Rev John Harvey News Notes From Pleasantville and Indiana Ties
Readers catch up with Rev John F. Harvey, longtime Pleasantville native now in California, noting his absence and lingering ties to Indiana. The piece recalls mining history from Clay county and Bra zil Times Not Quite News tales of black coal field tragedies and humorous incidents, highlighting community chatter and future work.
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Linton
Clay County
Brazil Times
Brazil
M. H. Johnson Sr
Otter Creek
Mr. Johnson
Indiana Fatalities Reported In Road, Rail Incidents
INDIANAPOLIS December 19 UP Oliver Loy 68 died after being struck by a car while repairing a railroad crossing abutment. WARSAW December 19 Charles Gensen 48 killed when a Pennsylvania railroad train hit his car at a crossing. body recovered from the Tippecanoe river half a mile away. TERRE HAUTE December 19 Vernon R McMillian said three acres were leased for a new naval armory site costing 100000 dollars.
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Indianapolis
Oliver Loy
Warsaw
U.P
Charles Gensen
Pennsylvania Railroad
Tippecanoe River
Terre Haute
Vernon R. McMillian
Naval
Ole and Hans Worken Turn Ninety At New Year
Ole and Hans Worken plan to celebrate their 90th birthday on January 1 1947 in Sacred Heart Minnesota. The brothers, long residents, mark a milestone that mirrors small town life in the postwar era.
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Sacred Heart
Minn. U.P
Ole
Hans Worken
Steel Workers Reach Draft Demands For Wage Shakeup
The CIO United Steel Workers 174 man wage policy committee drafts demands and to file strike notices with 44 companies. Negotiations to start around January 15 affect about 560 000 basic steel workers and later 1 000 000 including fabricating plants.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steel Workers
Phillip Murray
USW
Murray
South
Elevator Fire Destroys Minneapolis Grain Elevator
A four alarm blaze destroyed the 50 year old Union Terminal elevator in Minneapolis early today. Officials estimate damage to nearly 3 000 000 bushels of barley and several million dollars. The Freedtart Grain and Malting Co building burned out in under two hours as flames reached downtown St Paul amidst a six mile per hour wind. Firefighters faced near zero temperatures and relay water from a mile long hose. Cause undetermined but a clogged barley tube may have overheated.
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Minneapolis
U.P
Union Terminal
Bulding
Freedtart Grain and Malting Co
St. Paul
Fargo
N. D
la Crosse
Wis
Heroic rescue in burning Indianapolis home
Wentford Foster, 23, an army veteran, risked life to save a nine year old boy trapped in an upstairs bedroom as flames engulfed a city house. He carried the child to safety through smoke with both Foster and the boy unhurt, though the residence suffered heavy damage. James Applegate, 11, alerted him to the trapped boy while Albert Jr. was inside.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Wentford Foster
Foster
James Applegate
Albert, Jr
James
Christmas Program At Nine Mile Church
A Christmas program sponsored by the youth of Nine Mile Church will be presented Monday evening at 7 30 o clock. The public is invited to attend.
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Nine Mile Church
Miners Ready for Washington Hatchets Clash Tonight
The Linton Miners prepare for a SIAC game against the Washington Hatchets here this evening. Coach Garland Ladson announces starting lineup Woolsey Elkins Richardson Sanders Peterson and likely Lucas. The B team plays at 6:45 with the bout ending the schedule for the holidays and the next game set for Garfield on January 4.
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Linton Miners
Washington Hatchets
Garland Ladson
Washington
Bicknell
Vincennes
Woolsey
Elkins
Richardson
Sanders
Peterson
Lucas
SIAC
Garfield
Mexican Baby Born in Coal Bin Homestead Fort Wayne
In Fort Wayne Indiana a Mexican mother Faustina Gamez gave birth to a daughter in a coal bin home shared with her husband Antonio and their seven children. The family, living in a nine by twelve foot basement, pays 40 dollars monthly for the space. A charity group learned of the plight and Faustina was taken to hospital. Father Gomez, a tomato packer, speaks of wanting his children educated and better chances in the United States. The eight children share a cramped living space with limited clothing and alternating outdoor access. The baby’s birth date remains unspecified.
