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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1944
Page
1
The article notes chewing gum use among American soldiers overseas averaging 630 sticks per man annually, eight times civilian consumption, with rations and post exchanges supplying gum. Brigadier General J. E. Barzynski explains daily access and global supply constraints amid wartime shortages.
Mrs. Frank Rebel of Rockport Indiana reports an apple tree that bore a second crop of red June apples in December after a normal summer harvest. The unusual performance surprised her and neighbors.
Soviet forces on a 100 mile front push toward Kassa in eastern Slovakia driving back German and Hungarian units. Petrov Fourth Ukrainian Army and Malinovsky’s forces reported advancing from east and southeast, taking Dargo and Morometso while narrowing the Budapest rail corridor. In Chicago, Mrs. Dock A Mowery dies after two years of illness. survivors include husband Dock, son Raymond, daughter Mrs Kenneth Neill, and two brothers. funeral set at the Methodist church with burial in Fairview cemetery.
The Church School Party of the First Baptist Church will be held Thursday at 7 p.m. in the lower auditorium. Mrs. David Shields and her students will present a program. Social hour starts at 7 and the program at 7:30. Santa Claus will attend.
Charles A Anderson died at his daughter Mrs Alice Myers home. Funeral services will be held in Kenosha Wisconsin with arrangements by Welch and Cornett Funeral Home. The body was shipped to Thomas Hanson Funeral Home in Kenosha and definite service details were pending.
Mrs. Martha Jackson was granted a divorce from Mare Jackson in Greene Circuit Court. She gained custody of the minor child and $30 per month for support.
An Elas force of about 1000 people stormed and captured the RAF headquarters at Kifissia near Athens. British forces rescued RAF personnel, including 25 staff officers, after heavy fighting. Air Chief Marshal Tuttle was not present at the scene.
James D. Strickland announced the formation of a 92 member Indiana agricultural advisory committee to work with the Office of Price Administration on rationing and price control problems for farmers. Members include Robert P. Martin and several Indiana growers and associations. The panel aims to channel regulatory hardships to national authorities and prevent inflation and depression.
Cal McDaniel pled guilty to public intoxication and was sentenced by Judge Karl Parker Vosioh in the Greene Circuit Court at Bloomfield. He must pay one dollar and costs and serve 96 days on the state penal farm this morning.
Merchants will stay open until eight p m on Friday and Saturday to aid Christmas shoppers. The Daily Citizen will observe the holiday and publish at noon Saturday. The Post Office will follow regular hours. lock box service will run Monday, with mail dispatched but no deliveries.
The emergency gas rationing for trucks was discontinued today December 20 for the rest of December. The Office of Price Administration and the Office of Defense Transportation announced the change to local boards and said renewals will occur between December 20 and January 1 based on board processing speed. No supply problem prompted the move.
The autopsy on Mrs. Baneta Stufflebeam, at Poindexter Funeral Home in Odon, confirms death by murder with a broken neck and skull injuries. Her husband Floyd Stufflebeam is jailed in Davies County. nieces, nephews, and sister questioned. blood-like stains found in car upholstery. funeral set for Thursday in Walnut Hill Cemetery.
A Fort Wayne notice offers two cartons of popular brand cigarettes in exchange for a good condition tricycle. The ad, published December 19, frames the swap as a Christmas gift for children over parental smoking pleasure.
The Office of Price Administration announced that A-13 coupons expire Thursday and six A-14 coupons in each basic A book become valid Friday December 22. Each coupon covers four gallons and remains valid through March 21, 1945.
Clerk Frank Lenning issued marriage licenses this morning in Bloom. The records show the licenses granted to Clarence F Bedwell and Lois Overman, both residents of Jasonville.
Howard Fougerousse of Jasonville was admitted for treatment after suffering burns to his left hand at the Red Warrior Coal Mine near Jasonville. Harold Arvid Harrison, six weeks old, son of Kathleen Harrison of Jasonville, was admitted for treatment. Larry Gene Collins, two, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Collins of Anderson, was admitted Tuesday and dismissed today. Mrs. Milford Baker of Lyons was discharged this morning.
Donald F. Clayton, Switz City Indiana, top turret gunner on a B 24 Liberator, is authorized to wear the Distinguished Unit Badge with a Bronze Cluster as part of a veteran Liberator group cited twice by the president for outstanding duty. The group won for a Regensburg attack February 25 and a Ploesti mission April 1. Clayton joined the army December 10 1943 and earned wings at Laredo Texas. His father Francis G. Clayton lives in Switz City.
The Triple A group announces elected officers Melvy O. Smith of Stafford as chairman William C. Hollars of Richland as vice chairman Chester P. Bradfield as regular member Joseph Skemp as first alternate and second alternate John Anderson and Una MclIrtyre of Bloomfield named secretary treasurer Betty Benham Lorene Hill and Mrs. Ralph Anderson of Bloomfield and Lyons hold current posts.
Nazi forces push through the Belgian Luxembourg front with 10 000 prisoners claimed and 200 tanks destroyed while American reserves fight to halt a decisive breakthrough. Reports say Antwerp may fall in five days and St Vith lies encircled as German columns drive deeper toward Liege and Luxembourg City.
Indiana Governor Schricker commuted the 46 year old Fayette county murderer's death sentence to life imprisonment just before scheduled execution. Charles Finch, convicted of the 1938 robbery murder, had already received two stay grants and faced electrocution Friday after appeals and petitions from Fayette county residents.
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