Big Inch Oil Pipeline To be In Operation July 5
The 24 inch Big Inch pipeline extending through Jackson county will be in operation July 5 east to Lebanon Ohio. The line is nearly complete from Southern Texas to Ohio, with remaining breaks closed soon. A 55,000 gallon storage tank will be used at Lebanon, and pumping stations will be spaced about fifty miles apart starting near Reddington.
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Jackson County
Lebanon
Texas
Ohio
Norris City
Big Inch
New Jersey
Reddington
Here
French Lick
Cedar Grove
Franklin County
Anderson Company of
Tulsa
Okla
Meyers Company
Midland Construction Company
Cost of Living Still Going Up
The Associated Press reports that from mid April to mid May the cost of living rose by eight tenths of a percent. City workers face a level 7.8 percent higher than a year ago and 24.1 percent above January 1941 with food costs rising most. Rent and other essentials remained largely steady despite some increases in medical care and personal services.
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Associated Press
Washington
Frances Perkins
Miss Perkins
Jackson County Crop Production Ranks In Nation In 1939
Jackson County farmers continued strong in crops with tomatoes ranked fifth among Indiana counties in 1939, led by Cameron County Texas nationally. Overall commercial vegetables dropped in value from 1929 to 1939 while acres declined. Watermelon and cantaloupe production remained notable with Jackson County ranking high nationally.
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Jackson County
Bureau of the Census
W. P. Stall
Indiana
Cameron County
Texas
Johnson County
Tipton
Grant
Madison
Jackson Counties
Bartholomew
Johnson
Palm Beach County
Florida
Bartholomew County
Jackson
Grady County
Oklahoma
Davies County
Knox County
Gibson County
Salvation Army Work Outlined At Seymour Lions Club
Walter Dowell explains Salvation Army campaigns to Seymour Lions Club at Elks Home. He says the army fights on two fronts the war front and the home front and recalls service in Falls Cities during the 1937 flood. Next meeting will install officers at a ladies night with Paul Rigsbee and new officers.
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Salvation Army
Walter Dowell
Seymour
Dowell
Falls Cities
Bramwell Lundgren
Chestnut Street
USO
Arthur F. Brethauer
L. D. Robertson
Alfred Tower
Paul W. Rigsbee
Drive Against Speeders Starts In Indiana
Indiana motorists face gasoline ration suspensions under an OPA drive against speeds over 35 mph. Officials said 45 motorists were stopped on two highways into Ander and ordered to report to local rationing boards for hearings. Names and violation details are sent to boards to determine suspension severity.
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Indiana
Office of Price Administration
Indianapolis
OPA
Anderson
Sewing Schedule Change for City Hall and Library Center
The Red Cross sewing room at city hall will operate only two afternoons weekly from 1 30 to 5 00 on Monday and Thursday. The surgical dressing center in the library building stays open each weekday afternoon, Monday through Friday.
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Red Cross
City Hall
Former Seymour Resident Dies in El Paso
Willard Miller aged fifty four and son of L. F. Miller died at his El Paso Texas home after a brief heart illness. He was born in Seymour and later worked as a lime importer with Mexico connections. Surviving are his wife a son Louis F. Miller two daughters Betty and Darlene his father a step mother two half sisters Elsie Chicago and Mrs Elmer N Kestner Indianapolis a half brother Lynn Seymour and the funeral will be in El Paso.
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Willard Miller
L. F. Miller
West
Tipton Street
el Paso
Tex
Elsie Miller
Chicago
Mr. Miller
Seymour
Colorado
New Mexico
Mexico
United States
Miller
Christian Science Church
Louis F. Miller
Betty
Darlene
Elsie
Elmer N. Kestner
Indianapolis
Lynn
War takes half of Indiana beauty operators
The Indiana State Board of Beauty Culturist Examiners reports more than half of the state's beauty operators have left for war plants, affecting the industry and local salons.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
State Board of Beauty Culturist Examiners
Fire sweeps Rome Central Market in Unknown Damage
London reports via Vichy radio that a fire is sweeping the central market in Rome. The cause and extent of damage are not known.
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London
Rome
Vichy
Weather Records for Seymour Day Official and Unofficial
Official low temperature reading noted by Louise Ahlert government weather observer. Downtown thermometer provides unofficial max temperature. River level from Seymour Water Co pumping station at Rockford reads 5 ft 1 in above low water mark.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
Biggest War Bill Goes to House Floor
The House appropriations committee sent to the floor a $71,000,000,000 war department supply bill to equip an army of 7.5 million and expand air power. The plan totals defense outlays to $400,000,000,000 since July 1940, with 59b new funds and 12b carried over. General McNarney called it the decisive budget as armed forces race to unleash a knockout blow on the Axis.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Appropriations Committee
House
War Department
Joseph McNarney
Air Corps
Army
McNarey
Asks Out in Army Navy Spending
Senator Walter F. George of the Senate finance committee presses for elimination of unnecessary army and navy spending and federal overstaffing. He advocates a war expenditure board to curb waste as Congress weighs a 71 billion dollar war department budget.
