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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1941
Page
6
It has been said that banks have two commodities for sale. One is money, which is tangible, and the other is service, which is intangible. A bank is not a sound bank merely because it has a strong capital structure. It also must be capably managed and efficiently operated to demand the respect and confidence of the community which it serves.
Readable portions depict a string of everyday scenes with a few misread names and odd juxtapositions. A bank visit ends in confusion over endorsement while a church gathering strangely contrasts with late sleepers and casual moral notes.
Indianapolis livestock report shows hogs 160 to 230 pounds up 10 to 20 cents with heavies 10 cents higher, sows steady. cattle and calves steady to weak with cows barely steady and yearlings at 12.00 to 12.25, heifers 11.99, good to choice steers around 10.75 to 13.50, sheep 2200 head with spring lambs steady to strong and good to choice about 11.50 to 12.00.
Albuquerque residents can view a deodorized skunk at the city zoo after installation of a safe polecat exhibit. The display aims to provide a controlled, educational encounter for schoolchildren and visitors alike.
Eight Greene county residents were named by Dr. Ernest H. Shideler to serve on county committees advising the Farm Security Administration in the rehabilitation program. Appointees include Leland Bavely Chester Bradfield William Daubenspeck Robert McDonald Renos Roudebush Fred Stantz Lula Sparks Josie Winters. The panel will aid low income farm families with loans debt adjustment and long term leases to improve living and farming conditions.
Washington August 20. President Roosevelt is delaying executive intervention in the Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock strike at Kearny New Jersey. The walkout by 16000 workers halts work on 493 million dollars of naval and merchant vessels as discussions continue between company president L T L Korndorf and union leader John Ur en.
Funeral services for Davi Stantz age 63 of Coal City were conducted at Jefferson Baptist church with burial in Fiscus cemetery. A farmer from Owen County he is survived by two sons Quean and Adrian both of Coal City and fifteen grandchildren along with several daughters including Verna Singers Opal Burnham and Edna Bond among others.
Special services are held at Olive Branch Baptist Church northwest of Linton with good attendance. Evangelist BE Bulgin leads nightly meetings at 7 30 PM. Music is provided by a junior and an adult choir. Irvin H Gates, pastor, invites the public to attend.
Firemen found 12 metal cylinders near the Panuco crew quarters described as time bombs by fire officials. FBI and police investigated as cylinders were deemed harmless though different contents and a sooty odor noted. The blaze destroyed the freighter and pier with five to two men dead and many missing.
A Panair do Brasil transport plane crashed on a jungle mountain near Sao Paulo killing eight. A rescue party reached the site as four injured survivors were located, including two Americans: Philin C. Jessup of Columbia University and Hughes Davies of Canners, Pa.
Maurice Eugene Strahle of Linton route three has enlisted through the U S Army recruiting office in Indianapolis. He will report to Ellington Field Texas for Army Air Corps duty.
The Sylvester family relatives and friends will gather Sunday August 24 at Humphreys Park in Linten for an annual reunion, announced today.
Mrs Nor vin G McCadam of Ogdensburg New York bent her pole while fishing for muskalonge and reeled in a seagull when the bait flew up in the air.
The Linton junior horseshoe team defeated Jasonville by 147 ringers and 41 points to 136 ringers and 315 points at Jasonville. High scorer Bledsoe with 60 ringers and 178 points, Smith second with 53 ringers and 107 points. A Greene County junior team tournament runs next Monday Aug 25 from 6 to 10 pm at Humphreys Park courts with Jasonville Worthington Lyons and Linton competing. sponsored by the Greene County WPA recreation department.
Washington reports hundreds of American built war planes will reach Britain's Middle East for defenses in the South Atlantic Ferry route. Facilities to operate the new route planned by Roosevelt will be ready by November or December. Pan American Airways, to run the service, will apply to the Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to offer e commerce service between the United States and the African west coast via Natal Brazil and the South Atlantic.
State selective service officials report 45 000 Hoosiers in military service. Inductions total 18 947 in nine months, with 27 004 Hoosiers in regular army navy national guard marine corps or other branches.
Smiling nine year old Jane Knoy of Indianapolis faces a delicate fluoro cope operation to remove a straight pin lodged in her lung after an X ray showed the object in a dangerous position. She arrived at St Luke hospital yesterday in good condition and smiling.
Jane was kept under observation and swallowed the PM Monday. Physicians in Indianapolis dispatched her to St. Luke's for the operation using a 240,000 bi-plane fluoroscope.
At the Kas dance in the Smith Center Charles Mathis aged 93 danced with his 75 year old daughter. The lively gathering featured many admirers of the pair and a festive mood throughout.
The Daily Citizen awards the crown for the year's largest beet to Wayne Brannon of South Linton for a four pound three ounce beet labeled blood turnip. The beet and growers were presented at the Citizen office by Sonny Jackson Bruce Alderson and Clif Edwards.
Greene County Triple-A announces a fifty ton supply of twenty percent superphosphate will arrive in Bloomfield soon for 1941 farm program participants. About one third is contracted. farmers should order now. Cost is affordable and deductible from future agricultural conservation payments. Use only on non depleting crops.
Mrs Stanley Cook of 90 First Street Southwest is reported to be recovering from a fractured ankle after a fall at her home Saturday evening while descending the back steps.
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