Two Methodist Pastors Will Continue Here
The annual Greensburg conference closed with Rev. Edwin F. Shake and Dr. Clyde S. Black slated to return to First and Trinity Methodist churches for another year. The Columbus district assignments list numerous ministers and posts across Indiana with Rev. Amos L. Boren and Rev. Albert Schmitt serving as armed forces chaplains.
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Seymour
Greensburg
Edwin F. Shake
First Methodist Church
Clyde S. Black
Trinity Methodist Church
E. E. Aldrich
Columbus
Jackson County
S. J. Cross
Mt. Vernon
Ind
Clarence A. Shake
First Methodist
Irvington
Indianapolis
Golden A. Smith
East Park
C. F. Ault
Park Place
Jeffersonville
C. W. Whitman
First Church
Vincennes
Amos L. Boren
Albert Schmitt
Mr. Boren
Mr. Schmitt
Trinity Methodist
Leroy Hodapp
Asbury Church
Evansville
The
Tribune
Associated Press
Heat Wave Persists With Weekend Highs Near 100
Weekend temperatures reached 97 on Saturday and 98 on Sunday while the region hovers near the season high of 99 degrees recorded last Thursday by Miss Louise Ahlert who tracks local government weather data. Forecasters expect continued hot weather through today with predictions of a hot summer. The note mentions wartime battles as context but focuses on local heat trends and resident impact.
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Louise Ahlert
Salvation Army Drive Near Goal in Seymour
Clarence G. Steinwedel reports Seymour has $847.10 of a $1,000 quota raised for the Salvation Army drive with fifty volunteers expected to come in. The campaign began June 17 and ends June 24, with receipts to be turned over to Steinwedel. Superintendent N. J. Lasher notes Brownstown contributes $323 toward its $400 quota.
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Clarence G. Steinwedel
Salvation Army
Seymour
Steinwedel
Jackson County Loan and Trust Company
N. J. Lasher
Mrs. Bertha Droege Dies at 60 in Seymour
Mrs. Bertha Droege aged 60 lifelong Seymour resident and widow of C Fred Droege died Sunday morning at Schneck Memorial Hospital Funeral services set for Tuesday at 1 30 pm from her home and 2 pm at Immanuel Lutheran Church Rev E E Streufert to officiate Burial will be in Lutheran Cemetery She was born September 15 1881 and married Fred Droege in 1908 Surviving are two sons Capt Milton F Droege and Pvt Chester C Droege a daughter Doris Droege a brother Charles H Ressner a sister Mrs Frank Schwab and three grandchildren. Family may visit the home anytime.
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Bertha Droege
Seymour
C. Fred Droege
Schneck Memoral Hospital
South
Walnut Street
Immanuel Lutheran Church
E. E. Streufert
Droege
Charles
Caroline Finneberg Ressner
Fred Droege
Milton F Droege
Jacksonville
Fla
Chester C. Droege
Spadre
Alif
Doris Droege
Charles H. Ressner
Frank Schwab
Indianapolis
Roosevelt signs record Navy bill for 27,000 planes
President Roosevelt signed the largest appropriations bill in U S history exposing about 33 billion dollars for the year starting July 1. A major item provides five billion for the Navy to acquire 27,000 planes. He also approved the independent offices supply bill totaling over two billion dollars.
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Washington
Roosevelt
Independent Offices
Man Fined for Drunk Driving in Indiana Vacation
James Murphy of Chicago was fined 60 dollars and had driving rights suspended for sixty days on a drunk driving charge. Judge John C. Branaman presided as the court prepared to take a vacation until October 4 after Murphy’s arraignment following arrest on U S Route 31 by Officer Jack Curry. The docket also shows judgments of 188.45 dollars in a note suit Warnie Craig vs Emory Moris, divorces for Paul and Myrtle Johnson and for Margaret Franklin, and a $500 judgment in an auto collision caseEdward Snyder et al.
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James Murphy
Chicago
Indiana
John C. Branaman
Murphy
U. S
Warnie Craig
Emory F. Moris
Paul Johnson
Myrtle Johnson
Donald G. Burke
George Burke
Edward Snyder
Margaret Franklin
Pier Valor Franklin
Margaret Holder
Funeral Held for Rueter Infant in Freetown
One day old Jerry Lee Rueter died at Schneck Memorial Hospital. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Tower Funeral Home led by Rev Theo J E Herrman. Burial followed in Lutheran cemetery. Parents Clarence and Esther Rueter survive.
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Jerry Lee Rueter
Clarence
Esther Rueter
Freetown
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Tower Funeral Home
Theo. J. E. Herrman
Weather Readings for Seymour Include Official and Unofficial Data
Official minimum temperature from Miss Louise Ahlert government weather observer. unofficial maximum from downtown thermometer. River level measured by Seymour Water Co. pumping station at Rockford at 1 ft 1 in above low water mark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
Wedding Cake Linked to Illness In Bedford Case
A cream filled wedding cake served at a Bedford Indiana reception is linked to illness affecting fourteen guests. Health officials move the cake to Indianapolis for analysis as most patients recover, while the bride and groom also fell ill after leaving the ceremony. The cake maker sold ten other cakes that day and investigators seek other buyers.
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Bedford
Ind
Indianapolis
Frances Burkhardt
Gene Givens
State Board of Health
Hollis Jackson
Bloomington
Seek Man Who Vled Penal Farm
Eight state police squads joined Brazil and Clay County authorities in a search for Donald Travers of Indianapolis who escaped Sunday from the Indiana penal farm and reportedly beat city patrolman A T Hathaway. Patrolman McGaylord Howerton pursued Travers after a robbery report and fired several shots. Travers escaped again after disguising the incident with a hitchhiker. Hathaway later said Travers was found hiding in an eastbound truck but escaped after assaulting him and taking his gun.
