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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1939
Page
4
The Carthage Citizen operates as a weekly publication from Carthage Indiana and lists subscription prices. Rates shown include 1 year 1.50, six months 75c, three months 25c with Canada at 2.00.
Virgil M. Simmons, commissioner of Conservation, notes oil and gas drilling reports to the Division of Geology are due 30 days after completion. Drillers often keep records confidential for 90 days post completion, delaying access to information. Some drillers voluntarily save rock samples and underground data at their own expense.
A visitor notes El Paso Jaurez dynamics with cross border shopping and wages, Mexico’s looser rules driving local trade and daily life. The piece also previews CBS and NBC New Year’s Eve and January 1 1940 radio lineups featuring Jolson Ameche Kelley's Kate Smith Hour and major orchestras.
A December 24 1909 freight wreck near Carthage injures one man and derails several cars. Second No 94 northbound broke on a grade. arch bar tore loose the fifth car from the caboose, wrecking the bridge and caboose. Conductor C E Hall and brakeman M J Egan aboard in the caboose. Egan crushed left hand. Engine crew included Warren Hackaday G L Carmody and M C Ansberry. Rescue calls and neighborly aid followed as local events and social notices fill the page.
James P. Miller, former regional NLRB director, testifies before a House committee probing the NLRB. Miller, now a labor relations counselor in Cleveland, says he was ousted for insisting on impartial administration of the law.
Rush County Commissioners approve numerous disbursements for salaries, clerks, deputies, officers, and supplies. Payments include Dale Fisher clerks salary 153.37, Helen McClure Treas 153.37, Paul Bennington Sheriff 153.37, Orlando Ingle Prosecutor salary 2208, C M DeMunbrun Supt 143.37, plus various mileage and expense items and supplier charges totaling numerous dollars. District officers and staff shown with specific amounts and vendors listed.
Rush County notices end of rabbit hunting season on Wednesday January 10. Hunters report abundant cottontails, with natural reproduction high in many areas. no current danger of extermination. A lengthy list of county expenditures and official salaries follows the brief notice.
The Department of Commerce reports that the first five months of this year saw agricultural exports valued at 237,998,000 dollars, down from 362,936,000 dollars in the same period of 1938, a decline of 124,938,000 dollars or 43.2 percent.
The undersigned has been appointed by the Rush County Circuit Court as administrator of the Alexander Tice estate, Rush County Indiana. The estate is to be sold. Barl Tice, Administrator. Dec. 8, 1939. Attest Dale Fisher, Clerk Rush Circuit Court. T. Breest Maholm, Attorney.
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