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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1945
Page
6
William Lewis was found guilty by a jury in Greene Circuit Court Bloomfield of carrying firearms without a permit. Judge Karl Parker Vosloh fined him $150 and court costs.
Reports from Rochester Jeffersonville Sullivan and New Castle detail several fatalities from automobile crashes including Benjamin Kough 25 near Kewanna Charles E Edwards 57 near Jeffersonville and Charles Treadway 69 near Shelburn. Randall D Smith of Firestone says a Foamex rubber cushions plant will be built in New Castle with construction to start after the war ends.
Unprecedented June temperatures continue with heat victims rising in Indianapolis. A local boys' band will perform at City Park Sunday. Burglars again crack the Indian Refining Co. office safe in South Linton, stealing 488.70 in checks and cash, 80.40 of it cash. President Coolidge may cancel his northwest trip if the heat wave lingers.
President Andrew Humphreys announces no board meeting in June because executive secretary Mrs. J. R. Mitten attends Tuberculosis Workers training at Indiana University Extension Center, Indianapolis, for ten days starting June 11. Next board meeting is the second Monday evening in July with health facts and budget review. Office remains open with secretary in charge except June 11 to 13.
The United States charges Armour Swift and Wilson with forcing tie in sales at branch offices in Chicago on 53 27 and 19 counts respectively. Retailers were shown cheaper cuts like bologna veal leaf to obtain preferred items. Penalties could reach 5000 per count.
In Detroit on June 8, 1939, Briggs hotel demanded tenant Joe Schmidt vacate after claims he had many girl friends. Housekeeper Mrs. Bessie Hovey was called to describe Schmidt's social activities but fainted when questioned.
Pvt. Harry Max Wessel completed basic training at Fort Bliss Texas and is spending his thirty day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Troy Wessel. He is visiting Dugger with Homer Bennett family during leave.
Cpl Loren Squires son of Mrs Geo Squires of Linton Indiana completed an intensive electronic turbocharger control course at an Air Service Command depot in England. He was selected by his commanding officer and is a Linton Stockton High School graduate who worked as a welder for the NYC RR before enlisting and has now been overseas for 18 months.
Pfe Otis Griffith stopped by with Mr and Mrs William Sharp en route from Ft Meade Md to Fort Riley Kansas for a brief visit.
Sgt Morriston Cullen has completed an 18 month assignment with U S forces in England and is expected to be reassigned to a new post in the United States. He served with distinction, participating in allied training and security duties during the period.
Mrs Berniece Wilson Lecocq of Route 3 has received a number of keepsakes from her husband Pvt Paris Lecocq who is serving with the United States Forces in Germany.
Sgt. Rexford Klusner stationed with the United States Army in Germany sent Father’s Day greetings to his father Albert Klusner.
Pfc. Harold Morrison overseas with the U S forces sent a map home depicting nine battles. The places listed include Bitsche, Pirmesenes, Budingen, Bayreuth, Regensburg, Branau Lambach, Scheyr and Germersheim. He was wounded at Steyr. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Burl Morrison and husband of Mrs Emmalee Morrison of this city.
FBI held eight people, including driver James Patercb of Chicago, on federal charges after a truck overturned on Church Hill Curve near Hardintown Ohio spilling 1100 cases of whisky. Investigators say a suspicious crowd was present when the accident occurred and several cases were later found in chicken coops gardens and streams.
The Navy disclosed that of 17 707 ships escorted by the Atlantic fleet during the battle of the Atlantic only 17 were sunk and 15 damaged by enemy action. While hundreds of merchant ships were sunk by German raiders, most were not in convoys escorted by US Navy units.
A group of 380 German war prisoners arrived to assist farmers with planting in Elwood Indiana. They came from Camp Atterbury accompanied by 25 guards. Last week 50 more prisoners and 25 guards arrived to prepare barracks west of Elwood where Germans worked last year.
Mrs. Harry Balgar Mrs. Harry Green Mrs. Lloyd Brown and Miss Gladys Mitchell attended an all day meeting of the Christian Missionary Society at Elnora Thursday.
An unnamed Negro corporal stationed in Australia sent $38,000 of gambling winnings to a Harlem bank. The treasury whittled the prize after taxes to $20,000 and then increased the tax claim to $18,000, keeping the balance for the government.
Hogs 8000 head active and steady with heavy weights 160 lbs and up and 140-160 lbs bulk. Lighters 100-140 lbs 13.50 to 14.50. Sows around 14.05. Steers near 17 for 1059 lb range. cattle ends 14.50 to 16.25 with cows 13.25 to 14, bulls and calves weak. calves 400, 500 head. top cattle 16.50 for light weight.
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