Air Units To Train At Freeman Field
National Guard units from Kentucky and West Virginia will bring 400 troops and 50 planes to Freeman Field from August 21 to September 5. The move, announced by Guy R. Hamlin, manager of the Seymour Aviation Commission, follows two weeks of extensive field maneuvers including cross country flights during summer training. Commission members listed include J. Ralph Thompson and Wilbur C. Baldwin.
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Kentucky
West Virginia Air National Guard
Freeman Field
Guy R. Hamlin
Seymour Aviation Commission
J. Ralph Thompson
Wilbur C. Baldwin
Burton F. Swain Jr
Robert J. Brown Jr
National Guard
Hamlin
Otis Bryan Joins Philippine Lines In New Pilot Role
Otis F. Bryan former TWA vice president and longtime Roosevelt pilot resigns to join Philippine Lines. He will run routes Philippines to San Francisco via Calcutta Cairo and Madrid, with home in Manila. Bryan, son of John F. Bryan Tampico area, leaves Wilmington June 30 and visits Jackson County around July 1.
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Otis F. Bryan
Jackson County
Franklin D. Roosevelt
TWA
Philippine Lines
New York
Mr. Bryan
TWA Foreign Air Transport Command
Roosevelt
Casablanca
Teheran
Yalta
Bryan
Philippines
San Francisco
Manila
Calcutta
Cairo
Spain
Wilmington
Del
West Coast
Freetown Plans Three Day Fourth of July Celebration
The Freetown Twelfth Annual Fourth of July Celebration will be held in Freetown Free Park July 3 4 and 5 with rides shows free acts wildlife exhibits concessions and prizes. Bob Wright and his brass band perform all three days. Dr B R Lakin broadcasts daily from Cable Tabernacle over WLW and will give a Sunday sermon. Public invitation urged to attend and renew acquaintances.
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Freetown
The
Bob Wright
B. R. Lakin
Cable Tabernacle
WLW
Reliance Opens 50th Anniversary Open House in Seymour
Reliance Manufacturing celebrates half a century of garment making with an all day open house at the Premium plant in Seymour Indiana. Visitors tour the Tipton and OBrien streets factory watch cutting stitching pressing and packing by about 400 employees and join a buffet lunch. Executives from Chicago headquarters will address local business leaders during Anniversary Day events. Similar 50th anniversary observances are planned for 20 plants this summer with Indiana sites in Bedford July 15 and Loogootee July 16.
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Seymour, Ind
Reliance Manufacturing Company
Seymour
Tipton
O’brien
Reliance
Chicago
Indiana
Bedford
Loogootee
Record Crowds Swim at Pool in Shields Park
The Seymour Municipal Swimming Pool in Shields Park saw huge crowds with 769 swimmers on Tuesday and 612 on Monday. Pool manager James F. Deputy noted last year’s 400 daily crowd was strong, while over 200 joined the starting children’s classes Tuesday. Season tickets remain on sale through July 4.
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Seymour Municipal
Shields Park
James F
Circus Theme Boosts Library Reading Club Totals
Seymour Public Library reports over 1 000 books read in the Circus Vacation Reading Club in its third week. The program has 250 members with daily additions and a diploma goal of ten books per child before July 31.
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Seymour Public Library
Katherine Frazee
Truckman Found Guilty In Overweight Highway Case
A Jackson Circuit Court jury in Brownstown found Raymond L. Rowley of Indianapolis guilty of operating a truck overweight on highways near Seymour. He was fined 365 dollars total by Judge George H. Gossman after a two hour verdict. Rowley had previously pleaded guilty in Seymour city court and appealed due to a heavy fine. The Modern Freight Way owned the truck.
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Jackson
Brownstown
Raymond L. Rowley
Indianapolis
Rowley
George H. Gossman
Seymour
Donald L. Herwig
Freight Way
Motor Transport
Chicago
U. S. Road 31
Jack Curry
Seymour State
Nelson Laraway
William Burnside
Robert Buhner
William Yarlow
Orville Reynolds
Henry Nierman
Otis Silver
F. O. Whitmer
Iliff Boaz
George Kober
Oren Johnson
Kirk Reynolds
Jackson Circus Court
Mrs Louise Cavally Expires in Cincinnati
Mrs Louise Cavally 94 a Seymour native died suddenly at her Cincinnati home 2706 Cleanview avenue Monday Funeral services set for 11 oclock Thursday in Cincinnati She was born April 5 1854 to Christian and Christina Frey widow of Fred Cavally She lived in Denver and Cincinnati. survived by son Frederick L Cavally grandson Robert Cavally and great grandson Christopher Cavally in Cincinnati with nephew Charles W Frey listed in the family.
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Louise Trey Cavally
Seymour
Cleanview Avenue
Cincinnati
Cavally
Christian
Christina Frey
Fred Cavally
Denver
Colo
Basement Explosion Destroys Winchester Department Store
A basement explosion in Winchester Virginia today wrecked much of a three story brick department store in the business area and injured 19 people.
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Winchester
Weather Records Temperatures and River Stage Update
Official maximum Tuesday reached 97 degrees and minimum 60.0 degrees. Reading at 2 p.m. noted sea level and 94 on river stage at 2.00 ft. Precipitation reading unclear but listed as 0.20 inches.