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Fort Wayne
Ind
UPA
Antonio Gamez
Faustina Gamez
Gomez
Texas
Michigan
Roberto
Maria
Rudolfo
Pasqual
Lorenzo
Gilberto
Juan
Faustina
Antonio
Civic Wheels
Price pleads not guilty in trooper killing case
In Shelbyville Indiana on December 19 a 17 year old Evansville youth William F Price pleaded not guilty to first degree murder charges in the death of state trooper Herbert Smith. Price and three other teenagers William Johnson Vera Jean Hornback and Mary Ruth Ward were indicted together after a string of robberies and a car theft investigation.
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Shelbyville
Ind
William F. Price
Evansville
Herbert Smith
Vincent Kelley
Anderson
Price
Harold G. Barger
Barger
William Johnson
Vera Jean Hornback
Mary Ruth Ward
Smith
William Price
Shelby
Madison County
Vera Hornbeck
Indiana
Hospital Notes Report for Wednesday
Mrs. Anna Anderson of Jasonville admitted for treatment Wednesday. A boy born Wednesday to Mrs. Francis Funkhouser of Clay. A Caesarean birth to Mrs. Henry Lory of Morgantown today. Van Dixon of Bloomfield dismissed Wednesday afternoon. Phelis Gardner of Crane dismissed. Mrs. Wendell Carpenter and baby taken home in Newberry today. Floyd Dicus of Worthington has.
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Anna Anderson
Jasonville
Francis Funkhouser
Clay City
Henry Lory
Morgantown
Wendell Carpenter
Baby
Newberry
Floyd Dicus
Worthington
County Seals Sale Chairman Urges January or February Payment
Floyd McCullough announced that those wishing to keep Christmas Seals or Bonds may pay in January or February. Those accidentally omitted can still obtain seals or bonds by contacting their township director or Greene County TB Association, Box 189, Linton Indiana, with township name and full address. Township directors list provided with contacts in Beech Creek Solsberry Cass Newberry Center Grant Fairplay Highland Jackson R J Sprigville Jefferson Richland Smith Stafford Stockton Taylor Washington Lyons Wright Midland and Rural.
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Floyd McCullough
Greene County TB Association
Linton
Indiana
Beech Creek
Lula Johnson
Ola Yoho
Solsberry
Cass
Omar Musselman
Newberry
Center
Polio Victim Back in School in Decatur
Eleven year old Jimmy Price returned to Pleasant Mills school in Decatur Indiana with only a slight limp after recovering from poliomyelitis in ten days. His mother Mrs Roy Price credited with the rapid recovery for massaging his neck and back and using an electric heating pad after his neck pain. The boy had been helping his father in the barn when he collapsed and felt neck pain. A family physician diagnosed poliomyelitis and advised the home treatment. He resumed classes early this week apparently cured.
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Decatur
Ind
U.P
Jimmy Price
Pleasant Mills
Jimmy
Roy Price
Adams County
State forests supply thousands of Christmas trees in Indiana
Indiana state forester Ralph Wilcox said more than 6,200 evergreens were logged from eight state parks and laid out for sale to wholesalers. The operation, labeled improvement cutting, should net about $6,000 this season. plantations may be established next year if stock remains at state nurseries.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Indiana
Ralph Wilcox
Wilcox
Nazi Prisoner Seeks Return to Nebraska Direct Letter Says So
Walter Brackhas, a former German POW at the Atlanta Nebraska camp, wrote Jess Hopkins of Holdrege expressing he will try to return to Nebraska. He asks to go back with his wife and child and says he will write directly to Washington rather than through channels.
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Holdredge
Neb
U.A
Washington
Atlanta
Walter Brackhas
Germany
Jess Hopkins
Nebraska
Coal Operators Gauge Union Attitudes in Washington
Soft coal operators met in Washington to sound out industry groups on reviving contract talks with United Mine Workers led by John L. Lewis. No imminent negotiation, with speculation tied to Supreme Court actions on contempt verdict expected January. The case may delay moves until February or March. UMW chief Lewis reportedly with his mother in Springfield at Christmas.
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Washington
U.P
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
UFL
UMW
Supreme Court
Lewis
Coal Mines Administration
Springfield
Governor Seeks Parole System Overhaul After Trooper Shooting
Indiana Governor Gates orders a 12 member committee led by Attorney General James A. Emmert to study all aspects of the state parole system. The panel will propose reforms to prevent parolee driven violence after Trooper Herbert Smith was fatally shot.
