Mine Run James H Persons recalls early Linton history
Ter re Haute visitor James H Persons aged 79 recalls Linton’s early days. He arrived from Jackson County Ohio in 1886 during coal mine openings and served on Linton’s first town board with L G Chapman and John Thompson. He notes Chapman helped found the town and identifies early officers.
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James H. Persons
Linton
Terre Haute
Jim
Jackson County
Ohio
Clay County
Edwardsport
Kentucky
Mr. Persons
L. G. Chapman
John Thompson
Persons
Thompson
Frank Spellering
Ben Baker
Phillip Ison Takes His Own Life at 69 in Greene County
Ill health was given as the reason for Phillip Ison's death, discovered by his brother Lessie on Sunday morning. A lifelong Greene County resident and former farmer, he left a wife Mollie Burks Ison who had died years earlier. Surviving siblings include Robert Hallie Lessie four sisters. funeral arrangements set for Tuesday at Welch and Cornett with Rev. Robert Boyd, burial in Pleasant Grove Cemetery.
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Phillip Ison
Twelfth Street Southeast
Lessie Ison
Ison
Greene County
William
Mary Ison
Robert
Hallie
Bloomington
Lessie
Muncie
Flora Ham
Mary Jane ‘Porter
Emma Kidd
Lesser, Jil
Charlotte Palmer
Mollie Burks Ison
Welch and Cornett Funeral Home
Robert Boyd
Pleasant Grove
Rule announced against cashing relief checks in taverns
Indianapolis report says the Alcoholic Beverages Commission forbids cashing of relief or WPA checks in taverns. Licenses can be revoked for violations. Administrator Hugh A. Barnhart says relief funds should not support liquor. Commission also bans punch board and lottery chances in taverns and urges retailers to end boss leaders and cut-rate beer pricing.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Alcoholic Beverages Commission
Hugh A. Barnhart
Commission
Welders to Meet Paxton in Linton-Stockton Gym
Linton junior high Welders, riding an undefeated home record, face Paxton junior high at Linton-Stockton High School gym. The Welders aim for their sixth win while Black Creek A-Team visits as curtain-raiser with four wins and no losses.
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Linton Junior High School
Paxton Junior High
Linton-Stockton High School
Black Creek
Dove Devours Pudding Butter In Capeless Home
A dove invaded Frank M. Capeless’s home in Ruthland VI and consumed four plates of chocolate pudding a pound of butter and the sugar bowl before residents ejected it.
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Ruthland
Frank M. Capeless
Death notice for Mrs Zelia Hand Waggoner of Lyons area
Report from Linton relatives states Mrs Zelia Waggoner died December 4 in Elmo Texas. Former Lyons and Linton resident, she was Miss Zelia Hand daughter of Milton M Hand and Mrs Hand. Sister of Fred Hand. funeral and burial held in Texas.
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Linton
Zelia Waggoner
Elmo
Texas
New Home of Post Dedicated by Linton U S W V
More than one hundred members and guests attended Sunday for dedication of the new U S W V Post home at 176 Fifth Street Southeast. Dignitaries included Dr E V Bull mayor, Rev Guy Ramsey, Mrs Mary E Dunn, Capt Dudley, John M Grayson, and James Asrey.
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Fifth Street Southeast
David D. Wiles
United Spanish War Veterans
Doc. A. Mowery
Plummer
United Brethren Church
E. V. Bull
Linton
Guy Ramsey
M. E. Church
Mary E. Dunn
Vincennes
Linton Post
Greene county seal sale raises funds for anti tuberculosis effort
The Greene county anti tuberculosis association reports a seal sale total of 411.56 received to date. Receipts by post office include Bloomfield 84.57 Beulah McCoy 5 Dugger 2.45 Jasonville 61.24 Linton 174.20 Tri Kappa 5 P C Penney Co 5 Peoples Trust Co 5 Lyons 18.40 Marco 1.02 Midland 2.20 Mineral 2 Newberry 9.50 Owensburg .90 Sandborn 2.35 Scotland 1.45 Solsberry 4.60 Switz City 11.05 Worthington 24.80. Four thousand letters returned. this total is $3 higher than the same period last year.
