Lions Receive American Flag at Seymour Club Meeting
Seymour Lions Club members were presented with a large American flag by Otis Kirtley district governor elect of Lions International Dist 25-C as a token of appreciation for a perfect thirty three weeks attendance record. Raymond Garriott, zone chairman and future district governor, attended and pledged cooperation.
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Seymour Lions Club
Otis Kirtley
Plainfield
Lions International
Indiana
Kirtley
Seymour Club
Carl Kennedy
Kirby
Governor Kirtley
Raymond Garriott
Crothersville
Elks Home
Richmond
Lions
A. L. Jackson
Garriott
Majestic Theater
Harry M. Palmer
Abraham Lincoln
Iainois
Taylor's Condition Worse In Florence
Myron C. Taylor the Roosevelt representative to the Holy See is seriously ill in Florence and reported to be worse. Pope Pius XII expressed grief and asked to be kept informed. Mrs Taylor was traveling from the United States by air.
Brownstown hosts large community picnic with queen crown
More than a thousand people attended the Brownstown community picnic in Brownstown Park on Thursday. Dorothy Alexander was crowned Community Picnic Queen with attendants Ivalene Disque and Janet Robertson, while T A Dieus addressed the crowd on Americanism.
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Brownstown
T. A. Dieus
Indiana State Highway Commission
Dorothy Alexander
Ivalene Disque
Janet Robertson
Seymour
Dicus
Clyde
Black
Croquet
J. BR. Quick
Ralph Denny
Richard Bartels
Frank Gray
Glyndeon Shull
Louisville
Dieus
Voice from the Past Rings Quietly at Majestic Theater Bell
A West Second Street bell in the Majestic Theater tower tolled this morning triggering crowd inquiries. Ushers later admitted they rang the old clock bell for fun, prompting residents to wonder if it signaled an alarm.
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Majestic Theater
West Second Street
Trucks Assigned Special Detour for U S 31
Heavy truck traffic moved to a new detour on U S Road 150 to Salem and State Road 135 to Scottsburg to ease congestion on U S 31. Regular detour remains via Road 50, Road 3, Roads 403 and 62 into Jeffersonville. Maintenance crews towed trucks overnight to prevent blockages as work continues north from Kriete's corner toward Clara D Carter School.
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Seymour
Louisville
Scottsburg
North
Vernon
Jeffersonville
New Albany
Palmyra
Salem
North Vernon
Seymour District
Indiana State Highway Commission
U. 8
Kriete’s Corner
Clara D. Carter
U. S. Road 50
Bedford Downtown Traffic Code Goes Into Effect
Bedford adopts a new downtown traffic code restricting weekday parking to two hours between 8 am and 6 pm and Saturday parking to 8 am to 9 pm. Enforcement signs are up in the public square and surrounding streets. Violations carry forfeitures of 1. The ordinance aims to regulate parking in the square.
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Bedford
Bedford City Connec
Charley Chase Dies at 46 in Heart Attack
Hollywood reports Charley Chase died at his home from a heart attack. The comedy star, famed for six feet of loose-jointed nonchalance, rose to fame in two reel films during the early thirties and spent about twenty six years in the industry entertaining moviegoers.
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Hollywood
Charley Chase
Chase
Groceries Fall at Kroeger Store Crash
Groceries dropped after a rear floor collapsed under a truckload of merchandise at the Kroeger store in Columbus Wednesday. The floor joists gave way dropping five feet into a shallow basement. Merchandise suffered little damage and manager G Morchand attributed the accident to structural failure.
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Kroeger
Columbus
Morchand
Senate Nominat ions Stir Debate Over War Policy
Changes to the cabinet spark strong Senate discussion on Roosevelt foreign and defense aims as Stimson and Knox back aid to Allies while Woodring resigns amid criticism of war plans. A convention pause may delay confirmation votes, with critics pressing for a broader wartime strategy.
