New Officers Of Lions Club Installed In Seymour
Seymour Lions Club installed new officers for the coming year at a Thursday night ladies meeting in the Elks Home dining room. Paul W. Rigsbee became president, succeeding Alfred Tower, with Brand, Keach, Dixon, McGuire, Morgan, Endicott, Wilson, Blair, Etter, Montgomery, Wesley, Snyder and Fouts named to key posts. A. L. Jackson led the installation and Tower was thanked as immediate past president. A large crowd attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
R. S. Wilson
J. Robert Blair
Robert B. Etter
T. Harlan Montgomery
T. Perry Wesley
Alfred Snyder
Fred N. Fouts
Mr. Tower
A. L. Jackson
Jackson
Tower
Rigsbee
Amil Rebber Dies At Knoxville
Amil H Rebber a salesman died in Knoxville Tennessee after an eight week illness at 1 10 pm Thursday He was born May 4 1903 the son of Fred and Anna Rebber He married Amelia Schmidt in October 1931 in Louisville He belonged to a Lutheran church in Knoxville He is survived by his widow his parents two brothers Albert and Walter and sister Miss Elnora Rebber all of Seymour Funeral arrangements will be announced later
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Amil H. Rebber
Knoxville
Tenn
Mr. Rebber
Fred
Anna von Dielingen Rebber
Amelia Schmidt
Louisville
Albert Rebber
Walter Rebber
Elnora Rebber
Seymour
Mrs. Alice Bedel Dies In Indianapolis
Mrs. Alice Bedel aged 73 widow of Taylor Bedel formerly of Uniontown died Thursday night at her daughter Mrs. Herb Adair's home in Indianapolis after a long illness. Funeral services are set for 2 oclock Sunday at Uniontown Church with Rev. Walter Moseley officiating. Burial will be in Uniontown Cemetery.
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Alice Bedel
Taylor Bedel
Uniontown
Herb Adair
Indianapolis
Uniontown Church
Walter Moseley
Uniontown Cemetery
Notre Dame names new alumni president and honorary head
Thomas Byrne of Cleveland elected national president of Notre Dame alumni association succeeding Governor Harry Kelly of Michigan. Rev. Hugh O'Donnell named honorary president, Kelly to become ex officio board member.
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South Bend
Ind
Notre Dame University
Thomas Byrne
Cleveland
Ohio
Harry Kelly
Michigan
Hugh O'Donnell
Kelly
Officer Rescues Child After Fall Down Furnace Air Duct
The 1½ year old Richard Kunz fell into a cold air duct at his grandparents’ home on South Chestnut street. Neighbor and Freeman Field hospital X ray chief Capt Julian Wishik lowered himself into the duct to rescue the child. Richard suffered only a minor shoulder scratch and slept well after a thorough cleaning, while his father works as a radio instructor at Peterson Army Air Field.
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F. William Miller
South Chestnut Street
Richard Kunz
Mour
William
Richard
Julian L. Wishik
Freeman Field Hospital
Graduation for aviation cadet class 43-F at Freeman Field
Aviation cadet class 43-F will graduate at Freeman Field on Wednesday June 30 at 10 a m in the post theater. Colonel E T Rundquist announces Major William B Poe will deliver the address Chaplains McGuire Henderson will give invocation and benediction Major Roe will present wings and Major Albert Hughes will administer the oath of office. Class 43-G will move up as 43-F graduates and a new class will be assigned.
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Freeman Army Air Field
E. T. Rundquist
William B. Poe
Daniel A. McGuire
Phillips B. Henderson
Roe
Albert Hughes
Seymour
City Schools See 128 Students Fail in Seymour District
Superintendent Norman J. Lasher reported 128 Seymour public school students failed this year urging parents to guide children at home and in school. The study cites irregular attendance as the top cause at the high school and poor effort among grade students. Seventeen failures were in junior high, seventy seven in senior high, and thirty four in grade schools.
