Morgan Packing Plant Reopens After Austin Strike
About 500 workers return to Morgan Packing Company in Austin after a month idle. They resume with a 10 percent wage increase shared across Morgan plants Brownstown Columbus Edinburg and Franklin. Union recognized for its members but company remains open shop. Packing department workers to report Thursday. overall settlement praised for fairness. Nearly 2,000 attended an organizing meeting in Austin Tuesday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgan Packing Company
Austin
Morgan
Brownstown
Columbus
Edinburg
Franklin
I. C. Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Investigators Arrive to Probe Reliance Manufacturing Allegations
Investigators for the Senate Civil Liberties Committee were to arrive this evening to probe claims that citizens committees in cities hosting Reliance Manufacturing plants pressured city councils to buy machine guns tear gas and related equipment. It was not learned if temporary headquarters would be established or if their stay would be brief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Civil Liberties Committee
Citizens Committees
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Indiana Air Tour to Stop at Municipal Airport
Announcement today that the Indiana Air Tour featuring forty to fifty airplanes will visit Seymour on Monday afternoon June 14 around 1 30 o clock. The tour will pass through twenty Indiana cities and showcase new ship types. Planes will land at Municipal Airport and stay about an hour sponsored by the Seymour Aviation Club and the Midwestern Aviation Corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana
Municipal
Forest Tour Plans Pushed for County Opening
Plans for the formal opening of the Jackson County State Forest are virtually completed. A large attendance is expected with locals gathering at the courthouse at 1 PM Sunday to begin a tour through the area.
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Jackson County State Forest
Court House
Jackson County Receives State Excise Funds Share
State Alcoholic Beverages Commission announced June 1 distribution totals. Jackson County schools get 1454.75 dollars from a common school fund allocated by 651,638 pupils, 27.35 cents per pupil. Civil units in the county receive 1758.18 dollars, with two thirds of local retail license collections funding them and one third supporting schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State
Alcoholic Beverages Commission
Jackson County
Roads Begin Dust Treatment On State Route 256
Workmen in the Seymour sub district of the Indiana State Highway Commission under James M. Mann prepare State Road 256 near Austin for dust palliative treatment. The commission invites bids on road oil for 482 miles of state roads, including several in the Seymour district, with oiling to start once contracts and favorable weather permit. Continuous detours will be minimized as surfaces are ready for traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Indiana State Highway Commission
James M. Mann
Austin
State Commission
Brownstown
Uniontown
Clark
Scott Counties
Cortland
Farm Bureau Plans July 4 Picnic at Jackson Forest
During the June Jackson Township Farm Bureau meeting at Easting Consolidated School, a July 4 picnic at Jackson County State Forest was announced. An all day event includes church services, a basket dinner, and an afternoon music festival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Township Farm Bureau
Easting Consolidated School
Seymour
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Jackson County State Forest
Volney Carter
REMC
Everett Otte
Jackson Township
Edmund C. Foust
Edith Otting
Lucile Otting
Thelma Kasting
Harold Myers
Edgar Kasper
Robert Miller
Opal Kasting
Township Bureau
Local School Project Gets First WPA Approval in U K District
N J Lasher the city school superintendent announced that a proposed high school expansion has won initial approval from the district WPA office under director Patrick Cuddy and awaits state WPA review. The plan includes a new gymnasium and vocational spaces to ease crowded conditions, at an estimated cost of about 93 000 pounds funded by a government grant and bond issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. J. Lasher
WPA
Patrick Cuddy
Lasher
Caddy
Jackson County Council Appropriations Actioned
The Jackson county council met at Brownstown courthouse and approved several special appropriations. Major items included 2650 for poor relief, 750 for enumerating male voters, and 200 for the County Auditor's office. Bottorff will certify to the state tax board for approval before county commissioners meet again in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Council
Court House
Brownstown
Jason Botteriff
Lutheran Social Aid Society Dinner Meeting
Approximately sixty five members attended a monthly dinner business and social meeting of the Lutheran Social Aid Society held Tuesday night at Seymour Country Club north of the city. Walter Rebber, president, led a short business session with committee members Martin W. Steinwedel Brunon Ahlbrand Louis Schroer and Harold Ahlbrand assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lutheran Social Aid Society
