May Employment Shows Rise Here
Indiana State Employment Service reports May gains in state manufacturing with employment up 1.86 percent in Seymour. Overall state factors show employment up 0.56 percent and payrolls 1.14 percent, based on 590 factories employing 126,275. weitere details note durable goods up 0.33 percent and non durable up 1.02 percent.
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Indiana State Employment Service
Martin F. Carpenter
Seymour
Carpenter
Indiana
Anderson
East Chicago
Elkhart
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Indianapolis
Muncie
South Bend
Bloomington
Connersville
Hammond
Kokomo
Lafayette
Marion
New Albany
Newcastle
Richmond
Seymou
Terre Haute
Trial Postponed in Slot Machine Case at Scottsburg
Indiana sues James Bennett proprietor of the Coffee Pot on U S Route 31 south of Austin for possession of a slot machine. Trial postponed Friday. no date set. Machine found days ago by state police from Seymour while en route to Scottsburg to check motor violations.
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Indiana
James Bennett
U.S. Road 31
Austin
Justice of Peace
Scottsburg
Seymour Barracks
Improve Brownstown Street Construction Near U S Route 50
Construction along U S Route 50 through Brownstown is nearly finished. Motorists are cautioned to drive slowly through the town as work nears completion.
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Brownstown
Mexican president forces cabinet resignations
Mexico City June 15 President Lazaro Cardenas determined to carry out his own political and economic policies forced the resignations of his cabinet and other high officials today. All the officials agreed to resign to give the president a free hand in reorganizing his administration.
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Mexico
D. F
Lazaro Cardenas
Sam W. Baker Dies in Texas
Samuel W. Baker a former Seymour Washington resident died Friday at his Houston home. The body will arrive Sunday at 2 38 p m. Funeral at Voss Mortuary 3 30 p m with Rev E J Cross officiating. Burial Riverview Cemetery. Baker was a retiredBaltimore and Ohio railroad train dispatcher on the Indiana division. His son Vinson W Baker is a traveling passenger agent for a southern railway in Houston. His wife Mrs Baker died about ten years ago.
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Samuel W. Baker
Houston
Tex
Voss & Son
Vinson W. Baker
Voss Mortuary
J. Cross
First Methodist Church
Riverview
Mr. Baker
Seymour
Washington
Indiana
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Texas
Southern Railway
Baker
City Attendance Report Surfaces for 1934 35 Term
A report by city attendance officer Mrs. Annette K Test to the state board shows 534 children dealt with in the past term. First semester 378 cases. second semester 346 with 156 unique others. Total visits across homes and schools reach 2 069 cases managed.
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Annette K. Test
Test
State Board of Attendance
Birds and Nature Talk Delights Seymour Legion Meet
Ernest Birge, noted authority on bird life, gave an engaging address at the Seymour Sons of the Legion meeting in the Legion Club Friday night. He discussed interesting aspects of nature study and bird life.
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Ernest Birge
Seymour Sons of the Legion
Legion Club
Birge
Rockford Beach Sets Daily Swim Rules With Police Backing
Rockford beach announces rules and police cooperation to maintain order while life guards Paul Steincamp and Milton Moeller supervise from 1 to 7 pm daily. Open to the public, the.rules ban drunkenness indecency and rough play inside the rope enclosure and urge adults to share rides with youths.
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Rockford
Paul Steincamp
Milton Moeller
Walter Eckart
Seymour
Mrs M Donald McDonald dies after long illness in Seymour
Mrs. Susan McDonald longtime Seymour resident died at 12 15 Friday night at her daughter's home on West Jackson street after a long illness. She is survived by two daughters Mrs Hildreth and Mrs George Boicourt and three sons Joe Orville and Clifton. Also two sisters Mrs Luther Ward and Mrs James Spall. Funeral services will be held at 2 pm Sunday from Beech Grove Church with burial in Bedel Cemetery.
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Susan McDonald
Seymour
Perry Hildreth
West
Jackson Street
McDonald
Hildreth
George Boicourt
Crothersville
Joe McDonald
Orville
Uniontown
Clifton
Kentucky
Luther Ward
James Spall
Beech Grove
Bedel
Julius Lucas Enlisted for Training at Fort Benjamin Harrison
Julius Lucas of this city has been enlisted at Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indianapolis where he will undergo military training.
