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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1944
Page
4
A man reported ten years of a brick like sensation in his stomach and severe symptoms. After taking ERB HELP, the discomfort vanished and bowel function improved. The advertisement promotes Hamilton's Drug Store selling the herbal product.
A medical formula Tromone claims to restore zest for life in middle aged men by combining vitamins and hormones. The Hamilton Drug Company advertises its availability everywhere with label instructions to follow.
The text reports Allied forces eyeing Nimes in France as the German resistance dwindles. Twin surrenders gave the Allies the two largest southern ports, enabling harbor repair operations for invasion logistics. Emergency food and medical supplies reached Marseille and Toulon as trucks rushed aid to civilians.
In Champaign Illinois several hundred spectators watched nine boys from the Switzer Park neighborhood defeat their mothers 14 to 4 in a local soghan game. The event drew a large crowd and featured spirited play, with the boys showcasing quick passes and defensive pressure throughout.
Allied women internees escaped to medical care and recounts of brutal Nazi methods in the French Interior Ministry torture chambers on Rue De Saussac. They describe electric baths, fingernail removal, and strangulation to force confessions, with about 75 percent of men breaking under torture.
Second Lieutenant Charles W. Alumbaugh from Linton Indiana reports to Randolph Field for specialized training as an AAF Central Instructors School instructor candidate after a month. Staff Sergeant Robert F B Harbin of Linton Indiana completes his fiftieth combat mission as a B 17 gunner over Germany Aug 3 and earns an Air Medal with six Oak Leaf Clusters.
Custer county fair board plans the 1944 county agricultural exposition after $3,000 was allotted by the county commissioners for expenses and premiums. The fair had been canceled last year due to wartime problems and is tentatively scheduled for September 18 to 21.
At Mexico City's Hipodromo de las Americas racetrack the second winter meeting begins October 12 with total purses of 4.4 million pesos announced by general manager Bruno Pagliai.
Pvt. Kenneth Jones stationed in Texas has completed basic training and will be home on furlough soon, as reported by his mother Mrs. Billy Jones.
Henry Mitchell returns to Camp Polk Louisiana after a fourteen day furlough with wife Mrs Mercedeese Mitchell and family. He completed schooling at Aberdeen Proving Grounds and was promoted to Technician Fifth Class.
Sgt Cletus Sams 27 of Linton Stockton high school graduate killed in France August 9 while serving with the United States Army. He entered service in 1941 and had been overseas several months. Survived by mother Mrs Ford Beasley widow Mrs Margaret Sams of Flint Mich daughter Dianna Mae Sams of Aleria Ohio and grandparents Mr and Mrs John Morgan of this city.
Sixteen year old Wilma Mae Benjamin of Wharton says she may hold a rare family record as she is a great aunt with thirty two nieces and nephews.
Swampscott Massachusetts fireman Harold Jacobs helped extinguish a car fire and only then saw the license plate and realized the vehicle belonged to him.
In Gainesville Florida Aug. quadruplet boys born to 22 year old wife of an army private were reported in good condition at Hall county Memorial hospital incubators. The quads are sons of Pvt. and Mrs. Charles E. Lee Gainesville. Lee stationed at Camp Blandin Florida. Mother resting comfortably. Prenatal diagnosis had indicated triplets.
In Daviess County Washington on August 29 coroner Walter S Williams returned a verdict of death by electrocution for three men killed while digging a well near Cannelburg Eugene Carrico 74 Cecil Carrico 33 and George Craney 39 all of Witnesses said the pipe they were using touched a high tension line causing instant death according to the coroner report.
A look back at notable events from 1924 with dates aligned to this year’s calendar. Highlights include political moves, social shifts, and cultural milestones captured in brief item form.
The Illinois Central offers a round trip excursion to the state fair from Linton priced at 5.27 dollars. Campfire Girls of Glenburn Mission hiked to Sullivan for a day at the park. John W. Davis denounced the Ku Klux Klan in Plymouth Vermont and urged Calvin Coolidge to do the same. The Loyal Order of Moose local lodge plans family night with a social gathering. Linton's new City park becomes a popular venue for events and gatherings.
Pocatello Idaho high school freshman Lyman Horsley 13 American Falls works a stable shoe shining business at the Pocatello air base post barber shop. He charges 15 cents for a regular shine and 25 cents for a special cleaner described as one of his mixtures.
Allied air forces push out across a 200 mile front from the Seine estuary to the Troys area in rain as hundreds of warplanes bomb and machine gun retreating Nazi troops and their supply lines.
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