Seymour Country Club
Walter Rebber
Martin W. Steinwedel
Brunon Ahlbrand
Louis Schroer
Harold Ahlbrand
McNutt Declares Foreign Incidents Closed in Manila
High Commissioner Paul V. McNutt told newsmen in Manila that two incidents involving toasts and a foreign relations circular letter are closed. The episodes grew from letters he sent to foreign consuls, one ordering toasts before President Manuel L. Quezon at social functions, the other directing foreign affairs matters to go through his office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
P. IL
APY
Paul V. McNutt
McNutt
Commonwealth
Manuel L. Quezon
Attendance highs mark final six weeks in Sey mour city schools
For the final six weeks, Sey mour city public schools averaged 95.98 attendance. Room 2 at Lincoln School led with 98.89 percent under Miss Mary L White. Shields High and Shields Junior High posted 96.64 and 96.60 respectively, while grades averaged 664.6 daily attendance with 34.7 daily absence. Total enrollment reached 2 558 across Emerson Washington Riley Lincoln Junior High and Senior High.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour City
Lincoln School
Mary L. White
Shields High School
Shields
Emerson
Washington
Riley
Lincoln
Scout Camp Opens Friday At Camp Louis Ernst
Camp Louis Ernst near Dupont Indiana will open on July 11 for its ninth season. Meenach will supervise improvements and lead training for leaders arriving June 20 for a week before the Jam Bee in Washington. Eagle Scouts lead senior and junior groups, with activities from swimming to archery and handicraft. Meals are balanced and pasteurized milk used, water tested weekly for safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Ernst
Dupont
Ind
Stanley P. Meenach
Meenach
Camp
Ernst
Washington, D. C
Robert Rice
Aurora
Robert O'Shaughnessey
Lawrenceburg
Robert Crantz
Willam Jones
Seymour
William Laupus
Marvin Reed
Batesville
William Lemon
Madison
Buford Grffith
Roger Fuller
Carrollton
Harold Jameson
Eagle
Red Cross
U.S
State Board of Health
Fire damages two Seymour homes on Second Street
Unofficial loss estimates list more than 1000 dollars after a Tuesday morning fire at the Herman Rueter residence and the Lottie Prather home on Second Street near Park Street. The blaze began in a small frame kitchen at the Rueter house and spread to the adjacent Prather dwelling. Adjusters have not yet given a final damage estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Rueter
Lottie Prather
Second Street
Park Street
Rueter
Prather
Seymour
Roosevelt Seeks Expanded Merchant Marine Support
President Roosevelt urged a broad program to bolster the merchant marine with 95 new ships, starting with 10 million dollars and authorizing the maritime commission to sign contracts for 150 million dollars of shipbuilding next year. He discussed tax exemptions, favored taxing government workers, and noted Treasury views on federal securities income exemption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Roosevelt
Maritime Commission
House
Treasury
Willis Transferred to Local District in Indiana
Grace Willis of the Indiana alcoholic beverage commission moves from Evansville to the local district effective June 10. He previously led this district before a temporary October 1 transfer to Evansville, to be replaced there by Lewis Morris. Willis will remain a resident of the area as the district covers Bartholomew through Harrison counties.
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Grace Willis
Indiana Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Evansville
Willis
Lewis Morris
Bartholomew
Jackson
Washington
Floyd, Clark
Orange
Jefferson
Switzerland
Ohio
Dearborn
Jennings
Scott
Ripley
Harrison
Alcoholic Commission
Youth Released After Auto Theft Arrest Near Seymour
Edward Gerald Payne a 15 year old Louisville youth who rode north on U S Road 1 to Indianapolis to see the Speedway race was released to his mother Mrs J H Payne by United States Commissioner Howard 8 Young. He must appear in federal court in Louisville October 11 on a Dyer Act charge if the district attorney pursues the case. State police turned him over after holding him in the county jail. arrest was made by Officer Menlo C Turner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Gerald Payne
Louisville, Eoy
Seymour
Indianapolis
J. H. Payne
United States
Howard
Menlo C. Turner
Hitler to Visit Marienwerder with 600 Aides Surprise Planned
A local Nazi leader announced a planned June 19 visit by Adolf Hitler and 600 aides to Marienwerder in East Prussia amid speculation on changes to the Danzig status and nearby Polish corridor. Large military concentrations were reported as diplomats weighed potential gestures. publicity appeared to prompt possible cancellation.
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Marienwerder
East Prussia
Germany
East Prussian
Adolf Hitler
Free City of
Danzig
Polish
Upper Silesia
Stores Adopt Midweek Noon Closings This Summer
Retailers and other concerns agree to close at noon every Thursday during June July and August. The half holiday starts tomorrow with a list of participants appearing elsewhere in the paper. It marks the first general midweek closing in the downtown area, though not all stores participate.
