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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
1
Oren Arnold discusses how the lunch pail becomes a social leveler in workplaces during World War II. He notes workers favor simple, practical meals, the basic seven food groups, and personal preferences, with meat sandwiches and discarded utensils shaping a pragmatic, egalitarian dining culture.
Four Allied columns drive 15 to 40 miles past Rome pursuing a shattered 14th army. Nazis torch and blow bridges while Allied air power pounds supply lines. Subiaco and areas east of the capital fall as units press along the Tiber and coast roads toward Civita Castellano and Monte Rotondo.
Edgar Poe 43 of Indianapolis was struck and killed when he stepped into traffic at a downtown intersection after a whistle signaled him to stop. Police ordered an investigation by Police Chief Clifford Becker.
The Pope held a ten minute private conference with Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark commander of the Fifth Army in the Vatican library. He then greeted Clark's party including senior Fifth Army officers and Allied military government officers.
The Freeman Greene Co hospital hosts a free child health conference in clinic rooms on Tuesday June 13 from 12 30 to 2 00 pm. It offers diphtheria and whooping cough vaccines, smallpox shots, dental checks, and diet advice for children up to school age. Parents may call 286 for appointments.
Esther Hayes ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Noble Hayes east of Bloomfield was bitten on the right hand when her own dog fought a neighbor s dog. The injury was treated at a Bloomfield physician s office with tennis shots and care. No rabies exposure is believed.
Joseph Asaro 35 kept 18 chickens on his Brooklyn roof amid neighbor complaints. Summoned to Flatbush Court for sanitary code violation he quipped he had eaten six and would eat the rest. The court set a June 20 deadline.
Mrs Della Plew suffered a fractured right shoulder after falling from a step ladder at home this morning. She had X rays taken and the fracture reduced. Miss Rosalie Terhune was taken to her home in Jasonville.
Washington June 8. American infantrymen may receive merit pay raises to boost income above other army branches. Legislation proposed by House Military Affairs chair Andrew J. May would grant $5 extra monthly for expert infantryman badge holders and $10 more for combat infantryman award recipients. Hearings to begin soon. Secretary Stimson argued infantry suffer the highest casualties and are paid the least.
In Bloomfield, Acuff’s dying statement was admitted as state evidence as the Go fourth murder trial proceeds. Witnesses Homer White Clinton Hacker and Steve Campbell testified about the wreck and hospital transport. Acuff allegedly said Mrs Go fourth is worse than he is prompting continued defense and prosecution testimony.
The Mobile Blood Bank visit collected 325 donors from Linton and nearby communities with 286 accepted and 247 pints of blood received. A town by town list shows Greene county towns contributing several donors, Sullivan county towns adding more, and Knox county small numbers. Leaders thanked all who assisted in making the visit a success.
Greene county sheriff Charles Blanton departed for Grosback Texas to extradite Marvin Leland Barrows wanted on arson and reckless driving charges. Barrows allegedly drenched a semitruck with gasoline before it burned near Marco in July 1941, while witnesses testified he poured flammable liquid after the vehicle left the road.
Garland Ladson acting superintendent of schools returns to Linton after major operation at Excelsior Springs Missouri. His condition is fine and he resumes his work.
Allied supreme headquarters reports the first phase of the invasion of France is complete and a foothold secured. Caen reportedly captured nine miles inside Normandy near Bayeux as German mobile reserves move into assault areas.
Marshall A Beason a Stafford township farmer died at his home five miles south of Linton at ten o clock Wednesday night after a year of illness. He was born June 20 1874 in Hendricks county and was 69 years 11 months and 7 days old. He moved to the farm in 1904 from Indianapolis and was married to Mary F Williams. Surviving are the widow a niece Elsie Miller a half brother L C Ballard and two nephews. Funeral services will be held Saturday at Marco Methodist church with Maurice Clymore of Dugger officiating. Interment in Marco cemetery.
The United States in The Bulletin calls Spain a dictatorship under debt to Hitler. State Department official Livingston Merchant contrasts Spain with Britain’s praise of the nation and notes neutrals Sweden Switzerland Turkey and Portugal have little in common beyond non belligerency.
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