Early air travel Dawns for Linton and Greene County
The writer recalls the first Greene County gravel road between Lyons and Bloomfield around 1889 or 1890 and notes pioneers overcame opposition to road improvement. He argues now is the time for good men to aid their community as air travel and cargo transport loom, with Congress directing a Civil Aeronautics survey to be reported within six months and Linton rated in CLASS 4. There’ll be work Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County
Lyons
Bloomfield
Congress
Civil Aeronautics Administaror
Friendship Club December Meeting Held at Mrs Morgan's
Mrs Sally Morgan entertained members of the Friendship club at the December meeting with a business session followed by games and contests. Refreements were served to seven members and regrets were received from Levy Belval. The next meeting will be an all day event at Mrs Millie Goodson's home.
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Sally Morgan
Friendship Club
Theer
Meadams Zella Moore
Anna Shepard
Aline Belval
Henrietta Spurgeon
Millie Goodson
Lizzie Gamblin
Mrs. Morgan
Levy
A Belval
Brownie Scout Christmas Party Planned at Myra Cooper Home
Members of a Brownie Scout troop will hold a Christmas party at Myra Cooper's home at 190 B Street Northwest on Saturday afternoon starting at 1 30. Those without transport are asked to meet at the Methodist church at 1 20 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra Cooper
B” Street
Glenburn Sunday School Plans Christmas Program
Members of the Glenburn Sunday school will present their annual Christmas program Sunday evening at 7 30 o clock. The public is cordially invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glenburn Sunday School
Patch's Seventh Army Breaks German Border in 19 Mile Front
General Patch's Seventh Army crosses from Alsace into the Rhenish Palatinate near Karlsruhe marking the third invasion of Nazi Germany by US forces. The drive follows four months after landing in southern France as armored units push toward the Siegfried line. Frontline troops enter German soil at 1:30 pm near Wissembourg with Eisenhower directing three springboards toward the Reich.
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Paris
U.P
Alexander Patch
Alsace
Rhenish Palatinate
Karlsruhe
Reich
United States
Patch
France
Mediterranean
Germany
Siegfried Fine
Wissembourg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cologne
Saarland
Seventh
Seventh Army
Roer
Saar
Vosges
Grman
Robert Bedwell Wounded Serving U S Forces
Mrs. Sylvia Bedwell of Coalmont was notified by the War Department that her son Robert D. Bedwell has been seriously wounded on Leyte. He has served over three years, including two years in Hawaii and on Guam, and is the youngest son of Mrs. Bedwell and brother of Mrs. Bessie Sparks of Jasonville.
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Sylvia Bedwell
Coalmont
United States War Department
Robert D. Berwell
Leyte
Sandl
Guam
Robert
Bedwell
Bessie Sparks
Jasonville
Indiana Deaths and Disasters From Across the State
In South Bend a final disposition on Robert White Misha waka who pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an accident that killed Farington A Bridwell of Indianapolis was taken under advisement. A Norwalk Truck Line facility burned destroying three loaded trailers and stored war materiel in a furnace back blast.
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South Bend
U.P
Superior Court
Robert White
Mishawaka
Farington A. Bridwell
Indiaapolis
Norwalk
Former Resident Injured by Car in Kenmore NY
Milne A. Smith a former resident of Linton and Dugger was struck by an oncoming car while crossing a street in Kenmore New York Friday night carrying his small daughter. He suffered a broken pelvis and head and back injuries but his condition is listed as satisfactory.
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Milne A. Smith
Linton
Dugger
Kenmore
New York
Smith
Tremain St
Kenmore, N. Y
Missing in Action Couple Updates Family in Bloomington
Mr and Mrs Elvin Page learn their nephew Fgt Carl Brosman of Bloomington is missing in action in France since November 26 He is married to Ruth Page Brosman of Bloomington in this World War II era notice.
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Elvin Page
Fgt
Carl Brosman
Bloomingto
France
Ruth Page Brosman
Bloomington
Leyte Campaign Hit With Three Japanese Ships Lost
Allied reports say three 1,000-ton Japanese ships and at least 91 planes were destroyed as Leyte operations near final stages. Japanese casualties on Leyte and Samar reached about 82,554 with American losses at 2,176 killed and 7,967 wounded. 257 missing.
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Leyte
William B. Dickinson
United Press
Allied Headquarters
Philippines
U.R
Luzon
Comei
FCC
Manila
Legaspi
Batangas
Lipa
Mindanao
Ormoc
Douglas MacArthur
Samar
Miners at Bloomfield in bitter rival clash tonight
Linton Miners visit Bloomfield for a highly anticipated basketball showdown described as a rip snorter. Bloomfield, led by Coach McLaughlin, faces a strong Linton squad with Jaffre away in naval service and a lineup featuring Veatch Oliphant Heaton Stone Stareup Dudley Perigo Friedman Moehman McNew.
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Bloomfield
Linton Miners
Ladson
Jaffre
United States Navy
McLaughliin
Switz City
Worthington
Spencer
Dugger
Politic
University of Bloomington
Veatch
Oliphant
Heaton
Stone
Dudley
Perigo
Friedman
Moehman
McNew
Greeks Propose Compromise In Greek Rebel Talks
In Athens a Greek insurgent proposal for a compromise settlement to end the battle with British troops was submitted to Lt. Gen. Ronald Scobie. The plan from Eam seeks amnesty for Elas forces and a new national government while possibly a regency. Fighting continued in Athens and Piraeus with guerrilla activity near Salonika.
