Graduation Held Today at Freeman Field
Graduation exercises for Army Air Force Class 43 F were held at Freeman Army Airfield in the post theater at 10 this morning. Major William B. Poe addressed the cadets, wings were awarded, and the program included band selections and chaplains officiating, with Major Albert E. Hughes administering the oath.
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Freeman Army Airfield
Army Air Force
William B. Poe
Army Air Corps
405Th Aaf
Daniel A. McGuire
Phillips B. Henderson
Albert E. Hughes
Henry F. Bailey
Union Services To Open Sunday
The Rev. R. S. Wilson of Central Christian Church will open the summer union worship program at 7:30 p m Sunday in Shields Park shelter house. Ministers from various churches will lead services July 4 through August 29 with a rotating schedule and different preaching ministers each week.
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R. S. Wilson
Central Christian Church
Shelter House
Shields Park
Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Trinity Methodist Church
Clyde S. Black
St. Paul's Congregational Church
Carl F. Baldwin
First Methodist Church
Edwin F. Shake
First Presbyterian Church
John L. Prentice
First Baptist Church
A. A. Cohn
First Church of the Nazarene
Franklin Moore
Colored Services
Mrs Ola Vawter Dies at Columbus Indiana
Mrs Ola Vawter age seventy widow of Will Vawter Brown county artist died Tuesday at Bartholomew county hospital Columbus She lifelong Brown county resident known to many in the area Funeral services tentatively set for 2 oclock Thursday at Bond funeral home Nashville Born Ola Lackey near Grand View Brown county Married 19 years before his 1941 death Survived by two brothers Oscar Lackey Samuel Lackey Kansas a sister Mrs Will Betts Route 7 and many nieces and nephews
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Ola Vawter
Will Vawter
Brown County
Bartholomew County Hospital
Columbus
Bond Funeral Home
Nashville
Vawter
Ola Lackey
Grand View
Mr. Vawter
Methodist Church
Oscar Lackey
Samuel Lackey
Kansas
Will Betts
Route 7
Indiana Warrant Officer Wounded in North Africa
By Associated Press June 30 the War Department lists 86 army personnel wounded in action including Warrant Officer Frank Finch of Portland Indiana. He received his wound during North African fighting.
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Associated Press
Washington
United States
War Department
Indiana
Frank Finch
Portland
Trash Fire Causes Slight Damage at Local Tavern
A trash fire in a wastebasket at Meek and Reid's Tavern on East Second Street caused little damage after the Seymour Fire Department extinguished it at 10:35 p m Tuesday night. State police forced entry by shooting the door lock.
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Meek and Reid's
East Second Street
Seymour Fire Department
Byrnes Aims to End Wallace Jones Squabble
Washington June 30 AP Chief of the Office of War Mobilization Byrnes will meet with Vice President Wallace and Secretary of Commerce Jones at the White House to ease intergovernmental quarrels. He noted progress in reducing tensions but warned that strong convictions in departments breed differences of opinion. Wallace accused Jones and the Reconstruction Finance Corporation of hindering the IEW, which Wallace leads, while Jones called the charges malice and misstatements.
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Washington
Office of War Mobilization
Byrnes
Wallace
Commerce Jones
Bryney
Jones
White House
Brynes
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Board of Economic Warfare
IEW
Evidence Lacking In Death Probe
A Grand Jury reported it had not gathered enough evidence to indict in the fatal May 19 shooting of Roscoe Craig. Neighbor Lewis Collis admitted the shooting but says it was accidental. Deputy Prosecutor Donald Shinn announced plans to seek suspension of a 180 day sentence for fighting.
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Columbus
Ind
APA
Roscoe Craig
Lewis Collis
Craig
Donald Shinn
Collis
Weather Records for Seymour Show Mixed Readings
Official and unofficial daily weather data for Seymour. The downtown thermometer reports the high temperature as unofficial. Louise Ahlert records the 4 twenty-four hour low, with a government observer note and a weather code. River level measured at the Seymour Water Co pumping station in Rockford, 1 ft above low water mark.
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Seymour
Louise Ahlert
Seymour Water Co
Rockford
Federal officers hold southern Indiana conference at Shields High
Police officers from nineteen southern Indiana counties gathered Tuesday afternoon at Shields High School under the Indianapolis FBI office. Special Agent in Charge D. S. Hostetter presided while Earl J. Wynn spoke on the Max Stephan treason case. Stephan faces execution Friday. Lt. Don Kooken discussed highway safety. Major Glenn Lee outlined selective service duties and draft-board liaison. T. Perry Wesley represented Mayor Burkart and gave the welcome. The meeting closed after a round-table discussion.
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Indiana
Indianapolis
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Shields High School
D. S. Hostetter
Earl J. Wynn
Max Stephan
Stephan
Don Kooken
Indiana State Police
Glenn Lee
Indianapolis Selective Service Office
T. Perry Wesley
The
Daily Tribune
C. W. Burkart
Frances Bush Admitted To Schneck Memorial Hospital
Mrs Frances Bush of 102 South Poplar street was admitted to Schneck Memorial Hospital this morning for medical treatment.