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Indianapolis
Gates
Indiana
James A. Emmert
General Assembly
Herbert Smith
Shelbyville
Bandit Hold Up Palmer House Cafe in Chicago
Two gunmen robbed the Palmer House hotel cafe and bar just before closing, taking about 1000 dollars. They corralled 12 workers and patrons into a washroom, demanded cash from cashier Gracie Walton, who escaped, while bartender Louis Bernas hid money worth over 600 dollars under the bar before the pair fled through a side door. The robbers were described as likely former employees familiar with the basement.
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Chicago
Palmer House Hotel
C. M. Wilson
Gracie Walton
Louis Bernas
Robbery Suspect Found Hanged in Vigo County Jail
Terre Haute Ind Dec 18 Joe E Hill 40 Burnett Ind suspected in an elderly man attack and robbery and rape died in Vigo county jail after hanging himself A custodian found his body in a shower room Sheriff said he used bed clothing to make a noose The grand jury had been summoned to consider the death of 85 year old Edward Hayne clubbed by two masked intruders Robbers took 80 from the Haynes home Richard E Bennett 24 Burnett confessed after lie detector tests Bennett held on 25000 bond
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Terre Haute
Ind
U.P
Joe E. Hill
Burnett
Vigo County
Hill
John Trierweiler
Edward Hayne
Hayne
Richard E. Bennett
Greene Circuit Court Announces New Divorce Filings
Three new cases entered in Greene Circuit Court include Gordon Auberry versus Mildred Auberry a divorce action Marie Ward versus George Ward a divorce and Pauline Hensley versus Omer Hensley a divorce. Judge Vosloh granted Kathryn Burch a divorce from Glen Burch this morning and awarded custody of three minor children.
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Greene Circuit Court
Gordon Auberry
Mildred Auberry
Marie Ward
George Ward
Pauline Hensley
Omer Hensley
Kathryn Burch
Glen Burch
Vosloh
Legion Sponsors Christmas Party at Hall
Members of the Frank Courtney Post of the American Legion will entertain children of all veterans at the hall Sunday afternoon at 2 o clock. Santa Claus will be on hand with candy and oranges. A seasonal program is planned and all children whose fathers are veterans are invited.
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Frank Courtney
American Legion
the Legion
Santa Claus
Lebanon Church Plans Program
A play titled Gods Promises are Sure will be presented at Lebanon Baptist Church Sunday evening at 7 00 oclock. Rev R M Boston pastor invites the public to attend.
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Lebanon Baptist Church
R. M. Boston
Fire crews respond to chimney blaze at Linton home
Soot burning out in the chimney at the home of Mr. and Mrs. McKeag in South Linton drew Linton firemen to the scene around three o clock this morning. No damage occurred. The property is owned by Bob Hardesty.
William J. Good Dies At Home In Indiana
William Judson Good died at his home 329 K Street Northwest at 11 this morning after a ten day illness. Born November 24 1865 in Mamouth Newfoundland he was 81. Survived by widow Ida and children Clarence Sandborn Alva Blooming-ton Mrs. Robert Lucas Terre Haute. two grandchildren. brother Charles C. Good Linton. four sisters and another brother preceded him. Funeral services Saturday at 2 pm at Stafford Methods church with burial in the church cemetery.
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James Emmett Carson
Worthington
Gosport
William and
Rachel Brown Carson
Mary E. Weatherwax
Woodman Lodge
Mary Carson
Coney Carson
Washington, D. C
Flossie Dealgram
Lewis
William Carson
Harry Carson
Petersburg
Hazel Carson
Norma Steed
Myers Funeral Home
P. E. Roll
Worthington Cemetery
William Judson Good
K Street
Mamouth
Isaac and
Rachael Ann Bivens Good
Ida Brewer
Ida Good
Clarence Good
Sandborn
Route 1
Alva Page
Bloomington
Robert Lucas
Terre Haute
Charles C. Good
Linton
Poindexter
Stafford Methods Church
Linton Stores Announce Christmas Closing Schedule
The Linton retail stores publish a holiday closing plan. On Thursday December 19 they stay open until 5 P M. Friday and Saturday follow usual hours. Monday hours extend to 8 P M. Tuesday closes at 5 P M.
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Linton
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