Meyer Named President as Seymour Board Reorganizes
At Emerson School the Seymour board elected Fulton R. Meyer president succeeding resigning R. A. Franke and named George W. Riley secretary with George W. Holloman remaining treasurer. A special committee led by R. B. Etter proposed plans for enlarged Shields High School industrial arts facilities and bus shuttle half days, considering four Link trainer buildings at Freeman Field with rental of 350 dollars per month each.
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Shields High School
Seymour Board of School
Emerson School
Fulton R. Meyer
R. A. Franke
George W. Riley
Franke
George W. Holloman
Etter
Vreeman Field
DeWitt Ogan
Francis J. Birge
Shields Memorial
Meyer
Man Confined in Two Jails In About an Hour
Harry Carnes, 62, of North Vernon, was arrested near Tipton for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was jailed in Brownstown then in Seymour for public intoxication, fined $10 in city court and $75 in circuit court with $10.80 costs, and faced a 90 day license suspension.
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Harry Carnes
North Vernon
Carnes
Tipton
Chestnut Streets
Chester Wilson
Seymour
Brownstown
Donald L. Herwig
Jackson
George H. Gossman
Bridge damage shuts State Road 250 near Uniontown
A bridge three miles west of Uniontown on State Road 250 was damaged late Monday afternoon, closing the road for three to four days. Nine six inch I beams supporting the floor were broken and the floor damaged, likely from a heavily loaded truck, though the driver did not report the incident. Investigations continue by Indiana State Highway Commission officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uniontown
Co. E. Bruce
Indiana State Highway Commission
Three Fined for Traffic Offenses
Mayor Donald L. Herwig presided as Bernard Wienhorst of this city, William Quillen of Jonesville, and John Jr. of this city were fined in city court for traffic offenses. Wienhorst speeding 50 mph in a 30 zone on South Chestnut Street paid 30 dollars total. Quillen 50 mph in a 30 zone on Ewing Street fined 30 dollars total. John Jr. pleaded guilty to reckless driving and had license suspended 90 days, with 11 dollars total after costs.
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Donald L. Herwig
Bernard Wienhorst
South Chestnut Street
William Quillen
Jonesville
Ewing Street
John Jr
Rieckers
Heiwig
West Tipton Street
Rotary program details scientific crime methods in Seymour
Lt. Robert F. Borkenstein of the Indiana state police laboratory lectured Seymour Rotary Club members on modern scientific crime investigation and prevention. John M. Lewis introduced the speaker and announced future programs by Stuart S. Blish and Arthur S. Kaufman with the annual officers’ program closing the year.
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Seymour Rotary Club
Robert F. Borkenstein
Indiana State Police
Indianapolis
Borkenstein
John M. Lewis
C. Neal Hennessy
Stuart S. Blish
Arthur S. Kaufman
Harry McMillin
Seymour Post No. 7
Harold E. Chambers
Jackson County approves bid for bituminous materials
Jackson County commissioners awarded the contract for bituminous materials to L. P. Cavett Company of Lockland Ohio for the summer road program. Five bids were received with all bidders same price on road tar at 22 cents. The board discussed local road improvements including Venice road east of Brownstown and a 2.5 mile stretch on Nashville Medora road, plus speeding up State Road 11 relocation pending court right of way issues.
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Jackson County Board of Commissioners
Brownstown
L. P. Cavett Company
Lockland
Ohio
W. H. Joyner
New Castle
Shumaker Brothers
Indianapolis
the Highway Company
Zionsville
Ind
John F. Seevers
Guilford
Martin W. Steinwedel
J. Avis Hoadley
Venice
Maumee
Nashville-Medora
Bruce Fleetwood
Claude Bowman
Lester Hanner
Henry Kilgas
George Bobb
Seymour
Lawrence
T. H. Branaman
Train Injures Man In Wallonia
Clyde H Peters of Vallonia received skull wounds and body bruises when he was thrown from between two Baltimore and Ohio freight cars near Wallonia station. A bystander pulled him clear as the train moved off. He was treated at Schneck Memorial Hospital and described as not too serious.
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Clyde H. Peters
Vallonia
Baltimore and Ohio
Wallonia
Peters
Journal
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Legion Post Starts $10000 Improvement Plan
Work has begun on a 10000 dollar improvement program at the Columbus Post of the American Legion. A new social room and taproom will be built on the first floor while a recreational room is planned for the second floor. Completion is expected in eight to 10 weeks.
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Columbus Post
The
American Legion
Weather Record Summary for Seymour Observations
Official and unofficial readings show a 2 PM temperature of 75 from a downtown thermometer unofficial. All other data come from Ruth Eberhart government weather observer with official status. precipitation totals are 0.30 inches and river stage at 2.3 feet. minimum 60 and maximum Monday remain in records.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Ccc
Heavy Hailstorm and Wind Damage Hits Jackson County
A severe Monday storm in Jackson County caused crop damage in Driftwood township with exceptionally heavy hail flattening rye and cutting mellow vines. High winds felled trees, downed utility poles, and scattered debris across the county, while Seymour reported no major damage and temperatures fell slightly after a 81 degree high.
