Linton Looks Ahead After 1946 Prosperity Outlook
County officials prepare for moving day as 1947 begins. Re elected officials stay, new faces Bohley and Moomaw take posts, with ongoing staff for recorder treasurer and clerk offices. Open house at the jail named, deputies named for various offices.
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Greene County Court House
Court House
Clint A. Bohley
John O. Moomaw
Bohley
Robert F. Knox
Justus
Joe Miller
E. E. Skerd
Pear Shouse
Frank A. Lenning
Orval Loffland
Escaped Prisoner Believed Out of State
Terre Haute police said Clarence Heckens Jr. of Great Bend Kansas escaped Vigo County jail with a companion after slugging a turnkey. A two day search found no clues. Hugh O Neil of Omaha Nebraska was arrested later in a stolen car and tied to the case as both awaited transfer to an Indiana reformatory for ten years.
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Terre Haute
Clarence Heckens, Jr
Great Bend
Kans
Vigo County
Hugh O'Neil
Omaha
Neb
GOP
James W. Wadsworth
N. Y
Wadsworth
Halleck
Brown
Jenkins
Everett Dirksen
Joseph W. Martin, Jr
Mass
House
Father of Linton Man Edmondson Dies at 67
Funeral services for John Dee Edmondson 67 a retired grocer of Elnora who died Monday morning will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at the Elnora Methodist church with Rev. John Bolin in charge. Burial will be in Elnora. He is the father of Loren Edmondson of Linton.
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John Dee Edmondson
Elnora
Elnora Methodist Church
John Bolin
Loren Edmondson
Linton
Arthur Mquda Goes To Rest A Worthington Farmer Dies
William Mooda Arthur 68 a well known Worthington farmer died at 7 15 am Monday at his home after a year of declining health He was born November 6 1878 in Newark son of Alfred and Dina Arthur He married Celia Martin in 1898 and they farmed at Worthington He leaves widow Celia three daughters Ruth Stahl Edith Waggoner Grace Hamlin two brothers Eugene of Chatham Ill John of Denver Colo two sisters Pearl Rowland Chatham and Osie Reed Peoria Funeral services set for 2 00 pm Wednesday at Myers Funeral Home Worthington with P E Roll of Worthington Christian Church officiating Burial in Worthington Cemetery
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William Mooda Arthur
Worthington
Mr. Arthur
Newark
Alfred and
Dina McDaniel Arthur
Celia Martin
Arthur
Worthington Baptist Church
Celia Arthur
Ruth Stahl
Edith Waggoner
Grace Hamlin
Eugene Arthur
Chatham
Ill
John Arthur
Denver
Colo
Pearl Rowland
Osie Reed
Peoria
Myers Funeral Home
P. E. Roll
Worthington Christian Church
Worthington Cemetery
County veterans told of simplified terminal leave bond rule
A simplified procedure allows use of veterans terminal leave bonds to pay premiums on all National Service Life Insurance. Veterans may endorse the back of the bond and send it to the Veterans Administration Collections Division. Those who have not yet applied for terminal leave pay may contact Greene County Veterans Service Office in Bloomfield for help. deadline is September 1, 1947.
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Veterans Administration
Greene County Veterans Service Office
Bloomfield
Stores to Be Closed for New Year Holiday
Stores and banks in Linton will close all day Wednesday for the New Year’s Day holiday. The Daily Citizen will publish as usual. Post office hours keep holiday schedule with out-going mail dispatched and lock box service available to patrons.
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Linton
Daily Citizen
Mercury Dips in County Tonight As Coldest Winter Day Nearby
The record cold extends across Greene county with temperatures around ten degrees above zero forecast. Observed lows reached 17 degrees on two nights while daytime highs reached mid twenties. December saw 1.8 inches of snow and a 64 degree warming on December 27, noted by U S Weather Observer O H Brown at Elliston.
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Greene County
O .H. Brown
U. S
Elliston
Brown
New Postal Route Suggested for Indiana Counties
The Indianapolis Postal division office recommends a new mail bus route between Indianapolis and Vincennes. If approved, Greene county towns Worthington Switz City Linton Lyons Marco and Knox county town Sandborn would receive improved mail service.
