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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 03, 1939
Page
4
The article discusses Bergdoll criticizing Hitler Germany for persecuting people by race or creed and praising an America that values individual rights. It notes Bergdoll's regret over leaving during a crisis and hints that his privileged upbringing may have shaped his fate, ending with a note about Monday.
The Louisiana Department of Conservation reports success in its first control campaign against voracious garfish. Traps were placed in infested areas and more than 100 black bass have joined lures in a two acre region, yielding over 50 pounds per acre as year progresses. Removal of gars should boost game fish numbers.
Indiana factory payrolls fell 1.1 percent from April 15 to May 15, while non manufacturing employment rose 2.4 percent. J Bradley Haight of the Indiana State Employment Service cited a preliminary tabulation from 903 plants employing 125 596 workers.
Crook county farmers expect a record Mormon cricket hatch and fortify with tin fences once more as dust guns and poison are deployed. The 1936 barrier helped Sundance survive the infestation as crews race to preempt August swarms across northeastern Wyoming farmlands.
Officers for Linton Carpenters Local No. 487 will be nominated at 7:30 PM next Tuesday in the K of P hall. President Charles Anderson said other business of importance would be considered.
A new national park and international park site between Texas and Mexico covers about 790 000 acres along the Rio Grande bend near El Paso. The Texas legislature set aside the land, to be managed by the federal park service, with Mexico agreeing to dedicate land on its side. The area will attract tourists via U S Highway 90 and offer scientific research on bird life caves and ruins, with exploration potential in remote canyons and lost mines.
Septimus Dandy, quartermaster of the steamship Edina said to be the oldest passenger ship, collapsed and died on the bridge as the Edina completed its final trip in Melbourne.
In New Orleans a city ordinance against horn overuse is enforced by Supt. George Reyer. On the first day seven violators were cited as motorists were urged to favor brakes over blasts at intersections. The police chief called out horn use as a sign of poor judgment.
Hog market with 1 800 head holdovers 139 steady light price range 6.00 to 6.25 med 6.30 to 6.70 heavy 6.00 to 6.20 sows 4.55 to 5.55. Cattle 2500 calves 200 vs last week good near choice steers weak others steady to strong heifers steady cows 15 cents lower wealers steady. Sheep 25 compared with last week fed shorn lambs 15 cents higher spring lambs strong.
Barbs Ohn Lewis and Bill Green will attend Washington's garden party for the king and queen. Elsa Maxwell may spark a scene on set prompting directors to worry she will break loose and throw a party. The Detroit Tigers struggle, a Browns trade seen as filler near the bottom. An 8-year-old golfer Peter Toogood achieved a hole-in-one. John Roosevelt defines business as a hope and a prayer to sell for more than cost, omitting work value.
Cleveland's Bob Feller dominates in League Park as Speaker recalls how precise pitching control boosted Boston's famous outfield trio. He credits the secret to chasing lines and predicting hitters like Ty Cobb, noting modern pitchers lack that pinpoint mastery.
Alaska delegate Anthony J. Dimond urges building a 2,000,000 head reindeer herd in Alaska as wartime meat reserves to reduce reliance on Argentine and Australian beef. In normal times the herd would serve natives. in emergencies the federal government could authorize wider use. Dimond cites a 500,000 head current herd and says numbers could be expanded and later reduced as needed.
The speaker notes that promised funds to build a native economy plan were never provided. Only routine administration funds for existing reindeer are appropriated each year. He proposes modest new funds to start a reserve herd as a practical measure.
Three youths set out from Fabens Texas on a planned expedition to Central America with three stolen horses three rifles ammunition and five cents. Mexican officers arrested them a mile south of the Rio Grande and returned them to the United States. A 16 year old said they carried rifles to shoot rabbits and that they only had a nickel to eat.
Ed Drake, 78, has lived in the same room at Hotel Tipton for 38 years. He first registered on November 1, 1900, long after the hotel’s construction. Over the years 18 proprietors have come and gone, with current owner Mrs. Alex Buchanan, daughter of the late QO Bleasdale, continuing the lineage.
In Santa Rosa California members of the Russian River Sportsman’s club mock Zane Grey’s yearly Australia fishing trips while flaunting their own swimming prowess. They practice “playing the fish” in Lake Newna using fishing tackle attached to trunks but have yet to land a catch.
The Local Alcoholic Beverage Board of Greene County Indiana will hold a public hearing at 9 am on June 13 1939 at the Clerk's Office Court House Bloomfield to investigate applications for Alcoholic Beverage Permits at Jasonville and Linton. Public participation encouraged as information on fitness and propriety is received. Secretary John F Noonan excise administrator Hugh A Barnhart. June 3.
The Berkeley Humane Society faced near bankruptcy after a Newfoundland dog fell into a grease pit. Rescued and sheltered, the dog consumed three pounds of meat daily, triggering a rapid fundraising drive to find an owner before funds ran out.
The trustee announces a brief extension for dog tax payments due to delinquency. Dog tag holders with tag No. 143825 issued April 27 and tag No. 143821 issued April 29 should contact the trustee J. Lowrie Mattox at the office to complete records.
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