Invasion Warning Prompts Civil Defense Alert
Local civilian defense officials urge all units to be on alert for possible surprise tests or blackouts after reports of planned statewide tests. Seymour leaders including Mayor Burkart and Civil Defense Commander Wesley push rapid reports and mobilization drills for fire police and air raid wardens in case a test arrives with no notice.
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Columbus
Seymour
Franklin
Jackson County
C. W. Burkart
T. Perry Wesley
Burkart
Mr. Wesley
Control Board
Local Control Board
James Proctor to be Returned to Indiana
Indiana City June 8 AP Warden Alfred Dowd says Captain Terry Parks will take James Proctor back to Indiana State Prison from Los Angeles where he lived as James Taylor since his 1919 escape. Proctor was arrested on a drunken driving charge before his identity was publicly revealed.
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Michigan City
Ind
Alfred Dowd
Indiana State Prison
Terry Parks
Los Angeles
James Proctor
Proctor
James Taylor
War Workers Strike in Beaver Falls Plants
Seven hundred Armstrong Cork Company workers walked out at two Beaver Falls plants in protest of what union officials call a delay by the WLB in resolving a contract grievance. The plants employ mostly women workers on war contracts.
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Beaver Falls
Armstrong Cork Company
WLB
Civilian Defense White Paper Outlines Blackout Protocols
Officials outline blackout and mobilization steps for civilian defense units during air attack tests. Yellow signal alerts heads to stay vigilant. blue signal mobilizes services and triggers two minute dimout. red signal signals active bombing with full lights out and shelter. After danger passes blue signals allow limited movement, all clear resumes normal lighting.
Henry Price Dies at 86 in Seymour
Henry Price 86 a confectionery owner and longtime Democrat leader died at his home 620 North Walnut at 12 30 this afternoon after a four month illness. Born January 1 1857 in Ripley County he moved to Jackson County as a boy and ran the Price Brothers dry goods store with his brother George. He served as Jackson County treasurer road superintendent and Seymour city clerk and held several terms on the city council and county committees. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Continued on page 4 column 5.
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Henry Price
North
Walnut Street
Ripley County
Mr. Price
Michael
Matilda Voss Price
Jackson County
Morrison's
West Second Street
Litt Brothers
George Price
Price Brothers
Price
Seymour
Democratic Party
Local Red Cross hears plasma talk at Indianapolis
Three representatives from the Jackson County Chapter of the American Red Cross attended a blood donor service conference at the Indianapolis Athletic Club. The meeting featured a plasma processing movie and remarks by Lieut. Col. A. A. Neuwirth and Pvt. Rex H. Harrison on blood plasma services for service members and civilians.
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Jackson County
The
American Red Cross
Indianapolis
Indianapolis Athletic Club
Phil Cordes
T. Perry Wesley
L. R. Browning
A. A. Neuwirth
Rex H. Harrison
Red Cross
Col. Neuwirth
Jackson
Indiana
Ralph C. Werner
Mary Sinclair
Werner
Mayor Urges Every Flag in Seymour for Flag Day
Mayor C. W. Burkart calls on Seymour residents and businesses to display flags next Monday, Flag Day. He asks homes and shops to fly flags, urges industrial plants with permanent poles to stage tributes, and invites clubs churches and lodges to join the effort.
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Seymour” Tok ‘Ly
Seymour
C. W. Burkart
Indiana
Burkart
Captain Gable in Flying Fortress WhatsApp from England
Captain Gable leans from a waist gun turret aboard a Flying Fortress in a wartime framing. He chats with two soldiers somewhere in England as a Navy Air film from London reports to the U. S. military public.
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Clark Gable
England
NEA
London
U. S
Weather Record Updates for Seymour and Rockford Area
Official and unofficial readings compiled for Seymour show a downtown thermometer maximum and a 24 hour minimum from Miss Louise Ahlert, government weather observer. Amour Water Co. reported pumping at Rockford, with temperature details from 3 PM and other sites in the river district.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Amour Water Co
Rockford
Admiral Yarnell to Direct Navy School at Culver
Admiral Harry Yarnell will conduct the summer naval school at Culver Military Academy in Culver Indiana. The retired admiral who headed the United States Asiatic Fleet from 1936 to 1939 will succeed Admiral Hugh Rodman as director guiding about 475 boys this season.
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Culver
Ind
A. R. Elliott
Culver Military Academy
Harry Yarnell
Yarnell
United States Asiatic Fleet
Hugh Rodman
Naval School
Salvation Army drive featured at Seymour Rotary meeting
Walter E. Dowell Indiana Salvation Army state campaign director addressed Seymour Rotary Club at the Elk's Home. He discussed charity work and sang two songs with piano accompaniment. N. J. Lasher announced the annual Salvation Army Drive luncheon for June 17 at First Methodist Church.
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Walter E. Dowell
Salvation Army
Indiana
Seymour
Lasher
First Methodist Church
H. H. Miller
Francis J. Birge
War Meat Board Planning Study
The war meat board formed by the war food administration seeks weekly reports from commercial slaughters on the number and live weight of animals killed. Board chairman Harry Reed says data will help direct fairer civilian military and government meat distribution and address supply and demand concerns.
