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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1946
Page
2
Anterat is presented as a wartime secret rat poison from Johns Hopkins Hospital. Claimed advantages include high lethality to rats, tastelessness, gray coloring, and versatility in bait forms suitable for various conditions.
Des Moines reports the Youthful American Veterans committee, led by liberal national officeholders, launched a drive for one million members. Charles Bolte of Greenwich, Conn., elected national chairman after El Alamein service with the British, with Gilbert Harrison as vice chairman. Bolte praised the convention's wrangling as a constructive steam release during a period of liberal displays.
The document states a strong trend to form a new veterans organization. It pledges no support for individual candidates but vows intensified efforts if OPA is defeated to help veterans obtain decent jobs and better living conditions. A drive for 1,000,000 members by June 1947 is planned.
Urbana Illinois features Miss Gladys Ward of the University of Illinois urging safer household practices. She notes 23 500 people killed and five million in injuries yearly from common hazards and careless acts. She stresses recognizing dangers and using common sense to prevent burns and shocks.
An obscure local tale recalls Paul Revere’s ride from Boston to Philadelphia along the Greenwich to New Haven route. In Guilford the horseman paused to bait his horse amid a crowd of tea party celebrants disguised as Indiana. his face bore war paint.
George Busiere of Springfield reported to police that he sent a quilt containing $202 to a laundry and retrieved it two days later to find the money missing. The incident occurred in Springfield Massachusetts with no arrests reported.
Seymour Indiana June 17 authorities investigate why Opal Seyferth a middle aged housewife shot and killed Jewel Zimmerman 22 as she walked to a grocery store. Prosecutor says the pistol used was a .38 revolver and Seyferth was too nervous to be questioned. Zimmerman mother of two died an hour after being shot. Seyferth held pending grand jury inquiry.
A puzzled Ozark youth walked into police headquarters in Little Rock and asked for a noted Republican. The sergeant replied there are few Republicans in the area and suggested the shy seeker locate a notary public, prompting the youth to depart.
Covington Kentucky touts Monte Casino a Roman Catholic church billed as the smallest in the world with seating for just three worshippers.
Northwestern University chemists led field tests on gas warfare in a Lake Forest house and other sites from Kentucky to Idaho. Dr. Malcolm Dole warned the field research was essential to the Army program. tests wounded a researcher and burned others with phosgene and mustard gas as new masks proved crucial.
Mrs. Mary Anthony visited Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Christenberry at Terre Haute. Miss Sharon Kay Bowman of Sandborn visits grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Keller. Billy Mattern visits with the Clarence Mattern family in Washing ton. Mrs. J. A. Langley left for Dallas to join her husband. Miss Hazel Louise Pickett visiting relatives in Indianapolis. Kay and Frankie Pershing of Muncie visit their grandmother Mrs. Mary Anthony. Mrs. Emma Mullis attended a birthday dinner at Scotland. Mrs. O. C. Keller spent Tuesday with the Bowmans at Sandborn. Maurice Hineman and daughter Judy of Indianapolis visited the Man ford Dickens family. An all day church group outing and fishing trip to the Alva Gilbreath home at Bloomfield ended with a noon picnic for several local women and families.
Edith Blair of Alton, 70, traveled 250 miles from Chicago to Jerseyville in an eight hour trip in a 1930 Model A Ford.
Edward Wilcox of Muncie Indiana formerly with Warner Corporation details years of poor sleep headaches and nervous tension. After using TON KAL No 1 he reports better sleep calmer nerves and renewed energy describing a new outlook on life. All stores advertise TON KAL as a two medicine combination.
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