Henryville Crash Claims Seymour Couple and Daughter
A head on collision on U S Road 31 north of Henryville late Friday afternoon killed Gus Dunker 58 and Emma Kilgas Dunker 57 of Seymour and their daughter Hilda Dunker Smith 32 of Martinsville. Four others injured three seriously were admitted to St Edwards Hospital New Albany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Road 31
Henryville
Seymour
Gus Dunker
East Fourth Street
Seymour Bottling Works
Emma Kilgas Dunker
Hilda Dunker Smith
Martinsville
West Va
St. Edwards Hospital
New Albany
Walter P. Wilkey
Riverdale
Ruby Wilkey
Mari Lee Smith
William Richard Smith
Hilda Smith
Plane lands halting experimental fight telecast flight
A Westinghouse experimental airplane hosting television broadcasts of the heavyweight championship fight was forced to land at 20 000 feet Friday night due to difficulties. Eugene Perrigo, local state police radio operator at WLW T Cincinnati, reported he could only receive a flash of the preliminaries before the plane landed and believes the telecasts could have been received here if the experiment had proceeded as planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westinghouse
Eugene Perrigo
Wlw-T
Cincinnati
New Tax Session Calendar Released for 1948
Indiana Taxpayers Association releases a taxpayers calendar and warns that without citizen awakenings in 1948, 1949 taxes may reach historic highs. Jackson County Board of Review invites residents to challenge high assessments. Key budget talks loom, including the September 7 county council meeting to set annual budgets and tax rates. Budget estimates due by August 4 with first publication by August 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indiana Taxpayers Association
Jackson County Board of Review
William W. Ireland
Brownstown
Norbourne
Fire destroys seventy acres of wheat near Jonesville field
About 32 acres of wheat owned by Earl Newlin were burnt Friday in a field west of Alternate U S Road 31 near Jonesville. Neighbors with state police battled the fire, saving part of the grain and preventing the barn and residence from being ignited. The cause is undetermined though neighbors suspect a nearby Pennsylvania train. The field lies on Charles Noblitt’s farm. other blazes were reported along Alternate Road 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Newlin
U. S. Road 31
Jonesville
Pennsylvania
Newlin
Seymour Post
Ben Noblitt
Charles Noblitt
Seymour Noblitt-Sparks North
X-Ray Unit to Be in Seymour For Two Days
Seymour to host a mobile X-ray unit from the Indiana State Tuberculosis Association and state health board for free chest X-rays. Mayor Donald L. Herwig urges all residents over 18 to participate Monday and Tuesday with staggered city employee hours. The unit will be on Second Street near Chestnut, staffed with local volunteers, reads in Indianapolis later, and results are confidential.
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Seymour
Indiana State Tuberculosis Association
Indiana State Board of Health
Donald L. Herwig
Heiwig
Indianapolis
Second Street
Chestnut Street
Margaret Horstman
Jackson County
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Freetown
Modorn
Brownstown
Crothersville
County Association
Weather Records Show Daily Extremes and River Stage
Official morning readings report the maximum and minimum temperatures for Friday along with precipitation. The river gauge at 10 a.m. measured 23 feet, indicating current water level conditions.
Freeman Field to Host Second Annual Horse Show
Freeman Field prepares for the Seymour Chamber of Commerce event on Sunday July 11 with a rebuilt show ring and about 100 horse stalls in Hangar No 5. Alf Reynolds chairs the committee and Alf Snyder oversaw stall construction with lumber from Noblitt Sparks. A 35 piece band led by Paul W. Rigsbee will perform and eight floodlights will illuminate the oval ring evening show. Cooperation from the Seymour Aviation Commission and Freeman Field officials enabled venue setup and pole relocation for lighting.
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Freeman Field
Seymour Chamber of Commerce
Alf Reynolds
Indiana
Kentucky
Ohio
Alf Snyder
O. R. Bridges
Noblitt-Sparks Industries
Reynolds
Paul W. Rigsbee
Guy Hamlin
I. L. Frost
Public Service Company of
Seymour Aviation Commission
J. R Thompson
B. F. Swain, Jr
W. C. Baldwin
R. J. Brown, Jr
Man Fined Here Following Crash In Seymour
An Indianapolis man was fined after a minor crash in Seymour on Friday. Henry Rudolph Lange driven a 1932 coupe collided with a 1940 coach driven by Roger Cavanaugh of Indianapolis. Cavanaugh pleaded guilty to failure to stop for a through street and was fined $1 plus costs. Lange’s car sustained $47.80 damage and the Cavanaugh car about $100.
