Simon's Schools Founder’s Daughter Dies in City
Born in this city in September 1890, the daughter of Francis Guy, she is survived by two children, a pono Hook and Frank Guy, plus two grandchildren. Funeral services set for Tuesday at 10 at St Simon's, with interment in Oak Grove Cemetery. Keller's Mortuary handling arrangements.
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Ee Simon's
Francis “Guy
Chila Pono Hook
Frank Guy
St. Simon's
Oak Grove Cemetery
Keller's
House Being Moved on Walnut Street
Contractors began moving a one story dwelling at 308 East Walnut Street. The house was cut in two and each half will be moved to the east end lot. The Ralph Smead filling station at East Fourth and Walnut will be enlarged using the vacated lot.
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East Walnut Street
Ralph Smead
East Fourth and
Walnut
Aritta June Cline Interred Sunday at Burr Church
Funeral services for Aritta June Cline were held Sunday afternoon at 2 30 at the Burr church in Pike county with interment in the adjoining cemetery. Pallbearers were Robert Ar Lou Doades Marjorie Colbert Patty Neidgé and Shirley Neigde.
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Burr Church
Pike County
Rite June Cline
Robert Ar Lou Doades
Marjorie Colbert
Patty Neidgé
Shirley Neidge
Last Rites Held for Samuel Alsman
Funeral services were conducted Sunday at 2 30 PM at Pilgrim Holiness Church for Samuel Alsman with Rev Burcham officiating. Burial followed at Oak Grove. Pallbearers included Wilson Alsman Ben Alsman James Alsman Claude Alsman Vern Alsman and Fred Alsman. Flower girls listed Marilyn Jones Betty Dillon Donna Ingraham Deloris Bateman Nancy Dillon Clara Mae Alsman Norma Hill and Mildred Myers.
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Pilm Holiness Church
Samuel Alsman
Burcham
Oak Grove
Wilson Alsman
Ben Alsman
James Alsman
Claude Alsman
Vern Alsman
Fred Alsman
Marilyn Jones
Betty Dillon
Donna Ingraham
Deloris Bateman
Nancy Dillon
Clara Mae Alsman
Norma Hill
Mildred Myers
Fire at Coal Oil Stove Damages Lee Foreman Home
Fire department responded Sunday afternoon to 1300 Fast Van Trees Street where a coal oil stove started a small blaze at about 2 30. Minor damage reported and no injuries. Local responders advised caution with heating equipment.
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Lee Foreman
Fast van Trees Street
Death notice for C R Mckinney age 32 in Indianapolis
Clorence Roscoe McKinney of 600 St died after admission at 10 15 p m Saturday aged 32 born July 2 1913 in Daviess County son of Samuel and Etta McKinney survived by wife Zelda Wilson and mother two brothers David of Washington and McKinney of Indianapolis funeral services scheduled for two o clock in the afternoon.
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Clorence Roscoe McKinney
Daviess Yur
Samuel
Etta (Grummett) McKinney
Zelda Wilson
David McKinney
14Th St
Washington
McKinney
Indianapolis
Atomic Bomb Rehearsal Test On Bikini Atoll
Major Woodrow Swancutt's B 29 dropped a practice bomb near the USS Nevada during a rehearsal at Bikini Atoll. One ground crew member died after colliding with a propeller as the aircraft prepared to take off. Admiral Brandy called the drop swell and praised visibility despite the fatality.
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Woodrow Swancutt
Dave
Nevada
Army Airforce
Swancutt
Kwajalein
W. H. P. Blandy
McKinley
Independence
Admiral Brandy
Harold Wood
Bordentown
N. J
Bikini Lagoon
Mt. McKinley
Barton
Plane Strikes Auto Killing Two Near Memphis Airport
An Army C-47 hit a automobile at Memphis Air Transport Command Airport during approach from Dallas. Elex Bobo and Buddy Woodhouse of Crenshaw Mississippi, both 38 and 42, were killed in the rear seat. Ernest and Mrs. Bobo survived. The plane crash landed two hours later after circling. Capt. Wayne Collie of Alabama piloted the aircraft.
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Memphis
Tenn
Memphis Air Transport Command
Hensley Field
Dallas
Texas
Elex Bobo
Buddy Woodhouse
Crenshaw
Miss
Ernest Bobo
Wayne Collie
Alabama
Jet plane sets 3 minute 10 second speed record
In Philadelphia on June 24 a P-80 Shooting Star established a 3:10 speed record for a 30 mile flight from Wilmington to Philadelphia. First Lieut Leonard Constant, a Dover airfield test pilot, flew the jet near City Hall at 12 10 10 P M EDT during Fourth of July celebrations. Radio contact was made with Army officials atop the Savings Fund Society Building as shoppers and workers heard the jet but could not sight it.
