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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1944
Page
1
Linton merchants report pre Christmas trade unusually strong with sales and high prices yet widespread shortages of goods. Buyers show patience, substitute where possible, and stores scramble to restock for a final week surge as poetry from a friend accompanies ongoing market notes.
Father Paul Bordenet United States Navy chaplain has returned on leave from the south Pacific and is visiting his mother Mrs Mary Bordenet in Terre Haute He also brought his young nephew Paul Bordenet son of Mr and Mrs Gustav Bordenet to visit their grandmother in Chicago The Bordenet family previously lived in Linton.
Greene county commissioners met at the Bloomfield courthouse in a brief session. Bills were read and allowed and other business disposed of.
Berlin claimed the Red Army massed 27 divisions in the Latvia pocket and breached several Nazi lines on the southern rim, as Soviets pressed toward Budapest and Velence with large-scale offensives across East Prussia Slovakia and Hungary.
Paris dispatch says the German offensive surprised Allies and widened the strategic picture. Observers blame Allied intelligence for underestimating German mobile reserves, noting a concentration of 15 divisions in the Eifel area east of Belgium and Luxembourg and possible neglect of air reconnaissance. The 60 mile Monseid to Echterrach line held thinly under unexpected attack.
Mrs. Amanda Shepherd 87 died at the home of Mr Gaugter and Mrs Glen Johnson in Carlisle after a long illness. She was a daughter of George and Elizabeth Large Knotts, a pioneer Carlisle family from 1864. Surviving daughters are Mrs Calvin Winkles of Linton and Mrs Glen Johnson of Carlisle, plus stepson Charles Shepherd of Vincennes. Funeral held Saturday at 2 pm at Risinger-Kresage Funeral Home with Rev C S Morscft. burial in I O O F cemetery.
The Christian Vesper Service at the Methodist church begins at 4 p m on Sunday. The program features a cantata On Wings of Angel Song conducted by Mrs Roy A Borders, a children’s play A Candle in the Window directed by Mrs Arvel Blume, and light refreshments by the W S C S. The cantata lists eleven numbers with soloists including Ethel Osborn Marjorie Cornett Sims Betty Jo Borders and others. The play shows a mother reconsidering Christmas after a letter from her son in the service.
After wartime surplus, about 100000 used tires returned from overseas are sold by the Treasury Office of Surplus Property in Cincinnati. They are largely truck tires with mud and snow treads and are sold to manufacturers at 30 per ton for repair and civilian resale at 40 per ton delivered.
In Houma Louisiana Frank Bergeron a Terrebonne parish resident born in 1844 is 169 years old and recalls when Houma's main street had pametios and two stores. He is a great great great grandfather with nine children and over 70 grandchildren. his oldest son is 73 and three children are deceased.
Announcement notes closing hours for the Christmas period. Merchants will stay open until eight each Friday and Saturday to aid shoppers. The Party Citizen plans a Saturday noon issue before Christmas. Post Office observes regular holiday schedule with lockbox service Monday. no deliveries that day.
President Roosevelt and military leaders issue holiday messages to service members worldwide. He honors the courage of those at war and in hospitals, pledging continued strength against the enemy and recalling the flag’s progress in 1944. Navy Secretary Forrestal and War Secretary Stimson echo hopes for victory and restored Christmas meaning for liberated areas.
Lt. Col. Miror FE White of Gorgas Army Hospital says a man in the Canal Zone runs a four million dollar industry growing and shipping four leaf clovers to the United States.
Fort Warren Sentinel reports a wartime version asking soldiers if they have tasted a cigarette lately. The brief item reflects morale efforts and camp life during the period.
Second Lt. William D. Blades of Berkeley California, a bomber crewman aboard the RAF Flying Fortress Why Worry, credited with destroying two Messerschmitt 109 fighters during a raid on a synthetic oil plant near Brux at the Czech border. He described opening fire at close range as enemy fighters attacked the bomber formation.
Evansville and Boonville exchanges report they cannot reach Postmaster Oscar L. Phillips the Santa of Santa Claus Indiana. The village exchanges are out of service after a private line breakdown delaying Christmas mail and calls. Phillips and assistants handle hundreds of thousands of pieces of Christmas mail annually using the Santa Claus post mark.
Two divorce suits filed in Greene circuit court Bloomfield name Deloris Johnson versus Robert G Johnson and Steve E Black versus Mary Wilma Black. The Black case was venued from Lawrence county circuit court.
The Wednesday Afternoon Bridge club will meet with Mrs Floyd McCullough at 215 PM. All members are urged to be present.
In France and Belgium a staged report says American First Army troops halted the German advance across Belgium with Eisenhower urging renewed effort. The fight near Liege, Malmedy, and Stavelot intensified as German forces regrouped while American units held the north shoulder of the salient.
William Munns of the U S Employment Office will visit Greene county next week to recruit for essential war work at the U S Naval Ammunition Depot Crane Indiana. Both men and women 16 or older are needed for skilled and unskilled positions. He will appear at Linton K of P Building December 10 10 am to 3 pm and December 11 10 am to 12 noon, Jasonville City Hall December 11 1 pm to 2 30 pm, and Worthington Post Office December 11 3 pm to 4 pm. Those not in essential war work are urged to inquire further.
Emil Surmount of Fairview road is admitted for a major operation Thursday night and is in critical condition. Howard Hudson, transferred from Vincennes hospital for treatment, was injured in the Sunshine Mine at Bicknell a few weeks ago.
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