinois June 6 munitions for American fighters rolled off Elwood ordnance plant lines as officials sought to identify 51 dead or missing after a blast in a shipping building. The accident halted one of twelve units but production continued elsewhere with an army inquiry to determine cause.
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Associated Press
Joliet
America
Elwood Ordnance Plant
Army Board of
Washington
David Tunstall
Illinois
Midway Battle Drives Japanese Fleet Toward Retreat
Admiral Nimitz reports heavy Japanese losses across air craft carrier battleship cruiser and transport classes as the Midway defense holds firm. He notes United States control remains in the Midway area while Tokyo papers claim Pacific dominance.
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America
Midway Island
Chester W. Nimitz
United States
Midway
Nimitz
Tokyo
Pacific
Indian Oceans
Hawaii
Honolulu
Guam
Wake Island
Japan
Marshall Islands
RAF Bombers Hit Ruhr Industrial Districts in Night Raid
British air crews attacked industrial districts of the Ruhr last night sustaining thirteen aircraft losses. RAF fliers then struck Nazi coastal bases again after dawn, continuing the Allied offensive in Europe.
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London
Ruhr
RAF
Weather Records for Seymour Day Max and Min Noted
Official and unofficial readings for Seymour include a downtown thermometer showing the day’s maximum temperature. The past twenty four hours’ minimum comes from Miss Louise Ahlert’s government weather chart. River level data come from Seymour Water Co with pumping at Rockford. Temperatures are measured 1 foot above the low water mark.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
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Office of Price Administration
Midwest
State Board
Mussolini
Arsenal
Dover, N. J
Hercules Powder Company
Europe
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