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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1939
Page
6
An advertisement compares paying by check to money orders, highlighting safety, convenience, prestige, and access to bank facilities. It argues even with a nominal service charge for not maintaining a balance, using a bank is a bargain. The ad is sponsored by a member Federal Reserve bank and the American Bankers Association.
The western educator argues college students need a wake up call not excuses. The piece questions how to guide the young man toward a proper path and suggests both effort and opportunity. The editor signals readiness to work tomorrow and contemplates impact on older readers.
Rapid City reports the 50th anniversary of South Dakota statehood with a July 2 Golden Jubilee on Mt Rushmore. Theodore Roosevelt’s likeness will be unveiled in the monument overseen by Borglum as Mrs. Calvin Coolidge attends ceremonies. Actor William Hart and notable figures are expected, and a state history pageant is planned on the mountain slope beneath the Shrine of Democracy.
Vigil M. Simmons announces a new state forest nursery at the Jasper Pulaski state game preserve to grow conifers willows and some hardwoods for windbreaks and reforestation. The 22 acre site aims for 1.5 million trees annually after 1941 with eight acres for production and notes prior stock from Clark Jackson and Wells counties was exhausted.
Washington Missouri marked the centennial of its founding with a three day celebration highlighting the town known for the corncob pipe industry.
L. E. F. Hull wins the Republican county commissioner race in Paineville with 9,276 votes. He spent 10.25 on campaign cards and 44.50 on cigars.
Harvey T Noyes, self described man of 1950, wears a space age style outfits designed for masculine comfort. His wine red satin blouse red cape and medieval tights inspired shoppers as he travels downtown in North Easton Massachusetts with his wife sewing future ready wardrobes for both.
Loretta Tucker a three year old of Bloomington Indiana may lose her right eye after a paring knife blade penetrated her eyeball during a wallpaper scraping incident at home. She was rushed to Methodist hospital in Indianapolis for treatment and the prognosis was very grave.
American families will tour the Americas in 1939 more than ever, while turning from Europe. The Northwestern National Life study says 1939 will be the biggest travel year, with 26 million visitors to New York or San Francisco World’s Fairs and strong domestic travel. European visits are forecast to shrink further despite a brief post Hitler rally pickup. Hawaiian space is nearly sold out for early summer.
CHICAGO A rural Midwest and Western following helped auction bridge rank as the nations third most popular card game. Contract bridge is No. 1, ahead of poker, with 42 games total. Hearts 500 whist and solitaire have supporters but lag. Wisconsin favors schafkopf. Other regional games include guernsey ball hoof and mouth and fiery cross bonanza datta and squeeze from unknown locales.
A large police manhunt near Michigan City includes 100 officers, two airplanes, and a bloodhound seeking a gunman and a red haired woman who wounded Officer Frank Cowgill. The couple, escaped on foot, are hidden near brush or a city hideout. Cowgill was wounded twice and hailed as a hero. The woman is described as frail and seriously injured.
A description of a thin woman about 25 with stringy red hair and her male companion, around 30, follows after they were linked to a car theft. They had been driving a vehicle stolen in St. Louis, Missouri on May 28, bearing Wisconsin license plates.
Miss Eva Buel extension nutritionist of Purdue University spoke at the Bedford Field day and picnic at the Moses Fell experimental farm five miles west of Bedford. She discussed how food supply relates to health and practical uses of local foods to improve health.
In Butte an official reports beavers in Deer Lodge National Forest have constructed a three story dam building complex. The basement hosts beaver builders, the second floor accommodates a muskrat family, and the penthouse houses a young mink couple with several kits. The CCC aided in water conservation efforts and the tale highlights unusual animal cooperation.
In St. Paul Minnesota three University of Minnesota dairy scientists led by Dr. W E Peterson search for a tiny germ blamed for mastitis or garget a disease killing thousands of dairy cows annually. They seek the organism responsible for udders infection.
L. A. Hunter of Lyons traveled to Linton on business today, conducting unspecified meetings and errands in the town.
Petting party robberies confessions filed but Sheriff Carl H. Abbott cannot locate the parties robbed to file a complaint. The case leaves authorities with unresolved leads and no formal charges.
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