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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 16, 1941
Page
3
In Tomales Bay Vallejo anglers aboard the Fred A Hills fought a 120 pound dolphin that leaped into their rowboat causing four boat ribs to split hull planks before the creature could be stabbed.
In Pied La Junta Colorado a truck hit a bump as four page forms of the Daily Democrat were about to go to press. Ninety thousand pieces of type crashed to the floor creating a jumbled mess and delaying subscribers who received their papers late.
Charles Most of Salt Lake City sets a local buttermilk drinking record by consuming five quarts in twenty minutes after spotting a sign promising all the milk one can drink for 10 cents.
A nine year old, Morton Levin, climbed to a school roof to fetch a ball. Fire trucks and police cars arrived to retrieve him. Morton said to reporters it was a tough break and that he is the neighborhood’s champion climber.
Thomas Gettings, praised for guiding twenty four men to safety amid the Willow Grove mine disaster on March 16 1940, has been named safety director of Hanna Coal Co owner of the mine. Italy reports a light plane powered by a charcoal burning motor.
Ohio and Midwest forests may offset aluminum shortages for defense needs says Dr. J. Alfred Hall of the Central States Forest Experiment Station. Synthetic resins and glues enable hardwood plywoods for fuselages and training planes, with government funds funding forest product research as metal shortages drive reuse of old metal and wood substitutes.
Jim Mallory navigates a web of threats around the Sonora as Eric Forbes pressures him. Mary Larsen hides a smoking cigaret case tied to Bert Halloran while Jim confronts Forbes and tensions rise at the Hammond estate pool. Mary fears exposure and Lois asserts control over Mallory.
Mrs Letha Tincher and children visited Mrs Cathern Bennett and family while Miss Bonnie Ellis of Greenfield spent time with her parents here. Several neighbors and relatives including Goodman, Good man and Moody families joined others for visits and a Jolly reunion at Spring Mill park near Mitchell.
Dr. Robert E. Gregg reports in a University of Chicago zoology dissertation that when a colony lacks soldiers, workers’ body exudate alters larvae to produce more soldiers. The system self-regulates, increasing soldiers or inhibiting them as colonies balance workers and soldiers.
The Department of Commerce reports substantial gains in most major crops in India for the year, with rice the exception.
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