War Prisoners Helping on Northeast Jackson County Farms
Italian prisoners from Camp Atterbury have been brought into northeast Jackson County to aid harvest efforts amid a farm labor shortage. Farmers, clerks, and office workers are being recruited to work after hours or part-time, with communities urged to contribute to ensure crops are gathered and food is not wasted. The plan aims to mobilize patriotic help from towns and cities to sustain food production during wartime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Camp Atterbury
W. P. Stall
Stolen 1987 Sedan Sought By State Police
State police search for a 1987 model sedan reported stolen about 11:15 Tuesday night from a parking area in front of Williams Garage at Third and Ewing streets. The vehicle belongs to Fred H. Patman of Seymour rural route.
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Williams Garage
Third
Ewing Streets
Fred H. Patman
Seymour
Coffee Ration to Rise to Three Weeks of No. 21 Stamp
The next coffee stamp No 21 will cover three weeks beginning July 1 as the Office of Price Administration increases allowances. Stamp No 24 remains in use for four weeks and people are urged to drink tea as a partial substitute. OPA official Prentiss Brown warns that future conditions could tighten the ration again if needed. Currently the per person limit is one pound every four weeks with ample green coffee stocks and rising imports.
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Associated Press
Washington
Prentiss Brown
OPA
House Agriculture Committee
Roosevelt
Senate
House
Farm Security Administration
FSA
War Food Administration
Congress
Howard Smith
Virginia
Methodists Open 112th Conference in Greensburg Indiana
The Indiana Methodist Conference opened its 112th annual meeting in Greensburg with 550 southern Indiana churches represented. Bishop Titus Lowe led services, Dr. J. G. Moore spoke, and Rev. John F. Edwards preached a devotional. Sir Isaac Foot is slated to address Saturday morning. Women prepared unrated meals using donated foods and points savings. Conference officers named were Edwin F. Shake secretary, W. T. Jones treasurer, and Lee S. Jarrett statistician.
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Greensburg
Ind
Indiana Methodist Conference
Indiana
Titus Lowe
Indianapolis
J. G. Moore
Connersville
John F. Edwards
Broadway Methodist Church
Sir Isaac Foot
British Privy Council
Bloomington
Edwin F. Shake
Seymour
W. T. Jones
Lee S. Jarrett
Brookville
Mrs. Graham Dies In Indianapolis
Mrs. Susan Graham 88 a former Seymour resident died at 5 a m Wednesday at her daughter Mrs Etta Emily s home 847 North Beville street Indianapolis from a heart attack Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p m from the home with Rev Clyde McGuire officiating Burial will be in an Indianapolis cemetery She was born in 1855 in Jennings County the daughter of Mr and Mrs Almarine Waggoner widow of Norman Graham and a Baptist Church member Surviving daughters are Mrs Emily Mrs Omar Wilson Terre Haute and Mrs Ruby Stamm Edgewood
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Susan Graham
Seymour
Etta Emily
North
Beville Street
Indianapolis
Clyde McGuire
Jennings County
Graham
Almarine Waggoner
Norman Graham
The
Baptist Church
Emily
Omar Wilson
Terre Haute
Ruby Stamm
Edgewood
Local Lutherans At Convention Opened In Fort Wayne
About thirty delegates from Lutheran churches in Jackson county joined five hundred delegates from Indiana Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia at the Central District Missouri Synod convention in Fort Wayne at Concordia College. A major topic was forming boys and girls clubs in congregations to curb juvenile delinquency. Trinity congregation Cleveland submitted the resolution urging clubs in all district churches. Rev. Walter F. Lichtsinn of Hammond presided and gave his annual report while Rev Herman Harmes Kansas City was featured speaker at services Monday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson County
Indiana
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Central District
Missouri Synod of the Lutheran Church
Concordia College
Fort Wayne
Trinity Congregation of
Cleveland
Walter F. Lichtsinn
Hammond
Herman Harmes
Sof
Missouri Synod
Officers to Attend Personnel Conference in Columbus and Maxwell Field
Capt. L. Harris the post exchange officer and Lieut. Lewis E. Peterson civilian personnel officer at Freeman Field will attend a personnel conference in Columbus June 25 26 sponsored by the Fifth Service Command. From Columbus they travel to Maxwell Field Montgomery Ala June 28 to July 1 for another conference.
