Tax money distributed by Jackson County auditor in spring settlement
A total of 295491.59 dollars in tax money was distributed by James Cummings, Jackson County auditor, during the spring settlement. Checks totaling 205461.53 dollars went to township trustees and other taxing units, led by Seymour city and school districts. Other allocations covered Brownstown areas, Crothersville, Medora, various townships, and state payments including hospital funds and welfare taxes.
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James Cummings
Jackson County
Seymour
Brownstown
Crothersville
Medora
Carr
Driftwood
Grassy Fork
Hamilton
Jackson
Owen
Pershing
Redding
Salt Creek
Vernon
Washington
Local Farmers Rush Delayed Harvest in Jackson County
Jackson county farmers, held up for weeks by rains and floods, prepare for a busy season with Independence Day and Sundays offering little relief. The annual wheat harvest is about to start as binders have already cut and shocked much of the crop. Fields for combine harvesting will soon be ready and the first wheat should reach mills soon.
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Jackson County
First new wheat delivered to Blish Milling Company
Walter Able grew the first new wheat for Blish Milling Company west of the city. The dry good number one wheat came in after a flood year in Jackson county. River bottom lands remain soft delaying harvest as farmers work to dry waterlogged fields and weed corn this week.
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Blish Milling Company
Walter Able
Combine
Jackson County
Alleged Burglar Is Taken North
Joe M. Conder age twenty three was taken to Lafayette by state police to be charged with the Fowler Farm Bureau store burglary. He allegedly admitted the Fowler burglary the Underwood post office burglary and the Farmers Supply Company feed store theft last April 5 netting over 400 dollars. Conder was arrested Thursday at his Underwood home and held in the Brownstown county jail after questioning by authorities including postal inspectors.
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Joe M. Conder
Lafayette
Farm Bureau
Fowler
Conder
Seymour
Underwood
Farmers’ Supply Company
South Carter Street
Friday Sets Heat Record with 95 Degree High
Miss Louise Ahlert reports Friday reached a 95 degree high, topping Thursday's 94. Thursday night cooled to 75, Friday night to 66. A strong late afternoon wind and possible thunderstorms provided relief, with cloudy weather forecast and Sunday projected cooler.
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Louise Ahlert
T B Clinic at Brownstown Thursday
The free tuberculosis clinic of the Jackson County Tuberculosis Association will be in the Legion Home at Brownstown next Thursday July 5 from 10 a m to 3 p m. Dr C J McIntyre of Indianapolis, a tuberculosis specialist, will lead the clinic. Normally held on Wednesdays the event is moved due to Independence Day.
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Jackson County Tuberculosis Association
Brownstown
Legion Home
Glenn M. Keach
C. J. McIntyre
Indianapolis
Scooter Drivers Must Be Licensed in Seymour Warning
Lt Blain Bd Schang states all motor scooters and motor bicycles on streets require a licensed operator and a valid license. No one under sixteen years and three months may operate. beginners permits require a licensed accompanying driver for three months. Parents permitting underage operation face prosecution.
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Blain Bd. Schang
Seymour
Li Shang
Lt. Schang
Road 31 South Opens After Overnight Bridge Repair
The U S Road 31 overhead bridge in Marshfield bottoms north of Scottsburg was opened to traffic this morning after rapid repair work by the Indiana state highway commission. One way traffic is maintained across the bridge to permit painting, expected to continue about two more days. Previously the road was to be closed for four days with southbound detours via North Vernon and roads 7 3 56.
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Marshfield
Scottsburg
Indiana State Highway Commission
North Vernon
Seymour Students on Indiana U Honor Roll
Peggy Ann Able and Miriam R. Beldon of Seymour made Indiana University’s honor roll for the second semester. The list includes 253 undergraduates, 48 in the top one percent and 205 in the next nine percent. Able is in the top one percent and Beldon in the next nine percent.
