Boys band to perform con cert at City park
The Boys band from the Masonic home at Franklin will give a con cert at City park next Sunday. These Sunday concerts are popular. Charles Moody, well known local citizen, died at age 71. In a battle with bandits in Chicago three policemen were killed. One bandit was killed and several others arrested. County Treasurer W. H. Ratcliff reports Linton taxpayers paid 88963.89 as spring installments and Stockton township 59907.73. Capt. Roy Pope heads the Indianapolis squadron known as the bank bandit squad.
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Franklin
City Park
Charles Moody
Chicago
W. H. Ratcliff
Linton
Stockton Township
Roy Pope
Indianapolis
Bank
Grand Rapids Soldier Celebrates V-E Day With Russians
Maj. Donald J. Flint of Grand Rapids reports his right arm stiff after he celebrated V-E Day with Soviet troops at a former German prison camp. He stood on a platform with Russian officers and saluted at every cheer while serving as camp commander. He knew only the word yes in Russian.
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Grand Rapids, Mich
U.P
Donald J. Flint
Grand Rapids
Germany
Indiana News Highlights From Logan sported by local updates
Funeral arrangements were made for John Brown a 58 year old Carroll county farmer who died from injuries in a car truck collision. Police seek burglars who escaped with 150 from Ace Welding Company. Indiana chess meet set for Sunday announced by Glenn Donley. Services arranged for Earl Emil Alexander 15 who died from burns after a garage explosion. Bee inspector warns cold rain will reduce honey production and swarm epidemic likely. Evansville colleges receive 250000 gift raising development fund to 733825. A canoe incident in Riverside Park results in a 280 loss. Marion County deputies recover stolen police car briefly left running during a rainstorm. Coal Trade Association pledges cooperation to avert a future coal crisis. Governor Gates declares Stream Improvement Week August 13 20.
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Logansport
U.R
John Brown
Carroll County
Forrest Allen
Michigantown
Stream Pollution in Indiana Ranked 20th in Control
The speaker noted Indiana sits 20th among states for stream pollution control with only 597 per cent of its urban population served by sewage treatment plants.
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Indiana
Indiana Bond Drive Lags Behind Despite Purchases
Indiana bond sales in the Seventh War Loan total about 98 million dollars, with a state quota of 167 million. Reports from the Federal Reserve Bank and remarks by Eugene C. Pulliam show progress at 58.9 percent of the goal, indicating the state remains behind schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
U.P
Governor appoints three to Indiana Board of Beauty Culturist Examiners
Governor Gates announced the appointment of three members to the Indiana State Board of Beauty Culturist Examiners. The appointees are Dr. Renes H. Richards of Patricksburg a state representative Irene Prosch of Indianapolis and Ethel Staples of Greensburg.
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Gates
Indiana State Board of Beauty Culturist Examiners
Renes H. Richards
Patricksburg
Irene Prosch
Indianapolis
Ethel Staples
Greensburg
Richards
Plane crash on golf course injures Marion man
Everett Rider, 38, of Marion, sustained minor injuries after his single engine plane crash landed on a golf course following engine trouble. He belongs to the Marion Aviation Club. Sir Alexander Fleming continued a national tour after visiting Eli Lilly laboratories in Indianapolis. He had visited Terre Haute and Lafayette en route.
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Everett Rider
Marion
Rider
Marion Aviation Club
Indianapolis
U.P
Alexander Fleming
Eli Lilly Company Biological Laboratories
Fleming
Terre Haute
Lafayette
Rail system warned as 10,000 deferments eyed for transport
Chicago June 13. The selective service directs 10,000 deferred transportation workers to be drafted from 47,000 certified by the Office of Defense Transportation. Col. John M. Baker met western rail officials, ODT reps, railroad retirement board leaders, and army officers to urge removing office staff from certification. C. E. Johnston warned a further loss harms rail efficiency moving troops west.