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Philadelphia
Wilmington
Del
City Hall
Leonard 8. Constant
Grafton
Mass
Dover, del
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Constant
Army
Philadelphia Saving Fund
Welcome to Japan brings joy to Yokohama depot
More than three hundred U S Army wives and children arrived at a receiving station in Yokohama. They traveled on the transport Ainsworth to various parts of Japan with their husbands awaiting them with bouquets. Red Cross girls helped with luggage as rosy holiday colors filled the scene. Children enjoyed a special nursery while many wives described the voyage as rough.
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Yokohama
INS
U. S. Army
Japan
Red Cross
Ainsworth
Pacific
Robert L. Eichelberger
U. S
Cor Whitney
Luther Eggman
Joliet
Selsick
Bobby J . Johnson
Bobby Whaley
Yokohama Dock
Mortgage Burned at St. Mary's Church
A large Sunday crowd at St. Mary's auditorium witnessed the burning of the church mortgage marking the end of years of effort to clear the debt. Fr. Raymond Marchino led a thanksgiving Mass, with speakers detailing the parish history and debt payoff. The event featured purses presented to the pastors, followed by a reception and dance with Stix Nutter's orchestra.
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St. Mary's Auditorium
John Kramer Ata
Marchino
Francis R. Allega
Marc
St. Mary's School
Allegan
F. A. Seal
St. Mary’s Church
G. 'Wicke
Ralph Doyle
St. John’s Church
Loogootee
J. Mary's
Odon Resident Charles Myers Dies at 77
Charles H Myers age 77 of Odon died Saturday June 22 at St Joseph hospital Springfield Missouri from complications He was born August 7 1869 in the county son of Joseph and Nancy Myers He married Ella Raglemeyer in 1908 She preceded him in death Survived by four children Arla Bowman Herchel Myers Myrtle Lankin Charles R Myers seven grandchildren four sisters and two brothers Funeral services 1 PM at Poindexter Funeral Home Odon with burial at Park Cemetery Indianapolis Rev Ernest Roberts officiating Body to Odon yesterday. calls may be made at S E Bowman residence Odan till time of services
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Charles H. Myers
St. Joseph Hospital
Springfield
Missouri
Odon
Modern Woodmen of America
M. B. Church
Eipsom
This
Joseph
Nancy
Lee) Myers
Ella Raglemeyer
Myers
Arla Bowman
Herchel R. Myers
Martinsville
Myrtle Lankin
Phoenix
Arizona
Charles R. Myers
Flora Laudermilk
Terre Haute
Della Bennington
Jasonville
Emma Rogers
Worthington
Cecil Killion
Indianapolis
Alfred Myers
Arnold Myers
Washington
Poindexter Funeral Home
Ee Park
Ernest Roberts
S. E. Bowman
Odan
War Draft Deadlines and Open White House Grounds
Postwar policy clamor as congress debates draft timing and budget controls with House leaders predicting passage. White House grounds set to reopen to the public for the first time since before World War II as officials review a Dwight D. Eisenhower era war report.
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House Rules Committee
Senate
Rayburn
Lowhouse
Rules Committee
House
Rity
Robert H
Hugo
White House
United States
Washington
Nazi Germany
Red Army
Chiefs of Staff
Rhine
Army Chief of Staff
Normandy
Falaise
Ars Women’s Bureau
Labor Department
Democrats Gather For Convention In Indianapolis
Indianapolis June 24. Democrats convene to set a platform and nominate candidates for state offices. Tim Sexton seeks US Senate. Jack Kale and Edward Furnish top ballots for Supreme Court and Public Instruction respectively. others include Fay Leas Warren Martin Harry Tilley for appellate seats. Pepper keynote planned. convention to elect officers and hold district meetings tonight.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Matthew Welsh
Vincennes
Welsh
State House of Representatives
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Supreme Court
Frank N. Richman
Columbus
United States
Timothy F. Sexton
Supreme and Appellate Courts
Jack Kale
South Bend
St. Joseph County
Edward 8. Furnish
Vevay
George W. Long
Bartholomew
Fay W. Leas
Fort Wayne
Warren Martin
Boonville
Harry Tilley
Hammond
Claude M. Pepper
Florida
Greenlee
Sherman Minton
Alvin C. Johnson
Bari R. Cox
Marion Circuit Court
Clarence J. Donovan
Bedford
Drowned in Squall Four Die When Sailboat Capsizes
Sturgeon Bay Wisconsin June 24 An 18 year old girl recounted the drowning of her father Leatham C Smith 62 prominent shipbuilder and politician head of the Smith shipyards company. Four others were missing believed drowned. The survivor Patsy Smith described battling icy waters for over seven hours and witnessing a companion disappear. The missing included Miss Mary Loomis 18 Elton Washburn and Howard Hunt both executives at the Smith yard. Rescue efforts by boats and planes continued with no sign of survivors as food shortages sparked worker protests in several states.