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Norman J. Lasher
Seymour Public
Lasher
Meat Slaughter Probe Expands to Indiana
Regional OPA chief James Grenner said the meat slaughter and distribution investigation will extend to Indiana after finding that half of those checked in northeastern Ohio violated price and ration orders. Violators will be reported to the FDA which sets meat slaughter quotas.
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Cleveland
James Grenner
Office of Price Administration
Indiana
Ohio
OPA
Food Distribution Administration
FDA
Five Witnesses In Craig Shooting Case Begin Grand Jury Probe
Five witnesses testified before a Bartholomew county grand jury at Columbus on the Craig fatal shooting investigation. Lewis Collis, 26, neighbor of Roscoe Francis Craig, admitted firing the shotgun but said it was an accident during a test for gun shy dog behavior. Collis was jailed, and the jury, with more than 20 witnesses summoned, heard duties from Judge George W. Long.
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Bartholomew County
Columbus
Roscoe Francis Craig
Ogilville
Donald P. Shinn
William M. Lienberger
U. S. Navy
Lewis Collis
Craig
Collis
Wayland M. Foster
Clay Township
Albert Fiesbeck
German Township
Wayne Mobley
Clifty Township
Clem Hoskins
Harrison
Alvin Logan Columbus
Ira Leatherock
George W. Long
Crothersville Woman Knits 700 Hours for Red Cross
Mrs. Ed Cutshaw runs a filling station and handles housework while knitting for the Red Cross since January 1. She produced fifteen sweaters eight helmets nine mufflers one pair of gloves and twelve wristlets under knitting supervisor Mrs. W. K. Adair in Crothersville.
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Ed Cutshaw
Crothersville
The
Red Cross
W. K. Adair
War Food Admin Requisitioning Corn in 96 Midwestern Elevators
The War Food Administration begins requisitioning corn stocks in ninety six midwestern terminal elevators to supply processors for war related food feed and industrial products. Owners will be paid at ceiling prices as requisition papers are served by U S marshals or military officials where needed across Wisconsin Iowa Illinois Missouri Indiana Kentucky Nebraska Minnesota and Kansas.
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Washington
War Food Administration
United States
Wisconsin
Iowa
Illinois
Missouri
Indiana
Kentucky
Nebraska
Minnesota
Kansas
Remodeling at USO Under Way Chestnut street center upgrades
Remodeling at the USO on Chestnut street progresses with major changes to the second floor. The big hall will be redecorated while nightly entertainment continues downstairs. A new furniture set arrives and a movie projector and Federal recorder will let service members make home recordings. A girls powder room begins a reconstruction plan to add a social hall, music room, library, quiet room and a dark room. Completion set for July 17. Epsilon Chapter Triad choral society led by Mrs Behlfig will entertain after the 6 pm buffet and quiz. Medora War Mothers serve.
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Chestnut Street
USO
Bramwell Lundgren
Lundgren
Epsilon Chapter
Triad Choral Society
Mary M. Behlifig
Medora
Roosevelt Near Deadline On Strike Bill
President Roosevelt faces a midnight deadline on the anti strike bill. He can veto or let it become law without his signature as coal production stays strained. The War Labor Board demands a signed contract within its terms and John L. Lewis rejects a so called yellow dog contract.
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Associated Press
Roosevelt
Congress
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
John L. Lewis
Bombs Drop From Flying Fortress On Italian Oil Target
Eight 500 pound bombs from a Flying Fortress hit a Leghorn Italy oil refinery target in a precise daylight bombing run. The attack demonstrates the high accuracy of U S bombardiers and the effectiveness of strategic air power.
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Leghorn
Italy
U. S
Arrow
U. S. Army Air Force
Presidential Veto on Anti-Strike Bill Stirs Debate
President Roosevelt vetoes the Connally Smith anti strike bill which would impose fines and imprisonment on strike leaders and supporters. The veto was anticipated across many circles. Detroit notes no grand jury probe into race riots. four law enforcement officials recommend against an inquiry and Governor Kelley accepts.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Detroit
Harry Kelley
War Roundup Reports Allied Air Strikes Across Europe
Last minute AP items describe daylight bombing by American four engined bombers over northwest Germany with many German fighters shot down and eighteen American planes missing. RAF night raid hit Wuppertal while allies pound Sicily Sardinia and Salonika. German forces move into northern Italy near the Brenner Pass. American airmen bomb targets in the Solomons New Guinea and Burma.
