Farm Help Shortage Faces Jackson County Harvest
County agent W P Stall warns farm labor is scarce due to rain and Jamaica aid groups. With Jamaica cans exhausted, few locals signaled for full time or emergency work, delaying planting and harvest. Farmers are urged to arrange neighbor exchanges and request Farm Security Administration labor for tomatoes and sweet corn if needed.
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Jackoon County
W. P. Stall
Farm Security Administration
U. S. Employment Service
Stall
Jackson County
Jamaica
Bahamas
Raymond L. Rucker
Redding Township Farm Bureau Meeting Postponed
The Redding Township Farm Bureau meeting scheduled for June 11 is postponed to Tuesday night June 15 at 8:30 at Reddington Christian Church. A religious service conflict is given as the reason. The event will include a cake baking and amateur contest.
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Reddington Township
Washington column on price ceilings and food supply
NEA Daily Tribune special writer Peter Edson offers views on OPA price ceilings and food supply in today’s Washington column located in the editorial section on page 2.
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Washington
Peter Edson
NEA Daily Tribune
County Behind In Bond Sales In Jackson County June Quota Set
Jackson county trails June war bond quota as of June first week report by C G Steinwedel executive chairman of the county war savings staff. June goal 121461 dollars in Series E F and G bonds with 110419 Series E and 11042 Series F and G. First week sales totaled 16183 75 with Banks at 6018 75 in Series E, 740 in Series F, 6200 in Series G and post offices at 3225 in Series E. Officials urge rapid increase and ask every resident to buy another bond soon.
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Jackson County
C. G. Steinwedel
Jackson County War Savings Staff
Loose Stamp 17 Not Legal in Shoe Purchases
The county rationing board warns that removing Stamp No 17 from War Ration Book No 1 for shoe purchases is illegal and creates a black market risk. Chair J F Beldon notes stamps may not be used by non family members and merchants must require stamps in the book. The stamp expires next Tuesday prompting a rush in purchases.
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County Rationing Board
J. F. Beldon
Price Funeral to Be Held Friday
Funeral services for Henry Price eighty six year old confectionery owner and former county treasurer road superintendent city clerk and councilman will be held at 2:00 PM Friday at Voss Mortuary with Rev Carl F Baldwin of St Pauls Congregational Church officiating. Burial will follow at Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call after 7:00 PM today at the mortuary. Price died Tuesday afternoon at his home 620 North Walnut after four months of declining health. He had been active in Democratic politics in the county since youth.
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Henry Price
Voss Mortuary
Carl F. Baldwin
St Paul's Congregational Church
Riverview Cemetery
Mr. Price
North Walnut Street
Price
War Finance Committee to Handle Sales
Indiana forms a unified war finance committee merging the former war savings staff and victory fund into a single body to streamline bond sales. Eugene C. Pulliam announces the merger after a New York conference with J. Dwight Peterson and C. S. Young, noting three regional divisions and a nationwide Morgenthau backed plan.
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Indiana
War Savings Staff
Victory Fund
War Finance Committee
Indianapolis
Eugene C. Pulliam
Treasury
New York
Mr. Pulliam
J. Dwight Peterson
Victory Fund Committee
C. S. Young
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
the Treasury
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Pulliam
Peterson
Pilliam
Morgenthau
Federal Reserve District
Weather records show river at two feet above low water mark
Readings indicate temperatures and river level measurements with the river standing about two feet higher than the documented low water mark. The note records a mild weather day with no extreme conditions reported.
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Seymour
Louise Ahblert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
Seymour businessman Q L Ahlbrand dies at 61
Otto L Ahlbrand aged 61 longtime Seymour resident and prominent local businessman died at 718 South Walnut Street after years of ill health He led Ahlbrand Chevrolet Company and formerly headed Ahlbrand Carriage Company Funeral services are set for Friday at Immanuel Lutheran Church with burial in the Lutheran Cemetery
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Otto L. Ahlbrand
Seymour
South
Walnut Street
Auto Use Stamps On Sale June 10
Will H. Smith, head of the Indiana district internal revenue, announces that five dollar auto use tax stamps will be sold at all post offices on Thursday June 10. To prevent loss the stamp should be dampened on the wind shield rather than the adhesive. Owners should record the stamp serial number for identification in case of loss during gasoline rationing.
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Will H. Smith
Internal Revenue
Indiana
Record Swim Season Expected At Seymour Pool
Nearly 1500 swimmers in three days boost Seymour Municipal Pool toward a record summer. Pool manager Lester L. Dittman notes 1,436 visitors in three days, with Freeman Army Air Field personnel contributing many. Soldiers dominate attendance on Sunday 50, Monday 36, Tuesday 57, and private parties may rent the pool at an hourly rate.
