Sugar Ration Registration Set For Next Week in Seymour
Mayor Stanley Switzer announced that Seymour citizens may register for canning sugar next week. Registration will be at four public grade schools or the city council chamber from noon to 9 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday. The American Legion Auxiliary will staff centers and Brownstown rationing officials provided blanks. initial shortage caused delays, but extra forms arrived and centers will stay open both days.
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Seymour
Stanley A. Switzer
Switzer
Seymour American Legion Auxiliary
Brownstown
Man Fined for Drunk Driving in City Court
Ralph Pugh of Seymour pleaded guilty to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated after his car struck George McIntyre’s vehicle on Second Street East of Indianapolis Avenue Friday night. He was fined 25 dollars plus costs, 35 total, plus 90 days at the state penal farm suspended for good behavior. license suspended one year. Leo Lucas of Brownstown also pleaded guilty to operating while intoxicated, fined 10 dollars plus costs 20 total, license suspended 30 days. Fred J Thatcher of North Vernon fined 5 dollars plus costs 15 total
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George McIntyre
Second Street
Indianapolis Avenue
Ralph Pugh
Seymour
Stanley A. Switzer
Pugh
State Penal Farm
Switzer
Leo Lucas
Brownstown
Lucas
South Chestnut Street
Fred J. Thatcher
North Vernon
Salvation Army Campaign Nearing Quota After Early Report
After three days of solicitation the Salvation Army campaign raised $570.79 toward a $750 goal. Campaign officials expect to meet the target soon as over fifty committee workers remain to report. Noblitt-Sparks led with a partial $34.86.
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Salvation Army
Noblitt-Sparks
Ask Closing Of Criss-Cross Club
Temporary restraining order sought against The Criss-Cross Club on U.S. Road 50 near Seymour in Jackson Circuit Court. The complaint names Paul Rouser Rose Rouser and John F. Schmidt as tenants operators and owner, alleging a roadhouse nuisance with liquor violations minor disturbances and loud after midnight music. Hearing set for June 20 with permanent injunction possible in October.
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Criss-Cross Club
Chief's
Seymour
Jackson
Brownstown
John M. Lewis
Indiana
H. Wayne Baker
Paul Rouser
Rose Rouser
John F. Schmidt
Schmidt
Local Lad Broadcasts With Columbus Group
Joe Martin eleven year old son of Mr and Mrs N L Martin of this city travels to Indianapolis to join the Columbus sponsored boys glee club for a broadcast at 2 30 this afternoon over WFBM Indianapolis Young Martin will enter Junior High School next fall and has sung with the Columbus group for a year The club is directed by Charles Fuzzy Sewell Columbus a former Seymour musician.
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Joe Martin
N. L. Martin
Indianapolis
All Boys’ Glee Club
Columbus
Columbus Foundation For Youth
Glee Club
WFBM
Young Martin
Columbus Boys’ Glee Club
Charles “Fuzzy” Sewell
Seymour
Final day of Jackson Circuit Court May term at Brownstown
The May term of Jackson Circuit Court at Brownstown ended today as one of the busiest sessions in recent memory. The court will reconvene in October, opening October 12 for a four week term.
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Jackson Circuit Court
Brownstown
Wheat removal bids sought on government threshing project
Bids for harvest and threshing of government purchased wheat on the Advanced Twin Engine School base area southwest of the city are due by June 17. J W Springer, chief negotiator, announced. Landowners may have wheat appraised or reserved, with 225 acres involved. Contracts cover threshing and delivery per bushel. grain becomes government property.
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Advanced Twin Engine
J. W. Springer
Ominous Soldier
Pvt. John Fury of the 354th School Squadron U S Air Corps lived on Cemetery street Weston West Virginia before he joined the army Now he is housed in barracks on Graves street Jefferson Barracks Missouri June 13 Associated Press report
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Jefferson Barracks
John Fury
354Th
U. S. Air Corps
Cemetery Street
Weston
W. Va
Army
Graves Street
Average U S motorist consumes 653 gallons yearly
The typical American driver uses about 653 gallons of gasoline each year, enough fuel to move a light army tank roughly 653 miles toward the front.