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Sturgeon Bay
Wis
INS
Green Bay
Leatham CD
Smith
Patsy
Letham
Mary Loomis
John S. Loomis
Winnetka, Til
Elton Washburn
Smith Shipbuilding Concern
Howard Hunt
Shipseid
Mary
Miss Loomis
Pine Manor
Boston
Smiths
Hanrahan Named New S. E. C. Head
President Truman announced Edmund M. Hanrahan of New York as chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission. The move follows Purcell’s resignation from the post and after Hanrahan’s nomination was announced by the White House today in Washington.
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Washington
INS
Truman
Senate
Edmund M. HaNrAhan
New York
Securities and Cell
S.B.C
White House
Purcell
White
Hanrahan
Willis Y. R. 1 Elnora Failed To Stop
Fragmentary OCR item shows a failed attempt linked to Willis Y and R 1 Elnora with unclear context or outcome, lacking names, dates, or precise action but indicating a stoppage or failure in a local matter.
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Willis Y
Elnora
Adoption trends in Virginia and wartime foster rights
Chicago June 24 reports from the American Public Welfare Association show petitions for child adoptions in Virginia more than tripling over five years. A wartime estate survey notes efforts to grant foster children government allotments, while many cases still limit adoption. Some foster children seek to take the foster parent's surname as part of the arrangement.
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Chicago
INS
Virginia
American Public Welfare Association
Hospital Notes Admits And Births Reported
Saturday entries list Mrs. Hubert Davis Miss Linda K Forbes Mrs Geo Lewis Mr William Chapman Miss Shelby Jean Brock Miss Veronica Matthews Majors include Miss Sally Jean Connolly Mr Grover Higgins Master Sammy Minors and Mr Edward Baker Births note a son born to Mrs Harold Riggs Sunday. Monday admissions include Mrs Oscar Berger Mr Joseph Kelly Mrs Ira Bridenbough Mrs John Porter Mr Louis Boyles and Dr A R Logan with accidents and majors.
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Hubert Davis
West Walnut
Linda K. Forbes
Dewey Ave
Geo. Lewis
William Chapman
Ashington
Shelby Jean Brock
Gleason
Veronica Matthews
Washington RR
Sally Jean Connolly
Baltimore
Grover Higgons
S. E
Sammy Minors
Edward Baker
John Street
Harold Riggs
McCormick Ave
Oscar Berger
Indianapolis cleaner dies after holdup shooting
Thomas H. Bridewell, owner of an Indianapolis dry cleaning business, died at Methodist Hospital after being shot by two men during a holdup. Police questioned two suspects on vagrancy charges each bond set at 10000, who deny involvement. Bridewell was shot before his wife who witnessed the incident.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Thomas H. Bridewell
Methodist Hospital
Bridewell
Byrnes Presses Speedier Postwar Treaty Talks
Secretary of State James F. Byrnes urged a quick peace treaty program as he faced delays by Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov and the Italian frontier dispute at Briga Tende. Ministers rejected Austria's border rectification and deferred major issues to a broader 21 nation peace conference, with no decision reached.
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Paris
James F. Byrnes
Byrnes
Tende Briga
France
Italy
Austria
V. M. Molotov
Mo Ney Seem
Molotov
Inventor Otto Peterson’s blanket clamps gain heat aid
Springfield resident Otto R. Peterson, a 19 year old inventor, devised blanket clamps that grip bed covers to trap warmth and simplify making the bed. The six foot high man claims the device keeps feet warm and reduces nightly chores.
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Springfield
Otto R. Peterson
Springeld
Peterson
Indiana Faces Meat Shortage as Diseased Livestock Sold
Indianapolis June 24 Indiana battles a worsening meat shortage with reports that tainted livestock feeds into small Indiana slaughter houses through a growing black market. Dr. L E Burney warns that only two meat inspectors remain on duty despite 400 slaughter houses. Roy Huggins notes diseased animals are sometimes sold for human consumption and illegal carcass sales have occurred in Elkhart Evansville Anderson Elwood and Vincennes with arrests in similar cases.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
L. E. Burney
State Health Department
OPA
Burney
Health Department
Evansville
Anderson
Elwood
Vincerines
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Terday
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Charles Myers
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Icy
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Pennsylvania
American Meat Institute
Congress
International News Service
New England
New York City
Mts Baal Sey
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