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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 10, 1943
Page
3
Rates shown for city carrier and mail subscriptions. In city per week lie per year 7.50. Indiana mail plans include six months 32 and three months 1. Outside Indiana mail options list one year 5 and six months 2.50 with three months 1.26.
Lois Kemp was chosen reporter to replace Ann Williams at the Victory 4H club meeting held at the high school building Wednesday. Plans for a picnic in Humphreys Park next Friday were discussed during the business session followed by a social hour with games and contests. The meeting was led by Mrs. Evans supervisor and junior leaders Jean Strong and Betty Alsop.
Various meetings and practices listed including Linton Lodge 560 F and A M at 7 30 p m with IM degree work. Beginner First Aid at the public library 7 to 9 p m. Choirs meet at Baptist and United Brethren churches 7 to 7 45 p m. Multiple club sessions and a surgical dressings class at Elk's home 1 4 and 7 9 p m.
Priday J T M club meets with Mrs Branch Hunter at 1 30 pm. Constellation club and families picnic at Humphreys park bring own lunch and table service. Chapter 19 Women of the Moose meets at the hall at 7 pm. Surgical Dressings classes at the Elks Home from 1 to 4 and 7 to 9. Prayer meeting at Glenburn Mission at 7 pm. Quapaw Tribe No 143 IO Red Men meet at the hall at 7 pm. Sons of American Legion meet at the Legion home at 6 30 pm. Alpha Bible class of Methodist church meets in the social room at 7 30 pm All members urged to be present. Chatter and Stitch club meets with Mrs Milo Mitchell at 2 30 pm. Women's Council Christian church meets Surgical Dressing class at 1 pm Business meeting at 3 pm.
A new G. V. C. club forms in Glenburn with girls twelve and older invited to join. Mrs. Frank Manella leads the group focusing on sewing and recreation. The next meeting is set for June 15 at the Glenburn Community House.
Tri Kappa conducted formal initiation at the American Legion Home on Wednesday evening for new members including Mrs Rudolph Kramer and several Misses. Dinner followed the ritual with a long table of roses and candles. Officers were elected during the business session, led by Mrs Milo Mitchell as president.
Members of the Shar-a-Lyke 4H club at Humphreys park in the near future set picnic plans during a regular high school meeting. The session opened with the Star Spangled Banner, flag salute, and minutes read by secretary Betty Alsop.
Announcement of the approaching marriage of Miss Ruth Gomer daughter of Mr and Mrs John Gomer of Longmont Colorado to Pfe Fernand Duviver son of Mr and Mrs Fernand Duviver of Linton. The wedding will be in Greeley Colorado on June 12. The bride to be is a Hillcrest high school and Campbell Business College graduate and a member of Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority. Duviver a 1938 Stockton high school graduate, served in the Army and is stationed at Ft Francis E Warren Wyoming. The couple will reside in Cheyenne Wyoming.
Midland June 10 Officers were chosen at the Chat and Stitch 4 H club meeting held at Midland high school. Elected were Virginia Newgent president Joan Newgent vice president Muriel Wolfe secretary treasurer Peggy Underwood song leader Virginia Clark Patty Weatherwax recreational leaders and Greta Wolfe reporter. Present were Peggy Underwood Virginia Newgent Joan Newgent Joan Gibson Naomi Lynch Virginia Clark Dorothy Clark Cora Bell McKee Beverly Mitchell Neva Jean Mowery Patty Weatherwax June Everhart Sara Mae Pope Kay Bennett Greta Wolf Muriel Wolf and leader Mrs Eva Mitchell.
Mr and Mrs Orvald Hoover and Kay Ann vacation in Indianapolis. Mr and Mrs Max McKim of Mareo spent Sunday with Hallie Fields. Gabe Haton and Carolyn Sue left for Indianapolis to visit Joe Potochnik. Mrs Herbert Myers and Betty Zane Myers return home after visiting Wonga Myers in Muncie.
The American Foundation for Animal Health urges immediate vaccination of susceptible pigs and vigilant monitoring for fever or loss of appetite. Keep farm dogs tied to prevent virus spread, quarantine new livestock for two weeks, and inform neighbors if cholera appears to prompt caution.
The War Production Board reports the Midwestern region including Illinois Indiana Iowa and Wisconsin leads in war material contracts. The area holds 10 billion dollars in war contracts and dominates steel military radio and detection devices metal products bituminous coal and processed foods output. Illinois tops states with nearly five billion dollars in contracts followed by Indiana Wisconsin and Iowa.
The War Department released names of seven Indiana soldiers missing in action in Europe and North Africa. Listed in Europe are Technical Sgt. Peter Brasic Sergeant Harri son Kegg Second Lt. Robert Ostheimer Staff Sgt. Earl Rheinhardt Technical Sgt. Frank Skwiat First Lt. John Winchell and Second Lt. Alfred Greig junior is missing in North Africa.
