Emergency Fields May Be Abandoned in Jackson County
Three proposed emergency fields in Jackson County linked to the Advanced Twin Engine School may be abandoned with new sites sought. Authors report that 2,400 acres were proposed across Walona, Brownstown, and Cortland areas, but official changes have not been announced and new auxiliary fields may replace them.
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Jackson County
Wallonia
Brownstown
Cortland
Hamilton Township
Crothersville
Youth Leaders Named for Camp Louis Ernst
Several local youths will lead the summer program at Camp Louis Ernst Boy Scout Camp near Dupont. Leaders include J. G. Gates and Lynn Schrier of Troop 3 First Methodist Church, Burton Swain III of Troop 24 First Presbyterian, and Tommy Kutch of Troop 3 who attends Hoosier Boys State in Indianapolis before joining the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis Ernst
Dupont
J. G. Gates
Lynn Schrier
First Methodist Church
Burton Swain III
First Presbyterian Church
Tommy Kutch
Hoosier Boys’ State
Indianapolis
County rationing board orders retailer price lists due July 1
The county rationing board received a telegram noting all retailers must submit ceiling price lists to the county board by July 1. The board urged retailers to address the requirement before the date per federal price ceiling regulations.
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County Rationing Board
Mass arrests reported in Vienna and Lower Austria
The Associated Press reports that Germans have begun mass arrests in Vienna and Lower Austria aimed at purging anti social elements. Special commissions under Nazi Gauleiters will compile blacklists and those arrested will be sent to labor squads or Gestapo schooling camps, per the News Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Reuters
Vienna
Lower Austria
Options Signed for Land Near Advanced Twin Engine School
Several option offers for land around the Advanced Twin Engine School have been signed by owners and will be sent to the Washington War Department for approval. Negotiators began contacting landowners late this week and expect notification by early next week. The options cover land, improvements and crops in a single appraised amount, with details not disclosed until deeds are filed. Frank H. Wolfe of Shelbyville, project manager, heads the local procurement office opened to handle the acquisitions, previously directed from Columbus.
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War Department
Washington
Frank H. Wolfe
Shelbyville
Columbus
Miss Frazee to Attend National Library Conference
Katherine Frazee, librarian at Seymour Public Library, will travel to Milwaukee for the American Library Association's sixty fourth annual conference. The event, themed Winning the War and the Peace How Libraries Can Help, runs Monday through Saturday with about 2000 attendees from the United States Canada and Latin America. The British Library Association will send a message to be broadcast at the first session. Edgar Ansel Mowrer, foreign correspondent, is noted as part of the Office of Facts and Figures staff in coverage related to the event.
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Katherine Frazee
Seymour Public Library
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
American Library Association
United States
Canada
Latin America
Library Association of Great Britain
Atlantic
Edgar Ansel Mowrer
Office of Facts and Fig
Rubber Campaign Gathers Steam in Seymour and County
The county wide rubber drive gains momentum with Seymour organizing a house to house canvass and air raid wardens coordinating pickups. Residents may sell scrap rubber at stations or arrange doorstep pickups, with eight trucks planned for collection and a split of proceeds between wardens and the Boy Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Austin E. Wilson
Boy Scouts
State Highway Department
Restraining Hearing Set In Court for Today
Jackson Circuit Court in Brownstown to hear a temporary restraining order against the Criss-Cross Club near U S Road 50 four miles east of Seymour. Judge John C. Branaman set the hearing on June 12 filed by deputy prosecutor John M. Lewis alleging legal violations and nuisance in the roadhouse and dance hall.
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Jackson
Brownstown
Criss-Cross Club
Chief's
U. S. Road 50
Seymour
John C. Branaman
John M. Lewis
Tire Rationing Board Approves New Tires and Recaps
Jackson county tire rationing board met Friday approving purchase of one passenger car tire and two tubes plus several truck tires and tubes. Recaps for multiple owners were authorized, with records showing no new automobile permits issued since March.
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Jackson County Tire Rationing Board
H. V. Winklepleck
Lou D. Wallace
Martin Dickens
Ivan Bane
Floyd Heaton
John C. Grouch Company
Bundy Brothers
Wilson-Kidwell Bus Line
William S. Rhoades
Counterblows Believed Being Contemplated
Washington reports that President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill were thought to be shaping counterblows to a summer axis offensive in Europe Asia and Africa. Observers noted U S and British officials silent while speculating on invasion plans and Mediterranean and Pacific fronts.
