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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1928
Page
6
President elect Herbert Hoover ends Uruguay stay aboard the battleship Utah and sails toward Rio de Janeiro for several days rest. Uruguay’s Campisteguy hosts a banquet praising U S friendship and cooperation.
A state witness in the Mafia kidnaping trial was shot dead in Chicago late yesterday. Ole Schalzetti known as Scully, a cousin of boy Billy Raieri, died, while three companions were beaten. one may die. The kidnapers had demanded a $60,000 ransom for the ten year old.
Shoals Indiana December 18 in Circuit court a receiver for the Shoals Pearl Button company is asked to be appointed in a suit filed by Miss Ruby Savage who claims she holds 300 in due bills assigned by workers as evidence of indebtedness for wages and alleges the firm is insolvent.
Princeton Indiana report says Lee Bush thirty two employed at Kings mine of the Princeton Mining company is hospitalized at Methodist with hip and shoulder injuries after being caught between two empty coal cars in the mine Sunday night.
Col. Winfield T. Durbin aged 82 former Governor of Indiana died at his home in Anderson after a period of influenza. He governed Indiana from 1900 to 1904 and his wife Mrs. Durbin had also been ill. his condition worsened since yesterday.
Indiana health authorities say the flu epidemic has peaked and is under control though several schools are closed and many new cases were reported in the last day. Ten deaths occurred in the past three days.
Emma Ratliff sued Dick Johnson township official Lee Ringo claiming the teachers tenure statute violates the state constitution. Judge T W Hutchinson ruled the law unconstitutional in a mandamus suit, noting Ratliff’s fourteen years of service and Ringo’s decision to omit her from next year’s staff.
Mrs. Nancy Hammond 69 was killed when struck by an automobile driven by Mrs. Alberta Larimore on a city street in Fort Wayne. The incident was reported by United Press Dispatches.
London dispatch reports the king remains in a precarious state as doctors continue their life saving efforts. Officials stress that bulletin fluctuations do not promise recovery and emphasize the need for public realism about the gravity of the monarch’s health. Buckingham Palace notes a slight improvement despite a disturbed night.
United Press dispatch reports that bandits dynamited a Guadalajara to Colima train near Quemado in Jalisco. Locomotive and mail cars overturned, one soldier injured, attackers fled. earlier a clash near Maravato, Michoacan killed one soldier and one bandit with a 70-strong force.
Garris Lockenbour, 22, turned himself in to Bedford police after a robbery attempt at the Thomas Winiger grocery near Paol Indiana led to the death of John Lurrie. He said hiding was too irksome and surrendered.
The home of Lawrence F. King, trustee of the sanitary district and a Thompson leader, was bombed in Chicago on December 18. King and his five children were shaken from bed but unharmed. He said he had discharged several sanitary board employees recently but doubted a connection to the attack.
National Association of Gas Manufacturers engineers arrive in Linton to observe the liquefied butane gas process used by the Linton Gas Co. Government representatives and Richard Leitch oversee experiments as Milo Mitchell and the Rotary Club arrange tours including the electric stripping plant. The event highlights Linton as a notable advertising point.
A dog team with a large vaccine supply races toward Holy Cross to halt a inland spread of smallpox from the coast. Amateur radio from Anvik and St. George Island relays J. W. Chapman message to Gov. Parks, noting half of Anvik's vaccine sent to Holy Cross 50 miles away.
Ten year old Billy Ranieri testified before Judge Robert Gentger after being kidnapped for ransom. Prosecutors rely on wide law enforcement to protect him from the Mali's intimidation as they pursue three suspects. A key witness Ole Scully was slain last night by five men in a separate assault.
In Martinsville Indiana Joe 1A pelts valued at $1000 were taken from the storehouse of fur buyer John Mozier. The thieves appeared familiar with the building as the furs were kept in two separate rooms and included coon opossum and skunk pelts.
Charles A Hinsch 68 longtime banker and former American Bankers association president died in Cincinnati after an appendicitis operation. He was stricken Friday and his wife Myra Innes Iginsch was at his bedside when death occurred.
Chicago reports a sharp decline in flu cases as cold weather returns after a snowy spell. Health Commissioner Arnold Kegel says new infections should drop, despite 112 new cases and 17 deaths from pneumonia and influenza in the last 24 hours.
Petersburg reports Atlas No. 3 Mine of Pike County Coal Co. resumes after a year, employing 125 men. Atlas No. 1 Mine opens with 400 workers. Gladstone Coal Co. plans double shift next week. All mines pay $6.10 daily under the union wage. Ingle mine at Littles accelerates to be ready by February 1 as an all mechanical operation.
Former Indiana governor Winfield T. Durbin is ill at his Anderson home, pneumonia diagnosed and in unsatisfactory condition per attending physicians.
A report notes the immense project revival, describing the Ansderges return as the most ambitious effort in the era. The piece emphasizes renewed drive and strategic plans.
Hammond trustee Berick Lund is ordered to explain a poor fund rise to 294288.22 from 1927 to 1928 amid alleged fee splitting with doctors. The examination cites affidavits naming doctors and merchants with substantial payments and accuses collusion in fund management.
A total of 40,087 new influenza cases in 20 states and New York City were reported for the week ending December 16 by the U.S. Public Health Service. The figure compares with about 41,000 new cases the previous week across all states.
Governor-elect and Mrs. Harry G. Leslie will attend the Michigan City Chamber of Commerce dinner tonight with Leslie poised as the principal speaker. The event marks a notable public appearance ahead of Leslie's upcoming term.
Evansville Indiana December 18 Martha J Hassell aged 62 died after ingesting poison she mistook for medicine while ill with influenza. The incident was ruled accidental and reported by United Press dispatch.
Fragmentary OCR text describes a local cleanup effort or stylistic note with unclear names and places. It mentions Cleveland and a sealer context but lacks coherent facts to confirm events or outcomes.
Bolivia accepted the Pan American conference offer for arbitration to resolve border incidents with Paraguay after the clash at Fort Vanguardia in the Chaco. Paraguay also accepted mediation. The move followed large protests and calls for restraint after the December 6 confrontation.
Senate continues debate on convict labor bill and Kellogg treaty considerations. Committees resume hearings on nominations and reforms while House plans action on Boulder Dam amendments and reapportionment.
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