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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1944
Page
1
In Linton and beyond the housing shortage grows acute with daily inquiries for modern four to seven room residences. Builders anticipate a surge once materials and labor unlock, and planners expect sustained activity through the postwar era as financing schemes form. Hog production shifts and pork supplies adjust amid government demands and market changes.
Funeral services were held at the Fortner home near Bloomfield for Charles William Demoss infant son of James Franklin and Marjorie Fortner Demoss who died Tuesday at one month old. Survivors include parents two brothers and maternal grandparents. Burial was in Flynn Cemetery with Jenkins Funeral Home in charge.
Mrs. E L Barnes underwent major surgery this morning. Mrs. Leslie Pearson of Indianapolis was admitted today. Mrs. Gerald Choyce of Jasonville was dismissed Tuesday. Carl Carpenter was discharged this morning. Mrs. Bruce Mayen also dismissed.
Paris is captured as Allied forces tighten the noose around 93 000 remaining Germans of the 7th army. Eisenhower's invasion columns push to the German border while French patriots storm streets, seize the Ile de la Cite, and hoist the tri color as Vichy officials are arrested. Canadian British and American troops advance toward the Seine with encircled remnants fleeing toward river crossings.
United Press dispatch reports Paris liberation opens railways highways canals and airports for Allied advance. Eisenhower’s armored spearheads three hours from Germany as southern thrusts trap Nazis. Germans lack fresh Panzer forces and Luftwaffe, while Allied forces surge with Patch joining the Rhone valley drive.
The Goodman Mayfield reunion will be held Sunday August 27 at Humphreys Park. All relatives are expected and friends are invited. Joe M. Goodman serves as president.
Soviet forces open a new summer offensive aimed at knocking Romania from the war and cutting Germany off from oil. The 2nd and 3rd Ukrainian armies drive up to 43 miles, seize Iasi, isolate Chisinau and Tighina, with 37,675 Germans killed or captured in three days.
Lyons residents plan a three day event in Lyons park August 31 to September 2 with a pulling contest offering prizes from 25 to 5 dollars. Lightweight 2800 pounds and under compete August 31, 3200 pounds and under September 1, open class September 2. A two year old male contest offers 15 12 8 and 4 dollars. Contests start at 8:30 nightly with entrants from Indiana and Illinois state fairs. Registration with Marl Grounds or Hugh Johnson. Lyons community club sponsors.
Qualifying rounds for the Greene county tournament are in progress at the Linton community course. Two flights run through Thursday to Sunday with championship play starting Monday August 28. Participants are urged to submit qualifying scores at the caddy house promptly.
Miss Charlotte Phelps Kendrick of Windsor Connecticut is selected as teacher of religious education for the Linton grade schools for 1944 45 by the Inter Church Council. She trained at the University of Connecticut Hartford Theological Seminary earned a BAE degree and a Master. She has directed religious education for varied ages in multiple denominations and worked in missions in Hartford Kodiak Alaska and at a Hartford crippled children home. In the last year she directed religious education in Boston public schools.
Bob Arthur, former Linton Stockton high school standout, enrolled at Valparaiso University and will join the basketball team. Coach Loren Ellis says the squad is among the tallest in the United States. Arthur stands six eight. Valparaiso schedules two games at Madison Square Garden and one in Boston this year.
A patient underwent major surgery at Freeman Greene County Hospital this morning. Her condition is reported to be satisfactory.
American and Allied forces drive 140 miles from the Mediterranean coast into the Grenoble region as part of a broad invasion of southwest France. The advance traps German units and nears Lyon, with Marseille and Toulon breaches aiding the push. more than 17,000 prisoners taken in the first week.
German DNB news service claims American troops landed at St. Jean de Luz on the Atlantic coast near the Franco Spanish border after a heavy bombardment. The claim notes a small invasion force, naval and coastal gunfire, and a failed attempt to reinforce, with no Allied confirmation yet.
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