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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1941
Page
4
A bank describes itself as a modern, well managed institution offering credit protection for deposits and check payment machinery. It invites customers to explore its other facilities and to broaden service use beyond current needs.
A Senate debate over extending draftees and guardsmen service faced a split between an 18 month proposal and a one year compromise. The plan, urged by Warren R. Austin and A. B. Chandler and introduced by Harold R. Burton, aimed to win Republican votes by making the gesture. Senate leader Elbert D. Thomas endorsed the idea noting no real difference in principle between 18 months and a year.
Eight Indiana coal producers faced compliance hearings for selling coal below minimum prices. Hearings set by the Bituminous Coal Division include Shoals firms Kieffner Coal Co and Greier and Schlachter Coal Co on Sept 26 27 and 29, plus Shoals operators Harvey Wraley Melvin Foster and Chester Tedrow. Terre Haute cases Moris and Campbell Hymera and McCan- incomplete text.
A public library meeting in Linton organized the Greater Linton Scout troop with Roy Borders as Scoutmaster. Four patrols were formed and leaders named. patrols created calls and yells as part of launching the expanded Boy Scout program in the community. The gathering highlighted scale of U S Scouting with 1 800 000 Scouts and 40 000 adult leaders in the nation.
Be Prepared motto cited as aim of Scouting with character building and citizenship training under trained leadership. Local meetings train men for adult leadership to expand the program. Next meeting set for 7 30 p m at the local library Tuesday evening August 12. Open invitation to all interested.
Washington Aug 6 UP Members of the house banking and currency committee indicated a provision limiting wage increases may be written into the administration price control bill. Henderson warned wage rises push the nation toward inflation as payrolls run about 152 percent of normal. Lawmakers prepared to question him on labor cost ratios and the role of labor in any price fixing plan.
In Troy New York a landlord renowned for fairness after his death left $2000 to the tenants of his properties. He also gave substantial sums to charitable and educational institutions, signaling generous final acts.
Chicago August 6 0 Railway labor brotherhoods prepare a strike poll of 1 160 000 members as federal mediation to restart stalled talks looms. Carriers reject all wage demands. 14 non operating unions press wage increases.
A compact roundup highlights five contemporary or semi modern homes available for rent or sale. Listings note varied styles, locations, and price ranges, with emphasis on curb appeal, interior layouts, and nearby amenities. Property agents guide buyers and renters through the market.
Five operating brotherhoods seek a 30 cent hourly raise for 350000 workers and order strike votes. Neither group fixed a walkout date, leaving a possible transportation stoppage in the distance as Alvanley Johnston chairs the meeting.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers said balloting among the operating unions would require three or four weeks.
In Omaha Nebraska Carl Anderson is called the most aluminum minded defender for giving up his 1909 model horseless carriage which contained about 200 pounds of aluminum in its mass.
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