Victory gardens and a cautionary note on fuel and fishing
A杂 fragmentary digest recounts mixed government guidance on Victory gardens and a professor’s stance that gardens may not boost food supply. It notes related cautions about fishing as an alternative, while recalling Uncle Ned and a June 1 automobile safety law in Indiana and similar measures in Oregon New Hampshire Vermont Maine New York Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victory Gardens
Indiana
Oregon
New Hampshire
Vermont
Maine
New York
New York i
Michigan
Allies Win First Round In Battle of Southwest Pacific
Allied forces claim the first round in the southwest Pacific and prepare for round two. Prime Minister Curtin said the push toward the south is stalled and Australia can plan for a major Pacific offensive. MacArthur’s Sydney visit and warnings of renewed Japanese naval strength fuel Allied optimism. Tokyo responds with a leadership reshuffle as Sano returns to head staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Pacific
Curtin
Pacific
Canberra
McArthur
Sydney
MacArthur
Australia
Washington
Southwest
Japan
Tokyo
Sano
South Pacific
Safety praised at Maumee Colleries strip mines in Indiana
Federal inspectors commended the Maumee Colleries Company for good safety records at Sycamore No. 26 and Linton No. 8 open pit mines near Linton Indiana. Improvements urged include higher high walls safer longwall practices and stricter safety organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maumee Colleries Company
Sycamore No
Linton No
Linton
Greene County
Ind
R. R. Sayers
Bureau of ‘Mines
the Interior
Harold L. Ickes
Sycamore No. 25
Linton No. 23
Sycamore
No. 26
Former President Hoover Urges End to Food Price Ceilings
Former President Herbert Hoover told the American Farm Bureau Federation in New York that retail price ceilings on food must be abolished to prevent a 1944 food crisis. He criticized current policies as bewildering and urged closer cooperation with farmers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Herbert Hoover
Hoover
American Farm Bureau Federation
War ace Joe Foss promoted to Major
America's top fighter pilot Captain Joseph Foss receives a promotion to Major announced by the Navy. Foss, a Marine Corps ace who recently returned from Guadalcanal with 26 Japanese planes to his credit, had earned the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, Juns
U.P
America
Joseph Foss
Navy
Foss
Marine Corps
Guadalcanal
Roosevelt
Sioux Falls
South Dakota
Anti-Strike Bill Heads for Approval in Congress
Congress focuses on anti strike legislation to curb wartime walkouts and taxes. The House Senate committee compromise aims for final approval with a 30 day cooling off period before voting on strikes in non seized war industries. The measure strengthens War Labor Board authority and bans union campaign contributions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Congress
House - Senate Committee
House
Senate
American Legion Plans Initiation at Local Post
The Frank Courtney Post No. 22 will hold open house and initiation for several new members at their home Saturday night at eight o clock. Veterans are invited and urged to attend as the post promised entertainment and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Courtney
County Records Show Broad Range Of Recent Property Transfers
County records reveal numerous real estate transfers filed in the recorder’s office over the past week. Transactions include multiple couples transferring lots and tracts in Jasonville Worthington Linton and Ridgeport with heirs and spouses named in each deed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Recorder’s
Cyrus .E.hash
Mary ‘Hash
John ‘A. Burch
George W. 'Laffoon
Helena ‘Laffoon
Husand
Terhune Place
Linton
Perley E. ‘Wills
Rose Wills
Ira L.houser
Clarence R.houser
George I.houser
Wetnight
Jasomville
Charles W
Wasnidge
Lizabeth ‘Wasnidge
Richland
Jasonville
Ernest ‘Nadzeika
Florence Nadzeika
Robert ‘A. Gibson
Anna Gibson
Mongan
Linton ‘Ice and ‘Locker Co., Inc
Laura O. Corlette
Gilbert Pierce
Arthur Berns
Bernice Pauline ‘Bechtel
Ben H. B
Crist’s
Worthington
Fred ‘E. 'Dyer
Ethel G. Dyer
George Hamlin
Jefferson Township
Eel River
Point Commerce
George C.bartley
Dda Bartley
David W. Blanton
Ruth Blanton
Washington Township
Riots Over Zoot Suits Stir Los Angeles
Rioting between zoot- suited youths and servicemen in Los Angeles escalates with Mexican involvement. Nelson Rockefeller aides investigate as California Governor Warren orders inquiry. Police report 110 hospitalizations, 94 civilians and 20 service members jailed, with 400 held to ease tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Jangifiles
Nelson Rockefeller
Intern American Affairs
State Department
Los Angeles
Washington
California
Warren
Merge of Victory Fund and War Savings Staff
Eugene C. Pulliam to lead a new War Finance Committee created from the Victory Fund and the War Savings staff. The move reshapes wartime finance leadership as the committee coordinates drives and campaigns to sustain war bonds and public savings efforts.
