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| Date | Source | Headline |
| 06/07/1942 | Columbus | Camp will not endanger city's water supply. Plenty available for everybody, Cornell expert in field finds. May use river source. Big filter plant would be constructed if necessary |
| 06/07/1942 | Columbus | Surveying parties get into regular 'jungles'. Encounter poisonous snakes |
| 06/08/1942 | Franklin Star | Col. Henry E. Tisdale appointed Atterbury Executive Officer. |
| 06/10/1942 | Columbus | Camp payroll helps to push retail sales. Half-million weekly at Atterbury felt in Columbus trade. Soldier pay is next. Further boom in may lines is predicted - Jobs offered. |
| 06/11/1942 | Columbus |
Camp worker shot by rifle. Madison youth is brought here after being hit while at target practice.
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| 06/11/1942 | Columbus | 600 trailers and 100 tents in local area. Three school buses also help house camp workmen and families. Health problems rise. State officials act but there's still room for improvement. |
| 06/12/1942 | Columbus | Small towns here cash in on Atterbury. Taylorsville, Clifford, Crossing and Flat Rock feel prosperity. Farmers get in on it. Many take in boarders and roomers at profitable rates |
| 06/13/1942 | Columbus | Other officers are appointed for Atterbury. Additional members of Col. Modisette's staff are announced. Plan baker's school. First big group of troops expected at camp during month of August. |
| 06/15/1942 | Columbus | Worker's arm is torn off. Camp employee caught in conveyor, bone severed near shoulder. |
| 06/18/1942 | Columbus | More deeds to U. S. are filed. Property in County Transferred for Army Reservation. |
| 06/18/1942 | Franklin Star | Camp about 60% complete. Work force begins to diminish. |
| 06/19/1942 | Columbus | Camp Area in County Looks Dead, Deserted. With I I Days Left to Vacate, Most Have Moved Out. |
| 06/20/1942 | Columbus | Camp Evacuees Gather As Tinkey Sells Out. Chant of Auctioneer Again Sounds in Nineveh Twp.-- Attend Sale. |
| 06/20/1942 | Columbus | 2 More Taken to Hospitals. Saw Comes Loose, Cuts Man's Arm. |
| 06/20/1942 | Columbus | New construction men move in at camp. Roofers, Plumbers and others added, replacing those finishing work. |
| 06/20/1942 | Franklin Star | Solicit bids on garbage produced by Camp. Must be collected daily, including weekends, and contractor must have a plant and equipment not more than one mile from camp boundaries. Can be used as hog feed. |
| 06/22/1942 | Columbus | 13,000 now on camp job; Colonels set up offices. Shortage of materials still delay job. Commandant's quarters prepared. |
| 06/24/1942 | Columbus | MORE PROPERTY IS TRANSFERRED. Additional Tracts in Atterbury Area Turned Over to United States. |
| 06/26/1942 | Franklin Star | Lafayette firm wins bid for paving road into Camp Atterbury. Cost to be $43,559 |
| 06/26/1942 | Franklin Star | REMC relocates lines serving 60 farms near Camp. |
| 06/27/1942 | Columbus | Camp payroll drops to 11,000; Streetts named. Camp Sign Posts Put Up - Slowness in Materials Cuts Worker Peak. |
| 06/27/1942 | Franklin Star | Block signal is moved near camp. Pennsy takes system from Edinburg point. |
| 06/29/1942 | Franklin Star | 11,000 camp workers now; 100 more miles of roads closed. Street signs being erected. Streets in one direction are given letter names such as "A" and streets in the other direction are numbered. |
| 06/30/1942 | Columbus | ARMY ACQUIRES 25,900 ACRES OF LAND IN COUNTY. War Department Takes Over Rest of Area for Atterbury Reservation. 900 RESIDENTS GO OUT. Roads into Western Bartholomew Blocked. Guards to Be Posted. |
| 06/30/1942 | Franklin Star | Jobs offered in new Camp shops. Civilian labor to be used in heavy equipment repair shops. |
| 07/01/1942 | Columbus | Camp exchanges will employ 200 civilians |
| 07/01/1942 | Franklin Star | Last of Camp area now in hands of Government; All land vacant |
| 07/01/1942 | Franklin Star | Man electrocuted brushing against high-tension line. Camp WPA worker is killed instantly on Atterbury housetop |
| 07/03/1942 | Columbus |
NEGRO TROOPS ARRIVE AS CAMP WORK DETAIL. First 100 on Hand ---- 200 White Soldiers Coming Wednesday. WIND UP HEAVY JOBS
Contractors See Completion - Employment Down to 9,000 - 10,000.