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United States
Shocking Attitude From War Hero In San Francisco
Col George Sheppard Clarke, last land combat officer to escape Bataan, says he was shocked by American attitudes on return. He describes San Francisco as busy with cars, lights, crowds, and bars, warns that 15,000 men remain on Bataan and fears they will be forgotten.
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Associated Press
San Francisco
George Sheppard Clarke
Bataan
United States
America
Torpedo Plane Commander Recalls Coral Sea Fight
In vivid first person narrative the commander describes the Coral Sea attack mission on May 7. He details briefing tension and crew camaraderie as torpedo planes take off under overcast skies toward the enemy carrier at maximum range. The account emphasizes nerves then calm as flight to objective begins.
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Coral Sea
Pacific
Pearl Harbor
Tire Purchases Are Authorized by Jackson County Board
The Jackson county rationing board met Friday and approved tire and tube purchases and recap jobs. Approved passenger tires and tubes went to S F Tower William Howard Sanders Oscar Hustedt. Truck tires awarded to Freeman Stark Isaacs Smith Bundy Brothers and others. Retread orders issued to Bundy Brothers Garbett Sanders Daab Kruger Stark Cravens Bobb Thompson Dairy Otting Gossman Peters. Obsolete tires allocated to Dodds Huston.
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Jackson County Rationing Board
S. F. Tower
William Howard Sanders
Oscar Hustedt
John Freeman
Floyd H. Stark
Claude Isaacs
Howard Smith
Bundy Brothers
Allen E. Darlage
Lynn Roberts
Ewing Mill
John C. Grouch Company
Alton Kruger
George Gossman
Alton Garbett
Charles Sanders
Warren H. Daab
Clyde Cravens
Earl Bobb
Thompson Dairy
Arthur Otting
Ralph Peters
Harry Dodds
Oscar Huston
Henley Wins Jail Covering Contract in County
Brownstown man R. E. Henley secured a $388 contract from county commissioners to erect a temporary covering for the jail cell block. Only one bid was received due to wartime material shortages and uncertain conditions delaying a permanent project. The section had been partly torn away, prompting the temporary cover until a lasting solution is found.
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Henley
Rites for Burke Child To Be This Afternoon
Funeral services are set for Donald Lewis Burke sixteen months old the son of Mr and Mrs Donald Burke of 512 East Tipton street. He died after being struck by a milk truck from Snyder's Dairy driven by Albert H Aufenberg of South Walnut street. The incident occurred Friday morning when the child crawled in front of the parked truck.
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Lewis Burke
Donald Burke
East
Tipton Street
Voss Mortuary
St. Ambrose Catholic Church
Snyder’s Dairy
Albert H. Aufenberg
South
Walnut Street
Twin Daughters Born to Crothersville Couple
Mr and Mrs John Peavier of Crothersville announce the birth of twin daughters born at their home shortly before midnight Friday night Mrs Peavier was formerly Miss Esther Sierp of this city.
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John Peavier
Crothersville
Peavier
Esther Sierp
No Remonstrance Against Sewers Initiated by City Board
The Board of Public Works and Safety unanimously confirmed five sewer project resolutions at the city building. The projects total about 11 000 with bids to be advertised after setting wage scales. They detail connections along Jackson, Decesting, McDonald, Tipton, Euclid, Hancock, and O’Brien streets.
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Board of Public Works and Safety
T. Harlan Montgomery
Stanley A. Switzer
C. Hartwell
Jackson Street
Decesting Street
McDonald Street
Ccesting Street
Tipton Street
Euclid Avenue
Hancock Street
O'Brien Street
Jackson and
McDonald Streets
Kasting Road
Flag Ceremony Sets Sunday Medora Program With National Flags
A large gathering from Seymour and surrounding counties is expected Sunday afternoon in Medora for a flag raising ceremony at the Medora school. The program begins at 2 PM with band music and talks by Brownstown attorney Thomas H. Branaman and county civilian defense director Richard S. Robertson, followed by the flag ceremony.
