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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1939
Page
4
The Carthage Citizen announces its weekly publication from Carthage Indiana with ED E Bly as editor and publisher. Subscription rates are 1.50 per year in the U S and 2.00 for Canada, six months 75c and three months 50c.
The narrator praises a leading local figure as the town’s best citizen who greets strangers, defends the town’s honor, supports public enterprises, and speaks proudly of the community at home and abroad. He urges everyone to emulate him for a year to revitalize the city.
Chicago August 4 Following a board action Ira C Keller was elected vice president of Container Corporation of America announced by President Walter P Paepcke Keller a Washington DC native graduated from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute began at Westinghouse in 1920 joined Sefton Manufacturing Company fourteen years ago now oversees sales and manufacturing of six Illinois Indiana and Ohio properties the Keller family resides on a farm near Winnetka Illinois
The United States Civil Service Commission announces open competitive examinations for listed positions. Applications must be submitted by the specified deadlines and include required documentation as outlined by the commission.
Civil service notices detail age limits and required birthdays for marketing and dietitian positions in federal agencies. The radio schedule from August 10 to 14 lists CBS and NBC programs, with John E. Brown, Raymond Paige, and various orchestras, plus upcoming network notes and shows.
Mrs. Charles D. Moore and Miss Ruth E. White attended the Shelby county fair Tuesday.
The Shenandoah National Park in Virginia, recently completed its last road section, spans 181,693 acres along the Blue Ridge, and features Skyline Drive, cabins and camping for up to 30 days. Park landmarks include Front Royal, Waynesboro, and the Appalachian Trail. nearby Bull Run battles are noted as part of the region’s history.
Raymond Finney was taken to the Methodist hospital Tuesday where he underwent an operation.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Thompson of Kokomo spent Saturday evening and Sunday with Mr and Mrs U B Thompson in what appears to be a family social visit.
British naval reports note two air raids destroyed the steamers near Ichang, south China, injuring one Briton and damaging Asiatic Petroleum Company property. An American missionary reports rising anti American agitation in north China as Japanese aims to curb English and American influence.
Rush County auditors approve a long list of expense items at the August 7 1939 commissioners meeting. Items include salaries for clerk auditor treasurer and sheriff deputies and many office and welfare expenses with multiple vendors and service charges.
Victor McLaglen stars as a tyrannical chief engineer aboard an ocean liner bound for San Francisco from Shanghai. Chester Morris plays the ship's doctor with Wendy Barrie as the nurse in a romantic triangle amid an epidemic on board. Barry Fitzgerald Alan Hale and Allan Lane also stand out in this RKO drama.
James Moster, feeder and caretaker of animals, will publicly auction a five year old dark sorrel stud horse at his Rushville area farm in Rush County Indiana. The horse, owned by an unnamed Gatewood, has been in Moster's possession over six months without payment of charges to satisfy a lien and sale costs. Cash only on sale day August 21 1939 at 12 30 PM.
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