Rockford Bridge Study Promised By Indiana Highway Chief
T A Dicus chairman of the Indiana highway commission told Seymour Rotary Club that a new Rockford bridge on U S Route 31 will receive serious consideration. He compared Road 31 traffic 3,000 to 3,500 vehicles daily with Road 40 at 2,400, and noted cost limits of past designs. He outlined budget constraints and the need for federal-state funding matching.
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Indiana State Highway Commission
Rockford
Seymour Rotary Club
T. A. Dicus
State Highway Commission
Seymour District
Dieus
Indiana
Indianapolis
Commission
Rockford Bridge
Dicus
William Topie
Clarence Steinwedel
C. H. Wiethoff
S. L. Martin
L. Frost
J. Walter Hastedt
Welch
United States
Highway Commission
Highway Department
Indiana Highway Commission
Man Caught Twenty Years After Penal Farm Escape
Crafton, 71, of Blocher, arrested by state police after applying for old age pension reveals escape from Putnamville Penal Farm twenty years ago. He had been jailed in 1918 for liquor possession and fined over 200 dollars, later reduced, before fleeing while serving six months. He admits past travels and plans to return to custody.
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Eugene Vance
Don Winn
J. C. Crafton
Blocher
Putnamville
Crafton
Set
Madison
Craftons
Enyhow
Kentucky
Ife
Brownstown
Farm Bureau Plans Picnic at Jackson County State Forest
The Jackson County Farm Bureau announced its annual picnic will be July 31 in Jackson County State Forest near Brownstown. Hamilton Township leaders led the meeting at Cortland School where a program featured a vocal duet by Arnold and Darrell Ball, a REMC talk by Donley B. Til, and an amateur contest won by Earl Leonard Sewell. A play titled The Lighted Circle was staged by a local cast. The next meeting is set for the second Monday night in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County Farm Bureau
Jackson County State Forest
Brownstown
Hamilton Township
Earl Leonard Sewell
LaVerne Otte
Arthur
Ray Otte
Elvin Stockamp
Mable
Mary Catherine
Arthur Moorman
Alfred Moorman
George Otte
John Moorman
Fred Otte
F. H. Vehslage
Harold Vehslage
Ed Naffe
County Excise Funds Distributed to Cities and Schools
Indiana counties and towns received a June liquor excise distribution totaling 409697.52 to 320 cities and towns. Jackson County schools got 1072.17. Seymour 250. Brownstown 966.66. Crothersville 150. Medora 85.55. Schools statewide received 204459.73, based on average daily attendance, while towns get two thirds of liquor permit revenues.
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Seymour
Brownstown
Carothersville
Medora
Indianapolis
Laurence F. Sullivan
Jackson County
Crothersville
Indiana
Street Work Advances on Seymour Road Projects
Final steps in paving several Seymour streets with bituminous retread material will be taken within a day or two by H K Williams of New Albany. Seventh Chestnut to Ewing Pine Sixth to Second Park Sixth to Eighth will receive gravel and oil prep with curb and gutter work largely completed by Harry Marberry under Williams contract.
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Seymour
H. K. Williams
New Albany
Seventh Street
Chestnut
Ewing
Pine Street
Second
Park Street
Harry Marberry
Williams
Lutherans Meet in St Louis Missouri for Triennial Convention
Delegates from Jackson Lawrence and Washington counties travel to St Louis for the Missouri Synod Triennial Convention running June 15 25. Key items include potential union of two Lutheran units and debates over predestination. Contacts include Rev J Th Destinon parson and delegates FE W Rieckers Rev Louis Schulenbers and FE Prevo. No services at Sayers Lutheran Sunday.
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St. Louis
Mussouri Synod
J. Th. Destinen
Sayers Lutheran Church
Jackson
Lawrence
Washington
FE. W. Rieckers
Sauers
Bartholomew
Louis Schulenbers
Waymansville
Bartholomew County
FE. Prevo
Bedford
Destinon
Lutheran Church
American Lutheran Church
Missouri Synod
United States
Canada
Committees On
Lutheran Union
Redding Farm Bureau Meets at Redington Church
The Redding Township Farm Bureau held its regular meeting at Redington church where a rural electrification play The Lighted Circle contrasted kerosene lighting with electricity. Cast included Wilford Baughman Dorothy Gray Rachel Hines Jennie Weller Kermit Welliver Patty Baldwin and Margaret Spray. Edmund Murray distributed refund checks and discussed the rural electrification project during the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Redding Township Farm Bureau
Reddington
Wilford Baughman
Jap Weller
Dorothy Gray
Maude Weller
Rachel Hines
Ad Jennie Weller
Kermit Welliver
Johnny Weller
Patty Baldwin
Mildred Weller
Margaret Spray
County Farm Bureau
Edmund Murray
Norris Peters Named 4-H Roundup Attendee and Boys State Cadet
Norris Peters of Vallonia attends the state 4-H club round up in Lafayette for outstanding club work. He is also selected by Camp Jackson Post No 112 Browns Town to attend Boys State at Indianapolis this summer under the American Legion sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norris Peters
Vallonia
Fred Peters
Lafayette
Norris
Camp Jackson
American Legion
Brownstown
Indianapolis
Flag Day Observed Downtown as Nation Honors U S Flag
June 14 is observed nationwide to honor and display the U S flag. Many local businesses in the downtown area displayed flags today in observance.
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United States
NLRB Approves Settlement in Seymour Woolen Mills Case
The National Labor Relations Board approved a settlement stipulation in the Seymour Woolen Mills labor dispute. Officials in Washington had not yet responded by mid afternoon as the hearing in city hall, opened Monday, remained adjourned awaiting the decision.
