Town Talk and Pie Talk From Odon Editors
John Ben Stotts and Rev. Ernie Roberts discuss dried fruit pies and farming struggles. A Main Street reader mocked dried apple pie while the duo recalls drying practices, old ovens, and the value of home made fruit pies. They also note floods and delayed corn planting. farmers face tough conditions but expect a strong crop with better weather.
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Odon
John ‘Ben Stotts
Ernie Roberts
J. I
John Ben
J. B
Rev
Ernie
Purdue University
Indianapolis smoke inspector Arthur Symms visits old friends
Arthur Symms of Indianapolis and former Linton resident called on old friends yesterday. He was appointed by Mayor Robert Tyndall as City Smoke Inspector and began duties about a month ago, showing early progress in the role.
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Arthur Symms
Indianapolis
Linton
Symms
Robert Tyndall
Hospital Report Reveals Local Discharges
Ezra Corwin of Linton was dismissed this morning. Mary Jane Deatrich was taken to her home in Worthington this morning.
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Ezra Corwin
Linton
Mary Jane Deatrich
Worthington
Jap Planes in Great Guadalcanal Air Battle
Allied fliers claim a decisive victory over Guadalcanal in the Solomons, shooting down 77 Japanese planes with only six American aircraft lost. The record tally included 32 bombers and the rest Zeros, from a battle fought Wednesday Solomons time.
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Guadalcanal
Washington
Solomons
Navy
Navy Department
New Georgia Island
Choiseulslands
Xiska
Aleutians
Allied Air Elevens Cross Channel in Large Strike
June 17 reports say Allied airplanes including a large striking force crossed the channel toward Calais. Escorts returned from the Calais region after the mission while other attacks claimed by the Middle East command sank three enemy ships in the Aegean. Royal Air Force fighters downed at least nine German planes in daytime sweeps over the channel and occupied areas.
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South
England
U.P
Channel
Calais
Reunion
Cairo
Aegean Sea
Middle-east Command
Tripoli
London
U.R
Royal Air Force
Turkey breaks with Vichy France and recalls ambassador
Radio Algiers reports Turkey has broken relations with Vichy France and recalls its ambassador. The Algiers report is not independently confirmed.
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London
U.P
Algiers
Turkey
France
Vichy
Allied air strikes hit Japanese bases in Solomons and Aleutians
Washington reports American fliers struck New Georgia and Choiseul in the Solomons and Kiska in the Aleutians. Communique says fires started in Solomons attacks. At Kiska, main camp area, runway, and anti-aircraft batteries were hit.
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Washington, D. C
New Georgia
Choiseul Islands
Solomons
Kiska
Aleutians
Home Made Film Becomes Fighter Pilots Favorite
At an American air base in England on June 17 400 feet of home made film draws crowds as pilots wives and sweethearts watch in a dim barracks room Capt Gene O Neil of Douglaston NY jokes about viewing his wife among the scenes the production breaks Hollywood records for continuous performances
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England
Hollywood
Gene O’neil
Douglaston
N. Y
Girl's 4-H Picnic Set for Friday in Humphreys Park
A Girl's 4-H picnic is planned in Humphreys Park this Friday at 3 PM for local 4-H club members. Each girl should bring her own lunch.
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Humphreys Park
Real estate transfers filed in Greene county recorder
Transfers include guardianships and numerous lots in Linton Bloomfield and Jasonville from Zthel Humphreys J L Hatfield Charles Parks Alma Kohlman Myers Flater Cyrus Davis Dale Johnson Ernest Quimby Marcella English Theodore Carmichael to several buyers and couples with parcels in Lyons Dresden Center Township and beyond within the county real estate records.
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County Recorder’s Office
Zthel Hemphreys
Robert Horace Humphreys
Greene Circuit Court
Thomas Wakefield
Geneval Wright
Humphrey
Linton
J. L.hatfield
Ella Hatfeld
Elzie
Roberts
Ida
Graham
Orwensburg
Charles F. Parks
Lou A. Parks
Mary M.chapman
William L.chapman
Parks
West Linton
Ilena Kohlman
Charles Kohlman
Dennis ‘Armstrong
Lyons
James D. Clayton
Mary L. Clayton
Ora Ip
Clayton
Mayme Clayton
Ross
Peters Schloot
Jennie Schloot
Edward Greenwood
Dellamay Greenwood
Yeoman
Ethel ‘Humphreys
Duffen ‘Chambers
Amos Musselman
Carpenter
Moras
Newberry
iMyers
D. Flater
Agnes E. Flater
Cora Y. Davis
L. Edwards
Bloomfield
Cyrus ‘E. Davis
Myers D. Flater
Agnes E. ‘Plater
William K. ‘Routt
Dale Johnson
Vernice Johnson
Roy
Carl Mullis
Mildred iMullis
O. Turner
Ernest Quimby
Noah E. Meredith
Florence ‘Meredith
William S. Corbin
Dresden
Marcella ‘Cushman
Delston K. ‘English
Hester ‘Arnold
Selfridge
Jasonville
Theodore Carmichael
Theodore
Eugene Carmichael
Richard ‘Carmichael
Center Township
Charles Gastineau
Elizabeth Gastineau
Raymond F. Olinger
Mary A. Olinger
Washington Township
Lewis Wright
Sarah E. Wright
Harry V.emery
Jennie Emery
Homer Kirk
Martha J. Kirk
Jackson Township
Haldon Chaney
Tressie Chaney
William FE. Hunter
Juanita M. Hunter
Wright
Pauline Livingston
Humphreys
Rationing at a Glance July 1 to Sept. 30 Stamps
The notice lists validity and expiry dates for Blue, Red, Coffee, Sugar, Shoes, Gasoline, Tires, and Fuel Oil ration stamps. It explains canning sugar allotments, transferability of shoe stamps, and renewal dates for fuel and tire inspections.
