Post-hole powder tale and Antwerp gorilla boy tale
A local inventor Esty Griffin touts a post-hole puckering powder to gain land, echoing old mining stories. A Belgian underground tale describes a 16 year old hidden in a gorilla skin to escape Nazi labor, guarded by a threatening lion. The piece recalls William Ham who opened the Nickelo silent theatre in Linton, and references past moving picture venues and local rewards for found money.
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Chet Shafer
Esty Griffin
Esty
California
William Ham
Linton
Ham
Nickelo
Booker Block
Hixson & Sahm
Father and son learn to fly together at Arkansas
In Fayetteville Arkansas R H Waters and Rolland Waters completed a solo flight course, the senior joining his son in the aircrew program at the University of Arkansas after Rolland’s 18th birthday gift. Both earned solo licenses in a joint training effort.
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Fayetteville
Ark.u.p
Mn’ Case
R. Haters
Rolland Waters
Rolland
University of Arkansas
U S Bombers Renew Pre Invasion Assault On Nazi Defenses
Allied air forces renew the pre invasion offensive against the Pas de Calais coast with 1000 bombers and fighters led by Lt Gen James Doolittle. May operations report 49811 sorties with 268 German planes shot down and bomber losses at 481. Weather slowed the campaign at month end.
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United Press
London
U.P
Europe
France
James H. Doollittle
Eighth Air Force
Pas de Calais
Channel
U. S
Atlantic
Saumur
Italy
Szolnok
Budapest
United States
Britain
Germany
Invason
RAF
Local Groups Depart for Physical Exams Before Enlistment
A group of men from Linton, Jasonville, Lyons and Terre Haute left this morning for physical examinations ahead of U S military service. Names listed include George R Wautier Don H Thomas Ralph C Padgett Wade S Martindale Stoy E Bruner Jr Jesse R Martin Elmer Clayton Jr James F Cunningham Wayne E Morgan Richard H Bennett George Eskey Clarence C White Donald J Pankey Herbert R Secrest Robert E Boone Jack Johnson Clarence E Creager Larney Bedwell John A Stamm Billy J Rosser James E Cummick Joel L Newby and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Armed Services
George R. Wautier
Don H. Thomas
Ralph C. Padgett
Wade S. Martindale
Stoy E. Bruner, Jr
Jesse R. Martin
Elmer Clayton, Jr
James F. Cunningham
Wayne E. Morgan
Richard H. Bennett
George Eskew
Clarence C. White
Donald J. Pankey
Herbert R. Secrest
Robert E. Boone
Jack Johnson
Clarence E. Creager
Linton
Larney Bedwell
Terre Haute
John A. Stamm
Lyons
Billy J. Rosser
Jasonville
James E. Cummick
Joel L. Newby
Young Elmwood Gunner Switches from Army to Navy
Clifford R. Wherley a 17 year old Elmwood lad with 21 combat missions in the North African campaign will join the U S Navy after being discharged from the Army Air Force for underage service He chose the Navy because training can begin before his 18th birthday Wherley passed a medical exam in fine shape and is awaiting a final test He wore two silver bracelets from his family and girlfriend Anita Crozer who says he is still single His aim is pilot training but he may take air gunnery if needed He previously joined the Army at 15 in Peoria after his mother concealed his true age until combat revealed it He was honorably discharged and sent home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
U.P
Clifford R. Wherley
Elmwood
Army Air Force
Army
Navy
Wherley
T. H. Foley
William Maher
L. K. Vertrees
Anita Crozer
Anita
North Africa
Mediterranean
Africa
Six Die in Indiana Crashes and Fire Yesterday
Six people were killed in Indiana yesterday due to automobile and railway accidents and a gasoline explosion. Alva Sweighart and Gladys Cole died after a motorcycle collided with a car near New Castle. Wilson Renck died in a rear end crash in Lawrenceburg. James Froh was fatally struck by a New York Central train in Terre Haute. Ora Casey was killed by a freight train near Petersburg, and Ora Appencamp was injured leaping from a handcar. Helen Stonebraker, 19, died in a gasoline explosion near Veedersburg when an oil company truck exploded during fueling. An unrelated note reports Canary Islands onion seed exports to the U.S. rose in 1943.
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Indiana
Alva Sweighart
Gladys Cole
New Castle
George W. Kitchen
Wilson Renck
Lawrenceburg
Otis Townsend
Palm Beach
Fla
James Froh
Terre Haute
New York Central
Ora Casey
Petersburg
Ora Appencamp
Helen Stonebraker
Charles Stonebraker
Veedersburg
Republican State Convention Adopts Platform Today
Indiana Republicans at the state convention unveil a platform denouncing New Deal policies while endorsing international cooperation for peace. The document attacks executive overreach, calls for tax relief, restoration of free enterprise, and fair labor and veterans provisions within a stricter federal framework.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianaplis
U.P
George L. Denny
Indianapolis
Executive Department
Legislative
Judicial Departments
Pearl Harbor
Congress
U. S. Veterans Administration
Indiana
Tucker Concedes Senate Nomination to Capehart in Indiana
James M. Tucker, former Indiana Secretary of State, conceded the U S Senate nomination to Homer E. Capehart and urged the state convention to award the post to his opponent by a unanimous vote. The GOP platform pledged free enterprise, limited federal control for social security, home rule, and tax restraint to fund postwar rehabilitation. It backed merit-based civil service, veteran education, water conservation, and improving overcrowded state institutions.
