Pastors reshuffled across Southern Indiana churches
Rev Kisner will remain as pastor at First Methodist Church, moving Washington duties. Rev Claude Ragsdale shifts from Wesley Memorial to Prairieton and will be replaced here by Rev T B Avery. Other appointments span Fordsville Walter Williams Bickner C D Patterson Bruceville J Hayes Edwardsport C W Whitman J R Bolia Grendale Fr O Gourley Loogootee B J Proprietor Odon R J Crider Otwell Henry A Meyer Petersburg R G Skidmore Peteborough
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
First Methodist Church
Claude Ragsdale
Wesley Memorial
Prairieton
T. B. Avery
Indiana
A.fordsville
Walter Williams
Bickner C.D. Patterson
Bruceville
J. Hayes
Edwardsport
C. W.whitman
J. R. Bolia Grendale
O. Gourley
Loogootee
B. J
Board of Review Hearing Dates Set Across Townships
In Daviess County schedules announced for the board of review hearings. Reeve township Montgomery Canoe July 6 Van Buren Odon July 7 Elmore Steele Boon Elnora and Cityville to follow. Local officials urged residents to attend and submit required documents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board OF Review
Paul Myers
Daviess County
Te Onue
Reeve
Montgomery
Canoe
van Buren
Townships
Odon
Elmore
Steele
Elnora
Ville
Mrs Albert Guy Interred Today At St Simons
The last funeral rites were held for Mrs Albert Guy this morning at St Simons at ten oclock with a brief service and burial following. The obituary notes local family ties and the community’s condolences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert Guy
St. Simons
Movie change by GAR sponsors new June film
The Ladies Circle of the GAR moved their June screen event from Lover Come Back to The Seventh Veil after the producer delayed national release. Indiana Theatre will show The Seventh Veil on June 26 27 and 28 with GAR tickets valid for the new date.
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Ladies Circle of the Gar
Indiana Theatre
Ladies of the G. A. R
Auto Collision Involving Akester And Copple
Automobiles driven by Donald Akester and Martha Copple collided at the intersection of Southwest First and Van Trees streets Monday afternoon about 5. No one was injured but both cars sustained property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Akester
Montgomery
Martha Copple
City
Southwest First
van Trees
Mrs Jones Undergoes Major Operation In Louisville
Mrs Orville Jones, formerly residing in this city, recently underwent a major operation at the SS Mary and Elizabeth hospital in Louisville Kentucky. Her condition is reported satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville Jones
SS. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital
Louisville
Gun battle in Chicago streets halts traffic
Chicago on June 25 police sought five members of the Capone syndicate in connection with a shotgun attack on James M. Ragen, 65, head of Continental Press. Ragen was seriously wounded in the shoulder and arm as his car blocked a rickety truck and the assailants fired. His two bodyguards pursued the truck in a chaotic street confrontation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
INS
al Capone
James M. Ragen
Continental Press
Ragen
Ex Gov Townsend Nomination Wins at Indiana Democratic Conventio
Indianapolis June 25 In a dramatic move M Clifford Townsend Hartford City former Indiana governor won the Democratic senatorial nomination after a roll call at the state convention with 650 votes to 227 for John Watkins Bloomfield publisher and former American Legion state commander Watkins withdrew to back Townsend. A separate morning session featured R Earl Cox Indianapolis former Marion county judge blasting the Ku Klux Klan to loud applause and critiquing Robert W Lyons former Republican national committeeman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
A A. Watkins
Bloomfield
American Legion
M. Clifford Townsend
Hartford City
Indiana
Lake County
Townsend
Watkins
Ku Klux Klan
R. Earl Cox
Marion County
Robert W. Lyons
Erst
Democratic Party
Nly
Heint Palace
Republican Party
Pleas E. Greenlee
Indiana State Fairgrounds
Jacah
Siptesiugs
John A. Watkins
Infield
R. Barleters
Fort Wayne
U. Ss. Pee
Agrity
Harry McClain
Sheva
Hart
Timothy Sexton
Japolis
Supreme
Appellate
Ack Kale
South Bend
Joseph County
Pry
Lward S. Fur
Mountain Home farmer charged with cremating wife
