Lincoln Addition Contract Set By School Board
Lincoln grade school will gain a three classroom brick addition above the gymnasium on Vine and East Laurel streets. Embrey and Son of New Albany won the $39,880 bid after a special board meeting, with work to start soon and finish possibly in October if materials are accessible. The project has been studied for over two years amid cost concerns, with CPA approval now granted after earlier denial.
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Lincoln City
Vine
East Laurel Streets
Board of
Embrey and Son
New Albany Contracting
New Albany
Embrey
Lincoln
Civil Production Administration
Indianapolis
CPA
New Commander Named at State Police Post Here
Harry McMillin of Franklin, previously first sergeant at Seymour Post No 7, Indiana state police, is promoted to lieutenant and named new commander of the Seymour post. Col Robert Rossow announces departmental shifts affecting eight officers to improve administrative control, with Lt Albert R. Stiles moving to Jasper post and new lieutenants appointed to head Seymour and Charlestown posts.
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Harry McMillin
Franklin
Seymour Post No
Indiana State Police
Seymour Post
Robert Rossow
Rossow
Albert R. Stiles
Washington
Seymour
Charlestown
Jasper
Forrest Waggoner
Vincennes
Herschel Mow
Chester Wilson
Salem
McMillin
Marvin Watts
New Albany
Cpl
Albert Patterson
Clarksville
Delbert Higginbotham
Kentucky Masons To Confer Degree In Jackson County
Jackson Lodge No 146 announces a Master Mason degree for Saturday night June 28 in the Masonic Temple West Second Street. Louisville Masons’ Wardens' Association will confer the degree with about 25 members and one actual candidate present. Meeting opens at 8 o clock. refreshments served afterward.
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Jackson County
Jackson Lodge
Masters and Wardens’ Association
Louisville
Masonic Temple
West Second Street
Seymour City Council Grants Moving Consent for Two Houses
At a special meeting Tuesday night Seymour officials approved moving two houses along city streets after Mayor Burkart and Councilman Gregory reviewed the routes. They reported minimal street damage on West Jackson and noted tree limbs had been cut with permission.
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Seymour City
Seymour
John Hauenschild
C. W. Burkart
Paul B. Gregory
West Jackson Street
Henry J. Moritz
Burkart
W. H. Burceart
J. F. Ray
Charles Terry
Indiana corn planting near completion ahead of deadline
Indiana farmers near the planting deadline report about 80 percent of corn planted statewide with Jackson county estimates at 80 to 90 percent. Experts warn corn should finish by June 30 to mature before fall frosts. Winter wheat oats hay soybeans tomatoes and gardens show mixed conditions as harvesting and setting activities continue.
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Indiana
Weather Bureau
Jackson County
Bulletin
Preacher Rev C F Ault Feels Better and Continues Pulpit
Rev C F Ault formerly of Seymour and Scott sburg and pastor of Scottsburg Methodist Church is preaching again. He will also serve at Cedaredge Community Methodist Church Colorado and Austin nearby next year while continuing his regular charge. He reports feeling better since moving to Colorado. Mr and Mrs Ault and their 18 year old son live in Colorado. Three of his children reside in California.
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C. F. Ault
Seymour
Scottsburg Methodist Church
L. H. Ault
Cedaredge Community Methodist Church
Colorado
Ault
California
Ample Gasoline Supply Seen Despite Midwest Strain
Local dealers report adequate gasoline through summer with demand rising about 15 percent. Standard Oil of Indiana warns Midwest distribution may tighten by August though total supply mirrors 1946. Some kerosene shortages noted. bulk stations expect shipments to sustain through July, yet overall outlook remains unsettled as tourist travel peaks.
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Standard Oil
Indiana
Midwest
Standard
Francis Myers
Korosene Company
Myers
Sinclair Bulk
Sinclair
Historical Society Will Meet Sunday
A business meeting of the Jackson County Historical Society will be held at the Museum at 2 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Emory J. Hutchinson of Norman, president, has announced that a number of matters of interest to the Society will be presented for discussion. All interested in the program are invited. The Society controls a collection of historically valuable articles and compiles important county events.
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Jackson County Historical Society
Emory J. Hutchinson
Norman
Weather Records Temperatures and River Readings
The report lists official minimum and maximum temperatures, a 2 p.m. Tuesday reading, rainfall, and a river stage at 39 feet. It notes a temperature of 78 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Willard N. Everart, Jr
Driver in Crash Fined and Hospitalized Victims
Orville Prince 25 of Crothersville pleaded guilty to passing without clearance after a crash on U S Route 31 near Seymour involving six injured of seven people. Prince was fined 25 dollars and costs with a 60 day license suspension. two victims remained hospitalized with skull fracture and facial lacerations while others were treated and released. The truck driver and another passenger were not injured as the truck overturned onto the roadster.
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Orville Prince
Crothersville
Prince
Jack Curry
Seymour
U. S. Road 31
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Glendolyn Brooks
Seattle
Wash
Wallace Eldridge
John Toyer
Lexington
Miss Brooks
Brooks
More Cloudy Weather Seen for Thursday
The Weather Bureau forecast partly cloudy skies with showers in the forenoon and little temperature change. Official max 78, min 60. White River at Rockford recorded 3.9 feet.
