Mine Run Tales and Tax Talk Echo Small Town Life
The column notes William H. Wilson of Terre Haute suing for divorce after his wife Myrtie allegedly takes his false teeth for a $2 ransom. It also quotes “Taxpayer” criticizing a $1.50 tax limit while defending thrift in government finance. A wildlife note highlights government buffalo sales to curb overabundance. A Cleveland Avenue reader, Midasl Hudson, owns a German family Bible once owned by his German immigrant ancestor, John Yockey, an early Greene County settler.
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William H. Wilson
Terre Haute
Myrtie
Uncle Bill
Wilson
Daily Citizen
Midasl Hudson
Eighth Street
Hudson
John Yockey
Germany
Greene County
Tug Returned by Japanese After Apology
Am erican owned tug Feiting was returned by Japanese authorities in Shanghai with a formal apology from Vice Admiral Kiyoshu Hasegawa. Rear Admiral Yarnell and U S Consul Gauss received the gesture after the flag was torn down and the tug seized at Kin Lee-Yau wharf. Secretary Hull said the incident is considered closed as Japan also returned two Italian-owned tugs.
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Shanghai
U.P
Kiyoshu Hasegawa
Harry ©. Yanell
U. S
Clance E. Gauss
Yarnell
William Hunt
Far East
Kin Lee-Yau
Whangpoo River
Washington, D. C
Cordell Hull
State Department
Japan
Hull
Abandonment Hearing On Passenger Service Moves Forward
Division Engineer McClosky presented the Chicago Milwaukee St Paul and Pacific Railway view in Jasonville as the petitioners seek to stop abandoning the Terre Haute to Bedford branch passenger service. The hearing, led by Ray Gilbert, resumes after talks showing the line loses about 2000 dollars yearly, with opposing residents from Bedford Williams Indian Springs Blankenship Linton Burns City Odon Coalmont Lewis Blackhawk Jasonville set to speak.
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McClosky
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway Company
Terre Haute
Bedford
Jasonville
Ray Gilbert
Ralph Hanna
Kiler
Railway Company
Chicago
Murray
Williams
Hale Thompson
A. M. Ferguson
W. A. Jones
Russell Wagner
Indian Springs
Otis Hitchcock
A. E. Hitchcock
Jack Sims
Flora Rainbolt
Blankenship
Henry Adkins
Linton
EB. ¥. Bull
Steve Stalcup
Burns City
Henry Summerville
W. A. Osborn
Odon
Ed Laughlin
Mr. Hindman
Coalmont
Pe‘cy Dolian
Lewis
Gerald Boston
Mr. Pierson
Blackhawk
R. C. Miller
William Slough
W. A. Deffler
Herman Crist
Garrett Schloot
Clell Sexton
Linton Receives Excise Tax Check From State
The Linton city treasurer announces receipt of a $3,000 excise tax check from the Indiana State Excise Department. The funds will be deposited into the city's general fund to cover operating expenses.
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Linton
Linton City
Ark
Indiana State Excise Department
General Fund
Miners Face Switz City In Key Hoops Clash
Linton high school travels to Switz City tonight seeking a second win in three starts as they meet the strong Switz City Midgets. Switz City has one loss this season to Plainville, with Landis out and Miller stepping in. Local fans expect a close contest with a large turnout.
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Linton High School
Switz City High
Switz City
Switzers
Plainville
Switz City Five
Landis
Allee
Harper
Lundy
Cross Roads
Switzer
LaPorte
Upstate
Claron
Lefty” Weller
Indiana University
Linton
Weller
Mrs Lechien Wins Greene County Spelling Bee at Linton High
Mrs Clara Shanklin Lechien won the title champion speller of Greene County at the Linton high school auditorium under Tri Kappa. She earned 50 dollars by defeating Virgil Bledsoe in the final round. Jenny Dolence won 2.50 as champion high school speller and Betty Green 2.50 as best seventh and eighth grader. about 130 residents from Bloomfield Switz City Jasonville and Linton attended the event directed by Frank Sisson of Martinsville with Mayor Bull as judge. Music came from the high school orchestra with Bert Barnes. a quartet and kitchen orchestra provided intermission entertainment.
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Clara Shanklin Lechien
Greenwe County
Linton High School
Tri- Kappa
Lechien
Virgil Bledsoe
Jenny Dolence
Betty Green
Bloomfield
Switz City
Jasonville
Linton
Frank Sisson
Martinsville
E. V. Bull
Bert Barnes
George Haworth
Helen Hilgedick
Grady Mitchell
Fielding Williams
Kitchen Orchestra
Violet Talbott Martindale
Greene County
Shelburn Miner Dies From Fall at Jackson Hill Mine
Charles Gad Hayes 40 of Shelburn was crushed in a mine fall at Jackson Hill Mine No 7 two miles east of Shelburn. George Hill and James Buckingham escaped injury. Hayes survived by a widow and six siblings. Funeral set at 2:50 PM Thursday at McHugh funeral home. Also in Greene county tuberculosis seal drive reports show $58.40 first day receipts from Bloomfield Jasonville Linton Sandborn Worthington and others with about 250 letters received today.
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Shelburn
Ind
Charles “Gad” Hayes
Jackson Hill
George Hill
James Buckingham
Hayes
Sarah
Charles Hayes
Walter
Basil Hayes
Maggie Richardson
Elsie Stanifer
Terre Haute
Kate Moss
Lucille Butler
Pimento
McHugh
Greene County
Margaret Cooper
County anti-Tuberculosis Association
Bloomfield
Jasonville
Linton
Peoples Trust Company
Sandborn
Switz City
Worthington
Mrs Mabel Walraven Is Guest Of Mrs William Thompson
Mrs Mabel Walraven of Midland was a Monday guest of Mrs William Thompson. The social visit highlighted local hospitality.
