Abandoned passenger trains and public interest in change
The piece notes plans by the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Railway to petition for ending passenger service, leaving one daily train on the Illinois Central route. It recalls Indiana rail history, local depots, and the impact on mail and express service, plus social reflections on Lindbergh and public curiosity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company
Illinois Central
Effingham
Indianapolis
I. C
CIO Strike in Six Cities Shocks Postal Telegraph Workers
John L. Lewis warns the four million CIO members must be digested by the AFL or not at all. The Postal Telegraph strike affects Washington Buffalo Philadelphia Detroit New York and Pittsburgh as the CIO affiliate turns to a work stoppage to push a 20 percent wage increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
U.P
John L. Lewis
American Federation of Labor
Committee For Industrial Organization
Washington
D. C
Committee For Industrial Organization Today
Postal Telegraph Company
American Communications Association
Buffalo
Philadelphia
Detroit
New York
Revival Meeting 10 to Be Conducted by Linton United Brethren
A revival at Linton United Brethren Church runs Dec 15 to Jan 2 with Edith Rose from Cincinnati and Gerald Shrode from Central helping as musicians and youth workers. Raymond Boston leads the choir with Amy Burrell at piano. Pastor C D Plummer and guest speakers supervise Evangelistic seven evenings. Special Sunday program Dec 19 directed by Winona Boston invites all Sunday school members.
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Linton United Brethren Church
Edith Rose
Cincinnati
Gerald Shrode
Central
Raymond Boston
Amy Burrell
C. D. Plummer
Joe Goodman
Sam Tuttle
Nola Yoder
Bris Roush
Joslin
Glenburn
Winona Boston
Tuttle
Theft Reported of 200-Pound Hog North of Switz City
Ovid Herold, a resident two and a half miles north of Switz City, reported the theft of a 200 pound Poland hog. The theft occurred Sunday night and was not found until Monday morning. Blood under the road ice near the barn led Herold to believe the hog was killed and loaded onto a truck, but no clues to the thieves were found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poland
Ovid Herold
Switz City
Herold
Cameron Galls Recession Local Says Cameron Ford Speech
Detroit December 16 The current business recession is localized in extent says W J Cameron of Ford Motor Co Speaking to the Michigan Manufacturers Association there is no financial uncertainty distrust of banks or foreboding among the people He notes Michigan labor troubles aliens and a governor and president views on labor agitation and the right to strike while affirming respect for the presidency and a firm stand on principles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
W. J. Cameron
Ford Motor Company
Michigan Manufacturers Association
Michigan
Cameron
United States
Clerk-Treasurer Receives Greene County Tax Funds
The City of Linton received 5026.49 as its share of Greene County tax distributions from County Auditor Eskell Beasley. Allocation includes 465.67 for library, 558.80 for city park fund, 627.55 for Lin-Stock park, 813.21 for bond fund, and 2560.66 for water hydrant rental. Funds stem from citizens paying full tax installments.
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Linton
Eskell Beasley
Greene County
City Park
Lin-Stock Park
Pickpockets Get Prison Sentences in Indiana
John McDonald aged 59 and Eva Burns about 50 were sentenced to one to ten years after pleading guilty to grand larceny for pickpocketing during a corn husking event in Washington Indiana. McDonald received Indiana state prison while Burns goes to the women's prison in Indianapolis.
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Washington
Ind
John McDonald
Eva Burns
McDonald
Indiana State Prison
Miss Burns
Indianapolis
Frank E. Gilkison
Burns
Gilkison
Daviess County
E. C
Cannonball) Baker
Indiana license forms mailed for 1938 store permits
Indianapolis reports state license office mails 1938 license application forms to Indiana merchants holding 1937 permits. The chain store tax sets rates from 3.50 for single stores to 150.50 per store beyond twenty. Forms due by February 1 with 1987 licenses already ahead of 1936 by nearly 1,000.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana
Clarence A. Jackson
Jackson
County distribution of tax funds sent to Greene units
Checks totaling 101936.99 mailed to Greene county taxing units by Eskel Beasley county auditor. Distribution covers full installments of taxes. Beasley says this is the earliest such distribution in the county's history.
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Greene County
Eskel Beasley
Beasley
Repairing Work to Reopen Greene County Democratic HQ
The Greene County Democratic headquarters in the Duhne building on East Vincennes Street will begin restoration within days after a fire Tuesday. Damage is estimated around 800 dollars for the structure with further costs for furnishings and cleaning. shrubbery and fixtures may need replacement as soot coats walls and ceilings. Officials say work will be expedited to make the room usable again soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County Democratic
Duhne
Vincennes Street
Democratic Central Committee
Pacific lines offer discounts on Japan travel despite hostilities
Pacific passenger lines in San Francisco say Sino Japanese hostilities will not stop the 1940 Tokyo Olympics. They announce a 15 percent discount on single passages to Japan and a 10 percent cut on round trip tickets.
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San Francisco
U.P
Pacific
Tokyo
Japan
Housing bill advances with amendments for FHA insured loans
The house banking currency committee reported the Roosevelt housing bill with amendments. Chairman Henry B. Steagall said the house may take up the measure on Saturday. Changes reinstate FHA authority to insure repairs up to 10000 dollars and insure construction loans up to 2500 dollars, valid until July 1 1939.