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Indianapolis
Seymour
Henry Rudolph Lange
North Park Street
Sixth Street
Broadway
Roger Cavanaugh
Cavanaugh
Lange
Donald L. Herwig
Seymour Rotary Plans Award and New Officers Installation
The Seymour Rotary Club will hold its annual installation of new officers at 6:15 PM Monday at the Elks Club. Neal Hennessy will be succeeded by Clarence G. Steinwedel as club president. Annual officer reports for the just ended fiscal year will be presented along with plans for the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Rotary Club
Elks’ Club
Neal Hennessy
Clarence G. Steinwedel
Inflation Cuts One Tenth From Sey mour Household Income
The article notes the 1948 cost of living rose, with the dollar now worth 90.7 percent of its 1947 value. A June 1947 to June 1948 grocery comparison shows 12.4 percent overall food price gains, including steaks at record highs and mixed shifts in fruits, vegetables, dairy, eggs, and coffee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Bureau of Labor Statistics
the Tribune
Emily
Regal
Paul
Food Manufacturers of America
Britain Vows to Remain in Berlin Amid Blockade
Britain declares it will stay in Berlin as the Soviet land blockade intensifies. London accuses Moscow of seeking a siege to gain political leverage while Western powers coordinate responses and currency reforms unfold.
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Berlin
Britain
Soviet Union
Lucius D. Clay
U. S
Russia
London
Tagliche Rundschau
Oil Explosions At Louisville Injure 20 At Aetna Plant
An estimated 20 persons were injured as 23 gasoline storage tanks exploded at the Aetna Oil Company plant in Louisville. The blasts, starting about 1 20 a.m., lit the southern sky as fires burned until about 4 a.m. Damages may reach 500000 with containment to the run down farm area by a dike. Refinery manager E Eugene Van Buren said the blaze could continue a day or two. Several employees and more than 15 city firefighters suffered minor injuries amid the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aetna Oil Company
Louisville
E. Eugene van Buren
van Buren
Scott Named Head Of Top Committee
Police in three states hunted for 16 tons of hogs stolen from a Toledo area stock farm 20 miles west near Crissey. Cecil Culp and Louis Ryan reported 223 pigs weighing 125 to 175 pounds each valued at 12000 dollars. The owners said the pigs, raised under contract for blood for hog cholera serum and meat, would require a double deck stock track to move. Tracks led to a tampered gate. Indiana and Michigan police were asked to help Ohio authorities.
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Cecil Culp
Toledo
Louis Ryan
Delta
Here
Crissey
Ryan
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Truman Criticizes New Refugee Bill After Signing
President Truman announced he signed the refugee immigration bill with reluctance and blasted Congress for not delivering a fairer measure. He charged the law discriminates against Jewish and Catholic refugees and limits entry to those who fled to Germany Austria or Italy between 1939 and 1945, excluding over 90 percent of remaining Jewish displaced persons. He urged a fairer, more humane bill next session.
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Truman
Congress
Germany
Austria
Italy
Rain Drench Temporarily Cools Seymour Area
A heavy late Friday rain cooled the atmosphere in Seymour and boosted crops across Jackson County, delivering .31 inch per official observer Ruth Everhart. In Brownstown a rainstorm and wind knocked out Pub lic Service lines, cutting power to half the town for about 45 minutes before repairs. Morning heat and humidity returned as the day began, with temperatures near 82 and expected to rise into the 90s amid weekend forecasts of partly cloudy, warm weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Jackson County
Ruth Everhart
Brownstown
Public Service Company
Dewey Readies Groups For Full Election Fights
Philadelphia June 26. Rep. Clarence J. Brown Ohio named Rep. Hugh D Scott Jr Philadelphia chairman of the Republican National Committee at a reorganization meeting. Scott heads the effort after Dewey and Warren conferred with party leaders in advance of the 80th Congress and the platform debate.
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Philadelphia
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Hugh D. Scott, Jr
Pennsylvania
Republican National Committee
Scott
Brown
National Committee
Thomas E. Dewey
GOP
Dewey
Carroll Beece
Tennessee
Income Tax Evasion Trial Complicates Case in Indiana
The trial of three Indiana men on charges of concealing 547,972 dollars in black market liquor income and evading 479,144 dollars in taxes grew more complex with Texas wholesale witness Milton Galoeb testifying he paid 52,500 dollars in price bonuses to an alleged figurehead. Galoeb said the money went to Sidney Prosterman of Chicago, president of P and M Liquor, described as the front. Defendants are Jacob Wi of Indianapolis, Louis H. A blum of Hammond, and Max of Gary.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Texas Licvor
Milton Galoeb
Lone View
Tex
Sidney Prosterman
Chicago
Prosterman
P and M Liquor
Jacob Wi
Louis H. Ablum
Hammond
Max
Gary
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Cpl
Delbert Higginbotham
Harry Crandall
Charlestown
Clark County
Jeffersonville
Dunker
Henry
Julianna Brueggeman Dunker
Emma Kilgas
Hilda
Association
Rutherhart
Cashier
Aks
Freeman
Rotary Club
Washington
United States
Brownell
Earl Warren
Edward H. Martin
Joseph Grundy
Martin-Grundy
Martin
New York
Harry Darby
Kansas City
Kas
Herbert Brownell, Jr
Bell
Betta
Assa
Stalin
Warren
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