Freeman Field to be technical center for enemy aircraft study
The Air Technical Service Command disclosed Freeman Field will host technical work on captured enemy planes and equipment with Wright Field and Vandalia facilities contributing. German and Japanese devices will be studied. some foreign material is already en route and stored for historical purposes. The plan requires all flying facilities and storage spaces at Freeman Field.
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Freeman Field
Air Technical Service Command
Wright Field
Dayton
United States
Europe
Dayton Army Air Field
Vandalia
ATSC
Washington
Freeman
Germany
Tin Can Day Announced for June
Henry J. Moritz announces next Tuesday as Tin Can Day with 8 am curb pickups citywide. Residents should flatten cans and place them ready for trucks. a railroad car will be loaded for wartime use, with previous can shipments and a new shipment noted. James H. Hartsell serves as county salvage chairman.
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Tin Can
Henry J. Moritz
City Tin Can Salvage
Moritz
James H. Hartsell
County Tin Can Salvage
Rain Deluged County With 2.16 Inches Overnight
Thunder storms drenched the county starting near midnight and ending early morning. An official total of 2.16 inches soaked rural areas while clouds scattered and a timid sun appeared briefly amid continued downpours.
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Seymour
Henry H. Krumme 65 dies at home in Seymour
Henry H. Krumme aged 65 longtime Jackson County resident died at his home 828 South Poplar street after a six month illness. He was born in the county on June 17 1879 married Lydia M. Harlow on December 28 1922 and leaves a widow and daughters Ora and Pauline Krumme of Seymour. Funeral services are set for Monday at 1 30 from the home and 2 00 at Immanuel Lutheran Church with Rev. E E Streufert. burial will be in the Lutheran Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 tonight.
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Henry H. Krumme
South Poplar Street
Mr. Krumme
Jackson County
This County
William H
Louise Holtman
Krumfime
This
Lydia M. Harlow
Krummer
Immanuel Lutheran Church
Ora Krumme
Pauline Krumme
Seymour
E. E. Streufert
Rites Here Tuesday For Mrs. WM. Coffman
Mrs Marguerite Coffman aged sixty eight longtime Jackson county resident died Friday afternoon at the home of her son Lawrence Coffman Indianapolis She was born November 7 1876 in Jackson county and married James Coffman March 18 1894 in Jackson county She leaves six children two brothers two sisters sixteen grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral is at 2 30 Tuesday from Voss Mortuary with burial Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call after 7 tonight.
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Marguerite Coffman
Jackson County
Lawrence Coffman
South Mount Street
Indianapolis
Coffman
Adam
Barbara Dietz Fredrick
James Coffman
United Brethren Church
Acme
Ralph Coffman
Ervin Coffman
Greencastle
Everett Coffman
Kirklin
Ind
Faye Fogleman
Vic Tuba
Dalles
Oregon
Ray Coffman
Edith Mitchell
William Bergdoll
Seymour
Charles Bergdoll
California
Josephine Pritchard
Los Angeles
Calif
Eva Knoll
Voss Mortuary
Riverview Cemetery
Jackson County farms decline since 1940 census
William Carr Lentz, supervisor for the 1945 farm census in Indiana's Fifth district, reports Jackson county shows 2,260 farms in 1945 against 2,286 in 1940 and 2,261 in 1935. Total farm land 262,679 acres in 1945, down from 263,611 in 1940. Average farm size 116 acres. Final counts pending correction.
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Jackson County
William Carr Lentz
Indiana
Columbus
Lentz
Freeman Field
Brother of W Snyder Dies Near Indianapolis
Simon Snyder aged seventy nine died after a long illness at his son's home northwest of Indianapolis His wife preceded him in death He is survived by two sons Archie Snyder Michigan City and Deck Snyder near Indianapolis three brothers Will B Snyder Sam Snyder Webb Snyder and a sister Mrs Otto Stillabower Funeral services were held at 2 pm Sunday at Flanagan Reed and Hull Funeral Home Columbus with burial in St Johns Cemetery ten miles north of Columbus
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Simon Snyder
Will B. Snyder
U. S. Road 31
Seymour
Indianapolis
Mr. Snyder
Columbus
Indiaapolis
Snyder
Archie Snyder
Michigan City
Deck Snyder
Sam Snyder
Webb Snyder
Otto Stillabower
Shelbyville
Flanagan, Reed and Hull Funeral Home
St. John’s Cemetery
Weather Records River Stage At 3 Feet 8 Inches
The river stood at three feet eight inches above the low water mark, indicating a normal to rising stage depending on recent precipitation. Forecasters warn of potential minor increases with ongoing showers.