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Peggy Ann Able
Miriam R. Beldon
Seymour
Indiana University
Miss Able
Miss Beldon
Patriotic Program By Band Sunday
The Seymour Community Band announces its fifth summer concert at Shields Park this Sunday at 4 p.m. featuring cornet soloist Pvt. Bruce G. McGuire, a former local musician now in the U.S. Marine Corps. The program opens with the national anthem and includes Longs American Rhapsody Sousa Stars and Stripes Forever and other patriotic pieces.
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Seymour
Paul W. Rigsbee
Shields Park
Bruce G. McGuire
Shields
U. S. Marine Corps
Ohio
Fillmore
Long
Tierney
Balay
Sousa
Buchtel
Meacham
Alford
Burns Fatal to Boy in Indiana Home Fire
A three year old, Bruce White, son of Maj and Mrs John M White of Bloomington, died Friday night after his pajamas were ignited by an electric toaster while at home. The incident occurred early Friday morning and the blaze caused fatal injuries.
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Bloomington
Ind
Bruce White
John M. White
Weather Record Notes River Height and Reading Time
The report records a morning observation at 10 a.m. noting the river level at 2 feet above the low water mark. The entry is concise with limited details and no further context provided.
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Seymour
Ours
Louise Ahlert
Coron Water Co
Independence Day Observed As Full Holiday In Seymour
The community will observe July 4 as a full holiday with stores closed and no city or rural post deliveries. Mail will be sorted at boxes and the post office lobby stays open. The Daily Tribune will publish early so staff may celebrate. The Shields High School band has no planned observances.
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Seymour
Walter H. Droege
Daily Tribune
Shields High School
Food Group Head Proposes Crisis Plan for Agriculture
The House food committee backs Clinton Anderson to run Agriculture with a wartime style plan. It calls for all-out farm production and government guarantees across agencies to buy demanded food, aiming to avert postwar surpluses and curb the egg black market.
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Washington
House Food Committee
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nm
State Police Promotions and Transfers Announced
Col. Austin H Killian announced promotions transfers and demotions in the Indiana State Police. Promoted Trooper Jacob Varntz from Putnamville to detective and transferred to West Lafayette. Promoted Corporal Herschel Mow from Washington to sergeant at Jasper. Promoted Trooper Paul Kern from Bedford to corporal at Jasper and demoted Sergeant Gilbert Bedrick from Mt Vernon to trooper at Jasper.
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Indianapolis
Austin H. Killian
State Police
Department
Jacob Varntz
Putnamville
West Lafayette
Herschel Mow
Washington
Jasper Post
Paul Kern
Bedford
Gilbert Bedrick
Mt. Vernon
Chinese Recapture Liuchow After Bitter Fighting
The Chinese high command announced the recapture of Liuchow, former U S 14th air force base, at midnight Friday after heavy suburb fighting. The city center was reported in flames and destroyed, with Japanese forces having held Liuchow since last November.
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China
Rice Bowl
Broken Circle
Hengyang
U. S
Changsha-Yochow
Kweilin
Liuchow
Taichow
Chungking
Chinese High Command
U. S. 14Th Air Force
Seymour Birth Rate Fourth Highest in State for March
The Indiana State Board of Health reports Seymour’s March birth rate at 59.8 per 1000 with 43 births. Jackson County ranks fifth in the state for March births at 24.2 per 1000, while Jasper County leads with 30.8. Deaths in Seymour numbered 11 for the month, a rate of 15.3 per 1000, with eight cities lower. County totals show 21 deaths in Jackson County, including three accidental and one self-inflicted death, plus two cancer and two tuberculosis deaths in Seymour. statewide births total 5,351 with 2840 boys and 2511 girls.
