Alex Bradley remembered as a key figure and daredevil
The column recalls Alex Bradley a longtime Linton character famed for his dress and later for his wartime prominence with Coxey's army in the 1890s. Mentions of General Jacob Coxey and Bradley's possible life today are noted alongside quirky contemporary quips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alex Bradley
Linton
Bradley
John Bennie
Cleveland
Coxey
Washington
Jacob I. Coxey
Platform Committee
Chicago
Birthday Wishes From Italy Reach Little Connie
Little Connie Cravens of 359 East Vincennes Street received a telegram this morning from her father Corporal William G. Cravens of the United States Fifth Army in Italy. The message wished her a happy second birthday and expressed hope to celebrate the next birthday together.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connie Cravens
E. Vincennes Street
Cpl
William G. Cravens
United States Fifth Army
Italy
Leaders of League Play Here Tonite
The Maumee Colleries and Burns City meet in Maumee for a top league showdown tonight with a second game to follow. Both teams lead the standings and the doubleheader is expected to be one of the season's best.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maumee Colleries
Burns City
MacArthur Namesake Bull Pup In South Boston
In South Boston a English bull pup named after General Douglas MacArthur gains recognition as the owner Michael F Hurley 6 receives the general's written permission for the naming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Michael EF. Hurley
Germans Hurl Largest Forces Of Campaign In Eastern Prussian Battle
German massed units launched their biggest summer push against the Red Army in East Prussia as Soviet forces reported gains elsewhere. Maslennikov and Konev offensives pierced German lines, with heavy losses for the Wehrmacht and thousands captured or killed on multiple fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mocow
U.P
Warsaw
East Prussia
Wehrmacht
Germany
France
Ivan I. Maslennikov
Baltic
Anne
Valga
Kassi
Riga-Tallinn
Mustafa
Tartu
Maslennikov
Ivan S. Konev
Vistula
Sandomierz
Konev
Raseiniai
Tilsit
Linton-Stockton High Open Football Practice Aug 21
Roy Williams announces first football practice for Linton-Stockton High on Monday August 21 at 6 30 p m. Equipment room opens at 10 a m with gear pickup soon. Bill Spear and Johnny Bull return as student managers as 40 to 50 boys expected. Season opens September 8 vs Dugger with ten games scheduled, six at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Williams
Linton-Stockton High School
Bill Spear
Johnny Bull
Linton
Wabash Valley
John Curtis
Daniel Bough
Clyde Wright
Junior Perigo
Tommy Dudley
John Corbin
Willard Ham
Horace Robertson
Ralph Hudson
Ray Hubbell
Frank Miller
Charles Richardson
Fred Tincher
Bill Orman
Lin Stock Park
Dugger
Germans Order Paris Cleared Amid Evacuation Move
London reports that Germany ordered all command posts except rear guard and destruction units to evacuate Paris at once. Occupation authorities reportedly told Paris and Vichy administrations to move east, while Parisian women protested, taunting soldiers and singing the Marsillaise in support of General Le Clerc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Madrid
Paris
Vichy
East
Jacques le Clerc
Normandy
Brittany
Allied Air Offensive Hits German Oil Refineries
More than 1,000 American heavy bombers with escort attacked aircraft plants engine factories oil refineries and airfields in Germany on the fifth day of a major Allied air offensive. RAF Mosquitos joined a Berlin raid as 1 900 four engined bombers and nearly 1 000 fighters targeted 21 Luftwaffe stations across western Germany Belgium and Holland. An air expert called the 90 minute strike delivering 8 000 tons of explosives Luftwaffe's unhappy day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
U.P
Germany
U. S. Second Tactical Air Force
Italy
Bavaria
France
RAF
Berlin
Belgium
Holland
Europe
Yugoslavia
Ankara
Adriatic
Albania
Stockholm
Tidningen
Dalmatia
Churchill
Marshall Tito
Ivan Subastich
Tito
Yugo Slavia
Dalmatian
Coas
Hungary
Romania
Balkan
Green Dolphin Street Wins MGM Novel Award
New York Aug 16 Elizabeth Goudge wins the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer $125000 prize for her Channel Islands tale Green Dolphin Street. The award honors the best new novel and marks a high achievement for the author.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Green Dolphin Street