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| 07/03/1942 | Franklin Star | Work on Camp Project Continues on July Fourth. No let-up for 10,000 construction workers. |
| 07/04/1942 | Columbus | Land offices leave Armory |
| 07/04/1942 | Columbus | More soldiers for Atterbury. Group goes through city. Many in Columbus last night. |
| 07/07/1942 | Columbus | WPA worker at Atterbury electrocuted. Negro killed by high tension line while on top of building. Second fatal accident. Wire slips off board being used to keep it clear of moving structure. |
| 07/07/1942 | Columbus | Atterbury Post Office to be branch of Columbus. All camp mail to go through here. Staff to be increased. |
| 07/07/1942 | Franklin Star | Jeeps on carriers attract big crowd. Three truck loads of "jeeps" passed through Franklin Tuesday morning about 9:30 causing a rather large crowd to gather on Jefferson Street. I was assumed the Army midget vehicle were enroute to Camp Atterbury. |
| 07/07/1942 | Franklin Star | Government pays $13,000 for 150 more acres of land, west of Furnas Mills. Cora Tate Brown, Nancy A. Harter, Mabel Fergerson Cobb, Edward Schanke. |
| 07/07/1942 | Franklin Star | Camp Atterbury to get 20,000 books from Indianapolis Victory Book Campaign. |
| 07/08/1942 | Columbus | NINEVEH ASKS TO BECOME PART BE GERMAN TWP. Less Than 1,000 Acres Remain in Unit Because of Camp. PETITION IS FILED HERE. Remainder of Landowners Make Request of County Commissioners. |
| 07/08/1942 | Franklin Star | Camp Atterbury mail service to go through Columbus post office |
| 07/09/1942 | Columbus | Rumors Camp will be enlarged gather weight. |
| 07/10/1942 | Columbus |
GEN. MILLIKIN AND PART OF HIS STAFF AT CAMP. Commander of 83rd Division Arrives at Atterbury Post. 9,785 STILL AT WORK
Construction Runs Race With Arriving Groups of Soldiers. |
| 07/10/1942 | Franklin Star | 1,000 soldiers may arrive; Expanding Camp's facilities. 22 more Hospital buildings to go up. |
| 07/10/1942 | Franklin Star | 200 Jobs open in Camp Exchanges |
| 07/11/1942 | Columbus | Army Considers Including Strip Along West Side of Road 31 Near Edinburg. WANT MORE RIVER AREA. Parts of German Township and Blue River in Johnson County Included. Speed work on big field house & Guest Houses. |
| 07/11/1942 | Franklin Star | Sleeper delivers soldiers right up to Camp barracks. 41 men on Pullman car cut into Atterbury on new railroad spur. |
| 07/13/1942 | Columbus | CAMP TO HAVE FULL ARRAY OF TRAINING AIDS. 9-Mile Long Artillery Range Among Facilities to be Built at Atterbury. TANK COURSE INCLUDED Obstacle Run Also Planned for Troops, Along With Anti-Aircraft Range. |
| 07/13/1942 | Franklin Star | 1,000 acres will be added. Paper says Camp to expand Eastward. |
| 07/14/1942 | Columbus | 75 PERCENT OF CAMP AREA IS UNDER OPTION. Court Action to be Necessary to Get Only Fourth of Land. U. S. ATTORNEY IS HERE. Gives Figures on Status of Property in Military Reservation. |
| 07/15/1942 | Columbus | POSTAL BRANCH GOES TO WORK IN ARMY CAMP. Full Service is Offered Officers and Men in Cantonment. ELLIOTT PUT IN CHARGE |
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