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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1940
Page
4
A nostalgic Carthage community note praises the renewed Carthage Service Club as a civic catalyst and social hub. It emphasizes local pride, the playground, and mutual support while lightly skirting current events and family anecdotes in a folksy Town newspaper tone.
Do You Remember When June 17 1910 R E Moores rig was demolished Sunday night while hitched at a residence on Main street. Another rig ran into it and then went north before the driver could be identified. Henry and Robert Henley returned Sunday from Champaign Illinois where they have been attending the University of Illinois.
Arlington news covers many weekend visits and gatherings. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Otto C. McCarty at the State Pharmaceutical Association in Indianapolis and various families from Westland Shelbyville Greenfield Knightstown Rushville and Indianapolis. A front porch addition at Hezekiah Clark’s home is noted along with freight car derailment repairs and local business moves.
Network notes detail CBS and NBC programs across June including Grim Guilt on CBS TV June 21 6 00 p m Rebroadcast at 10 00 p m Dewey campaign address and Mar tin interview in upstate New York June 21 8 00 p m and June 22 8 15 p m Lincoln Highway with Conrad Nagel June 22 8 00 a m Melody Ranch with Gene Autry June 23 4 30 p m Showboat Lux Radio Theatre June 24 7 00 p m balloon blower on Uncle Jim's Question Bee June 25 6 00 p m and 9 30 p m Professor Quiz June 23 7 30 p m rebroadcast 10 30 p m coverage of Republican Convention June 24 26 plus Dr Christian June 26 6 30 p m rebroadcast 9 30 p m and more details on Herb Marsh Sara Jane Wells Mark Warnow and other NBC NBC Fall slate includes Fibber McGee and Molly and Aldrich Family replacements and Silver Theater renewal.
The French government selected 84 year old Verdun hero Henri Philippe Pétain as premier on Sunday June 16. Within 24 hours he ordered all French soldiers to prepare for peace with Germany calling for an honorable settlement. Details remain unclear and concerns rise over potential peace with Italy and the fate of the French fleet while national defense is in question. In Illinois, William T. Williams devised a crude incubator from an empty beer case and light bulb to hatch eggs with surprising success.
A bandit robbed Arthur West’s Salt Lake City gas station, then asked if it was part of a chain. West answered I own it, and the gunman, claiming he needed money, chose not to rob a private owner and left.
In Calexico California an undertaker was arrested and had his license suspended for 90 days after using profanity in the presence of a dead body at a funeral home. The action followed an investigation by local authorities into conduct at the burial facility.
T A Dicus head of the State Highway Commission urged farmers and landowners to help keep intersections safe. With highway travel at an annual peak he said thousands of Stop signs mark state routes and rural road junctions and observance by motorists is essential for safety.
Annie Anderson of Portland files a $5,000 lawsuit against a dance hall proprietor after an unidentified jitterbug trampled her during a fight, causing serious injuries. Three Bellmore Pennsylvania laundry workers say they were arrested for pelting a non striking truck driver with grade A eggs during a picket line incident.
A Chicago woman identified as Ethel Strouther refused to talk to a suspect, claiming the only man she talks to is her precinct captain. The confrontation involved a beer bottle brandished above the head of a census taker.
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