Canning Sugar Shortage Delays Jackson County Registrations
Jackson County faces delays in canning sugar registration due to shortages of application blanks and certificates. Despite 1,940 May applications and 59,598 pounds approved, county officials lack enough certificates to distribute supplies to centers. Some residents may apply directly at the county office for limited certificates.
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Jackson County
Brownstown
State Rationing Board
County Board
Wegan 4H Team Second in State Roundup at Purdue
Wegan Corn Huskers 4-H poultry and egg judging team finished second at the state 4-H Club Roundup held with Purdue University in West Lafayette. Members Lynn Hinnefeld Irvin Stahl Harlan Nierman and Edwin Hinnefeld, all Wegan residents, guided by L A Weber. The Alexandria High School team won first, coached by Herbert L Disque.
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Wegan Corn Huskers
Purdue University
West Lafayette
Lynn Hinnefeld
Irvin Stahl
Harlan Nierman
Edwin Hinnefeld
Wegan
L. A. Weber
Wegan Lutheran School
Vocational Agriculture Department
Alexandria High School
Herbert L. Disque
Brownstown
Fred H. Disque
Alexandria School
Jackson County
Purdue
Leo Pottschmidt
Herman Hackman
Edgar Hackman
Charlotte Pottschmidt
Anna Pottschmidt
Patricia Stahl
C. A. Pruden
Weber
Defense meeting draws about 250 in Seymour at Shields gym
About 250 people attended a defense meeting at the old Shields High School gym where Chief Robert F Hamm outlined air raid preparedness and displayed films on raid damage in England. Seymour Auxiliary Firemen paraded in new uniforms as the civilian defense group readied training.
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Old Shields High School
Robert F. Hamm
Indiana State Fire Marshal’s Office
England
Seymour Auxiliary Firemen
Hamm
Wallonia
Jackson County
Arthur F. Becker
Seymour
Coventry
Seymour Lions Club to Meet Thursday Evening
Members of the Seymour Lions Club will hold their regular weekly meeting Thursday night at 6 15 in the dining room of the Elks Home. A. L. Jackson chairs the June program committee and an interesting program is being arranged.
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Seymour Lions Club
Elks
A. L. Jackson
Fifth Draft Registration to Be Held Last of Month
Indiana bids for fifth selective service registration on June 30 for men born 1922 to 1924. Col. Hitchcock says 113 000 can register in one day using 152 local boards with 7 am to 9 pm hours. Registrants keep current local board cards and may register at any center if away from home.
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Robinson Hitchcock
Indiana
Hitchcock
China to issue 5 cent stamp marking fight with Japan
Washington AP reports a special 5 cent stamp will commemorate China’s long struggle with Japan. The stamp features a contour map of China and two mottoes of modern history and will be issued first in Denver, Colorado, on July 7, announced by Postmaster General Walker.
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Washington
China
Japan
Denver
Colo
Walker
Navy planes search for missing patrol plane near Pensacola
Navy planes continued to search for a large patrol aircraft missing with ten men aboard since Friday. Officials said the craft is presumed lost after not returning from a routine training flight from the Pensacola naval air station. A search began when the ship failed to return at sundown.
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Pensacola
Fla
Naval Air Station
Potato Club Plans Annual Jackson County Tour
The 4H potato club tour of Jackson County will be held next Monday afternoon. W. P. Stall reports the event with participants from Purdue University and the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad. The tour will visit patches near Seymour including Alfred Rittman, Donald Schleter, Robert Hess, Clayton Nicholson, and Roland Hackman, starting around 2 PM.
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Jackson County
Seymour
W. P. Stall
R. L. Winklepleck
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
W. Robert Amick
Purdue University
W. B. Ward
Alfred Rittman
Jackson Township
Donald
Robert Schleter
Robert Hess
Clayton Nicholson
Roland Hackman
Redding Township
Big Independence Day Celebration Planned at Scottsburg
Plans for an old fashioned celebration and homecoming in Scottsburg mark Independence Day on July 4. The program includes speeches and singing, a parade with horsemen firemen Red Men soldiers ex service men scouts and civic business groups, games contests draft horses saddle horses ponies and races in a show ring. The event honors soldiers now fighting to preserve freedom.
