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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1941
Page
4
In New Orleans Morris Poche unveils a 16 foot seven ton amphibious tank with six drum wheels and paddles for marshes and water. The design offers 60 mph land speed 15 mph water, 360 degree turret sweep, and a three-man crew for a future mass production model.
Five Greene county musicians are members of the Hoosier Music Festival at the 1941 Indiana State Fair. The event features an 80 piece band a 60 piece orchestra and a 40 voice chorus appearing three times daily in the Indiana University exhibit building sponsored by the State Board of Agriculture. Greene county performers include Max Griffith Lin ton Sam Allen Lloyd Cain Box Maxwell and James Blanton.
Mr and Mrs W H Wakefield with daughters Mrs Ralph Thomas and Jeanette Kay and Mrs Ed Greenwood spend the weekend with relatives in Dexter Missouri.
Plans for the annual Flower Show of the Linton Alpha Delphian club urge creative, expressive arrangements. The event will be held on Tuesday September 8 in Overland Sales Company sales rooms. Mrs Bertha A Crane notes flowers bring calm and uplift during stress and restlessness.
Four Greene county applicants have been accepted for Purdue University freshman class before Aug 23. Orientation begins Sept 6 with English math and intelligence tests plus health exams. Registration Sept 8 and classes start Sept 11. Accepted Greene county students include Donald W. Baughman Linton Lloyd R. Cain Switz City Ralph D. Heaton and Mary J. Stone Bloomfield.
The Department of Commerce notes that typical summer slowdowns across many industries have been notably absent this year, signaling unusual market activity and sustained demand despite seasonal patterns.
Rev H A Sherwood of Anderson will lead a two week evangelistic revival starting Sunday at the First Church of God on Second and G Streets NW. The Anderson college veteran, known for Indiana wide evangelical work, will oversee services at 7:00 each evening with special singing by a Bedford junior quartet. public invitation extended.
Mrs. Lew D Wallace of Washington DC visits Lyons. Joe Jordan of Indianapolis spends weekend at his Lyons home. Nellie Chambers returns home from Linton. Daisy Davis of Worthington visits Wim Davis family. Dallas West of Indianapolis visits family. Ellsworth Handy of El Paso Texas visits mother and relatives. Floyd Kendall and Kay visit Red Key friends. Claude Warren and son Larry of Lafayette visit Hattie Davidson family. Emmett McCain and Betty of Bethany Illinois visit Clyde Silvers family.
New Mexico moves toward a September 12 blackout with 12 towns to receive air raid warnings. Civil defense officials mark the border state as ideal for testing wartime drills as Boy Scouts simulate incendiary actions while air patrols from Fort Bliss and Albuquerque units monitor skies. Ambulance and bus drivers support evacuation, utilities are protected, and residents are instructed to stay indoors with lights out as radio stations halt broadcasts during warnings.
Mrs Ralph Hill visits Mrs David Guthrie in Morgantown West Virginia Mrs George Kious visits daughter Lena Withrow in Charleston West Virginia George Kious travelled to Indianapolis on business Jackie Corbin visits sister Mrs Fred Phillippe in Indianapolis Jane Morgan and Glenna Frances Penham return home from a few days with Mr and Mrs Floyd Nash near Hymera
Recent visitors to Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Baize in this city included Flemon Baize of Pontiac Michigan Charles Baize of Chelsea Michigan Mr and Mrs Oscar Baize and daughter of Winslow and Mr and Mrs Noble Johnson and son Floyd of Anderson.
Friday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Wil Imman and son Billy included Mrs. Dick Cline Mrs. Charles Vickery Mrs. Lee Dalton Wilson Lee Dalton all of Bloomington and Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wade and son John of Linton along with Mrs. Carl Clark and son Dorman.
The Department of Commerce reports an automatic radio high altitude weather station has reached an altitude of 20 miles during testing.
Louisiana lily growers in Plaquemines Parish expand acreage to about 6 000 new acres with 350 families farming the Creole lily. A forecast of over 1 000 000 bulbs for next year accompanies harvest time as growers shift from Japanese imports to homegrown bulbs amid freezing credits and aphid control.
In New Britain Connecticut Alex Gorfain fainted after a judge allowed him to move back into his two family home eviction proceedings had begun last June when tenants refused to vacate. Gorfain endured homelessness sleeping in a meat truck and other spots while his wife recovered in hospital. The court later denied reopening the case and the eviction judgment stood despite the ongoing delays.
Mr and Mrs Will Talbott and daughter Phyllis arrived home last night after a two week stay in Chicago with Mr and Mrs Neil Riggs and their son Jackie Til the Riggs family joined for a weekend visit.
Agriculture faces a historic labor shortage with numerous job openings for Iowa State College graduates. Positions range from hog herdsman to banana plantation work in Central America, with starting salaries up to 1800 dollars and furnished housing plus utilities. Demand is high across dairy, agronomy, horticulture, farm management, and farm economics, as 324 grads last year dwindled to 211 this year while defense needs thin the faculty.
Thieves backed a truck to the Robert Jones shop in Philadelphia and carried off 277 suits valued at 4126 dollars. They paused to strip the wax models in the store windows before fleeing.
Sam Eastman formerly Victoria’s leading hack driver now preserves history with a notable collection of distinguished carriages. He maintains ties to the era by curating and displaying highlighted vehicles from the past.
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