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Indianapolis
Vincennes
Greene County
Worthington
Switz City
Linton
Lyons
Marco
Sandborn
Knox County
Rayon oversubscribed at sale in Louisville
The War Assets Administration offered over 500000 yards of pure rayon for sale in Louisville veterans with priority placing orders totaling more than 6000000 yards.
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Louisville
U.K
War Assets Administration
Greene circuit court records forgery case and divorce suits
A suspended sentence was imposed today on J W Taylor in Greene circuit court Bloomfield after a guilty plea to forging Wayne Wakefield s signature on a check. The judge suspended the term on good behavior. Two divorce suits were filed: Pansy J Cunningham vs George Cunningham and Mirian Ruth Bland vs James Frederick Bland.
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J. W. Taylor
Greene
Bloomfield
Taylor
Wayne Wakefield
Pansy J. Cunningham
Greene Circuit
George Cunningham
Hoosiers Expect Snowy New Year After Light Christmas
United Press reports a cold Indiana forecast with possible light snow tomorrow and near zero readings in the north. Temperatures statewide were around 20 degrees and expected to run five to ten degrees below normal through Friday before warmer weather by the first weekend of 1947.
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Hoosiers
Indiana
Hospital Notes From Local Clinic
Infant Thomas James Moody listed as admitted for treatment. A Caesarean baby girl born to Monta Griffith in Jasonville. Pearl Davis and baby discharged to Bloomfield home today. Oscar Brewer discharged. Wilda Crites and baby discharged to Bloomfield. Sarah Dawson of Jasonville discharged. Mary Dayhoff of Worthington discharged. Edgar Powell taken to home on Linton route 1. Hospital thanks Alpha Delphian club for Christmas favors.
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Thomas James Moody
Leon Moody
Monta Griffith
Jasonville
Pearl Davis
Bloomfield
Oscar Brewer
Wilda Crites
Baby
Sarah Dawson
Mary Dayhoff
Worthington
Edgar Powell
Linton
Alpha Delphian Club
United States Seeks Delay of Soviet Disarmament Plan
At Lake Success New York December 21 the United States urged delaying UN action on the Soviet resolution for a general disarmament program within three months while advancing an American plan for international control of atomic power. The atomic plan won approval in the atomic energy commission, with Russia and Poland abstaining, and Moscow vowed to fight it in the Security Council where veto power could block parts it dislikes.
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Lake Success
N. Y
U.P
United States
United Nations
UN Security Council
Council
Andrei Gromyko
Security Council
Bernard Baruch
UN Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Poland
UN General Assembly
Atomic Energy Commission
Gromyko
Truman Ends World War II Hostilities Officially Today
President Truman proclaims the cessation of hostilities effective noon Dec 31 1946 ending wartime statutes within six months and ending selective service draft calls while Congress would decide on full peace measures and state of war.
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Washington
Truman
Congress
Roosevelt
United Nations
Harry S. Truman
United States of America
Legion to Host New Year's Eve Dance at Local Home
Veterans and families are invited to a New Year’s Eve dance at the Linton Frank Courtney American Legion home. Dancing begins at 8 PM with Don Bemis and his Music Makers providing music. Admission is free.
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Linton Frank Courtney American Legion
Don Bemis
Bus Mystery Unsolved in Indianapolis Case
Police puzzled by the disappearance of a 24 passenger bus from the downtown terminal depot. The vehicle was later found parked at a busy intersection with no clear reason. Authorities called it another unsolved mystery.
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Indianapolis
U.P
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Linton Business
Frank A. Justus, Jr
Pearl Shouse
County Board of Commissioners
William Dowden
Sam Terrell
Ordin Padgett
O. R. Dilley
Frank Corwin
Wayne Burcham
A. C. Rayburn
Harry E. Doyle
Ad D. English
John J. Robson
Asher Page
Mr. Page
Charles Mansfield
Mquda Arthur
Citizen
United Press
Hallecks Anead
McCormack
Charles A. Halleck
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Thomas A. Jenkins
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Sam Rayburn
Texas
U.S. Capital
Legion
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