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Newspaper
Delphi Citizen
Location
Delphi, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1940
Page
2
The writer praises British airmen for successful engagements against German forces, recounts close calls and rammed aircraft incidents, and describes life in a reinforced shelter. He notes censorship, the cost of sending letters, and hopes to include wartime photos that may not leave the country.
Northern Indiana Public Service Company plans to supply Delphi with a new gas type from Logansport while awaiting Lafayette natural gas. Rates will fall for most users with a 19 percent annual saving projected, and the company will adjust appliances to ensure efficiency at no cost to customers.
John K. Jennings announced state approval and a move to Washington of twenty WPA projects totaling 1 765 308 dollars. In Carroll county Flora receives 86 570 for street and alley improvements sponsored by Flora town. For Kitchen Circulating Heaters contact Bob Pearson at Delphi. Radio. Repair, Phone 999.
John Edward Bowman age 18 of Delphi has enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps. He will be stationed at Maxwell Field Alabama after accepting enlistment at Kokomo Indiana. Sgt John W Whitehead notes vacancies in Army branches with stations nationwide and overseas. Combination Kitchen Ranges advertised by Bob Pearson in Delphi.
Sarah McKinley of Delphi and Marjorie Weaver of Yeoman will begin Indiana University’s 117th academic year with orientation and registration on September 11 and classes starting September 16. Fra R Elliott, director of admissions, announced that 59 percent of entering students are upper third high school graduates and 85 percent come from Indiana. The arts and sciences college will receive 42 percent and the school of business 24 percent of the entering class. Radio Repair, Phone 999
Mrs. Jane Ann Dunn 87, widow of Albert Dunn, died Sunday at Ba St Elizabeth hospital Lafayette from injuries suffered August 21 when she walked into a car driven by Robert Ratcliff of Delphi. Born March 11, 1853 in Monticello, she spent much of her life in the area. Two daughters survive Abe Heck of Fort Wayne and Mrs. Harry Gipson of Los Angeles. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Grimm funeral home Delphi with Rev. Wilbur V. Day officiating. Burial in Maso cemetery.
July marks the first month since January where traffic fatalities decreased, dropping five percent and saving four lives from a total of ninety-one deaths.
During July 1939 a report from the Governor's Coordinating Safety Committee shows the first seven months with a 15 percent rise in fatalities, totaling 608 deaths versus 521 in the previous year.
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