Misleading signposts spark local town rivalry in Indiana
A sign at a rural junction mislabels directions between Linton and Elnora, causing travel confusion. The piece notes the Edwardsport Society for Barber Shop Quartet Singing and outlines highway finance woes contributing to Indiana road repairs and a fatal accident on state road 54. It mentions the Triangle area south of Linton and references James J. Hill’s thriftiness with a roadbed spike anecdote.
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Linton
Elnora
Society For the Preservation and Encouragement of
Boone
James J. Hill
Big Jim
Hill
Retirement notice for M Sgt William Stone corrected
The Daily Citizen clarifies the retirement item stating Mrs Stone is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Clarence Canady of Linton route three, and not as previously reported. The correction preserves Stone’s retirement as the central fact with the corrected family attribution.
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William Stone
U. S. Army
Daily Citizen
Arabs reject Bernadotte truce extension in Palestine
Arab leaders rejected extending the UN truce in Palestine while Egyptian forces renewed attacks south of Tel Aviv. Tel Aviv reports said tanks artillery and planes struck Beer Tuvia as Bernadotte’s proposal faced Arab rejection. Azcarate indicated Arabs would discuss Jerusalem and Haifa demilitarization separately.
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Cairo
United Nations
Palestine
Tel Aviv
Israel
Folke Bernadotte
Rhodes
Pablo Azcarate
Bernadotte
Azcarate
Beer Tuvia
Isdud
Jerusalem
Haifa
Lebanon
Riad el Solh
United Press
France Strikes Hit Finance Ministry and Banks
About 60 000 workers walked out in France today, halting the finance ministry and its banks and tax offices over wage reclassification. The action challenged Premier Robert Schuman’s government as Socialist MPs backed Communists in a military budget vote amid a cabinet crisis. Port customs and tobacco offices were also affected and Orly and Le Bourget passengers faced unexamined baggage.
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Paris
Finance Ministry
Robert Schuman
National Assembly
Workers Force Union
General Federation of Labor
Seventh district American Legion meeting in Bloomfield
Bloomfield hosts Seventh district American Legion and Auxiliary events this weekend at Bloomfield High School gymnasium and Knights of Pythias hall. Dance Saturday 9 to 1 with Jive Masters. open house at post on South Washington Street. Sunday business sessions include election of district officers led by District Commander Jack McIntyre. Bands from Brazil and Elnora and the Vincennes drum corps participate.
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American Legion
Bloomfield
Bloomfield Memorial Post No. 196
Bloomfield High School
Legion
Post
South Washington Street
Jack McIntyre
Indiana Department
Knights of Pythias
American Legion Band of Brazil
Court House
Elnora
Vincennes
Births and medical updates from local towns
Hospital notes report multiple births and surgeries. Mrs Chester Miller of Crane welcomed a son, while Mrs Stanley Parks of Bloomfield named David Stanley. A girl named Toma Kay born to Mrs Leon Carpenter of Sullivan Route 1. Several tonsillectomies performed in Worthington Lyons and Clay City. Released patients include Mrs Veda Pope and baby, Mrs Mary Fuller and baby, Mrs Helen Robertson and baby, and more.
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Jennie Byers
Linton
Chester Miller
Crane
Stanley Parks
Bloomfield
David Stanley
Alice Jo Hart
Worthington
Sandra Hart
Dwight Sipes
Lyons
Loretta Shonk
Clay City
Mary Fuller
Solsberry
Veda Pope
Paul E. Sexton
Jake Powell
Leon Carpenter
Sullivan Route 1
Toma Kay
Helen Robertson
Lucille Barnard
Baby
Bonnie Hutchison
Fire Prevention Day speaker to address Linton gathering
Emmett T. Cox of the Western Actuarial Bureau will keynote Linton's Fire Prevention Day at the Linton Country Club next Wednesday. A noon luncheon precedes his talk for service club members and local business people. Cox has long fire safety experience including Indiana and Purdue roles and civil defense work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emmett T. Cox
Western Actuarial Bureau
Chicago
Linton
Linton Country Club
Cox
Sullivan Indiana Fire Department
Indiana
Fire Department
Indiana Rating Bureau
United States Office of Civilian Defense
Purdue Fire School
Memphis
Tennessee
New York Battleship Sinks While Towed for Target Trials
Honolulu July 8 The 7000 ton battleship New York, veteran of two world wars and two atom bombs, sank under rockets and bombs before tests of new weapons could begin. The ship, 34 years old, was to be a target near Pearl Harbor for radar guided bat bombs and torpedoes, with a noon test planned.
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Honolulu
New York
U. S. Navy
Pearl Harbor
Navy
Panhandle Mine Now Unionized Under UMW Contract
Panhandle mine of the Bicknell Coal Company will operate under a new contract with operators and the United Mine Workers. The Panhandle local 9344 has been chartered by the union, and the mine's day shift begins at 7 30 a m. The union drive covers Knox county soft coal fields with Sunshine and North Side applying for charters while Julian near Fritchton remains un affiliated. Picketing at Julian drew no violence, and some miners were absent at American 1 2 and 5 mines, amid broader tensions with steel company captive mine workers in Pennsylvania.
