Rev E C Corts Former Minister In Linton Expires
Rev E Corts 57 formerly led Linton Christian church died at his son Edward Corts home in Seymour after a heart attack. He had served Linton Sheridan and Sullivan churches and was a longtime Sullivan civic leader. Funeral planned Thursday at Sullivan Christian church.
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E. C. Corts
Linton
Mr. Corts
Pulaski County
Logansport
Monticello
Sullivan
Sullivan Christian Church
Corts
Linton Church
Civic Garden Club Yard and Garden Contest Inspections Planned
An inspection of yards and gardens entered in the annual yard and garden contest will be made within the next few days by members of a judging committee. Winners of the various prizes will be announced later.
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Civic Garden Club
Fire's Death Toll Increases In Brooklyn Blaze
In New York August 19 officers said the fire that wiped out a Brooklyn pier and the freighter Panuco may lift the death count beyond twenty. Two crewmen were found on the deck, with more bodies in the holds likely. Four bodies were found elsewhere as crews continued to search the burning ship.
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New York
U.P
Brooklyn
Panuco
Pleasantville Class of 1920 Holds Reunion at Lind Home
Members of the Pleasantville high school class of 1920 will hold their annual reunion in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Lind Friday evening, it was announced today.
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Pleasantville High School
Charles B. Lind
G. E. Hollowell Dies at 71 in Linton Home
George E. Hollowell 71 retired coal miner farmer and merchant died at 12 30 this morning at his home 610 South Main street after three years of ill health. Born February 28 1870 in Orange County he lived in Linton for many years and was a member of the Linton Salvation Army post. Survived by wife none listed five children Edith Walter Elmer and Ralph all of Detroit one grandchild and sister Mrs Emma Fisher of Indianola Illinois Funeral arrangements pending arrival of relatives from Detroit.
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George E. Hollowell
South Main Street
Mr. Hollowell
Orange County
Thomas Hollowell
Linton
Shirley Hill
South Linton
Linton Salvation Army Post
Anna K. Hollowell
Edith Hollowell
Detroit, Mich
Walter
Elmer
Ralph Hollowell
Detroit
Emma Fisher
Indianola
Welch and Cornett
Faidherbe Youth Dies Near Scotchtown
Eugene Joseph Faidherbe a 16 year old junior at Dugger Union high school died at 4 AM at his parents home one quarter mile north of Scotchtown after a two week illness. He was born July 20 1925 in Sullivan county lived his life in Scotchtown and belonged to the Dugger Baptist church. Survived by parents a brother Felix and two sisters Mrs Claude Kirby and Mrs Roy Stewart all of Linton and grandmother Mrs Virginia Braquet of Linton. Funeral arrangements set with burial in Dugger cemetery.
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Eugene Joseph Faidherbe
Dugger Union High School
Scotchtown
Young Faidherbe
Paul Faidherbe
Sullivan County
Baptist Church
Dugger
Felix
Claude Kirby
Roy Stewart
Linton
Virginia Braquet
M. J. Aikin and Son Funeral
Shirley Barrows
Birth of Larry Wayne Lark in Jasonville Hospital
A son weighing eight pounds eight ounces was born to Mrs. Andrew Lark of Jasonville on Monday evening. The baby was named Larry Wayne. Mrs. Lark was formerly Miss Marcel La Farris.
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Andrew Lark
Jasonville
Larry Wayne
Lark
Marcella Farris
Maxine Stone
Gertrude Turner
North Main Street
Emery Maxwell
Mamie Street
Worthington
Ford Tidd
Lyons
War Department outlines 14 to 18 month draft relief plan
Washington reports the War Department will release selectees and national guardsmen after 14 to 18 months of service unless the international situation worsens. Almost 200000 men will be discharged from active duty by December 10 in priority order: dependency cases, men 26 or older on July 1 1941, and married men seeking discharge after 12 months.
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Washington
War Department
Army
Ott Thomas Family Visits In This City
Mr and Mrs Ott Thomas and family of Delue West Virginia are visiting their parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Thomas and Mrs Eliza Earl in this city.