A 61 year old Mountain Home Arkansas farmer Leon A Merrow was held by Decatur police after Arkansas authorities charged him with killing his wife Vedah 52 and cremating her body on a log fire near his home. Merrow denied the charges claiming his wife is missing. He was arrested in Decatur where the Merrows formerly lived after visiting relatives Saturday night. Sheriff Ernie Gentry said officers stirred the ashes and found human bones and identifying buttons. Merrow reportedly told relatives his wife would return by mid June and filed for divorce the following day. Arkansas officers expect to return him to Mountain Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decatur
Mll
INS
Mountain Home
Ark
Arkansas
Leon A. Merrow
Vedah
Merrow
Agreement On Army Pay Increases Passed To Senate
A measure for a broad army pay hike moved to the Senate after a brief voice vote. The bill keeps its original form from the House and grants base pay increases across ranks from private through generals, with structured percentage boosts for noncommissioned officers and officers, calculated on base pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
House
Health officer injured in Petersburg crash
Petersburg Indiana June 24 Dr A R 73 year old city health officer suffered a broken leg and other injuries when his car on Indiana 57th Street in Petersburg collided with a four car driven by Harley of Glezen. They were rushed to Daviess County Hospital in Washington for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petersburg
Ind
A. R
Harley
Glezen
Gane
Daviess County
Washington
House Passes Draft Law With Age Limits and July Suspension
Washington reports the House adopted a compromise draft extension for men aged 19 to 44 while banning 18 year olds and fathers after July 1. The 259 to 110 vote followed acrimonious debate sparked by Rep. Short. The war department plans to suspend the draft for July and August, disclosed by Rep. Thomason.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate-House
Hort
Wyo
Rep
Thomason
Tex
War Department
Terminal leave pay bill to be reported today
Washington report says Senate committee lines up action on a GI terminal leave pay bill costing an estimated 3% billion dollars in tax free compensation for World War II enlisted men. The measure allows cash for unused leave up to 120 days with a Dec 31 1946 termination date, and provides lump sum payment plus allowances, fully tax exempt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
Sen
Johnson
Estell chosen as new Washington City school superintendent
Edwin R. Estell of Bloomington Indiana, current Monroe County schools superintendent, was named Washington City Schools chief succeeding Gerald Alexander. The board reported a unanimous vote after interviews with state wide candidates. Estell holds an AJB degree a master's and near completion of a doctorate in school administration with study of Mexico. He has served as principal at New Marion Marshall and Ellettsville and led 133 teachers 77 bus drivers and about 4000 pupils in Bloomington. He is active in state educational organizations and plans to move to Washington soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin R. Estell
Bloomington
Indiana
Monroe County
Washington City
Gerald Alexander
Crawfordsville Indiana
Ralph G. Bixler
Board of Education
Estell
Washington
Mexico
Cross Plains
New Marion
Marshall
Ellettsville
Indiana University
State Rural Service
Indiana Congress of Parents and Teachers
Ne.a
Indiana Schoolman’s Club
The
Baptist Church
Sharon Kay
Douglas Arthur
Murphy Store Pickets Withdrawn After Agreement
An agreement between G. C. Murphy Company and Retail Clerks Local 670 ends the picket line at the Murphy store effective tomorrow. The settlement cites the company’s pledge to respect employee union organizing rights under the Wagner Act and to allow an election by the Indiana State Department of Labor if representation questions arise. No discrimination or coercion related to union affiliation is to be used in employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. C. Murphy Company
Retail Clerks International Protective Association
Murphy
Walter Reed
Central Labor Union
Lillian Cole
William Sturgeon
Retail Clerks Local
Indiana State Department of Labor
Murphy Company
Pepper predicts Taft nomination at Indiana convention
Senator Claude Pepper of Florida forecast Taft as Republican nominee for president and Truman as Democratic rival at the Indianapolis convention. He argued Republicans ride isolationism and reaction while Democrats, backed by veterans, promise peace, health, and prosperity, with the New Deal memory guiding their stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Truman
Indianapolis
Ind
