Senate Approves Keeping Olfacies For Longer Period
Washington reports the Senate approved a military service extension measure by 45 to 30 as leaders warned House defeat possible. The bill would retain selectees guardsmen and reservists for the emergency with a $10 monthly pay increase after initial terms and remove the 900000 cap on in service personnel.
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Washington
U.P
Hamilton Fish
N. Y
America
Fish
Senate
House
George C. Marshall
Secretary of War
Carl Hatch
M. M
Wolfords Visit Linton From Saginaw
Mr and Mrs Thad Wolford of Saginaw Michigan are spending a few days with relatives and friends in Linton.
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Wolfords
Thad Wolford
Saginaw, Mich
Linton
Mrs Edith Hanger Improves at Indianapolis Hospital
The condition of Mrs Edith Hanger is reported to be somewhat improved today while she receives treatment at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Milk bottle shortage shocks Painesville dairies
In Painesville Ohio dairies report a wartime level shortage of milk bottles hindering deliveries. C A Boutelle manager of the local bottle exchange said the problem is more serious than during World War I.
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Painesville, O
U.P
C. A. Boutelle
Changes Planned for August Community Day Sale in Linton
The Greater Linton Club announced extensive changes to the August Community Day sale on August 20. The event will be a Back to School sale with needed school articles. The sales sheet will switch to a tabloid form on orange paper and feature a central governing committee to approve bargains.
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Linton
Greater Linton Club
Greater
Escaped convict nabbed near Sullivan Indiana
Floyd Mayfield, 34, of Sullivan route three, escaped from Michigan City prison three years ago and was recaptured near U S Highway 41 north of Sullivan. Sheriff Sevier and State Officer Woodward arrested him, and he was returned to the prison. Mayfield had fled in 1938 after serving four years of a three to ten year sentence for second degree burglary in Vigo county. He was disguising himself with a heavy beard.
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Sullivan
Ind
Floyd Mayfield
Michigan City
Mayfield
Hubert Sevier
Ned Woodward
Vigo
U. S. Highway 41
Father seeks court order to enlist son in Navy
In Birmingham Alabama on August 8 a father, Police Captain Chester L. Mullins, asked a judge to appoint him guardian of his 17 year old son Kenneth Mullins so the boy could enlist in the Navy. The mother, now divorced, withholds consent. Navy policy requires both parents' or guardian consent.
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Birmingham
Ala
Navy
Kenneth Mullins
Chester L. Mullins
Mullins
Hospital Report Details In Worthington Family
Elmer City two year old son of Mr and Mrs Layman City Worthington was admitted Thursday afternoon for treatment. Mrs Elmer Clayton and baby were taken to their home Thursday evening.
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Elmer City
Layman
City
Worthington
Elmer Clayton
Baby
Pair Sentenced On Theft Charges In Indiana Court
Charles Gabbard Jr and Manuel Wallen both 16 were sentenced to 340 days at the Indiana State Penal Farm after pleading guilty to petit larceny They confessed to at least 21 robberies in Linton since March 21 They also pleaded guilty to robbing Murl Haseman Shoe Repair Aug 3 Mayor Bull ordered six months at the Penal Farm a 150 fine and 10 80 costs per youth Gabbard Sr is jailed in Bedford on receiving stolen property charges and Gabbard will be tried in Lawrence County Court
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Charles Gabbard, Jr
Manuel Wallen
Indiana State Penal Farm
Linton
E. V. Bull
Murl Haseman
Charles Gabbard
Lawrence County
Dan Scully
Bedford
Gabbard
Cravens
Moss Family Visits Before Move to Dale
Aug 1 report notes Miss Aledia Belle Moss and Mrs Gurney Moss visiting Mrs Wayne Walraven and daughter Marge Walraven. Mrs Walraven plans to move to Dale on Monday.
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Scuggier
Aledia ‘Belle Moss
Gurney Moss
Wayne Walraven
Marge
Walraven
Dale
U S O drive yields Greene county tribute and shortfall
Greene county turned over 545.95 to the United Service Organization after the U S O drive. Total drive costs were 23.50 and a 562.45 check was mailed to district campaign director Charles E Worman. The district includes Vigo Clay Parke Vermillion Greene and Sullivan counties with Greene failing to meet its 1000 quota but officials expressing satisfaction.