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Tribune
Associated Press
Germany
Wuppertal
Ruhr
Mediterranean
Sicily
Sardinia
Salonika
Greece
London
Barmen
Elberfeld
Wupper
RAF
I. G. Farben Chemical Works
Middle East
Northwest African Command
Malta
Balkans
Syria
Mrs. Mae Mitchell Colored Is Dead
Funeral services were held at Wiley Methodist Church in Rushville for Mrs. Mae Mitchell colored who died Wednesday at her aunt’s home in Rushville. She had lived in Chicago Tl and a few months in Rushville but was a Seymour resident for most of her life. A cousin Edgar F. Maddox lives at 204 South Lynn Street.
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Wiley Methodist Church
Rushville
Mae Mitchell
Ida Sorrell
East Eighth Street
Chicago
Mitchell
Seymour
Edgar F. Maddox
South Lynn Street
Alban Cox Former Seymour Man Dies in Indianapolis
Alban F. Cox aged 61, a former Seymour resident, died Thursday at his Indianapolis home. Funeral services are set for 1 PM Sunday at Shirley Brothers Central Chapel, Tenth and Illinois streets. Burial will be at Chestnut Ridge. Survived by widow Matie Cox and four children Pvt. E. H. Cox, Beryl Cox, Mrs. Richard Heydon, and Mrs. Robert Welch.
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Alban F. Cox
Seymour
Indianapolis
Shirley Brothers Central Chapel
Tenth and
Illinois Street
Chestnut Ridge
Matie Cox
Pvt
E. H. Cox
Beryl Cox
Richard Heydon
Robert Welch
Elk Hills oil probe ordered by House Naval committee
The House Naval committee approves a full investigation into Navy oil policy and the Elk Hills contract with Standard Oil of California. Navy Secretary Knox testifies on crude shortages and proposes development as the fastest path, noting a $210.9 million price tag for purchase and urging reserve expansion beyond the continental United States. The Justice Department also backs condemnation of Standard Oil’s Elk Hills interest.
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Washington
House Naval Committee
Navy
Elk Hills
Frank Knox
Ing. Knox
House
Knox
Navy Department
Standard Oil Company of California
Standard
Continental
United States
Justice Department
Standard Oil Company of
California
Indictments Return Eighty-Two in Northern Indiana Grand Jury
Eighty-two indictments, 59 secret, were returned by the Northern Indiana District Federal Grand Jury. Emerit Moore, former teller at American Trust Company in South Bend, charged with embezzling $6,000. Moore free on $10,000 bond since May. Remaining 22 open indictments list individuals either jailed or free on bond.
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South Bend
Ind
Indiana
Emerit Moore
American Trust Company
Moore
Liberty
Wuppertal Targeted Again as RAF Bombs German City
Allied air action across Europe intensifies with 1500 tons of bombs on Wuppertal's Barmen and Elberfeld areas. Barmen destroyed, Elberfeld damaged. Remscheid also hit. In Mediterranean theater, Salonika and Sardinia raids yield fires, clashes, and fighter losses as Mussolini reshapes fascist ranks. Axis guards warn of invasion and Turkey remains cautious amid global tensions.
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Axis
Radio Berlin
Goebbels
Europe
Radio Rome
Mussolini
Fascist Party
Mediterranean
Turkey
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Friedrichshafen
Lions Club
Paul W. Rigsbee
Jackson In Charge
Mitchell Chetel
Amil Rebber
Notre Dame
Kenneth
Walden Kunz
Colorado Springs, Colo
Thelma Miller
Sey
Freeman Field
Meat Slaughter Probe
Louise Ahlert
Des Water
Rockford
WEA
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Alban Cox
Seymour Man
Ek Hills
Farben Chemical Works
Remscheid
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Hitler
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