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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1944
Page
6
The text urges regular thrift to build future security and cash reserves. It emphasizes that progress comes from what you set aside, not earnings, and highlights the benefit of savings deposits to fortify against emergencies.
Three German prisoners of war who escaped from Camp Breckinridge Kentucky were recaptured last night and returned to the prison compound in Indianapolis Indiana. FBI agent Percy Wyly confirmed the recapture but withheld details.
War Department announced awards of the Distinguished Flying Cross to Indiana men of the 8th Air Force. First Lt. Wayne F. Black of Bedford and First Lt. Kenneth E. Keene of Indianapolis are named among the recipients.
FBI agents discovered moonshine stills on several islands in the Potomac River reminiscent of prohibition era activity. Authorities inspected sites and reported illicit alcohol production linked to lingering smuggling networks.
Tuberculosis experts from the United States and Argentina will attend the annual conference in Mexico City July 23 to 29 hosted by the Mexican National Anti Tuberculosis committee. Dr Leo Bloesser of San Francisco and Dr Gumersindo Sayage of Buenos Aires have accepted invitations to lecture.
The Guetterslau brothers' wheat, covered by Mississippi flood water, traded for grooming. Bill swapped his 100 acre crop for a haircut while Arthur exchanged his 50 acre planting for a shave.
In Indianapolis a young girl approached a team hitched to an ash wagon and whispered giddyup. The driver watched as the horses bolted away, leaving him with a half empty pail. The incident was noted by The Citizen.
The Office of Price Administration announced that despite higher production, synthetic tires will be rationed to only B and C card drivers and not all will receive new tires. June quota is 1,600,000, up 200,000 from May, but demand still exceeds supply. Ration boards will prioritize essential drivers as rubber output aims for 22 million tires this year, not enough to replace nonessential or A-card tires. A separate note states the cost of living index shows living costs in Mexico triple those in 1934.
At Lake City and other ordnance depots Army salvage programs turn waste into cash and savings. Dumped waste paper brings high sale value, while punched manuals and fiber containers are recycled to cut costs. Salvage of brass, shells and packing boxes saves manpower and boosts profits for the war effort. Led by Maj. A. H. Gardner Jr., the program emphasizes turning every material into money to support the treasury.
T Lawrence Davis of Boston University’s College of Practical Arts and Letters shows grit amid gasoline rationing by steering a twenty year old electric runabout. He demonstrates frugality and resilience during fuel shortages.
The Marauders recall Willy Laffin a key scout who led native guides on a Myitkyina airfield mission that surprised Japanese forces. Laffin died after aiding the May 18 rescue with Warrant Officer Joseph Dover. Laffin once ran a Yokohama bottling works nicknamed Laffin’s Brewery and was interned after Pearl Harbor.
A UPI report from Northern Burma describes the burial of Captain William Laffin at Myitkyina airfield after a Japanese ambush on May 18. The 42 year old Detroit native was Merrill's chief intelligence officer and led Merrill's Marauders toward the enemy base in the Burmese jungle.
Hollywood reports film stars Bing Crosby Bette Davis Judy Garland and Bob Hope will share honors with Treasury Secretary Morgenthau on the Fifth War Loan Drive program. Morgenthau will speak alone and his address will be broadcast via a national hookup on June 14.
Twenty years ago the Linton Daily Citizen noted the G O P national convention gathering in Cleveland Ohio a week after a prior event. Casualties included eight killed in a Wabash railway wreck at Logansport and a schoolhouse fire near Los Angeles that claimed nearly thirty girls. A Hamilton mine southwest of the city planned to shut down indefinitely while coal business improves. Decoration Day reports mention three unmarked graves in Pleasantville cemetery for Revolutionary War soldiers. Movement began to provide suitable monuments.
In Indianapolis on June 1 hogs steady with good and choice weights quoted from 160 to 180 pounds at 12.85 dollars and up to 13.80 for 180 to 270 pounds. Cattle and calves total around 2,000 with steers and cows ranging from 13.15 to 16.50 per hundredweight and beef cows 9.50 to 12.25. Mallard duck population noted as 35 to 40 million in North America.
William Clayton petitions the Greene Circuit Court to determine his time and place of birth. Hearing scheduled for June 10, 1944. Clerk Frank A. Lenning dated May 31, 1944.
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