Maneuvers Start With 100000 Men Engaged In Games
United Press reports the Seventh Army Corps nearly 100000 men began a dawn assault along a 30 mile Arkansas front as recon note jeeps and 30 infantrymen equipped with automatic rifles push out. Chiggers and mosquitoes ravaged troops while one unit tested new recon tactics and a wary sentry limited press access to artillery positions.
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United Press
Second Army
Arkansas
U.R
Seventh Army Corps
Guernsey-Washington Blevins-Walaceburg
Poperinghe
Belgium
Stafford Youth Suffers Injury In Bike Accident
Doyle Wright, 19, son of Mr and Mrs Wright of Stafford, suffered a multiple fracture of the right leg when his bicycle wheel caught his leg near his home Tuesday afternoon. He is described as in serious condition after the fall caused by the wheel entangling with his leg.
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Doyle Wright
Stafford
Doyle
John Wright
Hollowell Rites Set for Thursday at 2 PM
Funeral services for George E. Hollowell who died Tuesday morning will be held at 2 00 PM Thursday at the family residence 610 South Main Street with Major Gertrude Calvert of the Salvation Army post in charge Burial will follow at Fairview Cemetery Friends may call at the family home
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George E. Hollowell
South Main Street
Gertrude Calvert
Salvaton Army Post
Fairview Cemetery
Births and Dismissals Report From Local Hospital
A daughter weighing seven pounds two ounces was born to Mrs. Eugene Herndon of Lin ter route 3 this morning. Mrs. Herndon was formerly Miss Mary Layman. A daughter weighing seven pounds fifteen ounces named Ynesda was born this afternoon to Mrs. Fred Sexton Jr. of Solsberry. They were taken home late Tuesday evening. Emery Maxwell of Third Street Northwest was dismissed Tuesday evening. Mrs. Andrew Lark and baby were taken to their home in Jacksonville Tuesday afternoon.
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Eugene Herndon
Linter
Hierndon
Mary ‘Layman
Ynesda
Fred Sexton, Jr
Solsberry
Larry Dean
Tuessa
Emery Maxwell
Third Street Northwest
Andrew Lark
Jasonville
Army Corps Trip Delayed Passing Through Greene County
A large detachment from Ft. Custer Michigan scheduled to pass Greene County on August 22 is postponed. The two units will depart later from the fort with routes unchanged. Original plans called for 5000 men and 800 motorized units overnight near Spencer and travel south on state road 67. A tentative report said 2000 troops from Ft. Custer with 150 to 200 vehicles might pass through Thursday, but this could not be verified. Departure date to be announced soon.
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United States Army
Ft. Custer
Mich
Greene County
Lieut. T. Fossieck
Spencer
Linton Concert Band Plans Thursday Park Show
Lusty waltzes foxtrots and marches highlighted the weekly program announced for Humphreys Park band shell. Belford's Carnival March At Evening Time serenade and Bells of St Marys are on the bill along with intermission and a grand finale.
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Linton
Humphreys Park
Belford
Alexander
Laurendeau
Indiana Dispute To Be Studied By Rail Car Men
Members of the Brotherhood of Railway Car Men were to meet at 2 p.m. to discuss new aspects of their two day old strike at the Pullman Car Manufacturing Co plant in Michigan City Indiana. The strike idled 1800 workers and halted production of about 59 cars daily. Union president Michael Joseph called the meeting as settlement negotiations were reported in progress after both sides declined summons. The union demanded union rules requiring new employees to join the union within a specified time.
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Michigan City
Ind
Brotherhood of Railway Car Men
Pullman ‘As Manufacturing Co
Michael Joseph
Lin ton-Stockton 1941 football team opens practice at Oliphant
Lin ton-Stockton candidates held their first 1941 workout at Oliphant field with light calisthenics and passing drills. Uniforms were issued as Coach Roy Williams announced another session tomorrow at 3:00 PM. The Miners prepare to face Washington Hatchets on September 5 and aim to be in shape for opening game.
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Linton-Stockton
Oliphant Field
Linton Miners
Washington Hatchets
Roy Williams
Legion Auxiliary to Install Here in Linton
Mrs. Charles Combs of Bloomfield re-elected as state chaplain will act as installing officer at the Linton Auxiliary meeting in the Frank Courtney Legion post. The Thursday 7:30 pm event will also host retiring district president Mrs. Annette Choquet of Bicknell, and invites all members to attend.
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Charles Combs
Bloomfield
American Legion Auxiliary
Linton
Frank Courtney Legion
Annette Choquet
Bicknell
Mrs. Viola Kenney dies after long illness in Freeman hospital
Mrs. Viola Delle Kenney age 65 died at Freeman-Greene County hospital after illness begun July 4 1941. Born April 14 1876 in Odon she lived in Indianapolis 35 years and later with sister Mrs W R Abram in Linton. Survived by three brothers and two sisters. Funeral at Abram residence 2:30 Friday with Rev. B H Bruner. burial Fairview cemetery.
