Squirrels season shown steady in Indiana report
Indiana state director of fish and game Harrel Mosbaugh releases a report from 74 conservation officers covering 92 counties. The 1943 squirrel harvest totals 1 531 118 with gains over prior years and a five per bag limit. He warns against forest fires amid dry conditions and notes new land for airport purposes via bond sales for cities like Linton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrel F. Mosbaugh
Fish and Game
Indiana
FSA
Christie
Congress
Co-Operative Association
Landis
Deeshee Farms
Allied Invasion Forces Link All Beachheads in Southern France
Allied invasion forces have linked beachheads along a 50 mile front in Southern France. They captured St Raphael and Frejus and liberated 500 square miles. Coast defenses were heavy with light resistance inland. three American divisions spearheaded the landings as Paris reports progress toward Cannes and Nice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
U.P
France
St. Raphael
Frejus
Toulon
Riviera
Cannes
Berlin
Nice
Cites
le Levandou
St. Tropez
St. Maxime
le Muy
Luc
Lorque
Collobrieres
Dramont
Sir Henry Maitland Wilson
Mediterranean
Para
Petty Officer Goodman Returns to Base in Maine Visit
Petty Officer Jere O Goodman former superintendent of Linton Stockton schools spent the weekend in Linton. Accompanied back to his base in Brunswick Maine by wife and children Rosemarie Dickie and Eve they plan to live near the base for the duration of his assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jere O. Goodman
Linton Stockton
Linton
Boy Returns to Terre Haute Hospital After Eye Injury
Michael Jeffery Ellis twenty month old son of Mr and Mrs Mack Ellis of Ninth Street Northeast has been returned to Union hospital at Terre Haute for treatment after losing sight in one eye during play with a playmate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Jeffery Ellis
Mack Ellis
Ninth Street Northeast
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
WAC Caravan Tours Indiana to Recruit Women for War Hospitals
The Army Recruiting Office in Terre Haute starts a mobile unit drive through Vigo Putnam Greene Clark Vermillion Sullivan Clay and Owen counties. It seeks eligible women for on job training at General Hospitals in pharmacy optometry psychology lab work x ray and occupational therapy with post war employment outlook. The unit visits Dugger September 6 and Linton September 7 8 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Terre Haute
Vigo
Putnam
Greene
Clark
Vermillion
Sullivan, Clay and
Owen
WAC
Dugger
Linton
Mobil Blood Bank Results Told in Greene County
Red Cross Mobil Unit visited Bloomfield August 14–15 and collected 193 pints of blood for plasma, short of the 300 pint goal. The Greene County Red Cross chapter thanks 193 donors and notes 74 who offered but were refused, with more men volunteering than women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross Mobil
Bloomfield
Focal
Red Cross
Greene County
Mobil
Pearl Tolen
Reka Burns
Wayne Corbin
Milt Bogard
Helen Moehlman
Ardith Headley
Naomi Haseman
Leona Wilson
Fern Ellison
Pearl Canady
Norma Colley
Shirley Osborn
Donald Cox
Mary Pritchard
Harvey Fisher
Anna Hawkins
Marthena Richardson
Jasonville
Vadam Brewer
Flossie Moore
Darrell Skemp
Lee Mottern
Golda Borter
Ruth Isenogle
Lyons
Marl Grounds
Switz
Raymond Roudebush
Sceva Rodecker
Cecil Holland
Ruby Hasler
Edna Dowden
Lessie Shilkett
Worthington
Thetis Baughman
Pearl Shouse
Geo
Sims Brown Family Reunion Scheduled at Bloomfield Park
The Sims Brown families announce their annual reunion at Bloomfield city park on Sunday August 20. All members and friends of the association are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sims- Brown
Bloomfield City Park
The
Association
Russian Forces Suffer First Setback Since Summer Drive
A wartime brief notes a temporary setback for Soviet forces amid the summer offensive. It details German, Soviet, and Polish actions around Ossow and the Vistula front, with mentions of the Falaise pocket, Sandomierz, and efforts to contain the German attack while proceeding with a push toward Warsaw.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
U.P
Warsaw
Red Army
Ossow
Praga
SS Panzer Grenadier
Vistula
Red Star
Kontantin K. Rokossovsky
Sandomierz
Radom
Siauliai
Hospital reports and births noted in local listings
Mrs. Bruce Hayes underwent a major operation today. A boy was born to Mrs. Murl Banard of Bloomfield this morning. Donald Jones, 8, son of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Jones of Jasonville, had a tonsillectomy this morning. Mrs. Loren Halen of Worthington had major surgery this morning. Jean Abbott of Jasonville was admitted for observation. Mrs. Doc Mowery was taken home today. Bobby and Betty Swaby were dismissed this morning. Miss Muriel Wolfe was dismissed today. Mrs. Willard Walraven was taken home Wednesday. Miss Carmen Baker was taken to her home in Bloomfield Wednesday afternoon. Mrs. Otto Ryser of Salsberry was dismissed Wednesday. Beverly Jean Knox was also dismissed Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Hayes
Murl Banard
Bloomfield
Donald Jones
Norman Jones
Jasonville
Loren Halen
Worthington
Jean Abbott
Doc Mowery
Bobby
Betty Swaby
Muriel Wolfe
Willard Walraven
Carmen Baker
Otto Ryser
Salsberry
Beverly Jean Knox
Fire at Granite City warehouse injures at least 25
Reports from Granite City on August 17 said a fire swept an open warehouse at the army engineers depot, injuring at least 25 people. Other items note Keitel rumored in Finland, Western France casualties totaling 112673 with 16434 killed, and Canadian forces launching an offensive near Troarn and Falaise.