Beau mont Martial Law Restores Order After Race Riots
Beaumont Texas faces a 24 hour clash between black and white groups. About 100 arrests, two deaths, and 60 black workers hospitalized mark the unrest. One thousand guardsmen with submachine guns, rangers, and police restored peace as the shipyards reopened under martial law. No black workers were recalled.
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Texas Rangers
Gulf Coast Shipbuilding Center
Aiken
Evatt predicts Japan defeat soon after Germany
Australia's foreign minister Herbert Evatt clashes with the view that defeating Japan will take years. He predicts Japan may fall shortly after Hitler is beaten, while Gen. MacArthur and others warn the battle will be long. Allied air raids and battles across the Pacific and Asia are underlining ongoing pressure on Japan.
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United Press
Australia
Japan
Herbert Evatt
Pacific
Hitler
Evatt
Germany
Gen. McArthur
Tokyo
Local Kroger promotes Ward Letsinger to district manager
Mr. Ward Letsinger, longtime Kroger meat manager in Linton, is promoted to District Manager for Kroger stores in the surrounding territory. He will supervise area stores while remaining in Linton and expresses happiness at not leaving the city.
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E. P. Reibertson
Kroger Grocery &Baking Company
Ward Letsinger
Kroger
Linton
Letsinger
Indiana man killed by train near Altoona
Police tentatively identify a mangled body found in the Pennsylvania railroad yards as Warren Wayett of Macey Indiana. The man, believed to have been with the Barnum Bailey circus, was run over by a train after possibly falling from a circus train. Identification came from papers found in his pockets.
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Altoona
U.P
Pennsylvania Railroad
Warren Wayett
Macey
Ind
Wayett
Barnum & Bailey Circus
Miss Dorothy Harmon Joins Ft Harrison Finance Dept
Miss Dorothy Harmon daughter of Mr and Mrs Oscar Harmon of this city has completed a course at Central Business College Indianapolis and is now employed in the Finance Department at Ft Harrison.
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Dorothy Harmon
Oscar Harmon
Central Business College
Indianapolis
Ft. Harrison
Red Army repels Nazi attack near Orel in central Russia
Soviet troops hold gains in first major summer drive as they repulse German counterattacks thirty miles north of Orel. Four towns remain the objective for Nazi commanders, while Red air force strikes rail hubs and supports land troops with long range raids.
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Orel
Russia
Moscow
Kursk
Red Air Force
Saratov
Volga
Stalingrad
May U boat losses lowest since 41
Washington June 17 War information director Davis said U boat sinkings fell in May to the lowest level since Pearl Harbor. He added that the June record is so good you cant believe it will stay that way and predicted another major Nazi attack in Russia to save the Fuehrers face.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
Davis
Pearl Harbor
Russia
Fuehrer
Gasoline ration abuse leads to license suspension in Indiana
An Alto filling station operator had his gasoline sales license suspended for 90 days after admitting selling fuel without ration coupons to sailors from the Bunker Hill Naval Station. Six seamen paid 26 to 30 cents a gallon. The investigation followed a hearing and testimony from witnesses.
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Induanaipiolos
Ind
U.P
iAn Alto
Cila
Elam Smith
Smith
Bunker Hill
Peru
Praise Honey Bees For War Efforts
Dr Leonard Clark of Union College argues bees aid the war effort by producing beeswax for shells and planes, pollinating crops to boost yields, and supplying honey to ease rationing. He notes 1942 honey output topped 200 million pounds and 1943 harvest remained similar.
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Schfenionady
N. Y
Leonard Clark
Union College
America
Clark
Dr. Clark
Germans Admit Big Damage In RAF Bombardment Of Cologne
Allied air power struck Cologne for the 116th time since the war began with hundreds of tons of bombs. The raid cost 14 British planes but inflicted damage the Germans admitted. Other RAF actions hit an enemy convoy off Holland while long-range fighters and Mediterranean patrols continued operations across Europe and the Aegean.
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United Press
Germany
Cologne
R.A.F
Britain
Reich
Holland
Channel
Calais
Faur
France
Mediterranean
Aegean Sea
Greece
Pantelleria
Europe
United Nations
Algiers
Turkey
Vichy France
Vichy
Eight Hoosiers Wounded in Action Named
The War Department announced eight Indiana soldiers wounded in North Africa. Sgts Gene Moffitt New Carlisle and Lester Watt Centerville. Pfc Walter Williams Montgomery, Ralph Raney Cannelburg, Youlan Miller Ingman. Pvts Dallas Hartman Terre Haute, Francis Miller Goshen, Charles Warner Vevay.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
War Department
Indiana
North Africa
Gene Moffitt
New Carlisle
Lester Watt
Centerville
Pfe
Walter Williams
Montgomery
Ralph Raney
Cannerburg
Youlan Miller
Jngman
Dallas Hartman
Terre Haute
Francis Miller
Goshen
Charles Warner
Vevay
Expect Decision on Coal Strike Looms
The War Labor Board is expected to decide soon in the dispute between the United Mine Workers and soft coal mine operators. The decision concerns miners demand for portal-to portal or underground travel pay.
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United Mine Workers
War Labor Board
Licenses Issued to Four Couples by County Clerk
Kenneth Todd of Springville and Mary George of Odon together with Howard Little of U S Army and Helen Louise Haywood of unknown location were issued licenses to wed Tuesday by County Clerk Frank A Lenning. The couples were married by Justice of the Peace Charles W Laughlin.
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Kenneth Todd
Springville
Mary George
Odon
Howard Little
U. S. Army
Helen Louise Haywood
Frank A.lenning
Charles W. ‘Laughlin
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