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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1950
Page
1
Hoosier trends spark national interest with Wayne Coy shaping color TV rollout and Indiana basketball ties. Indiana University seeks funding for homecoming telecast while state parks report strong attendance despite snake stories. State government shows revenue gains yet rising expenses.
At St. Peter and Paul Church in Haubstadt a wall collapse sent a 56 year old resident August Ubelher to his death after a 30 foot fall from a scaffold. Edward Ubelhor suffered a broken leg and Joseph Ubelhor minor injuries in the same incident near Princeton Indiana.
Funeral services were arranged for Jane Louise Teague an 11 year old girl killed when struck by a car after darting into the road near her home three miles northwest of Muncie Indiana The incident occurred yesterday prompting authorities to review the accident details.
Township trustees announce a summer recreation program at Black Creek School starting Monday June 5 open to all township children. The site includes slides swings volleyball courts and multiple sports with hours 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and a library with rainy day activities supervised by Carl Edds.
Howard Allen, 31, a factory worker, confessed to killing his wife Viola Allen, 34, with a .38 revolver on a Salem street while bystanders watched. He surrendered to state trooper Harold Lewis, turning over the gun and a knife, saying her alleged infidelity and spendthrift ways left him deeply in debt. He expressed remorse and said he would prefer the electric chair to life imprisonment.
In Lafayette Indiana on Memorial Day weekend the death toll from roadway crashes increased. Kenneth Martin 19 of New Richmond died from injuries after a two car sideswipe on Indiana 39 near Rossville. Two men died in the accident and a third died yesterday. Fourteen others were killed in Hoosier traffic incidents during the four day holiday.
The Mu Beta Gamma Mission Circle of the First Baptist church plans a family picnic at the shelter house in Humphreys park Tuesday evening at 6. Members are reminded of the time change.
A Children's Day program will be held at 7:00 Sunday evening at Lincoln Christian church in Smith township. Church teachers announced the event inviting the public. Children, choir, and other groups will participate.
Mrs. Christy Duling aged 65 lifelong Greene county resident died suddenly at 10 00 p m Wednesday at her Switz City home. Born March 10 1885 she was the daughter of Jesse and Orrabelle Holder. Survived by husband William H Duling and one sister Mrs Jessie Noel Funeral services set for Friday at 2 00 p m at Switz City Methodist church with Rev John Jerrell and Rev John Axe officiating burial in Grandview cemetery Bloomfield Myers Funeral Home Worthington in charge
Private Donald White of Lin ton route two in Linton was chosen as Soldier of the Month by the 1st Battalion 7th Cavalry Regiment in Tokyo. He serves in Medical Company 7th Cavalry and was selected for conduct and soldierly attitude during the month.
The Switz City high school band will present a concert at 8:00 p m Friday evening June 2 on the Switz City School lawn. The public is invited to attend.
About 9,000 Communist youths who resisted border checks for a day agreed to registration and medical exams to cross into West Germany and return home. They lined up at Holz and Eich border points, gave names and addresses, then boarded trains and buses amid police alarms and fears of disease. Earlier, 1,500 police rushed to the area to enforce the crossing rules. The event followed a weekend rally in Berlin and a separate night march by 1,000 youths into Western Berlin to hear jazz and pick up souvenirs, despite censorship of Western tunes in the Soviet zone.
Senior Captain William Kautz of Indianapolis will speak at the Salvation Army Vacation Bible School graduation. Capt. Mary Kessie in charge of the Linton post says Kautz will present diplomas at Sunday evening services and invites the public to attend.
The administration will ask Congress to authorize selling American arms anywhere in the world, expanding beyond Atlantic Pact allies. The request is part of a $1.25 billion military aid bill for the program’s second year, with hearings to follow by Senate committees.
