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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1939
Page
1
The column muses about reviving a historic Fourth of July parade in Linton with old time wagons and bands. It salutes the U. S. Squalus survivors and honors the sailors who died, noting navy traditions and the gravity of the disaster. It ends with reflections on Linton’s growth and a productive community.
Ralph Biggs of Lyons was severely burned on face and hands when an acetylene gas tank exploded while he smoked at Whitey’s garage in Switz City. The blast also threatened sight in one eye. doctors said eye damage was serious but eye likely to be saved. Biggs was treated locally then returned home.
In Barberton Ohio a gas explosion blasted a two story frame building used as a school injuring 55 children from first and second grade and four adults. City officials and state federal investigators suspect a broken gas main caused the blast. investigators were sent to the scene as the structure tore apart and roof collapsed on the pupils.
Gov. M. Clifford Townsend of Indiana led a delegation including Mrs. Townsend Maj. Norman Thompson and Arthur Brown to Indiana state day at the New York World's Fair. The program features an address by Townsend as part of a series of state days sponsored by the fair management.
Mr and Mrs Thomas Osborn of Lyons announce the birth of their second child a son Carl Bruce born at 3:00 AM Tuesday weighing nine pounds parents report with delight
In Greene county James Harbin of East Bloomfield Drive was unable to tend his spring fields due to his wife’s critical illness. Neighbors including Clyde Hostetter Joe Carpenter Walter Lowder Ivan Lynn Will Laughlin Bill Dailey Albert Heaton and O R Dilley completed the planting, hoping recent rain aids a strong start.
William Frank Skinner 78 of Gilmour died Wednesday at home after more than a year of illness. Born May 3 1861 in Sullivan County he lived in the Gilmour area his life and was a former coal miner. Surviving are wife Mary Jane three children seven grandchildren thirteen great grandchildren one brother and other relatives. Funeral 2:30 Saturday at Gilmour Assembly of God Church with burial Burris Cemetery. Newkirk Funeral Home Pleasantville in charge.
David Stockrahm, 15, of Midland, was taken to the Indiana Boys' School and sentenced to remain until he is 21 after being convicted of stealing money from a Midland schoolteacher.
Mrs Meredith Jones underwent a major operation this morning and is reported in satisfactory condition. Audrey Fordyce of Dugger route 1 had a major operation Wednesday afternoon. Several others were taken to their homes Wednesday afternoon and today, including Layman Pickard of Worthington route 1, William J Deatrick and baby of Worthington, Ambrose Edmondson, John Briscoe and baby, and Elva Davidson of West Linton.
Seventeen members of the Hoosier Hustlers 4-H club of Lyons attended a Tuesday night meeting at Marlin Bradfield home near Lyons Indiana. Members named chicken breeds during roll call and reviewed up to date record books. Poultry and corn were discussed and the next meeting is set for June 13 at the Bradfield home.
The Patricksburg Epworth League led the district enrollment at the recent district Methodist conference. Rev. J. E. Harbin, former Linton area resident and Patricksburg church pastor, notes new church improvements including a full-size basement. Dedication is set for July 15.
Miss Eliza Cerelda Story of the Morris Chapel community was wounded in the right leg by a stray 22 caliber rifle bullet while standing in her yard. The shot likely came from a northerly direction as boys with a rifle allegedly fired toward the Story home. She remains confined to bed but expects to return to work for Dagger in a few days.
In Cleveland, Ohio, a 4 year old girl named Marlene Michelich alerted neighbors after finding her mother Mamie Michelich unconscious at the washtub. The mother survived the carbon monoxide gas exposure despite the perilous situation following the child’s plea for an apple.
A U S Navy Lockheed landplane No 1053 with seven men aboard was forced down by bad weather two miles northeast of Plainfield Indiana during a heavy rain. Chief pilot George Dunn sustained only a slight shock and was examined. remaining crew unharmed.
Attorney General Frank Murphy said the government has taken extraordinary measures to guard against espionage with a focus on San Francisco and the West Coast.
Twenty eight Greene county 4 H club members will attend the Purdue university Round up June 12 to 14 on campus at Lafayette. Leaders and agents accompany them. The event marks the twenty fifth anniversary of Extension work with programs, pageants, episodes and a banquet as part of three day activities.
Vivian Rose, 25, of near Bloomington, who used the alias Lucile Lee to obtain a marriage license in Bloomfield to wed Ralph Weddle, was sentenced by Judge Frank M. Martin in Owen circuit court to six months for adultery. She had a prior marriage, no divorce, and took her two children home to Bloomington after forging names on the license. she was arrested in a Bloomington hotel and is starting her sentence.
George Keller aged 18 from Jasonville is jailed in Greene county Bloomfield to serve a disorderly conduct sentence imposed by Mayor William Slough. Keller could not pay a $15.80 fine and will complete the term in jail.
Washington June 1 The House defeated the Townsend plan for 200 monthly pensions by 302 to 97 with two not voting The debate featured Rep Landis urging a one year trial arguing it would conserve human beings and boost employment while criticizing Social Security for favoring some workers and penalizing others He cited vast federal spending on battleships dams and utilities to urge aiding aged citizens.
Homer E. Capehart, Republican leader from Washington Indiana, told the Ex-Service Men's Division of the Illinois Republican central committee in Chicago that electing the GOP judges in the June 5 Illinois judicial elections would help put the nation back to normal and mark a beginning.
Mrs Dorothy Lee left a plumber and helper to repair a hot water heater and returned to find them gone along with silverware linens dishes clocks and an electric iron. Police arrested two men and charged them with grand larceny. Loot recovered from a pawn shop and a butcher shop and at a bar room.
Maj. Gen. George Van Horn Moseley testifies before a House committee on anti Semitic activity, saying Nazi leader Hitler solved international finance and foreign trade without gold and took Germany’s racial issue in his own way. He stops short of approving violence but supports returning control to the German people.
Moscow reports Molotov prepared Russia to reply to a British draft for a three power security pact with Britain and France. Russia seeks full reciprocity assurances as the basis of any agreement. Paris pressure to extend guarantees to Baltic states and reach immediate compromise.
Federal Judge H Church Ford set Monday Oct 2 as the retrial date for the Harlan labor conspiracy cases. The first trial collapsed after a jury disagreement, and the judge noted winter months lack suitable witness shelter in the federal building.
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