Loyalty and industry boost Linton by Miller and others
The column praises Gordon Hardware Miller head of Miller Baxter Corp for favoring Linton with local employment and printing work. It notes regional firms like Sherwood Templeton, Little John plants in Illinois, Galesburg and Great Eastern Railroad, Dixon Block Coal Co and others supporting local workers. It also mentions oil drilling advances and a Pennsylvania oil tale from 1867.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Sherwood-Templeton Company
Illinois
Little John
Galesburg & Great Eastern Railroad Co
Dixon Block Coal Co
Clay City
Funeral Rites for Mrs Dora Pennington Saturday
Funeral services for Mrs Dorothy E Pennington 75 who died suddenly Thursday will be at 2 PM Saturday at Welch and Cornett funeral home Linton with Rev Guy H Ramsey officiating. Burial will be in Fairview cemetery beside her husband John Pennington. Friends may call at the funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora FE. Pennington
Welch and Cornett Funeral Home
Linton
Guy H. Ramsey
Fairview Cemetery
John Pennington
Loyalist Spain Leader Azana to Quit After War Ends
Manuel Azana and Loyalist leaders plan to relinquish the presidency as records are packed and documents burned at the Spanish embassy in Paris. Recognition by Britain and France is expected soon, and Azana will resign to Loyalist parliament head Diego Barrio Martinez. Barrio then calls exile MPs to a secret session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Paris
Manuel Azana
Spain
Barcelona
Azana
Great Britain
France
Francisco Franco
Diego Barrio Martinez
Barrio
Bario
Gallagher reveals terms of laws in burglary case
Prosecutor Thomas J. Gallagher argued that entering a home to seize property requires a legal basis. an Anchor Store employee had entered Claud Hunter's home and removed a radio on installment. He filed a first degree burglary affidavit against Jack H. Jacobs. Jacobs later returned the radio and paid a small officer's fee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hunter
Gallagher
Jack H. Jacobs
Jacobs
Switz City Choral Society to Present Sunday Program
A 7 o'clock Sunday program at Lyons Methodist Church will be presented by the Switz City Choral Society directed by Miss Winona Boston of Linton. The program features violin music, choirs, solos, and a final offering and benediction with public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyons Methodist Church
Switz City
God
Mezick
Maud Woodruff
Miss Boston
Venus
Donald Switz
Schubert
Rosary
Nevin
Lucille Switz
Hayden
Shelley
Kathryn Frey
Helen, Noel
Betty Allen
Jamison
Dvorak
Meredith
Riley Stenson
Births and recoveries reported in Midland and Hymera area
A daughter weighing seven pounds two ounces was born to Mrs. Orville J. Smith of Midland and named Judith Ann. Mrs. Wilbur Ferguson and baby of Bloomfield were discharged home Thursday. Dr. Carl Porter and Dr. Dillon Haworth of Jasonville are recovering satisfactorily after injuries from a Tuesday night auto wreck near Hymera.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orville J. Smith
Midland
Judith Ann
Wilbur Ferguson
Baby
Bloomfield
Carl Porter
Dillon Haworth
Jasonville
Hymera
Young People Gather For Linton Youth Advocates Meeting
Linton United Brethren church hosts Sunday evening February meeting of the Christian Youth Advocates an inter denominational group. Prelude hymn scripture reading prayer and short talks on church youth work followed by annual business meeting with new officers to be chosen. The organization is two years old with eight church groups promoting Christian work among local youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton United Brethren Church
Christian Church
C. D. Plummer
United Brethren Church
Methodist Church
H. Joe Letterman
Saron
Paul H. Kramer
Young People’s
Linton
Trial for Murder Underway in Vincennes Indiana
Final plans were made for the murder trial of Ed Sanders of Bicknell for the Aug 20 1988 killing of John Pottermilk Zak near Linton Indiana. Eighteen witnesses are summoned and sixty special veniremen called as the jury impaneling proceeds with Judge A Dale Eby presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vincennes
Ind
Ed Sanders
Bicknell
John “Pottermilk
Zak
Linton
Urison
Pete” Gestaut
Gestaut
Indiana Reformatory
A. Dale Eby
Princeton
Sanders
Sea moss seen as new industry in Maine
Sea and Fisheries commissioner Arthur R. Greenleaf of Boothbay Maine sees potential in sea moss and eel grass to fill and pad furniture. The remark points to developing coastal resources as a possible industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boothbay
Arthur R. Greenleaf
Sea and Fisheries
Safety awards honor Linton traffic record
Carlisle Indiana February 24 1939 no traffic fatalities in Linton in 1938 earns city official recognition from Governor Townsend. A banquet invitation was extended for March 9 at the Indianapolis Athletic Club where a certificate will be awarded. Carlisle and Haddon township report gymnasium and vocational building funds exhausted delaying WPA funded completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
M. Clifford Townsend
Dan Scully
Indianapolis
Indiana
Carlisle
Ind
Haddon Township
Federal Works Progress Administration
W.P.A
Howesville Man Held on Fraudulent Check Charge
Henry Shields of near Howesville is jailed in Linton City on a $215 fraudulent check charge for buying a used car from a Linton auto dealer. After the check bounced he was arrested and confined in the local jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Shields
Howesville
Linton City
Shields
Linton
Bride’s Excuse Delays Charge in San Francisco
A young bride arrested for speeding at 45 mph told the judge she rushed to make dinner for her new husband. The judge called it an old story and she received a suspended sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
U.P
An Hou
Ong
Robbery Hearing Set for Jimmie Mears in Linton
The hearing for Jimmie Mears who admitted fourteen robberies in Linton will be held Saturday at 9 am in City hall. A guilty plea to petit larceny is expected as the youth faces multiple charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Mears
Linton
Trout Curious Fish Plumas Forest Tale
O J Erickson a Cow Hollow miner reports trout in Feather River quarry a deep sea diving out it interest him more than a fisherman would expect. He says trout circle his mining outfit and peer through glass openings in the river bottom work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cal
WPR
O. J. Erickson
Cow Hollow
Erickson
Feather River
Auto plants restart after 24 hour UAW shutdowns in Detroit
Detroit February 24 Plymouth Dodge and Briggs plants resumed normal operations after 24 hour shutdowns claimed by both United Automobile Workers factions. Plymouth did not operate today due to a four day week while Briggs and Dodge had small night crews and planned full production Monday.