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Weather Bureau
White River
Rockford
Philip Zoercher 81 Dies in Indianapolis
Philip Zoercher 81 longtime Indiana Board of Tax Commissioners member died at home after several months illness Funeral services scheduled for Friday afternoon in Indianapolis
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Indianapolis
Philip Zoercher
Indiana Board of Tax Commissioners
Ripley County Banker on Bond
A 33 year old Napoleon Indiana bank cashier Robert C McClanahan is charged with embezzling 43494 82 and was released on bond of 5000 signed by bank president Charles H Steuri and vice president Edward H Fox. He waived preliminary hearing after surrendering in Indianapolis with bank officials and directors.
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Napoleon
Ripley County
Liberty
Robert C. McMcClanahan
McClanahan
U. S
Indianapolis
B. Howard Caughran
Caughran
Charles H. Steuri
Edward H. Fox
Ervin Fruchnicht
Railroad Tax Case To Be Argued Orally
Oral arguments will be presented before Judge George H. Gossman in the Jackson Circuit Court in the case of the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul Pacific Railroad against the State tax board. The plaintiff seeks readjustment of its 1944 tax assessment and briefs will be filed after evidence.
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George H. Gossman
Jackson
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad
State Tax Board
Viera E. Darlage
Alfred J. Darlage
C. M. Montgomery
Damon Brock
Crothersville
State Penal Farm
U S Warships to be Given to South America
Secretary of the Navy Forrestal outlined plans to supply modern U S warships to Latin American nations as part of hemispheric security cooperation. He cited replacing obsolete vessels and noted four light cruisers and 117 smaller ships were under consideration. Eisenhower supported defense planning with Canada, aiming to protect key war industries and the Panama Canal. Marshall estimated the program could cost about 10 million dollars yearly.
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Washington
Navy
Forrestal
U. S
Navy Department
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Associated Press
Secretary of State
Marshall
Latin America
Nashville
Phoenix
Boise
St. Louis
Patterson
Panama Canal
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Great Lakes
Army
State Marshall
House
Burch Retains Lawyer in Disputed State Pay Case
State Auditor A V Burch said he hired Indianapolis attorney Albert Ward to defend his decision to withhold about 5000 dollars in back pay from five former state employees who also served as lawmakers. Attorney General Cleon Foust approved Ward and will assign a deputy to assist. The five had resigned and were reappointed. Burch argues the Indiana Constitution bars holding two lucrative offices.
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Indianapolis
A. V
Burch
Albert Ward
Ward
Cleon Foust
Foust
Indiana
Stores to Open July 5 in Double Holiday Weekend
Several Seymour stores will be open Saturday July 5 after a retail division announcement of a double holiday for July 4 and 5. Grocery stores will be open as usual and Penney Murphy and Morris stores will also operate July 5. Banks and financial institutions are expected to open after Independence Day closings. The Wednesday afternoon closing will not be observed next week due to the double holiday.
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Seymour
Penney, Murphy and Morris
Two States Hit By New Floods
Northeast Nebraska reports four inches of rain as renewed floods threaten Cambridge and other towns. Adel Iowa experiences rising Raccoon River forcing residents to higher ground. Missouri braces levee defenses with crest forecasts for Kansas City and St. Joseph as roads and rails remain washed out.
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Omaha
Iowa
Nebraska
Neligh
Cambridge
Nebr
Lloyd C. Richardson
Richardson
Medicine Creek
Adel
Missouri River
Ralph M. Aldrich
Kansas City
Col
W. E. Potter
St. Joseph
Napoleon
States
Coal Miners Return in Some Fields Amid Labor Tensions
Soft coal operators from the north and west meet to offer terms to John L. Lewis to avert a nationwide strike next month. Nearly half of the nation’s soft coal miners idle in protest against the Taft Hartley bill. vacation reductions loom July 7. Some miners return in West Virginia and Pennsylvania as talks continue with government mediators possible.
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Washington
North
John L. Lewis
Lewis’ United Mine
Lewis
Schwellenbach
Pennsylvania
Lansford
Panther Valley
Morongalia County
W. Va
Osa
Pittsburgh
29 Drivers Arrested In Truck Check Here
A total of 99 truck drivers were arrested in the last truck check by Seymour state police at the permanent pit scales on U S Road 31. The check ran from 7 AM to 7 PM Monday.
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Seymour State
U.S. Road 31
Seymour
Attractive Rose Garden Near Glaze Home
Roses of all kinds bloom in the garden beside Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Glaze at 338 Kessler Boulevard. About 990 roses are in full bloom, drawing many passersby and admiration from local residents.
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A. L. Glaze
Kessler Boulevard
Eisenhower to Head Columbia University
Gen Dwight D Eisenhower will become president of Columbia University after leaving the Army as Chief of Staff. Omar Bradley is seen as his likely successor in the Army. Eisenhower has been elected a Columbia Trustee and will take the post with high level approval, likely in early 1948.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Army
Columbia University
New York
Cambridge University
England
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia
Washington
North
Africa
Europe
Omar N. Bradley
Fisenhower
University
Truman
Patterson
War Department
Eisenhower
United States
Secretary of War
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Bie
EAD
Ian Ee
Kentucky Masons
Historical Society
Napoleon Bank
U.S
S. America
Justice Department
Nation
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