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Athens
Ronald Scobie
Greece
Elas
Patras
Eam
Attica
Scobie
Harold MacMillan
Mediterranean
George Papandreou
Reginald Leeper
Piraeus
Salonika
Pvt Herman Hayes Injured by Nazis in Germany
Pvt Herman Hayes son of Mr and Mrs W E Hayes was wounded on Dec 2 while serving with the United States Army somewhere in Germany. He is 31 years old. enlisted March 1941 and has been overseas 33 months. He is now confined to a hospital in England.
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Pvt
Herman Hayes
W. E. Hayes
United States Army
Germany
Pvt. Hayes
England
Lupe Velez Ends Life Over Desire for Family
Hollywood reports Lupe Velez, 34, took sleeping pills after telling Estelle Taylor she could not live with the delay of her planned child and engagement to Harold Ramond. Autopsies indicate she would have become a mother in about five months. Ramond expressed shock and claimed they meant to marry, though dates and plans were unsettled.
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Hollywood
U.R
Lupe Velez
Estelle Taylor
Jack Dempsey
Miss Taylor
Jack Oakie
Harold Ramond
Ramond
Victor Cafalu
Vele
Ed Gourson
Beverly Hills
Miss Velez
Girl Scout Party Set for Monday
All patrols of the Intermediate and Brownie Girl Scout Troop plan a Christmas party Monday evening December 18 from 4 15 to 6 at the Methodist church basement. The Intermediate troop will go Christmas caroling.
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Methodist Church
Greene county bond sales lag as War Loan drive nears finish
Greene county has advanced to 695 440.25 toward a 775 000 quota as of December 11. The New York Central Railroad credited an 8 000 purchase. Indiana faces a final push for 239 million Sixth War Loan with Hoosiers urged to support the effort and report figures to Margaret Cooper by Saturday evening.
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Greene County
E. V. Bull
New York Central Railroad
Indiana
Margaret Cooper
Glenburn Youth Plan Christmas Party Announcement
Glenburn youth in Mrs. Grant Wall's primary class announce their annual Christmas party at the community house. The event will be held Saturday at 1 PM, announced today.
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Glenburn
Grant Wall
Marriage License Granted in Bloomfield
A marriage license was granted this morning in the county clerk office at Bloomfield to Max Slough of Coal City and Coleta Hunter daughter of Mr and Mrs John Hunter of Worthington.
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Bloomfield
Max Slough
Coal City
Coleta Hunter
John Hunter
Worthington
German Forces Stall Red Army Temporarily At Gates of Budapest
Final reports in the U. S. O. drive in Greene county show that 15001.25 of the 22000 quota was reached. Of this amount 9525.53 was raised on the west half of the river while the eastern half accounted for 5475.99. Leaders thanked all who helped and the public for their royal support.
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Red Army
Budapest
Greene County
Budapest siege battles tighten as Soviet drive stalls
Murky reports from Moscow and Berlin describe heavy fighting around Budapest with 1.5 million Soviet and Romanian troops massed for a push toward Austria. Axis defenses harden along a 50 mile arc, and Budapest radio scripts vow the city will become a Stalingrad, as civilian mobilization rises for labor and combat roles.
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London
Red
Budapest
Stalingrad
Moscow
Slovakia
Berlin
Hungary
Austria
Budapes
Paul Vago
Hungaria
Danube
Rodion V. Malinovsky
Pest
Budapest-Szekesfehvar
Germany
School children urged to boost Sixth War Bond drive
O. L. Johnson, superintendent of schools, says a letter will go home to all parents in Linton schools urging every pupil to help meet Indiana’s $46 million Sixth War Loan quota. The message appeals for family sacrifice to back Hoosier soldiers and support the home front battle.
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O. L. Johnson
Linton
Indiana
Hoosier
Germany
Japan
Priest Assumes Duties as Linton Auto License Branch Manager
Herb Priest becomes branch manager of the Linton Auto License Branch at 20 East Vincennes Street. He appointed Mrs. Eu fala Hagaman Reynolds to run the office, noting her extensive bookkeeping experience. The office will close Saturday and next Tuesday for staff training.
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Herb Priest
Linton Auto License
East
Vincennes Street
Powerful Allied Convoy Sails West Through Philippines
Japanese broadcasts cited a formidable allied convoy moving west through the Mindanao Strait into the Sulu Sea near Leyte as about 400 carrier based American planes attacked Luzon. The Domei dispatch notes an unconfirmed convoy in action foreshadowing a major operation to widen American lines in the Philippines.
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Philippines
Sulu Sea
Domei News
FCT
Local Boys Help Pick Up Paper
John Corbin and Gene Inman helped haul scrap paper in the high school building. Students had made a horse to house canvass earlier in the week after a government appeal for scrap paper.
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John Corbin
Gene
Inman
Hospital Report and Births in Local News
Jack Cox of Bloomfield underwent minor surgery Thursday afternoon and was dismissed this morning. A boy weighing 8 pounds 4 ounces was born to Mrs. Ivan Buber of Owensburg this morning, named James Howard. Mrs. Loris Earlywine and baby were taken home in Coalmont Thursday. Mrs. Charley Hunter and they were taken home today.
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Jack Cox
Bloomfield
Ivan Buber
Owensburg
James Howard
Loris Earlywine
Baby
Coalmont
Charley Hunter
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Gerald W. Landis
Brown
Lirton
Robert Bedwell
U.S. War Department
Indiana News
Indianapolis
Ndianapolis
Marion County
Roy B. Storms
Howard Charles Rodenbeck
Fort Wayne
Dean
Brownstown
Ind
John C. Branaman
Jackson
Schricker
Charles Finch
Fayette County
Finch
Connersville
Joseph Schoenfeld
Enrique Carason
Cadre
Bloomfield Gamp
U.S.C
Axis
Stalingras
Bruce W. Munn
United Press Staff
Corresponent
Bond Drive
Tokyo
Philippine
Domei
Mindanao Strait
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