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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1921
Page
5
Op ollen June 2 reports say French soldiers defending Beuthen in Upper Silesia repelled German forces aided by 3,000 troops and tanks amid Polish insurgent activity. Beuthen’s wires were cut. German and Polish forces clash near Gross-Strehlitz while looting and shortages mount as unrest widens.
Indianapolis officials predict freight rate relief for Indiana through equalization of rates with neighboring states. Experts say no broad rate cuts will occur until business volume yields a 6 percent net return under the transportation act. Officials cite $700 million payroll savings and shifted funds as reducing railroad deficits and promise relief on Indiana origin shipments.
In Posnowitz woods near Gross Strehlitz heavy fighting drove Polish forces back as Germans claim twelve dead and thirty-one wounded to Krappitz. Poles left 180 dead. wounded removed. Beuthen reports grave situation with German attack on French garrison, as Poles attempt aid but French refuse and fight Poles.
The drive for rate equalization on shipments entering Indiana from other regions has gained momentum. Proposals to the Interstate Commerce Commission and ongoing protests aim to end local freight biases that hurt Indianapolis and Indiana shippers. Public groups like the Indiana State Chamber of Commerce and the Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce traffic bureau, along with the state public service commission, have long campaigned for through rates to counteract higher local rates in the southeast, south, northwest and west.
Five men riding in an automobile held up Millers and Traders bank messengers in Minneapolis yesterday and escaped with 16000 dollars in currency. The bank sits opposite police headquarters and the raid occurred so swiftly that pursuit began only after the robbers left more than a block away.
Bernard Valesia of Universal Indiana reported his white winged drab fuselage plane stolen from Deming field after a Terre Haute business trip. Police found no trail but noted signs of an experienced pilot. a $200 reward was offered for recovery.
Local forecast calls for scattered thunder showers this afternoon or tonight with cooler air. West portions may feel lower temperatures tonight. Friday skies remain cloudy and cooler across the region.
Tulsa under martial law begins stocktaking after rioting left many dead and hundreds injured. Officials fear many black victims burned or buried and count around eighty killed, with significant property loss and thousands displaced.
Five armed whisky thieves raided the T. W. Samuels Distillery warehouse at Dealsville, disarmed guards Dick Culver of Bardstown and Logan Burke of Louisville, bound one to a tree and the other to a chair, and fled with 73 cases of whisky worth over 12000 dollars. Culver freed himself and alerted authorities two hours later. Burke was questioned in Louisville.
Linton city school board met to canvass bids for the new Linton Stockton high school. Kirchner Construction Co. won the general contract at 118 350 including 3500 for fire proof corridors and 3000 for steel stairs. Carson Payson Co. won heating and plumbing at 32008. Total cost 150 358 within architect’s 175000 estimate pending bond sale.
The May report shows a 93 degree high on the 24th, the warmest in 21 years except for 1911. The low was 28 on the 4th, the month averaged 112 degrees above normal, and rainfall totaled 1.97 inches with most falling on the 25th and 26th.
Chicago June 2 Eugene Majors superintendent of the Omaha Cleveland division of the air mail service and five others were suspended following an investigation by postal inspector Charles Clarahan into charges that mail flyers were killed due to faulty planes and careless ground crews. Five pilots have died in the division in recent months Majors denied the charges and said he would be reinstated.
Carlisle man Dr George W Pirtle learns from Germany that his son James Julian Pirtle has been raised to the rank of captain in the army of occupation. Dr Pirtle himself serves as a captain in the medical reserve corps in the World War accompaniment.
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