Park named Shakamak after local Indian chief
The State Conservation Department chooses the 1000 acre park at the Greene Sullivan Clay county corner to be called Shakamak in honor of a prominent regional Indian chief. Thieves raided the Walter Poe slaughter house two miles southwest of town taking dressed hogs and a half dressed beef. Ben Murphy, former Linton resident and brother of Bob Enoch and John, and Miss Mattie Murphy, dies in Princeton.
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State Conservation Department
Greene, Sullivan
Clay Counties
Walter Poe
Ben Murphy
Linton
Bob
Enoch
John
Mattie Murphy
Princeton
Mine Run Continued Gave A Laugh On Sauerkraut Note
A brief, humorous exchange about a patient and doctor over a bill and a will, with a quirky prescription tweak hinted. The fragment suggests ongoing humor from a page caption Mine Run.
Cash Grain Prices Reported in Indianapolis
Cash grain shows firm wheat with No 1 red and No 1 hard at 2.27, corn firm with various yellow and white types between 1.30 and 1.37, oats steady at 0.62, and soybeans steady at 2.60 per carload F O B Indiana and Illinois points. Receipts listed for each grain type.
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Indianapolis
F. O. B. Indiana
Wlinois
Pilot escapes unharmed in jet plane crash at Chanute Field
Air Force officials said Fritz Craig of Lincoln Nebraska escaped injury when he crash landed his F80 C here during an attempt to set an unofficial speed record from Lincoln to Washington D C. Craig a University of Nebraska student and Lincoln National Guard lieutenant said a flame out occurred over the Chanute Field area and a fuel pump failure likely caused the accident.
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Chanute Field
Air Force
Fritz Craig
Lincoln
Neb
Washington, D. C
Craig
University of Nebraska
Lincoln National Guard
Army
Pilot crashes short of field during belly landing
The pilot attempted a belly landing but undershot the field and struck a fence, stopping about 10 feet from the runway. The aircraft’s landing gear was damaged. Craig served in B-17 missions with the Eighth Air Force in Europe during World War II.
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Craig
Eighth Air Force
Europe
Indianapolis School Names New Officials
Vernon Roudebush and George T. Smith are among the individuals named, with Carroll D. Willey also listed, in the Indianapolis school district’s official slate of appointees and administrative changes.
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Indianapolis
Vernon Roudebush
George T. Smith
Carroll D. Willey
Battle encirclement widens near Nanking in Chinese war
Reports say Chiang Kai-Shek sends 40 000 to 60 000 troops toward Pengpu and Suzhou as more than 500 000 Nationalist and Communist troops clash in the Nanking area. Conflicting claims from both sides obscure the day’s true progress amid encirclement maneuvers near Suchow and Pengpu.
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Nanking
Chiang Kai-Shek
Pengpu
Suchow
Red
Central
Kuomintang
Chiang draws reinforcements from Hankow command
Reliable sources report Chiang collecting a new army group under Gen. Chang Kan from Gen. Pau Chung-Hei's Hankow command. The unit is stationed at Sin yang, about 300 miles west of Nanking.
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Chiang
Pau Chung-Hei
Chang Kan
Sinyang
Nanking
Former resident Wilford Maddox dies in Indianapolis
Wilford Maddox aged 21 and son of Mr and Mrs Joe E Maddox of Indianapolis former Linton residents died today at Methodist hospital Indianapolis from a heart ailment. Survived by parents two brothers grandmother and aunt. Funeral plans pending with Welch and Cornett Funeral home.
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Wilford Maddox
Joe E. Maddox
Indianapolis
Linton
Methodist Hospital
Maddox
William
Edwin Maddox
Will Maddox
California
L. E. Young
Welch and Cornett Funeral Home
In memory of our baby son by the Gardener
A parents message marks one year since the loss of their infant child. They describe a pure living gift, a sprout cherished in their keeping, who was taken by the Heavenly Gardener as dawn broke. Mother, Father, and Family sign the tribute.