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Seymour
Medora
Thomas H. Branaman
Brownstown
Richards
Robertson County
Freetown Couple Has Two Sons in Service
Mr and Mrs Frank McKain of Freetown report two sons serving in the U S Armed Forces Fred L McKain eighteen is a second class seaman on a ship in the Atlantic area Robert twenty seven is stationed at an army air base at Savannah Ga He is training in chemical warfare learning gas and other deadly chemicals and how to avoid them
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Frank McKain
Freetown
U. S
Fred L. McKain
Atlantic
Robert
Savannah
Photographs by Navy photographers rushed to Tribune pages
The Daily Tribune features four outstanding reproductions taken by United States Navy photographers. After censor approval the images were telephotographed and mailed to the Tribune and other papers. Three more photographs appear on pages 2 and 6.
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United States Navy
NEA Service
The
Daily Tribune
the Tribune
Oklahoma City Tornado Toll Rises to 27 Dead
A pair of tornadoes struck Oklahoma City swathes in the southwest, killing 27 people and injuring about 100 as around sixty buildings were destroyed. Soldiers and Red Cross workers aided the homeless, with victims taking shelter in a grade school and only four deaths identified.
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Associated Press
Oklahoma City
Mrs. T. Nelson
Nelson
Will Rogers Field
Red Cross
Rubber Campaign Is Requested
President Roosevelt urges a two week nationwide scrap drive to collect all rubber to gauge the need for gasoline rationing. From June 15 to June 30 households should deliver items to gasoline stations, which will pay one cent a pound and reimburse the government later. The Rubber Recovery Corporation will oversee the collection and reimburse the oil industry.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Tokyo
Berlin
Rubber Recovery Corporation
51-5 Victory In Sea Fights Is Celebrated
The nation celebrates the 51 to 5 victory over Japan in the battles of Midway and the Coral Sea as American warplanes hunt Japanese invasion forces on Attu Island in the Aleutians. Thousands of U.S. soldiers arrive in Northern Ireland.
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Associated Press
Japan
Midway
Coral Sea
Aleutian
Attu
Alaska
Aleutian Archipelago
Russia
Kamchatka Peninsula
United States
North
Ireland
First Invasion Try At Western Hemisphere
Japanese forces attempted a limited landings on Attu Island at the Aleutians tip while ships were seen in Kiska harbor. Naval reports say the operation is ongoing though forces have been forced from populated areas by ongoing air and sea attacks.
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Washington
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Navy
Navy Department
Attu Island
Aleutian Archipelago
Kiska
Aleutian
Armored Units Arrive in Northern Ireland with U S Army
Thousands of American troops including tank destroyers and armored units land in Ulster as warships escort transports across the Atlantic without incident. Most soldiers hail from New Jersey to Indiana. Twenty eight ton tanks disembark as a marching band plays. Leaders include First Sergeant Wallace Jennings and Lieutenant Robert Gibson.
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United States
Northern Ireland
Atlantic
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Georgia
Illinois
West Virginia
Kentucky
California
Indiana
Ulster
Jersey
Elmer
Texas
Wallace Jennings
St. Louis
Robert Gibson
Charleston
W. Va
River stage at 11 a.m. indicates 2 feet 7 inches above low water
At 11 a.m. the river measured 2 ft 7 in above the low water mark. The note records the water height for the daily reading.
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Lexington
Battle of
Corr
Salvation Army Fund
Criss-Cross
Columbus Group
Ominous Soldier
Clark Lee
Annapolis
R. E. Henley
Burke
Donald
Oklahoma
North Ireland
Western Hemisphere
Louise Ahlert
S Seymour Water Co
Rockford
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