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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1928
Page
5
Linton merchants gear up for a peak Christmas shopping day on December 22 with banners and ready staff. Extra sales help, broad stock, and prompt service aim to handle a heavy rush in the final three shopping days before the holiday.
News from Goosepond reports drilling restarting after weeks of inactivity. A. R. Morris, Indianapolis, now leads the project and will push the well to 2000 feet or until the Niagara line is reached, with two 12 hour shifts and a contract with R. L. Dill Co. to complete the first well. Morris prevails as head of the Siosa oil field venture in Vigre and Sullivan counties, where forty one wells all produce. Christmas ads from Linton merchants offer gift ideas and store showcases for Citizen readers.
Four men robbed the First National Bank of Clinton, Ind. this afternoon, taking about $40,000 before fleeing. In Danville, Ill., three bandits entered the State Bank but fled after a bookkeeper opened fire, leaving with no loot.
In Vincennes Indiana a Knox county farmer paid the ten dollar bill for articles found on his wife after she was taken into custody for shoplifting yesterday afternoon. The husband rescued her by covering the cost and she was released.
United Press dispatch from South Bind Indiana reports burglars opened the city water works office safe within 25 feet of the police station last night. They chipped the combination from the safe and stole about 350 dollars. Police learned of the break when workers arrived this morning.
A wave of influenza approaches several eastern centers as health officials monitor rising cases during the Christmas period. Hospitals prepare isolation wards and request vigilance in early winter symptoms to slow spread.
Washington officials estimate 1,006,000 influenza cases by Christmas as reports show 141,077 cases for the week ending Dec. 15. The disease peaks in farm belt states while researchers in public health labs test influenza germs on animals seeking to determine its cause and cycle of change.
In Chicago a kidnapping case proceeds as witnesses report threats. Angelo Petitti warned that Mike Devito would be next killed after Ole Scully and Billy Rainier cases, with deputies and other witnesses alerted to stay off the stand.
United Press dispatch reports nine deaths by violence across Indiana. Victims include Ruby Poe 38 and Doris Sample 15 killed in a train collision. James Skelton found with a fractured skull after a hit and run. Levi Naugle 76 dies from burn injuries. Bert Gun Chicago found in a water ditch. Kathleen Heavilin 8 dies from brain concussion after an auto collision. other incidents involve a saloon murder and threats to the Ranieri family.
United Press reports Chicago’s homicide bureau cites 279 murders for the year with 12 police killings among first degree cases and 136 justifiable self defense. Manslaughter reaches 245 including brawls while accidental deaths total 36 as year-end projections widen.
London December 20 King George continues to improve though still ill his doctors report he had a good night and makes slow progress The monarch enters the fifth week of illness with solid grounds for hope of eventual recovery amid cautious optimism from palace and medical officials
Dec 20 report says Jack Dempsey will earn about $40,000 for acting as presiding judge at the international dog race in Denville Iowa, beginning next month.
Indiana state files general denial in petition for writ of corum nobis in D. C. Stephenson murder appeal. Judge Will M. Sparks may be recalled for Noblesville proceedings with witnesses including Hiram Wesley Evans of the Ku Klux Klan as Stephenson seeks new evidence to potentially reverse and order a new trial.
President-Elect Herbert Hoover, fatigued by a quick South American tour, stayed a few hundred miles from Rio de Janeiro. He canceled plans to visit Santo Domingo Cuba and Mexico on the return trip to consolidate his administration after the new year.
Miss Viola Gentry of Oaklahoma attempts a sustained flight record for women from Roosevelt Field New York. She took off at 6 44 23 a m and remained aloft with fuel for 104 hours.
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