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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1944
Page
6
The piece recalls schoolyard chats after lunch beneath the elm, where boys traded stories and simple meals like mayonnaise jars and sweet potatoes fostered friendship. The author stresses talking through problems with peers as a key solution, calling it the foundation of the new American noon. Work tomorrow.
Livestock report from Indianapolis on June 8 shows hogs steady with 10 000 new, 4 000 holdovers. prices span 100 159 lb to 330 400 lb ranges from 10.25 to 13.80 per cwt. Cattle and calves total 1100 with steers and heifers steady, beef cows 9.50 to 11.75, canners 6.50 to 9.25, dealers active and strong to higher, top 16.50.
Dr J H Hammon 68 a nationally known optometrist and critic of the New Deal died suddenly at Vincennes Indiana He invented optical equipment and lectured for professional groups He was known for his Hammon says paid advertisements attacking the Roosevelt administration He helped develop early oil fields in southwestern Indiana and southeastern Illinois and once ran a lumber mill in Arkansas and Kentucky
Reporter describes Bayeux’s joyous liberation scene with crowds cheering and flags flying. civilians praise the advance while asking for radio sets and news of Paris. villagers recount German retreat and Rommel remarks amid wrecked roads and front line artillery.
The Navy says personnel who served in Europe will inform their home towns via V-mail forms. The forms request hometown newspaper, location, age, rank, country invaded, previous action, promotions, medals, home address, and family details while forbidding ship name or extra data.
The Indianapolis Weather Bureau notes 75 percent of Indiana corn planted with many crops in good to excellent condition. Soybean sowing and potato, garden crop, and tomato planting active. Fruits vary from poor to very good. strawberries and cherries ripening in regions. Wheat grows rapidly. alfalfa harvests up.
In London Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower lauds Allied armies navies and air forces for completing the early landing operations. He credits naval planning and execution and the combined air forces under Harris Spaatz and Mallory with enabling the operation and notes General Montgomery leads assault ground forces. Separately in Orford New Hampshire Samuel Morey built and operated a steamboat on the Connecticut river in 1793.
War Department publishes the list of 504 Indiana soldiers killed in the unidentified ship sinking in the Mediterranean, with many entries listing next of kin and addresses. It also notes additional missing in action in European, Mediterranean and Pacific theaters, including several Indiana officers and enlisted men.
Reports from Allied Supreme Headquarters in London quote Merrill Mueller as the major battle in France is joined. General Eisenhower says Allied troops perform magnificently as British forces push toward Caen and Cherbourg area. US Ninth Air Force notes landing strips established in Normandy with limited air service and casualty evacuations underway.
Washington U P A heart sound detector from Haskell Laboratory of Industrial Toxicology uses the heart as a sounding board to reveal illnesses in other body parts by picking tones from the muscular and circulatory systems, DuPont Co recently disclosed.
Ten men from the community have been sent to Camp Blanding in Florida for basic training. They are Victor Stalcup Harold Morrison Kenneth Medlock S T McCraney Ivan Moore Hubert Lovelace Charles Clayton James Tincher Charles A Johnson and Robert Greenwood, with family ties listed in Linton Midland Sandborn and surrounding areas.
Pvt. Billy G. Wells previously stationed at Camp Wolters Texas has been transferred to Camp Breckinridge Kentucky according to word received here.
Floyd Markle Jr. aged 20 pleaded guilty in police court to reckless driving. He was fined one dollar plus costs totaling 11.80 and had his license revoked for six months after police arrested him on A Street Northeast following a high speed run amid prior警告s.
Mr wne Mrs Ven Johnson and Mrs Bari Winters entertain Nathamas class. G R T club met with Mrs Haffiley. Needlecraft club entertained by Mrs Walton F Stover. Chatter and Stitch club entertained by Mrs Robt Stewart. Double birthday celebration for Rufus Edington and Dellamay Wakefield held at the Edington home yesterday. Vernal Titus of near Linton died in Philadelphia naval quarters. Local auto dealer ads feature Hupmobile Durant Star. Rev B S McNeeley will speak at a memorial ceremony in Dugger Sunday sponsored by the Dugger fraternal orders.
Hollywood reports that comedian Red Skelton was slated for induction into the U.S. Army. He expressed relief and humor about serving, saying he is glad to enlist but hopes his head humor stays intact through basic training.
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