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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1946
Page
1
The piece riffs on recurring rain and criticizes the weather forecast as unreliable. It recalls a 1846 snow on May 16 with notes from Squire Pete Brawand and parodies cultural commentary from editors, including references to James Whitcomb Riley and James Montgomery Flagg.
Regular services fully restored on the Terre Haute to Evansville line following an agreement with employees ending an 18 day suspension of service. The Wa bash Valley Coach Company operates two Terre Haute routes to Evansville and back.
Funeral services for William E. Pigg will be held at 10 00 o clock DST Wednesday morning from Welch and Cornett Funeral home Rev Waldo Hoar officiating with burial in Fairview Cemetery The death occurred Sunday evening
Washington June 4 The Navy orders officers and volunteers to screen reserve personnel to man the American merchant fleet should the June 15 maritime strike occur. Secretary Forrestal directs rapid reports on experienced cargo handlers to replace striking Maritime Union members.
The Greater Linton club will meet at 6 30 PM Thursday at the local First Methodist church for a talk titled What The Coal Industry Means to Society. Guest speaker is J M Miller credit manager of the Sterling Midland Coal Company. Club president John Fritz calls the talk well worth hearing.
Mrs Maggie Murdock underwent major surgery Monday evening. Mrs Wayne Dayhoff of Worthington had an appendectomy this morning. Ruby Green of Worthington had a tonsillectomy this morning. Mrs Fred Dayhoff of Worthington admitted for observation. Bill Alkire was dismissed today.
Mrs Julia Chase, once told by physicians in 1867 that she would not survive the year, died recently at the age of 103 in Zion. Her long life spanned medical advances and dramatic changes in the town.
A collision near Fort Benjamin Harrison in Indiana killed Cecil Hedge 24 and his two year old son Phillip and seriously injured Cecil’s wife Violet 21. Seven others including Hilbert Owen 34 and wife Violet, their two daughters Peggy six and Sharon Sue 18 months, and Isaac Spruill 45 of Indianapolis were hurt as they returned to Muncie after visiting relatives in Bedford.
Vernon P. Simpson 22, of Wichita Falls Texas, a former army pilot, was held after arrest at Scott Field Illinois for theft of 6500 dollars in jewelry and for stealing a consolidated Vultee trainer from Columbia Missouri airport on April 17. He lived at Scott Field in GI clothing while evading capture for weeks.
Roy Williams, local park recreation leader, announced plans to form at least three softball leagues for junior, intermediate, and senior groups this summer. About one hundred boys used High School park facilities yesterday where volleyball, archery, boxing and more are offered. Plans include installing electric lights for a twilight softball league within two weeks.
Statewide search continued for two inmates who fled from the Illinois State penitentiary at Menard after walking off the prison farm Sunday. Edward Digby of Madison county and Willard Stubbs of Dewitt county were identified as the escapees. Digby is serving 1 to 20 years for robbery and Stubbs 1 to 2 years for automobile larceny.
Lyons Community Club gears up for its 39th annual Lyons Fair August 28-31 in Lyons municipal park. Meetings shift to every Monday after July 15 to complete preparations including new departments such as a Gold Medal Calf club woodcraft relic and antique sections and a war souvenirs display. Horse pulling grows with increased prize money as Greene County funds support premiums. Club president Voris Davidson says the fair will be the best yet and thanks Greene County for the appropriation.
At the May session in Bloomfield the Greene county board approved a petition from the City of Linton to correct erroneous tax assessments, accepted the Greene county nurses report, and approved the 1945-46 school fund loan report by County Auditor A W McLaughlin. Routine claims against county treasury departments were also approved.
Maude A Bowden 48 of near Freedom, formerly of Linton, died early today at Freeman Greene county hospital. Born May 5 1898 in Linton, daughter of Benjamin and Louisa Land. Survived by husband Clark Bowden two brothers Darrell Lund Cloverdale Charles Lund Martinsville sister Fay Ellis Sullivan. Body at Jenkins Funeral Home Bloomfield. Funeral 2:30 p m Friday at Corinth church Cloverdale burial Manon cemetery.
Secretary of War Robert P Patterson approved the Doolittle board report on the Army caste system. He spoke at West Point on June 4 saying there is room for improvement in officer and enlisted relations and that the 14 proposed changes aim to correct abuses without harming discipline.
Unseasonal cool weather hits Indiana with temperatures around the 30s to 40s. South Bend logged 38 degrees while Marion 39 and Terre Haute 41 followed by Indianapolis 43 Fort Wayne 43 and Evansville 47. The Indianapolis weather bureau reported frost at Wheatfield last night.
Stockton Hill 4-H club meets at 1 30 P M Wednesday at Warren Pope home. Leader Clarence Creager says hayride project tour and a wiener roast will be planned and photographs taken. Members urged to attend.
New Orleans June 4 UPD Wilie Francis the 17 year old Saint Martinville boy who survived a failed electric chair execution has been granted an indefinite reprieve by Gov James Davis after his commutation was rejected by the pardon board The stay enables attorney Bertrand Deblanc to seek U S Supreme Court review as the state high court approved the appeal and rejected double jeopardy arguments.
President Truman signed a bill creating a permanent federal state school lunch program. The secretary of agriculture can spend as needed to cover the federal share and up to 10 million dollars to extend to new schools. Initial fiscal year shares are dollar for dollar, with rising state participation in following years.
Fairview Church five miles north of Jasonville prepares for its annual homecoming on Sunday June 30. An all day meeting includes a basket dinner at noon and programs in morning and afternoon. Judge Robert Stewart of Brazil will be principal speaker. Prizes will be awarded.
Two Sullivan county men James Eugene Oliver and Ralph Frisbie Jr. were sentenced to 3 to 10 years in the Indiana state reformatory for vehicle taking after admitting to driving a stolen truck that struck and killed Rex Marlowe 12 and his brother Francis 8 near Sullivan as they returned from a movie. The prosecutor dropped involuntary manslaughter and reckless homicide charges.
Senator C Johnson of Colorado proposed banning the re draft of veterans and offering a veteran exempting amendment to the draft extension bill. He argued former service members should not be recalled unless they volunteer and urged an aggressive voluntary enlistment program to meet manpower goals.
A committee led by Congressman Gerald Landis of Indiana's seventh district will meet in Indianapolis to investigate causes of food shortages. The panel will tour Indiana and bread basket states to determine if shortages are real or man made.
About 500 ministers and lay delegates gathered in Shelbyville Indiana for the Indiana council of churches 82nd annual convention opening. Leaders include Dr Edward R Bartlett DePauw University president and Frank M Liddle state YMCA secretary.
Washington reports say the government favors trying a five day work week in the soft coal industry to curb costs from the wage contract with the United Mine Workers. Analysts predict price rises of about 25 cents a ton for five days and 85 cents for six days.
Indiana Attorney General James Emmert announced that historically important records of the territorial assembly would be returned to state authorities from the University of Chicago library. The manuscripts had been loaned in 1896 to William H. English, who was compiling Indiana history, and were later found to be among English's papers after his death.
Mrs. Andrew Bennie is appointed to the Greene County Board of Review replacing Charles Hawkins Sr who resigned. The County Review Board is in session at the county courthouse in Bloomfield.
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