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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1939
Page
1
The piece recalls a campus duel between two coeds over a quarrel. They fired their weapons while back to back. one shot hit, the other splattered with chocolate pie. They walked away arm in arm, a claim the author questions, noting the era's rapid social shifts and broader reflections on speed and modern life.
The Indiana State Highway Commission will start black top resurfacing on South Main street in Linton, from A street to Vin cennes, beginning Monday. Traffic will be halted block by block during the work and local cooperation is requested. The project is state, not WPA, work under state road control within municipal limits.
A county meeting of the Utilities District of Western Indiana REMC Greene County will be held Saturday afternoon June 10 at the Bloomfield courthouse. Officers will be nominated and elected, reports read, and RESA resolutions considered. Mercer Johnson of the Rural Electrification Administration will attend and explain actions.
Miss Jeanne Inman of Vicksburg underwent a major operation Friday evening. Rex Duke of Dugger route 2 submitted to a minor operation this morning.
Two solemn high masses will be offered at St Peter's Catholic Church Linton by Fathers Donald Coakley and William Derrraugh following their ordination at St Meinrad's Abbey. A basket dinner and joint reception follow the ceremonies with parish and family members in attendance.
Mrs. Gerald W. Landis and her daughter Mary Lou left Friday for Washington D C to join Congressman Landis. They plan to visit the World's Fair in New York and other places of interest.
Holdrege farmer Leslie Randall spends years creating pictures by gluing 18 corn varieties to a board and coating with varnish. He notes the craft is tedious and requires kernel splitting for detail though the U S patent office reports no similar idea on file.
The Greene County jail in Bloomfield is listed as a class C facility in a state welfare report. The bulletin notes 15 county jails condemned as unfit for human habitation across Delaware Gibson Clinton Montgomery Wabash Jefferson Orange Hancock Blackford Starke Jennings Martin Switzerland Crawford and Scott.
A 15 year old Bosse high freshman told officers he started five fires at the $1,000,000 school to seek excitement. Four fires occurred April 5 morning and one damaged stage curtains for $200 Wednesday morning. He is one of eight children and his father works as a PWA employee. He was arrested after asking many questions about the investigation.
Sandborn Lions set committees at their June meeting for the district Lions club entertainment on June 29. Officers will be elected at the next regular meeting with new duties starting July 1. Rev. T. A. Goebel was the guest speaker.
Bill Hoese of Worthington was fined 25 dollars and costs after pleading guilty in Greene Circuit Court Bloomfield to passing a school bus while loading or unloading children. An affidavit had misnamed the defendant as Will House before a corrected affidavit led to the guilty plea. The incident occurred on state road 157 north of Bloomfield on January 5.
Russia replies to British French and Russian security pact proposals with significant revisions. The Russian response was sent to Paris and London and reached the foreign office this morning. Premier Edouard Daladier scheduled a cabinet meeting for Monday to study the reply.
The House Ways and Means Committee, after a major defeat of Townsend’s plan, voted to raise old age pensions from $30 to $40 monthly. The panel completed action on the administration's social security revision and prepared to report the bill to the House next week.
In Indiana on June 3 state police shot and killed Ted Harris a 22 year old Chicago hijacker after a high speed chase from South Bend to near Valparaiso. Three others Ed Satchel 19 George Mitchell 47 and Robert Carlton 23 were captured as part of the raid. Local and county officers aided northern Indiana enforcement in trapping hijackers robbing shipments of goods by night.
The Hamburg American liner St Louis carrying 922 German Jewish refugees sailed from Havana on June 3, cruising the Caribbean after being ordered to depart by President Bru. Captain Wilhelm Schroeder said the voyage would circle the West Indies while nations are urged to offer homes for the refugees and avert a personal crisis aboard.
Preliminary plans for the Fourth of July celebration in Jasonville were announced by the Uniform Bank and Knights of Pythias lodge. The program opens at 1 30 PM with bands from Switz City and Clay City, followed by an address on Americanism by Rev. Allen Trusty. Fireworks at 9 PM. Parade in the morning. Field marshals include Otis Littlejohn George Lewis and Abe Bough.
A French physician’s Latin poem on gout from four centuries ago still guides medical thought. A single translated copy has been acquired by the British Museum, marking its enduring influence and rarity.
Ross Barnes a San Jose real estate man says twenty five years of accident free driving came from always keeping fifty feet from every car and especially those driven by women. He states this habit has reduced risk and explains his cautious approach in traffic.
Easton executed in electric chair at Michigan City after a month on death row for the killing of Indiana Patrolman Ray Dixon. The 25 year old Valley City farm youth, who professed innocence for years, walked calmly to the chamber and died at 1 07 a m. He insisted his brother Clarence fired the fatal shot. Indiana Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and Governor Townsend refused clemency.
Linton Municipal Golf Course players prepare for the first interclub match of 1989 against Bloomington Golf Course. About twenty five players on each side expected. Bob Hess urges all Linton golfers to report at 12:30 PM. Bloomington lineup led by Phil Talbott, runner up in the Indiana state tournament.
Alameda city clerk Loreme Beatie received a letter seeking city publication of a novel and advised authors that Alameda would not print a novel for anyone. The unsolicited inquiry prompted no action beyond the clerk's advisory.
Dancing of the hornpipe becomes part of Australian naval reservist training. The traditional British navy steps are adopted as a valuable form of exercise and drill.
Liverpool officials and rescue crews abandon hope for 96 men trapped in the sunken Thetis. The hull lies on the bay bottom thirteen hours after air supply ran out. Officials say it is impossible anyone survived and blame chloride gas.
The Linton B P O Elks lodge No 866 ritualistic degree team will defend its Indiana state champion title at the Elks association convention in Evansville June 4 5 6 and 7. They first won the honor in Logansport in 1937 and defended it in Richmond last year. The team sails to Evansville with several lodge members to compete for a third consecutive victory.
Herbert A. Graham of Elkhart grand lecturer of Royal Arch Masons will inspect Linton chapter No 132 Royal Arch Masons. The meeting features a mark and past masters degree inspection. All members are urged to attend Monday evening and refreshments will follow.
A motorist told the Dane county highway department that carp were jumping on the pavement as they hauled live fish to fields for fertilizer. Investigators confirmed the claim and noted a truck lost its tailboard and part of its load during the transfer.
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