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Scottsburg
Lutheran Aid Society Fish Fry Draws Seventy Five Members
Approximately seventy five members of the Lutheran Social Aid Society attended the annual fish fry held Tuesday night at Trimpe's service station on U S Road 31 south of the junction with U S 50 east of Seymour. Ralph Droege chaired the program as group singing and games followed an evening that organizers said was one of the best in recent years.
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Lutheran Social Aid Society
Trimpe
U.S. Road 31
Ralph Droege
Gold Star Mothers To Add New Members
World War I Gold Star Mothers prepare to induct bereaved World War II mothers. Mrs Gertrude Kram recalls son Leonard torpedoed at sea at age 18. Jennie Doyle and Emma Balcom emphasize moving forward and supporting other mothers.
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Gold Star Mothers
Associated Press
New York
Gertrude Kram
Leonard
Jennie J. Doyle
Balcom
Emma. L. Balcom
Salvation Army Opens Annual Campaign Kickoff Lunch Held
The Salvation Army launched its yearly fundraising drive with a noon luncheon at Ellis' Home attended by over ninety volunteers from across the city. General chairman N. J. Lasher led the meeting with Bram Stevenson chairing the drive and committee reports due to treasurer Clarence G. Steinwedel by Friday noon. The Seymour quota stands at 750 dollars and promises were made for numerous reports from solicitors.
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Salvation Army
Ellis
N. J. Lasher
Ephraim Harlow
Mr. Lasher
Clarence G. Steinwedel
Seymour
Auto Tax Stamps On Sale Today
Federal motor vehicle tax stamps for the year July 1 1942 to July 1 1943 went on sale at the Seymour post office. Stamps cost $5 each and must be displayed on vehicles used after July 1. Monthly denominations cover the tax, with July at $5 and declining through June at 42 cents. Postmasters may not redeem or exchange stamps. relief requests go to the nearest collector of internal revenue.
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Seymour
Internal Revenue
State Mine Strike Could Go To WPB In Indy
Indiana deep shaft coal mine walkout worsened as talks failed after union balked at arbitration. Governor Schricker planned to appeal to the War Production Board for a speedy settlement after miners demanded 40 cents more daily wages to 8.45 retroactive to April 1 1941. The operators offered 20 cents. federal conciliator Haas recommended retroactivity to January 1 1942.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Indiana Deep Shaft
War Production Board
Henry Schricker
WPB
Francis J. Haas
Washington
Waskom Rites To Be Thursday
Funeral services for Mary L. Waskom seventy seven will be held Thursday morning at 10 30 from the Wallonia area home burial will follow in Driftwood Cemetery She was born April 23 1865 in Driftwood township and was a member of the Driftwood Christian Church Surviving are two sons Albert and Emmett Waskom a brother Turner Waskom of Mor rice Mich and three sisters Ora Carleton Urbana HL Mattie Lindstrom Morrice Mich and Ella Shutters Stockton Ill
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Mary L. Waskom
Driftwood Township
Jackson County
Wallonia
Driftwood Cemetery
Waskom
Joseph
Martha Kelly Waskom
Driftwood Christian Church
Albert Waskom
Emmett Waskom
Turner Waskom
Morrice
Mich
Ora Carleton
Urbana
Mattie Lindstrom
Ella Shutters
Stockton, Ill
Five Months of Relentless Rescue for Man in Coma-Like State
Five months of continuous artificial respiration have kept Mason Williams, a 49 year old Oklahoma schoolteacher, alive after ALS weakened his breathing. Dr. Frank Veroni notes a 75 percent loss of respiratory function. without help he cannot speak or swallow. Friends work in relays day and night, keeping him upright and breathing.
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Associated Press
Jay
Okla
Mason Williams
Williams
Veroni
Japanese Bases Fired by Raiders
Allied forces reported Japanese bases being targeted by raids with actions across multiple fronts. MacArthur’s forces attacked occupied areas while Britain used aircraft to strike enemy positions. Russia’s lines near Sevastopol held, and weather hampered the RAF’s bombing runs.
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MacArthur
Britain
Russia
Sevastopol
RAF
Germany
Associated Press
Allied airstrikes hit Jap-occupied areas in New Guinea Timor
Allied airmen bombed Japanese held zones in New Guinea and Timor. Thirteen enemy fighters were destroyed or damaged while two Allied planes were lost. Fires were started at Ermera and Lae Salamaua as heavy attacks continued despite anti aircraft fire. A Japanese submarine deck gun attack on an Allied vessel off the southeast coast was unsuccessful.
