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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1943
Page
1
The piece argues United Nations Day should honor allies but warns about hidden costs of peace including potential taxes and military commitments. It questions what Americans are willing to sacrifice, stresses practical realities over abstractions, and calls for cooperation and mutual trust among nations.
Wildwood New Jersey reports record Atlantic harvest for commercial fisheries as 250000 pounds a week flow into South Jersey wharves. Workers earn about eight dollars daily amid labor shortages, with talks to hire returning service members to boost catches and wages.
Mrs Albert Hebb will receive recognition over the Blue Network Thursday June 7 at 10 a m for a letter she wrote to the Good Neighbor of the Day radio program. Following the broadcast an Arm Boy orchid will be dispatched to Mrs Hebb by air express.
Linton felt its first summer day as temperatures climbed to 94 degrees amid a 92 degree reading at noon from John Fritz observatory. Local weather observer notes seek to track the warm period.
Allied airmen bombed Rabaul on New Britain with 30 tons of bombs at one airfield amid three-day strikes on the base complex. American planes returned safely from the raid as reconnaissance indicated damage to the big base. Smaller attacks targeted New Guinea Timor and other airfields while Port Moresby raids reportedly failed. A destroyer action near Attu turned into a tactical victory for the Americans with torpedoes and coordinated gunfire driving off a larger Japanese force.
Indianapolis June 4 Dr Robert Jewett head of the State Bureau of Maternal and Child Health announced that medical and hospital maternity and infant care for soldiers families has been extended to all Indiana counties. The program is funded by a congressional grant and covers expectant mothers and infants under one year. Applications may be made through the family physician.
Major General Norman Kirk, new Army surgeon general, reveals 13000 wounded soldiers evacuated by air to hospitals during the Tunisian campaign. He cites a one to six killed to wounded ratio, evacuation hospital death rate under three percent, versus 15 to 18 percent in the last war, with 85 percent of deaths from shell or bomb fragments.
Quapaw Council No 80 schedules memorial services at the Red Men hall Tuesday at 8:30 pm for all deceased members with public invitation extended.
The Office of War Information discloses Julius Otto Kuehn as a German spy who signaled the Japanese fleet four days before Pearl Harbor. He was arrested after the attack, sentenced to death, later commuted to fifty years hard labor, and claimed a plan to head the Gestapo. He acted for pay from Japan in 1941 and aided by his wife and stepdaughter.
Soviet ground troops seize four villages northeast of Orel amid heavy fighting in a corridor linking central and southern fronts. About 300 enemy officers and men killed after counter attacks. Russian airmen claim 550 German planes destroyed in last week’s raids, bringing total to 1,300 in two weeks with 560 Soviet losses.
Mr and Mrs Sherman Behem of Carlisle rural route celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on Sunday with an open house in the afternoon. Relatives and friends called to offer congratulations.
Mrs Mary J Smith a 53 year old resident of Jasonville died Sunday morning at Freeman Greene county hospital after a brief illness Her survivors include her husband William her mother Mrs Criss Reeves of Woodbine and one sister Mrs Myrtle Agner also of Woodbine The body was moved to Mothers Memory Chapel in Jasonville and then returned home Funeral services are set for Tuesday at two pm at the First Baptist Church with Rev Darrell Bennett presiding Interment will be in Lebanon cemetery.
Hospital reports list multiple admissions births and dismissals. Nine pound two ounce Daniel Gene born to Mrs Virgil Brown Jasonville route 2. Max Emory six pounds three ounces born to Mrs Ernest Jure Sherer Bloomfield. Kenneth Floyd eight pounds born to Mrs Ralph J Trotter Linton route 2. Twin preemie boys via Caesarean to Mrs Hiram Hubbard Jasonville with one baby dead at birth and the other died shortly after. Additional notes include tonsillectomy for Patty Huber Coal City and minor surgeries for Mrs Marie McKee Bloomfield Pearl Johnson Bloomfield, plus discharges for Logan Holmes Bloomfield Ernest Workman Bloomfield Mrs John E Lockard Bloomfield route 2 and Charles Hineman son of Mr and Mrs Carl Hineman.
Washington June 14 The three month wage dispute in the coal fields nears a fresh crisis as the War Labor Board prepares to rule on a $1.30 daily raise for central Pennsylvania miners The decision could trigger further walkouts while the Smith Connally anti strike bill moves to the White House and 1600 miners in western Pennsylvania vote to return to work after a wildcat strike over fines by Fuel Administrator Ickes.
The board of economic warfare notes a study of captured Japanese rations shows unappetizing taste but high nutrition. The mess includes a lactic acid drink, a yeast preparation, wheat germ tablets, a ration labeled rice and bean curd, and a biscuit made with wheat flour and seaweed. The health drink is fermented from rice.
In Los Angeles on June 14 the un declared war between 700-suit hoodlums and service men appears to be ending. Only two violent incidents were reported over the weekend. A sailor was robbed of 25 dollars by six zoot-suiters and a one armed railroad worker said a gang of youths attacked and beat him, leaving him treated for a possible broken jaw.
Terre Haute Indiana June 14. Lieutenant Haldon Ray Haywood son of Alfred Haywood and Floella Morgan Haywood is a prisoner of war in Germany after being shot down over Kiel in early May. He is a bombardier in the Army Air Forces and has served in Europe since September 1942 earning the Distinguished Flying Cross and Oak Leaf Cluster. The family learned the news through the Red Cross.
James Johnson, 75, of Jasonville, sustained a fractured right wrist and fractured right hip when he fell from a bridge while employed by the county highway department on Saturday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. William Fisher of Detroit announce the birth of a 7 2 pound daughter named Patricia at St. Mary hospital on June 7. Mrs. Fisher, formerly Miss Pearl Huff, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Huff of this city.
Lt. R W Price and Lt (jg) Margaret Hartley discussed Navy WAVES and SPARS enlistment in Terre Haute at the Post Office building. They outlined full status pay and benefits, age and education requirements, and the week long recruiting visit to recruit women for the Naval Reserve and Coast Guard Reserve.
Arthur Leveridge of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia recalls wild African honey bees used against Allied forces in North Africa. He cites bees loosed by machine guns attacking troops and multiple stings disabling able bodied soldiers, noting cases of over a hundred stings.
Linton riders and horses performed well at the Greencastle horse show on Sunday. Dr M E Tomak was among the winners in the fine harness class. Max Dye took first in a pony class while Mack Wright of Jasonville won in the 3 gaited class. The event drew a large crowd with many fine horses entered.
Curtis Workman of Linton route 2 was seriously hurt Sunday afternoon when he fell beneath a tractor on W. J. Hamilton farm near Linton. He suffered severe lacerations to the right leg and facial and chest injuries but is not believed to be in critical condition.
American bombers hit eastern Sicily airfields at Gerbini and Catania as raids continue over the island and the Mediterranean. British Beaufighters sink a convoy ship off the Dutch coast while new Allied air forces form in England to back the invasion of Europe.
Garld Ladson announces a new softball league in Linton with games at the high school park at 6 30 each evening this week. Tuesday features City Slickers versus Elks lodge, Wednesday Junior Chamber of Commerce against Merchants, Thursday Maumee Colleries versus Johnson. call 572 M or see Ladson to form a team needing ten players.
Lieut. Thoma J. Nugent son of Thomas M Nugent Elmora is named among five Indiana soldiers wounded in action in North Africa as reported by the United States War Department
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