Truck Crash On U S 50 Kills Milk Driver
Glenn Thornton Bohall, 45, of Seymour, a Thompson Dairy driver, was killed when his milk truck pulled onto U S 50 from a side road and collided with a westbound Roadway Express tractor and semi trailer driven by Charles Horne of Burlington NC. The crash near Hayden left Bohall pinned in the cab for about two hours while a second vehicle was moved.
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Hayden
Glenn Thornton Bohall
Seymour RI
Ackeret’s Chapel
Redding Township
Thompson Dairy Company
Seymour
Thompson
Bohall
Busy Weekend in City Court Documents
George A. Wilson of Muncie was fined 20 dollars and sentenced to 120 days at the state penal farm for public intoxication after an arrest by state police. Walter Thomas of Vevay faced 90 days and a 10 dollar fine for public intoxication with an assault charge tied to a separate case. John Bridgewater of Seymour pleaded guilty to public intoxication and received 20 dollars in costs plus 60 days at the penal farm. Page reference: 3, 4.
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George A. Wilson
Muncie
Cpl
Jack Curry
Frank B. Gray
Seymour
Vevay
State Penal Farm
Pat Farber
John Bridgewater
Herwig
Bowman Wounded in Korea Hopes for Watermelon
Pvt Bowman wounded in Korea on May 22 writes home to Seymour Ri. He describes a shattered hip and a cast in hospital, but stays hopeful for an American return. His sister Mrs Earl Shields quotes his wish to sit in shade and eat watermelon.
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Garland Arlis Bowman
Arlie Brooks
Seymour R2
Korea
Earl Shields
Seymour Ri
Pvt
Bowman
United States
Seymour Centennial Set for 1952 Celebration
Indiana History Bulletin May 1951 notes Seymour's 100th anniversary and a week long event from June 9 to 15, but states it will be observed in 1952 causing confusion among former residents about the correct year.
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Seymour
Indiana History Bulletin
Youth Earns God and Country Award at Local Church
Donald E. Decker, son of Mrs. Sarah E. Decker, received the God and Country Award during Sunday worship at First Evangelical United Brethren Church. He is the first Scout from the church to receive the citation and participates in church events including choir, Church School officers, Youth Fellowship, and Mid-week Bible Class as he enters junior year at Shields High.
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First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Donald E. Decker
Sarah E. Decker
West Fourth Street
Shields High
Masonic Lodge At Austin Marks Its Hundredth Anniversary
The centennial celebration of Scott Lodge No. 120 Free and Accepted Masons in Austin drew nearly all Indiana Grand Lodge officers and 28 lodge delegates. A 4:30 PM rededication followed by a 6:45 PM centennial banquet at Morgan Cafeteria honored Oswald A. Tislow and other grand officers with a 400-guest dinner.
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Masonic Lodge
Austin
Scott Lodge No. 120
Grand Lodge
Indiana
Morgan
Oswald A. Tislow
Indianapolis
Indiana Grand Lodge
Ralph E. Legeman
Wheeler Pleads Guilty and Receives 10 Year Term
Edward Wheeler Jr. of Brownstown pleaded guilty to automobile banditry in Jackson Circuit Court before Judge George H. Gossman and received a 10 year sentence to the Indiana State Reformatory plus costs of 17.80. He aided by two companions in eight auto thefts and admitted related burglaries and thefts in Tampico and nearby states.
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Edward Wheeler, Jr
Brownstown
Jackson
George H. Gossman
Indiana State Reformatory
Wheeler
Lima
George W. Abel
Don Winn
Seymour
C. M. Robbins
Tampico
Winn
John M. Lewis
Indiana State
Miss Thoele Set to Teach After Graduation at Concordia
Among 81 Concordia Teachers College graduates Riv er Forest Illinois, Miss Helen Thoele daughter of Mr and Mrs Albert Thoele of this city will receive a teaching diploma June 13. She will teach at Immanuel Lutheran School Seymour after completing three years of college work. She served as supply teacher at St Pauls Unionville Michigan during 1949-50 and rejoined Concordia last fall to finish her junior year.