Lincoln School Sets Record Attendance in Final Six Weeks
Lincoln School led by J. A. Brackemyre with 99.11 percent attendance in the last six weeks, second high for the year. Several Lincoln teachers and grades topped attendance at points during the year while Emerson School also posted a top six weeks rate. The district lists 1,676 total pupils with 825 boys and 851 girls. pupil teacher ratios vary by level. tardies totaled 269 with the junior high reporting the fewest.
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Lincoln School
J. A. Brackemyre
City Superintendent of Schools
Brackemyre
Cary Foster
Florence Ring
Cecil Shields
Emerson School
J. J. Kutch
Berlin Meeting Sets Before July 26 Big Three Conference
London reports the Big Three will meet in Berlin sometime before July 26 as announced by 10 Downing Street. A spokesman said details were not fixed, but Prime Minister Churchill indicated the date would fall before the election results are tallied between July 5 and July 27.
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Downing Street
Churchill
Brendan Bracken
Britain
Smoke at Blish Milling Company Mill
Severe lightning flashes triggered a fire alarm near Blish Milling Company in Tipton Seymour. Firefighters in pouring rain reached Blish Mill at Tipton and East streets, found smoke issuing from the smokestack, and confirmed no fire outside the boilers before returning.
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Blish Milling Company
Seymour Fire Department
Blish
Tipton
East Streets
Fatal fall claims Leo M. Wolf in Madison hotel
Leo M. Wolf aged forty nine died after injuries from a Friday night fall down three flights of stairs in a Madison hotel. The accident occurred in Madison Indiana on June 16.
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Madison
Ind
Leo M. Wolf
Band Concert Set At Shields Park Sunday At Four
The Sey mour Community Band hosts a Sunday concert at Shields Park at 4 PM. The program includes Goldmans The Four Freedoms, Transcendence by Frangkiser, Stormy Weather, Hall of Fame, Lyceum overture, Selections from the Merry Widow, Washington Post, Eroica by Skornica, Star Dust, and Mercury March by Carl King.
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Seymour
Shields Park
Edwin Franko Goldman
Goldman
Sousa
Carl Frangkiser
Buffalo Bill
Barnum and Baily
Yankee Robinson
Bennett
Hall of Fame
Olividou
Lyceum
Athens
Ottis Taylor
Franz Lehar
Paul Yoder
Washington Post
Joseph Skornica
Skornica
Beethoven
Hoagy Carmichael
Carmichael
Indiana University
Carl King
Yanks Battle Japanese With Flamethrowers On Okinawa
American soldiers and Marines push forward behind flamethrower tanks on Okinawa as Lt. Gen. Buckner predicts the island may be secured within a week. Japanese resistance remains ferocious in an eight square mile pocket, with U S forces advancing along Yuza Hill and Kunishi Ridge amid heavy casualties.
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Okinawa
Guam
Simon B. Buckner
Troops Advance In North Luzon near Avarri
American troops moved through the Cagayan Valley on Luzon advancing at nearly a mile a hour within 150 miles of Avarri. Maj. Gen. Robert S. Beigler led the 37th Ohio Infantry after three and a half months of mountain fighting against Japanese resistance. They pushed into the lowlands as the July typhoon season began threats.