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Associates Press
Washington
Senate
Col
Frank Knox
Navy
Roosevelt
Woodring
Stimson
Topeka
Kans
Iy Topeka
United States
Hitler
White House
Democrats prepare for state convention in Indiana
Associated Press reports Governor Henry F Schricker courting all 1 937 delegates to the Democratic state convention and rival Karl Peters entertaining fourth district delegates at a picnic. Marion County prosecutor David M Lewis attends Terre Haute rally to seek Vigo County backing ahead of the convention. James Adams of Columbia City noted among organizers.
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Associated Press
Indianapolis
Henry F. Schricker
BR. Karl Peters
David M. Lewis
Marion County
Terre Haute
Vigo County
Republicans Move to Tough Antiwar Platform at National Convention
The Republican National Committee debate in Philadelphia centers on a sharp anti war and non intervention platform. Henry L Stimson and Colonel Frank Knox are expelled for accepting Roosevelt era posts, while rumors swirl Roosevelt may not seek a third term. The landon led foreign affairs sub committee plans to draft a brief platform aligned with the Glenn Frank report. Farm policy discussion pushes subsidies and conservation payments to farmers as a national welfare measure.
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Associated Press
Philadelphia
Henry L. Stimeen
Frank Knox
Herbert
Mr. Roosevelt
Laindon
Stimson
Knox
Glenn Frank
Landen
Landon
Hope
Kansas
Hitler Proposes Armistice Talks Amid Hostilities
Berlin reports negotiations between French and German plenipotentiaries for an armistice continue, with Keitel presenting terms and Foch car discussions resuming. British RAF announces raids on Dire Dawa in Italian Ethiopia targeting the railway station and workshops, affecting airfields.
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Cairo
British
Royal Airforce
Diredawa
Addis Ababa-Jibati
Ethiopia
Defense plans pushed in national capital
President Roosevelt asked Congress to authorize 22 590 000 dollars for prompt training of skilled and semi skilled workers needed in vital defense industries. Sidney Hillman, CIO Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America president, would direct much of the youth defense training program, drawing House opposition. Cox and Woodrum warned the plan faces congressional hurdles. Hillman said a complete program would be ready within days.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Congress
Senate Appropriations
National Defense
Sidney Halman
Hillman
CIO
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
House
Rep
Cox
D4ia
Woodram
D-Va
Refugees Reach English Port After Steady Flight From France
About 1,500 refugees from invaded France arrive at a southern English port aboard a rescue ship. The crowd includes 500 women and children, sailors, officers, and officials from East Africa. Food and water were scarce during the voyage after German bombers attacked them. refugees slept on open decks for three nights. The ship waited twenty eight hours near Bordeaux before docking.
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France
Erly Tso
Cornwall
Paris
Riviera
Geneva
Umpenal Airways
East Africa
Bordeaux
Armistice Talks Open At Compiegne In Historic Railcar
Hitler and French plenipotentiaries met in the same Compiegne forest railway car as 1918 to discuss terms for an armistice. Keitel Ribbentrop and von Brauchstach attended. meeting set for 3 30 p m local time. France braces for possible German demilitarization and wartime concessions amid mounting Allied concerns.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
France
Compiegne
Germany
Clrenceau
Richelieu
Brest
Wilhelm Keitel
High Command
Hither
Joachim von Ribbentrop
En. Walther von Hranchstach
Forest of
Compieyme
Great Britain
England
Italy
Mussolini
Plenipotentiari
Switzerland
General John T Thompson Dies at 80 in New York
General John T Thompson, 80, inventor of the Thompson submachine gun, died at his Great Neck home after a three day illness. A 1882 West Point graduate born in Newport Kentucky, he led design and manufacture of small arms for the government in World War I.
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Thompson
Great Neck
N. Y
John T. Thompson
Newport
United States Military Academy
Longest Day Brings Cold, Brief Sunlit Warmth
The longest day of the year proved one of the coldest summer days with a bright sun offering limited warmth. Thursday night’s low reached forty eight degrees per Miss Louise Ahlert, the weather observer, as people wore coats to cope with the chill.
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Louise Ahlert
Weather Record Transcript Without Official Readings
A downtown thermometer records today’s maximum temperature as unofficial while the 2 pm reading and the twenty four hour minimum come from Miss Louise Ahlert’s government station. The Seymour River was 9 inches above low water at Rockford pumping station.
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Aecps Tae
Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
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