Injured in Wayne Township Car Mishap Near Whitecreek
Mrs. Oscar Schneider of Wayne township Bartholomew county and her 21 month old daughter Betty were seriously hurt in an afternoon crash near Whitecreek. Both were hospitalized in Columbus with serious injuries while Mr. Schneider and another daughter Mary Agnes sustained minor bruises. The car left the road on a curve and overturned into a ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Schneider
Wayne Township
Bartholomew County
Betty
Whitecreek
Columbus
Schneider
Mary Agnes
Divorce Granted in Bertha Fox v Willard Fox
Jackson Circuit Court awarded a divorce to Bertha Fox with restoration of her maiden name Bertha Smith. Court costs have been paid, according to Miss Smith who announced the decree today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Fox
Willard Fox
Jackson
Air Mail Speed Demonstrated By Transpacific Cover
Seymour postmaster Walter H. Droege received a first light cover from San Francisco to Hong Kong via the China Clipper. The air mail journey took seven days from April 21 to April 28, returning to the United States by ship in forty one days, thirty four days longer than the air route. The half ounce letter cost seventy cents to send.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter H. Droege
Seymour
San Francisco
Hong Kong
Mr. Droege
Kong Kong
China
United States
Power Strike Hits Saginaw Valley Residents Cut Off
More than 300000 residents in the Saginaw Valley lacked electric service as Consumers Power workers struck for a settlement. Flint saw partial restoration at 2 27 am while Bay City Midland and smaller communities stayed dark. About 60000 workers were idle with Saginaw minimally affected.
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Flint
Mich
Saginaw Valley
Consumers Power Company
John L. Lewis
Washington
Negotiations Committee
Bay City
Midland
Saginaw
Walter B. Saxton
United Automobile Workers
General Motors Corp
L. G. Oberhauser
Zilwaukee
Clergymen share Congo experiences at Rotary meeting
The Rev. R. S. Wilson of Central Christian Church spoke to Jeffersonville Rotary Club at the Board of Trade hall. He described his missionary years in Africa, displayed Congo souvenirs, and related conditions there. Rev. R. C. Dillman led the entertainment committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. S. Wilson
Central Christian Church
Jeffersonville
Congo
Africa
R. C. Dillman
Mr. Wilson
Lions Club Entertainment by Local Youth Orchestra
The Seymour Lions Club heard a five member youth orchestra at the Central Christian Church dining room Tuesday night. The performers were Delmar Steinwedel Bruce McGuire Kenneth Sutherland John Bubhner and Richard Wienhorst. Alfred Snyder chaired the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Lions Club
Central Christian Church
Delmar Steinwedel
Bruce McGuire
Kenneth Sutherland
John Bubhner
Richard Wienhorst
Alfred Snyder
Peace movement gains support amid steel strike
Up to 70,000 workers idle as SWOC calls a strike. In Chicago AP reports the Wagner Act used for the first time in the steel dispute, with union attorneys drafting a formal complaint accusing Inland Steel Company of unfair labor practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Inland Steel Company
Nct
Peace Movements Rise as Great Lakes Steel Strike Expands
Washington and Columbus report renewed peace efforts as the eighth victim dies in South Chicago riot. SWOC leaders press to hold lines while Gov. Davey negotiates a first joint peace conference with steel executives. The strike idles about 70 000 mill workers across seven states and broadens into congressional investigations.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Great Lakes
Washington
Columbus
Chicago
John L. Lewis
Martin L. Davey
Steel Workers Organizing Committee
Steel Corporation
SWOC
Lewis’ Committee For Industrial Organization
Republic Steel Corp
Youngstown Sheet and Tube Co
Inland Steel Corp
C. S O
Labor Department
James I. Dewey
Lewis
Dewey
Michigan
Congress
Senate
House
Post Office Department
John S. Brooks
Republic Steel
James A. Farley
Pennsylvania Railroad
Baltimore and Ohio
Gov. Davey
Canton
Monroe
Mich
Newton Steel Co
Republic
Chamber of Ecommerce
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Seymour Aviation Club
Midwestern Aviation Corporation
Highway Commission
Farm Bureau
U. K
Council
Lutheran Group
Scout Camp
Camp Ernst
Alcoholic Beverage Commission of
Louisville
Hitler
Associated Press
Lions Club
Peace Movement
Bulletin
Seymour Water Co
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