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Greene County
United Service Organization
E. V. Bull
Linton
Charles E. Worman
Terre Haute
Vigo
Clay
Parke
Vermillion
Greene
Sullivan
Drive
U.S.O
Melvin Scholl
Edwin B .Long
Jake Fritz
Dewey L. Brown
Harley Stull
Edward McQuade
Meredith Jones
Raleigh Roach
Wayne Corbin
Wilbur Corbin
W. C. Bull
Elkin Turner
Homer Fordyce
Otto Harting
Wayne Hamilton
Boy Scout Troop No. 55
Roy Glenn
Steve Stacup
Clifford Ferris
Avery Murray
Roll Hannum
Rudolph Vitoskey
H. D. Holdham
W. E. Grounds
Joe Haseman
Max Friedman
Little Daisy Local
Frank Welch
William J. Wilson
Clyde Davis
Mrs Malicoat Dies Suddenl y at 1 P M
Mrs W A Malicoat of 1060 E street northeast died suddenly this afternoon at about 1 00 while seated on a davenport. She was stricken by a heart attack and died almost immediately. Her husband has been seriously ill for some time. Funeral arrangements were not completed and would be announced tomorrow.
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W. A. Malicoat
E” Street
Seaway Power Plan Approved by House Rivers Committee
Washington reports the Rivers and Harbors Committee tentatively approved the St. Lawrence Seaway Power project and included it with the Florida Ship Canal in an omnibus bill totaling $200,000,000. The action follows committee approval to advance both projects. Berlin dispatch notes a Finance Ministry decree requires all U.S. citizens and property in the Reich to report by October 1.
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O. K. Washington
House Rivers and Harbors Committee
St. Lawrence Seaway
Florida Ship Canal
U.S
Berlin
Ministry of Finance
United States
Reich
Greene County 4 H Club Roundup Sets Attendance Records
The 1941 Greene County 4 H club roundup concluded at Humphreys Park drawing about 3500 spectators. A noon picnic accompanied the show with many in attendance. Winners across divisions include Jimmy Duckworth Worthington first in boys, and numerous Hereford and Shorthorn entries from Switz City and surrounding towns with final placings announced for boys and girls divisions.
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Greene County
Humphreys Park
Accident victim Jimmy Brown seeks a secretary
Twelve year old Jimmy Brown son of George Brown of Marco was injured July 22 when a car struck a crowd at a Lyons movie. He has since received letters and gifts from strangers in California Michigan Illinois Kansas Ohio and twenty Indiana towns. A Cleveland clipping dated March 13 1923 describes a boy of Jimmy’s age in that city now an accountant and offers encouragement as he adjusts to new restrictions.
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Jimmy Brown
George Brown
Marco
Lyons
California
Michigan
Illinois
Kansas
Ohio
Indiana
Cleveland
Jimmy
Greene County youths undergo examinations at Fort Harrison
Twenty two Greene County Area No 2 registrants in the Federal Selective Service were examined at Fort Harrison Indianapolis under a new Indiana program to grant draftees thirty days to prepare for army entry. They traveled by special bus to the Army post.
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Greene County
Ft. Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Indiana
Army
Fort Harrison
Clarence Leroy Griffith
Worthington
Harwood Russell Crites
Bloomfield
Harry Sylvester Young
Russell Robert Cox
Solsberry
Clarence Merle Winney
Robert Clifford Hamilton
Marshall Edward Horn
Switz City
Max Mason Bingham
Jonas Anderson Island
Forest Clayton Bays
Richard Malcolm Boruff
Owensburg
Elsworth Leroy Stephens
Linton
Harold Lee Combs
Carroll Flanders
Ray Otis Collings
Paul Edwin Lester
Ralph Raymond Hall
Scotland
Paul Waggoner
Deans
William Glenn Kahn
Lyons
Russell C. Workman
Glenn Elsworth Townsend
Raymond Falk
Wesin Funeral to Be Saturday
Funeral services for Joseph E. Wesin a former Linton resident aged 76 will be held in Terre Haute at Gillis Funeral Home on Saturday at 1 30 p m. The cortege will then return to Linton for burial at Fairview Cemetery arriving in the late afternoon.
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Joseph E. Wesin
Linton
Terre Haute
Gillis
Fairview
Moscow says 20th Panzer division cut to pieces in counterattack
Moscow reports the 20th German panzer division saved only about 40 tanks after a counter offensive by Soviet infantry and armor. German claims of progress face Soviet gains around Kiev and Uman. Royal Air Force raids strike northwest Germany focusing on Essen Hamm and Dortmund amid daylight losses in France.
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Moscow
20Th Panzer Division
Soviet
Ukraine
Black Sea
Odessa
Domrachev
Uman
Kiev
Estonia
Gulf of Finland
Tallinn
Leningrad
Berlin
London
Ruhr
Royal Air Force
Germany
Essen
Hamm
Dortmund
Esen
Tragets
France
Air Ministry
Plans Made for Linton Saddle Club Horse Show Tonight
Preparations are complete for the annual Saddle show at Humphreys Park in the show ring sponsored by the Linton Saddle club and Tri Kappa sorority. Maddux Whitley of Wil-Far-B farms in Atlanta will judge Nine classes run from 8:00 p.m. to 9:09 p.m. with entries expected to break records.
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Linton Saddle Club
Tri Kappa Sorority
Humphreys Park
Maddux Whitley
Wil-Far-B Farms
Atlanta
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