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Baker
Randy
Gard
Ladson’s to Meet Terre Haute Five in Local Hoops Clash
Ladson’s Sporting Goods hosts Moore’s Texaco from Terre Haute at 8 p m Thursday night in the local gymnasium. The Moore quintet remains undefeated this season as Manager Garland Ladson announced the wrong schedule fonts yesterday.
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Ladson Sporting Goods
Moore
Texaco
Terre Haute
Garland Ladson
Plan church election at Linton First Christian
The annual election of elders deacons and deaconessees will be held Sunday after morning worship at Linton First Christian Church. All church members are urged to attend and cast ballots.
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Linton First Christian Church
Unity Lodge 637 Confers Degrees Tonight At 7:30
Degree work will be conferred at a meeting of Unity lodge No. 637 at the local lodge hall tonight. Officers extended an invitation to members from other lodges to attend.
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Unity Lodge
Mrs Homer Fordyce Visiting Daughter in South Bend
Mrs Homer Fordyce is spending a few days with her daughter Mrs Robert H Briggs in South Bend.
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Homer Fordyce
Robert H. Briggs
Sout Bend
Briefcase Found Links Robbery to Credit Heist
A farm found briefcase 100 miles from Muncie hints at a $29,000 theft by two bandits who stole cash and checks from a department store credit manager. One robber rode a bicycle, the other fled on foot. Martha Ann Shaffer found the case near a corn field path and said it was carefully placed.
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Columbus
Ind
Muncie
Martha Ann Shaffer
Greene County Coaches Dinner Meet Time Moved
The dinner meeting of Greene County high school basketball coaches is changed to 6 p.m. Thursday at the Roosevelt hotel. Announcement was made today.
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Greene County
Roosevelt Hotel
Bush Blooming At South Linton Home For Second Time
Fletcher Lester reports a fire bush at his South Linton home is in full bloom for the second time this year. The unusual extra bloom appears amid a mild season.
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Fletcher Lester
South Linton
New Wire Reel Measures 3 Percent Inches Diameter
A compact reel designed to gather excess wire on electrical appliances or lamps measures three percent inches in diameter and stands just over one inch high.
Greene County Sends 77 to Indiana University
Indiana University reports a 23 percent enrollment rise over two years with 14,414 full time and 8,717 part time students. Greene County now lists 77 full-time enrollees from towns including Bloomfield Linton Lyons Marco Mineral Owensburg Salsberry and Worthington with multiple students at nursing medical and other programs.
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Bloomington
Ind
Indiana University
Greene County
C. E. Harrell
Harrell
Bloomfield
Robert F. Arthur
Janice Benham
Jo Feutz
Kenneth C. Foulks
Harvey L. Hannah Jr
Philip J. Harrah
Anna Hawkins
Frank R. Hawkins
Robert L. Heaton
William F. Hendren
Robert E. Hendrix
Wilma Hinkle
Gretchen Lynch
Garth D. Milburn
Ted A. Miller
Philip W. Nesbit
Bruce & Shertzer
Robert D. Slinkard
Donna Smith
James B. Sparks
Elizabeth Thomas
Nurses’ Training School
Indianapolis
Alma Titus
Geraldine White
Albert B. Freeland
Jasonville
Harry L. Brown
Gerald L. Dix
Betty Ann Duncan
Leonard Grandidier J
Thomas D. Huff
Robert M. Messick
Lawrence H. Pifer
Alta Pipes
Frances Zeps
Medical
Linton
Kenneth E. Ballard
Sue Ann Bogard
John J. Couskley
Paul E. Coakley
Emyle Craig
Rue L. Cromwell
Robert H. Duncan
Robert A. Elkins Jr
Emmanuel Fusco
Barbara Goodwin
Barbara Hannum
Samuel D. Heaton
William I. Jackson
Mary Lou Landis
William H Marshall
Jacquelyn Mead
Harrell C. Rein
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Pearcy
MASON
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Claude Rains Warren William Ralph Bellamy
Patric Knowles
Bela Lugosi
Maria Ouspenskaya
Evelyn Ankers
Lon Chaney
the Well Man
Yestutne
Andy Bivens Ona
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Paramount Presents
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I. Ai hiNe
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Monty Woolley
Ein Hua Chase
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