Mushrooms Aim to Grow in Old Mines at West Terre Haute
A Terre Haute paper notes a Niles Michigan firm planning a large scale mushroom farm at West Terre Haute employing 60 to 100 people in growing and canning. Old mine workings around Linton could serve as ideal damp dark sites, with potential for local adaptation and profit. The piece ties into broader musings on industrious ventures and mentions past attempts like Coulter brothers ginseng efforts northwest of the city.
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Terre Haute
Niles, Mich
West Terre Haute
Coulter Brothers
Death Report Thelma Hickey of Detroit
Relatives here received word of the death of Mrs Thelma Hickey in Detroit Michigan. Prior to marriage she was Miss Thelma Shoptow of Linton. She moved to Detroit several years ago. Funeral services were being held this afternoon in Detroit.
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Thelma Hickey
Detroit
Mich
Hickey
Thelma Shoptow
Linton
Subzero Weather Brings Suffering Across Regions
The United Press reports subzero conditions trigger widespread deaths and misery as blizzards hit the Midwest and Far West. Eleven deaths occur on the western Rocky Mountain slope as Alaska-origin blasts intensify, while a polar wave pushes temperatures to three-year lows from British Columbia to the Ohio Valley. Snow freezes highways in Washington Oregon Idaho, with many roads closed and danger rising.
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Midwest
Rocky Mountains
Alaska
Rockies
Ohio Valley
British Columbia
Arizona
Washington
Oregon
Idaho
Indiana Weather Hits State With Torrential Rain
Rain drenched Indiana with heavy totals from Terre Haute to Evansville as rivers rose. Forecasts warned of a severe cold wave bringing near zero temperatures that could drop water levels, though no major floods were anticipated. White River was rising but expected to drop below flood stage if the freeze materializes.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Indiana
Weather Bureau
Terre Haute
Ft. Wayne
Evansville
Greene County
O. H. Brown
United States
Elliston
White River
Brown
United States Weather Bureau
Miners to Clash with Bicknell Quintet in Key Showdown
Linton-Stockton aims for revenge as the Miners travel to Bicknell to face the Bulldogs after a 34-32 loss on Dec 27. Coach Beasley has pushed reforms after a tough Wabash Valley tournament, hoping a different outcome tonight draws local fans to the gym.
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Linton-Stockton
Bicknell
Bicknell High School Bulldogs
Knox County
Linton
Gladiators
Lyons High School
Nelson O. Beasley
Lyons
Cardinals Call For Papal Conclave After Pope Pius XI Dies
Cardinal Pacelli, presiding as the cardinals select pope to succeed Pius XI, convoked a world conclave after Pope Pius XI died of cardiac asthma and influenza. U.S. Secretary Hull expressed condolences as three American cardinals prepare to rush to Rome for the election.
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Pope
Pius x
Vatican City
U.P
Washington, D. C
Cordell Hull
United States
Pius XI
Rome
Veterans camp and auxiliary plan district meeting
Members from the Linton United Spanish American War Veterans Camp and Auxiliary plan to attend the Wabash Valley district gathering in Mt. Carmel. A noon basket dinner will be served followed by musical entertainment and speeches from prominent Indiana and Illinois speakers with the Mud Cat band providing music.
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Linton
Indiana
Ilinois
Mud Cat Band
Mt. Carmel
Local Hospital Notes From Bloomfield and Newberry
Mrs H B Turner wife of Dr Turner of Bloomfield submitted to minor surgery this morning. Mrs Glenn McLaughlin of Bloomfield rural route underwent a major operation. Mrs Omer Musselman of Newberry became mother of a son weighing seven pounds two ounces. William Franklin admitted for minor surgery after an accident in the New Hope mine and dismissed last night. Emmett Caviness of Linton was taken to his home this afternoon.
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Glenn McLaughlin
Bloomfield
Omer Musselman
Newberry
William Franklin
New Hope
Emmett Caviness
Linton
Jasonville Man Dies Rites Set
Thomas O Haver 76 a Jasonville resident died at 11 45 last night at his home after a week long illness attributed to a stroke and heart disease He is survived by his widow a son Wilbur of Linton two daughters Mildred Wentz and Mary Pierson of Dayton Ohio a sister Orville Ferguson of Paxton The body was taken to Mathers funeral home and then to the family home Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 pm at Embury Methodist Church with Deaconess Nora D Yoder of Linton in charge Burial will be in Lebanon cemetery
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Thomas O'Haver
Jasonville
O’haver
Chimera O’haver
Wilbur
Linton
Mildred Wentz
Mary
Senate panel retools public private sessions on defense policy
The Senate military affairs committee in Washington D C decided to reveal all details except veteran testimony from private sessions on the Roosevelt defense program. A motion to publish past testimony about U S aid to a French mission buying American fighters was postponed until Monday as the panel kept some executive sessions secret.
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Washington D. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Roosevelt
Bennett C. Clark
D. Mo
U. S
Morris Sheppard
Tex
State unemployment workers in Linton for project
Three members of the central office force of the Indiana State Unemployment Compensation division are in Linton this week to assist the local office on North Main street. They are J. S. Maxwell C. V. Harris and N. H. Noble and expect to remain through next week.
