Country boy Will Hays spoke at length of fame and virtue
In a retrospective column the writer recalls quirky coincidences of peg leg city workers and a mayor, then quotes Walter Crim praising Will Hays from Sullivan Indiana as a quintessential country boy who rose to national influence in the motion picture industry. The piece notes Hays as a judge, mentor, and public figure with a law firm in Sullivan. It ends with a wartime RAF fuel figure.
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Walter H. Crim
Salem
Republican Leader
Will H. Hays
New York City
Motion Pictures Producers Association
Sullivan
Ind
Hollywood
Calif
New York
Wabash College
Rambler
Indiana Daily
Indiana University
Hays & Hays
Indiana
Will
U S Studies Revising Yalta Voting Formula to Settle Crisis
The United States studies revising the Yalta voting formula to resolve the United Nations Conference crisis over the Big Five veto while preserving Big Five unanimity. Negotiations continue in Moscow with Harry S Hopkins and Marshal Joseph Stalin involved, and the issue dominates the June conference as lawmakers weigh postponement or formula revision.
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R. H. Stackford
United Press
San Francisco
U.P
United States
Yalta
Big Five Solidarity
Moscow
Harry S. Hopkins
Truman
Hopkins
Josef Stalin
Security Council
U. S. Senate
Board Announces Closing Schedule
The Ration Board on West Vincennes Street will close Saturday afternoons starting June 9. Public hours are Monday to Friday 9:00 to 4:30, Thursday 1:00 to 4:30, and Saturday 9:00 to 11:45.
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Vincennes Street
Henry G Hunter Called by Death
Henry Grifin Hunter former Linton resident died at his sister’s home in Terre Haute Tuesday at 5 35 p m after a year long illness. Born February 1 1889 he was 56. He worked at Opera House Restaurant several years. Surviving sons are Charles of Linton and S Sgt Willard O missing in action. sister Mrs Lara Olgus and Mrs Nettie McBride of Terre Haute. Mrs John Randall Hymera. brother John Central City Kentucky. granddaughter Charla Dianne Hunter. Funeral at M J Aikin Funeral Home Thursday at 2 30 p m with Rev Sam Tuttle. burial Fairview cemetery.
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Henry Grifin Hunter
Linton
Lara Olgus
Terre Haute
Reuben
Catherine Stewart Hunter
Opera House
Charles
Willard O
John
Central City
Olgus
Nettie McBride
John Randall
Hymera
Charla Dianne Hunter
M. J. Aikin Funeral Home
Sam Tuttle
Fairview
Taylor Township Farmer Dies at 75 in Chastworth Ill
Thomas J. Christenberry aged 75 of near Bloomfield died at his daughter Mildred Bump’s home in Chastworth Illinois. He long lived in Taylor township and is survived by two sons Roy and Thomas C and a daughter Mildred. His wife Daisy died in 1944. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Jenkins Funeral Home Bloomfield. Nettie Adams returns home after visits to Washington Vincennes and Monroe City.
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Thomas J. Christenberry
Bloomfield
Mildred Bump
Chastworth
Ill
Taylor Township
Daisy
Roy
Thomas C
United States Army
Jenkins Funeral Home
Nettie Adams
Washington
Vincennes
Monroe City
Hitler’s Body Found in Berlin Fortress Ruins
A Russian military source says Hitler’s body, among four found in the underground Reich Chancellery fortress ruins, was identified with fair certainty. The corpse, burned by flame throwers, matched Hitler’s description and teeth but officials withheld final confirmation pending certainty.
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Joseph W. Grigg
United Press Staff
Berlin
U.P
Adolf Hitler
Reichschancellery
Hitler
Red Army
Allied control deting ends in frustration
Russia blocks word nationals in Article 10 delaying the Big Four pact signing in Berlin for nearly six hours. Zhukov demands American troop withdrawal before further talks. Pact later signed with Article 10 temporarily removed per Moscow.
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Berlin
U.P
Russia
Japan
Germany
Gregory K. Zhukov
Allied Control Council
Zhukov
Red Army
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Bernard L. Montgomery
Tempelhof Airdrome
Drew Middleton
New York Times
Middleton
Soviet Union
Hospital Report Notes Field Residents and Birth
Mrs Charles R Davis of Bloomfield route 1 had a major operation this afternoon. Mrs Richard Shanklin had minor surgery today. Earl Hamm of North Main Street had a tonsillectomy this morning. Mrs Lex Mutersoa gh of Bloomfield had a major operation. A girl weighing 6 pounds 13 ounces was born to Mrs Charles McCoy of Bloomfield route 1 Tuesday night named Carol Ruth.