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Greene County anti-Tuberculosis Association
Bloomfield
Beulah McCoy
Marco
Midland
Mineral
Newberry
Owensburg
Sandborn
Scotland
Solsberry
Switz City
Worthington
Bucket Brigade Saves Headley Home North of Linton
Fire near a chimney at the Charles Headley dwelling three miles north of Linton spread before discovery. Passing motorists R. M. Buskirk and George Swaby helped form a bucket brigade that checked and finally extinguished the flames. The Headley home suffered extensive damage.
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Charles Headley
Linton
Headley
R. M. Buskirk
George Swaby
Ice Coating Paralyzes Travel From Rockies to Appalachians
Ice glaze and freezing rain disrupt air rail and road travel across a wide region. Chicago area flights suspended and highways hazardous as temperatures edge above zero, with schools canceling in many counties. One pedestrian injured in Greene County while buses operated on slim schedules.
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Rocky
Appalachian Mountains
Chicago Municipal
East
U. S
C. A. Donnel
Chicago
Greene County
Maurice Callahan
Linton
Leslie Funeral to Honor Indiana's Ex Governor
The body of Harry G. Leslie Indiana's 32nd governor arrives in Indianapolis and lies in state at the capitol from 2 to 4 p m. The flag at the statehouse is half mast. He died Friday night in Miami from a heart attack. Funeral services are set for 1 p m tomorrow at Scottish Rite cathedral with burial in Crown Hill cemetery.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Harry G. Leslie
Indiana
Indiana Capitol
Miami
Fla
Leslie
Crown Hill Cemetery
New Deal Wins Court Victory on Gold Bond Clauses
The Supreme Court ruled 6 to 3 that redemption calls on called gold clause government bonds issued in 1934 and 1935 were valid. Interest ceased on the redemption date, despite the Treasury's refusal to redeem in gold. Justices McReynolds wrote the dissent. Justices Butler and Sutherland joined.
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NEW Deal
Washington, D. C
Supreme Court
Treasury
Pierce Butler
George Sutherland
James C. McReynolds
Hugo L. Black
Harlan F. Stone
Wallace Urges Balanced Abundance At Farm Bureau Meet
Secretary Henry A. Wallace urged agriculture labor and capital to pull together to increase output at the American Farm Bureau Federation convention in Chicago. He warned against a policy of scarcity and called for a balanced abundance to boost goods.
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Chicago
Henry A. Wallace
Wallace
American Farm Bureau Federation
Rites announced for Linton barber Harrison Laughlin
Harrison Edgar Laughlin known as Cooney Laughlin, 62, a longtime Linton barber, died Sunday after a week long pneumonia illness at Freeman Givene county hospital. Born October 19 1875 in Bloomfield he worked in several Linton shops including New Linton Myers Slinkard. He is survived by two brothers Ira T. of Bloomfield and O R. of Greensburg. Funeral services Tuesday at Clayton funeral home Linton with later services at Kidd chapel Bloomfield and burial in Bloomfield cemetery. Local barbershops to close during funeral services.
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Harrison Edgar “Cooney” Laughlin
Linton
Freeman Givene County Hospital
Mr. Laughlin
Bloomfield
Dana Terrell
Joseph H. Laughlin
New Linton Hotel
Myers
South Main Street
Slinkard
East Vincennes Street
Ira T
O. R
Greensburg
Clayton Funeral Home
Kidd Undertaking
J. N. A. Downey
Bloomfield Cemetery
Judge Dwyer Fines Himself Two Dollars in Parking Violation
In Woonsocket Rhode Island Judge Edward F. Dwyer fined himself two dollars for parking on the wrong side of the street, a deviation from his prior practice of imposing fines in traffic cases. The incident highlights judicial self-penalization in a parking violation.