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Indiana State Unemployment Compensation Division
Linton
North Main Street
J. S. Maxwell
C. V. Harris
N. H. Noble
Union to send unemployed Europeans to Farm Zwartspruit penal colony
The Union of South Africa will no longer support Europeans who refuse to work. Those living on charity and rejecting jobs will be sent to Farm Zwartspruit in the Transvaal penal colony.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
U.S
Union of South Africa
Farm Zwartspruit
Transvaal
Hines Identified With Schultz in Bridgeport Meeting
Witness Charles W. Hughes testified in the New York court that Tammany District Leader James J. Hines was seen in a Bridgeport restaurant with Dutch Schultz, the head of a $20 million a year numbers racket. Hughes said Schultz lived at the Barnum Hotel in Bridgeport in 1935 and that Hines appeared with Schultz in the hotel lobby on two occasions.
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New York
Tammany District
James J. Hines
Bridgeport
Hines
Schultz
Jury acquits fourteen in W P A jobs trial
In Albuquerque a federal court jury acquitted fourteen of twenty five defendants accused of trafficking in Works Progress Administration jobs as part of a conspiracy to aid the state Democratic faction led by U S Senator Dennis Chavez. The jury could not reach verdicts for eleven others.
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Albuquerque
N. M
Works Progress Administration
United States
Dennis Chavez
Lawyers Battle Over Proposed State Bar Bill in Indiana
Lawmakers in Indianapolis debated a bill to abolish state bar examinations and let accredited law school graduates practice automatically. The House approved 53 to 40 a minority judiciary committee report urging passage. Glenn Markland argued exams were unfair, triggering a fierce legal showdown.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
House
The
Judiciary
Glenn Markland
Zionsville
William H Booker 75 farmer dies after eight week illness
William H. Booker 75 a well known Sullivan County farmer died at 5 p.m. Thursday at his home three miles north of Pleasantville in Mt Moriah after an eight week illness. He was born May 1 1863 in Sullivan County. Survived by widow Maggie, one son Cuthbert and five grandchildren. Funeral arrangements with M J Aikin and Son. Burial in Mt Moriah cemetery with Rev KE Bates officiating.
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William H. Booker
Sullivan County
Pleasantville
Mt. Moriah
Mr. Booker
William and
Celissa Woodward Booker
Maggie Booker
Cuthbert (Cuddy) Booker
M. J. Aikin and Son
KE. L. Bates
Woman killed in Brazil crash near Knightsville
Miss Helen Curtis aged 25 of Chicago was killed and Mrs Dora Brammer aged 26 of Knightsville was seriously injured when an auto driven by Roy Brammer collided with a fast Pennsylvania freight train at the Franklin street crossing in Brazil Indiana. The party had spent the evening with friends and was returning home during a violent rainstorm. Brammer sustained lesser injuries as the train obscured by a factory building struck the vehicle.
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Brazil
Ind
Helen Curtis
Chicago
Dora Brammer
Knightsville
Roy Brammer
Pennsylvania
Franklin Street
Brammer
Miss Curtis
Brammers
Island City School Destroyed by High Velocity Wind
A severe windstorm swept 25 miles from White River to near Pleasantville damaging the Island City one room school and numerous structures in Linton Sandborn and surrounding towns. The Island City school was leveled with only desks remaining. roofs were blown off factories and homes, and several barns collapsed. No injuries were reported and power and telephone lines were disrupted but later restored. Local residents fear a new tornado belt may be forming after a third major storm in 18 months.
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Island City
Coca Cola Bottling Company
Center of Population
Canning Company
Stockton Coal Company
Linton
Sandborn
Sandborn High
Switz
Marco
Pleasantville
Lewis Hall
Low Starks
Canning
Stockton
George Dye
Hall
White River
Worthington
Sandborn High School
E. N. Johnson
Lloyd Jackson
Jackson
Oscar Lind
Bethel
Lind
Clifford Page
Lyons
Switz City
Oliver Raughley
Raughley
H. H. Sloan
Jasonville
Mareo
Torando
Auto Collision Damages Two Cars in Vincennes
Two automobiles were damaged today in a collision on East Vincennes Street near Vincennes and Seventh Streets. Darrell Heaton of Linton and Ed Schumacher of Vincennes piloted the cars. Schumacher’s vehicle suffered greater damage while Heaton’s was only slightly damaged.
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Vincennes Street
Darrell Heaton
Linton
Ed Schumacher
Vincennes
Seventh Streets
Schumacher
Heaton
Five Pandas Bound for England on Antenor Liner
Five giant pandas captured in Changtu China travel to England aboard the liner Antenor. If they arrive they will be the first of their species to reach European captivity.
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Singapore
Changtu
China
England
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Department of Labor
Throwsters Research Institute
Throwsters
Anto
United Press
Bicknell Quintet
Manhattan
Boy Scout Troop 25
Eugenio
Pontiff
Pope Pius
St. Peter's
Vatican Throne Room
W.V
H. B. Turner
Thomas O’haver
W.pla
Senate
State Milk Control Board
Milk Control Board
William Booker
Coca-Cola Plant
Linton Canning Factory
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