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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1935
Page
2
The Linton Daily Citizen, a Democratic newspaper, published by Linton Citizen Corp, includes standard publisher details and postal designation. Editor and Publisher John A. Watkins is listed.
Public notices obituaries and cards of thanks priced per line with permanent column inches and each reading block charged at one cent per word. First insertion minimum two lines. announcements not news or purely social are listed under advertising rates.
D B Thomas left for Granite City for temporary employment. The Royal Neighbors elected officers including Oracle Naomi Gastinearly-By-U, Nova Sipes recorder, Ethelda Jean Receiver, Laura Miller Chancellor, Thelma Kinnaman Marshal, Golda Christenberry Inner Sentinel, Vada Brewer Outer Sentinel, Mary Clar se, Manager. Local events include club meetings on home meaning, poems read, and a December 9 Mystery Mothers party at the M I church with Mystery Daughters. Families visiting nearby towns are noted along with church and society activities.
Local notes report visits by George Budd of Terre Haute and Miss Kiva Parker of Louisville. Birth announced for Judith Joan Wilkes. Church groups plan Christmas events at homes and basements with dinners and gift exchanges.
Washington dispatch outlines that Congress aims for a brief, harmonious adjournment ahead of the 1936 conventions. It notes Democrats seek unity while Republicans show cohesion but anticipate internal strains as Roosevelt pursues a liberal program including funds bills, a new neutrality law, pure food and drugs reform, a ship subsidy act, and NRA substitutes.
Representative Wesley N. Disney of Oklahoma calls for a National Academy of Public Affairs to train youths for federal civil service, likening it to West Point. Veterans doubt the merit system will endure as politics increasingly governs hiring and promotion, with turnover nearing 80 percent under New Deal administrations.
New York reports emphasize government loan profits as a campaign theme. The Reconstruction Finance Corporation, steered by Jesse Jones, is praised for nonpartisan management while deeply tied to bank and railroad investments. Critics note rising recoverables and asset accounting amid Roosevelts policies.
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