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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1936
Page
4
Linton post office will stay open Saturday afternoon to handle increased outgoing mail and packages. Only the mail window will sell stamps and assist sending letters and parcels, closing at 6 p.m. A flood of greeting cards and parcel post is expected, peaking Monday with long lines and busy carriers.
President Roosevelt asserted the White House will strictly refrain from influencing the selection of a Democratic House leader. He noted that since 1933 there have been three speakers and two speakership contests, and the White House has stayed out of the final choice in each case and will apply the same rule to the majority leader position.
Thomas Bullock a 78 year old Worthington resident was admitted last night for treatment of a scalp wound from an automobile crash. Mrs Maud Harper of Salsberry underwent a major operation and Mrs Glen Martindale of Deans was to be taken home this afternoon.
Ex king Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor, appeared at Rothschild castle in Enzelfeld Austria and posed for news photographers for five minutes. He arrived after abdicating the British throne for love of Mrs Wallis Simpson and wore a gray lounge suit.
Churches in Linton and surrounding area prepare elaborate Christmas programs for Sunday worship. Morning services will include features and some churches will hold vesper or evening events with decorated interiors and nativity displays. All churches invite residents to attend the holiday observances.
Five short term convicts escaped the old state prison quarry in Joliet but were recaptured within an hour. Eighteen guards watched as the men pried rock from the play stone wall. Three were recaptured immediately and two more a mile and a half away after surrounding guards closed in. They offered no resistance.
Indianapolis Dec 18 Livestock market shows hogs 16000lb holdovers 67 1600 lbs down 10 cents underweights 15 cents lower lights 9 80 to 10 40 mediums 10 15 to 10 45 heavies 9 80 to 10 45 packing saws mostly steady bulk 9 00 to 9 65 cattle 700 dealers 400 all classes steady few steers offered heifers 5 50 to 7 00 cows 4 25 to 4 73 cutter grades 3 25 to 4 00 vealers 60 cents lower better lots 11 00 to 11 40.
A large crowd is expected Saturday at Grand theater for a free show featuring Joe E. Brown in Earthworm Tractor to collect food for Christmas baskets in Linton. Admission is a can of fruit or vegetables, with proceeds used to buy meat and other necessities. Potatoes are already being gathered from local schools, while organizers seek 300 to 400 dollars to complete the Christmas Cheer fund.
L B Connor, veteran Railway Express agent, says signs point to the heaviest Christmas buying in years. He notes express business as a trade barometer with merchants purchasing heavily and shipments reaching 2,000 miles overnight by air express, with holiday goods handled as late as Christmas Day.
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Brookshire of Roosevelt street are the proud parents of a 74 pound baby boy named Dave Owen born Sunday December 1 at the family home. Both mother and son are reported to be Botting along nicely.
Mr. and Mrs. Claude E Stone planned their thirty fifth anniversary at home in the Whit Rose community west of town. Mr Stone, 65, collapsed at home after arriving from work and died shortly after. Doctors cited hardening of the arteries. Survived by widow Anna three daughters Mrs Fay Bennett Mrs Wilma Mayfield and Mrs Isabelle Cooper three sons Victor Great and Riley one sister Mrs Attie Shipman. Last rites set for Sunday at North Mission church with interment Morris Chapel cemetery. Ray Newkirk of Pleasantville in charge.
Judge J Raymond Powell reports Greene county Christmas Seals total 448 dollars 17 cents as the drive sponsored by the County Tuberculosis association nears its close. Local groups including Alpha Delphian club J C Penney Elks Rotary Ladies Fancywork contributed small sums and the 1930s drive trails last year’s 487099 dollars but is expected to rally in coming days.
The Indiana State Supreme Court ruled 65 Farm Bureau Co operative associations are subject to the Gross Income tax. Unless Jasper County Cooperative Association secures a rehearing, about $110,000 in income taxes and interest held in escrow since 1933 will be collected. The ruling affects all counties with such cooperatives.
The Coca Colas surprised the favored Sinclair Oil bowlers by taking all three games. Emmett Harbett and Albert Hebb led Coca Colas, while Hank Larsen and Robert Harbett paced Sinclair. A later Rookie league match features Kelley Grocery vs Velvet Ice Cream at 8 p.m. with listed individual scores for Coca Colas and Sinclairs.
Miss Lyn Tyndall of Maryville College Tennessee returns home to spend Christmas holidays with her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Tyndall in the city.
Carl Turpin 38 and Frank Cophers 50 were struck by a car on U S Highway 41 near Municipal airport as they walked on the pavement while returning home after collecting a compensation check. Edwin D. Allen of Evanston Ill was questioned and released. Witnesses said the victims were Sullivan residents.
Officers and directors of the Switz City Bank were re-elected at the annual stockholders meeting Wednesday evening. Re-elected were D. J. Stantz as president W. H. Sharp as vice-president C. B. Hollars as cashier R. T. Aldridge as assistant cashier John Bennett L. V. Brewer and G. B. Daubenspeck as directors.
Mr and Mrs William Green of Fairview road learned today they are grandparents of a baby girl born this morning at Union hospital Terre Haute to Mr and Mrs Theodore Red Green The newborn weighed 614 pounds Red Green a former Linton high school football and basketball star now resides in Martinsville Illinois His wife is Arlene Prather formerly of Asmore Illinois
Miss Mary Lee Cardwell traveled to Detroit on Thursday due to the serious illness of her nephew Jim Henry Stewart.
Lyons high school netsters overcome Linton Miners 36 to 28 as McBride and Richardson lead a second-half surge. Linton trailed 28 to 13 after three quarters, with Beasley Jones and Fish as top scorers for the Miners in a windy hardwood matchup.
In Utah a dozen aircraft, including two seater scouts and ten passenger planes, launched an aerial survey of 14 000 square miles in a desert mountain region where a Western Air Express transport, missing three days, is believed to have crashed. Officials abandon hope of survivals but seek wreckage or clues to survivors directions.
The Sandborn basketball team defeated Marco 51 to 8 on the Bluebird court last night. Sandborn led 25 to 5 at halftime and exploded for 26 points in the final period.
The Greene County corn and small grain show at Worthington announced winners judged by Petey J. Lux. Purdue extension specialists GC Gregory and M C Pence led an extension school. a banquet capped the day with awards for top finishers across multiple categories including 10 ears yellow and white, single ear, bushel trophies, and sweepstakes.
Michigan City Ind December 18 193? condemned killer Harry Singer 25 confessed to the Bryant holdup murder in Detroit man 20. He named partner John Wesley Gaufman 52 who he killed with his wife and daughter in August. Authorities say the Caufman killings hid Singer's role in Bryant's death to keep his involvement quiet. He admitted to shooting Bryant and wounding his fiance Marguerite Rankin after stopping their car at a traffic light in Wabash.
Rebell forces threatened Madrid with another bombardment from the air weather permitting after a heavy fog shielded the city from a previous assault in which 56 planes attacked. Revised counts report 63 killed and 200 injured.
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