Jackson County Bond Drive Falls Short of June Quota
Jackson County reports 42 187 75 in war bond sales as of June 12, short of the 121 461 monthly quota. Executive Chairman Clarence G Stein wedel says 79 273 25 must be sold by June 30 to reach the district goal, with 110 419 Series E 11 042 Series F and G. Between June 7 and 12 sales include 333 Series F 19 837 50 Series E and 12 000 Series G. Freeman Army Air Field personnel bought 1 125 of total 26 004 sold. Officials cite increased Allied war activity and urge residents to meet the demand.
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Jackson County
Clarence G. Steinwedel
Freeman Army Air Field
Damage action seeks ten thousand in Jackson Circuit Court
Lillian MacKern sues Allen T. Davis in Jackson Circuit Court claiming $10,000 in damages for personal injuries from a November 22, 1942 accident southwest of Seymour on Road 50. Attorney Thomas H. Branaman represents her in the suit.
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Jackson
Lillian MacKern
Allen T. Davis
Thomas H. Branaman
Seymour
John C. Branaman
George L. Jackson
Louisville
Indiana
Charles W. Blum
Mae Dell Granger
Kevin Granger
Strode
Lynn
Ivan Robertson
H. Walker Wisdom
Marjorie Waddell
James H. Waddell
Union chiefs press White House to veto Connally Smith Bill
Washington June 16 AP union leaders escalate appeals to the White House seeking a veto of the Connally Smith Bill prohibiting strikes in government operated war plants. Green and Murray have led denouncements joined by the A F L Textile Workers and the Maryland District of Columbia Industrial Union Council.
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Washington
White House
Connally-Smith
A. F. of
William Green
CIO
Philip Murray
A. F. of L. Teamsters
A. F. of L. Textile Workers
Maryland and District of Columbia Industrial Union Council
Allied Air Strikes and Invasion Hints Push War Outlook
Allied airmen bomb Sicily as Berlin Rome warn invasion is near. London observers speculate dual drives through Sicily and Crete. Russia vows major offensive with allied landings. King George in Africa hints at zero hour visit. American airmen bomb Japanese in Solomons. Chinese seize another Yangtze valley town. Tojo admits grim outlook.
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Sicily
Berlin
Rome
London
Crete
Russia
King George
England
Africa
Solomons
Yangtze
Tojo
Double Parking Drive Planned by Seymour Council
Police Chief Melvin Jerrell pledged an intensified double parking crackdown at the regular semi monthly meeting in the city building. Mayor Burkart said stopping beside parked cars with engines running would be allowed only when the driver remains at the wheel.
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Melvin Jerrell
Paul Gregory
Seymour
C. W. Burkart
New York
Jess Himler
Shields Park
No Action Needed to Get ODT Allotments
Motorists using gasoline under ODT certificates of war necessity contact the county rationing board to ask how to obtain new allotments for the period starting July 1. The reply is that no action is needed. workers are preparing papers for the next period and they will be mailed in time for delivery before July 1.
Army Casualties List Adds 5 Indiana Names
The War Department released an extended North Africa casualty list totaling 229 soldiers. Five Indiana men are named: Albert Adams of Mishawaka, Sergeant Roy Baker of West Baden Springs, Miles Brown of Rushville, Corporal Elwood Gulbransen of Wheatfield, and Forrest Hayden of Shirley.
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Washington
North Africa
War Department
Indiana
Albert Adams
Mishawaka
Roy Baker
West Baden Springs
Miles Brown
Rushville
Elwood Gulbransen
Wheatfield
Forrest Hayden
Shirley
Drowning Autopsy Planned in Indianapolis Death
An autopsy was ordered in the death of eighteen year old Thomas Messer whose body was recovered from a swimming pool near Indianapolis after he failed to resurface following a dive. Deputies say he was head struck earlier in the evening by a baseball per companions.
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Indianapolis
Thomas Messer
John Deever
Diplomas for All Graduates Under War Time Rules
State supt Dr Clement T Malan explains diplomas will be granted only after the 1943 44 school year to preserve the school system while giving select service students future diploma opportunity. Summer school expands in Seymour and other cities with 19 English students taught by Miss Elizabeth Feaster. rulings allow seniors engaged in studies and passing to continue toward diplomas.
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Clement T. Malan
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
State Board of Education
Seymour
Elizabeth Feaster
Malan
Weather records temperatures above low water mark on river
The report notes temperature readings tied to river conditions with reference to the water level low water mark. It documents how temperatures relate to the river's state and potential impacts on surroundings.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
Salvation Army Drive Planned in Seymour
Salvation Army Norman J. Lasher announces the annual drive will begin with about seventy five workers meeting Brig. Gen. James Fookes at the First Methodist Church. Fookes will speak on the Army's role in World War II and the home front tasks ahead.