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Chicago
War Meat Board
War Food Administration
Harry Reed
Reed
New Word Created by German Propaganda
Berlin broadcasts branded Churchill Roosevelt followers as Churchevelts in a June 8 AP report picked up by NBC. The term marks a new label in wartime rhetoric aimed at allied leaders and their supporters.
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New York
Berlin
NBC
Churchill
Roosevelt
Last Troops to Quit Illinois Flood Area
Major General H S Aurand announced the last of about ten thousand troops on flood duty in Illinois will be withdrawn today. The 739th Military Police Battalion leaves Winchester for Camp Mt Vernon, while 732nd MP Battalion and others have already been released. An army survey counted 30 940 evacuees statewide. Governor Green praised the 732nd battalion for saving Beardstown.
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Chicago
H. S. Aurand
Sixth Service Command
Ilinois
Aurand
739Th Military Police
Winchester
Camp Mt. Vernon
732Nd Military Police
Fort Sheridan
Camp Grant
Camp Ellis
Scott Field
Jefferson Barracks
Rites Held For Nentrup Infant In Columbus
Funeral services were held at 4 PM at Lutheran Cemetery for Connie Sue Nentrup infant daughter of Hubert and Alberta Shade Nentrup who died shortly after birth at Sehneck Memorial Hospital at 2 45 AM The Rev E E Streufert of Immanuel Lutheran Church officiated The family resided at 720 Ohio Street Columbus.
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Lutheran Cemetery
Connie Sue Nentrup
Hubert
Alberta M. Shade Nentrup
Sehneck Memorial Hosital
E. E. Streufert
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Nentrupive
Ohio Street
Columbus
Sand E Group Studies Bond Issue Proposal
The SEC will consider a proposal by Northern Indiana Public Service Co to issue 1.4 million dollars in bonds and notes to acquire utility plants in LaPorte County. Also under review is a proposal to acquire a common stock stake in the La Porte Heat Corporation, the utility’s subsidiary.
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Philadelphia
June
The
Securities and Exchange Commission
Indiana Public Service Company
LaPorte County
la Porte Heat Corporation
Coal Dispute Still Unsettled As War Labor Board Takes Action
The wage dispute in the soft coal industry heads back to the War Labor Board for final action. Southern Appalachian producers led by ex Senator Edward Burke say miners’ two dollar daily portal to portal pay remains the union demand. John L. Lewis’s stance shifts as operators once offered a dollar fifty with a thirty day trial. The War Labor Board has ruled miners deserve compensation, quantity debated. Illinois operators grant dollar fifty to 23,000 miners. Senate and House conferees clash over anti strike provisions and cooling off periods affecting war industry.
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War Labor Board
Edward Burke
Burke
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Illinois
Wet Labor Board
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Three Indian soldiers held captive by Japanese named
Washington reports three Indian soldiers among new U S army personnel held captive in Japan. The War Department identifies the Hoosiers as Ralph Rowland of Amboy, Robert Houghland of Odon, and Maurice Hovarter of Ashley. Miss Madeline Findley has returned from a vacation in the South.
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Washington
United States Army
War Department
Ralph Rowland
Amboy
Robert Houghland
Odon
Maurice Hovarter
Ashley
Churchill announces approaching large scale amphibious operations
Prime Minister Churchill informed the House of Commons that a major allied invasion of Europe is near. He cited complex amphibious operations planned in conjunction with air power to exhaust Axis forces, praised General Marshall, and noted Tunisia losses while signaling readiness to win through hard fighting.
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Associated Press
Churchill
House of Commons
Europe
Washington
North Africa
George Marshall
Germany
Tunisia
Hitler
Napoleon
Jena
County Bureau Earns State Recognition in Farm Bureau Meeting
Jackson County Farm Bureau placed second in state honors at the District Ten gathering in Scottsburg. Attendees included women leaders from Jackson County and memorials honored deceased members with a red white and blue floral tribute.
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Jackson County Farm Bureau
Farm Bureau
Scottsburg
Jackson County
Emory Hutchinson
Standard Township
Edna Geyer
Driftwood Township
Frank Stockover
Hamilton Township
Lawrence Pottschmidt
Jackson Township
Nina L. Bennett
Owen Township
Willis Hazard
Redding Township
Henry Kilgas
Washington Township
Margaret Heller
Brownstown
Richard Elliott
Grassyfork Township
Indiana
Lillie E. Scott
Frank Lamb
State Farm Bureau Insurance Creation
George W. Elliott
Ward Goodwin
Hutchinson
Stockover
Pottschmidt
Chester Heck
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Columbus Republican
Gestapo
Henrich Himmler
Storm
Stockholm
Sweden
Captain Gable
MS Alricht
Admiral Yarnell
Navy School
Rotary Club
Green
732Nd Battalion
Beardstown
732Nd
Sand E
Union
Madeline Findley
South
General Marshall
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