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Bicknell
Panhandle
Bicknell Coal Co
United Mine Workers
Panhandle Workers
Knox County
Sunshine
North Side
UMW
Julian
Fritchton
UMW_s
American 1
Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Shasta Strip
Bids Open for State Road 67 Repairs in Indiana
Bids on the repair and improvement of state road 67 from near Worthington to near Bicknell will be opened in the State House Annex on July 13 and 15. Twenty maintenance contracts will be considered by John H. Lauer, chairman of the Indiana State Highway Commission, including bituminous resurfacing of 15.31 miles in Greene County and 11.99 miles of road 667 in Knox County.
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Worthington
Bicknell
John H. Lauer
State House
Lauer
Indiana State Highway Commission
Greene
Knox Counties
Greene County
Knox County
Jack Fordyce Improves After Indianapolis Car Crash
Jack Fordyce, injured in a recent automobile accident in Indianapolis, is slightly improved. He remains at General Hospital, cannot receive visitors, but may receive mail.
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Jack Fordyce
Indianapolis
General Hospital
Rail leader denounces gouging charges as untrue
William T. Farley of the Association of American Railroads called accusations of wartime freight-rate gouging wholly untrue and said government charges never exceeded those to commercial shippers. He defended railroad leaders who served as Army Navy advisers and urged FBI action on any cases of overcharges.
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Washington
William T. Fariey
Association of American Railroads
Fariey
House
George H. Bender
Army
Navy
Bender
FBI
James E. Kilday
Association
Kilday
Justice Department
Farley
Armed Services
Terre Haute American Legion Dominates In 6-0 Win
The Terre Haute American Legion team remained undefeated by shutting out the Greater Linton club 6-0 as the first half of the senior softball league ended. Meyers earned the win over Bob Richie, with key runs in the fifth, sixth, and seventh frames. The league will add teams for the second half starting Monday July 12.
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Linton Softball League
Charles Hoskins
Roy Williams
Terre Haute American Legion
Terre Haute Lads
Greater Linton Club Outfit
GLC
Legion
Meyers
Bob Richie
Turtle Turtles
Turtles
Templeton Tigers
Wright Ramblers
Park Attendance Higher in Indiana State Parks
Indiana state parks report a 25 percent rise in attendance this season versus last year, with admissions near 1.5 million in 1947 and expectations to approach 2 million this year. State parks director Kenneth R. Cougill says Hoosier parks are headed for another banner year.
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Indiana
Indiana State Department of Conservation
Kenneth R. Cougill
Hoosier
Berlin power cuts and coal airlift tracked amid relief plans
Soviet and Allied actions in Berlin eased a blackout risk as Western orders reduced transport and power in western sectors while Soviet authorities promised enough power to keep the elevated railway running. U S and British air forces prepared to fly in more coal to sustain food rations and support the airlift.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Reichsbahn
U. S
Frank Howley
U. S&s
Truman advisers push eastern running mate for renomination
In Philadelphia July 8 advisers confident of Truman's nomination urged selecting an eastern vice president. Names include Gov. William Preston Lane of Maryland and Robert F. Wagner Jr. of New York. Lane would appease southern Democrats while Wagner could attract German and labor support.
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Philadelphia
Truman
William Preston Lane
Maryland
Robert F. Wagner, Jr
New York
Lane
Wagner
New York City
Mrs. Rosetta Coverdale Dies in South Bend
Rosetta Coverdale age 40 died at her South Bend home Wednesday afternoon after living in Sullivan county. She is survived by husband Charles, her parents Mr. and Mrs. Nick Bedwell of South Bend, two sons Larry Coverdale Eugene Emerson and daughter Patty Coverdale. Body to lie in state at M. J. Aikin and Son Funeral Home Dugger. Funeral at 10 Saturday Dugger Church of Christ with Maurice Clymore officiating. Burial in Dugger cemetery.
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Sullivan County
South Bend
Maurice
Clymore
Dugger Cemetery
Patient Patty Haferkamp in Ri ley Hospital in good condition
Miss Patty Haferkamp a patient at James Whitcomb Riley hospital Indianapolis and granddaughter of Mr and Mrs John Haferkamp Midland underwent an operation and is reported in very good condition Friends may address letters to Ward K Riley Hospital Indianapolis.
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Patty Haferkamp
James Whitcomb Riley
Indianapolis
John Haferkamp
Midland
Ward K. Riley Hospital
Mrs Thompson Succumbs Today
Mrs Anna K E Thompson aged about 77 years died at 2 35 this morning at her son William Thompson's home 721 South Lawton Street Jasonville She was born in Wellston Ohio on January 19 1868 Her husband John Thompson preceded her in death Surviving are her son and three sisters Funeral arrangements set with services 2 PM Saturday at Jasonville Church of God Rev Paul Norris presiding burial in the Ceeanon cemetery
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Anna KE Thompsor
Jasonville
William Thompson
Lawton Street
Thompson
Wellston
John Thompson
Rosa Johnson
Minnie Woodruff
Margaret Grady
Alice Bryan
Princeton
McClanahan Funeral
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France
Democratic Architects Design
George D. Key
Okla
Wendell Lund
Francis J. Myers
Michael J. Kirwam
Ohio
Michael Mansfield
Mont
Charles E. Sheppard
Fla
Emmanuel Celler
International Soundphoto
District Legion Meeting
Sam
Railway Record
Terre Haute Legion
Terre Haute
Allen
City OF Berlin
Ike
Lane and Wagner
Earl Warren
California
Warren
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
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J. Howard McGrath
White House
McGrath
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rosetta Coverdale
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