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Newspaper
Carthage Citizen
Location
Carthage, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1939
Page
6
The Carthage Citizen provides its publishing details with editor ED E Bly and weekly publication in Carthage Indiana. Subscription rates listed include 1.50 per year Canada 2.00 six months 75c and three months 50c. Entered as second class mail matter at Carthage Post Office.
Officials forecast a record entry and over 100000 in prizes for the International Live Stock Exposition to be held December 2 to 9 at the Chicago Stock Yards. Entries for purebred stock and grain shows close November 1 and November 20 respectively. novel entries come from Argentina and Australia marking South American participation for the first time.
The Oct 26 radio listings note Ameri cans at Work about forest rangers, Vox Pop farewell to the World’s Fair, Major Bowes Original Amateur Hour honoring Kalamazoo, and Johnny Presents with Harvard Yale Princeton tunes. CBS evening slots include quiz shows and music programs with notable guests and schedules through Oct 31.
Recent visitors include Argus Ogborn and A C Ludwig. Rev James Shera Montgomery opens daily prayers in the House. Talks on neutrality dominate, with two more weeks expected for Senate action before passage. Secretary of State warns ships amid potential Atlantic Baltic warfare. Air mail demo shows growing service to many towns. Fall colors in Washington contrast with Indiana scenes. odd observations note Phi Beta Kappa keys and empty briefcases.
Lieut. Col. Philip B. Fleming will serve as assistant to the acting administrator of the wage hour law after Elmer F. Andrews resignation. Fleming is pictured leaving St. Louis after attending the Mississippi Valley Association convention last week. William Rea Rawlings of the University of North Carolina becomes the new Middle Atlantic tennis champion, defeating Delos Parsons and Marshall College sophomore in a five set, three hour final at the Greenbrier Tennis Club in White Sulphur Springs.
Thousands of farmers face losses of two to four dollars per day as mange spreads across hog herds. Markets dock mangy hogs up to two dollars per hundred weight, with 25 to 40 percent of some herds infested. The American Foundation for Animal Health warns millions in national losses and urges prompt treatment and disinfecting hog houses to eradicate mange.
The Indiana Dunes State Park hosts an autumn color show praised by Prof. George Pinnee as a premier floral region. Visitors can explore nine marked trails across 2220 acres, with violets lupine gentians and orchids on display from May arbutus to October gentian, starting at Wilson's Camp.
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