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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1938
Page
4
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In celebration of the 1938 fishing season opening the Jasonville Conservation Club hosts a Fishing Odeo and Fishermen's Roundup at Shakamak State Park on Wednesday June 15. The all evening gathering includes film reels loaned by the State Conservation department and informal fish stories. Prizes are planned for largest bass largest crappie longest string of crappies and longest string of bluegills.
James F. Hinman Jr son of Mr and Mrs J M Fred Hinman 310 Ninth Street Northeast is reported recovering satisfactorily from a major operation he underwent Wednesday at Riley Hospital in Indianapolis.
In yesterday's hospital note for Bernard Green of Worthington an incorrect line said he was the son of Mr and Mrs W M Green. The family now identified is Mr and Mrs Leonard Green of Worthington.
In Lakeview Texas C L Masser edged rival W F Guion by one vote to capture the mayor’s office in the newly incorporated community. The tally stood 20 to 19 after the election.
London June 4 press report says engineering unions oppose the armament speedup. Prime Minister Chamberlain and Sir Thomas Inskip called for talks with employers, but no conference has occurred. Amalgamated Engineering Union chief Fred A. Smith criticizes plans to use semi skilled labor and cites a Spain arms aid proposal as a potential compromise.
Members and guests of the Little Shiloh church two miles east of Lyons will assemble for their annual memorial service and basket dinner. The noon basket meal will be served on the church lawn followed by an afternoon program of entertainment and talks. The public is invited to attend.
Hog numbers 1 000 with 429 holdovers. Market steady with lights 7.65 to 8.50, mediums 8.55 to 8.80, heavies 8.30 to 8.40. Packing sows 7.40 to 8. Cattle 250, calves 375. Slaughter steers and heifers stronger, cows steady. Week’s steer top 10.45, best heifers 9.40, wealers steady. Sheep 25, spring lambs up 50 cents, top 9.50.
In Sydney, L. Duckworth won the first prize in a local cookery contest, challenging the dominance of women in the kitchen. He claimed victory after only five months of training from his wife, causing irritation among the competing housewives.
In Jackson Michigan a man named James Stewart wrecked his car trying to dodge a small rabbit that darted into the road. The cottontail caused the crash and Stewart was hospitalized. The rabbit escaped unharmed.
Mrs. David Stroud of Stroudsburg Pennsylvania handled spring planting solo after her husband was injured. With five children to care for she left them with neighbors and took to the plow to till 30 acres of the family farm.
Representatives from building and savings associations in Northwestern Ohio report rising savings despite tough business conditions across ten counties including Toledo.
The Egyptian government has asked the British government to send a military expert to Cairo to visit and report on a proposed ammunition factory project in Egypt.
Residents of Dugger will see themselves on screen next Tuesday and Wednesday at the Cozy theatre in a film titled Home Town Movie Flashes. Cameramen captured candid views of locals including baseball, scouts, shoppers, glee clubs, Briar Hill club activities, merchants, coal mines, and Indiana University ROTC in their final seasonal review with a commentator providing explanations.
Fritz Bernstorff a 31 year old Danish count by birth now works as a gardener at an Oakmont home. He came to America in 1931 and to Oakmont last May with his American wife Hedwig and their 16 month old son Fritz Jr. The count values horticulture and recalls his ancestors aiding tenant farmers in Denmark. He faced a challenge finding work after arriving in the U.S. with introductions to New York families.
The National Theodore N Vail awards recognize public service by telephone workers. Special citation goes to Indiana Belt Telephone workers for restoring service during the 1937 flood along the Ohio River. Cincinnati and Suburban Bell Telephone, Citizens Telephone, and Southern Bell teams are also cited. A posthumous $500 gold medal goes to Helen Sullivan for Plaza Hotel fire injuries. award suggested for her mother Grace Sullivan.
Joe Penner stars in Go Chase Yourself at the Sher-Ritz Theater in a first leading comedy Sundays Mondays and Tuesdays. Lucille Ball headlines a popular cast including Richard Lane June Travis Fritz Field and Tom Kennedy with Penner's signature style. The film is billed as one of the season’s wildest fastest comedies with top laugh value and a strong supporting lineup.
A benefit party honoring the Linton Elks lodge state championship ritualistic degree team will start at 8:30 p m tonight at the home on North Main Street. The public has been invited.
London June 4 Britain drafts a 6 billion five year plan to abolish unemployment by 1939 with 1.5 million jobless. Defense work takes priority for two years while training schools prepare unskilled workers for industry and public works are scheduled by central government.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy McKee of Muncie visited Decoration Day with Mr. and Mrs. O P McKee. Lewis White hosted a family dinner. Several residents traveled to Odon Elnora Jasonville Worthington Calvertsville and Sandborn for visits and business. Miss Beulah Bradfield is home bound with mumps.
Robert R. Bedwell of Dugger Route One, Linton Stockton high school graduate, earns a special merit scholarship to Purdue University worth 30 dollars per semester for four years if he maintains a 4.5 scholastic index. Among 344 graduates, 121 reached final exams and 50 were chosen.
Fred C. Choate has planted a 50 acre block of pine trees on his 120 acre farm outside Greenville Michigan to educate the youth of 1907 A D about timberlands and what a pine forest is like.
Yee Suie Ming, 54, a Chinese rancher in El Centro California, handed a rattlesnake to relatives in China but stroked its head out of fascination. He died three days later from the bite and its effects.
F W Willey of Sullivan will deliver the principal talk Sunday afternoon at the Townsend Old Age Pension meeting in the Linton city park. As a member of the Indiana Townsend CARP speaking bureau he has spoken on this subject before. The public is invited to attend tomorrow at 2 30 with a program of entertainment and musical numbers.
Grand Theatre presents In Old Chicago a grand American drama starring Tyrone Power Alice Faye Don Ameche and more. A complete city is destroyed for the film set depicting the Chicago fire era with showings starting Saturday night at 11 15 and continuing Sunday Monday and Tuesday.
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