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Chicago
U.P
Pacific
John M. Baker
Selective Service
Office of Defense Transportation
Baker
Western Rail
ODT
Railroad Retirement Board
Army
DDT
C. E. Johnston
Western Association of Railroad
West Coast
H-12 Club Picnic Time Change at Humphreys Park
The H-12 club picnic for members and families moves to 6 30 PM at Humphreys Park on Thursday. Members should bring white elephant gifts as announced.
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Humphreys Park
Mother confesses drowning two babies in bath
Chicago police report 29 year old Helen Souhrada confessed to drowning her two daughters Connie birth by holding them under water Sunday night. She said she then attempted suicide to join her husband who died seven months earlier.
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Chicago
U.R
Anton Piksa
Helen Souhrada
John
Connie
Nancy
Bantam Bearing Employes Strike In South Bend
Bantam Bearing division workers at the Torrington Co plant in South Bend Indiana have been on strike since Monday after two men were dismissed for job failure. About 500 employees are idle as union officials offer no comment while the company agrees to arbitration.
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South Bend
Ird
Bantam Bearing
Torrington Co
New Commander Named at Camp Atterbury Ind
Camp Atterbury Indiana announces Brig. Gen. Ernest A. Bixby a West Point graduate from 1918 will assume as post commander succeeding Col. Welton M. Modisette who is on sick leave. Modisette led Atterbury since its 1942 establishment.
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
Ernest A. Bixby
Third Army
Bixby
West Point
Welton M. Modisette
Modisette
Atterbury
Three Year Old Loses Tricycle in Indianapolis
A three year old, David Everett Sedam, loses his painted tricycle when a stranger in a truck drives up near his home and abducts it. The bike had belonged to his father Elmer Sedam who was drafted and later killed in action in Europe.
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Indianapolis
David Everett Sedam
Pfe
Elmer Sedam
Sedam
David
Warren Brock Back In States On 30 Day Furlough
Warren Brock returns to the United States after 33 months with the 8th Air Force in England for a 30 day furlough to stay with his parents Mr and Mrs Cecil Brock in Catlin Illinois. The Brock family includes another son Bob Brock serving with the U S M C on Okinawa.
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Warren Brock
8Th Air Force
England
Cecil Brock
Catlin
Ill
Brock
Linton
Bob Brock
Okinawa
Former Linton Boy Wounded by Nazis
Pfc. John Whitfield son of Mr and Mrs Frank Whitfield of Hammond was wounded while serving with U S forces in Germany on April 23. The family formerly lived in Linton. He has been returned to the states and is in a Battle Creek Michigan hospital. He has two brothers in service Pvt Irvin Whitfield in Germany and S Sgt James Whitfield on Luzon.
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John Whitfield
Frank Whitfield
Hammond
U. S
Germany
Linton
States
Battle Creek
Mich
Pvt
Irvin Whitfield
James Whitfield
Luzon
Goodman sent to Ft. McClellan for basic training
Pvt. David Leon Goodman, recently inducted into the United States Army, was transferred from Camp Atterbury to Ft. McClellan Alabama for basic training.
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Pvt
David Leon Goodman
United States Army
Camp Atterbury
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Pvt Elmer Dean Returns to Camp at Fort Ord
Pvt Elmer Dean has returned to Ft. Ord California where he is stationed with the U S Army after a fourteen day furlough with his wife and other relatives here He was accompanied as far as St Louis Missouri by his wife.
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Pvt
Elmer Dean
Ft. Ord
Cal
U.S. Army
St. Louis
Pfc. Robert Brosche Returns Home After Overseas Duty
Mr and Mrs Bert Brosche receive a telegram confirming Pfc Robert Brosche has arrived in the United States after 38 months overseas duty He is stationed at Camp Miles Standish Massachusetts and expects to be home soon.
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Bert Brosche
Pfc
Robert Brosche
States
Camp Miles Standish
Mass
German Soldiers Begin Homecoming Across Cologne
The June 13 dispatch describes German released prisoners of war returning to their towns amid cheering crowds. Women and children line streets, offering flowers and food as Allied troops transport prisoners in American and British trucks, provoking mixed reactions among Occupation forces and locals.