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L. Harris
Lewis E. Peterson
Freeman Field
Columbus
Fifth Service Command
Maxwell Field
Montgomery
Ala
Infant Garry Munden Dies at Schneck Hospital
Infant Garry Munden one day old, son of Curtis and Ruth Munden of Seymour R2, died at 5 PM Wednesday at Schneck Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held at 2:30 PM today at Tower Funeral Home with Dr. John L. Prentice of First Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial followed in Riverview Cemetery. Survived by parents and two brothers Bill J. Munden and Curtis Don Munden.
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Garry Munden
Curtis
Ruth Johnson Munden
Seymour
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Tower Funeral Home
John L. Prentice
First Presbyterian Church
Riverview Cemetery
Bill J. Munden
Curtis Don Munden
Indiana University Leader Addresses Welfare Meeting
President Herman B Wells of Indiana University told county welfare directors at a Wednesday meeting at the university medical center in Indianapolis that new state law transferring authority to hospitalize indigent patients to county welfare departments marks a new era for medical education in Indiana. The gathering outlined procedures for indigent patient commitments as authority shifts from Circuit Court judges to welfare agencies.
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Herman B Wells
Indiana University
University Medical Center
Indianapolis
Indiana
Stanley Owen
Jackson County
State Department of Public Welfare
University
Thurman A. Gottschalk
W. D. Gatch
IL. U. School of Medicine
C. H. McCaskey
Indiana State Medical Association
John D. van Nuys
L. A. Center
Wells
Gatch
Circuit Court
McCaskey
State Medical Association
Riley Hospital
Stephan Denied Execution Stay
Washington AP reports Supreme Court Chief Justice Stone refused a stay of execution for Max Stephan of Detroit. Stephan’s lawyer O Salowich sought time to file a Supreme Court appeal after a federal Detroit court denied a new trial, claiming new evidence. Stephan is set to die July 2 for harboring a German aviator who escaped a Canadian prison camp.
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Washington
Max Stephan
Detroit
Stone
United States Supreme Court
Stephan
Nicholas Salowich
Supreme Court
Salowich
Food Subsidy Debate Dominates Senate Session Today
The Senate held an early session to vote on a Taft backed subsidy plan allowing up to 500 million dollars in annual subsidies and 175 million in subsidy loans. Opponents warn the policy risks government control of industry while supporters say it limits broader price rollbacks.
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Senate
Associated Press
Robert Taft
Ohio
Taft
RFC
Commodity Credit Corporation
Urgent Call to Renew Non-Highway Gas Rations Now
Kelso Briner, head of the county rationing board's gasoline panel, urges farmers and nonhighway equipment users to renew nonhighway gas rations at once. With three gas rationing workloads due July 1, the board aims to avoid halting farm operations and urges filing OPA Farm R-537 applications with the county board immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelso Briner
County
OPA Farm
King Visits Mediterranean Fronts Amid Desert Honor Parade
A delayed AP dispatch details King George VI touring the Mediterranean including Malta and Tripoli deserts. He honors Montgomery and Wilson by proxy, knights them, and awards a Victoria Cross to a Gurkha sergeant who felled fifty seven Germans in Mareth. Two American pilots meet the King.
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Algiers
Mediterranean
North Africa
England
Malta
Mussolini
Bernard L. Montgomery
Eighth Army
Henry Maitland Wilson
Middle East
Tripoli
Britain
Eant
Mareth
Earl Bates
Winnetka
Illinois
Glade Bilby
Skidmore
Missouri
Edward the First
Major Lee assumes command of 447th Base Squadron
Major Walter R. Lee takes command of the 447th base headquarters and air base squadron at Freeman Field replacing Major Roger C. Carroll who moves to the aviation cadet board in Boston. Lee, a Brooklyn resident born in Albany, is a NYU alumnus and former Lincoln Savings investigator. his son Lieutenant Lee serves with the cavalry at Fort Riley.