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Seymour
Indiana State Board of Health
Lebanon
Jackson County
Jasper County
Supporters Rally Against Change to United Nations Charter
Supporters gathered to resist amendments to the United Nations Charter as the Senate Foreign Relations Committee set hearings on the treaty. Senator Taft urged defining the American delegate’s Security Council powers in the ratification resolution while Senator George urged delaying decisions until negotiations on American troops to be available to the UN begin. Chairman Connally opposed Taft’s move. Republicans favored July 9 hearings and a speedy ratification vote, with most backing the charter.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Taft
Ohio
Security Council
George
D-Ga
International Organization
Connally
D-Tex
Foreign Relations Committee
United States
Britain
Russia
China
France
Congress
Rescue of marooned WAC and airmen in Shangri-La valley
A hazel eyed WAC Cpl Margaret Hastings and two airmen were hauled to safety by a glider and tow-plane in eighty minutes after forty seven days marooned in a high valley near Hollandia New Guinea. She later declined to return to reign in the valley but hoped for a shower and a permanent wave. They had been among the 22 killed in the May 13 crash on Oranje mountain. An ongoing rescue mission aims to lift an Army captain a movie cameraman and eight Filipino troopers who parachuted in to aid the castaways and built the airstrip.
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Hollandia
New Guinea
WAC
Margaret Hastings
Owego
N. Y
Here
Cpl. Hastings
John B. McCollum
Trenton
Kenneth Decker
Kelso
Wash
Oranje
Shangri-La
James Hilton
B29 raids extend oil plant strikes in Japan
Allied bombers disrupted Japan's oil network with near fifty B 29 sorties targeting Kudamatsu near Tokuyama on Honshu and additional strikes on Sasebo Okayama and Katsuura. Fleet planes sunk ships and damaged rail hubs as MacArthur reports further blows from Manila to Formosa and Malaya operations.
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Guam
Japan
Kudumatsu
Tokuyama
Nippon
Honshu
Tokyo Radio
American Broadcasting Company
Hokkaido Island
Federal Communications Commission
Tokyo
Niigata
Sakata
21St Bomber Command
Kudamatsu
Koriyama
Hodagaya Chemical
Otake
Oshima Naval Oil Storage Facilities
Sasebo
Kyushu
Okayama
Katsuura Harbor
Manila
Douglas MacArthur
Shanghai
China
Canton
Indo China-Hainan
Chukai River
Malaya
Formosa
Tainan
Allied fleet pounds Balikpapan oil city in Borneo
An Allied fleet of about fifty ships bombarded Balikpapan on Friday and again today as Tokyo reports an imminent landing. Domei says heavy shore batteries fire on minesweepers and small craft under bombardment. MacArthur confirms light naval units hit targets near Borneo coast after coordinated air and sea strikes.
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Manila
Borneo
Balikpapan
Tokyo Radio
Domei Agency
Douglas MacArthur
Domei
Balikapapan
MacArthur
Tarakan Island
Yanks Hunt Japs In Luzon Wilds
General Walter Krueger and the Sixth Army marked two years of hard fighting in Luzon. They have conducted twenty one amphibious landings and covered over four thousand miles while pressing deep into Japanese held terrain. Krueger praised their skill and courage saying they will not rest on past victories and will push forward to final decisive victory.
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Manila
Walter Krueger
U. S
Sixth Army
Luzon
Krueger
Jackson Circuit Court Recesses for Summer
Today marks the last day of the April term of Jackson Circuit Court. The court will recess for three months for the summer vacation. The next term opens October 1 with Judge George H. Gossman presiding.
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Jackson Circuit Court
George H. Gossman
Kume Island Added To U S Holdings In Ryukyus
Guam reports Kume Island fifty miles west of Okinawa was added to American invasion base holdings in the Central Ryukyus without bloodshed. Admiral Nimitz said invading patrols found no Japanese troops during the landings amid ongoing Tokyo reports of heavy fighting.
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Kume Island
Ryukyus
Guam
Okinawa
Tokyo Radio
Adm
Chester W. Nimitz
Deadline for Car Stamp in Seymour Post Office
Hundreds expected at the Seymour post office to buy the $5.00 car use stamp required after midnight. Postmaster Walter H. Droege notes this year’s sales are down about twenty two percent from last June 29, with 1135 stamps sold so far versus 1451 last year. This year’s stamp features a man’s picture and should be affixed in the lower right of the windshield with the windshield dampened. owners should record the serial number for loss protection.
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Seymour Postoffice
Walter H. Droege
Seymour
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Hong Kong
Fukien
South China Sea
Indiana U
Aeteee
Rete
Secretary of Agriculture
Charter
Rally Against Change
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