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Jackson County
Driftwood Township
Ruth Everhart
Everhart
Henryville
Red Cross
Jeffersonville
Sales Clinic Draws 80 at Brownstown High Library
More than 80 people attended the opening session of a sales clinic in the Brownstown high school library. The event, sponsored by the Brownstown Chamber of Commerce, is led by Indiana University lecturer Jess E. Powers. Classes run 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. for five nights at a $1 per person charge to fund training firms. The Rural Electrification Membership Corporation sent ten employees.
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Brownstown High School
Brownstown Chamber of Commerce
Jess E. Powers
Distributive Education
Indiana University
County Highway Men To Work Full Time
County workers will switch to full time ten hour days six days a week announced by L M Cross county highway superintendent About half of the year s appropriations have been used and with help from the county commissioners expenditures have stayed nearly even each month The department also welcomes a 45827 cigarette tax fund distribution for county roads to improve road work this year
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. M. Cross
Senate votes to enlist 25 000 aliens in the Army
The Senate voted 43 to 33 to authorize enlisting 25 000 aliens into a two year draft. Senator Lodge R Mass proposed citizenship after five years of service and distributing aliens through the force rather than forming a foreign legion. Chairman Gurney opposed linking to the selective service plan.
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Washington
Senate
Senator Lodge
R-Mass
Lodge
Foreign Legion
Europe
Gurney
R-S. D
Armed Services Committee
House
Tornado Kills Henryville Girl In Henryville Indiana
A tornado in Clark county Indiana killed 10 year old Gayle Mullins and injured four others. The Mullins family home collapsed killing the girl and injuring her parents, while Emma Applegate and Mrs. George Smallwood were hurt in separate farm home and brick impacts. The injured were taken to St Edwards Hospital in New Albany.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Henryville
Clark County
Indiana
Gayle Mullins
Thomas Mullins
Emma Applegate
George Smallwood
Mullins
Small
Storm wrecks Henryville area halts traffic and blinds, state troopers aid
Indiana troopers and sheriff’s deputies patrolled Henryville after a destructive storm that destroyed more than 20 buildings as two churches suffered partial collapse. Red Cross set up shelter for about 20 homeless families in the high school. Highways 31 56 3 and 403 detoured traffic around Scottburg Sellersburg. Hail storms fanned damage in Anderson Bicknell and Indianapolis with power cuts and fires from electrical damage.
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Red Cross
Henryville
Sellersburg
Scottsburg
Anderson
Bicknell
Knox County
Noble Gover
Indianapolis
St. Vincent’s Hospital
House group urges big fund cuts in key agencies
The House Appropriations Committee proposed cash cuts of about nine percent for the Atomic Energy Commission and seven percent for the Veterans Administration in a $5.8 billion bill for six agencies. It urged ending GI Bill hobby training and urged more flexible spending amid new contract authorities.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Veterans Administration
House Appropriations Committee
Truman
Maritime Commission
Five Hurt When Two Colide In Union Station
In Columbus Ohio a Pennsylvania Railroad sleeping car was uncoupled from a Spirit of St. Louis train at Union Station. Seventeen passengers were trapped in their compartments as cars crashed into the engine. Five passengers were injured, two seriously, in the freak wreck.
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Columbus
Pennsylvania Railroad
Union Station
Spirit of St. Louis
Metropolitan Limited
Special Jackson County Meeting for Road Fund Use
Auditor James E. Cummings announced a special Jackson county council meeting to consider additional appropriations totaling 45 827 46 from the state cigarette tax for highway repairs. Officials aim to align hearings with other county units and a state tax board representative to speed legal steps for immediate use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
James E. Cummings
Cummings
State Tax Board
Organization of New German State Seen As Anti-Communist Strategy
Washington reports a Western anti-Communist strategy behind a German state plan tied to the Marshall Plan. Diplomats say unity in Western Germany is needed to boost Ruhr coal and steel and sustain economic recovery. The page hints at a Russia-West split and a hoped for four-power settlement.
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Washington
Germany
Western
Europe
Georges Bidault
United States
Great Britain
France
Belgium
Netherlands
Luxembourg
Ruhr
Moscow
West Germany
Klement Gottwald
Eduard
Red Czechoslovakia
Officers to Serve as Palestine Truce Observers
Twenty one American officers will leave immediately to serve as truce observers in Palestine. Seven Navy, seven Army, and seven Air Force officers depart from the European Theater at the request of UN mediator Count Folke Bernadotte. The move coincides with Arab Israeli fighting near Tel Aviv and Isdud as major fronts. Russia seeks to send military observers, prompting American concern over red troops in Palestine. Bernadotte’s four week truce plan aims for a balanced armistice and arms embargo with 50-50 odds on acceptance.
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Washington
Palestine
State
Department
Navy
Army
Air Force
Count Folke Bernadotte
United Nations
Michael J. McDermott
State Department
Bernadotte
France
Glam
Tel Aviv
Isdud
Miesanim
Nitsanim
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Red
Folke Bernadotte
U. N
Israel
Cairo
Bernaddotte
Paris
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Paint
Blacktop
Clive
NEA
UMW
John L. Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Assn
Lewis
U. Sales Clinic
Seymour Post No
Seymour Post
Francis E. Simmons
U.S
America
Britain
West
Holy Land
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