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Julius Lucas
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Don Quixote Compared to Modern Auto Drivers in Rail Crossings
The Hoosier Motor Club cites national statistics showing 40 percent of grade crossing crashes caused by motorists. Of 1,287 car collisions with trains, 66.5 percent ignored protection devices. 279 trains were stationary when hit. The report calls for better protection and a nationwide elimination program.
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Don Quixote
Todd Stoops
Hoosier Motor Club
Mr. Stoops
Vacation Reading Program Planned
The Seymour Public Library announces a summer Vacation Reading Program starting Monday June 17 for Seymour and Jackson township schoolchildren through September 1. The Solo Flying Club awards a pilot license after reading ten worthwhile books, while the Hobby Club lets children pursue hobbies listed in the children's room with weekly rotating exhibits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Public Library
Katherine Frazee
Seymour
Jackson Township
Man Surrenders After Police Search for Stainbrook
Floyd Stainbrook of Hope surrendered to Bartholomew county authorities Friday night as state patrolman Raymond Bell sheriff Elmer Nolting and Columbus chief Alonzo Fitch oversaw a statewide alert. He faced charges of stealing his brother George Stainbrook’s automobile and wire desertion after a broadcast description of the stolen car went through Indiana police channels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Bell
Seymour
Elmer Nolting
Bartholomew County
Alonzo Fitch
Columbus
Floyd Stainbrook
Hope
Stainbrook
George Stainbrook
Indiana
Speckner Installs Self-Computing Gas Pump Here
A. J. Speckner has added a new self-computing gasoline pump to his tire and battery service shop on Jeffersonville avenue. The upgrade introduces modern mechanism for faster, easier fueling.
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A. J. Speckner
Jeffersonville Avenue
Rain Fails To End Heat Wave Sees Ongoing Sunshine Showers
The weather outlook persists through day two of a heat wave as locals endure alternating sun and rain. Forecasters note the pattern lingering since Thursday night with temperatures remaining warm. Weather updates urge caution for outdoor workers and advise hydration amid the streak.
Hammond Records First Heat Death of Year
In Hammond Indiana on June 15 the city logged its first heat death as temperatures topped ninety degrees for the second day. Frank K Bell seventy four a retired master mechanic died of a heart attack attributed to heat while working in his backyard.
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Hammond
Ind
Frank K. Bell
Heat Wave Keeps Rockford Readings High
After showers and cloudy skies the Rockford pumping station measured 81 degrees Friday afternoon with a low of 68 the prior night. By near noon today the high held at 80 and the low at 70, leaving farmers anxious about unplanted crops and weather prospects.
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Rockford
Verdict Listed In Jones Death
The coroner will file a verdict of death by peritonitis from a gunshot wound in the inquest into Tom Paul Jones a youth of 18 in Harlan. Sergeant Cosby faces assault charges and was released on bond while the case may not trigger further action as the grand jury convenes in October.
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Tom Paul Jones
Harlan
Sehneck Memorial Hospital
N. Cosby
Pennsylvania Railroad
Seymour Railroad
S. F. Tower
Sgt
Costly
Liberty
Coy Goforth
Jones
Cosly
Jackson
Tower Honored for High Law Class Average Prize
Norman Tower, son of Mr and Mrs S S Tower of this city, earned the second highest average in his Cincinnati law school class and received a fifty dollar tuition credit for the coming year.
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Cincinnati
Norman Tower
SS. F. Tower
Britain forms eight war time defense battalions
London announced the creation of eight anti aircraft units on a war time basis. Five will become searchlight battalions and three, including the Royal Fusiliers, will be anti aircraft artillery brigades. The units, detached from old regimental ties, will train for immediate action amid a 2.25 million funding package.
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London
Great Britain
War Office
Royal Fusiliers
Army Council
Great Midland
House of Commons
Funeral Rites for Mrs. Carline L Kummer Held in New Albany
Funeral services for Mrs. Caroline Loertz Kummer of New Albany will be at 2 PM Sunday at Dieckmann's Funeral Parlors. Rev. Menuet of St. Mark's Church will officiate. Burial will follow in New Albany Cemetery. She died Thursday at St. Edwards Hospital. She was born in New Albany April 9 1858 and lived in Seymour and New Albany for many years. Survived by two sisters Mrs. Lee Foster and Mrs. Ed Aufderheide and a brother George Loertz plus two nieces and a nephew.
