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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1941
Page
4
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An American official anticipates Franklin D Roosevelt’s return to the United States amid postwar planning. The text notes Maine is mentioned and the Anglo American eight point declaration is being propagated to reach far areas in Europe with a message of hope during ongoing fighting along the Kiev Odessa front and in the Dnieper bend region.
Sophia Ann Rector of Dugger earns a spot in the Chicago Musical Festival at Soldiers Field on Saturday night August 16 playing marimba. The program will be broadcast on WGN from 8 to 9 PM CST. The marimba group includes players from 26 states and 150 marimbas perform under director Omer Musser before an expected crowd of about 100000.
Editors nationwide praised United Press for its August 5 story about a potential Roosevelt Churchill sea meeting. The report noted Churchill’s unexplained absence and Roosevelt cruising the Atlantic, highlighting continued coverage amid censorship.
A Linton tennis delegation of ten won multiple events at an invitational on the I A courts in Bloomington. Benjamin Bennett, Ralph Collins, and Ralph Wolfe led early wins with decisive sets, while Lyn Tindall and Vera Wolfe also posted victories.
Joseph Zelazny, born in Detroit in 1920, rose from Polish reserve lieutenant to U S army private after Gestapo detentions and a long path to American citizenship. Now at Fort Sill he trains as an artilleryman and plans officers' training within six months.
Dr. Asa Willard of Montana told the American Osteopath Association convention that he knows of two medical men who died because they did not follow their own advice to patients. The remark critiqued physicians who fail to practice what they preach.
Louisiana roads chosen for September maneuvers receive heavy upgrades. WPA and state highway crews grade gravel roads, rebuild bridges, improve drainage, and clear brush to meet 500 feet clearances. Farmers praise repairs, seeing practical military benefits and long overdue improvement.
E J Serpas, with aviation roots from a home made contraption, builds a rotary four cylinder airplane motor in an improvised workshop. He claims it halves weight while delivering 95 horsepower and reduces moving parts. He has submitted specifications to the War Department for review.
A pilot taking off collided with trees when a spectator obstructed the line of ascent. The flyer escaped with no injuries, but the aircraft was destroyed. The wreckage remains in the pilot's workshop as a reminder of the incident.
Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt approved a rehabilitation program for thus rejected by the army due to physical defects and urged federal funding. About 40 percent of registrants are rejected, with three fourths due to minor curable conditions. Participation would be voluntary, with potential fallback to lower standards and compulsory rehab after induction.
German authorities announced a deportation order targeting families of French youths who fled to unoccupied France from Lorraine. Beginning tomorrow males face transfer to one region of Germany and females to another as authorities confirm the action.
Dispatch from Nice reports two men and a woman killed in a bomb explosion in the public square this morning. Police say the three died while holding the bomb. Riots in Paris and German complaints over Lorraine Catholic resistance accompany the grim deportation order announced by Josef Buerckel. Families face forced relocation with sons given a midnight deadline. fathers and siblings to be deported separately.
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