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National Labor Relations Board
Seymour Woolen Mills
Washington, D. C
NLRB
City Hall
Repair of City Building Windows Underway by Local Contractors
Workmen from W. J. Abraham & Sons began repairing and painting windows in the city building after their 75.90 bid was approved by the city council. The job includes repairing broken panes in the county nurse's office with a slight extra cost. The action followed a council committee inquiry after glass fell from a front second floor window, injuring a woman below.
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W. J. Abraham & Sons
Abraham
Mishap Victim Improves After Car Sideswipe Crash
James Cockerham age 52 of this city was seriously injured Sunday when the car he rode in left U S Route 31 near the 31 50 9 junction and struck a utility pole. He is reported somewhat improved at Sehneck Memorial Hospital with concussion, severe head wounds and a fractured right shoulder.
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James Cockerham
U. S. Road 31
Sehneck Memorial Hospital
Coeckerham
Senate confirms Ew ing postmaster William Eastin
The Associated Press reports the Senate on Monday confirmed William L. Eastin as postmaster at Ew ing. The decision marks Eastin as the town’s new postal chief.
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Associated Press
Senate
William L. Eastin
Ewing
County Wheat Harvest Near
An Associated Press dispatch notes Jackson county farmers expect about 450,000 bushels from an estimated 30,000 acres of wheat at roughly fifteen bushels per acre. Some plots may be cut soon as fields ripen and several acres could be harvested this week while a bill to regulate next year’s wheat acreage awaits Roosevelt’s approval.
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Roosevelt
Jackson County
Associated Press
Washington
Senate
House
Dahlia in Bloom at Mill Street House
Mrs. Carrie Heintz of Mill Street reports a large yellow dahlia in bloom. The flower is the Jane Cowl variety, standing out as a notable bloom among neighbors.
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Carrie Heintz
Mill Street
Jane Cowl
Flooded Yellow River Threatens Northern China Catastrophe
Shanghai reports 150000 Chinese civilians feared drowned as the Yellow River breaches across Northern Henan. Japanese forces withdraw toward Kaifeng while engineers warn this may be one of the century’s great disasters with water ten feet deep north of Chungmow and villages inundated along the Lunghai line.
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Shanghai
Yellow River
Henan
Chengchow
Kaifeng
Lunghai Railway
Chungmow
China
Rift in CIO led UAW purge shocks labor ranks
Homer Martin used emergency powers to suspend five UAW officers and accuse an irresponsive group of leading a disgruntled minority. Six directors backed the suspended officials while a Detroit board trial looms. Vice presidents Frankensteen Wells Mortimer Hall among those suspended. George Addes named interim treasurer. Bolters include Reuther Doll Miley Reisinger Cramer Lamotte.
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Associated Press
Washington
Homer Martin
CIO
United Auto Workers’ Union
Martin
International Usalw
Detroit
Richard T. Frankensteen
Walter N. Wells
Wyndham Mortimer
Ed Hall
George Addes
Desmond Garst
Walter Reuther
Tracey M. Doll
Paul Miley
Richard Reisinger
Ellsworth Cramer
Leo Lamotte
Squirrel season opens August 10 in southern Indiana counties
Squirrel hunters in southern Indiana may begin August 10 with season running to October 8 in listed counties. Northern areas start September 1 to October 30. Daily bag limit is five squirrels. County list includes Jackson, Marion, Hamilton, and others as defined by the state conservation department bulletin.
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Indiana
Philip Crecelins
Kenneth M. Kunkel
Fish and Game Division
State Department of Conservation
Conservation Department
Jackson
Benton
White
Adams
Jay
Howard
Blackford
Carroll
Tippecanoe
Warren
Fountain
Montgomery
Clinton
Tipton
Madison
Delaware
Randolph
Wayne
Henry
Flancock
Marion
Hamilton
Boone
Hendricks
Putnam
Parke
Vermillion
Pevey
Vanderburgh
Warrick
Spencer
Perry
Crawford
Harrison
Floyd
Clark
Jefferson
Switzerland
Ohio
Dearborn
Franklin
Union
Fayette
Rush
Shelby
Johnson
Morgan
Owen
Clay
Vigo
Sullivan
Knox
Gibson
Pike
Dubois
Orange
Washington
Scott Ripley
Decatur
Bartholomew
Brown
Monroe
Greene
Daviess
Martin Lawrence
Jennings
Bodies Of Crash Victims Found In Yosemite Snow
A mule pack train recovered four of nine victims from the March 1 TWA crash in a mountainside wreck near Buena Vista Crest. Four bodies had been identified or located as the search continued, with the others expected to arrive at Wawona before daybreak. The plane’s nose was shoved into the snow and the tail rested in a tree, clothing scattered, stewardess Martha Wilson among the dead.
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Yosemite
Calif
Wawona
TWA
Fresno
I. O. Collier
Fresno Main
Buena Vista Crest
J. H. Wegner
Martha Wilson
Philadelphia
John Graves
Bass Lake
Compromises in Bills Studied Before Adjournment
Washington June 14 The House approved the wage hour bill and pushed for prompt Senate action on compromises in wage hour and relief measures before adjournment. Leaders planned a noon vote to allow time for campaigns, with expected Senate debate but likely acceptance of the compromises.
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Washington
House
Senate
White House
Administration
Norton
D-Nj
House Labor Committee
Rep
Wadsworth
R-Ny
Republican Policy Committee
Barkley
D-Ky
Rural Electrification Administration
Woodrum
D-Va
Roosevelt
Finance Committee
RFC
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Tribune
Farm Bureau
F. F. Buhner Co
ST. Louis, MO
Convention of Missouri Synod
Jackson, Lawrence, Washington Counties
J. Th. Destinon
Redding Farm Bureau
Bulletin
Seymour Water Co
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