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Caroline Loertz Kummer
New Albany
Dieckmann
Menuet
St. Mark’s Church
Kummer
St. Edwards Hospital
China’s “Last Hope” Appeals to West for Aid
London June 15 The Associated Press reports China’s appeal to Western powers for help amid growing Sino-Japanese tensions. Japan massed troops along the Great Wall for an advance on Peiping. Ambassador Quo Tai-Chi met at the foreign office to press the claim that Japan’s actions violate the nine power treaty of 1922.
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London
China
Japan
Great Wall
Peiping
Quo Tai-Chi
Foreign Office
Two Die In Mishap In Trenton Me June Day
Two persons were killed and one injured when a car went over an embankment and overturned in Trenton Maine. Victims were Joseph McCutcheon 24 of Charlestown Massachusetts and Ruby D Hardison 23 of West Franklin Maine. The injured man was Walter Chapman of Southbridge Massachusetts.
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Associated Press
Trenton
Joseph McCutcheon
Charlestown
Mass
Ruby D. Hardison
West Franklin
Walter Chapman
Southbridge
Congress Holds Section Today Security Vote Sought
Washington dispatch notes a rare Saturday session as both houses work on social security and related bills. Senate aims to advance Roosevelt measures for a vote next Tuesday while the House tackles minor items and a $501 million Will extension. President halts Chesapeake Bay trip to focus on a $4 billion work relief balance with low cost projects. NRA plan passes House 336 to 31 and is signed into law.
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House
Senate
Senator Long
D-La
Chesapeake Bay
NRA
House of Representatives
National Guard plane lands safely after weather scare
An Indiana National Guard biplane forced down by a very low ceiling near Ogilville Indiana landed at Seymour Municipal Airport around 8:20 PM in drizzle. Lieut. W F E Brown and Lieut. C F Peterson spent the night there and resumed to Indianapolis at 7:30 AM after overnighting following the Fort Knox to Indianapolis flight. The crew, all from the same guard unit as Lieut. John Lish of Seymour, drew local attention as it moved through the rain.
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Ogilville
Ind
National Guard
Indiana National Guard
W. FE. Brown
C. F. Peterson
Seymour
Indianapolis
Fort Knox
Seymour Municipal
Lieut
Brown
Peterson
National Board
John L.lish
Pan Pacific Educational Conference Invites Reach Tokyo
Invitations sent to Pacific border nations for a Pan Pacific educational conference to be held in Tokio during the week of August 1. Delegates from multiple nations are expected to attend.
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Pacific Ocean
Tokio
Riots Leave Omaha Witnesses in Turmoil After Car Strike
In Omaha the third straight night of rioting over the street car strike left John Custer shot dead and at least fifty injured. Police faced buckshot and missiles as six street cars burned. Dewey McCoy and William Hutter Jr. were gravely hurt. thirty-one victims had buckshot wounds and many officers were treated for injuries.
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Omaha
Freeport
Hil
National
Washington
Roosevelt
Toledo—Central Labor Union
Toledo Edison Company
Milwaukee
San Francisco
Federal Mediation Board
Associated Press
John Custer
Dewey McCoy
William Hutter, Jr
Sarpy
Duster
Boy's Body Found In River At Sutton Place
New York authorities recovered the body of seven year old Jackie Kawl from the East River after a search that began when he disappeared from a playground in Sutton Place on Manhattan's East Side.
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New York
Jackie Kawl
Sutton Place
Manhattan
Mahan Escapes After Gunfight Near Kirbyville
William Mahan, sought in the Weyershaeuser kidnapping case, escaped after a gun battle with officers five miles east of Kirbyville Texas. Police had been tipped to his presence and pursuit continued into the night.
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Mahan
Kirbyville
Texas
William Mahan
Weyerhaeuser
Here
Flood Toll Rises With Texas Deaths Reported
Twelve deaths were reported across Texas as floodwaters pounded central and southwest regions. Authorities noted rising river levels and ongoing rescue efforts in Austin and surrounding counties.
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Austin
Texas
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State Employment Service
Sam W. Baker
Sons of Legion
Rockford Beach
Mrs. M’donald
Young Tower
Britain
London Area
Congress
U. S. Capital
N. G
Riley Goble
The
Seymour Water Co
Lapis
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