Channel Islands
Britain
Elizabeth Goudge
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
War Department releases names of 1726 wounded
The War Department lists 1 726 US soldiers wounded in action across Asiatic Central Pacific European Mediterranean South Pacific and southwest Pacific theaters. Indiana entries include Cpl Gregor A Popka Pvt Melvin L Stout Lt Col Clarence T Hulett T/5 John E Brandenburg and many others with civilian guardians listed. Continued on page four.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Department
United States
South Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Gregor A. Popka
Mary Popka
Olcott Ave
Chicago
Melvin L. Stout
Hattie Stout
Martinsville
Central Pacific
Robert Caylor
Ella Caylor
Oxford
George A. Bailey
Mary M. Bailey
English Ave
Indianapolis
Russell L. Bastin
Brenta M. Bastian
North Boots
Marion
William E. Bergman
Alice Peterson
Diamond Ave
South Bend
Paul L. Black
Leona P. Black
Lincoln St
Anderson
Charles L. Boyles
Edna M. Boyles
East Chandler Ave
Evansville
Luella M. Galyen
North Vernon
Lloyd W. Gebhardt
Louis W. Gebhardt
Westas Columbia
Thomas E. Gray
Sarah E. Gray
Roann
Robert E. Gray
Mabel H. Gray
North Walnut
Matthew A. Kusmiez
Catherine Jonas
S. Arnold St
James E. McClain
Franklin
Frank Minardo
Sam Minardo
Bates St
Robert G. Mulvey
Ethel Mulvey
Lafayette
Anthoney M. Skwiat
Martha Skwiat
Sibley Ave
John A. Sparks
Hazel Sparks
Union St
Arthie J. Steele
Pearl Steele
Maryland
Terre Haute
Philip E. Tasch
Charlott Florence Tasch
Rt. 1
Culver
John M. Williams
Cecilia C. Williams
North Michigan St
Mediterranean Area
John E. Brandenburg
Eva M. Brandenburg
Pendleton
Carroll A. Cordes
Flossie J. Cordes
East Wabash Ave
Crawfordsville
Maye Cutright
Leslie B. Cutright Jr
Toka
Claude N. Dickman
Home Ave
Kokomo
Elza C. Hawkins
Irene Hawkins
New Castle
Robert L. Hunt
Mildred Hunt
Union Mills
Fred S. Phillips
Helen Phillips
Pine Village
Raymond A. Powers
Meurer Brothers Meet in Italy Serving in Same Bomb Group
Two Meurer brothers, Wonga and James, serve together in the same bomb group of the 15th Army Air Force in Italy. Wonga joined Feb 23, 1942, James 14 days earlier, with overseas service in Africa, Sicily, and Italy. They are natives of Linton Indiana and are both high school graduates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meurer
Italy
Uncle Sam
Wonga H. Meurer
James H
Bus
James
Combat
Wonga
States
Army
Aberdeen
Keesler Field
Miss
C. H. Meurer
4Th and
D Streets
N. E
Linton, Indiana
Allied Tanks and Infantry Crush West Wall Pocket
Allied forces cut into the German 7th Army as Von Kluge's troops flee the Normandy pocket. Canadian and American units closed in on Falaises and surrounding roads while roving patrols hunted pockets of resistance. More than 4,400 Germans were captured or rounded up in 30 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Wall of Pocket
Supreme Headquarters
AEF
U.P
7Th
Normandy
Berlin
Chartres
Paris
Fieldarshal Gunther von Kluge
Falaise
United Press
Robert C. Miller
Argentan
von Kluge
Miller
3Rd Army
DNB
Blaine Bee May Killed in France Army Sgt. Blaine L May dies in action
Mrs Premo Calabria of Jasonville received a War Department telegram confirming her son Sgt Blaine L May died in France on July 26 while serving with the infantry. He joined the army October 12 1943 trained at Camp Wheeler Ga overseas March 16 1944 and was 23. He graduated Jasonville High School 1939 and attended Purdue for two years. He had worked for Allison Motor Co in Indianapolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Premo Calabria
East Main Street
Jasonville
War Department
Sgt
Blaine L. “Bee” May
France
Sgt. May
United States Army
Camp Wheeler
Jasonville High School
Purdue University
Allison Motor Co
Indianapolis
Drownings, a death, and a ministry figure noted in Indiana and Illinois
In Brazil Clay County coroner investigates the drowning of 13 year old Norma Short at Forest Park pool the first in six years of operation. In Michigan City eight year old Lloyd Henderhoff drowns at a YMCA outing. Evansville reports the death of Philip G Swing 66 from injuries after a bicycle collision with a bakery truck driver Guy F Coleman held for investigation. In Warsaw former Church of the Brethren minister John Stout 60 dies from a broken neck after falling from a hay load.
