Circuit Court Concludes April Term at Browns Town
On the seventy second and final day the Jackson Circuit Court, presided by Judge George H. Gossman, adjourned for summer vacation until October 6. A $1,000 judgment favored Coulter M. Montgomery as administrator for Doris M. Rhodes, against Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, with costs. Other matters included bonds for Ottis and Lindsey Davenport, a minister’s car incident case, transfers of venue, and several divorces and dismissals. turn to page 8, column 5
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson Circuit Court
Brownstown
George H. Gossman
Coulter M. Montgomery
Doris M. Rhoades
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
St. Louis Avenue
Chestnut Street
Ottis Davenport
Lindsey Davenport
Indianapolis
T. H. Branaman
Jackson County
W. Silva Hosea
Third Break-In Attempt Reported at Seymour Office
City police investigated a third break-in attempt at the Seymour office of Dunlap and Company at Park and Second streets. Officers were told nothing was taken in the latest episode discovered by Seymour night police during rounds, as Chief Melvin Jerrell confirmed. The office had been broken into twice before in recent weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Dunlap and Company
Park and Second Streets
Melvin Jerrell
Community Band Performs Fourth Summer Concert at Shields Park
A large audience attended the Seymour community band's fourth summer concert Friday night at Shields Park directed by Rob ert Egloff in Paul W. Rigsbee's absence. Rigsbee was in Bloomington teaching at the all state music clinic at Indiana University. The program featured marches overtures and popular pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Community
Shields Park
Robert Egloff
Paul W. Rigsbee
Rigsbee
Bloomington
Allstate Music Clinic
Indiana University
Egloff
New Rotary Officers To be Inducted Monday
Seymour Rotary Club to induct its new officers at 6:15 PM Monday during the Elks Club meeting. C Neal Hennessy will become president for 1947 48 with other officers listed. Arthur S Kaufman will supervise May and June programs and present annual club reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Exchange Serves 3 000 Phones Here
The Seymour exchange of the Indiana Telephone Corporation has installed its 3 000th telephone at Charles Hackman home northeast of the city. Demand remains high with 150applicants unfilled in Seymour and 1 600 files across exchanges. No new phones can be installed until switchboards and equipment arrive amid nationwide shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour Exchange
Indiana Telephone Corporation
Charles Hackman
E. S. Welch
Welch
Indiana
Seymour
Mr. Welca
Major oil firms plan July August gasoline allocations
The Shell Oil Co and Socony-Vacuum Oil Co will ration gasoline to Indiana and Midwest dealers in July and August. Officials Thomas and Jenning said allocations will roughly match last year’s levels amid strong demand, transport limits, and a Texas refinery strike. Socony-Vacuum is building a 605 mile pipeline from Corsicana Texas to Patoka Illinois to supply its refineries in Augusta Kansas East St Louis Illinois East Chicago Indiana and Trenton Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shell Oi Co
Seceny-Vacuum Oil Co
Indiana
Midwest
Pr. C
Socony- Vacuum
Corsicana
Texas
Patoka
Augusta
Kans
St. Louis
Chicago
Ind
Trenton
Mich
Weather Outlook for Seymour Area Misses Cool Front
The forecast calls for continued cloudy humid and warm conditions with a Sunday rise in partly cloudy skies and widely scattered thundershowers. Yesterday’s maximum reached 86 degrees and the minimum was 66 while White River at Rockford read 3.6 feet with a 0.1 foot drop for the third straight 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
Willard N. Everhart, Jr
White River
Rockford
Registrants May Get Data from War Files
Registrants may obtain data from their selective service records by writing to the State Office of Selective Service Records at Fort Benjamin Harrison Indianapolis. Files moved from Seymour to Indianapolis with access limited to the registrant, authorized agents, and specific agencies. Written requests must include name draft board number order number or address and be sent to the Indiana Central Records Depot Fort Benjamin Harrison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service
State Office of Selective Service Records
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Wehstage
Seymour
Jackson County
Indiana
F. Lyle Summers
United States
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Indiana Central Records Depot
Office of Selective Service Records
Thompson Dairy Gains Quality Approval and Checksmark Trust
J R Thompson, president of Thompson Dairy Company, announced official notification from Chicago Dairy and Food Laboratories that its ice cream meets Quality Check Ice Cream Association standards for quality purity and composition. The firm is the area’s sole member and launches a nationwide publicity campaign to explain association safeguards. The association carries no financial interest in Thompson Dairy or its peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R. Thompson
Thompson Dairy Company
Chicago Dairy and Food Laboratories
Thompson
Weather records show low and high temperatures
Official minimum temperature 66 and official maximum Friday 86. Reading at 10 a.m. shows 80. River stage measures 3.6 feet.