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Viola Delle Kenney
Freeman-Greene County
Mrs. Kenney
Odon
Thomas
Esther Hubbard
Indianapolis
George B. Kenney
W. R. Abram
Linton
Christian Church
C. H. Hubbard
Ernest C. Hubbard
Sand Springs
Okla
R. B. Hubbard
Maudena Nelson
Hollywood
Calif
Welch & Cornett Funeral Home
L Street
Abram
B. H. Bruner
Fairview Cemetery
McDonalds Mark Golden Wedding Anniversary
More than one hundred relatives and friends attended the fiftieth wedding anniversary for Mr and Mrs John A McDonald near Linton. A noon dinner and afternoon program followed the celebration with out of town guests including John Sills Paul Sills Edward McDonald Jerry Kerchival and Florence Kerchival.
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John A. McDonald
Linton
John Sills
Paul Sills
Illinois
Edward McDonald
Jerry
Florence Kerchival
Indianapolis
Detroit faces strike threat over city transit lockup
A F of L leaders threaten a strike of Detroit's 35 000 city employees if a tie up of the municipally owned transit system is not settled by nightfall. The walk out already halted non defense production at two Hudson Motor Car plants affecting about 9 000 workers. Business agent Arthur Stringari warned Mayor Jeffries and others with a fist, backed by other union conferees.
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Detroit
Mich
A. F
Edward Jeffries
A. F. of L. Amalgamated Association of Street, Electric Railway and
Hudson Motor Car Company
Arthur Stringari
Office Workers Division
Jeffries
A. F. of L
Vosloh Named Acting Judge in Greene County
Bloomfield attorney Farher Vosloh 29 was appointed judge pro tempore of the Greene circuit court by Judge Orval Hunter who leaves for Army service. Governor Schricker and Hunter failed to agree on a permanent appointment. Vosloh's tenure may extend until a vacancy is certified and a new appointment made.
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Bloomfield
Greene Circuit Court
Orval Lb. Hunter
Macon
U.S. Army
Wabash College
Crawfordsville
Indiana University Law School
Bloomington
Greene County
Orval Hunter
Indianapolis
Indiana
Henry F. Schricker
Hunter
U. S. Army
Daily Citizen
Schricker
Roosevelt urges all out war effort to win
President Roosevelt frames the war as a shared national fight echoing Lincoln with a call to hard fighting. The plan includes releasing draftees and guardsmen after 14 to 18 months instead of 30, affecting about 200 900 by December 10, and easing hardship cases for older married men.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Philadelphia Airport Expansion Plans Surface
Philadelphia to extend city boundaries to include the new Municipal Airport and 211 additional acres for future runway development, signaling a major expansion effort for aviation infrastructure.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Seven Hurt In Junction Crash Hospitalized
Seven people injured Tuesday in a truck auto collision at the junction of state roads 54 and 57 were improving today though four remained in serious condition. The list includes George Hickman and Bertha Hickman of Terre Haute, John Day of Gloucester City, Fannie Day, Thelma Day, Thelma Wilson, and Paul Edwards. Charles Garner the truck driver was uninjured.
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George Hickman
Terre Haute
Bertha Hickman
John Day
Gloucester City
N. J
Fannie Day
Charles Garner
Washington
Garner
Freeman-Greene County Hospital
Guardsman Held After 10 Day Honeymoon Theft
Memphis Tenn July 21 year old guardsman from Indianapolis told how he left Camp Shelby Miss on a 10 day furlough stole an automobile in Hattiesburg Miss and wed 17 year old Agnes Marie Jefferies of Dyersburg Tenn after a five day court Phil Roy Salyards Jr said he was tired of the army and wanted a vacation He planned to return before 30 days to avoid desertion charges.
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Memphis
Tenn
Indianapolis
Camp Shelby
Miss
Hattiesburg
Dyersburg
Roy Salyards, Jr
Salyard
Agnes Marie Jefferies
Red Army Drives Hit German Offensives Near Leningrad and Dnieper
United Press reports renewed Soviet resistance as German forces hammer outer defenses around Leningrad and push toward the Dnieper bridgeheads. Moscow says withdrawal maneuvers in the Moscow and Ukraine sectors proceeded in order while bracing for a major rebuild of the Ukraine force to shield war industries and oil fields east of the Dnieper.
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Red Army
Leningrad
Berlin
Gomel
Kiev
Dnieper
Tallinn
Baltic
Odessa
Black Sea
Red
Novogord
Moscow
Ukraine
Semyon Budenny
Fire Deaths Prompt Indianapolis Inquiry Into Basement Work
City officials ordered a formal probe after a basement explosion at Fire Chief Fred C. Kennedy's home killed Fireman Alfred H. Stumm and seriously injured Arnold W. Phillips. Phillips had come off duty to help Stumm. Kennedy did not know of the work. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan directed the investigation and disclosed that Stumm acted on official duty, while Phillips joined on his day off to assist.
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Indianapolis
Fred C. Kennedy
Kennedy
Alfred H. Stumm
Arnold W. Phillips
City Hospital
Reginald H. Sullivan
Stumm
Phillips
Russell of Jackson Visits Linton En Route Northward
R. H. Russell of Jackson Michigan, once a Linton resident, visits relatives here as he travels to northern Michigan to join Mrs. Russell who has spent two weeks there. Russell is manager at the Walgreen drug store in Jackson.
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R. H. Russell
Jackson
Mias
Linton
Russ
Michigan
Russell
Mr. Russell
Walgreen
Agkoom
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