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Charles R. Davis
Bloomfield
Yanks Gain SMA Miles On Luzon
Japanese pull back in northern Luzon as the 37th division advances six miles along highway No. 5, reaching 10 miles north of Santa Fe and 16 miles from Bayombong. The 33rd division pushes 20 miles northeast of Baguio along highway 11, while air forces drop 250 tons on retreating Japanese and their dumps. Mindanao sees gains toward Mintal, and Far East Air Force bombers strike Formosa’s Takao sector.
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Manila
Uup
Luzon
Santa Fe
Cagayan Valley
Bayombong
Nueva Vizcaya
Baguio
Philippines
Bontoc
Gattaran
Mindanao
Mintal
Davao
Far Eastern Air Force
Formosa
Takao
Morgan Funeral Friday Afternoon
The remains of Isiah Toots Morgan who died suddenly Tuesday were taken to his sister Esther Marsh’s home in South Linton for visitation. He will be driven to Welch and Cornett Funeral Home Friday at ten, with services at two led by Rev. Powell Forbes. Burial follows in Fairview cemetery.
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Isiah (Toots) Morgan
Esther Marsh
South Linton
Welch and Cornett
Powell Forbes
Fairview Cemetery
Berry Rites Held for Earl Berry in Wheatland
Funeral services for Earl Berry who died in Vincennes Monday night will be held Thursday at two o clock from the Donaldson and Richardson Funeral Home in Wheatland. Burial will follow in Wheatland cemetery. He was a brother of Mrs Amos Gillett of this city.
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Earl Berry
Vincennes
Donaldson and Richardson
Wheatland
Berry
Amos Gillett
First Japanese Recon Flights Over Luzon Before Pearl Harbor
Manila reports reveal that two Japanese reconnaissance missions probed Luzon before December. General Brereton directed American fighters to shoot on sight after the first warning, but the second approach eluded interception as night fell.
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Frank H. Bartholomew
United Press
Manila
U.R
Luzon
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Lewis H. Brereton
Airborne Army
Far East
Brereton
Arthur Symims 12 Dies Tuesday Night
Arthur Symms long a Linton resident died at his Indianapolis home after a yearlong illness. He came to Linton 35 years ago and helped found the Linton Gas Co. He was 72 in March and survived by his widow and three daughters Mrs Donald Pruitt Webster Hills Missouri Mrs Harold Lynn Champaign Illinois and Mrs J L Kingsferry Indianapolis. Funeral services are Friday at 2 pm in Flanner Buchanan chapel Indianapolis with burial in an Indianapolis cemetery.
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Symms
Linton
Linton Gas Co
Donald Pruitt
Webster Hills
Harold Lynn
Champaign, N
J. L. Kingsferry
Indianapolis
Flanner & Buchanan
Victory gardens urged as Indiana eyes food shortage
Battle of Okinawa in Mop-Up Stage as Japan Expects Invasion Soon is given as context but Indianapolis reports urgent need for victory gardens. Indiana agricultural leaders warn the food situation is critical with fewer gardens and poor weather. Purdue Extension Director L E Hoffman says vegetable shortages threaten next winter and calls Hoosiers to plant and care for gardens. National War Food Administration notes reduced common vegetables and canned beans and tomatoes. Attendees include Indiana Garden Clubs Farm Organizations County Agricultural Agencies Chambers of Commerce newspapers and radio stations.
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Indianapolis
U.R
L. E. Hoffman
Purdue University
Agricultural Extension Department
State Garden
Indiana
Chambers of Commerce
Invasion of Japan Seen After Okinawa Victory
United Press reports Okinawa entering mop up, Nimitz to issue a victory communique, invasion forces expected to land in Japan soon. Tokyo cites entrenched Japanese positions as American progress slows on the island.
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Tle
Okinawa
Tokyo
Japan
Chester W. Nimitz
10Th Army
Nimitz
Pacific
Radio Tokyo
Oraka
Naha
Seventh
Chinen
Kwinawa
Yomiuri Hochi
Cub Scouts Plan Meeting Tuesday
The Cub Scouts hold a regular meeting on Tuesday June 12 at 7 00 in the Stock ton high school old gymnasium. All 8 dens must attend with leaders. Two contests awards banners for 100 percent attendance and for highest parent turnout. Den No 2 to demonstrate 100 percent weekly den meeting. Mrs Carl Donie is den mother and Jerry Rupert den chief. An exhibit of boys handiwork will be shown. Mr and Mrs Bert Nance of Cleveland visited Mrs Lillie Nance.
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Cub Scouts
Stockton High School
8 Dens
den No. 2
Carl Donie
Jerry Rupert
MacArthur Sees Invasion of Japan as Inevitable
Manila report quotes Gen. Douglas MacArthur stating Japan will not quit until its mainland is invaded and ruin comes to its cities economy and military government. He outlines a steady Pacific plan using bombardment followed by ground assault and emphasizes minimizing Allied casualties.
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MacArthur
Japan
Frank H. Bartholomew
United Press
Manila
U.P
Douglas MacArthur
Pacific
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Stalin
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Combined American Press
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