Belle Missouri June 1 Amateur treasure hunters in Belle reported they struck gold and other minerals in diggings near the town. An incomplete assay indicated ore containing iron sulfide and iron oxide with further tests needed to determine percentages. The effort involved 40 townsmen led by M E Manicke and including Chris Lehnhoff Jr and editor Norman Gallagher.
Indiana farmers faced slow progress as about two thirds of the Hoosier corn crop was planted in the weekly crop bulletin. Soybeans and other crops showed limited growth while wheat oats and truck crops were in fair to good condition with strawberries ripe in Posey county.
A Navy patrol plane crashed during an emergency approach at Quonset Point Naval Air Station in dense fog, killing nine of the 11 aboard. The aircraft, en route from Quonset to Argentina, had engine trouble and flipped on landing, with the pilot and co-pilot severely injured but alive. Names withheld pending kin notification.
Greene county auditors report shows 595930.19 total taxes paid from Jan 1 to May 1 across units including Richland Bloomfield Taylor Cass Newberry Jackson Center Beech Creek Highland Fairplay Switz City Smith Jefferson Worthington Wright Jasonville Stockton Linton Stafford Washington Lyons Grant Switz City Grant. Checks are being prepared and will be mailed to townships towns and school corporations with portions transferring to county funds and the state treasury.
Charles Stringfellow of Bloomfield suffered severe cuts and bruises after a semi trailer jackknifed on state highway 67 in Bicknell last night. He collided with the truck and was taken to Good Samaritan hospital in Vincennes for X rays to check for internal injuries.
The Ladies Auxiliary of the Fraternal Order of Eagles holds a regular meeting at 7 30 this evening in the hall here. Initiation services will be held and refreshments served. All members are urged to attend.
A B-29 bomber from Walker Air Force Base crashed five miles northeast of Dexter New Mexico today. Immediate casualty estimates were not available.
President Truman asked Congress for 1.22 billion dollars in foreign military aid for next year to defend democracy against totalitarian expansion. The semi annual Mutual Defense Assistance report blames the Soviet Union for forcing aid and argues aid strengthens the free world while the economy can absorb the cost and utilize idle factories. It notes the program is not a cure-all but essential with other free nations' efforts.
Washington reports the 1950 census is about 98 percent complete with 223 000 of 230 600 districts finished. Delays in the Dakotas Wyoming Montana and Minnesota due to floods and road issues slowed progress. Roy V Peel says final totals by state and county will be released starting late July with city and town counts over 1 000 population.
Rep. Noah M. Mason of Illinois told the House the average family of four pays 31.60 in taxes each week. He warned that most taxes are hidden in prices and noted more than 200 concealed taxes in a new car, amounting to about a quarter of the car’s cost.
Mrs. Ethel Philipson, 48, and her husband Henry, 75, were jailed for a year by Municipal Judge John R. Mc Sweeney after she was convicted of attempting to sell stolen jewelry and he of attempted burglary.
Dr. Josef Nestaval a 49 year old former official and one of 13 Czechs accused of plotting against the communist regime pleaded guilty to spying for the United States. He testified he sent eight reports to Milada Horakova on Czech industry and production bottlenecks and admitted turning espionage reports to the U.S. Embassy.
Louis Pleck 37, assistant secretary treasurer of local 705 AFL Teamsters, was shot in the hip and head and slugged with a baseball bat near his home as police suspect intra union warfare. Investigators noted no robbery and linked the attack to a dispute with another union amid a mass organizing push.
Miss Marjorie Wright of Linton rural route went home yesterday. Mrs. Helen Harrell of Terre Haute was released today. Miss Mary Fetker of Linton has been dismissed. Mrs. Frank Baxley was taken home this afternoon. Friends are asked not to call for awhile.
Stephen Musgrove, 9, of Indianapolis, drowned in an abandoned gravel pit while fishing with his 5 year old brother Daniel. Police recovered the body after more than an hour of dragging the pit. It marked the second Marion county drowning this week and the fourth in Indiana.
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