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Frances Bush
South Poplar Street
Schneck Memorial Hospital
Neighborhood Leader Plan Is Successful
Willis P. Stall credits the neighborhood leader system with boosting war efforts and community life over its first year. The 449 volunteers led the second War Loan Drive, pledges reaching 69726.75, and organized rural fire prevention, USO funds, scrap drives, service roster compilation, and farm work recruitment.
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Willis P. Stall
Jackson County
Stall
Owen Township
Allied bombers devastate Rhine Ruhr as cities crumble
A two week surge caps a six month bombing campaign that has shattered the Rhine Ruhr valley. Large city sections lie in ruins and civilians flee the region where Nazis once held 75 percent of war industry. A map marks six months of raids on Ruler cities with symbols for industrial targets.
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Berlin
Cologne
Essen
Hamburg
Rhine-Ruhr
Churchill predicts heavy Allied invasion this summer
London reports Prime Minister Winston Churchill says the invasion of Europe by Allied forces is approaching with a probable summer zero hour. He notes Allied merchant ships largely unmanned by German submarines in May, and more than thirty U boats destroyed in May, with June the best month yet. Eden urges Mussolini to accept unconditional surrender as bombing Rome possible if needed.
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London
Winston Churchill
Europe
Anthony Eden
Mussolini
Churchill
North Atlantic
United States
Canada
Mediterranean
Italy
House of Commons
Rome
Malcolm MacDonald
Taxi Service Resumes in Seymour Area
The Checker taxicab service has resumed with a full fleet after gasoline rationing disruptions. Mrs. Agnes Hildreth, proprietor, announced the return of service benefiting residents and Freeman Army Air Field personnel.
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Agnes Hildreth
Seymour
Freeman Army Air Field
Allied landings reach Rendova Island in Solomons campaign
U S forces land on Rendova Island south of New Georgia as part of a new Pacific offensive. Washington released a Navy communique confirming the landing and noting Rendova’s proximity to Munda air base on New Georgia. The island’s mountainous terrain and shallow lagoon shape the strategic options against Bougainville or New Britain bases.
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Associated Press
Rendova Island
New Georgia Island
Solomons
United States
Rendova
Washington
Pacific
Navy
Munda
Rendeova
Bougainville
Rabaul
New Britain
Freeman Army Band and Shields High School to unite for concert
The Freeman Army Air Field military band directed by Warrant Officer Mitchel Chetel and the Shields High School band led by Paul W. Rigsbee will perform a joint concert Sunday at Shields Park shelter house. The program, arranged through Colonel E. T. Rundquist, airs under the Seymour American Legion and commences at 4 p.m. A rehearsal is set for tonight at Seymour High School gym music room.
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Seymour
Freeman Army Air Field
Mitchel Chetel
Shields High School
Paul W. Rigsbee
Shields Park
E. T. Rundquist
Air Feld
Changes in rationing orders affect footwear and stoves
The Office of Price Administration says two changes: footwear such as gold and silver evening slippers domestic riding boots and baseball track and football shoes will be released from rationing on July 7. Heating and cooking stove rationing is delayed to mid August to incorporate stove industry input.
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Washington
Office of Price Administraion
Mass RAF Raid Kills 1342 in Elberfeld Wuppertal
AP dispatches report 1,342 deaths in a massive RAF raid on the Elberfeld section of Wuppertal. The raid occurred last Thursday night and left Elberfeld without water gas electricity or telephone service. Fires burned for more than a day and the Elberfeld railway station was half destroyed.
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Stockholm
Elberfeld
Wuppertal
House votes to outlaw government subsidy payments
Washington The House today voted overwhelmingly to outlaw government subsidy payments for rollbacks on retail food prices. The standing vote was 160 to 32.
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Associated Press
Washington
House Today
American Bombers Raid Le Mans in First Strike on City
A strong force of American heavy bombers escorted by fighters attacked Le Mans railway and industrial targets last night and returned without loss. It marked the Eighth Air Force’s first strike on Le Mans, known for aircraft engine works, and followed RAF rounds bombing in March. Britain enjoyed another raid-free night with no German planes over Britain for five days.
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Associated London
le Mans
France
United States
Eigbth Air Force
RAF
Britain
Russian Bombers Attack Nazi Base at Taman
Russian bombers struck the Nazi base at Taman on the Sea of Azov for two consecutive nights. Moscow observers say the raids signal possible German troop movements through the port toward the Taman Peninsula and the Kuban Delta. A new war bulletin reports small scale overnight actions. A Red Army unit captured a fortified outpost on the Kalinin front, while Northern front patrols closed in on a German base and wiped out an Axis company.
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Moscow
Taman
Sea of Azov
Kuban
Red Army
Kalinin
Free TB Clinic At Legion Hall Brownstown
A free tuberculosis clinic will be held at the Legion Hall in Brownstown on Wednesday July 7, sponsored by the Jackson County Tuberculosis Association. The clinic opens at 10 in the morning and closes at 3 in the afternoon.
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Legion Hall
Brownstown
Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Ceiling Prices Set for Forty-Eight Fresh Fish Species
The Office of Price Administration establishes maximum wholesale prices for forty eight fish species for producers and wholesalers. A companion retail price regulation is expected to follow as soon as possible.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
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