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Woonsockiet, R. I
U.P
Edward F. Dwyer
U S Demands Japan Full Satisfaction Over Panay Sinking
The United States demanded full satisfaction and compensation from Japan for the Panay bombing. President Roosevelt expressed deep concern while Cordell Hull notified the Japanese ambassador of the protest. Hull and officials prepared to escalate action amid Sino-Japanese hostilities. Britain also protested Japan over Yangtze attacks.
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Washington
United States
Japan
Cordell Hull
Hiroji Saito
Saito
Roosevelt
Yangtze
D. C
U.P
State Department
Panay
White House
Cordel Hull
Hull
Stephen T. Early
Tokyo
London
Great Britain
Anthony Eden
House of Commons
Legion Rabbit Fry Draws Large Crowd in Linton
A large crowd attended the Linton American Legion post annual rabbit fry at the home on B street northeast. The evening featured entertainment and speeches including a Bloomfield male quartet and J. Fred Hinman singing with guitar accompaniment.
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Linton Frank Courtney American Legion Post
B’ Street
Bloomfield
J. Fred Hinman
Post
Hospital Report Highlights Local Health and Births
Mrs John Blume of White Rose admitted for a minor operation. Ray and Mrs Ellis welcome a baby boy James Windsor Ellis weighing 7 pounds 2 ounces. Both mother and baby satisfactory. Mrs Frank Bailey and daughter Karen Elizabeth home Sunday. Mr Schrorer improving. Ervin Dierdorf of Jasonville returns home Saturday.
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John Blume
White Rose
Ray Ellis
Wolves in Renfrew area described as thick as rabbits
An Ottawa hunter reports wolves west of Renfrew are abundant and keep his deer-hunting party awake at night. One hunter earned a $15 bounty for bagging a three legged timber wolf.
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Renprew
Ont
U.P
Here
Panay Sunk In Nanking Bombing. 96 Feared Dead
Reports from Shanghai and New York state 96 killed when Japanese planes bombed four Allied vessels near Nanking. Panay sank almost instantly. Bee found a lone launch. Three Standard Oil boats wrecked. several crew and civilians missing or wounded.
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New York
Socony-Vacuum Company Today
China
Nanking
Shanghai
U.P
United States
Yanktze River
Bee
Panay
Standard Oil
J. J. Hughes
A. F. Anders
E. P. Gassie
Governor Townsend Announces Indiana Industrial Plan
Governor M. Clifford Townsend will outline a state program for industrial development at a December 17 meeting with chamber of commerce secretaries. The plan, done in cooperation with the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce, aims to attract repayable businesses to Indiana by offering information on factories, transportation, housing, and employment.
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Indianapolis
Ind
M. Clifford Townsend
Indiana
Chamber of Commerce
Townsend
Indiana State Chamber of Commerce
State Chamber of Commerce
State Planning Board
Ickes's Son Swings Shovel in Pittsburgh Construction
Robert H. Ickes, foster son of Interior Secretary Harold Ickes, works as a laborer on a Rust Engineering Co construction gang in Pittsburgh, starting from the bottom to climb the hill of success in Youngstown.
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Youngstown
Ohio
Robert H. Ickes
Harold Ickes
Young Ickes
Rust Engineering Company
Pittsburgh
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Baker
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Cook County Hospital
Russia
Norway
Chicago Board of Education
Linton U.S.W.V
Rev
Ramsey
Seal Sale
Bucket Brigade
Virgil Herbert Effinger
Black Legion
Lima
Wayne County
Mich
Court of Appeals
Effinger
Betty
United Press
RITES
Rev. Downey
Legion Auxiliary
American Legion Auxiliary
Max Friedman
E. J. Ecker
Herbert Priest
Herbert Asdell
Bill Coleman
Haldon Beasley
Willis Pirtle
Ed Stoeckel
Harry Wade
American Legion ‘Auxiliary
Dessie Fitzpatrick
John R. Ecker
John Ecker
Meredith Jones
Thad Spice
Floyd Shannon
Francis Haseman
Ray Macgruider
U.S
Department of State
Legion
Hohsien
Gvernor
Ickes
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