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Australia
New Guinea
Portuguese Timor
Douglas MacArthur
Tasman Sea
Ermera
Timor
Darwin
Lae-Salamaua
Heavy British Air Blows In Libya Campaign
British aircraft in Libya destroyed four figure numbers of fighting vehicles and supply wagons, claimed 47 Axis aircraft shot down, and killed hundreds of troops in the first two weeks of Rommel's desert offensive. United States built Baltimore bombers joined the fight with daylight raids on Barce, delivering accurate strikes on an Axis airfield.
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London
Libya
Erwin Rommel
Air Ministry
Sevastopol Defenses Hold Against German Assault
Moscow says Russian lines around Sevastopol hold firm as Germans lose tanks and planes and suffer heavy casualties. Berlin notes garrison skill in trenches camouflage and mine laying, with five days of fierce fighting and renewed Soviet reinforcements bolstering the Crimean naval base.
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Berlin
Sevastopol
Soviet Information Bureau
Crimean
Prague radio report on village destroyed in former Czechoslovakia
A CBS relay from Prague radio and London radio said German authorities destroyed a village in former Czechoslovakia after killing all the male inhabitants and deporting the women. The report dated June 10 cites European broadcasts and notes the villagers were murdered and residents deported.
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CBS
Prague Radio
London Radio
New York
Europe Today
Catecho-Slovakia
Navy denies Japanese capture of Aleutian bases
Washington reports a Navy spokesman refuted Axis claims of Japanese occupation in the Aleutian Islands. He said none of the inhabited areas lands or rocks are troubled by invaders and that there is no information about Japanese on Alaskan soil.
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Alaskan
Washington
Navy
Aleutian Islands
Unknown Deputy in Columbus Death
Columbus police hunted an unknown man deputized by Alonzo Fitch to aid in arresting James Howard Mashburn of St. Joseph Missouri on a public intoxication charge. Mashburn a male nurse died after an altercation with Fitch and the deputy near the Bartholomew County Hospital area after a midnight police outing.
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Columbus
Alonzo Fitch
Columbus Police Department
James Howard Mashburn
St. Joseph
Mashburn
Set
Fitch
Bartholomew County Hospital
Justice Murphy to Join Army as Acting Lt Colonel
Associate Justice Frank Murphy will temporarily leave the Supreme Court to serve as a lieutenant colonel in the army, according to associates in Washington.
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Associated Press
Washington
Frank Murphy
Supreme Court
Associates
Army
Japan reports Midway losses amid doubt on accuracy
Tokyo announced the loss of one aircraft carrier and damage to two other ships in battles off Midway and Dutch Harbor, claiming two US carriers and a large transport sunk. US bulletins and eyewitness accounts dispute Japan’s tally, noting transports present and questioning the claim of multiple carrier losses.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Japan
Midway
Dutch Harbor
United States
Navy
U. S
Pacific
Imperial
Midway Island
Berlin
Asahi
Marblehead
First North Pacific Torpedoing Of U S Merchantman Revealed
The Navy confirmed the first torpedoing of a U S merchant ship off the northwest Pacific coast. Captain Lyle G. Havens from San Carlos California said only one of the sixty aboard was lost. Eight injured, two seriously, and Steppen Chance died of exposure in a life boat. The ship sank about thirty minutes after the explosion.
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North Pacific
U.S
Associated Press
West Coast
U. S
Northwest Pacific Coast
Navy
Lyle G. Havens
San Carlos
Calif
Nystrom
Havens
Weather Readings Show Official And Unofficial Data For Seymour
Official and unofficial temperature readings for Seymour are recorded. The downtown thermometer provides the maximum temperature as unofficial, while the past twenty four hours minimum comes from Miss Louise Ahlert, a government weather observer, as official. River level data from Seymour Water Co. shows pumping at Rockford with the 1 ft 11 in above low water mark reading.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
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Lions Plan Meeting
State Selective Service
Potato Club
Lutheran Aid Society
Mrs. Kram
Pearl Harper
Schricker
America
Frank Veroni
Southwest Pacific
Atlantic
Barce
Moscow
Hunt
Justice
Nippon
George H. Gay, Jr
Houston
Tex
Steppen Chance
Eten
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