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Concordia Teachers College
River Forest
Helen Thoele
Albert Thoele
Miss Thoele
The
Missouri Synod
Miss Theele
Immanuel Lutheran School
Seymour
St. Paul's Lutheran School
Unionville
Michigan
Concordia
Mission Activities Group
Women's Athletic Organization
Cantata Chorus
Weather Records Official Maximum and Minimum Noted
Official figures show a Sunday high of 80 and a low of 45. A 2 pm reading indicates 80 pressure at river gauge. river stage recorded at 3 feet.
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Srevsreessure
Reddington Church Approves Educational Project
In a special Sunday meeting the Reddington Christian Church voted to proceed with building plans for an educational and recreational project. The project is budgeted between $21,000 and $22,000 and a committee led by Wilfred Baughman will raise funds and handle initial duties.
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Reddington Christian Church
Wilfred Baughman
Mrs. Clarence Devers Expires in Columbus
Anna Brownfield Devers 60 wife of Clarence Devers died suddenly Sunday morning at 933 Hughes street Columbus. She suffered a heart attack in her sleep. Former Seymour resident, lived with Mrs. Silas Stradley. Born in Kurtz, moved to Columbus at 14. Employed at Seymour Woolen Mills about 20 years. Survived by husband married in 1929 and two sons Selbert and Donald Lee. Also two brothers Joe Brownfield of Columbus and Walter of Terre Haute. Funeral Tuesday at 3 from Barkes Fox Inlow Funeral Home with calling after 7 tonight.
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Anna Brownfield Devers
Clarence Devers
Hughes Street
Columbus
Seymour
Silas Stradley
Kurtz
Seymour Woolen Mills
Selbert
Donald Lee Devers
Joe Brownfield
Walter
Terre Haute
Barkes, Fox and Inlow
Russ Demands Jap Peace Conference
Moscow via note from deputy foreign minister V A Zorin demands a July or August peace conference inviting all nations that fought Japan in World War II. The Soviet position calls for a foreign ministers council including Russia the United States Britain France and Communist China to prepare the treaty with participation of wartime allies and insists on a joint peace treaty rather than separate deals.
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Moscow
Russia
Japan
China
U.S
Alan G. Kirk
V. A. Zorin
United States
Britain
France
Money Fined for DUI After Driftwood Crash
Earl Money of Dayton pleaded guilty in Jackson Circuit Court to operating a vehicle while intoxicated after a one car crash on State Road 135 in Driftwood township. He was fined 50 dollars plus 12.55 costs and his Indiana driving privileges suspended 90 days. Everett Money and six children were in the car. two children had minor scratches. Everett Money faced a separate charge of public intoxication.
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Earl Money
Dayton
George W. Abel
Frank B. Gray
Seymour
George H. Gossman
Jackson
Money
Indiana
Driftwood Township
Everett Money
C. G. Martin
Seymour Justice of Peace
Two Fined After Accident Here
Two men were fined after a Tipton street and Broadway collision early Sunday morning in this city. A 1935 model coach driven by Bruce Hignite Crothersville R2 and a 1949 model sedan driven and owned by Emanuel M. Gordon Chicago collided as Gordon stopped to cross the intersection.
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Tipton Street
Broadway
Tipton and
Bruce Hignite
Crothersville
Elmo Lee Coker
Emanuel M. Gordon
Chicago
Gordon
Allies Break Red Triangle in Korea Battle
UN tanks seized Chorwon and Kumhwa 20 miles north of the 38th parallel after an eight day clash. Lt Gen James A. Van Fleet announced the final seizure Sunday night as civilians cheered and UN forces advanced to key roads toward Pyongyang and Wonsan.
