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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1944
Page
4
Lake City Ordnance Plant reports a new system using Piper Cubs to spot trouble zones on French Belgian Dutch and German roads and to radio ordnance wrecking crews into action in Germany.
Hollywood dispatch reports selection of a jury to decide paternity in Joan Barry-Chaplin case. Attorney Joseph Scott plans to call Dr Russell Starr to present obstetrical facts and Chaplin to recount the night of December 23, 1942 at his Beverly Hills home.
Allied dispatches report German thrusts across Belgium Luxembourg and into the Luxembourg border area as the Wehrmacht hurls reserves into a major offensive. American Third and Seventh armies push into the Siegfried line while resisting along the 50 mile front and countering paratroop actions behind Ninth Army lines.
Indiana district rationing officer Steve A. Conn said the first quarter of 1945 will match current allocations with four gallons for A tickets and five for B and C tickets. Officials had feared cuts due to gasoline sales since Oct 1 exceeding allocations.
A man about 70 identified tentatively as H. H. Randolph of Evansville Indiana died after a plane landed at Lambert St Louis airport. Eastern Airlines crew found him unresponsive at trip end. Cards on the body listed Evansville addresses 6214 Wentworth and 1138 E Columbia Street.
In Athens the Elas forces launched a pre dawn attack on Averon prison. British tanks and Greek troops fought to repel the assault as Elas gunmen entered the women's building after blasting holes in the wall. The raid aimed to free political prisoners including John Rallis and his cabinet members.
Jimmy Mitten is on a 30 day furlough visiting his parents Mr and Mrs James Mitten. He has just returned from sixteen months duty in the southwest Pacific with a Transport Division.
James B. Smith Jr AMM 2 C has completed 18 months on active duty and arrives for a few weeks leave with his parents Mr. and Mrs. James B. Smith.
Ralph M. McKim, recently inducted into the United States Army, has been sent to Camp Thomas J. Robinson in Arkansas for basic training. His wife, Dora Pearl McKim, resides in Marco.
Pvt Norwood Allen rejoined his unit with the United States Army at Fort Ord California after two weeks in Billings hospital. He was home on furlough visiting his wife Phyllis Allen and children Michael and Stephen when he fell ill.
S/Sgt. Richard V. Thompson, overseas for 52 months with the U S Army Air Corps, has arrived in the states for a visit with his parents Mr and Mrs James E Goodman.
Mr and Mrs George Wall receive a letter from son George A Wall held in a German prison camp written last July He reports Pee Wee Cole is in the same camp and they share memories of home and plans after the war in a brief wartime communication.
From South Bend investigators examine the ruins of the Page hotel to find the fire cause. Victims named are Mrs. Tommy Banks age 31, Mrs. Annabelle Martin 40, Ira Scott 38, and Leonard Sykes 54.
Twenty eight black soldiers were found guilty by a court martial of rioting against an Italian service unit on August 14. Three men were convicted of murder in the death of Pvt. Guglielmo Olivetto. 25 others were guilty of riot complicity. 13 were acquitted. The convicted murderers face the death penalty. Named defendants include Cpl Luther Larking Pvt William G. Jones and Sgt Arthur J. Harris. The verdict came after a 24 hour deliberation.
Thieves stole all machinery from the Maumee mine at Stanton after it was shut. The loss was not found until the works were removed. Bicknell high school claimed the Valley championship in football winning ten straight games. John Collas of the American restaurant donated Sunday’s turkey dinner proceeds, $78.50, to the City hospital committee.
The Senate approved a supplemental appropriations bill sent to the White House totaling over 480 million dollars for federal agencies. Navy construction dominates with 286,626,582 dollars. other funds include 202,140 for Senate clerical help and 15,420 for the Vice President. National Housing Agency gets 15 million for wartime housing, Agriculture 13 million for conservation and 20 million to import farm labor under War Food Administration. Census bureau tax cut remains.
Audrey Gray writes in memory of her sister Blanche Barrard Dunning who died a year ago on December 17 expressing lasting remembrance and affection.
Livestock prices show hogs at 11 000 head with a steady tone and values around 14.75 for 160 to 189 pounds and 14.70 for 160 to 209 and 240 to 270 pounds. Cattle and calves total about 3 000 with sales steady. steers and cows priced up to 15 for top lots and 9.75 to 12.50 for cows. Vealers near 17.50 top. Scratch notes mention Shi Magazine noting ten merchant ships under belligerent protection.
Five hundred American heavy bombers attacked rail yards at Cologne Coblenz Mainz and other western German targets while extensive Allied air offensives pounded Duisburg Munich and Ulm. The raid sought to cripple supply lines behind the German front with little enemy interception despite poor weather.
American submarines have sunk 33 more Japanese vessels, including 12 warships, in new sweeps against the enemy supply lines. Sunk combat ships include one light cruiser, three destroyers, six escort vessels, one minesweeper, and one mine layer. Non-combatant losses feature two tankers, 17 cargo vessels, and two cargo transports.
Anchorage report tells of PFC John White who, while home on leave in Alaska, bought a stalled car for 40 dollars and rebuilt it using parts from six Model T’s and a 1922 Oldsmobile. The homemade jalopy, named Bouncing Bertha, purportedly runs 45 miles per hour on two gallons and can pick up three girls per block.
Lawrence R. Barnes 1c has been promoted to Electrician's Mate 3c per a letter to his wife Mrs. Mary Barnes of Midland Indiana. He notes participation in the Leyte Campaign and the Surigao Straits as his ship performed torpedo runs, praising the missions as successful and expressing hope to share more later.
Pvt. Jerry K. Richards of Carlisle Indiana receives the Combat Infantryman Badge for duty on Bougainville with the Americal Division overseas seven months. His unit fought on Hill 260 as part of the division’s first offensive against Japanese forces in the Pacific.
Anna Vaughn a Vermont schoolteacher combined work with hunting season carrying a rifle to class and back and on the final day shot a six point 160 pound deer. The Army Ordnance 50 caliber aircraft machine gun rate increased from 650 9750 to 950 rounds per minute.
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