State chairmen announced today in Indianapolis
Indiana creates a unified war finance committee by merging the war savings staff and the victory fund committee. Eugene C. Pulliam announces the merger after a New York conference with J. Dwight Peterson and S. Young of the Federal Reserve, with Treasury Secretary Morgenthau. The new three division setup aims to streamline bond sales through a single state authority and committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Indiana
War Savings Staff
Victory Fund Committee
War Finance Committee
Eugene C.pulliam
Treasury
New York
Mr. Pulliam
J. Dwight Peterson
S. Young
Chicago Federal Reserve Bank
Peterson
Pulliam
Indiana Navy V-12 Program to Open at IS
Terre Haute reports Lieut Maurice Galbraith arrives to command the Navy V-12 program set to open at Indiana State Teachers College on June 1. In Indianapolis the Food Distribution Administration invites bids on price support surplus removal and lend lease stocks stored in Bedford Kokomo and Terre Haute including grapefruit juice flour prunes oats and pork and beans. new officers elected at the county Superintendents association in Indianapolis include Ira Huntington as president Custer Baker vice president Florence McReynolds secretary and W C Shanlaub treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Terre Haute
U.P
Maurice Galbraith
Indiana State Teachers’ College
Galbraith
Purcell, Okla
Naval Air Base
Indianapolis
Food Distribution Administration
Bedford
Kokomo
Evansville
Fort Wayne
South Bend
Funeral set for former Jackson County treasurer Henry Price
Seymour residents learn funeral services will be held tomorrow for Henry Price 86 former Jackson County treasurer who died yesterday The obituary notes his long public service and local ties in Seymour U P report
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seymour
U.P
Jack-son
Henry Price
Honor Roll Names Reported Missing at Local Board
Several names from Linton are said to be on the Soldiers Honor Roll board at the corner of Main and A streets northeast on the old Kroger building. Authorities explain the painter lists names in blocks of fifty, not individually, causing omissions in the display.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Daily Citizen
Iro II
Main
Kroger
May reveal story of Jap espionage
Washington reports that Japanese fishing boats off California carried torpedo tubes as early as 1934 and Nipponese sites mapped future U.S. war plants. Former members of a 1933 34 House investigating committee say the findings were sealed in the Library of Congress and a move to break the seal is before the House. The record also touches on George Sylvester Viereck and his Nazi agent retrial later this week. The committee was led by Representative McCormack of Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
California
House
Library of Congress
George Sylvester Viereck
Representative McCormack
Massachusetts
Night air war rages as Moscow says 150 Soviet planes hit
Russian bombers destroyed or damaged more than 150 enemy aircraft in six central front raids. The Moscow communique notes two planes lost but claims Luftwaffe losses were light while German bombers targeted Soviet arsenals and an upper Volga ammunition factory. Land actions remained minor with patrols and artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Moscow
Luftwaffe
Russia
Berlin
Fbig
Upper Volga
Pantelleria
Sicily
London
Sland
Lampedusa
Malta
Middle East
Sicilian
Gerbine
Catana
iReurning
Europe
Stockholm
Aay
Ira C. Eaker
USAAF
Allied Naval Blockade and Attu Victory Report
Allied forces describe Attu Island quiet after fierce night battles as American troops secure Chicagof Village. Separate dispatches note renewed raids on Pantelleria and Sicily with bombers from the Middle East command.
Canada's Navy Rapidly Expands in World War II
Ottawa reports naval strength swelling from 14 ships and 1,700 sailors at war start to 550 ships and 60,000 men. Naval Minister MacDonald warns the fleet may match Britain's prewar power by year-end. praises anti submarine air cooperation and St Lawrence protection against U boats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Ont
U.P
Canada
MacDonald
Commons
St. Lawrence
Mine wage talks pace with War Labor Board
Washington D C June 10 solid Fuels Administrator Ickes says fines of 1 a day will be imposed on 530000 miners who took part in last weeks five day walkout. The Appalachian coal operators push wage dispute back to the War Labor Board as Charles O Neill reports a tentative deal with John L Lewis in Pennsylvania. Indiana UMW District 11 head Austin says Indiana operators declined initial talks and want fewer negotiations while separate deals have surfaced in Pennsylvania and Illinois on portal to portal pay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
U.P
Solid Fuels
Ickes
U.K
United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Charles O'Neill
Central Pennsylvania
Terre Haute
Indiana
United Mines Workers Union
Hoosier
District 11
Louis Austin
Indiana Coal Operators’ Association
Austin
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Indiana Soldiers Wounded in Action
The War Department lists four Indiana soldiers wounded in action in the North African area. Privates Carl Christner of Amboy and Leslie Dilworth of Michigan City, Technician August Jochum of Ferdinand, and Corporal Gerald Pearson of South Bend are named as wounded Hoosiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
War Department
Indiana
Civic Garden Club Meeting Time Change in Bloomfield
The Civic Garden club will meet with Mrs. Tyler Martindale in Bloomfield Monday at two o clock, not Tuesday afternoon as previously announced. All members were asked to note this change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civic Garden Club
Tyler Martindale
Bloomfield
Hospital Admissions and Discharges Report
Loren Carpenter of Wayne Michigan was admitted for treatment this afternoon. O L Hoese of Worthington is readmitted for treatment. Eric Dishman of Koleen was dismissed Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loren Carpenter
Wayne, Mich
O. L. Hoese
Worthington
Eric Dishman
Koleen
Also Mentioned on This Page
Nation’s Business
Department of Agriculture
Fettle
John R.richards
O.P.A
Wickard
Elmer ‘Davis
Bob
Ned
Hal
Bureau of Mines
Joe Foss
Bill
Labor Board
American Legion
Frankie Justus
Mexico
Victory Fund
WAR Savings
Eugene C. Pulliam
New War Finance Committee
Indiana News
Attu Island
Chicagof Village
Chicagof
Russell ‘Annabel
Attu
Sarsna
Chicago
Chicagof Wvilaize
Annabel
John L. Lewis
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!