Light voter turnout in Jackson county primary
Jackson county voters showed a very light turnout in the primary with many Seymor precincts reporting fewer than fifty ballots at noon and totals likely to rise only modestly by six tonight. Rain earlier gave way to clearing skies as farmers tended to farms, campaigns reported limited competition with few decisive contests.
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Jackson County
Seymour
Indiana State Highway Commission
Congress
General Assembly
Associated Press
Navy Recruiting Hours Here Are Changed
Nolan L. Miller head of Navy recruiting for the Columbus area will visit Seymour post office on the second and fourth Tuesday afternoons. He will be present from 2:30 to 4:30 PM as part of a statewide scheduling change affecting the Columbus recruiting area.
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Nolan L. Miller
U. S. Navy
Navy
Columbus
Seymour Post Office
Council to Get Time Petitions on Daylight Saving
Seymour city council plans a semi monthly meeting at 7 30 tonight in the city building chamber. Petitions in favor of daylight saving time are being circulated by the Chamber of Commerce and will be presented without recommendations. Signatures will be checked for duplicates before totals are reported. Other business also expected.
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Seymour
Council Chamber
Seymour Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Harry M. Palmer
Ministers Vote Thanks for Ads
The Seymour Ministerial Association thanked local business firms for sponsoring full page ads in The Daily Tribune highlighting churches and their spiritual value. Rev. A A Cohn led the meeting with prayer, joined by Rev. R S Wilson and others as they discussed business matters.
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Seymour
Daily Tribune
A. A. Cohn
R. S. Wilson
Kenneth Murphy
E. F. Shake
Kenneth P. Angle
Rotary Club Hears Tax Collector and Choir Recording
Seymour Rotary Club heard F Shirley Wilcox district internal revenue collector discuss tax compliance. The program included a Shields High School choir recording from WTAM Cleveland and the club elected officers for the next fiscal year led by Charles R Brown as president.
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Rotary Club
F. Shirley Wilcox
Internal Revenue
District of Indiana
Seymour Rotary Club
Shields High School
WTAM
Cleveland
Paul W. Rigsbee
New Order Curbing Coal Purchases Affects Seymor Residents
The Solid Fuels Administration issued a five day supply limit on bituminous coal for domestic consumers and restricted soft coal deliveries. Exemptions cover utilities, steamships, select retailers, and authorized cases to prevent health or safety risks. Since April 1, about half of 34,000 coal cars were released, with weekly output dropping from 13 million tons to 750,000 during the week ending April 27.
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Seymour
Solid Fuels Administration
Associated Press
Great Lakes
Tidewater
The
SFA
Krug
Weather Records for Seymour and River Stage
Official weather data for Seymour notes unofficial 2 PM downtown thermometer reading. It lists official minimum and maximum daily figures, a trace precipitation, and river stage at four feet based on government observer Mrs Willard Everhart.
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Seymour
Willard N Everhart
Inch River
Suit Shortage to Persist Into 1948 Says OPA Chief
Washington May 7 OPA Chief John D Small warns men's suits may remain scarce into 1948 despite industry pressure to boost output by 10 to 30 percent. Officials cite cotton fabric gaps rayon linings and woolen cloth shortages as key limits. Producers urge lifting a retail price order to divert fabric to higher priced suits and meet demand estimated at 40 million annually versus prewar levels.
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Washington
OPA
John D. Small
Small
Commissioners Award Asphalt Bid for County Highways
Jackson county board of commissioners awarded the bid for bituminous material to resurface county highways this summer. The L P Cavett Company of Lockland Ohio was the successful bidder with two bids submitted. Ina Kestner of Brownstown was named clerk starting May 1 after the clerk position was reinstated. Neff Polley, highway superintendent, may buy materials for the county garage on U S Road 50. Public Service Co of Indiana presented an estimated 4000 for courthouse relighting, but the commission took no action and will consider it in next year’s budget.
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Jackson County Board of Commissioners
Brownstown
L. P. Cavett Company
Lockland
Ohio
Jackson County Highway Department
Ina Kestner
Neff Polley
U.S. Road 50
Fred Nuss
Mr. Lagel
Public Service Company of Indiana
Jackson County
Blair Funeral Rites Set for Wednesday
James Blair, a Crothersville area farmer aged about ninety, died Monday morning at his daughter's home. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 10 from Kovener Funeral Home in Crothersville with Rev. Walter Moseley officiating. Burial will follow in Crothersville Cemetery. friends may call at the funeral home anytime.
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James Blair
Seymour
Inez Blair
Crothersville
Kovener Funeral Home
Walter Moseley
Kovener
Blair
States Hold Off-Year Primaries Across Four States
Four states held primaries including Ohio Indiana and Florida with two Senate and forty-nine House seats. Alabama saw a two-man race for the fifth district and a record turnout expected amid large veteran registration. Black voters voted statewide in Florida and Alabama for the first time in the white primaries, though a large negro vote was not anticipated.
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Associated Press
CIO Political Action Committee
Ohio
Alabama
PAC
Indiana
Florida
Senate
Congress
Man Killed in Mine Shooting at Benham Mine
In Harlan Kentucky on May 7 a mine conflict left one dead and six wounded, two seriously, as Progressive miners and United Mine Workers clashed at the Benham Coal Mine of International Harvester Company. UMW rep Joseph Scotty O Hara led a picket into Benham, says ambush from progressives caused the exchange. Benham mine manager J G Galbreath says pickets fired first as Progressive miners arrived for day shift.
