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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 18, 1944
Page
4
The article notes cattails once seen as decorative weeds now aid the war, with floss found buoyant like kapok and 90 percent warm as wool. Used as cushion filling in jeeps and as life preservers in emergency cases, cattails support field needs.
Word received by relatives states John Moan S 2c is on active duty with the United States Navy in the Pacific. He was formerly stationed at Mare Island.
The expert driving medal goes to Pvt. James Red Franklin of this city and Pvt. Murl Gainey of Bloomfield. Franklin pilots heavy trucks and high speed tractors at Fort Bragg North Carolina. Mrs. James Franklin resides at 810 Eighth Street Northeast.
Pfc. Max N. Edwards returns to Darnall General Hospital Danville Kentucky after a ten day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Foster Edwards at Lyons.
Ensign and Mrs. Dale Curtis of New York are visiting relatives here for a few days. Ensign Curtis recently completed a four month pharmacist training course at Sheepshead Bay. Mrs. Curtis formerly Miss Rosemary Walker of this city.
Sgt. Dexter Laughlin returns to San Luis Obispo California after a two day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Roy Laughlin. He is stationed with the United States Army.
Cpl. Thomas W. Lang 20, son of E. H. Lang Sullivan route 3, is reported missing in action somewhere in France since July 26. He served with French invasion replacement troops after basic training at Fort Lewis and entering service January 1942. Brother of Mrs. Ray Taylor and Mrs. Betty Leveque of Linton.
A single bomber’s construction time consumes a year’s worth of food for a crew on 155 acres.
President Roosevelt told reporters there is a general understanding among the United States Great Britain and Russia on the occupation of Germany. He said discussions cover occupation sections and noted the European advisory commission had worked on the matter. He anticipated talks with Churchill but offered few details and said no paper agreement with China is in place.
Aged resident Thomas Robbins was tied to a tree in his yard during a burglary at his home in Pleasantville. He freed himself overnight and reported $50 missing with possible more. In Bloomfield, Democrats of the Second district held a large meeting with State Chairman S N Chambers and gubernatorial candidate Dr C B Mc Culloch. Law enforcement officers W Wills and Otis Turley raided a Bicknell residence and seized a large still, 35 gallons of mule, and three barrels of mash.
In Indianapolis hog sales totaled about 7000 with varied weights bringing 13.75 to 14.80 per hundredweight and sows around 14. Cattle and calves totaled 800 with steady demand in the cleanup sale. steer and heifer prices mostly 8 to 13, cows 8.50 to 11.50, cann ers and cutters 5 to 7.75. A garbled 1944 note mentions bar ium mythidride demand rising to 35000 tons for incendiary bombs and military papers.
On July 1 1943 the continental United States population stood at 133 942 410, up 1.7 percent from April 1 1940. This reflects census figures showing growth during wartime.
Public Service Commission of Indiana will hold a public hearing in docket 2688-A.1 for Clell Sexton of Jasonsville to obtain a certificate of public convenience and necessity to operate intrastate motor freight over Indiana highways. Hearing is at 11 00 A M on Monday September 25 1944 in rooms of the commission at 401 State House Indianapolis Indiana. Public participation requested.
Headquarters stressed complete annihilation of German forces in northern France as the main Allied objective under Eisenhower, with Paris not the primary target. Von Kluge's Seventh Army retreated from the Normandy pocket, his units driven eastward along a broad front toward the Seine as danger grows.
The UPA diary by Moses Quinby, a beekeeper and member of a Cox Sackie New York utopian colony in the late 1820s, has been donated to Cornell University. It recounts a 1831 visit to the Kendall colony, a travel route along the Hudson steamboat and Erie Canal, and a detailed account of the Zoar German pietist colony near Kendall.
S. R. Churchill of College Park Georgia reports Retonga relieved indigestion poor appetite and nerve tension. He says the laxative and vitamin B one deficiency relief let him work hard daily and feel strong again. Retonga is sold at Hamilton Drug Stores.
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