Greene County to build forest park road and new playground area
Encouraging signs outline highway improvements from State Road 54 near the fairground toward Humphreys Park and north to the new forest and lake park. Plans include linking to Fairview road and extending west past Fairview cemetery. Aims include low-cost development and broader county interest in the park project.
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Fairground
Humphreys Park
Sherrard-Lee
Forest
Greene County
Fairview Cemetery
Fairview Road
Roosevelt Urges Waterway Work For Great Lakes Seaway
President Roosevelt urged Congress to authorize 285 million dollars for completing the Great Lakes St. Lawrence seaway and power project. He said approval would signal resolve to enemies and expand defense, as the plan would allow ocean ships to reach the lakes and add 2,200,000 horsepower of electricity.
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Washington
U.P
Roosevelt
America
Congress
Great Lakes-St. Lawrence
Great Lakes
Steel curtailment for civilian use to free shipbuilding capacity
Washington June 5 APM The Office of Production Management will cut sheet and strip steel production for automobile and other civilian uses to free rolling mill capacity for shipbuilding railcars and other urgent defense needs Civilian output will continue only as defense capacity allows Ambassador John G Winant's Britain war experience report aims to help fix re armament organization Bugs delaying production and combat operations He plans a 10 day visit to US officials before returning to London
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Washington
U.P
Office of Production Management
OPM
John G. Winant
Great Britain
Winant
London
Decorations Bring Festive Air to Linton Campment
Linton readies for the United Spanish War Veterans encampment June 8 to 10 with street decorations and business displays. Eugene Wharf, state commander, predicts the 1941 gathering will be the biggest in state history with about 1200 delegates and a military parade expected to draw around 10 000 spectators.
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Linton
United Spanish War Veteran
Eugene Wharf
The
United Spanish War Veterans
Ickes Seeks Petroleum Cuts on East Coast
Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes, new defense oil coordinator, said restrictions on petroleum use likely within a month. He promised to study storage data before naming restricted products and floated ideas like gasoline-less Sundays and converting furnaces to coal.
Birth of Joyce Ann Steinogle in Worthington
A daughter weighing eight pounds four ounces was born Wednesday afternoon to Mrs. Charles Steinogle of Worthington route 1. The baby was named Joyce Ann. Claude White Jr. of Bloomfield was taken to his home this afternoon. Sherman Lee Rice was also taken to his home on Eleventh Street Northeast this afternoon.
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Charles Steinogle
Worthington
Joyce Ann
Claude White Jr
Bloomfield
Sherman Lee Rice
Eleventh Street
Pupils Earn Legion Post Honors At Linton Junior High
Peggy Valandingham and Johnny Bull received the Linton American Legion post annual award during last day of school exercises at Linton Junior High. Awards honor eighth grade pupils for scholarship service character and leadership. Francis Haseman presented the medals and certificates of award.
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Peggy Valandingham
Johnny Bull
Linton Frank
Prisoner Admits State Robberies
Harold E. Kiel a 27 year old Indianapolis bank robber admitted in a signed statement the holdup of 21 filling stations over 10 months, looting 790 dollars. Police note a prior record including seven Indiana bank holdups and a 1933 gang gun battle ending in his capture.
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Indianapolis
Ind
U.P
Harold E. Kiel
Kiel
Indiana
Carroll County
Reynolds
Morgantown
Centerville
Burlington
Kempton
Hull Warns on Franco German Ties Threatening US Policy
Secretary of State Cordell Hull warned that Franco German collaboration could force France into the aggressor camp and seriously alter its relations with the United States. His formal statement, issued in response to press inquiries, signals a final American plea that could end cooperation with France on food shipments and even sever diplomatic relations if unanswered.
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Washington
Cordell Hull
France
United States
Hull
Lyons Christian Church to Hold All-Day Homecoming
The Lyons Christian church plans its annual Homecoming on Sunday June 15 with a full day program. Bible school at 9 30 a m Communion at 10 45 a m preaching at 11 00 a m A noon basket dinner for members and friends and an afternoon program with musical numbers and remarks by county ministers. Bert Edwards church clerk invites all to attend with baskets and friends for worship and fellowship.
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The
Lyons Christian Church
Bert Edwards
Refusal of Union River Still Rises Studied by Board
Washington reports the defense mediation board will consider the CIO IWA refusal to accept the back to work recommendation for 12,000 northwest lumber workers. Board Chairman C A Dykstra will brief members after meetings with IWA president O M Orton and union officials as White River rises to 11.10 feet with crest expected not beyond 14 feet and no crop damage anticipated.
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Washington
Defense Mediation Board
International Woodworkers of America
CIO
Roosevelt
C. A. Dykstra
O. M. Orton
IWA
White River
Elliston
O. H. Brown
United States Weather Observer
Mr. Brown
Eel River
Weather Bureau
United Press
Rate reductions announced by FCC cut interstate long distance charges
The FCC said its telephone investigation yields 45 million dollars annual rate cuts with 14 million to take effect July 1. AT and T and 21 Bell system entities pledge reductions after consultations. Most interstate daytime calls between 144 and 1580 miles will be cheaper, with some evening and Sunday calls also reduced.