INS
Claude Pepper
Florida
Pepper
Taft
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hitler
Guam
Party of Reaction
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Harold Stassen
Don Quixote
Republican Party
Roosevelt
Indiana
Vinson Becomes Thirteenth Chief Justice of U S
President Truman announces Fred M. Vinson as the thirteenth chief justice in a White House ceremony on the south portico. Vinson swore an oath of office in formal attire as dignitaries and military leaders observed, while politics and policy debates swirl around the administration and GOP criticisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
INS
Truman
Fred M. Vinson
United States
Vinson
White House
House
Senate
Robert Jackson
Hugo Black
Secretary of
D. Lawrence Groner
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Winsorr
City Council Approves Building Permits In Short Session
City council met in regular session Monday night and approved or added multiple building permits. Notable items include Dennis A. Eubanks remodeling a dwelling on Aprow Road for 450 dollars, John H. Kretz adding an addition to the Herald Office on Fourth Street for 6,000 dollars, and Herschel Myers constructing a garage at 808 West Walnut for 250 dollars. Additional permits cover remodels and new structures on East Fourteenth Street, East George Street, Front Street, and West Van Trees with costs ranging from 40 to 600 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis A. Eubanks
Aprow Road
Carl Rayman
East Fourteenth Street
Austin Critchlow
East George Street
Owen Gilley
N. W. Eleventh Street
Robert R. Smith
Front Street
Creagers
George Simonas
Roy M. Alford
Herschel Myers
West
Walnut Street
John H. Kretz
Herald Office
Fourth Street
W. Fifth and
Highway 50
Hospital Notes Admits Local Residents and Visitors
Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs Don Pierson of Loogootee Spencer Ward at 1208 Grand Avenue and several other individuals from Shoals Washington and Cannelburg. Names include Joseph Thompson Mary Ann Graber Sharon Potts and Gerald Lee among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Pierson
Loogootee
Spencer Ward
Grand Avenue
Joseph Thompson
East van Trees
Clarence Arvin
Cora Beck
Shoals
Mary Ann Graber
Washington, R. R
Theodore Hardin
Seven Ball Team Members Die In Bus Crash
Seven Spokane baseball players are dead and nine others injured after a chartered bus from Washington Motor Coach Lines plunged over a 300 foot embankment on Snoqualmie Highway and burst into flames. Six critically injured, four bodies burned beyond recognition. victims not yet identified. The crash happened on wet pavement as the bus skidded off Snoqualmie Pass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seattle
INS
Washington Motor Coach Lines, Inc
Snoqualmie Highway
Spokane
Western International Baseball League
Snoqualmie Pass
Flood Ravages Pyong City Killing Over 300 Reported
Seoul June 25 More than 300 persons unofficially reported dead as a sudden flood trapped residents in Pyong forty seven miles south of Seoul. A large earthen dam likely broke flooding the city and washing out bridges and roads across Southern Korea.
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Seoul
INS
Pyong
South Korea
Korea
Speeding fined in Ra ney court for Charley Campbell
In Justice of Peace E L Ra ney's court Charley Campbell of Bingra was fined one dollar and costs on a speeding charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of Peace
E. L. Raney
Charley Campbell
Bingra
Former resident Charles E Smith dies in Linton heart attack
Charles Everett Smith about 75 a former Daviess county resident died Saturday afternoon at 2 oclock at Freeman-Greene hospital Linton of a heart attack. He was found near the stockyards and had reportedly been ill at the county farm. One brother W Lankton Smith of Detroit has been located and is coming from Newberry South Carolina Wednesday. The body is at the authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Everett Smith
Daviess County
Freeman-Greene
Linton
W. Lankton Smith
Detroit
Newberry
S.C
Turpin Fined for Defective Brakes After Impounding
Frank L. Turpin’s automobile was impounded at Crane and he was fined 25 dollars plus costs for operating a vehicle with defective brakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank L. Turpin
Crane
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Kisner
John Watkins
U. S
Gi’s
E.R. Estell
R. Estell
G. C. Murphy CO
Clerk’s Union
President Truman
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