Camp Hospitals Get Supplies Worth Over Twenty Thousand
Hoosier Camp and Hospital Council, with twenty two Indiana counties, reports more than 20000 dollars in hospital supplies and recreational equipment provided to area military facilities including Camp Atterbury Freeman Field Stout Field Fort Harrison Madison Proving Ground and Burns City ordnance project. Red Cross leaders and council officials describe ongoing support and forward momentum with plans for four day rooms and additional articles for Freeman and Camp Atterbury hospitals. The next meeting is set for the first Sunday in August at Camp Atterbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoosier Camp and Hospital
O. M. Baldinger
Freeman Field
Red Cross Council
Col. Baldinger
Red Cross
Phillip B. Henderson
Col. Hendricks
Atterbury
Peter P. Leone
Lieut. McKinney
Freeman Hospital
Robert Dolling
Richard LaGrange
Franklin
Kenneth A. Spurgeon
Muncie
George Rose
Camp Atterbury
John Collins
Jennings County
Lawrence
Young
Morgan County
Boyer
Scott County
Jess Halcomb 77 Dies Near Austin
Jess Halcomb aged 77 died Sunday afternoon at 4 10 at his daughter's home seven miles southeast of Crothersville in Austin R2. He came from Kentucky to visit about three weeks ago. Funeral Tuesday at Parker Funeral Home Cumberland Kentucky with burial in Cumberland. He was born October 30 1865 in Kentucky. He was a Baptist Church member at Cumberland. Survivors include his daughter Mrs Howard Montgomery a son two brothers Willis and Harrison Halcomb of Kentucky and two sisters Mrs Rachel Weathers of Cincinnati and Mrs Esther Parker of Clover Springs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jess Halcomb
Howard Montgomery
Austin R2
Crothersville
Halcomb
Kentucky
Parker Funeral Home
Cumberland
Harlan County
Mr. Halcomb
Monroe
Mary J. Morgan Halcomb
Baptist Church At
Montgomery
Willis
Harrison Halcomb
Rachel Weathers
Cincinnati
Esther Parker
Clover Springs
101 Swim as Mercury Soars
The municipal swimming pool had its biggest day of business with 1 101 swimmers as heat surged Sunday afternoon. Gates closed from about 2 30 to 4 00 pm due to crowding, then remained open with controlled ingress. Official temperature not released but believed around 95 degrees.
Reichenbacker Expires Saturday
George L. Reichenbacker seventy four died Saturday afternoon at 1 05 at his daughter's home 701 Euclid avenue after a ten day illness. Funeral Tuesday at 2 from Acme Church with Rev Allen Wilders officiating burial Acme Cemetery. He was born July 7 1868 in this county son of Michael and Sophia Reichenbacker Germany native. He married Margaret Shortridge in 1891 and is survived by the widow. He was a retired farmer and member of the Acme Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George L. Reichenbacker
Lee Johnson
Euclid Avenue
Acme Church
Allen Wilders
Acme
Voss Mortuary
Mr. Reichenbacker
Michael and
Sophia Himler Reichenbacker
Germany
Margaret Shortridge
U S Plans Hiring Boost for Internal Revenue Bureau
The new pay as you go income tax law starting July 1 will add ten thousand to fifteen thousand workers to the Internal Revenue Bureau. The Office of War Information says most new hires will be women and assigned to field offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Washington
Internal Revenue Bureau
Office of War Information
More Rooms Needed for Cadet Relatives at Freeman Air Field
Mrs. Claire Pruden, director of the Cadet Club, announced more rooms are needed for relatives and friends of graduating cadets at Freeman Army Air Field. Over sixteen calls were logged from June 21 to July 2. Residents with rooms should contact her at Main 876-W or the Cadet Club at 780.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freeman Army Air Field
Claire Pruden
Cadet Club
Prvden
Main
Mrs. Giddings Dies At Crothersville
Mrs Mary Olivia Giddings age fifty one died at her home in Crothersville Sunday morning at 3 25 oclock Funeral services will be at 2 oclock Tuesday afternoon at the Crothersville Methodist Church Rev David Shephard formerly of the church now with the Armed Forces at Fort Benning Ga will be in charge Shephard is a former minister born February 21 1892 in Jennings county daughter of Zacharia and Hattie LeFeber Shephard Both parents living Sheddings married October 10 1908 in Jennings county to Everett H Giddings who died December 22 1939 Surviving three children Sgt Jonathan Giddings Camp Livingston La Mrs Francis Rider Crothersville Mrs Dorothy Page Anderson A sister Mrs Lucille Morrie lives in Greenfield She was a member of Crothersville Methodist Church and well known in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Olivia Giddings
Crothersville
Crothersville Methodist Church
David Shephard
Fort Benning
Sue
Jennings County
Everritt H. Giddings
Francis Rider
Jonathan Giddings
Camp Livingston
Dorothy Page
Anderson
Lucille Morrie
Greenfield
Giddings
Prisoner Recaptured After Escape From Federal Penitentiary
Terre Haute Ind June 14 AP Twenty three year old Elmer Kuske is back in the federal penitentiary after a brief escape Saturday night when he drove a prison truck through a fence. Kuske is serving a ten year sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
Ind
Elmer Kuske
Federal
Kuske
Weather records for Seymour with official and unofficial readings
Official minimum temperature for the past twenty four hours comes from Miss Louise Ahlert, government weather observer. The unofficial maximum temperature is from a downtown thermometer. River level from Seymour Water Co pump station at Rockford reads 12 feet above low water mark at 2 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Weath