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Washington, D. C
House Banking Currency Committee Today
Roosevelt
Henry B. Steagall
Ala
House
FHA
Treanor Nomination Passes Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Walter E. Treanor of Indianapolis won unanimous support from a Senate judiciary subcommittee to be a Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals judge. Dean Edward T. Lee of John Marshall Law School opposed, citing Treanor’s Indiana Supreme Court ruling on constitutional amendment passage by a majority of electors.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Judiciary
Walter E. Treanor
Indianapolis
Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
Edward T. Lee
John Marshall Law School
Chicago
Treanor
Indiana Supreme Court
Weather Clears Ice in Indiana as Fog Lifts and Temps Rise
Rising temperatures and light rain eroded the ice and snow across Indiana. Heavy fog diminished, traffic improves, but country roads remain quagmires. Temperatures climbed from 38 to 44 degrees as milder weather spreads across the region for the next two days.
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United Press
Indiana
Highway Commission
Nebraska
Pennsylvania
Iowa
Missouri
U. S. Weather Bureau
Kentucky
Great Lakes
Linton
Greene County
Maumee Tipple Fire Causes Small Damage
Firefighters were called to the Maumee Collieries company tipple south of Linton to extinguish a blaze caused by a belt in an oiling chamber. Inflammable materials were nearly nonexistent and damage was minimal.
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Maumee Collieries Company
Linton
Hog and cattle market recap with broad price moves
Opened 20 cents lower than Wednesday highs and closed 30 to 35 cents under early sales. Lights 8.50 to 8.25, mediums 8.20 to 8.40, heavies 7.40 to 7.60. Cattle 800 head, calves 580. Steers bid about 25 cents lower. heifers and cutter cows steady. Beef cows weak to 25 cents lower. cutters 3.75 to 5. Weaners steady to weak. bulk good to choice 12 to 12.50. Sheep 2,000 with lambs 25 cents higher. choice natives and fed westerns 9.50. Slaughter hogs 3.50 down.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Frisco Aims to Be City of Trees for 1939 Exposition
San Francisco launches a tree planting drive led by the Chamber of Commerce to decorate for the Golden Gate and International Exposition. The plan envisions turning bare spots into groves and lining streets with trees to create a lush cityscape.
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San Francisco
U.P
United States
Chamber of Commerce
Waneta Hadley Recovering After Appendis Body in Sullivan
Miss Waneta Hadley a junior high school teacher is reported recovering satisfactorily after an appendectomy at Mary Sherman hospital Sullivan notes indicate she is gaining strength and awaiting further improvement in health.
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Waneta Hadley
Mary Sherman Hospital
Sullivan
Safety Council Calls for Christmas Traffic Tolls Reduction
The National Safety Council urged a nationwide drive to cut the Christmas traffic death toll, which last December reached 4,290. It urges stricter law enforcement and cautious driving and walking during the holiday season to reduce accidents and fatalities.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
United States
Christian Youth to Hold Vesper Meeting in Linton
Christian Youth Advocates announce a vesper service at 5 p.m. Sunday in the Saron Reformed church for Linton young people. The theme Jesus the Light of the World promised to inspire and attract a large attendance. further details will appear Friday in the Citizens church notice page.
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Jesus the
Light of the World
Linton
Saron
Christian Youth Advocates
Hospital Report on Local Residents
Evelyn Tetbieck of Linton rural route 3 was taken to her home this afternoon. Milton Schrorer's condition is reported to be about the same.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evelyn Tetbieck
Linton
Milton Schrorer
Donations Listed For Lin ton Associated Charities
Donations to date for the Linton Associated Charities total 355 dollars. Contributions come from Community Chest Linton B P Elks Mrs Jasper Schloot.
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Linton Associated Charities
Community Chest
Linton
B. P. Elks
Jasper Schloot
Japan recalls Mitsunami over Panay attack and oil ships
Rear Admiral Teizo Mitsunami commander of aerial operations in China is ordered home to Tokyo and to be removed from his post, signaling Japan's first step to punish those responsible for the Panay attack and the three Standard Oil steamers. Hull confirms Panay was machine gunned by Japanese surface vessels after air bombing, a key escalation amid strained ties.
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Shanghat
U.P
Teizo Mitsunami
China
Japan
United States
Panay
Standard Oil
Mitsunami
Tokyo
Great Britain
Washington
Shale Cordell
Hull
Americn
Joseph C. Grew
Conservation clubs urged to build dens for wildlife
Indiana conservation officials call on nearly seven hundred clubs to construct raccoon and squirrel dens to boost wildlife numbers. Plans prepared by the Division of Fish and Game are available, and hundreds of dens have already been built by clubs in support of the program.
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Indiana
Virgil M. Simmons
Department of Conservation
Division of Fish and Game
Indian Population Rise Shocks India 1935 Census Growth
The public health commissioner reports that British India gained about 1.5 million people between the 1931 census and mid 1935, with the population rise continuing in Bombay and across the region.
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Bombay
U.P
British India
Public Health Commissioner
Milk Drinkers Rewarded by Houston Volunteers
U P I men visited Houston presenting $1 bills to people drinking milk as part of a campaign to boost milk consumption and support a key local agricultural sector.
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Houston
Tex ‘U
Legion Sons To Meet For Friday Evening Session
The Sons of the American Legion are urged to attend a meeting at 6 30 p m Friday at the American Legion Home. An announcement by the captain says there will be practice for the Christmas program during the gathering.
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Sons of the American Legion
American Legion
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Col
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State Board of Education
Monroe County
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Lewis
S.W.O.C
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C.I.O
A. F. of L
William Green
House of Representatives
United Brethren Church
City Today
National Executive Committee
St. Louis
John D. M. Hamilton
Walter H. Hallanan
West Virginia
Hoover
Landon
Democratic
O. K
Gull
U.S
Maumee Tipple
U. S
Safety Council
Christian Youth
Admiral Mitsunama
Legion Sons
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