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Walter R. Lee
Freeman Field
Roger C. Carroll
First Service Command
Boston
Aviation Cadet Board
Lee
Albany
N. Y
Albany High School
New York University
New York City
New York Athletic Club
Brooklyn
Lincoln Savings Bank
Major Lee
Randolph Field
Texas
Spence Field
United States Military Academy
West Point
Lees
Lieutenant Lee
Cavalry
Fort Riley
Kansas
Mack Steinkamp Buys Price's Confectionery
Mack Steinkamp, son of Mr and Mrs George H Steinkamp, has purchased the confectionery at 117 North Chestnut Street from Mr and Mrs Henry Price. He has worked with his father in business and will continue the Prices policy of quality soft drinks and fountain delicacies in a comfortable atmosphere. He is married with a son and lives at 411 Carter Boulevard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Steinkamp
George H. Steinkamp
North Chestnut Street
Henry Price
Steinkamp
Mack
Carter Boulevard
Mrs. Steinkamp
Rites for Mrs Stout postponed to July 3
Illness of her son Dr L E Stout professor of chemical engineering at Washington University in St Louis necessitated delaying burial plans for Mrs E W Stout a former Seymour resident who died Tuesday in Redlands California The rites at Riverview Cemetery will be conducted by the Order of Eastern Star with Dr John L Prentice assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Stout
Washington University
St. Louis
E. W. Stout
Seymour
Redlands
Calif
Riverview
Order of Eastern Star
John L. Prentice
First Presbyterian Church
Baptist Men Meet at Franklin College Seminar
Dr Clive McGuire will preside over a boys seminar titled Baptist Boys the Laymen of Tomorrow at the Northern Baptist Men meeting. The state wide event at Franklin College in Indianapolis runs Saturday and Sunday with about 1000 laymen and ministers attending. Noted speakers include W G Boyle M Forest Ashbrook and William G Mather. Franklin College president William Gear Spencer will give the closing address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clive McGuire
Paul R. McGuire
Baptist Boys
Indianapolis
Franklin
Northern Baptist
Franklin College
W. G. Boyle
New York
National Council of Northern Baptist Men
M. Forest Ashbrook
Northern Baptist Convention Ministerial Pension Fund
William G. Mather
Council of Social Progress
The
Northern Baptist Convention
William Gear Spencer
School War Bond Sales Reported
Students and staff at Shields Junior and Senior High School narrowly led Emerson Grade School in war bond and stamp purchases for 1942-43. Shields raised 6901.10 dollars, Emerson 6214.35, followed by Riley 2729.55, Lincoln 1901.61, and Washington 496.70, totaling 18243.31 across city schools.
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Shields
Emerson
Norman J. Lasher
Riley
Lincoln
Washington
Ickes Takes Active Charge of Government Mines
Secretary Ickes moved to take direct charge of coal mine management and said he expects to run them for the government for a considerable period. In London, British submarines in the Mediterranean sank an armed axis merchant ship of about 7,000 tons and destroyed twelve other vessels.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ickes
London
Mediterranean
Last Roundup By Associated Piece
The air over the English Channel remains thick as RAF night raiders shuttle bombers from England to Africa. Sicily and Sardinia are attacked again while thirteen axis vessels are sunk by British submarines in the Mediterranean. American air forces strike the Japs in the Solomons and East Indies as Secretary Stimson warns of bigger American casualties to come.
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English Channel
RAF
England
Africa
Sicily
Sardinia
Mediterranean
Axis
Dodecanese
Solomons
East Indies
Stimson
Old Zep Works Is One Target Of Air Raiders
RAF shuttle bombing raids hit Friedrichshaven in Germany and La Spezia in Italy with Lancaster bombers from England and North Africa. The operations aimed to strike radio location plants and docks while avoiding enemy defenses on return flights. Casualties were low, and further use of shuttle bombing was not disclosed.
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Bv Associated Pregs
RAF
Germany
Italy
England
South Germany
Friedrichshaven
North Africa
la Spezia
Radio Berlin
France
Belgium
Flushing
Holland
Hull
Eisenhower
Sardinia
Sicily
Olbia
Middle East
Comiso
Italian High Command
Catania
Proto Empedocle
Spain
Gibraltar
Radio
Berlin
Castelrosso
Dodecanese
Turkey
Axis
Crete
Greece
Yugoslavia
Rome
Latakia
Syria
Moscow
Red Army
Belgorod
Kharkov
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NEA
Wilson Lowe
Salisbury
Methodists Open
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
Ane
Ervicsinixciins
I. U. Head
George Aiken
Vermont
Aiken
Burton Wheeler
Montana
Major Lee Headsmith
Price
Mrs. Stout
Dr. McGuire
Old Zep
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