Burns City Gains Prominence From Indiana War Munitions Project
A local column notes Martin County Indiana rises in importance as a large war munitions project expands. Burns City attracts workers and sightseers as the plan spans fifty thousand acres and links to Linton Bedford and Washington via rail. Mine Run emphasizes the nearby benefits for the region.
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Martin County
Burns City
Milwaukee Railroad
Indiana
Linton
Mine Run
Former Dugger Man Aids Blind Students in Flint Factory
Jack Owens, once of Dugger and a 1928 Dugger Union High School graduate, works at a Flint Michigan auto factory by day and teaches blind boys at night. He learned the touch language from a blind Dugger roommate George Paker and gained wide recognition in a Flint newspaper feature.
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Jack Owens
Dugger
Flint
Mich
Owens
George Packer
Sullivan County
Dugger Union High School
Industrial Board Hearings Move Through Linton City Hall
A representative of the Industrial Board of Indiana heard evidence in regional cases at Linton city hall on Tuesday. Decisions typically follow further study in Indianapolis.
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Industrial Board of Indiana
Linton City Hall
Indianapolis
Two Day Purdue Greene County Short Course Closes Tonight
A large crowd attended the Purdue Greene county two day short course at Linton Stockton High School with about 750 present at last night’s home talent entertainment and 500 at today’s separate men and women sessions. A good will banquet tonight will end the program with Dean H J Reed of Purdue delivering the principal address. Eleven communities were represented at the women sessions and leaders called the turnout more than satisfactory.
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Linton-Stockton
Purdue - Greene
H. J. Reed
Purdue University
Elks
Linton
Bloomfield
Jasonville
Lyons
Worthington
Newberry
Switz City
Midland
Sandborn
Owensburg
Elnora
Scotland
Dugger
Plainfield
Priorities plan to be considered for ship cargoes
Washington officials discussed establishing cargo priorities to ensure shipment of strategic defense materials to the United States. They would defer foreign luxury goods to free space for rubber tin tungsten and manganese amid a tonnage shortage and possible need for new legislation. Maritime commission noted U S bound cargo sits in foreign warehouses awaiting American tonnage.
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Washington
U.S
United States
Maritime Commission
Sabotage Hints Cloud Denver Locomotive Explosion
Denver and Rio Grande Western officials voiced suspicion of sabotage after a giant locomotive exploded injuring 25. Judge Wilson McCarthy said early findings point to possible sabotage or low water, while chief mechanical officer William Sagstetter noted the engine took on water and was half full. Hostler George Ehalt, at the controls, said instruments appeared normal.
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Denver
Febs
U.P
Denver and Rio Grande Western
Wilson McCarthy
William H. Sagstetter
Pueblo
Colorado Springs
George Ehalt
Hostler
Eleven Die As Fire Hits New Haven Defense Factory
A blaze on the third floor of the New Haven Quilt and Pad company, handling 2 million dollars in defense orders, killed eleven workers. Two bodies remained unidentified as charred remains were found after flames were extinguished. The fire began from a spark from a carding machine igniting loose cotton among about 75 to 80 people present.
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New Haven, Conn
New Haven
Indianapolis Driver Fined and Licenses Suspended After Crash
Elliott Allen of Indianapolis was fined five dollars and costs and had his driver's license suspended for six months after pleading guilty to reckless driving in a crash on state highway 45 east of Bloomfield. He was hospitalized with two fractured ribs and a possible punctured lung and is receiving treatment in Indianapolis.
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Elliott Allen
Indianapolis
Bloomfield
Allen
Cletus Miller
Peter M. Stone
Richland Township
Mrs Ennis Dies Plan Last Rites
Mrs. Matt Ennis widow of Dr. Ennis long notable resident of Sandborn died at 2 30 this morning in Vincennes. Her body was taken to Newkirk Funeral home at Pleasantville. Funeral arrangements were not completed today but will be announced Thursday.
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Matt Ennis
Dr. Ennis
Sandborn
Vincennes
Newkirk
Pleasantville
Premature birth and hospital notices from Worthington area
A newborn girl weighing four pounds nine ounces died shortly after birth. Mrs. John Hunter returned home in Worthington. A son weighing nine pounds nine ounces was born to Mrs. Estel Sparks in Switz City and named Richard Lee. Barbara Martin, 14, underwent a major operation. Several residents of Worthington, Linton, Jasonville, and Worthington were admitted for treatment Tuesday afternoon, with varying outcomes and conditions.
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John Hunter
Worthington
Thelma Gillaspie
Jasonville
Nancy Buckner
Poe Well Produces Oil Near Albert Poe Farm
Sullivan Feb. 5 Oil is being pumped from the new well at the Albert Poe farm five miles northwest of here at twenty barrels per hour. Driller J W Reynolds says pumping began yesterday after reaching 1460 feet and shooting the well. County residents anticipate an oil boom in the near future.
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Sullivan
Albert Poe
Here
J. W. Reynolds
Sullivan County
Banks to Stay Open on Special Saturday Schedule
Banks will stay open this Saturday February 8 until 3 PM and on other Saturdays will close at noon. The measure was announced today to accommodate extra paydays and maintain banking services on sales days.
Notre Dame to Pick New Coach by March 1
Notre Dame faculty board meets to review candidates for Elmer Layden’s vacancy, led by Buck Shaw of Santa Clara, Maurice Smith of Villanova, and Fordham’s Jimmy Crowley. Rev. J Hugh O Donnell will choose by March 1 to start spring practice planning.