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Norman J. Lasher
Salvation Army
Seymour
Lasher
First Methodist Church
James Fookes
Brig
Fookes
Drowning of Charles R. Mather’s Nephew in Ohio River
Ronald Fetter, nephew of Charles R. Mather, drowned in the Ohio River at Louisville. Details were not learned. He was son of Louis R. Fetter, who lived on Tipton street for seven years in Seymour before moving three years ago. Body had not been recovered.
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Charles R. Mather
Ronald Fetter
Mr. Mather
Ohio
Louisville
Young Fetter
Louis R. Fetter
Tipton Street
Seymour
Farmers Speed Up Schedule After Delay
Jackson county farmers labor through the night to speed spring plowing after heavy rains. Tractors run 24 hours, cooperatives pool work to plant corn and crops. Ground is slow to break in clay soils, raising fear of feed shortages before June 20. Wheat prospects are poor with early freezes lowering yield. some fields replanted. Large tomato plantings pushed by canneries as fields are prepared.
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Jackson County
Congress Debates Omnibus War Bill for $3 Billion
Washington reports an omnibus appropriations bill submitted to Congress for the coming year would allocate nearly 3 billion dollars to eighteen war agencies. The measure serves as a first annual report and forecast for wartime bureaus including the War Production Board and Office of Price Administration as the House Appropriations Committee endorses the plan while trimming some agency requests.
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Washington
America
Congress
War Production Board
Office of Price Administration
Office of War Information
House Appropriations Committee
Board of Economic Warfare
War Petroleum Administration
Office of Economic Stabilization
Requisitioning Idle Farm Machinery Authorized in County
The Agricultural War Board of the county may requisition idle farm machinery under War Board Memorandum No. 357, authorized by War Food Administrator Chester C. Davis on May 28. The move aims to maximize planting efficiency for the war effort, with investigations to follow to ensure full use of usable machines in Jackson County.
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Agricultural War Board of
War Board
Chester C. Davis
Jackson County
County War Board
Local War Board
County
Newspapers Curb Armed Forces Information For Safety
The Daily Tribune explains voluntary press censorship of military news. It warns against publishing full addresses and ship details that could endanger service members and their units. Editors say they publish safe news while omitting sensitive details to protect lives.
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The
Daily Tribune
Tribune
Chinese Claim Japs Use Gas in World War II Report
A Chinese army spokesman says Japan used poison gas near Shanghai after unloading gas containers and shells on May 14. He cites gas bombs in Suiyuan and gas shells in Shansi, and claims Admiral Yamamoto survived and was later assassinated in Manila amid a feud between Japan's army and navy. Premier Tojo reportedly visited Manila to settle the feud.
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Shanghai
Suiyuan
Shansi
Yamamoto
Tokyo
Manila
Japan
Tojo
Don’t Worry About War Ration Book Three Worries
Kenneth M. Kunkel, rationing officer for the Indianapolis district Office of Price Administration, urged consumers not to worry about War Ration Book Three. He said virtually no applications will be denied for minor errors and most filings are being honored.
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Kenneth M. Kunkel
Indianapolis
Kunkel
Mr. Kunkel
Kunk
Axis Expects Invasion at Any Moment
Axis spokesmen warn of an imminent allied invasion while King George VI tours North Africa and Knight Eisenhower receives the Order of the Bath. Russian reports pledge a strong push from the east as Allied fleets mass in the Mediterranean and air raids strike Sicily and North Africa. The RAF and US Army Air Forces pound Axis targets across Sicily and Algeria as Britain assesses the shifting balance on multiple fronts.
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Axis
George the Sixth
England
North Africa
Europe
Eisenhower
Britain
France
Dunkerque
Mediterranean
United Nations
Syria
la Linea
Spain
Gibraltar
Pantelleria
Algeria
Northwest Africa
Sicily
RAF
Denmark
Berlin
London
Nineteen Killed in Army Plane Crash in New Mexico
The Alamogordo Airbase public relations office confirms 19 officers and enlisted men were killed when two Army planes crashed between Ruidoso and Capitan, New Mexico. One man parachuted to safety after the midweek incident, with earlier tallies varying.
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Alamogordo, N. M
Alamogordo Airbase
Ruidoso
Capitan
New Mexico
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Tote
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Associated Press
NEA Telephoto
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Cris
Naples
Italy
Tyrrhenian Sea
Tropani
Itunisia
Palermo
Coroe
Syracuse
Mediterranean Sea
Amalta
Reggio Calabria
Reggio
Chungking
East
Leningrad
Red Army
Germany
Orel
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