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| Date | Source | Headline |
| 04/08/1942 | Franklin Star |
Recommends Jail Be Equipped For Additional Prisoners. Inspector suggests Camp calls for new capacity schedules. |
| 04/08/1942 | Franklin Star | Young Supervisor of Camp Rail Spur Dies in Wreck. Arvin Verplank, 26, Killed near Edinburg, son of Calumet Paving head. Killed as his car sideswiped a truck. |
| 04/09/1942 | Franklin Star | $272,000 Deposited in Court as Land Payments for 28 Owners. Payment for 1,528.44 acres of land. |
| 04/10/1942 | Columbus | Heflen's Camp to house Camp Atterbury workers |
| 04/10/1942 | Columbus | McNutt writes Columbus is in defense area. Tells Amick city was so designated by Federal Securities Administration on March 14. More details sought. Letter goes out today to determine effects on building. |
| 04/10/1942 | Franklin Star | Five more Atterbury owners get payments. |
| 04/11/1942 | Franklin Star | Camp Atterbury's workers register at special center. Construction men in 45-64 age bracket sign thee in draft. Location and Chief Registrar to be announced later. |
| 04/11/1942 | Franklin Star | Heflen Camp quits as resort; To house Atterbury workers. |
| 04/13/1942 | Columbus | May ask for more time on camp. Some contractors fear penalties, blaming unfavorable weather. |
| 04/13/1942 | Franklin Star | 3,500 Thought to be employed at Army Camp now. |
| 04/13/1942 | Franklin Star | Young folk planning socials for Camp Atterbury soldiers. |
| 04/14/1942 | Franklin Star | 37 Men start training to aid populace in case of Air Raid. |
| 04/15/1942 | Columbus | 940 acres to be left of Nineveh as camp comes. All but 4,000 of Union Township also to be engulfed. $990,000 off valuation. County to lose that much taxable property - Three boundary changes |
| 04/15/1942 | Franklin Star | Another 60-acre tract eliminated from camp area. |
| 04/18/1942 | Columbus | Employment at Atterbury passes 5,000. Hod carriers and laborers hired at rate of 300 a day. To send calls for men. Unions to contact locals outside area to augment forces. Hourly carpenter wage is $1.30 per hour |
| 04/20/1942 | Franklin Star | Quicksand ditch at Camp Atterbury traps workmen. One hurt seriously. |
| 04/23/1942 | Franklin Star | 19,450 employment peak expected on Army camp project |
| 04/23/1942 | Franklin Star | 200 Camp carpenters stop work because of wage scale difference. Walk out not sponsored by union. |
| 04/24/1942 | Franklin Star | Carpenter walkouts appear to have little effect. Work continues. |
| 04/24/1942 | Franklin Star | A. W. Schlosser loses four fingers of his left hand at 5:30 pm at Camp Atterbury in accident involving cement mixer. |
| 04/25/1942 | Columbus | Job walk-off by carpenters delays camp. Part of reported shortage of help in vital areas of project. Statement is issued. O'Driscoll and Grove sets forth issues on bill passed out to men. Dispute over 12 1/2 cents per hour. |
| 04/25/1942 | Franklin Star | Camp workman hurt as truck overturns at Hospital door. |
| 04/28/1942 | Columbus | Carpenters in camp petition U. S. to step in. Get signatures today, asking action on wage controversy. Sanitation issue up. Paper refers to health conditions - Statement made by Winebrenner, head of Columbus district office of the Indiana State Board of Health. |
| 04/28/1942 | Franklin Star | State Highway Commission to pave Camp route, a 1/2 mile stretch from Road 31 to the East entrance of Camp Atterbury. This gave rise to the assumption that the War Department has finally figured out where the entrance to the camp will be. |
| 04/29/1942 | Columbus | More carpenters leave Camp Atterbury jobs |
| 05/01/1942 | Columbus | Washington finds carpenter scale is $1.30 per hour. Union's business agent at Edinburg notified of decision. Men return to work. Call for 900 more is sent out as controversy is settled. |
| 05/01/1942 | Columbus | Army takes 25,000 acres here by condemnation |
| 05/02/1942 | Franklin Star | 275 more acres go to government for camp. Five owners get checks. |
| 05/02/1942 | Franklin Star | Decision on Camp wage scale calls for $1.30 per hour for carpenters. |
| 05/02/1942 | Franklin Star | Val Ulrey, Village Blacksmith, Dies. |
| 05/07/1942 | Columbus | Shortages of materials seen to be serious. Camp contractors, with highest priority rating, run into difficulties. Dearth delays work. U. S. production and transportation of supplies lag behind demands. |
| 05/09/1942 | Columbus | NEW BUILDINGS GLEAM AGAINST SCARED EARTH. Atterbury to Be as Picturesque as Any Camp in Midwest. USE 96,000 TONS OF STONE. Workmen Swarm Over the Foundations - Now About 8,000 Employed. |
| 05/14/1942 | Columbus | County Heads and camp Men Discuss Roads. 130 miles of highway will be affected if cantonment comes here. To delay all work. Commissioners wait definite word - Franklin Star hints site to north. |
| 05/16/1942 | Franklin Star | Fifteen inches of rain in 3 1/2 months keeps Atterbury soaked. |
| 05/20/1942 | Franklin Star | Specifications on Camp changed to conserve supplies. Five feet off barracks chimneys. |
| 05/21/1942 | Columbus | 10,000 now at work as camp goes up fast. |
| 05/21/1942 | Columbus | Change plans in buildings at Atterbury. Material shortages causing many alterations at camp. Must be ready August 18. Expect Army labor troops to arrive here in three weeks. |
| 05/21/1942 | Franklin Star | Camp Atterbury area now declared officially as a defense housing critical area. The rating entitles the community to priority assistance for construction of defense worker housing. |
| 05/23/1942 | Columbus | Most work at camp soon to go on 7-day week. 10-hour day with $110 weekly wage for carpenters likely. Hundreds more hired. Atterbury swarms with men - Edinburg hardware stores 'raided.' |
| 05/25/1942 | Franklin Star | 11,000 at work on Atterbury project. 9,000 yet to come according to reports. |
| 05/27/1942 | Columbus | General Millikan heads 83rd Division at Atterbury. Assigned as commanding Officer of 83rd Infantry Unit to Be Stationed Here. Comes from Kansas Cavalryman, Former Staff Member Will Direct New Division. |
| 05/27/1942 | Franklin Star | Maj. Gen. Millikin is chosen as Atterbury camp commander. |
| 05/30/1942 | Franklin Star | War Dept. confirms Modisette for camp. Col. Welton M. Modisette as commanding officer of Camp Atterbury has been confirmed. |
| 05/31/1942 | Columbus | 'Camp' Land Owners Get Data From Farm Bureau. Group |
| 06/01/1942 | Franklin Star | Rain on 65 of last 120 days. |
| 06/04/1942 | Columbus | Another dies at Atterbury. Heat believed to have led to heart attack - Six others in hospitals. |
| 06/05/1942 | Columbus | Residents move out of Harrison Twp. Gulleys. |
| 06/05/1942 | Columbus | 2 more camp men treated for illnesses |
| 06/06/1942 | Columbus | Staff officers tour camp site. Three here today from Fort Hayes at Columbus, Ohio. Surveyor bitten by Copperhead snake early in morning - comes for treatment that afternoon |
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