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Manila
Cagayan Valley
Avarri
Luzon
Robert S. Beigler
37Th
Ohio
Fatlands
Captain Frank Cohn Arrives in the United States
Dr and Mrs A A Cohn of West Tipton street report their son Captain Frank Cohn a medical corps doctor and liberated POW has arrived in the United States and expects to be home soon He was unofficially reported missing in January and wounded about April 5 He recently called from Charleston South Carolina where he landed and may go to Camp Atterbury for disposition
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A. A. Cohn
West Tipton Street
Frank Cohn
United States
Cohn
War Department
Franklin
Atterbury
Charleston
S. C
White and Colored Soldiers Turned Over to MLP at Camp Atterbury
Four soldiers, two white and two colored, were placed in custody Friday night along U S 31 near the junction with U S 50 east of Seymour. State police responded to reports of soldiers and an army truck and handed the men over to Camp Atterbury military police. The colored soldiers were Lester Dye and L G Brunett, and the white soldiers were L L Price and Raymond V Lee.
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Camp Atterbury
U. S. Road 31
U. S. Road 50
Seymour
Lester Dye
L. G. Brunett
L. L. Price
Raymond V. Lee
Camp Attersbury
Allies Approaching Balikpapan Japanese Report
Brunei Bay June 16. An unconfirmed enemy broadcast claims an Allied fleet led by three battleships is approaching Balikpapan's oil refinery. Tokyo says a fleet including three battleships, an aircraft carrier, sixteen destroyers and other warships is moving toward Balikpapan on the east central coast.
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Brunei Bay
Tobruk
West Borneo
Balik
Tokyo
Balikpapan
Veto Opposition Cracking Up at UN Charter Talks
Cracking up opposition to a Big Five veto on future amendments dominates UN Charter talks in San Francisco. Leaders aim to settle three issues this weekend as President Truman prepared to address a UN session. MacArthur reported Balikpapan raids, airfields destroyed, and oil refineries at Brunei Bay under Allied pressure.
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San Francisco
Truman
Britain
France
Australia
General Assembly of United Nations
Russia
Henri Rolin
Belgium
Manuel Tello
Mexico
Alberto Lieras Camargo
Colombia
Branaman to be Judge in Murder Trial at Bloomington
Brownstown resident Thomas H. Branaman will serve as special judge in the manslaughter case of William Fuller charged in the fatal shooting of 25 year old Margaret Harbin in the Jefferson Hotel Bedford on February 11, 1944. The trial is set for June 18 at Bloomington on a venue change with Fuller free on $2000 bond. Fuller is son of John Fuller, former president of the Bedford Publishing company and head of the Heltonville Limestone Company.
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Thomas H. Branaman
Brownstown
William Fuller
Margaret Harbin
Jefferson Hotel
Bedford
Bloomington
Fuller
Liberty
John Fuller
Heltonville Limestone Company
Bedford Publishing Company
Parole Granted to Four as Two Life Terms Are Approved
Four parolees released today by the state clemency commission include two men serving life for first degree murder. Seventeen others were denied parole and three cases continued. Herman Lawrence, convicted June 13 1944 in Jackson circuit court on a statutory offense, was paroled to Kentucky.
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Indianapolis
State Clemency Commission
Herman Lawrence
Jackson
Kentucky
Britain Rejects French Plan For Five Power Parley
Paris reports Britain formally declined France s proposal for a five power conference on Middle East issues. British officials prefer a three power talk with France Britain and the United States, excluding Russia and China. The note s details remain undisclosed pending study and U S officials reportedly declined the invitation.
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Paris
Britain
France
Middle East
Alfred Fuff Cooper
Georges Bidault
United States
Russia
China
de Gaulle
Levant
County appoints new conservation officer for Jackson
Jackson county will have a new conservation officer beginning July 1. John H. Nigh of the Indiana department of conservation announced that Carol J. Stewart of Brookville will serve as conservation officer for the county, succeeding Ivan Thompson of Brownstown. Nigh also named 42 new officers and territories effective July 1, with assignments including J. R. Carlock of North Vernon to Ripley County and Alvin L. Harding of New Point to Jennings County.
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Jackson County
John H. Nigh
Indiana Department of Conservation
Carol J. Stewart
Brookville
Ivan Thompson
Brownstown
Mr. Nigh
J. R. Carlock
North Vernon
Ripley County
Alvin L. Harding
New Point
Jennings County
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NEA Telephoto
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George Kenney
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96 Infantry
James L. Bradley
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Robert Geiger
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Kunish! Ridge
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Meet
Federal Communications Commission
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