Cut rate selling and bootleg discount houses draw scrutiny
A column discusses the rise of cut rate selling and discount houses for brand name goods, focusing on fair trade law, court rulings, and industry responses. Auto and appliance sectors face price cutting, with manufacturers installing automated systems while defending lower prices to sustain demand.
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Indiana
William P. Steckler
Chicago
Cadillac
U.S. A
General Motors
Ford
New Sports Club Plans Formal Opening Here
The Women’s Sports club of iAnton will mark the grand opening of its clubhouse at Lee Sherrard park with an open house Sunday from 1:00 to 8:00 p.m. A covered dish supper is set for 6:00 p.m. Public invited. Fifteen Greene county women formed a temporary board to establish the club and locate a clubhouse. The former Lee Sherrard park stable was converted into a functional clubhouse, with improvements like a concrete floor, new roof and wiring. Outdoor facilities include an archery range, horseshoe and croquet courts.
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Women's Sports Club of
iAnton
Lee- Sherrard Park
Linton
Indiana
Con
Greene County
Mesdames
Jake Malicoat
Homer Bales
Clyde Grass
Bill Stoops
Bill Abram
Thad Spice
Hyman Fell
Harry Bargar
Meredith Jones
Kenneth Sitterding
Joe Poe, Jr
Carl Donie
Charles Moore
Glen Smith
John Yaw
Lee Sherrard Park
Matthew Rice
Conservation Club
Women's Sports Club
Geology and coal deposits of the Dugger quadrangle
The Geological Survey reports nearly 158 million tons of recoverable coal near Dugger in Sullivan County Indiana. The map publication includes two detailed color geologic and coal maps on a single sheet with cross sections and tables on past mining wells and coal reserves. Copies cost $1.50 from the US Geological Survey.
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Geological Survey
Dugger Quadrangle
Sullivan County
Secretary of the Interior
Douglas McKay
Division of Geology
Indiana
Department of Conservation
Bloomington
Mile Dagger Quadrangle
Quadrangle
Frank E. Kottlowski
Washington
D.C
Bobo Rockefeller to Receive 52 Million Divorce Settlement
New York report says Bobo Rockefeller plans divorce from Winthrop Rockefeller after agreeing to a record settlement exceeding 5.5 million dollars. The couple’s five year old son Winnie is involved, with custody and visitation terms to be finalized. The settlement was to be signed soon after she departed for Reno to file divorce papers.
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New York
Bobo Rockefeller
Winthrop Rockefeller
Reno
Nevada City
Winnie
Bobo
Sandborn Church Dedicated Service Set for June 27
The Methodist congregation of Sandborn will dedicate its new Gothic limestone church on June 27 at 2 60 p m CST, replacing the building lost to fire on January 24 1953. The 218 member church sits on a hill and cost 520 000 to erect with a T shaped plan and full basement for classrooms and activities. Dr A M Brown district superintendent will participate in the consecration.
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Methodist Church of
Sandborn
Clarence R. Killion
A. M. Brown
Vincennes
Brown
Sherman Shake
John T. Fritz
Linton
E. and A. Builders
Freelandville
Assistance Ready For Float-builders
Lin ton Fourth of July parade organizers offer help to groups and individuals building floats. Joe Haseman of the Greater Linton club says a professional float-builder was in town and will return next week. Paper for floats is available at the club office on East Vincennes street. Several organizations plan to enter for a $100 award for non profit floats.
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Linton
Joe Haseman
Greater Linton Club
Vincennes Street
Mortgage raiser beans a new experiment by Clarence Canady
Clarence Canady of Linton Route 3 started an experiment with a new bean variety called mortgage raiser. He planted beans sent from Old Mexico that resemble Lima beans in color but are nearly an inch long and three eighths of an inch thick. He says they are used only as ary beans.
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Clarence Canady
Linton R 3
Annual Moose Picnic at Shakamak State Park Sunday
The Loyal Order of Moose will hold its annual picnic at Shakamak State Park Sunday June 20. Signs will lead to the shelter house where a program follows the picnic dinner. Joyce Clayton and Sharon Taylor perform saxophone and accordion, Patty O’Hern plays marimba, and attendees should bring a picnic basket and table service.
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Loyal Order of Moose
Shakamak State Park
Joyce Clayton
Sharon Taylor
Patty O’hern
Reds Mauled Today as Berlin Marks Date of Uprising
West Berlin residents attacked a small Communist group trying to interrupt a memorial service for the June uprising anniversary in East Berlin. Police riot squads intervened after a 40 minute struggle, with the crowd covered in blood.
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Berlin
West Berlin
East Berlin
Stalinallee
East Germany
Red
State Farm Crops Progress Across Indiana Fields
Indiana farmers report corn height from 4 inches in the north to 12 inches in the south with early canning harvest under way. Melons are developing runners. alfalfa is 59 percent cut, clover 35 percent. Wheat in milk stage mainly in the south. Farm Labor Bulletin notes Lafayette pea harvest began June 8 with frost-damaged first run quality. Overall pea yield expected near low normal.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Purdue University
Federal Farm Statisticians
Farm Labor Bulletin
Indiana Employment Security Division
Lafayette
New Consolidated School Building Plan Discussed in Linton Stockton
Representatives from eight Linton and Stockton township grade schools will meet at 7 30 Friday evening to discuss forming a holding company to finance a new consolidated grade school. Architects Dorste and Pantasi of Indianapolis design a four unit building to be shown to the school board and public in Linton. The consolidated board takes office August 1 to advance preliminary plans.