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Washington
U.P
Federal Communications Commission
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Bell System
FCC
Franklin Delano Barnard Visits Daily Citizen Office
Franklin Delano Barnard, son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Barnard, visited the Daily Citizen office this morning. He prefers the nickname Buster, finding Franklin Delano cumbersome to pronounce.
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Franklin Delano
Daily Citizen
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Franklin Delano Barnard
Charles Barnard
F. D. Barnard
Buster
Senate plan to start hearings on draft property bill
The Senate Military Affairs Committee voted to begin hearings June 16 on the draft property bill. Secretary of War Henry Stimson urged rapid enactment saying it should pass as quickly as possible. The note also covers group deferment requests and a strike among auto workers impacting military plane output amid the Indies crisis.
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Washington, D. C
Senate Military Affairs Committee
Henry N. Stimson
Huge Sui Sought For Army For 241 In Measure Today
The House appropriations committee urged a record army budget of 0.8265 billion dollars for the year starting July 1, funding 12 856 airplanes and lifting 1942 output to 40 000 craft annually. It would raise the combined services air strength to 56 000 planes and grant General Marshall sweeping authority, including a 25 million dollar blank check.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
Congress
Army
Roosevelt
Navy
George C. Marshall
Marshall
Lewis County Man Walter Goble Dies at 84
Walter Goble aged 84 lifelong Lewis township resident in Clay county died at 10:00 p.m. Thursday in Union Hospital Terre Haute. He worked in coal mining carpentry and farming and belonged to Little Flock Baptist church. Survived by six sons Frank Jasonville James Hymera Charles Shelburn Bisby Whiting Harry Coalmont William Coalmont and daughter Mrs Ross Thompson Coalmont. Funeral 2:00 p.m. Saturday at Little Flock church with Rev L T Dodd of Eldorado, Ill., officiating. McClanahan Funeral Home Jasonville in charge.
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Walter Goble
Lewis Township
Clay County
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Mr. Goble
Little Flock
Coalmont
Frank Goble
Jasonville
James Goble
Hymera
Charles Goble
Shelburn
Bisby Goble
Whiting
Harry
William Goble
Ross Thompson
Rev
L. T. Dodd
Eldorado
Ill
McClanahan Funeral Home
Greene County Food Stamp Plan Meeting Friday
A meeting on the proposed food stamp plan in Greene County is set for 8:00 p.m. Friday at Switz City High School. County merchants trustees and the Board of Commissioners are urged to attend with Mr. Guard of the Employment Relief Commission as principal speaker.
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Switz City
Greene County Board of Commissoners
Unemployment Relief Commission
Guard
Lem Clark Named Guard at Indiana Penal Farm
Lem Clark former Greene county deputy sheriff has been appointed guard at the Indiana State Penal Farm at Putnamville. He began his duties this afternoon and Mrs. Clark will remain in Bloomfield for the present.
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Lem Clark
Greene County
Indiana
Putnamville
Fighting in Syria Imminent as British Plans Advance
Reports from London and Paris describe imminent fighting in Syria with Gen. Sir Archibald Wavell ready to extend the British front. Free French leader Charles de Gaulle may press Syria authorities for a peaceful British occupation. A Bucharest dispatch notes Romania shipping offered to Germany for troop transport.
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Archibald Wavell
Charles DeGaulle
Palestine
Bucharest
Romania
Constanza
Black Sea
Dardanelles
Middle Eastern
Russia
Britain Has Tight Gasoline Supply Warns Officials
Washington June 5 A defense official said Britain faces a very tight gasoline and oil situation but rapid expansion of shipments from the United States should ease a threatened shortage. Britain reportedly has more than a few months of supply but immediate attention is required. Another official cited transfer of Gulf of Aden tankers to the North Atlantic service, enabling four round trips to Britain as fast as one Aden voyage. Harold L. Ickes aims to have a plan soon to relieve Eastern seaboard oil strain from tanker reassignment.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Great Britain
United States
North Atlantic
Gulf of Aden
Britain
Aden
Defense Oil
Harold L. Ickes
Junior Baseball Meeting Set in Linton
Linton youth baseball players and prospects are invited to a practice at 9:00 Friday at the High School park diamond. The first workout, postponed from Wednesday by rain, aims to form at least eight teams in two divisions A and B under Greene County Recreation Department supervision.
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Linton
High School Park
Greene County Uefa Recreation Department
Recreation Department
New Mobilization in Rumania Reported from Bucharest
A Viennese paper cites Bucharest dispatch claiming general mobilization in Romania and partial evacuations though no official confirmation. Maritime sources at Constanza say Romanian commercial ships have been handed to Germany to transport troops.
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Budapest
Hungary
U.P
Neues Wiener Tagblatt
Bucharest
Romania
Constanza
Germany
Revival Services Held at Glenburn Mission
The Rev. G. C. Morgan of Alliance Ohio is in charge of revival services at Glenburn Mission this week, with evening sessions starting at 7 30. The public is invited to attend each night including Saturday.
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G. C. Morgan
Alliance
French Leader Delays North Africa Departure
Vichy France June 5 General Maxime Weygand French colonial commander in chief delayed his departure for North Africa as news arrived that Otto Alberts a German diplomat was involved in a new development. The report indicates heightened diplomatic activity amid wartime moves and related shifts in command.
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France
U.P
Maxime Weygand
North Africa
Otto Abertz
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