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Associated Press
Washington
Roosevelt
Churchill
Europe
Asia
Africa
White House
European
Berlin
Tokyo
London
Balkans
United States
Mediterranean
Suez
Pacific
China
Siberia
Axis
Limited Price Bulletins Available Through Local Agent
A limited number of No 2 bulletins on the General Maximum Price Regulation have been obtained by William Topie secretary of the Seymour Business Men's Association and may be obtained at his office. The bulletin is published by the Office of Price Administration Washington DC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Topie
Seymour Business Men's Association
Office of Price Administration
Washington, D. C
Polish Exile News Reports Mass Executions Begin in Poland
From London June 20 Associated Press reports the Polish government in exile says a new wave of mass executions has begun in Poland with increasing numbers of women among those hanged. The agency claims twelve of fifteen recent executions in Poznan were women.
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Associated Press
London
Poland
Eeen
Poznan
Agriculture To Meet Its Goal For Production This Year
Agriculture aims to reach a 19 percent production increase this year, with only a 4 to 5 percent rise possible in 1943. OPA official H R Tolley urged shifting labor and materials to war needs, promoting concentrated fertilizer forms to cut transport and packing costs, reducing inert material and saving box car miles and hopper cars.
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Hot Springs
Price Administration
H. R. Tolley
OPA
National Fertilizer Association
Tolley
New V Mail Supplies Here At Seymour Post Office
Seymour post office announces new V mail letter sheets available on request. Limit three sheets per patron per day. Sheets fold into envelopes with space for message sender and recipient details and censor clearance. Postage required. overseas routes to be expedited by reduced weight and photo microfilming facility.
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United States
Seymour
V-mail
Vacation Reading Program Held Here
The Seymour Public Library reports the Liberty Bell Book Club vacation program has two weeks completed with 141 children registered and some reading many books. One child already finished eighteen books, but librarians say the goal is to foster frequent thorough reading and broadening interest. Any child up to eighth grade may join before August to read ten books for a certificate and a party with prizes at program conclusion.
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Liberty Bell Book Club
Seymour Public Library
Liberty Bell Club
Nine More Sinking Reported Across Atlantic Waters
The United States reports nine more sinkings in Atlantic and nearby waters as Cuba offers facilities for U S war department training aviation personnel and anti submarine operations. Victims include three U S ships two Norwegians one Dominican one Panamanian and one Dutch vessel with multiple survivors and missing crew.
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Associated Press
Cuba
Atlantic
Pearl Harbor
State Department
Washington
United States War Department
United States
Colombian
Lessen
Wellandee
Crijnssen
Caribbean
Yucatan
Two Minor Auto Crashes Reported to Police
Two minor auto crashes were reported to city police. A 1942 sedan driven by John Conrad of Columbus was sideswiped by a 1941 sedan driven by Deane Kloss of this city on Alternate U S Road 31 near Riverview Cemetery. A light coupe failed to negotiate a left turn on Alternate U S Road 31 at Fifth and Ewing streets and crashed into a tree in Miss Anna Carter’s yard. three Louisville women, enroute home from Chicago, were in the car and suffered only minor bruises.
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John Conrad
Columbus
U. S. Road 31
Riverview Cemetery
Brad Yater
Deane Kloss
U. S
RAF Bombs Emden and Osnabruck in Major Night Raid
London reports the RAF struck the German naval base at Emden and the Osnabruck rail hub in a heavy two week raid. A large force of 250 to 300 planes took part, with nine British aircraft missing. The missions also targeted Dutch airfields.
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Associated Press
London
RAF
Emden
Osnabruck
Germany
Air Ministry
Britain
Netherlands
Nazis Boost Pressure In Sevastopol Area
Soviet dispatches report fresh troops joining Gen Erich von Manstein to renew assaults on Sevastopol. The all out offensive in the Crimean naval base tests fortifications with renewed attacks and smashed earth, while Berlin claims Crimea defenses have been cracked.
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Moscow
Sevastopol
Erich von Mannstein
Crimean
Berlin
Soviet Information Bureau
Moa
Jap Ships Raided By Allied Bombers
Allied bombers hit a 10,000 ton Japanese transport at Rabaul in a heavy raid and likely damaged other ships in the harbor as Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s headquarters reported. The attack also damaged the Rabaul Airdrome with several Japanese bombers on the ground.
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Allied
Australia
Rabaul
New Britain
Douglas MacArthur
Weather Records Minimum Maximum at 11 a.m. River
Weather notes show the River area recording the minimum and maximum temperatures by 11 a.m. today. Details list value ranges, indicating colder and warmer readings across the morning hours at the river site.
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Driftwood
Hamilton Townships
Bartholomew County
Army
Camp Atterbury
Rath
Miss Frazee
Roosevelt and Churchill Center
London Reports
Comercio
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
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