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Linton
Stockton Township
Willis Bobbitt
Black Creek
Addison Steward
Northeast Ward
Herschel Sanders
South Linton
Harry Peterson
Ellis
John Reeves
Northwest Ward
Vance Sappenfield
Central
John Smith
Junior Franklin
College Hill
Harold Morrison
White Rose
J. Earl Bales
Dorste and Pantasi
Indianapolis
Linton-Stockton
Bales
Consolidated School Board
City School System
Jay Sourwine Taken by Death at 52
Willard C. Jay Sourwine a lifelong Linton resident died suddenly at 12:35 this morning in a Roosevelt hotel room after a prolonged illness. He was born April 15 1902 in Linton son of Ernest and Sarah Sourwine. Survived by brother Earl Sourwine Green Castle and sister Mrs DeVere Shirley Indianapolis. Funeral at Welch and Cornett Funeral Home Saturday at 2 with Rev Royden Rea officiating, burial in Fairview cemetery.
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Willard C. “Jay” Sourwine
Linton
Roosevelt Hotel
Mr. Sourwine
Ernest and
Sarah J. Smurdon Sourwine
Moose Lodge
Aerie of Eagles
Earl Sourwine
Greencastle
DeVere Shirley
Indianapolis
Welch and Cornett
Royden Rea
Fairview Cemetery
Puerto Rican terrorists face jury in House shooting case
Four Puerto Rican defendants Lolita Lebron Rafael Cancel Miranda Andres Figueroa Cordero and Irving Flores Rodriguez go before a Federal Court jury on 10 counts tied to the House of Representatives attack. Prosecutor Leo Rover seeks convictions on all counts describing a planned expedition for murder. Each defendant could face up to 75 years. Five congressmen were wounded.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Leo A. Rover
Lolita Lebron
Rafael Cancel Miranda
Andres Figueroa Cordero
Irving Flores Rodriguez
Shocked Construction Lineman Dies In Terre Haute
SHOCKED FATALLY TERRE HAUTE Ind JP Robert John Roberts 28 Clinton lineman for a Terre Haute construction firm was shocked fatally late Wednesday while working alone on a utility pole. Roberts was married and the father of one son.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Robert John Roberts
Clinton
Roberts
Hospital Report Noted Admissions and Dismissals
Everett Gardner a 53 year old Solsberry truck driver was admitted for treatment after a leg injury described as not serious. Mrs. Robert Marmion of Crane Mrs Millie Goodson of Linton and Earl Kite of Linton were admitted for medical treatment. Harold Dayhoff of Lyons was dismissed Wednesday.
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Everett Gardner
Solsberry
Robert Marmion
Crane
Millie Goodson
Linton
Earl Kite
Harold Dayhoff
Lyons
Bandit Bender Captured On Freight Train Near Petersburg
William A. Bender the green mask bandit captured while riding a 40 coal car freight train near Somerville Indiana just south of Petersburg. Indiana trooper Howard Lytton and Sheriff Wilmer Whitehead captured him after a dramatic confrontation when Bender attempted to flee and drew a pistol. He was taken to Pike County jail and will be returned to Macoupin County Illinois to face charges.
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Petersburg
Ind
William A. Bender
Illinois
Indiana
Bender
Pike County
Macoupin County
Ill
Howard B. Lytton
Jasper
Hoosier
Wilmer Whitehead
Somerville
Here
Lytton
Whitehead
New York Central
Saxton Coal Corp
Vincennes
Four Escapees Hunted Near Roseville Prison
In Ohio authorities pursue four dangerous escaped convicts who vanished after breaking from the Roseville penitentiary yard during recreation. Bloodhounds traced their scent at dawn as deputies and troopers surround the wooded area and roads nearby.
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Zanesville
Ohio
Roseville
Ohio Penitentiary
J. S. Thomson
Thomson
Lyons Native Gerald Jackson Dies in Alhambra Calif
Former Lyons resident Gerald Jackson about 48 died at noon Sunday in Alhambra California. He was nephew of Will Hannum Roll Hannum Fred Hannum and Charles Hannum. Survived by widow one daughter and one son. Funeral services were held at Alhambra this afternoon.
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Gerald Jackson
Lyons
Alhambra
Calif
Will
Roll
Fred
Charles Hannum
Winds Rip Bedford Structure As Heat Wave Persists
Bedford cleanups followed a violent windstorm that damaged five autos and blew a roof off a house. The storm interrupted power lines and torn awnings at Philco Corp. Ten minutes of worst weather, then sun, with no injuries reported amid ongoing heat. Temperatures in the 90s across Indiana and nearby states cooled briefly with storms.
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United Press
Bedford
Wabash
Elwood
Seymour
Marion
South Bend
Fort Wayne
Lafayette
Indianapolis
Philco Corp
Death of Former Linton Resident Joseph Doran
Joseph Doran age 68 of Mishawaka died at 9:00 am in the Elderly Folks Nursing Home Lakeville after a year of illness. Born February 14 1886 in Cincinnati Ohio he was married to Anna Walton Doran who died in September 1944. Survived by daughter Kathryn Magnueson Mishawaka son Walter Doran Mishawaka brothers George Doran Linton and William Doran Cincinnati. Body to lie in state Friday after 10 at Anderson Poindexter Funeral Home with funeral Saturday at 2 conducted by Rev Robert Wilkes.
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Joseph Doran
Linton
Lakeville
Mr. Doran
Cincinnati
Ohio
Anna Walton Doran
Kathryn Magnueson
Mishawaka
Walter Doran
Board to discuss 1954 Fourth of July event
Greater Linton club directors will meet at 7 00 pm Monday at the club headquarters East Vincennes Street Vance Sappenfield president announced. Other matters may be discussed.
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Greater
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