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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1952
Page
2
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The Weather Bureau reports rains eased drought in Southern Indiana but moisture remains necessary. The weekly crop survey notes widespread rainfall in the north, with corn silking near completion and 69 percent denting to roasting ear, soybeans pods forming on 80 percent. Pastures steady. tomatoes and peaches now being picked in varying progress.
Twenty six states in the United States derive their names from Native American languages and terms. The observation highlights how Indigenous roots appear in state nomenclature across multiple regions.
Camp Atterbury Indiana, the state’s largest Army camp, celebrates ten years since its 1942 activation. Over 250,000 men from 48 states plus territories trained here, with 500,000 more gaining end-of-war discharge experience. The camp sits 31 miles south of Indianapolis on 40,000 acres and features a 1,600-bed hospital.
Report notes 19 million new U.S. homes planned in 25 years. First commercial telephone line linked Somerville to Boston in 1877. Arctic tern records 8000 mile flight by a four month old chick. Fish lack facial nerves around mouths, so hooked catches cause less pain. The Andes are claimed as the longest mountain chain.
Harline Cochran recalls a Manchester Hamlet New Year’s Eve performance where Rosencrantz mocks a drunken stumble and Guildenstern is teased, followed by a cheeky tavern toast after the first act. A saloon anecdote ends with a wary exchange between a bartender and a pale-faced patron about a wife driving home.
A compact collection notes Holland’s low-lying land with peaks under 15 feet, longest U S battleships require about 3.5 years to build at nearly 900 feet, Cotopaxi towers at 19 344 feet in Ecuador, Delaware’s colonial name New Sweden, tides align with the sun at Tahiti and Tracdaw Island.
The Women's Society of Christian Service Circle one of the Methodist Church will hold its regular meeting with Miss Esther Shaw at 290 o'clock Thursday afternoon.
Detroiter Charles A. Noble of Detroit describes seven years in Soviet concentration camps in East Germany after arrest in Dresden in 1945. He and his son John were separated. Noble cites lack of trial, solitary confinement, and minimal communications during detention. Noble later released July 4 in East Berlin.
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