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Indianapolis
Ind
James M. Tucker
Indiana
U.S
Homer E. Capehart
Washington
GOP
Indiana Republican Party
Federal Geological Survey
War casualty list announced in Washington June 2
The War Department released 591 names of U S soldiers killed in action across the European Mediterranean South Pacific and Asiatic theaters. The list includes Lts Lester Gillan Moth er Elmer Sanders and many others with service addresses in Indiana and nearby states.
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Washington
War’ Department
United States
South Pacific
Southwest Pacific
Lester R. Gillan
Charles T. Gillan
Thorntown
Elmer J. Sanders
Eva, E. Sanders
Zionsville
Raul J. Vannatta
Dorotha M. Cole
Roann
Thomas J. Radney
Joseph Radney
Sherman Ave
Evansville
Clarence W. Shadoan
Clarence H. Shadoan
Box 35
Boswell
Clarence Shrider
Opal Jamerson
Mishawaka
Pfe
Rendell L. Wheaton
Bertha Wheaton
Fremont
Southwest Pacific Area
George L. Gray
Marjorie Gray
Maple Ave
Terre Haute
Cpl
Noble V. Liggett
Helen Liggett
Lawrenceburg
John P. Martin
Mike P. Martin
Miller Ave
West Terre Haute
Hospital Reports and Local Addresses From Worthington Area
Hospital records show Mrs Charles Poole admitted for medical treatment Thursday. Several residents including Mrs Ted Green and baby, Mrs James E Bennett, and others were discharged or taken home to Bloomfield Jasonville Crane Solsberry Newberry areas on Thursday morning or afternoon. Coconut production in Puerto Rico is about 24 million coconuts per year.
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Charles Poole
Worthington
Ted Green
Baby
Austin Bastian
Bloomfield
Robert Eddie Trego
Crane
Roy Baker
Bloomington
Joseph Hawkins
Jasonville
James E. Bennett
George Koester
Clyde Kelley
Solsberry
Emory Borders
Bsb Y
Thurston Guthrie
Newberry
Puerto Rico
Threat to reclassify deferred strikers sparks St Louis transit walkout
In St Louis, 3 500 streetcar and bus workers defied union leaders and left thousands stranded as a threat to reclassify deferred strikers into 1 A emerged. CIO woodcutters in the Pacific Northwest were ordered to end a 17 000 strong strike, while John J Griffin said deferred men would lose status even if they returned to work.
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St. Louis
Pacific Northwest
CIO
AFL
John J. Griffin
German Line Guards Break Through as U S Forces Reach Rome
Allied reports say American Fifth Army cracked German line anchors guarding approaches to Rome striking into Velletri and cutting the Via Casilina while pushing along the Alban hills to open the road to the capital. Valmontone and Ferentino falls reported as part of the assault.
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Naples
Rome
Velletri
Via Casilina
Valmontone
Fifth Army
Artemisio Mountains
Mt. Della Faeta
Fifth
Tyrrhenian Sea
Casilina
Ferentino
Eighth Army
Algiers
London
CBS
Hermann Goering
Alban Hills
Reynolds Packard
United Press
Alban
Vlletri
Appian Way
Valomontone
Via
Alban His
Campagna
Albano
Cas Gandolfo
Nominations Halted as GOP Convention Opens in Indiana
At the Indiana Republican state convention in Indianapolis three candidates withdrew from nomination including Carl H. Mote who left the U. S. senatorial race. James M. Tucker and Homer E. Capehart remain contenders. Other withdrawals affect state offices and judges. The session started two hours late due to late candidate fee lists.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Carl H. Mote
U. S
James M. Tuckper
Paoli
Homer E. Capehart
Washington
John Hampton
Muncie
Richard T. James
Portland
Russell Wildman
Peru
Supreme Court
Fifth Judicial District
Oliver Starr
Crown Point
Emmett
Rensselaer
Marjorie R. Gunderson
Fern Norris
James W. Costin
James M. Tucker
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Archie McTavish
Archie
Bonny
Scotland
Antwerp
Froeschke Shoe
Nickle
Morgenthau
Walter Cronkite
Army Air Forces
Canary Islands
U. S. Navy
San Francisco
Farallone Islands
Bulletin
Rev. Forges
Greater Linton Club
New Baptist
Powell Forbes
First Baptist Church
Greater Linton
First Christian Church
Edwin B. Long
Forbes
Margaret Cooper
Red Cross Mobile Blood Bank
Elks Club
R. M. Vincent
Gladys Mitchell
Cooper
Valletri
International Assn. of Machinists
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