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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1945
Page
1
Nostalgic reminiscence recalls the old Lin tor depot and two daily branch trains from thirty five years ago. Farmers bring milk jugs to the morning baggage car while locals watch the steam, hear the whistle, and imagine life beyond the valley.
The Pearl Harbor committee disclosed two 1944 letters from Gen. Marshall to Gov. Dewey urging disclosure that the U S had broken Japanese codes. Marshall suggested deleting sensitive technical details and warned disclosure could impair allied relations.
Indiana health officials warned of a possible diphtheria outbreak after reporting 20 Indiana deaths and 270 cases in ten months of 1945. Dr J W Jackson cited a national rise and noted many carriers are recovered servicemen and children. parents urged to immunize children.
A Greene county delegation led by Frank A. Lenning and 18 peers attended the county officials association session in Indianapolis now in its third day. Participants included Bert Rush R M Vincent Herman Hulen John Moo maw William Grounds Jere Goodman Troy Fuller Delbert Shepherd Dencis Shepherd Sam Terrell Charles Gastineau R W Edington Clint Bohley Joseph Walls Judge Karl Parker Vosloh Archie Padgett Cletus Hasler Ray Baird and Marion Mitten.
Federal coal mine inspectors reexamined Indiana mines and found full compliance with Bureau of Mines standards for gassy mines while urging improvements to protect life and property. New Hope mine at Linton shows progress and specific safety upgrades including gas-detection, air flow, preshift exams, and safety training.
The State of Indiana vs Joe Pickett of Newberry sees Pickett plead guilty to petit larceny for stealing soy beans from Russell Summerville. Judge Karl Parker Voslosh of Greene Circuit Court at Bloomfield fined one dollar plus costs and sentenced him to one year on the Indiana State Penal arch.
Mrs Elgie May Simmons sues for divorce from Emery Simmons claiming he gave her only one dress in six years of marriage. The dress cost 97 cents and the suit is filed in Decatur Indiana.
Glenn Irving Anderson 24, a Stillwater Federal Penitentiary fugitive, and his wife Ella 20 were captured by a posse in Hanover Iowa. He escaped Sept 22 from Stillwater where he served 5 to 40 years for armed robbery. The couple, amid stolen cars and burglaries, were found with a pistol and two rifles in their car. Anderson will be returned to Stillwater.
In Vincennes Indiana a young Oklahoma City mother Mrs Lee Kinney 24 held by Harold Harrold 36 of Columbus Ohio as part of an alleged auto theft ring. FBI and U S district attorney to prosecute. two cars reported stolen in St Louis and Kansas City found aboard. Kinney said she was kept prisoner with a guard dog.
A marriage license was issued this morning in the office of Clerk Frank Lenning to James R. Baker of Newberry and Ruby Anna Beasley of Odon.
Earl Bud Rousch, discharged from three and a half years of Navy service, returns to Linton and will work at Hamilton Drug Store 24 North Main. A registered pharmacist, he studied at Indiana State Teachers College and Indianapolis College of Pharmacists and formerly worked for Oakley Drug Co in Terre Haute.
Naomi Margaret Malone sixty three year old Scotland telephone operator died at Freeman Greene county hospital after a major operation. She was daughter of George and Julia Rose Bough and member of Linton Baptist church. Survivors include husband William Malone and a stepson Ernest. Body taken to Jenkins Funeral Home Bloomfield then to Scotland home. Funeral 1 PM Sunday Scotland Methodist church burial in Scotland Cemetery.
Trials of suspected Japanese war criminals including former premier Hideki Tojo will begin next month before a court to be formed by representatives of the four occupying powers Great Britain China the Soviet Union and the United States have been asked to propose membership and prosecutors The Anglo Saxon concept of justice will guide the process and suspects are presumed innocent Lt General Hiroshi Oshima formerly Japan s ambassador to Germany arrived in Yokohama after leading a repatriation group of about 1500.
An in gathering at Pleasantville Baptist Church is set for Sunday at seven. Rev. S. M. Cornell will speak and Mrs. Cornell will present sacred pictures, music and poetry. The public is invited to attend.
The Mu Beta Gamma Mission Circle of the First Baptist church postponed its December 10 gathering at Mrs. Ray Hayes home to December 17, as announced today.
A speaker discusses Greene County Victory Bond sales at ten million across seven drives with Christmas looming. After visits to Indianapolis and Chicago showing crowds and stock shortages, the speaker urges buying bonds as a Christmas gift and to reduce the $53,000 E Bond shortages.
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Jane Hacker of Dugger will be held at Parker Funeral Home in Vienna Illinois at three o'clock Saturday afternoon. There will be no services at the Dugger home and the funeral cortege leaves Dugger at seven o'clock Saturday morning for Vienna. Aikin Funeral Home of Dugger handles arrangements.
CIO Electrical Workers vote on General Motors offer amid signals of a possible pre Christmas compromise with UAW. Proposal $1.08 daily raise goes to members in Dayton Yellow Springs Warner Rochester and Long Island City for ballot. 563000 workers idle nationwide as talks resume with a 132 percent wage claim.
Two hundred forty two navy planes searched the Atlantic at dawn as crews scoured the Florida coast for five missing navy torpedo bombers and a sixth plane reported crashed during an earlier search. Navy officials discounted landings as a cause and noted no distress signals.
Mrs Hannah Hall aged 89 died Thursday afternoon at one thirty at her daughter Della Horn's home in Koleen after years of poor health. Daughter Della Horn survives. Jenkins Funeral Home to hold viewing then funeral at Ashcraft Chapel Saturday at two with burial in church cemetery.
The Civic Garden club will meet at 2 30 PM Monday in the public library. Mrs Tyler Martindale of Bloomfield will present the lesson and all members are urged to attend.
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