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Seymour Municipal
Lester L. Dittman
Freeman Army Air Field
Draft of Fathers Delayed in Indiana Says Draft Chief
Indianapolis dispatch reports Colonel Robinson Hitchcock Indiana Selective Service Director says fathers’ draft unlikely before September or October. Draft officials say lower navy physical standards may push dates later while many states plan August intake. Hitchcock notes tomorrow’s conference of state draft appeal board to unify decisions and coordinate classifications including dependents students and workers.
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Indianapolis
Robinson Hitchcock
Indiana
Selective Service
Navy
Coonel Hitchcock
Hitchcock
War Ration Book No 3 Application Deadline Reminder
The notice reminds civilians to mail their War Ration Book No 3 application by Thursday midnight. Blank forms are at the post office. military personnel receive books separately, but families of service members should apply in the usual manner.
Hoover Sees Food Shortage Looming for Cities
Former President Hoover warned that American cities will face tighter food supplies next winter and spring. He urged a nine point war food program with centralized authority under the Secretary of Agriculture, aimed at defeating inflation and aiding Allies, while calling for nationwide administrative consolidation and decentralization to adjust farm and consumer needs.
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Hoover
America
New York
Herbert Hoove
Unite States
American Farm Bureau Federation
New Yorker
Secretary of Agriculture
Food Administration
Office of Manpower Mobilization
Potatoes Cause Major Jam in Pawtucket
A vegetable truck dumped potatoes on Pawtucket's main street sparking a chaotic scene as pedestrians rushed in to scoop up tubers. The incident disrupted traffic and created a nationwide humorous moment as bystanders seized the fallen spuds.
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Pawtucket
R. L
Man fined for Drunk Driving and multiple divorces
Glen Metz of Scottsburg rural route was fined 40 dollars plus costs totaling 60.65 and received a 90 day license suspension after a drunk driving arrest on U S Route 31 by Officer Clifford McCory. Divorce actions filed in Jackson Circuit Court include Gladys Freeman v Loran Freeman and Thelma Spurlin v Arvel Spurlin among others with attorneys listed.
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Jackson
Glen Metz
Scottsburg
U. S. Road 31
Clifford McCory
Seymour State
Band Rehearsal Set Tonight in Seymour
Seymour's Community Band directed by Paul W. Rigsbee schedules tonight at 8 in Shields Memorial Gym music room a rehearsal and organization meeting. All experienced county musicians invited to join for summer work. The first summer concert is next Sunday at 4 in Shields Park.
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Seymour
Paul W. Rigsbee
Shields Memorial Gymnasium
Rigsbee
Shields Park
Pantelleria Demand Surrender Reported by Allied Forces
Algiers confirms allied planes yesterday issued an unconditional surrender demand for Pantelleria with no reply yet from the garrison. Rome radio repeats the surrender demand reportedly signed by General Carl Spaatz as London notes heavy air and naval forces surrounding Pantelleria. Washington reports House passage of a three cent postal rate extension to July 1, 1945, with a one hundred thirty million dollar annual revenue impact.
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Algiers
Pantelleria
Rome
Carl Spaatz
London
Washington
House
Post Office
Italy
Europe
Malta
Lampedusa
Mediterranean
Sicily
Sardinia
Middle East
Greece
Roosevelt
Radio
Britain
Com
Wander Richard Stannard
Stannard
I. ‘Sh Air Ministry
Atlantic
Jamaicans Moved From CCC Camp to Northern Indiana and Ohio Farms
All Jamaicans brought to the country for farm work have been relocated from the CCC camp near Brownstown where they waited to be assigned to farms in northern Indiana and Ohio. More imported workers may be brought to the camp later.
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CCC
Brownstown
Indiana
Ohio
Italy says Pantelleria surrender demand signed by Spaatz
Allied air and naval bombardment intensifies against Pantelleria with claims Italy received a surrender demand signed by General Carl Spaatz. Rome says the deadline passed with no reply as air strikes and naval bombardment escalate in the Mediterranean.
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Associated Press
Italy
Panteleria
Churchill
London
Mediterranean
Pantelleria
Allied
Carl Spaatz
Rome
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Redding Township Farm Bureau
Dee Man OF Steel
Q. L. Ahlbrand
Motor Company
Immanuel Lutheran Church
E. E. Streufert
South Walnut Street
Ahlbrand
Ahlbrand Chevrolet Company
Ahlbrand Carriage Company
Mr. Ahlbrand
Ephraim H
Margarete Reichel Ahlbrand
Immanuel Luth
City Pool
Higino Morinigo
Paraguay
Miami Beach
Fla
Charles G. Mettler
Army Air Forces
Gladys Freeman
Loran Freeman
E. P. Elsner
Thelma M. Spurlin
Arvel G. Spurlin
Thelma Mearvis
TH. Branaman
Fannie Ethel Durham
Thomas H. Durham
Fannie E. Eglan
KE. P. Elsner
Ernest Coryea
Clarice Louise Coryea
E. Elsner
Opal Fern Elkins
Thomas J. Elkins
T. H. Branaman
Spaatz
Island
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