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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1948
Page
5
Indianapolis December 15 Republican state chairman H Clark Springer warned that the Hoosier GOP faces a long political drought unless leaders settle differences. In a letter to Republicans he blamed factionalism for the November defeat but urged rebuilding to win in 1950.
Republican leader Springer cited a party survey showing gains in three Indiana counties since the 1944 election. Lake County, a Democratic stronghold, posted a .7 percent gain, with Newton and Wayne counties also showing improvements.
Marine Sgt Sterling McGinnis is named as the fiancé of Ruth Farnsworth. Island officials investigate the homicide after the body is found in a jungle patch about 200 yards behind a curio shop where a San Francisco WAC worked part time to save for her trousseau.
Wayne Wendell Wilkin, a senior at Kent State University studying business administration, flies 8400 miles weekly for classes. He is a captain with KLM and travels from Akron to Kent every Tuesday night after a trans Atlantic flight from Amsterdam to New York. He then drives to Kent for three days, returns to New York Fridays, and resumes flights from New York to Amsterdam Saturdays.
Brown University biologists report that fatness from overeating can be inherited, based on experiments with a rotund mouse named Butterball and its offspring. The study also found fatness can be corrected through proper diet, similar to humans.
Newton Massachusetts patrolman Miles A. MacNeil, who often helped people with no carfare, received a small hope when a forgotten debtor sent three cents to repay four pennies borrowed a month earlier.
Evansville Indiana reporter John Calling an engineer says he has invented a pistol using dry ice instead of gunpowder. The device shoots a bullet with greater force than an air gun as four ounces of dry ice sit under the chamber and melt into carbon dioxide generating about 1 000 pounds of pressure per square inch.
Miami police report an 11 year old boy confessed to taking 36 bottles from a wholesaler's truck and drinking most of them. Police Chief Witt Ellis noted the boy's stomach ache led to the confession and no other details were disclosed.
Chicago motorists are alerted to a high school driver training zone with signs available to schools upon request. The Chicago Motor Club has distributed signs to several Midwestern schools where driver education is part of the curriculum.
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