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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1940
Page
4
The bank prides itself on careful navigation through safety channels and adherence to established laws, comparing this approach to conservative pilots and engineers. It emphasizes prudent, rule‑conforming progress during six successful years.
Detroit June 11 Henry Ford in Washington laid plans to mass produce 1000 high speed pursuit planes daily at River Rouge Dearborn plant for the U S army. He and plant leaders inspected a Curtiss P 40 at 367 mph and he insisted the goal is achievable for defense only.
Opening at the Cine Theatre features Max Well Anderson's Pulitzer prize play Saturday's Children with John Garfield and Anne Shirley as leads. Claude Rains plays the girl's father, with Roscoe Karns as the son-in-law and Lee Patrick as his complaining wife.
In Vancouver John Barbirolli the conductor of the New York Symphony Orchestra says he is ready to take up arms for the Allies if called he would trade his baton for a bayonet. He is English by ancestry and spent much of his life in England.
Paul Haseman returns to his home near Linton after graduating from Chicago Technical Institute in HL on June 4 with a course in architectural drafting.
A reader criticizes the city for paving streets with few or no houses, citing Third Street NE as an example. The writer, G. H., urges new management of street construction and broader city policy while affirming continued residence and tax contributions.
Hogs total 11 000 with market active and steady. Top 5.20 on 220 250 lb hogs. lights 5 5.20. mediums 4.90 4.95. heavies 4.60 4.80. Cattle 2400. calves 800. Steers opening steady to weak. heifers slow and about steady. bulls steady. Short load mixed yearlings 10.25. good steers 8.85 9.75. top heifers 10. common and medium steers and heifers 7.50 8.75. Fat beef cows 6.25 7.50. canners and cutters 4.25 6. top sausage bulls 7. Wealers steady top 9.50. Sheep 500. market generally steady. Good to choice spring lambs 10.50 11.
June 11 report notes Mrs Mary E Seaman’s funeral in Dugger with attendees from Vincennes and Anderson. Detroit residents Mrs Katrina Fabian and the Dugger couple were among those present, highlighting local ties to the deceased.
London dispatch reports Maj. Clement Attlee praising President Roosevelt for pledging American material resources to the Allied effort. Attlee told the House of Commons Roosevelt inspires Europe and assures victory, while Washington notes broad bipartisan support for increased aid to the Allies in the fight against Germany and Italy.
President Hoover reportedly favored scrapping the ban on loans to debt defaulting nations while Sen. William T. King Utah considers a reveal resolution. Sen. Hiram Johnson vows to oppose such moves. Sir Claude Pepper drafts a resolution granting the president blanket power to suspend statutes for broader allied aid.
The condition of Mrs. Floyd Tincher who underwent a major operation at Freeman Greene County Hospital Monday is reported to be about the same. Friends are asked not to call for a few days.
Revival services continue at Jericho church with evening meetings at 7 40 daily. The public is invited to attend any or all sessions this week.
Applications are now being accepted in open competitive examinations for a range of United States Civil Service positions. Interested applicants may obtain blanks from Elmer Clayton at the Linton post office. Openings listed include Navy department loftsman shipfitter helper shipfitter machinist tool maker coppersmith chipper and talker shipwright precision lens prism and test plate maker metal smith War department machinist tool maker instrument maker and miscellaneous operator for a crawler type diesel tractor.
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