Army Pay Boosts Sought in Capital as War Ends
Navy and Marines also may receive pay increases in a House plan replacing a flat raise with scale boosts from 10 to 50 percent. Privates would rise from 50 to 75 dollars monthly, and first classes from 50 to 80. The measure aims to attract service careers and affects officers to colonel level in multiple branches.
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Washington
House
Army
Marine Corps
Navy
Subcommittee
Overton Brooks
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Truman
Legion Open House At New North Main Post Home
Linton American Legion post invites public to view their new headquarters at 6842 North Main Street with an open house Saturday night from 8 to midnight. Mal Smith and his four piece Bedford orchestra will provide music for dancing in the remodeled auditorium. Earl Ross post commander asks the public to attend. refreshments will be served and lighting upgraded.
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Linton American Legion Post
North Main Street
Legionnaires
Mal Smith
Bedford
Smith
Earl Ross
Legion
Divorce Granted and New Suit Filed in Greene Circuit Court
Elaine Dyer was granted a divorce from Guy Dyer Jr and her maiden name Elaine Bunch was restored. A new suit filed by Clyde Stewart and Lelia Stewart against the estate of Lovell H. Sinclair seeks services. A jury awarded Robert Mitchell $500 against the Alonzo Mitchell estate for care of Alonzo Mitchell.
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Greene Circuit
Bloomfield
Elaine Dyer
Guy Dyer, Jr
Elaine Bunch
Clyde Stewart
Lelia Stewart
Lovell H. Sinclair
Robert Mitchell
Alonzo Mitchell
Benefit card party planned by Greene County hospital guild
Plans for a benefit card party sponsored by the Greene County hospital guild are under way. An advance ticket sale is in progress for April 30 at 7 30 p m at the local Elks Home. Proceeds will fund nursery improvements at Freeman Greene County hospital. Bridge and euchre will be played. both men and women are invited. Public urged to buy tickets promptly to help prize arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County Hospital Guild
Elks Home
Freeman Greene County Hospital
Craw-dad omen hints at wet summer from high dens
Weather editor records a craw-dad omen as O H Brown notes unusually tall craw-dad dens 7 to 8 inches high. He remains skeptical while acknowledging the sign could mean a very moist summer, though he does not commit to the prediction.
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O. H. Brown
U. S
Elliston
Brown
Mr. Brown
W. Ed
Craw-Dad
Jasonville Man Suffers Injury After Midnight Crash
Martin Doolings of Jasonville sustained head injuries and other cuts after his car left the road on West Main Street, ran into a ditch, and struck a tree. The vehicle was badly damaged and he was treated at Freeman-Greene county Hospital.
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Martin Doolings
Jasonville
Freeman-Greene County
West Main Street
Doolings
Dooling
Minor cold wave worries Hoosiers across the state
United Press reports sub-freezing conditions in parts of Indiana with Angola at 25 degrees and Evansville at 44. Indianapolis saw 34 while South Bend logged 29. Frost banners were limited, but lows below 36 appeared in Lafayette Fort Wayne Marion and Rochester as a warming trend begins.
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Hoosiers
Angola
Evansville
Indianapolis
South Bend
Hoosier
Lafayette
Fort Wayne
Marion
Rochester
Manhunt staged in Indiana today
Police in two states hunted a man and a woman accused of attempting to kill a Dowagiac taxi driver. Walter Hill fought off the slaying plan near a South Bend cemetery after a gun was forced from the assailant. He broke the shotgun and the pair fled toward Buchanan, Michigan in a cream colored Fletcher Cab taxi.
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South Bend
Ind
Dowagiac
Mich
Michigan
Walter Hill
Hill
Buchanan
Fletcher Cab Company
Tobe Robertson Dies in Freeman Hospital at 81
Horace W. Tobe Robertson died in Freeman Greene County Hospital at 7 45 p m after a period of ill health since February 1 He was born in Salem September 15 1864 and lived in Linton sixty years He worked with Robertson Coal Co and owned mines Pee Wee Big Four No 1 No 2 Cherry Hill lene and Vicksburg He leaves a widow six children eight grandchildren and two sisters Funeral services are set for Saturday at 2 pm at Welch and Cornett Funeral Home with burial in Fairview cemetery and Masonic graveside rites.
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Horace W
Tobe” Robertson
Freeman Greene County
Salem
Marshall and
Mary Robertson
Linton
Robertson Coal Co
Pee Wee
Big Four
Cherry Hill
Lene
Vicksburg
Detroit
Mich
James D. Clayton
Charles Mahoney
Jacksonville
Fla
Eli Mott
Welch and Cornett
R. B. Baldridge
Fairview Cemetery
Masonic Lodge
Hands and foot found along Indiana creek
Two severed human limbs, a woman's hands and a foot, were found on a creek bank in Lebanon Indiana. Sheriff Frank McCormick said the hands were bloody and likely severed within 24 hours. A black 1941 Oldsmobile sedan was reported leaving the scene after two men started a brush fire nearby.
