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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1945
Page
6
Sound loans are an important part of our business. Come in and see us if you need cash. You enjoy several important advantages when you borrow from your Bank. Your application will be given prompt and courteous attention here.
Hogs 7,000 head active with prices for 140-160 lbs and 160 lbs offerings around 14.80. Cattle and calves include 550 and 600 head with light steers 16.25 to 16.75, mixed yearlings around 15.75, cows at 13.25 to 14.25, canners 7 to 9.25, dealers strong to 0.50 higher, top 17.00.
Gary Indiana fireman first class Clifford D Arnold came home on furlough to recount how his ship was hit near Tarawa and, limping to the Marshall Islands, heard a Japanese radio report claiming the vessel had been sunk.
Spring planting in nearby farms drew away jurors causing a damage suit to be postponed indefinitely. Judge Scize Henry S. Bailey ordered the case halted after 19 of 25 prospective jurors were released for farming duties.
Ray Peters of Amanda Ohio reports his ewe helped with meat shortage by giving birth to a lamb and, a week later, producing two more. The owner notes the remarkable prolificacy of the ewe as a notable local event.
Bearded veterans of the French Foreign Legion reach an American hospital after a 650 mile retreat from Indo China. They describe Japanese murder of wounded comrades, typhus, leech bites, and scarce food as they fled through jungles and hills to Szemao in Yunnan before evacuation. Col. Maurice Sheahan notes most are European and in poor condition. Sgt. Jules Carbonel compares their struggle to four years of European battle.
The Linton Library partners with about 100 Indiana libraries to display bond posters and inflation materials and urges patrons to invest in bonds in the seventh war loan drive. The three libraries with the largest bond credit will receive original manuscripts. The notice notes Thanksgoing Day first celebrated in Chicago in 1837.
Pvt James H Tincher of the United States Forces in Australia has been promoted to Private First Class. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Tip Tincher.
Pvt. Philip J. Gilmour, son of Mr and Mrs James Gilmour of Linton Indiana, completes aviation maintenance training at Amarillo Army Air Field. He has earned air base duties for B 17 and B 29 aircraft and completed military tactics, defense, and physical training for service.
Mrs. X C Kittle reports her husband X C Kittle RM 3/c has arrived in Norfolk Virginia after five weeks in Trinidad.
Bob Tucker has enlisted in the United States Navy and has gone to Great Lakes Illinois for boot training. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Bransom Tucker.
Mary Lou Wasson, 18, testifies she wed Cpl Alvin Wasson, 23, to protect him from another woman and did not live with him. She offers 18 allotment checks totaling 900 dollars to return, while court considers her legal right to refund.
American forces tightened control on Okinawa with the First Division advancing from the northwest and capturing Naha airfield. In the center the Yeaju Bake escarpment held by Japanese remnants saw fierce resistance as villagers fled or surrendered. Tokyo broadcasts claimed the war situation favored the Allies and the conquest was days away.
Washington reports a Senate showdown over extending price controls for another year. Senator Willis blasts OPA and hints at lifting meat controls while preserving rationing. Chairman Thomas accuses officials of withholding canned goods to protect jobs. Price controls would lapse June 30 without new legislation.
Maj. Gen. Ernest Harmon, the first American military governor in Germany, says running the Reich requires some Nazis. He plans to hand the Rhineland to British forces and notes many administration and commercial leaders are Nazi. He cites coal and food priorities over de-Nazification in the short term.
A Memphis district OPA letter quotes a caller angry over sugar stamps this year, complaining neighbors got more and fruit was allocated unevenly. The missive warns of punishment and mocks officials, ending with a prayer to “eat you on the right road.”
Ohio Department of Highways announces white lines down street medians will be replaced with ersatz black markings due to white paint shortage.
In Newport Kentucky a sign in shaded apartment windows declares the house is not for rent with a note about housecleaning. A resident explains the woman of the house grew tired of answering the door leaving the door sign as the only message.
Twenty years ago a severe heat spell dominated the nation with record warmth. Dorothy Atkins of Midland died instantly in a Clay City automobile wreck. A scout ship began a North Pole search for Capt. Amundsen and Lincoln Ellsworth. Local brick streets expanded and blew up under extreme heat.
A major Allied air offensive devastated large sections of Japan’s industrial cities expanding total destruction to over 90 square miles. Tokyo reports 50,000 families, 200,000 people, homeless, to be moved to farms to boost food production amid raids on Osaka and other targets including northern bases and Ryuku islands.
The Army Quartermaster Corps unveils a match that lights when wet and can be struck anywhere. Brig. Gen. J. E. Barzynski at the Chicago Depot notes the tip and wood coated with waterproof lacquer allow ignition after six hours submerged in water.
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