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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1943
Page
6
A wartime banking message emphasizes planning for postwar stability and urges customers to inquire about current banking needs. It notes that deposits are insured for up to 5 000 dollars by the federal agency and promises a continued service standard built over years.
Hollywood says Martha Jane Warner one of the first women casting directors has proven equally adept as a WAAC. She enlisted early, rose from the bottom to lieutenant, and is now attached to the Army Administration School WAAC branch in Denton Texas.
Deanna Durbin refused a staged donation and donated real blood for a studio scene in Hollywood. A blood bank unit was set up on the sound stage and the action was filmed with cameras rolling.
A wartime analysis notes that about 978 Axis divisions await in full readiness for weeks, but the expected Russian front assault has not materialized. The piece cites Allied bombing, Red air superiority, lend lease American and British aircraft, and strategic pressure from a potential second front as factors shaping Nazi timing.
Corporal Earl J Hofert Jr recently earned a diploma from Curtis Wright Technical Institute after four months of study. He is now stationed in Burwank California and continues schooling, son of Mr and Mrs Earl Hofert previously of Linton now residing in Zanesville Ohio.
Pfc Don Hammer Jr stationed with the United States Army at Miami Beach Florida has been transferred to Glendale California per word received by his wife Mrs Betty Fitzgerald Hammer.
Pvt. Charles J. Wilson, son of Mr and Mrs Maynard Wilson of Sandborn, recently stationed with the United States Army at Camp Wille Oregon, is being transferred from a headquarters office to the main headquarters as a typist.
Herman Bush of Washington left Friday for Camp Perry Virginia to start boat training with the U S services. He entered the service as a second class petty officer. Mr Bush is married to Marie Sims Bush formerly of Linton.
Jack E Dale son of Mr and Mrs Grover Dale attends a United States Army Radar School at Drew Field Florida Radar is a new service branch about which the public knows little.
Roy Wise of Dugger, son of Mrs. Ernest Wise, has enlisted in the United States Navy and is sent to Great Lakes, Illinois for training.
PFC Ernest Kemp, formerly with the Army at Camp Swift Texas, has been transferred to Shreveport Louisiana, according to word received by his wife Bernice Kemp.
Sgt Raymond W. Martin son of Mr and Mrs C W Martin has arrived safely with the United States Army in North Africa. He says he is well and the country is beautiful.
Cpl. Paul Young, previously stationed at Camp Gordon Florida, has been transferred to Camp Pickett Virginia. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Young.
Pfc. Arnold Page son of Mrs Jorence E Page stationed with the United States Army at Ft Stevens Ore has been promoted to Corporal according to word received here.
Dale Cobb of Sullivan and son of Mr and Mrs Rod Cole has been inducted into the United States Army and sent to Fort Knox Kentucky for basic training. He is the brother of Mrs Bruce Huber of Linton.
Reece Hubbert son of Mr and Mrs Bruce Hubbert of this city has been inducted into the United States Army and was sent to Camp Grant Illinois according to word received by his parents.
PFC Myron L Green has arrived safely with the United States forces somewhere in England along with his wife Mrs. Green. The notice confirms his overseas arrival and homefront status.
Frank McClung son of Mr and Mrs Lee McClung telephones from Washington DC to announce enlistment in the Navy. The brief item notes family pride and the move away from home for service.
A man employed in government work last year has enlisted in the U S Navy. He will undergo six months of officer training at Harvard University.
In a legislative change from Sacramento, tire stealing is reclassified from petty theft to grand larceny. The bill provides prison terms rather than county jail for conviction, reflecting a tougher stance on tire theft in California.
Beb tells City Council and public that for fifty years he has stopped roosters from crowing by wiring above their roosts to block head lifting. He says he does not expect financial reward for sharing the method.
Brigadier General Alden Waitt told an audience that the Continental United States is safe from large-scale gas attacks for the time being. The briefing came at a session of the International College of..
Surgeons from Canada England Russia China Turkey and attendees from Mexico and Brazil gather for a three day conference. They state the United Nations has no plan for gas warfare but the Allies are ready to retaliate if the Axis initiates chemical attacks.
In California and other states evacuated Japanese are mobilized for food production. A census shows 270 Japanese owned factors 129 disc harrows and 105 cultivators. courts authorize requisition to distribute equipment where most needed.
Twenty years ago readers recall a grand K K K parade and demonstration in Bloomfield attended by many Lintonians. The issue notes Pittsburgh s most disastrous fire, a daylong Hiawatha club meeting, Otterbein guild event, Delphian society gathering, and White river beaches enjoying good play. Also mentions essay contest prizes won by Miss Alice Butler and John Callahan and a quip about industrious people rarely speaking fast.
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