The War Labor Board orders wage increases of three cents an hour for about 400 Chase Bag company employees at Goshen Indiana who have a year of service or more. The retroactive raise to May 21 1942 compensates for higher living costs.
Purdue University extension home economists outline canning plans for 1943. Two jar types will be produced for home canning the all glass wire bail and standard Mason screw top, with three lid options for Mason jars. Follow top seal lids and proper handling to ensure safe processing and sealing.
Italian prisoners of war at Camp Atterbury Indiana greeted by Bronx cheers as reporters observed. Dressed in blue denim stamped P W they perform tasks in camp and on nearby farms. They receive 80 cents a day plus coupons with savings withheld beyond 13 dollars monthly until repatriation after the war.
Mr and Mrs Henry Copeland and Mrs Bess Lowderdale from Strawberry Plains Tenn travel to Linton due to the critical illness of Martin Copeland. They are staying with Clyde Copeland and report his condition slightly improved.
North Africa report about Lt John Holmes of Selma Alabama and his crew surviving a bombing mission. Their Flying Fortress named Yankee Doodle landed with a damaged tail at a North African base. Holmes said he is glad the ship bears the name. Bomber crew members praised the aircraft and the Forts as they landed.
Eleanor Roosevelt says Nazis seek to defame WAAC members and that some Americans fall for enemy propaganda. She argues Canadian and English women in service face smears, urges all women in armed services to serve overseas, noting only WAACS are allowed abroad.
Colonel Lewis Sanders, a manpower expert for the selective service system, told the senate military affairs committee that the armed forces need about 11.5 million men, more than currently planned, while the 11 million goal for this year remains the limit to meet home front and lend lease commitments. He spoke during hearings on a National Labor draft bill sponsored by Senator Austin of Vermont.
In Indianapolis on a June night a watchman fired at a man during a near north street fight. Bedford Williams, a 25 year old, was struck in the head by a shot from the watchman who said he aimed to halt Wilson after Wilson dropped a rifle. The watchman fired a warning shot into the air before the fatal shot.
In Aroostook County, Maine, farmers report a potato shortage as stores struggle to stock spuds. The region, once the nation’s top producer, now faces scarcity with farmers asking, Brother, can you spare a spud, as crops delay digging.
All sections of the Women’s Council of the Christian church will meet at the Surgical Dressings class in the Elks Home Friday afternoon at one o'clock. They will work from one to three, after which a business meeting will be held.
Salable hogs estimated at 5 000 with active market and gains of 15 to 25 cents. Prices ranged 18.90 to 14.00 per cwt for 140 to 400 pound hogs, with select 220 to 210 pound hogs around 1410. Cattle offerings near 500 calves with steers and heifers steady, cows firm. top steer price about 215.50 with common and medium 13.50 to 15.5, heifers 14 to 15.5, dealers steady and top hogs noted.
Canon City Colo June 19 Py Convict Charles Forbes serving a three to five year auto theft term will not receive royalties from the song Youll Never Know for at least six months The convict claims he wrote the lyrics and score and sold the manuscript for 1000 dollars The song popularized by the film Hello Frisco Hello was credited to Mack Gordon and Harry Warren.
About 200 Port. Benjamin Harrison soldiers are being sent to flood damaged southern Indiana to aid rehabilitation and assist farmers with relayed planting. Colonel James Churchill says 100 men may go to Mount Vernon in Posey county, with Lt Colynel Lam in command. another group under Major Lawrence Greenley will work in the Wintenthes sector, moving to Princeton area after one week. Similar aid was sent last year from Camp Breckridge to help save the corn crop.
A United Press aboard ship report from June 10 describes Axis prisoners in American custody at sea heading to inland camps. The discourse notes German soldiers appear generally friendly, with young officers as the exception, while Italian troops refuse Fascist commands and mock German officers and troops.
The Stu Lebakers Corporation general sales manager predicts four to five years after the war ends to restore auto stock. C Scott Fletcher told the Chicago Rotary Club that about 40 million cars are needed plus five million houses and other goods to employ 55 million workers and return the economy to normal.
Brigadier Gen. Asa IL Singleton, 67, veteran of 42 years, former commanding general of Fort Benning and former superintendent of Manlius School of Manlius New York, died after a long career rising from private to general. He was a native of Taylor County Georgia.
Three of seven Nazi prisoners of war who escaped from Camp Hood have been recaptured. Two were captured early in the morning and the third, eight miles southeast near Flat, surrendered after noon without resistance. Public reports say four remain at large as searchers follow tips from local residents.
North Africa June 10 Captain James Pate of Terre Haute Ind an army pilot led a lightning squadron over the island fortress as Allied ships pounded the stronghold from sea. Pate described a scene of thick smoke dust and debris as thousands of men hurled material into the air.
Washington June 8 W P Ware Manpower Chief McNutt denies that labor management consultation on hiring and firing will retard production. He says steel managements charge the 48 hour week order would block vital war output and asserts labor should not be consulted. He adds both management and labor are qualified to confer with local manpower officials on exceptions to the 48 hour rule.
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