Linton praised as booming boom town once in Indiana
The piece quotes Wm. M. Moss praising Linton Indiana as a marvel town with 1900 population 3071 and 1906 over 12000. It boasts coal fields, a large per capita payroll, new streets, hydrants, electric and gas plants, a sanitary sewer, interurban rail surveys, and multiple newspapers including the Linton Daily Call.
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Wm. M. Moss
Call
Mossy
Linton
Indiana
West
Pittsburgh
Citizen
The
Record
Falling Weather Forecast For Hoosiers This Week
The weather bureau issued an outlook for cool temperatures and frequent showers over the next five days. Rain is expected weekend and again midweek with weekend highs near 80 to 85 and lows of 57 to 61. Statewide fishing remains good despite possible weekend weather disruptions. Angola led rainfall with 1.22 inches followed by Paoli 0.83 and Lafayette 0.69 inches.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Weather Bureau
Hoosiers
Mercury
Angola
Paoli
Lafayette
Wheatfield
Former Resident Clarence Jones Buried at Chrisney
Clarence Jones 86 a former Linton resident died Saturday night in a Kansas City hospital. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Chrisney with burial there. He is survived by Mina Jones his widow one daughter Mrs Webster Larson of Chicago two sons Leslie Jones of Sacramento and Emmett Jones of Kansas City a sister Mrs Harry Waggoner of Oakland a brother Lucian Jones of Linton and three grandchildren. Relatives from Linton attended including Lucian Jones Meredith Jones Harold L Jones and Mrs Joseph Sims.
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Clarence Jones
Linton
Chrisney
Kansas City
Jones
Mina Jones
Webster Larson
Chicago
Ill
Leslie Jones
Sacramento
Cal
Emmett Jones
Harry Waggoner
Oakland
Rainy Days and Atomic Gains Headline Week
Balance sheet for the week shows both gains and troubles in the Cold War era. United States advances toward hydrogen bomb perfection and atomic artillery, while Czechoslovakia faces economic strain as Moscow imposes a five year plan on satellites.
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Atomic
Harry Ferguson
United Press Foreign News
United States
Gordon Dean
Atomic Energy Commission
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Tellites
Moscow
Balkan
Six Railroaders killed as Delux Pan American crashes
Six L and N railroad workers died in a head on collision between the Deluxe Pan American passenger train and a local near Hematite Tennessee. Conductor C P Bester and engineer W J Miller of Paris were aboard. Miller died. The crash injured between 20 and 25 others. The conductor survived but would not speak.
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Clarksville
Tenn
Louisville and Nashville
Rollo Carsons
C. P. Bester
W. J. Miller
Paris
Hematite
Miller
Coon Hound Dead Suit Targets Beech Grove Police
Gerald C Prather of Indianapolis sues Beech Grove police for 5000 claiming his pure red bone coon hound Old Comp was killed. Police Chief James Dudley Stratton and Patrolman H A Terrell named in suit. Chief notes local stray dog killing law. Terrell acted under it.
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Indianapolis
Gerald C. Prather
Beech Grove
Prather
James Dudley Stratton
H. A. Terrell
Prather Yard
Indiana
Stratton
Terrell
Opinion Fixes Truck Fines in Indiana
Indiana Attorney General J Emmett McManamon issues the opinion that a tractor truck on state highways without a semi trailer should pay a license fee $25 less than the fee for a combined tractor and semi trailer. The opinion was requested by Secretary of State Leland Smith.
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Indianapolis
J. Emmett McManamon
Leland Smith
Phone Workers Get Pay Hikes Across Indiana Bell
Indiana Bell Telephone Co announced a $2.3 million yearly wage rise for about 6,550 Indiana employees and hinted at higher rates. The CIO Communications Workers of America and Bell agreed on a new contract, most effective immediately, with ratification by June 16 required. Top city craftsmen gain $8 weekly, others receive $2 to $6 progressions as costs rise and service rates likely follow.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Indiana Bell Telephone Co
Utility
CIO Communications Workers of America
Federal
Bell
State Public Service Commission
Youth Drowns While Fishing In Huntington River
POY reports Robert Ruble aged 16 drowned yesterday after falling into Little River while fishing in Huntington Ind. His body was recovered.
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Poy
Huntington
Ind
Robert Ruble
Little River
DiSalle vows to stand firm on beef price rollbacks
Price administrator Michael V. DiSalle told Congress he will maintain beef price rollbacks to stabilize food costs. He cited President Truman's backing and warned failure to control meat prices could undermine all price controls and wage stabilization.
