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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Feb 13, 1941
Page
8
Mrs Mabel Fraser joined Indiana Republicans at a Saturday county chairmen and vice chairmen gathering. A noon luncheon followed at the Columbia club, with Mrs Fraser also present at the editorial banquet later that evening at the Claypool Hotel.
Mayor C Clay Pearson of Delphi proclaims February 16 to 22 as Love Thy Neighbor Week. The notice cites fostering charity courtesy and amity among neighbors while noting Jack Benny and Fred Allen promote happiness through humor in the film Love Thy Neighbor.
Sara Ellen Trent granddaughter of Mrs. Sarah E. Trent of Flora, Mon day became the bride of Alvin Reed Potts son of Mr and Mrs Ancel Potts of Rensselaer Ind The ceremony was read by Rev William Whear at the East Chicago Methodist parsonage A dinner followed at Phil Smiths and the couple reside at 3520 Fir St Indiana Harbor Trent was a clerk in East Chicago stores Potts works for Inland Steel John Wason son of Judge and Mrs Wason ill in Ann Arbor Michigan with the flu prompting a family trip for news unavailable since.
Mrs Thomson advertises Sunday dinners and special party dinners by reservation call 234-2 at 316 East Main Street Delphi. h1-21. if
The writer reports on wartime life from a British island posting, praising U S President Roosevelt and anticipating stronger munitions support. He recalls the Washington inauguration, notes air raid disturbances over Portsmouth and Ryde, and mentions a monk finding a charred Bible page, with the war’s spread of fear and resolve.
Indianapolis columnist Vern Boxell warns that Indiana faces a chaotic May 1 shakeup under the Bobbitt disorganization program. He foresees rival party boards seizing offices, incumbents resisting removal, constitutional challenges, injunctions, mandamus suits over state pay vouchers, and widespread legal skirmishes across state government.
The report notes twenty explosive bombs dropped on a seaside town. Casualties include a single cow, highlighting an unusual yet fatal impact amid destruction. The text also references a prayer for salvation and guidance, framing the event in a broader wartime context.
Mr and Mrs Charles Harner and Mr and Mrs William Pearson returned here last week after a vacation in Florida.
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