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Mabel Walraven
Midland
William Thompson
Hospital Report Notes Local Patients
Rev. William Bedrick of Bloomfield was taken to his home today. Marjorie Howell of Koleen underwent an appendectomy last evening and is in satisfactory condition. Lyle Dafoe, who recently had an operation, is recovering satisfactorily.
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William Bedrick
Bloomfield
Marjorie Howell
Koleen
Lyle Dafoe
Ford Motor Company accused of union worker discrimination
The National Labor Relations Board in St Louis issued a complaint against Ford Motor Company for discriminating against union workers. Hearing is set for December 16 as the plant continues operating despite a strike by the United Automobile Workers Union, a CIO affiliate.
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ST. Louis
National Labor Relations Board
Ford Motor Company
United Automobile Workers Union
C. I
Peace plan eyed by Britain and France for European settlement
Great Britain and France began preliminary work on a two point program to halt the arms race and ease tension between democratic and totalitarian powers. Leaders will draft a plan to meet Hitler s colonial claims possibly by pooling and seek to include Mussolini in a new peace system to reduce Mediterranean clashes.
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London
Great Britain
France
Adolf Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Federal economy brakes threaten budget plans in Congress
Washington reports a $700 million cut plan faces opposition as Congress balks at emergency legislation to trim federal expenditures including road building. WPA relief rolls rise to over 1.5 million while Hopkins and Roosevelt discuss winter relief amid a jobless total near 1 million. Labor leaders push wages hours bill at a special session, seeking 218 signatures to force floor action despite farm bill opposition in the South.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Roosevelt
U.P
Works Progress Administration
Harry L. Hopkins
A.R
William Green
American Federation of Labor
Executive Council
House
Peace hopes rise as Lewis and Green plan talks
The American Federation of Labor and the Committee for Industrial Organization agreed to a personal meeting tomorrow to end their two year labor leadership fight. It will be the first formal encounter since 1935 when Lewis formed the C I O and split from the federation. Their talks could shape the future of 7,300,000 union workers and impact 30,000,000 nonmembers.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
John L. Lewis
William Green
Lewis
Melissa Love, 80, dies at home near Coalmont
Melissa Love, an 80 year old resident near Coalmont, died at 5 am Tuesday at her family home. She is survived by three daughters Mrs Lyman Gordon Mrs Earl Johnson and Mrs Floyd Lambert and seven grandchildren. Funeral services will be held at 10 am Thursday at Friendly Grove church with burial in the adjacent cemetery.
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Melissa Love
Coalmont
Lyman Gordon
Earl Johnson
Floyd Lambert
Friendly Grove
Lew Good Named Greene County Clerk After Resignation
Lew Good, Democratic county chairman, was appointed Greene circuit court clerk to fill the unexpired term of Tillman Bough. The action followed a special session where the county commissioners unanimously selected Good amid reports of a clerk’s office shortage. Good praised the appointment as a tribute to his party work and said he aims to run the office creditably, noting records were well kept and Bough assisted in the transition.
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Lew Good
Greene Circuit Court
Tillman Bough
Mr. Good
Bough
Indiana
Good
Greene County
Lyons WPA Grant Approved for City Improvement
President Roosevelt approved a 5475 grant from the WPA to Lyons for street and sewer upgrades. The project includes street grading sidewalk repair waterworks improvements and sewer construction with an estimated crew of twenty men and four trucks for four months. Work may start within a few months.
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Federal Works Progress Administration
Lyons
Roosevelt
Lyons Herald
Frederick van Nuys
WPA
Lyons Board of Trustees
Mrs Bell Fisk 80 Dies in Coalmont Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services were held for Mrs Bell Fisk 80 of Jasonville who died Monday night at her Coalmont home. Rev Bert Sanders officiated burial was in Shiloh cemetery She is survived by three sons Medford Homer and Millard a daughter Lula Watson and two sisters Kate Gorby and Ella Abrams
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Bell Fisk
Jasonville
Coalmont
Bert Sanders
Shiloh
Fisk
Medford
Homer
Millard
Wilford
Lula Watson
Sullivan
Kate Gorby
Ella Abrams
Universal
Coal price hike set by national commission hits bituminous mines
The National Bituminous Coal Commission announced Dec 16 new minimum prices for bituminous coal in the Iowa region and east of the Mississippi. The move aims to stabilize the industry, curb cut-throat competition, and balance miners’ wages. Indiana operators protest the railroads minimum of 2.15 and warn sales to railroads may fall while criticizing rules imposing crushing limits and other regulations.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
National Bituminous Coal Commission
Iowa
Mississippi River
Mississippi
Indiana
Federal Commission
Arch Grossman
Hugh Lee
Maumee Collieries Company
Washington
Commission
West Virginia
Kentucky
Inois
Lyons High Team Defeats Oaks 28 18 on Oak Floor
The Lyons high school basketball team defeated Oaktown high five 28 to 18 on the Oak floor. Lyons has won all but one game this season with their only loss coming last week to Switz City Mid gets in Lyons.
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Lyons
Oaktown
Lions
Switz City
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Cross Roads Town
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Doris Duke Cromwell
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Green
Illinois
District 12
Lyons High
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