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Washington
U.P
Michael V. Disalle
Congress
Disalle
Truman
House
Senate Banking Committees
Congressional
DiSalie
Funds Available To Build Schools In Indiana
Indiana may issue up to 130 million dollars in revenue bonds to finance new school buildings. State superintendent Wilbur Young said the measure aims to address aging facilities and growing enrollments, with school units paying 30 year rentals under the plan. Governor Schricker and the state school building authority discussed application blanks for state aid.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Wilbur Young
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Young
State School Building Authority
Schricker
Burglars Hit Brown Filling Station 24 Times Since 1940
Burglars have broken into Mrs. Clarisse Brown's filling station in Middleboro Massachusetts 24 times since 1940. The repeat break ins reflect ongoing security concerns for the long standing local business.
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Middleboro
Mass
U.P
Clarisse Brown
Nine year old notes kittens resemble family cat Tom
A Linton boy called his grandmother and said Tom the family's black cat has kittens and they look exactly like him. He asserts the kittens belong to Tom and notes the resemblance. The remark adds a light family anecdote about the pet.
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Linton
Granman
Tom
Acheson Reveals 30 Americans Held in China
Secretary of State Acheson testified before the Senate panel on General MacArthur's recall that 30 Americans remain in Communist China under dangerous and delicate conditions. He said the State Department, with companies and religious groups, is working to secure their release, often in pairs or trios.
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Washington
U.P
Dean Acheson
China
State Department
Acheson
Senate
Douglas MacArthur
Far East
Chiang Kai-Shek
U. S
American Chamber of Commerce
Sen. Styles Bridges
N. B
New York
Red China
Battered Reds Retreat From Triangle in Korean War
British and American forces report heavy fighting as Chinese Reds pull back from the Chorwon Kumhwa triangle. UN columns advance up to 2 000 yards with tank patrols while air strikes pound the build up area. Front lines show gains but face mines and entrenched resistance as withdrawal appears to unfold toward Wonsan and Pyongyang corridors.
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Tokyo
Iron Triangle
Eighth Army
Chorwon
Hwachon
Kumhwa
8Th Army
Chorwon - Kumhwa - Pyongyang
Wonsan
Pyongyang
8Th
Chipo
Scotland Woman Succumbs Today
Mrs. Goldie Pearl Bough 64 died at 5 30 this morning at her Scotland home after a lingering illness. Born June 23 1887 in Martin county she was daughter of John and Sarah Hall. Survived by husband James William two daughters Tressa Emery Bloomfield and Margaret at home three sons Paul Odon Robert Crane and Pvt Donald at Ft Hood Texas two brothers Leslie and Noah Hall Scotland. Funeral at Scotland Methodist Church 2:00 Sunday burial in Scotland cemetery Jenkins and Sons Bloomfield in charge
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Goldie Pearl Bough
Scotland
Mrs. Bough
Martin County
John
Sarah Jane Bays Hall
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Paul Bough
Odon
Robert Bough
Crane
Donald Bough
Ft. Hood
Texas
Leslie
Noah Hall
Scotland Methodist Church
Jenkins and Sons Funeral Home
Bloomfield
Big Fire Destroys Warehouse in Marion Ind
A $300,000 blaze leveled a large Osborn Midwest Paper Co warehouse in Marion Indiana last night. Firefighters fought the two hour blaze as the brick building collapsed trapping a railroad boxcar and injuring three firefighters. Cause under investigation.
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Marion
Ind
Osborn- Midwest Paper Co
Robert Price
Moose Lodge Picnic Offered for Members and Families
A Moose Lodge picnic for members and their families is announced for Sunday at the Conservation Club in Lee Sherrard Park. Members are urged to attend.
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Moose Lodge
Conservation Club
Lee Sherrard Park
Richmond Man Named in Charges
John D. Conrad, 36, of Richmond Indiana, was scheduled for transfer to Indianapolis for a hearing on embezzling 3000 dollars from the Aluminum Seal Co employees credit union while treasurer of the Federal Credit Union. FBI agent Harvey G. Foster quoted Conrad admitting the theft to cover living expenses.
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Richmond
Ind
John D. Conrad
Indianapolis
FBI
Harvey G. Foster
Conrad
Federal
Aluminum Seal Co
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