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Brazil
Ind
Clay County
Donald Travers
Indianapolis
A. T. Hathaway
McGaylord Howerton
Howerton
Travers
Hathaway
Miners Fail to Return to Jobs Across Steel Regions
The weekend back-to-work call in coal mining areas met with partial success as many miners did not report for duty. At Pittsburgh based U S Steel Corp 2 200 of 6 600 miners stayed away while Jones and Laughlin reported all four mines idle. Other regions showed similar trends though conditions were improving from Friday and Saturday. Interior Secretary Ickes said the government aims to return mines to private ownership soon. Congress plans a recess with a possible mid September return for emergencies. The Senate faces battles over NYA liquidation and a large war agency bill while OWI funding and price subsidies are debated. A Senate subcommittee began hearings on a 15 percent rise in dependency allowances with War Department input pending.
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Associated Press
United States Steel Corporation
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corporation
Interior
Harold Ickes
Congress
Senate
War Department
House
Joseph McNarny
Senate Appropriations Committee
United Nations
McNarny
Japan
NYA
Henry Cabot Lodge
Massachusetts
Henry Stimson
Edwin Johnson
Colorado
Ickes rules out coal nationalization and seeks private return
Secretary Ickes said the government has no desire or plans to nationalize coal and aims to restore mines to private ownership at the earliest possible moment. London reports an allied air sweep toward France with U S bomber involvement. In New York Ernest Lehmitz, a naturalized citizen born in Germany, pleaded guilty to gathering information for the Nazi intelligence system while serving as an air raid warden in Tompkinsville Staten Island.
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Associated Press
Washington
Ickes
New York
Ernest Frederick Lehmitz
FBI
Lehmitz
Tompkinsville
Staten Island
Allied Bombers Hit Targets in France and Balkans Raid
Heavy American bombers attacked targets in France this afternoon. A Bal kans invasion scare rose after an American raid on two airdromes near Athens and in Greece, with Naples also struck by RAF fliers.
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Associated Pres
France
Balkan
Athens
Greece
Naples
Italy
RAF
Mount Vesuvius
South Pacific
Navy
Kiska
Karelian
Former Purdue Professors Die Within Days Richly Linked to Growth
Lafayette Ind June 28 former Purdue University figures Doctor Stanley Coulter former dean of Men and Dean of Science died Saturday night at St Elizabeths Hospital after a hip fracture He was president known as the grand old man of Purdue age 90 June 2 Doctor Gilbert Young former head of the School of Mechanical Engineering died Sunday Both men long helped elevate Purdue from a small school to a major university
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Asgeocrateo Press
Lafayette
Ind
Stanley Coulter
Purdue University
Gilbert Young
Purdue School of Mechanical Engineering
Purdue
Doctor Coulter
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Doctor Young
Fourth of July Observance Extends to Monday
The Fourth of July falls on Sunday this year and celebrations carry over to Monday. On July 5 many businesses observing holidays will be closed all day, banks will stay shut, and the post office will not deliver in town or on rural routes.
Stamp Deadline Near For Vehicle Tax Stamps
Officials remind motorists pink Federal Use Tax stamps expire June 30. A new stamp is available at the post office, with July 1 as the deadline to buy. Failure to display timely stamps could lead to tax evasion charges.
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U. S. Department of
Alleged Spy Nabbed by FBI in New York City
Ernest Frederick Lehmitz, a 57 year old naturalized US citizen born in Hamburg, was arrested in Brooklyn on a federal warrant. He is accused of sending New York harbor shipping and troop movement details to Germany via letters to German intelligence beginning in January 1942. If convicted, he faces death or up to thirty years in prison.
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Washington
New York Harbor
Germany
Federal Department of Justice
J. Edgar Hoover
Ernest Frederick Lehmitz
New York City
Lehmitz
United States
Yramburg
FBI
Brooklyn
Hoover
Europe
Department of Justice
Restrictions in Detroit Lifted
Detroit authorities lifted all emergency restrictions from last week s race riots. Army troops remain on riot duty as a precaution. Amusement venues and saloons resume normal hours and liquor sales restart. Civilians may not bear arms or gather in public meetings that could worsen the situation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
United States Army
Captain Hank Greenburg Visits Freeman Field Today
Captain Hank Greenburg former Detroit Tigers star visits Freeman Field to inspect the physical training department. He tours facilities and reviews training programs, meeting staff and athletes during the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hank Greenburg
Detroit Tigers
Freeman Field
Air Offensive Report From Europe and Mediterranean Actions
British Typhoon and Hurricane fighters bombarded five axis coastal vessels off the Dutch coast while RAF Mosquito bombers continued a ninth night of air raids on western Europe. Two ships were sunk and others damaged. rail yards and airports in France were hit and a London alert noted an enemy plane destroyed. US Liberators attacked Greece as Naples faced another Allied strike. Italian fleet rumors circulated with no official confirmation.
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Associated Press
Western
Europe
Ths
France
Cherbourg
London
England
United States Liberators
Greece
Athens
Middle East
Naples
RAF Wellingtons
Northwest African Command
Reuters
Stockholm
United States
Mediterranean
Algiers
Marines Honor Fort Wayne Marine for Rescue Bravery
Private Adam Spieth of Fort Wayne was among seven marines honored by the marine corps and Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation for bravery in rescuing six airmen from a burning army-type experimental bomber on May 10.
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San Diego
Calif
Adam Spieth
Fort Wayne
Marine Corps
Consolidated Vultee Aircraft Corporation
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Wallonia
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