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Lebanon
Ind
Frank McCormick
Howard Troth
McCormick
Advance
Troth
Ernest Richardson
Indiana
Richardson
Indianapolis
Terre Haute Man Dies in Accident Near Brazil
Fred Roseberry, 48, of Terre Haute Indiana, was found dead in a wrecked car on a country road ten miles south of Brazil. Sheriff Maurice Tilley said he likely died in the night when the car went into a ditch. Roseberry had formerly lived in Gary.
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Brazil
Fred Roseberry
Terre Haute
Ind
Maurice Tilley
Roseberry
Gary
Hospital Report on Admissions and Discharges
Visiting hours are 2 to 4 30 p m and 7 to 8 30 p m to aid patient care. Larry Moore, son of Mr and Mrs Archie Moore, was admitted after a head injury from a fall. Betty Dyer of Worthington gave birth by Caesarean section. George Morton and Martin Dooling were admitted for treatment. Mrs John Jones underwent major surgery. Mrs Sadie Workman had major surgery. Mrs Rosemary Robinson returned home. Woodie Bennett was dismissed.
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Larry Moore
Archie Moore
Betty Dyer
Worthington
George Morton
John Jones
Martin Dooling
Jasonville
Sadie Workman
Lyons
Rosemary Robinson
Woodie Bennett
Linton
Cars Sideswipe Here West Linton Wednesday
Two people were treated for minor injuries after a two car side swipe near the College Hill school building in West Linton at 8 30 p m An arrest was made in connection with the collision Loren Stewart of Sullivan and Herbert Mason of Sullivan drove the cars Susan Hannah and Barbara Robinson of Jasonville were injured and treated at Freeman Greene county hospital James Brown of Sullivan rode with Mason and was not harmed Stewart was jailed at the Greene county jail in Bloomfield last night
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College Hill
West Linton
Linton
Joe Feeney
Loren Stewart
Sullivan
Herbert Mason
Susan Hannah
Barbara Robinson
Jasonsville
Mason
Freeman- Greene County Hospital
James Brown
Strike at School Believed Ended in Evansville
Evansville Indiana April 11 The week long school strike apparently ended as the Board of Education moved to prevent new walk outs by invoking truancy rules and barring city school buildings from assemblies. The board did not concede and seeks to maintain control after the resignation controversy around Central Basketball Coach Glen Bretz.
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Evansville
Ind
Board of Education
Central
Glen Bretz
Alex Jardine
Ickes Attacks Lewis Over Coal Health Fund Demand
Former interior secretary Harold L. Ickes tells the senate labor committee that United Mine Workers Chief John L. Lewis would cut his own throat with a 10 cent a ton health fund royalty. He warns the policy would harm coal competitiveness and raise unemployment as talks stall in the 11 day strike.
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Washington
Harold L. Ickes
Senate
Ickes
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UFL
Lewis
UMW
Secretary of
Lewis B. Schwellenbach
Paul W. Fuller
Schwellenbach
Vitien
Jesse Browning Dies After Brief Illness in Shelbyville
Death reports Jesse Browning aged 78 in Shelbyville after a brief illness on Wednesday. A former Linton resident, he leaves widow Mrs. Mary Hagerman Browning and three sons Ralph Browning of Linton Ray Browning of Franklin and Roy Browning. Funeral services held Friday at 1 30 p m from the family residence in Shelbyville.
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Jesse Browning
Shelbyville
Browning
Linton
Mary Hagerman Browning
Ralph Browning
Ray Browning
Franklin
Roy Browning
Business Meeting At Full Gospel Mission On B Street
A business meeting will be held at the Full Gospel Mission on B Street Southeast this Friday evening at seven o'clock, as announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Full Gospel Mission
Interment of Canine Causes Family Dispute in Cemetery
In Speedway City Indiana a widow fights a Marion County court fight over the burial of her 14 year old rat terrier Trixie beside her late husband in a Carmel cemetery. Neighbors claim the dog burial desecrates a human cemetery and seek immediate removal.
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Speedway City
Ind
Uri
Nora H. Bray
Yes
Trixie
Carmel
Cemetery Association
Bray
County Native Taken by Death
Funeral services for Harry Virgil Courter 33 of Bicknell. Born Lyons April 9 1913 son of Ernest and Frances Courter. Died Tuesday night at Methodist hospital Indianapolis. Survivors include widow and three young children. Services Friday at Bicknell Baptist Church.
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Harry Virgil Courter
Bicknell
Lyons
Methodist
Indianapolis
Bicknell Baptist Church
Mr. Courter
Ernest
Frances Fisher Courter
Nebraska farmers urged to plan for home improvements
Urging watchful waiting Nebraska county agriculture agents promote a watchful waiting program for farmers who want to build or upgrade homes. They warn materials may be scarce this year and advise careful planning now to undertake improvements later at lower costs.
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Lincoln Neb
U.P
Nebraska
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