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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1946
Page
2
Mario Pansa, son of a diplomat and tutor of Mussolini in public manners, died by drowning while bathing at the Fre-genne beach near Rome. A polo player and horseman, Pansa grew up amid diplomacy and advised Mussolini as he rose to power in 1922.
Pansa embraced a self-appointed mission shaping a country of 45 million, teaching the leader to avoid aggression and to act with gentleness. He argued against force and urged subtler influence, noting that invading a defenseless nation is harder to reconcile than courting diplomacy.
A corn stalk at Illinois State Normal University in Bloomington grew from 84 inches to 96 inches in two weeks, a growth of 12 inches, about 15 percent, over 14 days.
London reports Britons are becoming wine drinkers under the Ministry of Food plan. Prices per bottle range from $2 to $2.50 for burgundy and claret, champagne priced from $4.75 to $8, with brandy $9.25 to $11.75, while beer and spirits remain restricted. Officials note demand outstrips supply and bottles carry official prices to curb black market sales.
Sears Roebuck and Continental Air Lines launch fast order delivery in Denver Pueblo and Colorado Springs. Customers call in orders, a teletype transmits to Kansas City, then merchandise is air shipped overnight to Colorado airports and delivered next day. No extra cost to buyers.
Continued use of small feeders after chicks have outgrown them wastes feed. Allow plenty of space at the feeder for your birds.
Captain E Miller and his owners accuse an American boarding party of taking control of the disabled freighter American Farmer after a collision. They say Ranger crew hoisted an American flag and ordered the British crew off while Perry stood by. International law would grant the prize to the ship that brings the derelict to port.
Jack Tomlinson of Memphis landed two bass weighing over five pounds each on one Bear Creek Lake hook near Marianna. His companion Arthur Hopper of Birmingham did not get a bite. The scene suggests hooks are tougher this season.
Judge John Niblack questioned an alleged drunk in open court and sentenced the man to 180 days on the state farm with $50 in costs. He declared the defendant would be kept out of court for a time.
Evansville divorce court wrestles with a pair of conflicting suits between Patrolman Elmer Ours and his wife. Each accuses the other of quarreling nagging and fussing in a domestic dispute that has drawn the probate judge into a difficult position.
The English sparrow, once the target of a bounty in Jersey County, is helping gardeners by eating cabbage worms. Observers report sparrows carefully inspect cabbage leaves and pick off butterfly eggs.
Army engineers surveyed constructed and managed for a time prominent railways including the Baltimore and Ohio Northern Central Erie Boston and Providence New York New Haven and Hartford and Boston and Albany, reflecting a disciplined, long running effort.
Mary Bellamy of Laramie becomes the first woman to win a seat in the Wyoming state legislature marking a historic milestone for the state’s politics and women’s representation.
Agriculture officials predict high US farm production for years, with corn and wheat outlooks supported by better methods and equipment. Byrnes advocates open Paris peace reports, while Molotov’s secrecy strategy shapes Big Four talks. Truman eyes Missouri primaries and anti Slaughter efforts, as Army and Navy push expanded transoceanic air transport for personnel.
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