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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1938
Page
1
A business leader urges trading experiments for experience to guide recovery from a prolonged economic slump. The piece urges labor act revision, notes Congress delays, and cites wrongful bank robbery convictions as illustrating misidentifications. It also mentions weather effects on corn and hunting regulations in Greene County.
Sylvester Bedwell 56, of Coalmont, died early Sunday after being struck by a CCC truck and trailer on State Road 48 north of Jasonville. Driver William Larry swerved to avoid him but the trailer hit Bedwell broadside. truck and trailer overturned in a nearby valley. The crash occurred while Bedwell walked home from a Saturday night in Jasonville where he had acted as a square dance caller. Funeral set for Tuesday at the Coalmont Church of God with burial in Sanders Cemetery. Surviving: widow, four sons, two brothers, a sister, two daughters, and his parents. The driver and CCC enrollees suffered minor injuries. coroner’s inquest to determine verdict likely death as unavoidable.
Michael M. Richards age 29 husband of Marjorie Johnson of Linton died in Evansville after a short illness. Funeral from the Evansville home at 9 AM Tuesday then to M. J. Aikin & Son Funeral Home in Linton. Friends will meet the cortege. pallbearers and flower bearers will be young friends of the wife. Committal and dismissal services at Fairview cemetery Johnson plot.
In Terre Haute Rockville Merchants defeated the Linton Miners 6 to 2 to end the Miners bid in the state semi pro tournament Case pitched eight hits with eight strikeouts for Rockville Rhodenbeck drove in a run with a fifth inning single Perkins and Chanley had Miner hits in the ninth Rockville added single runs in the eighth and ninth and the Miners postponed a game with the House of David for a later date planning another match with Bash Valley Diamond squad.
Mr and Mrs William Houchins announce the birth of a daughter this morning weighing six pounds and named Bonnie Simone in the city hospital.
Mrs Viola Holy aged 70 wife of Joe Holy of Sixth street southeast died at Freeman-Greene County hospital after a ten day illness. Surviving are husband two children and three brothers with funeral arrangements at Welch Cornett Funeral Home and burial in Fairview cemetery. WAWONA Calif June 13 A search party mounted on horseback and skis found the downed Transcontinental and Western Airways plane near Benna Vista peak with nine dead aboard.
Howard Gibson and Miss Francis Nix of Terre Haute were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. James K. Gibson, continuing a long family visit.
The U B Missionary Society will meet at 7 50 p m for their regular gathering. A strong attendance is desired.
Linton City Fire department was summoned to 190 First Street Southeast to extinguish a blaze caused by a gas stove explosion. A window curtain and blind burned, with little other damage.
In Miami on June 13 state attorney G A Worley fell ill delaying a Dade County Grand Jury review of charges against Franklin Pierce McCall the confessed kidnapper and killer of five year old Jimmy Cash. Worley's assistant Joseph Otto said the case would not be heard today and expected Worley to resume tomorrow once recovered from an eye infection.
Paul V. McNutt U S high commissioner to the Philippines Commonwealth warned in an exclusive interview that warfare will come to the islands within a generation if the American flag is hauled down under the current plan making Filipinos independent on July 4 1946 The warning ties to the proposed basic law and the date of independence.
U S Senator Frederick Van Nuys returns to Indiana to announce his bid for re election as an independent He plans a searching inquiry into WPA use to defeat him Indiana Republicans say they will not nominate or endorse Van Nuys and favor retiring Roosevelt era gains while seeking 1940 gains and party rejuvenation.
After a five month battle with heart disease William E. Jarrell, 51, died Saturday night at his home on Roosevelt and Eleventh streets southeast. A Lincoln Illinois native, he moved to Linton to live with his mother about a year ago. Survived by widow Katherine Jarrell and children Leroy Della John William Lara and Ralph. Funeral arrangements were handled by Welch and Cornett with services this afternoon conducted by Rev. Guy Ramsey and burial at Fairview Cemetery.
Fifteen Linton Daily Citizen Indianap olis News carrier salesmen have won all expense paid trips to Coney Island at Cincinnati Ohio. They will depart June 25 and return June 27. Recipients include Hubert Hudson Charles Heath Bruce Peltier Jack Baker Robert Peltier Robert Moss Phillip Gilmore Lyons Billy Skemp Frederick McBride Jam esville Jim Grigsby Custer Wills Jr Farmersburg Charles Jack Walls Vicksburg Douglas Trusty.
Henry Klink was brought to his home at 289 E Vincennes Street after a five week stay at Union Hospital in Terre Haute. His condition is said to be somewhat improved.
In Greene county amateur baseball action Linton Merchants beat Midland 14 5 Jasonville defeated Lyons 6 5 and Bloomfield downed Switz City 4 2. Linton leads, Midland and Jasonville tied for second, Lyons and Bloomfield tied for third. A managers meeting is set for June 15 in Linton. In Washington Barkley says railroad relief plans scrapped for this session with adjournment likely by Wednesday night or Thursday if needed.
Indiana's 1938 high school graduation topped 35 000, up from 20 709 a decade earlier, driven by compulsory education, reduced child labor, business demand for HS graduates, and expanded federal and state financial aid to schools and pupils. State Superintendent Floyd I McMurray noted NIJ and NYA programs support staying in school.
Mr and Mrs Dennis Gillom are spending three weeks vacation with their parents in this city. Mr Gillom works for the Indiana Bell Telephone Company.
Mrs Agnes Reed was admitted for treatment today Floyd Cornett will be dismissed from the hospital this evening
The Dugger tennis club beat Linton 4-3 on the Linton courts in a season opener that ran past 9 p.m. Seven matches were played with close results including Aikin of Dugger defeating Slinkard 6-4 3-6 6-4. A second match is planned for next Sunday on the Dagger courts.
Mrs Velma Roberts 24 of Indianapolis dies Sunday when a car she rode in near Franklin is struck by a Pennsylvania train. Also killed are her husband Robert E Roberts and Fay O Masters all of Indianapolis. The fast Indianapolis bound train hit the car broadside at a crossing and dragged wreckage 1800 feet. The Roberts bodies flew 200 feet from the car while Masters was pinned in the wreckage.
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