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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1939
Page
1
The column mixes unusual weather talk with a look at Stafford and Washington townships in Greene County. It recalls the old Goosepond era, wild turkeys and geese, then shifts to 1939 housing aims, noting May's high residential permits and potential revival beyond 1929 levels to ease unemployment.
In Greene county court Bloomfield Indiana the State vs Sanford Humphreys ends without a jury. He pleads guilty to voluntary manslaughter count and is sentenced to one to ten years. Counts of murder tied to robbery and burglary are dismissed.
London reports Japan declined a British plan for United States mediation as it prepared to blockade the British concession. Britain proposed Tokyo name John K Caldwell as third member and chair of a three person conciliatory tribunal with one British and one Japanese member.
Funeral services were held today for Lena May Kirby 74 of Dresden former Switz City resident who died Monday at her son Clarence Kirby’s home near Koleen. Burial followed at the Nine Mile cemetery Rev Sam Tuttle officiated She was born June 30 1864 in Ohio to Charles Hirth and Mary Gessler Her husband James T Kirby died in 1928 Surviving are sons Clarence Frank Kirby and John Leslie Kirby and brother Frank Hirth of Ryan Oklahoma.
Indianapolis IND June 14 thousands of WPA employees are being restored to the federal payroll after a Congress cut of 50 million dollars reduced the program. Indiana director Jon K Jennings says the payroll now includes 77 000 workers with 1 000 more to be added this week, boosting relief during a season of normally low work.
University of Georgia officials order a ban on hitchhiking by lone coeds and forbid all rides after dark regardless of sex or number of students. The rule aims to curb risks associated with late travel to and from campus.
Mrs Laverne Roach of Bloomfield underwent a major operation Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Meredith Jones was taken to her home this afternoon.
Milwaukee June 14 Gov Julius P Heil mediates a wage dispute at Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Co between CIO United Auto Workers and management. About 6500 workers idle in West Allis as office staff stay home to avoid riots after talks with labor and business leaders. A face to face showdown with both sides is planned.
Firefighters in Buffalo New York used dry ice a carbon dioxide solid cooled to 108 below zero to aid suppression for the first time at a grain bin fire. The dry ice described as super cold was delivered at the scene and employed as a new tool in fighting flames.
Quincy Grover Williams of New Goshen was killed in a slate shop accident near Haute and will be buried in Dugger cemetery Thursday afternoon. Funeral services will be at 10:00 a.m. Thursday in Clinton at the home of daughter Mrs. Walter Burke. Survived by widow Etta, five daughters, mother, two brothers, two sisters, two half sisters and other relatives. New Goshen Masonic lodge to conduct grave services.
Pupils from Linton Stockton high school and Glenburn eighth grade will be entertained at 7:50 this evening in the Nora D Yoder Community house. Glenburn Mothers Circle members present a varied program of music and entertainment numbers.
Berlin June 14 DNB denied reports of German troop movements along the Slovak Polish frontier. The agency said the reports were designed to promote English Soviet negotiations.
Congressional supporters in Washington say the Senate will disapprove amendments to the TVA act after the House approved limits on agency operations and made TVA bond issues the responsibility of the agency rather than the government. The House vote stood 191 to 167.
The House Appropriations Committee added strict penalties on politics in relief to the 1940 relief bill in Washington. Provisions mirrored the Hatch bill recently approved by a subcommittee.
Alva Witty of 960 Third Street Northwest was chosen to join the Linton City School Board, replacing Bert Kinnaman whose term ends August 1. The council voted 3 2 with John Wilson the other candidate and noted party affiliations of existing members Ed Fisher and Guy Moss.
In Charlettown Prince Edward Island the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, with Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret Rose, consider a future Canadian tour. The monarchs replied to Premier Campbell that they share the hope of visiting again with their daughters. Elizabeth is 13 and Margaret is 8.
The state supreme court upheld local self government by declaring unconstitutional a 1933 act provision requiring state board approval of teacher contracts in state aid schools. The court said the clause exceeds the act title and centralizes control contrary to state tradition.
Attorneys for Indiana truck operators in superior court argued the 1937 state truck weight tax is an unjust classification for tax purposes. They seek a return of all payments and an injunction against enforcement, noting the act has few supporters and that Gov. M Clifford Townsend urged repeal in the 1989 legislative address.
Elmer M. Pigg aged 61 lifelong Cass resident died at 9:00 AM in Mary Sherman hospital Sullivan from complications after an appendectomy. He was a retired coal miner. Survived by Maggie his wife two daughters Edna Clark Cass Jessie Lawson Flint Mich one son Melvin Putnamville mother Mrs Sarah Pigg Cass one brother Charles Pigg Cass and three sisters Maggie Alumbaugh Cass Judy Cooksey Sullivan and Esther Brenton Sullivan. Body taken to M J Aikin Son Funeral Home Dugger. State until Thursday then to family residence. Funeral arrangements to be announced.
From London and Prague on June 14 unconfirmed reports say Gestapo agents are tightening controls in the Czech protectorate. Public meetings are banned, arrests extend to planting flowers at Huss and Masaryk monuments, and agricultural officials face corruption or smuggling charges. Protectorate authorities and Baron von Neurath moved to curb anti German activity and ban strikes to maintain calm business.
Greene County REMC members crowded the Bloomfield courthouse to reelect eleven directors led by E R Bridges and to reelect officers including Bridges as president Clina Hasler as vice president D H Vass as secretary and O R Dilley as treasurer. Amendments extend corporate territory into Clay Martin Owen Daviess Monroe and Sullivan counties enabling line extensions.
Seven five Knox county taxpayers have been selected for special jury service in the murder trial of Ed Sanders, to begin in Knox Circuit Court in Vincennes next Tuesday. Eight names were drawn from Jicknell, scene of the slaying of WPA worker John Zak. Sanders faces trial after an admitted drunken brawl and has been jailed since last August.
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