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Tokyo
United Nations
Chorwon
Kumbhwa
Iron Triangle
North Korea
38Th Parallel
James A. van Fleet
Eighth Army
Kumhwa
Pyongyang-Wonsan
Korea
Red Korea
Pyongyang
Wonsan
Charwon
Kumhwan
Wreckage Of Eight Jets Being Taken To Ohio For Study
Eight jet aircraft wrecks from a Richmond Indiana mass formation crash are en route to Ohio for study by an air force investigation board. The loss killed three pilots and injured two others after a Wright Patterson takeoff into a thunderstorm. Major General Victor Bertrandias will head the inquiry.
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Dayton
Richmond
Ind
Air Force
Wright- Patterson Air Force Base
Victor E. Bertrandias
Bertrandias
State Guardsmen Hurt In Atterbury Trash Dump Blast
Five Indiana National Guardsmen were injured in a trash dump explosion at Camp Atterbury Indiana during a re-summer encampment firing course. Among the injured were Muncie soldiers Pfc. Max Mullins and Cpl. Edison Mills with leg, arm and eye injuries, respectively, and others Pfc. Charles R. Payne, Pvt. Wayne E. Irwin, and Pvt. Kenneth L. Betts of Dunkirk. Capt. John R. Stanley rushed a quarter mile to obtain aid.
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
Indiana National
Charles R. Payne
Wayne E. Irwin
Kenneth L. Betts
Dunkirk
John R. Stanley
Muncie
Murphey Assigned to Fort Sill Staff Depart Camp Atterbury
Colonel James A. Murphey deputy post commander and chief of staff at Camp Atterbury is assigned to the special staff, Quartermaster Section, Fort Sill Oklahoma, with plans to leave Atterbury June 15. He arrived April 1 1949, and previously commanded the post before Major General Withers A Burress took over VI Corps. General Burress becomes commanding general VII Corps at Fort Meade Maryland.
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James A. Murphey
Camp Atterbury
Fort Sill
Oklahoma
Indiana
Withers A. Burress
VI Corps
Atterbury
Col. Murphey
Burress
VII Corps
Fort Meade
Maryland
Beef Supplies Continue Lean Across U.S. Markets
The flow of beef from well stocked farms to dinner plates remained lean as OPS controls on live cattle purchases tightened market activity. Monday saw only about 20,000 cattle received across seven principal yards including Chicago and Kansas City, with total markets reporting 38,500 head—the lowest since February 1949.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Omaha
East St. Louis
South St. Paul
Indianapolis
Cincinnati
Rita Declines Aly’s Push for Reconciliation
Rita Hayworth rejects Aly Khan’s bid for a reunion and denies agreeing to meet. She cables her attorney from Nevada where she may be establishing residence for a possible divorce. Aly suggests a Caribbean resort meeting. the Aga Khan urges reconciliation.
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Paris
Rita Hayworth
Aly Khan
Rita
Nevada
Aly
Caribbean
Aga Khan
Wedemeyer backs bombing Red China if needed
Lt Gen Albert Wedemeyer told Senators he would adopt MacArthur’s proposals to bomb Red China’s bases and blockade its coast even if it meant war with another country. He testified at the MacArthur dismissal inquiry, saying refusals to permit bombing were an unfair restriction and unreal, and that he felt frustrated in the department after years of service.
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Washington
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Douglas MacArthur
Red
China
Senate
MacArthur
Wedemeyer
Pacific
NYC Wreck Recovery Clears Tracks and Injuries
New York Central crews cleared the line west of Muncie after a Knickerbocker passenger train derailed. Twenty six people were injured Sunday with two kept in Ball Memorial Hospital. a wheel on the left rear unit caused the crash as traffic was rerouted via the Nickel Plate line.
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New York City
St. Louis
Nickel Plate Railroad
Truman seeks new controls as inflation fight peaks
President Truman pushes for a two year extension of the Defense Production Act with anti inflation powers. He plans a national address at 9 30 p m Thursday as banking committees review the measure behind closed doors. Support and criticism come from farm groups business and labor as debate over economic controls heats up.
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Washington
Truman
House
Senate
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