Seymour Water Co
Pum
Rockford
May Reclaim Rejected Men
Washington reports draft chief Hershey says nearly three million men rejected for physical reasons may be reclaimed through lowered standards. He notes this could delay fathers’ drafts and predicts few men will fall into extreme hardship 3-D class unless their families depend on them for care and income.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Lewis Hershey
Armed Services
Hershey
Two Seymour Boys Attend Hoosier Boys State
About 400 Indiana high school pupils gathered at the Indiana School for the Deaf in Indianapolis for the Hoosier Boys State event. Seymour’s Robert Thompson and Bill Goddard joined delegates selected by local groups to study simulated city county and state government while a fictional state government and law enforcement system operated during the week long program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Indiana
Indiana School For the Deaf
Indianapolis
American Legion
Robert Thompson
Bill Goddard
Conservation Department
Seymour Post No
By Pass at Edinburg Is Being Built
Work on Road 31 by pass around Edinburg has begun with a 1.9 mile strip west of the city set for late fall use. Paul Gibson of Salem is project engineer for the by pass part of the state plan to dual lane Road 31 from Greenwood to the Columbus by pass and toward Louisville. A 320 foot concrete bridge over Sugar Creek is under construction four tenths of a mile west of the Blue River bridge. Bern Bros. Co. of Indianapolis holds the road contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edinburg
Paul Gibson
Salem
Seymour State Highway Office
Greenwood
Columbus By-Pass
Louisville
Highway Department
Sugar Creek
Smith and Johnson Company
Indianapolis
Blue River
Bern Bros. Company
State Highway Commission
Franklin
Morton Street
Franklin Evening Star
Carl Vogelsang
The
Highway Commission
Indiana Railroad
Greenlawn Cemetery
Amity
Italian Prisoners Work in Camp Atterbury Victory Garden
Italian prisoners till soil at Camp Atterbury under U S guard. They are paid but most of their wages are held in trust to be given after the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Atterbury
VU. S
Nazi Spy Data on U S Fleet Before Pearl Harbor Revealed
German agent Julius Otto Kuehn provided Japan with a full tabulation of American ships in Hawaiian waters five days before Pearl Harbor. He was sentenced to death in 1942, later commuted to fifty years. his family faced internment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
United States
Pearl Harbor
Office of War Information
Julius Otto Kuehn
Honolulu
Hawaiian
Kuehn
OWI
Hawaii
Nazi Party
Joseph Goebbels
Supreme Court rules flag salute not mandatory for religious scruples
The Supreme Court ruled school children cannot be forced to salute the flag if religiously opposed. The decision, by Justice Roberts, reverses 1940 Minersville ruling and applies to Jehovah's Witnesses in Mississippi where a wartime anti sedition statute was deemed unconstitutional.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Jackson
Jehovah's Witnesses
Board of Education of
West Virginia
Justice Roberts
Canton
Columbia
Vicksburg
Mississippi
R. E. Talver
Pearl Harbor
Indiana War Fund Set for 1943 at $3 Million
The 1943 Indiana war fund drive is set at 3 million dollars. The campaign runs October 3 to November 3 through community chests and local war funds. Clarence Goris of Gary announced the goal at a meeting of Indiana chest executives. Frank Zoll of Anderson was elected president of Indiana community chests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
War Fund
Clarence Goris
Gary
Frank Zoll
Anderson
The
Indiana Community Chests
Lasher Calls for More Help in Jackson County Drive
Norman J. Lasher general chairman of the Jackson County Salvation Army drive for 2000 dollars announced that twenty five more workers are needed. He urged immediate return of postcards sent to Seymour residents to offer volunteer service in this war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman J. Lasher
Jackson County
Salvation Army
Mr. Lasher
Seymour
Allied air offensive and diary of night raids across Europe
RAF night mission over Germany targets Rhineland and additional regions as British beaufighters strike a Dutch coast convoy. American air force commander cites loss of 26 Flying Fortresses with Brigadier General Anderson deeming gains worthy. Casually, Cairo hosts United Nations Day parade showing Allied unity amid Middle East gloom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
RAF
Germany
Rhineland
Europe
Kiel
Bremen
Frederick Anderson
Cairo
Egypt
Middle East
Alamein
Lightning Strikes George Booker House in Reddington
A thunderstorm struck the George Booker residence at Reddington causing about 500 dollars in damage. The lightning severely damaged the building wiring and surrounding structure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Booker
Reddington
Also Mentioned on This Page
Col. O. M. Baldinger
Hoosier Camp
Thanks Red Cross
Mexico
Russia
Canada
France
United Nations
Jose A. Escamilla
Coahila
Samuel Sall
Kiev
Irene M. Wood
Nova Scotia
Martin Portner
Skvina
Pvt
Aarn J. Linchoff
Cherbourg
Austin
Pool
Reichenbacker
Legion
U.S
Senate
House
Capitol Hill
Roosevelt
John L. Lewis
War Labor Board
McKellar
Kenneth McKellar
High War Production Board
WPB
Indiana War Fund
Lasher
Northwest Africa
Northwest Africa Air Force
Middle East Air Command
Catania
Gerbini
Sicily
Malta
Orel
Moscow
China
Yangtze Valley
Nanchang
Kiangsi
Yochow
Yangtze
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