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Mrs. Ott Thomas
Delue
W. Va
Clarence Thomas
Eliza Earl
City
Illinois Central seeks to discontinue two passenger trains
The Illinois Central railroad filed another petition with the Public Service Commission in Indianapolis seeking the discontinuance of two passenger trains on its Effingham to Indianapolis line serving Linton and Bloomington. The commission denied a prior petition for lack of hearing time. Beamer says Southern Railroad will reinstate service on two trains between New Albany and Princeton and the company may file to discontinue the two trains today.
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Illinois Central Railroad Company
Public Service Commission
Indianapolis
Effingham, l. Indianapolis
Linton
Bloomington
Indiana University
Commission
George N. Beamer
Southern Railroad
New Albany
Princeton
New Radish Champ Crowned In Daily Citizen
Sonny Jackson of South Linton is named radish champion after presenting a white icicle radish weighing three pounds thirteen ounces at the Daily Citizen office. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Hardesty.
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Sonny Jackson
Robert Hardesty
South Linton
Sonny
Daily Citizen
Late Flashes Farm Program Drafted
Thirty farm organization leaders drafted a program demanding that agriculture gain economic equality with industry and labor. The committee was chosen from 500 farm representatives at a two day emergency meeting called by the National Co operative Milk Producers Federation.
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Chicago
National Co-operative Milk Producers Federation
Greene County Judge Hunter Seeks Pro Tempore For Army Duty
Judge Orval D. Hunter of the Greene circuit court Bloomfield met with Governor Schricker in Indianapolis to arrange a pro tempore appointment during his Army service. Hunter, a captain in the Reserve, reported Aug 21 to Macon Ga for U S Army Air Corps duty. The meeting followed a farewell party in Bloomfield where community leaders lauded his service and anticipated a successor.
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Orval D. Hunter
Greene Circuit Court
Bloomfield
Henry F. Schricker
Indianapolis
U .S. Army
Hunter
Macon
U. S. Army Air Corps
Irvin Pryor
Worthington
Greene County
America
Pryor
Judge Hunter
George Wildman
Wildman
John Todd
Greene County Bar Association
Pearl Shouse
Jasonville
Charles Miller
Greene County Women's Republican Club
U. S. Army
Capital
German Troops Gain New Footholds In Red Industrial Area
Reported advances by German forces into the Red industrial zones of Ukraine and Leningrad sectors amid global war updates. The dispatch notes Axis gains near the Dnieper and attempts to seize Soviet warships while Moscow resists, with Britain and America pressuring Japan and Germany.
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Red Industrial
United Press
Russia
Ukraine
Leningrad
Red Army
Texas
Dnieper
Donnetz
Berlin
Moscow
Black Sea
Smolensk
Lenngrad
Odessa
Semyon Budenny
London
Unusual Murder Found in Reading Manhunt Follows
The body of eight year old Billy Krewson was found in the ice compartment of a wooden refrigerator in Reading Pennsylvania after six days missing. Deputy Coroner Michael Austin ruled death occurred before the body was placed inside the compartment. Police suspect a sex maniac may be involved as prayers were offered for the boy in local churches.
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Reading
U.P
Billy Krewson
Michael Austin
Harvard Senior Fasts Five Days for Theme
Cambridge Harvard student G McLellan a 20 year old senior undertook a five day fast to gather material for a theme titled How It Feels to Starve. He aimed to portray the sensations of hunger and the experience of scarcity through personal fasting.
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Cambridge
Mass
U.P
Harvard College
Muel ‘G. McLellan
Youth Confesses to Arson Charge in Indiana Farm Fire
Willard Meredith a 19 year old farm hand confessed to setting fire to the Hollingsworth farm home near Bruceville Indiana to conceal a $60 theft. He admitted taking $60 from the purse and starting the blaze before fleeing to Oaktown where he was arrested leaving $40 hidden.
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Vincennes
Ind
Sherriff
Oscar Westfall
Willard Meredith
Charles Hollingsworth
Bruceville
Hollingsworths
Meredith
Mr. Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth
Oaktown
First White Rattlesnake Killed in California
In Healdsburg California the first white rattlesnake known in the state was killed. The snake had six rattles and a button and was described as a rare specimen in a local report.
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Healdsburg
Cal
California
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Fred Rohrer
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Union
Sullivan Rotary Club
Sullivan Church Council
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George VI
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Hunter and Schricker
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Switz City
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Garner
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George Hickman
South Ninth Street
Terre Haute
William G. Edwards
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
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