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Detroit
Mich
Plymouth
Dodge
Briggs
United Automobile Workers Dual
H. L. Weckler
Marion Story 76 Taken By Death Rites Announced
Marion Story aged 76, longtime resident near Linton and active in Greene and Sullivan mining, died Thursday at home after heart illness. Survived by widow Dora, four daughters, two brothers, one sister, thirteen grandchildren, seven great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday at Bethel church Gambill with burial in Dugger Cemetery.
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Marion Story
Linton
Mr. Story
Greene
Sullivan Counties
Greene County
Bethel Church
Gambill
Dora Story
George Jones
Terre Haute
Wilbur Hale
Dugger
Herman Lovelace
Lester Smith
John Story
Douglas Story
Phoebe Herndon
James Cox
Mr. Peck
M. J. Aikin & Son Funeral Home
McCall Executed for Kidnap Death in Florida
Franklin Pierce McCall, 21, son of a preacher, died in the electric chair at the Florida state prison farm for the kidnap murder of James Bailey Cash Jr. Justices declined to intervene. He had played with the boy and fished with him when employed by James B. Cash, father of the victim. Only on the guard's cue did he show emotion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raiford
Fla
U.P
Franklin Pierce McCall
James Bailey Cash
South Florida
McCall
U. S. Supreme Court
U. S. Circuit Court
Kidnan
J. B. Cash
Mac
False teeth urged for infants at Philadelphia dental meet
Dr. Richard C. Mears of Bala Cynwyd advised at the Philadelphia county dental convention that baby teeth should be saved if possible and replaced with bridges or plates if extraction is needed. He added dentures help preserve spacing and ensure proper alignment of the second teeth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
U.P
Richard C. Mears
Bala- Cynwyd
Mears
Lost $100 Bill Found Through Ad
Mrs Leona Daly reported losing a $100 bill in front of a Titusville theatre. Ruth E Nuss of Monongahela found it and returned it after seeing the notice, saying she left Titusville the day after and directed her sister to notify the loser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Titusville, Pa
U.P
Leona Daly
Titusville
Ruth E. Nuss
Monongahela
UMWA Plans to Strengthen Eastern Field in Labor Talks
United Mine Workers officials move to extend present bituminous contracts outside Appalachian fields. District leaders are instructed to push extensions to avert shortages and pave way for wage gains after a national coal commission acts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Washington, D. C
U.P
United Mine Workers Union
Appalachian
New York
Ulm.w.a
John L. Lewis
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kentucky
Alabama
Tennessee
Colorado
Wyoming
Montana
Utah
North Dakota
Washington
Arkansas
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Kansas
Missouri
Lewis
Ilinois
National Coal Association
Labor Victory in House on Unemployment Bill Change
Labor scored its first major win in the house as a bill to extend unemployment compensation to employers of four persons moved toward passage. The eight-person threshold remained unchanged by an amendment defeated 51 to 39, party lines broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
U.P
Labor
Miners Hold Fast as IG Strikes at Oneida Mine
Sixty-one hard coal miners at a mountainside Oneida mine near Hazelton Pa stay in the pit in a stay-down strike over back wages. They refuse Wolfe Collieries offers to pay current wages and demand 28000 dollars owed since before bankruptcy in 1937.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hazelton
Oneida
Wolfe Collieries Company
Hugh V. Brown
Citizenship Rush Surges in Indianapolis Naturalization
Federal officers report a sharp rise in naturalization applications in Indianapolis as citizens build papers amid wartime pressures. The federal court is poised to handle the largest backlog of citizenship cases since World War II clearances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
Europe
Forger y Charges in Sullivan County
Sullivan Feb 24 Special. C O Mitchell of Hopkinsville Ky is jailed awaiting arraignment on issuing fraudulent checks. Arrested at Farmersburg Wednesday by Sheriff Southwood and Deputy Sheriff Sevier. Mitchell had been sought for months for passing numerous worthless checks in Sullivan County and elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
C. O. Mitchell
Hopkinsville
Sullivan County
Farmersburg
the Southwood
Sevier
Mitchell
Harvest of Puerto Rico sugar cane begins with 100000 workers
A bumper crop season opens in Puerto Rico as more than 100,000 laborers harvest sugar cane. The crop aims to yield 846000 tons, destined for the United States.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
W.P
United States
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Gordon
Hardware) Miller
Hardware
Miller-Baxter Corporation
Miller
Pennsylvania
Abram James
Pithole
Pleasantville
James
William Porter
Pleasantville, Pa
Society 10
Lyons
Gy.a
Minneapolis
Minn
Northwest Airlines
Plumas National Forest
MI Gall
Preacher
Florida
U.M.W.A
House
State Milk Control Board
Senate
Mid-Western
Pit of Mine
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