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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 15, 1939
Page
1
The piece offers chigger control advice using fine dusting sulphur with application rates per area and schedules May to August. It also praises Greene County highway work, the Elliston bridge project, and a Newberry river bridge paving. It adds a Turkish wedding trend anecdote and Indiana accident stats with sober driving guidance.
Misses Berniece and Ruth Gilli gran left Tuesday morning for South Bend on a two weeks vacation. They also plan to visit in Nanos and Michigan before returning to Linton.
King George and Queen Elizabeth end a 9127 mile tour of Canada and the United States. In a radio speech from Halifax they praise allied nations and thank the people they met. The King says their visit shows a pattern of peaceful coexistence from coast to coast and north to south.
One hundred twenty three children who completed two and one half weeks of daily Vacation Bible School at Glenburn Church will receive certificates Friday evening at 7 30. A Princeton colored quartet will perform numbers and an exhibit of handiwork will be on display after 6 30. No admission fee. a voluntary offering will be taken. Public invited.
Chauncey Dover, captured in Linton, faced Greene Circuit Court where Judge J Raymond Powell sentenced him to one hundred twenty days on the Indiana State Farm for attempted burglary and gunfire during a pursuit sparked by Bert Caldwell the Greene County sheriff. Dover quipped about hearing bullets twice during the chase.
Funeral services for Elmer M Pigg aged 61 and a retired coal miner of Cass will be held at 2 00 pm Saturday at the family residence. Rev J R Clark of the Church of Christ will officiate and burial will follow in the Dugger cemetery.
A Greene circuit court grand jury met in Bloomfield to consider possible indictment of Pearl Miller for the 1933 murder of Mrs. Mary Ellis of Jasonville. Also tied to the case, Yancy Zachary’s arrest on a conspiracy charge. Humphreys’ guilty plea to involuntary manslaughter may have spurred new inquiries.
Washington June 15 The labor dispute between the AFL and CIO grows tenser as leaders say only Roosevelt intervention can avert a wider war. Peace talks collapse with blame exchanged and no firm plan for new meetings, though both sides hint at possible conferences under strong presidential pressure.
Greene County Women’s Democratic club members from across the county gathered in Newark for a meeting on national business. Agnes Shepard of Linton spoke on Your Country's Business and Mine, with Mrs. Messinger of Portland and Eva Young of Worthington contributing. Aural music by Mrs. Maring of Terre Haute accompanied the program, and the next meeting was slated for Shakamak State Park near Jasonville.
Harlan county coal mine operators disband their United Front negotiating committee and will negotiate with the United Mine Workers of America individually. A spokesman said there was no breakdown, the move follows a reported hopeless deadlock since May 15 with labor representatives.
Finland becomes the sole foreign debtor to fulfill its obligation as the U S Treasury reports a payment of 160,695 dollars from the Finnish government on June 15 in Washington D C.
General Motors plants in Flint opened peacefully today after union talks ended the week long strike threat. The United Automobile Workers AFL attempted a walkout over a controversy, but workers returned to plants in Flint.
Kenneth Welborn Republican of Center township was elected unopposed as Greene County attendance officer for the 1939 40 school year by the Board of Education in Bloomfield. Judge J Raymond Powell spoke on the new state hospital admission law. The board set September 1 as opening day and approved a Christmas break December 22 to January 2 and a two day Thanksgiving break. Alvin E Keller Greene county school superintendent presided.
Japanese forces moved to the borders of the British concession amid warnings of intensified punitive measures. A Japanese spokesman warned the situation could worsen but hoped for a local settlement while opposing Chinese Nationalist influence and Chiang Kai-shek's operations. Britain and France challenged Japan's claim to control foreign concessions in China and protested to Tokyo over sovereignty statements.
Evangelist Rev. Dahlgren KE Casey leads nightly services at 7 30 in the Linton United Brethren church this week. He warns that without a new Pentecost the church and social order will falter and urges attendees to invite others to attend.
Rufus McKee a 65 year old Lyons watch repairman living alone died of self inflicted gunshot wounds in his home. He had been ill with cancer and left letters to relatives and an undertaker detailing funeral plans and a donation to the Lyons Church of Christ. Funeral arrangements were pending with burial planned at Sand Born cemetery.
Horsemen from Lyons Bloomfield Dugger Sullivan Farmersburg and Linton will attend a Sunday saddle round-up at Humphreys park show ring. Participants bring lunches and public is invited free of charge to watch horses strut their stuff all day long.
Berlin denounces foreign reports of German troop movements in Slovakia and asserts Bohemia Moravia stay under Nazi rule. Officials dismiss claims of a planned reich annexation and mass evacuations as pure nonsense while Nazi papers condemn alleged plans for occupation or annexation of Slovakia.
Linton Miners Baseball will host St Patrick’s of Terre Haute at Humphreys Park Sunday at 2 30 PM in a key early season game. The Miners seek to extend a two game winning streak while urging large local turnout to satisfy a guaranteed payment to the visitors.
Linton Elks lodge No. 866 leads an Elks Flag Day observance at Harmon park Bicknell with hosts from Sullivan Vincennes Bicknell Washington and Linton to perform. Program begins 2 o clock at the bandstand with historical depictions while J C Heidenreich of Bicknell serves as master of ceremonies and J W Kimmell of Vincennes delivers the main address. The Sullivan Elks band will provide a concert.
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