Seymour Sees Season High As Mercury Reaches Ninety Seven
Temperatures soared to 97 degrees in Seymour on Tuesday setting a new season high, with 96 degrees earlier and a low of 7 degrees. A brief shower raised the White River level briefly by two tenths of an inch, while forecasts call for relief Thursday as heat and humidity persist. Fort Worth also hit 97 degrees. Atlanta and Evansville recorded 92 degrees.
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Seymour
Ruth Everhart
Everhart
White River
Mid-West
Fort Worth
Texas
Atlanta
Evansville
Ind
Man Gets Term For Resisting Public Official
Thomas N. Charles of Norman was found guilty of resisting arrest after a trial in city court. He received 30 days at the state penal farm plus fines and costs totaling 30 dollars. He previously pleaded guilty to public intoxication with a 20 dollar total penalty. Charles struck city sanitary officer Charles W. Freeman during arrest near Second and Ewing streets.
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Thomas N. Charles
Norman
State Penal Farm
Donald L. Herwig
Charles
Charles W. Freeman
Second
Ewing Streets
Leland W. Brooks
Joe Louis Jersey Joe Walcott Fight Postponed by Rain
The Louis Walcott bout at Yankee Stadium was delayed to Thursday night due to rain and threatening weather. Promoter Mike Jacobs postponed after weighing in at noon and deciding once rain began, with forecasts calling for clouds and showers tonight and Thursday.
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New York
Joe Walcott
Yankee Stadium
Mike Jacobs
Remodeling of New Moose Club in Seymour Under Way
Seymour Lodge No. 1123 Loyal Order of Moose will convert 117 East Second Street into its new club and lodge rooms. The project, headed by a committee including Robert Buhner and George Callahan, aims for a mid August move with 60 days of work by Dan Sutton.
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East Second Street
Seymour Lodge
Loyal Order of Moose
T. R. Carter
Greyhound
East Fourth Street
Robert Buhner
Ray Johns
Mode Thompson
George Callahan
Ed Newkirk
Loren Brewer
Glen Williams
Dan Sutton
Moose Lodge
O’brien
Reliance Factory
Russia Pushes Currency in Berlin Amid Allied Rejection
Western allies reject Moscow’s plan for a Russian controlled currency in Berlin and insist on a two currency system in the western sectors. Moscow warns of sanctions as talks in Berlin end without a compromise. In other news, Russia casts its 26th UN veto on atomic energy control and Greek civil war clashes spill over from Albania.
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Associated Preas
Berlin
Russia
Warsaw
Germany
U. S
Cominform
Communist Information Bureau
V. M. Molotov
Poland
Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
Romania
Hungary
Washington
Robert Lovett
State Department
Western European Union
Senate
United Nations
Britain
France
Greece
Albania
Republicans Adopt Platform For 1948 Convention
In Philadelphia on June 23 the Republican convention unanimously adopted a 1948 platform seeking world peace and anti communist aims. It endorses civil rights measures including anti lynch and non segregation in armed forces and urges Congress to act, challenging Truman’s administration and aiming to win the White House after 16 years.
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Philadelphia
Congress
Truman
Democratic Party
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Resolutions Committee
White House
Notano
Tec Big Hall
Joseph Martin
Miners Strike Deadline Near as Lewis Holds Bargaining Talks
John L. Lewis and soft coal operators pressed serious bargaining in a bid to avert a strike next month. Truman inquiry board extended the reporting deadline twice as Lewis prepared to brief the UMW policy committee on evolving proposals and possible offers from operators.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Truman
United Mine Workers
Lewis
UMW
Contract Awarded For Dam Construction At Cagles Mill
The Kenney Construction Company of Chicago won the contract to build a 450 foot diversion tunnel for the Cagles Mill flood control dam south of Greens Castle. The bid was $377,085 and a groundbreaking ceremony is set for July 1 at the site on Mill Creek near the Owen Putnam county line.
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Indianapolis
Kenney Construction Company of
Chicago
Cagles Mill
Greencastle
Mill Creek
Owen-Putnam County
Taft Stassen Push to Block Dewey at Convention
Philadelphia reports a GOP convention storyline as Harold E. Stassen and Senator Robert A. Taft push a "stop Dewey" plan with allies from Arthur Vandenberg supporters. Gov Alfred E. Driscoll of New Jersey backs Dewey, boosting his bid and complicating the Taft Stassen effort. Missouri Senator James P. Kem also endorses Dewey. The outcome hinges on late convention balloting.
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NEA
Edward Martin
Pennsylvania
Thomas E. Dewey
New York
Philadelphia
Dewey
Martin
Harold E. Stassen
Alfred E. Driscoll
New Jersey
Driscoll
Robert A. Taft
Dewey” Coult
Arthur A. Vandenberg
Vandenberg
Michigan
Taft
Stassen
Kim Sigler
Earl Warren
California
Sigler
Missouri
United States
Taft-Stassen
GOP Platforms 1944 vs 1948 Show Shifting Policy
Peter Edson reports the 1948 Republican platform broadens foreign policy aims, urges strengthening the United Nations and armed services, and hints at universal military service. It contrasts with 1944 priorities of peace without a world state and a focus on home defense, National Guard buildup, and tariff protection.
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NEA
Washington
Philadelphia
United Nations
GOP
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R. A. Zaring
O’brien Street
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Truckman
Louise Cavally
Ruthhart
Mercury
Bulletin
Weather Bureau
Moose Club
Maine
Margaret Chase Smith
Clyde H. Smith
van Horn
Associated Press
Peter Edson
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