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Brazil
U.R
Clay County
Forest Park Municipal Pool
Norma Short
Margaret Thompson
Terre Haute
Michigan City
U.P
Lloyd Henderhoff
Mishawaka
Evansville
Philip G. Swing
Guy F. Coleman
Warsaw
John Stout
Church of the Brethren
Calvin Coolidge Defeated Roosevelt in Nation Wide Contest
The only man who ever defeated Franklin D. Roosevelt in a nationwide contest was the late Calvin Coolidge who was elected Vice President in 1920 with the present President as his Democratic opponent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Calvin Coolidge
Allied invasion pushes deeper into southern France front
Tens of thousands of American and French troops drive inland from Cannes to Toulon on a 40 mile front. Airborne and glider reinforcements, armored units, and naval support pour into southern France as fighting spreads behind beaches and toward Rhone valley. Reports cite beachhead gains, city seizures, and ongoing air operations.
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Rome
U.P
Cannes
Toulon
France
Radio London
DNB
Theoule
CBS
St. Tropez
le Muy
Brejus
St. Raphael
Transocean Agency
FCC
Nice
Sirris Waitin” Wilson
Mediterranean
SRG
Rhone
Paris
Valence
Rhone Valley
Lyon
Italy
North Africa
Corsica
Sardinia
Normandy
Hospital Report Of Local Procedures And Removals
Bobby and Betty Swaby children of Clifton Swaby of Linton route 1 underwent tonsillectomies this morning. Miss Muriel Wolfe of Linton route 1 had minor surgery today. Beverly Jean Knox of Linton route 1 underwent a tonsillectomy this morning. Mrs. Millard Walraven of Linton route 1 had a minor operation this morning. Mrs. Gerald Choyee of Jasonville had a major operation Tuesday night. Mrs. Farrell Cadwell of Midland had a minor operation this morning and was dismissed. Allen Hewitt was taken home this morning. Mrs. Benna Stewart and baby were taken home today. Eletha Miller was taken to her home in Switz City Tuesday evening. Mrs. Dorothy Maxine Hart of Bloomfield was dismissed today. Clarence Creager was taken to his home this morning. Milton West of Linton route 1 was taken home today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby
Betty Swaby
Clifton Swaby
Linton
Muriel Wolfe
Beverly Jean Knox
Clarence Knox
Millard Walraven
Gerald Choyee
Jasonville
Farrell Cadwell
Midland
Allen Hewitt
Benna Stewart
Baby
Eletha Miller
Switz City
Dorothy Maxine Hart
Bloomfield
Clarence Creager
Milton
Death of Robert Gentsheimer Killed in France at 21
Word today from Bloomfield confirms the death of Sat. Robert Gentsheimer son of Mr and Mrs Harry Gentsheimer of Cincinnati Ohio He was 21 and was killed while serving with United States forces in France on July 31 His mother Mary Jo Freeland formerly of Bloomfield is named. War Production Board reports 50 000 000 feet of lumber used to temporarily repair the port of Naples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomfield
Robert Gentsheimer
Harry Gentsheimer
Cincinnati
United States
France
Mary Jo Freeland
Naples
War Production Board
Birth of Connie June Flesher in Indiana Army family
Cpl and Mrs Fred Flesher of near Dugger announce the birth of a daughter Connie June at Mary Sherman hospital on Tuesday August 15. Weighing six pounds seven ounces. Mrs Flesher formerly Miss Jacqueline Land. Cpl Flesher, formerly from Shelburn, is in the United States Army and stationed in Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Flesher
Dugger
Mary Sherman Hospital
Connie June
Flesher
Jacqueline Land
Cpl
Shelburn
United States Army
Florida
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Clem Humphreys
Alex
Bob
Herr Adolf Hitler
der Fuehrer
Luftwaffe
United Nations
Indiana
15Th Aaf
Wonga H. and
James H. Meurer
Blaine ‘Bee
Indiana News
French Riviera
Port OF ST. Tropez
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