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Chicago
U.P
Notre Dame
Elmer Layden
Lawrence T
Buck) Shaw
Santa Clara
Maurice (Clipper) Smith
Villanova
Fordham
Jimmy Crowley
Layden
Knute Rockne
J. Hugh O'Donnell
Remembering Greene County deep snow of twenty three years ago
Dr. H. O. Woodrow recalls the record blizzard dated today twenty three years back when Greene County saw temperatures drop to 22 below and snow depths of two feet with drifts to six to eight feet. His son John M. Woodrow, born at Freeman Greene County hospital that day, now manages a Safeway in Los Angeles.
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Greene County
H. O. Woodrow
Woodrow
John M. Woodrow
Freeman- Greene County Hospital
Dr. Custer
John Woodrow
Dr. Woodrow
Safeway
Los Angeles
Calif
Jury Sworn in AMA Antitrust Trial in Washington
Federal Judge James M. Proctor swore in a jury of ten men and two women to weigh the government's charge that the American Medical Association and related bodies violated antitrust statutes. After three hours of questioning, prosecutors and AMA counsel expressed satisfaction with the twelve jurors. In a separate note, House Republicans prepared to press to limit the debt increase to eleven billion dollars, opposing the administration’s sixteen billion plan.
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Washington, D. C
James M. Proctor
Nextra
American Medical Association
John Henry Lewin
A.M.A
Edward N. Burke
Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
British aid bill faces opposition at hearing in Washington
In Washington on February 5 the Chamber of Commerce opposed the all out British aid plan, arguing it could allow the President to deliver military power to foreign powers without Congress approval and could permit seizure of private property. House debate continues with amendments possible. Rep. James Wadsworth urged a spending limit, but leaders deem it impractical and improper psychology. A final vote is anticipated tonight after debate ends.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Congress
Sam Rayburn
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Wadsworth
Benefit basketball game promotes Greene infantile paralysis fund
A charity basketball doubleheader at Switz City High School Gym Monday February 10 features Lyons versus Switz City in the main event. Freedom High School and Switz City High School second teams meet in the curtain raiser at 7 00 pm. Bob Spencer former Switz City athlete and Freedom coach brings his second unit. County chairman E L Barnes reports six dollars and fifty cents raised from a Marco junior high game.
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Greene County Infantile Paralysis Fund
Switz City High School
Lyons
Switz City
Freedom High School
P. m
Bob Spencer
Freedom
Cross Roads
E. L. Barnes
Infantile Paralysis Fund
Swifz City
Marco
Hygiene classes started here under Red Cross defense plan
Miss Margaret Mentzner Greene county health nurse led the second home hygiene and sick care class at Freeman Greene County hospital Tuesday. The program emphasizes disease prevention and home care, with Linton participants listed by name.
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Margaret Mentzner
Greene County
Freeman-Greene County
American Red Cross
Linton
Dorothy Richards
Corrinne Browning
Verna Dorrough
Hazel McCormack
Lois Jones
Nona Moss
France Indo China Tension Looms as Balkan Crisis Grows
London reports Bulgaria’s minister to Germany Parvan Dragonoff arrived in Sofia with renewed German demands to join the axis. Saigon cites Japanese plans to land in Indo China within two weeks to enforce an armistice, while Laval and Petain clash over power as Vichy faces pressure from Berlin.
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France
London
U.P
Parvan Dragonoff
Germany
Sofi
Bulgaria
Siagon
French
Indo-China
UPI
Singapore
Thailand
Balkans
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
Adolf Hitler
Pierre Laval
Vichy
Laval
Paris
Petain
Far East
South Pacific
Saigon
Indiana House Passes Bill to Elect Attorney General
The Indiana House approved on a party line vote 56 to 32 a measure to place the attorney general on the ballot as part of a broader platform. Separately, committee chair Roy J. Harrison urged funding the general fund for one year, risking a special session before July 1, 1942. Gov Schricker’s stance on decentralization and the McNutt reorganization act was noted as the debate continued.
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Indianapolis
House of Representatives
Indiana
House
Senate
U.P
Roy J. Harrison
Ways and Means Committee
Harrison
Schricker
Florida Trip Reported By County Officials
County Auditor Eskel Beasley Mrs Beasley and Mr and Mrs Fred Cravens of Linton left yesterday for a vacation trip in Florida.
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Eskel Beasley
Beasley
Fred Cravens
Linton
Florida
Air raids and battles swirl across European front
Reports from Folke stone, Rome, Budapest, London and Dublin describe RAF sweeps over the French coast and across the Dover Straits, Italian withdrawals in Ethiopia and North Africa, Greek claims of victories in Albania, and a German plane crash near Schull with five killed and one injured on the Irish coast.
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Folkestone
U.R
Royal Air Force
Channel
Dover Straits
English Channel
France
Rome
Ethiopia
Lake Stefanie
North Africa
Eritrea
Avordat-Barenta
Dublin
UPA
Schull
County Cork
Eire
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Camp Columbia
Havana
NEA Telephoto
Conn
Poe
Rambler Gough
G. Ofc
Switz
Hitler
Cabinet
Japan
Pacific
West England
Wendell L. Willkie
Great Britain
Lisbon
Portugal
Pan-American Airways
America
Britain
Willkie
Struga
U.pr
Dorza
Valona
Tepelini
United Press
Budapest
Hungary
Klisura
Albania
Italy
Red Sea
Keren
Asmara
Barenta
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