Sites Picked for Six Reservoirs in Indiana Flood Plan
Senator Clyde S. Black announced to the Bedford Kiwanis that six reservoirs on the Muscatatuck and White river headwaters were chosen to replace the Shoals dam. Opponents had halted the Shoals project. Indiana claims a comprehensive flood control program with U.S. Army Engineers finalizing approvals. The talk cited Dearborn county floods in 1945 and the need to guard livestock water and crops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoals
Kiwanis Club
Bedford
Clyde S. Black
Indiana Flood Control and Water Resources Committee
Medora
Cortland
Jackson County
Indiana
Senator Black
Muscatatuck
White
Black
Dearborn
Aurora
U. S. Engineers
U. S. Army Engineers
Edman Trial Set in Bartholomew Circuit Court
David Edman of Ogilville is scheduled for trial November 12 in Bartholomew Circuit Court at Columbus for the shotgun slaying of his divorced wife Ruth Clark Edman. Judge Chester A. Davis overruled a motion to quash the murder indictment after arguments by attorney Taylor Hoffar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Edman
Ogilville
Bartholomew
Columbus
Chester A. Davis
Bedford
Edman
Taylor Hoffar
Tulsa
Okla
35 Arrested in Truck Check Here
Truck drivers numbering 35 were arrested during a truck check at the permanent pit scales on U S Route 31 southeast of Seymour beginning at 6 o clock Friday night and continuing until 7 o clock this morning. Those arrested for various violations were arraigned in the courts of C C Elliott and Charles GMartin Seymour justice of the peace. State police officers in the check included First Sgt Harry McMillin Harold P Lewis Jack Curry Oliver Leighton Joseph L Cisco Lawrence Conway Francis Simmons Forrest Brewer and Paul D Christian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Road 31
Seymour
C. C. Elliott
Charles G. Martin
Harry McMillin
Harold P. Lewis
Jack Curry
Oliver Leighton
Joseph L Cisco
Lawrence Conway
Francis Simmons
Forrest Brewer
Paul D. Christian
Character emphasized for world’s future by Indiana preacher
Rev Ralph ODell of Memorial Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis told Jackson County Scottish Rite Club members and guests that world must have character to survive. He urged personal improvement, saying brains alone won t save the world and praising the individual as key creation. Attendees included Cecil Traylor, Kenneth Yates, Mrs Yates, Dr Irving Reibel and their spouses at the Elks Club banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph O'Dell
Memorial Presbyterian Church
Indianapolis
Jackson County
Scottish Rite Club
Elks’ Club
Mr. O'Dell
O'Dell
Cecil Traylor
A. L. Jackson
Kenneth E. Yates
Sarafiah Council
Princes of Jerusalem
Yates
Irving E. Reibel
Reibel
Balkan Crisis Looms in Council
Russia and Western powers face a showdown in the United Nations Security Council over Greece’s guerrilla warfare. Debate centers on whether the Soviet Union will back its satellites Yugoslavia Bulgaria and Albania. In Paris the Foreign Ministers conference weighs Marshall Plan details amid a news blackout.
