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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1938
Page
2
Fragmented OCR shows a local notice or classified item with names and subscription pricing for a periodical. It mentions editor E. J. Varnes and host Clark, and lists rates for Indiana and Sun area delivery, including six month and yearly costs.
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In the Pilgrim's Rest area a lion was found impaled on a sable antelope horn after a fatal clash. Hunters note a lion rarely preys on sable antelope, one of the most dangerous horned species.
President Manuel L. Quezon personally leased one of the government built tenement apartments for a month paying 87.59. He occupied the unit briefly then returned to Malacanang. The plan aimed to move laborers from napa thatched houses after a deadly fire. Some workers balked at the 7.50 monthly rent claiming it was unaffordable or preferred the old style housing.
Berkeley Cal Dec 1 A U P dispatch says a UC faculty committee headed by President Dr Robert Gordon Sproul is considering adopting the Schneider Cleland plan allowing students to rate professors. The Purdue system uses cards with five rated points and an overall comment. The aim is to curb apathetic teaching.
More than thirty thousand Gambusia minnows were planted in state lake complexes to combat mosquitoes and provide forage for game fish. Gambusia, two inches long and bearing live young, has been widely used in the south to prevent malaria. Over fifty thousand were propagated at state hatcheries this year, with eighteen thousand small mouth bass produced in a Riverside hatchery pond stocked with these minnows.
UP Howard Lang Scott of Canton has watched about 10 films weekly over three years and kept a giant notebook listing full casts and his critiques. He logged 483 features in 1936 and 482 in 1987, noting Wade Bateler as his most seen actor and Elizabeth Bergener as his favorite actress. He argues British actors receive poorer roles in America and that Britain makes better historical pictures than Hollywood.
Alphonzo Thomas, once a self described tough guy jailed for life after an attempted Detroit holdup that killed a police officer, is released after 15 years. He evolved into a painter sculptor and editor editing the prison magazine from monthly to weekly and creating works praised by Michigan notables.
London officials consider giant steel door bulkheads to seal subway tunnels along the Thames to prevent flooding from a wartime bombing. Two sets would block Charing Cross and Waterloo stations with watertight barriers. cost estimated over 75000.
Badger Clark South Dakota’s poet laureate suggests primitive man would find Black Hills a fitting home for its wood shelter game fruits and berries. He notes no bones have yet been found but prehistoric remains could be buried beneath rock and mud washes. Clark states his interest in archaeology grew after discovering ruins of an early Aztec village in New Mexico.
Fred Plaisted longtime world pro single sculling champion observed his 89th birthday by rowing the Schuylkill river mile and a quarter course where he first won 71 years ago. He raced a friendly match against Commodore Jack Kelly of the Philadelphia Cehuylkill Navy and won. Kelly earned Olympic sculling honors in 1920 and 1924.
Mrs Ralph Hasler and daughter Mary Lou return from Indiana trip. Thelma York visits Indianapolis. Wes Myers travels to Bloomington on business. The Clark family and Esther visit relatives in Linton. Multiple residents visit or host in Evansville Bloomington Elnora and Lyons with relatives and friends.
Detroit Old Newsboys Goodfellows plan their silver jubilee Christmas fundraiser. A book, The Story of the Goodfellows, is being mailed to editors nationwide to share the charity’s work. Originating 25 years ago with James Brady, the fund now raises about 150000 dollars annually for 65000 local children.
Terre Haute Indiana hosts an amateur boxing night at the Shrine temple next Thursday at 8:15 p m featuring local Terre Haute pugilists and the Wabash Valley fighters in a return to action after a spring layoff.
In Superior Wisconsin the plan to blast an 180 foot flour mill chimney was abandoned due to risk and insurance concerns. Workers began demining to guide a safe fall, but a sudden wind toppled the structure without a contract or damage.
Kinloss Township Council in Wingham Ontario raised the bounty on marauding wild dogs from five to ten dollars after farmers reported increasing depredations and rising farm animal losses throughout the township. The higher bounty aims to spur hunters to target the wild dogs.
The Terre Haute Recreation Department Advisory Board sponsors twelve first class bouts and a colored battle royal. Dale Purcell the recreation supervisor says it will be the season’s first affair and likely the most outstanding, unveiling new Golden Glove talent.
Two deaf mute vagrants stood before a judge in Salt Lake City police court unable to convey their stories. The proceedings halted as language barriers left the court unable to understand the defendants.
Sentencing of the pair was postponed as an interpreter search continued to inform the court. The defendants pleaded guilty to the charged count.
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