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Cologne
U.P
AMG
Germany
Birth time and name correction petition filed in Greene Court
William Herschell Courtney has filed a petition in Greene Circuit Court to determine his time and place of birth. The hearing is set for June 20, 1945. Clerk Frank A. Lenning notes the filing on June 12, 1945.
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Greene Circuit Court
Frank A. Lenning
Charles Hanson Tells Of Battle From Italy Front
Mrs. Charles Hanson received a letter from her husband Pfc. Charles G Hanson in Italy describing recent wounds. He recounts combat on April 15 after a day of fighting with Jerry machine guns mortars and artillery. He was wounded while crossing a valley and later received medical aid and expects to be home soon.
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Charles Hanson
Pfc
Charles G. Hanson
United States
Italy
Russians Erect Huge Bandstand for Berlin Victory Parade
In Berlin on June 13 a grandstand was built at Charlottenburger Chaussee for a planned Allied victory parade. It is decorated with flags of all nations and portraits of Truman Stalin and Churchill. The parade would review Allied troops en route to Brandenburger Gate, signaling plans for a Berlin victory celebration that may not yet be finalized.
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Berlin
U.P
Charlottenburger Chausson
Truman
Stalin
Churchill
Brandenburger Gate
Doctors Dentists May Be Released From Army
Maj. Gen. George F. Lull estimated that 2000 to 3000 doctors and several hundred to 1000 dentists could be discharged from the Army by year end. He said the peak load on the Army Medical Corps will hit next fall as wounded return home and redeployments and discharges undergo physicals. Most released doctors and dentists will return to civilian practice. The Veterans Administration has shown some demand, but about 300 medical officers have already been assigned to it.
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Washington
U.P
George F. Lull
Army
Lull
Army Medical Corps
Europe
Veterans Administration
Plymouth Coupe Stolen From North Main Street
A Plymouth coupe owned by Guy Clayton was stolen from in front of his apartment on North Main Street on Tuesday night. Local police are investigating the case.
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Guy Clayton
North Main Street
Livestock Prices Report From Indianapolis Sale
Hog prices steady to higher with 160 lb hogs and light weights selling around 14.80 and 13.50 to 14.50 for lighter 100 to 140 lb hogs. Cattle and calves opening slow but near steady with good to choice steers and yearlings at 16 to 16.50, top yearlings 17.25, cows 13.25 to 14 and vealers up to 16.50.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Indiana Presbyterians elect new moderator in Indianapolis
Dr Hurd Allyn Drake of Kokomo was chosen Moderator of the Indiana Presbyterian Synod after being elected at the annual meeting in Indianapolis. Drake serves as pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Kokomo and as president of Kokomo Junior College. Frank K Zoll Alderson was elected Vice Moderator and Dr Victor L Raphael of Greencastle, retiring Moderator, was named permanent clerk with Rev Arthur Stewart of La Porte becoming the new stated clerk.
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Indianapolis
U.pr
Hurd Allyn Drake
Kokomo
Indiana Presbyterian Synod
First Presbyterian Church
Drake
Kokomo Junior College
Frank K. Zoll
Alderson
Victor L. Raphael
Greencastle
Arthur Stewart
la Porte
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Indiana Chess Association
Earl Emil Alexander
Eldorado
James E. Starkey
Indiana Department of Conservation
Evansville
Lincoln Hale
Evansville Colleges
William H. McCurdy
T. R. Key
Riverside Park
Marion County
Edward Benick
Otis Baker
Indiana Coal Trade Association
O. F. Heslar
A . W. and
Wooten NM
Zunne
Brussels
Coca-Cola Company
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Hariing Bros., Inc
Linton, Ind
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Coke
William Herschell Courtney
Iran
Lon Chaney Jr. and
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Kiondike
Presbyterians
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Acid Public Picture
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Robert Livingston
Stephanie Bachelor
Walter Catlett
Lloyd Corrigan
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Ray Noble
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Harry Owens
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