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Lake Success
N. Y
Russia
United Nations Security Council
Balkans
Soviet Union
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Albania
Greece
Paris
Ernest Bevin
Georges Bidault
V. M. Molotov
Harvard University
George C. Marshall
United States
Europe
Insurance Co License Voided in Indiana
Indiana officials announced Keystone Mutual Casualty Co. is insolvent and its Indiana license will be canceled. About 300 motorist forms and an undisclosed number of truck firms hold policies from the Pennsylvania company and must replace proof of financial responsibility with new insurers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
Pennsylvania
John D. Pearson
Keystone Mutual Casualty Co
Pearson
Lewis Smith
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Pennsylvania Company
Public Service Commission
Ertle Family Centenarians Association doubles members
Peru Indiana June 28 The Ertle Family Centenarians Association doubled its membership this week Frank Ertle of Peru celebrated his 101st birthday anniversary Friday and Ertle s sister Mrs Louise Schroeder of Covington Kentucky was 100 Tuesday Ertle was born near Brookville and lived on farms in Franklin and Tipton counties for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peru
Ind
Ertle
CIO To Fight Taft Hartley Law Across Courts and Elections
The CIO executive board endorses challenging the Taft Hartley Act in court and in the 1948 elections. They reject a general strike and seek unity with AFL and railroad unions to defeat pro law lawmakers, while considering how to interact with the National Labor Relations Board. Philip Murray vows to contest restrictions on political activity and editorial expression financed by union funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
CIO High Command
CIO
AFL
Railroad
United
Murray
William Green
Alvanley Johnston
Rotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
A. F. Whitney
Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen
Arthur Lyon
Railroad Labor Executives Asociation
Tobin
Indianapolis
Daniel J. Tobin
AFL Teamsters Union
Teamster
AFL Executive Council
Russia
Holmes Receives Key-Man Award at Jaycee Meet
John Holmes, formerly of Seymour, won the Columba Junior Chamber of Commerce Key-Man award at the annual business meeting at Harrison Lake Country Club. The sixth year for the honor, awarded for outstanding Jaycee service. officers cannot receive it. Holmes, with Public Service Company, relocated to Columbus years ago and serves on the membership and pension committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Holmes
Seymour
Columbus Junior Chamber of Commerce
Harrison Lake Country Club
Jaycee
Holmes
Public Service Company
Columbus
New Labor Contract Talks Aim to Avert Coal Strike
Washington officials report Secretary Schwellenbach will meet John L. Lewis and soft coal operators next week to prevent a national strike set to start July 8. Interior head Krug warns only 48 million tons of coal remain in storage after Sunday, a 32 day supply, as miners take a 10 day vacation and federal operation of mines nears expiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Labor Department
Schwellenbach
John L. Lewis
Secretary of the Interior
Krug
Lewis and Krug
Rationing Seen Unlikely Amid Coal Strike Threats
R A Gallagher of Public Service Company of Indiana says warning notices would precede any power rationing and there is no immediate threat from coal strikes. The company serves Jackson county and 69 other Indiana counties as miners' vacations loom and 10,000 Carnegie-Illinois Steel workers face furloughs in Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.A. Gallagher
Public Service Company of
Indiana
Public Service Company
Jackson County
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corp
Carnegie-Illinois
U. S. Steel Corp
Veterans Urged to Verify Subsistence Pay Details
The Veterans Administration warns veterans to determine with some certainty whether subsistence pay is overpaid before cashing or returning checks. If education or training is interrupted during the month and leave is not requested or resumed, the veteran should return the check to the U S Treasury disbursing office shown on the envelope. Fill Form 4 74694 and mail to the Finance Officer VA Indianapolis Indiana. Contact training officers or the VA Chief Research and Registration in Indianapolis if unsure.
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Veterans Administration
U. S. Treasury
Indianapolis
Indiana
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