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Associated Pres
Washington
Walter F. George
Senate Finance Committee
United States
Army
Navy
Georgia
George
House
Appropriations Committee
War Department
Senator George
Axis jitters spread as diverging defenses prompt propaganda
An AP round up from London notes Nazi boasts of coastal defense while censoring critics and Italys fear of allied invasion. Berlin and Paris outlets push new methods and troop movements as Gobbels admits mistakes. Rome cites invasion barges off North Africa and Turkish border tensions amid evacuations at Cagliari. The Berlin radio questions the air war efficacy as losses mount.
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London
Berlin
Boersen-Zeitung
Balkans
Crete
Paris
Germany
Italy
Gobbels
Rome Radio
North African
Turkey
Rome
Cagliari
Hearings on Land Started in Camp Atterbury Condemnation
Federal court in Indianapolis began condemnation trials for Camp Atterbury land. Landowners who refused government offers faced jury and court actions, including Elmer Records Ida Gosch of Bartholomew County and Sylva Beatty of Brown County. Two Atterbury Army Air Field suits, Perry King and Mrs Albert Finkel, were set for 2 pm.
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Camp Atterbury
Federal District Court
Indianapolis
Elmer Records
Ida Gosch
Bartholomew County
Sylva Beatty
Brown County
Atterbury Army Air Field
Perry King
Albert Finkel
Al Spanagel Honored by Postmasters Dinner
Postmasters from eight cities gathered at the Seymour Country Club to honor Al Spanagel who retires as postmaster of Lawrenceburg after more than fifteen years of service. Guests included Frank Spanagel, Walter H. Droege, Al Petcher, Charles Webster, Joe Verberg, Harry Ferguson, Merton Hughbanks, Frank Chasteen, Eugene B. Crowe, Vance Worrell, and Jess Trinkle.
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Seymour Country Club
al Spanagel
Laweraceburg
Frank Spanagel
North Poplar Street
Walter H. Droege
al Petcher
Aurora
Charles Webster
North Vernon
Joe Verberg
Harry Ferguson
Jeffersonville
Merton Hughbanks
Scottsburg
Frank
May Delay Draft 3 Fathers Could Stretch To October
Unofficial but well informed sources say a delay in drafting fathers may extend to October. The army seeks more young men, quotas near full, and emphasis on aerial warfare with a pivot toward strengthening striking force amid possible allied setbacks.
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Washington
Japs Praise Zooters In American Riots
Japanese radio in Tokyo lauds zoot-suited rioters who clashed with servicemen in Los Angeles and other U S cities calling them strong courageous youths united to oppose the war.
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New York
Los Angeles
Tokyo
Axis planes destroyed over Britain reach nearly five thousand
London reports from the War Office show 4 198 axis planes destroyed over Britain from the war’s start to June 1 this year. Anti aircraft guns accounted for at least 732 of the total, according to Parliamentary Undersecretary Lord Croft.
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London
War Office
Lord Croft
Britain
Camp Atterbury Not To Be Turned Into POW Camp
The Daily Tribune reports Earl Wilson telegrams that Camp Atterbury will not be used for prisoners of war. The War Department policy favors absorbing small groups of prisoners into larger camps with proper guarding. The camp will continue to serve its original purpose and fears in Indianapolis and southern Indiana are allayed.
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Columbus
Franklin
Indianapolis
Camp Atterbury
Daily Tribune
Earl Wilson
Washington
Wilson
the Tribune
Atterbury
War Department
Congress
Indiana soldiers listed as missing in action
The War Department announced five more Indiana men missing in action. Four are missing in Europe and one in the Southwest Pacific. Corporal Oliver Neese of Indianapolis is the fifth. Also listed are Sergeants Harry Boegaholz of Columbus, Paul Cribelar of Indianapolis, Herman Philbeck of Richmond, and Maynard Spencer of Rockville.
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Washington
Indiana
War Department
Oliver Neese
Indianapolis
Harry Boegaholz
Columbus
Paul Cribelar
Herman Philbeck
Richmond
Maynard Spencer
Rockville
Indiana to Issue Pistol Permits Statewide
State safety director Don Stiver reminds Indiana residents that a new law on pistol and revolver permits takes effect in July. The permits will shift from county judges to the state department and require applications recommended by a police chief or sheriff.
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Indianapolis
Don Stiver
Indiana
State Department
Allied air raids strike Sicily and Mediterranean fronts
About fifty liberator bombers with Malta based Spitfires attacked Comiso and Biscari airdromes in daylight. bombs hit hangars runways and dispersal areas while escorts shot down an Italian fighter. Reports note broader Allied actions including Aegean bombardments and RAF strikes in northern France amid ongoing German and Japanese raids and casualties.
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Associated Press
Malta
Sicily
Comiso
Biscari
Comiso Field
Middle East
Messerschmitt
Aegean Sea
War Labor Board Rejects MineWorkers Portal to Portal Pay
The War Labor Board today rejected the United Mine Workers demand for portal to portal pay. It ruled the miners' claim is a law case the board has no power to settle.
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Associated Press
Washington
War Labor Board Today
United Mine Workers
Grew Delivers Off Record War Remarks in Indianapolis
Former Ambassador Joseph Grew spoke for about an hour and a quarter to American Legionnaires and civilian defense council members in Indianapolis. He said he disliked prepared speeches and that nothing he said should be broadcast or printed, making the meeting off the record.
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Grew
Indianapolis
Japan
Joseph Grew
American Legionnaires
Civilian Defense Council
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U. S. 5Th Army
William Ritter
Signal Corps
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Algerian
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