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Granite City
Til
U.P
St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Stockholm
Wilhelm Keitel
Finland
Carl Gustav Mannerheim
Washington
France
John J. McCloy
Supreme Hdqrs
AEF
Troarn
Falaise
Owensburg Girl Contracts Spotted Fever
Ruth Jackson, 14, daughter of Mr and Mrs Hester Jackson of Owensburg, is confined to Freeman Greene county hospital with spotted fever. After an appendectomy two weeks ago her condition worsened, a blood test in Indianapolis confirmed the disease, and she is improving. The illness is said to be noncontagious and transmitted by insect bite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Jackson
Hester Jackson
Owensburg
Freeman Greene County Hospital
Indianapolis
Softball Schedule Announced by Garland Ladson
Garland Ladson announces tonight’s doubleheader Ajax versus Coca Colas and Dugger versus Burns City. Friday features Maumee Colleries against Burns City and Ajax against Jaycees. Next week games start at 6 30 sharp due to lights moved to the football field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garland Ladson
Ajax
Coca Colas
Dugger
Burns City
Maumee Colleries
Jaycees
Birth of Richard Anthony Underwood in Boonville
Rev and Mrs Harold Underwood announce the birth of a 9 pound boy named Richard Anthony born August 14. Mrs Underwood formerly Miss Josephine Wright of Linton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Underwood
Boonville
Richard Anthony
Mrs Charlotte Goldberg Hualey Accepts Visitor Role
Mrs Charlotte Goldberg Hualey has accepted a position as visitor with the Greene County Welfare Department according to an announcement made today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte Goldberg Hualey
Greene County Welfare Department
Yankees Near Paris as Allied Drive Surges Forward
American armored forces break through German lines less than 32 miles from Paris, capturing Dreux and Charters and advancing toward the Eure and Aunay rivers. A second thrust seizes Orleans area and Loir river positions, severing northern German communications and threatening the Normandy pocket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HDQRS
AEF
Paris
France
Orleans
Dreux
Charters
Eure
Aunay
Loire
Chateaudun
St. Calais
Tours
Bordeaux
United Press
Henry T. Gorrell
Robert C. Miller
Miller
Normandy
Scecina Son Capt. Thomas Sends Wartime Card Home
Mrs. Anna Scecina received a wartime card from her son Capt. Thomas J. Scecina a chaplain in the U S Army. He has been interned in Philippine Prisoner of War Camp No 1 for two years. He writes health is good and hopes to return after the war. The message came via the Provost Marshal General at Army Service Headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Scecina
Thomas J. Scecina
United States Army
Army Service Headquarters
Evansville Clergyman Heads Indiana Conference Session
Rev E Craig Brandenburg of Evansville elected conference superintendent to succeed Dr A D Smith who will move to the Ottebein home in Lebanon Ohio. Rev and Mrs R C Hale attend the 115th annual Indiana Conference with J M Goodman of Linton as local church delegate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. C. Hale
United Brethren Church
E. Craig Brandenburg
Evansville
A. D. Smith
Dr. Smith
Ottebein
Lebanon
J. M. Goodman
Linton
Weekly Concert by Linton Stockton High Band
Members of the Linton Stockton high school band plan a weekly concert in Humphreys Park at eight this evening weather permitting. All members should meet in the park by 7 45.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton Stockton High School
Humphreys Park
Mrs. D. A. Mowery Returns Home From Hospital
Mrs. D. A. Mowery, previously confined to a hospital for treatment, has been discharged and returned to her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Mowery
Linton Soldier Wounded in Action in France
Pvt. Derall K. Wellington, serving with United States forces in France, was wounded in action on July 23. He previously trained at Camp Wheeler, Ga, and entered service in November 1948. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. June Wellington and husband of Ruth Wellington of G street northeast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Derall K. Wellington
France
Ruth Wellington
G Street
June Wellington
Wellington
Pleasantville High School
Camp Wheeler
Ruth White
Janice Ruth
Derall Leon
Linton
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Bloomington
Monroe County
Monroe
Maine
WAC Caravan
the State
LCI
Signal Corps
NEA
Normandy Battlefront
Supreme Allied Headquarters
London
Europe
Ethiopia
China
Czechoslovakia
Poland
England
Edward W. Beattie
Guenther von Kluge
von Kluge
7Th
Seine
Falaise-Argentan
Transocean
Indianapoliis
Ind
Harold E. Christie
Far, Security Administration
Geraljd W. Landis
Vincennes
Bure
Annay Rivers
Scecina
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