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Harlan, Ky
United Mine Workers
Benham
International Harvester Company
Joseph
Scotty) O'Hara
Pittsburgh
UMW
J. G. Galbreath
Two Are Fined In Circuit Court In Jackson County
Edward Quade pleaded guilty to drunken driving in Jackson Circuit Court at Brownstown and received a $50 fine plus costs plus a 90 day license suspension. William E. Carter had a drunk driving charge dismissed and a reckless driving plea entered with a $25 fine and costs. Christine Buckley seeks a divorce from Howard Buckley, filed by Coulter Montgomery, with restoration of her maiden name Christine Korte after a separation on April 19 1946.
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Edward Quade
Jackson
Brownstown
George H. Gossman
William E. Carter
Coulter M. Montgomery
Christine Buckley
Howard W. Buckley
Christine Korte
Iran Reports Evacuation May Be Complete
The United Nations Security Council heard Iran claim all Soviet troops left four northern provinces by the set deadline, but Tehran cannot verify withdrawal from Azerbaijan due to Soviet interference since November 7, 1945. Iran awaits further word as council reconvenes to decide next steps.
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Azerbaijan
Iran
Security Council
Ala
Washington
Council
Russia
Defiance High School Choir to Stay With Shields Saturday Night
Shields High School hosts Defiance High School’s eighty voice choir for an overnight stay. Residents of Seymour are asked to provide rooms supper and breakfast for one or more students to help accommodate the visiting group.
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Seymour
Shields High School
Defiance
Ohio
Eighty Voices
Shields
Officers Elected By Appliance Dealers
Members of the Jackson County Appliance Dealers Association elected Dick Madden president at a meeting held in Public Service Company of Indiana offices. W A Stewart was named vice president, M M Foster secretary treasurer, and I K Beckman Francis Birge H H McDonald Louis Noelker and Leo Timperman became directors. The group also discussed regular business affairs.
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Charles R. Brown
Ephraim G. Harlow
C. Neal Hennessy
Brown
Glenn H. Seward
Hennessy
Leo Timperman
Harlow
R. J. Brown, Sr
Arthur S. Kaufman
Jackson County Applance Dealer's Association
Public Service Company of Indiana
Dick Madden
W. A. Stewart
M. M. Foster
I. K K. Beckman
Francis Birge
H. H. McDonald
Louis Noelker
British Troops To Leave Egypt After 1936 Treaty Talks
Britain plans to withdraw all armed forces from Egyptian soil in a negotiated, phased manner. The move follows preliminary Cairo negotiations and aims to satisfy Egyptian demands for treaty revision while allowing mutual wartime assistance arrangements. The embassy statement confirms a withdrawal of naval, military and air forces pending further talks.
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London
Britain
Foreign Office
Cairo
Three from Seymour Appear With Columbus Symphony
Three Seymour residents joined the Columbus Symphony Orchestra for its thirty fourth program. Frank Latour played violin, E H Hancock cello, and Norman C Barkman bass. Conducted by G Chester Kitzinger, the Orchestr a also featured soloist Patty Joy on piano.
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Seymour
Columbus Symphony Orchestra
Frank Latour
E. H. Hancock
Norman C. Barkman
G. Chester Kitzinger
Patty Joy
Mrs Sue Davis Dies At Scottsburg Home
Mrs Sue Davis of Scottsburg dies there early Monday afternoon. Memorial services are to be held tonight at the Stewart Funeral Home in Scottsburg by the Order of Eastern Star. She was a past worthy matron of the Eastern Star and helped establish the Seymour Chapter.
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Sue Davis
Scottsburg
Stewart Funeral Home
Order of Eastern Star
Davis
The
Eastern Star
Seymour
First Anniversary Quietly Observed in Reims
In Reims on May 7 1946 city and Allied veterans marked the first anniversary of the German capitulation with a quiet observance. Most residents avoided parades and visited the preserved surrender room at the former SHAEF war room now a French shrine. The room shows maps and the surrender document. Casualty and prisoner charts are displayed including 122 072 killed 468 267 wounded 71 561 missing and 4 035 051 German prisoners taken.
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Reims
Gustav Jed
Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Forces
Wartime Coal Rationing May Be Reimposed
Washington May 7 Wartime coal rationing may be reimposed even if the 37 day old soft coal strike ends. John L Lewis heads the UMW policy committee as negotiations with mine operators recess to study a government proposal. No settlement hinted as White House talks continue with Snyder and Schwellenbach.
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Associated Press
Washington
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
J. A. Krug
Lewis
UMW
White House
Truman
John W. Snyder
Labor
Schwellenbach
John R. Steelman
Ium
First Pilots Strike Averted by Truman Wage Board
President Truman named a fact finding board to probe a wage dispute involving thirteen airlines and the Airline Pilots Association. About 1,000 AFL pilots had planned a 11:59 p.m. CDT walkout against Trans-Continental and Western Air, Inc. TWA pilots sought raises from 13,200 to 16,000 and shorter hours.
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Truman
Airline Pilots Association
AFL
Trans-Continental and
Western Air, Inc
Trans World Airline
TWA
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United Nations Security Council
Hussein
Columbus Symphony
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