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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1941
Page
4
Indiana employment in February rose to 327,500 factory workers, the highest since September 1937. Canning activity drove the 1937 peak of 350,400, with current canning plant employment far below that level. Payrolls rose 4.0 percent from January and 24.8 percent year over year.
Samuel B Hill a Indiana life long resident died at four a m Tuesday at his Carthage home after twenty years there He served as trustee of the Joseph Hill Benevolent Fund for thirty years aiding the poor Friends He and his wife ran school institutes in Blue River Hancock county and he advocated good roads and public enterprises.
Hoosier Motor Club official Todd Stoops reports 1940 Defective car toll with 3 210 deaths and 67 930 injuries versus 2 590 deaths and 57 480 injuries in 1939. Brake faults led to 810 fatalities. lighting and steering defects also caused substantial harm. Indiana law allows police to demand inspections when vehicles appear unsafe or improperly equipped.
Frank Steinfeldt of Eldora Iowa complains to police that a neighbor s hog chewed his billfold containing eight one dollar bills and his selective service registration card.
William O. Reed of Altoona Pennsylvania confessed to police that he took a coat from a church and sold it for fifty cents to buy whisky.
A New York Special outlines a Europe-wide food emergency where most nations face rationing and near starvation before next harvests. It notes Britain, Germany, Italy, and the Balkans are not yet in danger, while Belgium, Poland, Holland, Norway, and Finland show deep distress. The United States and Argentina hold surplus foods and dollars to finance relief, with a proposed neutral agency to manage delivery to nonbelligerent civilians.
Manhattan visitor Robert Young praises The Trial of Mary Dugan with Laraine Day in a Metro courtroom drama. Alaine Brandes to wed soon. Peter Potter notes name changes for a leading lady. Mickey Rooney seeks a secretary in Andy Hardy's Private Secretary. Come Live With Me features James Stewart and Lana Turner in a rain sequence with oil sprayed actors.
Nazi and Quislingist prisoners, numbered 225, were marched blindfolded to British ships after the raid on Lafoten Islands Norway. British forces destroyed a glycerin-producing fish oil factory and sank or burned eleven ships totaling 18,000 tons. Indiana man James Wilson jailed for forged check used to pay for a Bible.
New CBS Friday night program will adapt and present world famous plays hosted by Charles Martin starting March 21 at 8 PM. Inner Sanctum moves to Sundays on NBC Blue at 7 30 with Boris Karloff guesting. WLW expandsDeacon Moore show with Lucille Norman and Ronny Mansfield while Ken Peters announces. Network notes mention policy shifts in late night and wavelength changes.
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