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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1945
Page
2
A list shows multiple organizations meeting at 7 to 7:30 p m at Red Men s hall K of P hall library public venue and community house including Chickateth Council Pocahontas Met 7 p m Metropolitan Lodge 193 K of P 7 30 p m and others such as Carpenters Local 487 Violet Rebekah Lodge 312 and Loyal Order of Moose 1484 plus Glenburn Youth Fellowship at 7 p m with officer installations planned at the library and public halls.
Tri Kappa holds a public Ladies Fancy Work Circle meeting at Humphreys Park at 11 30 with covered dish dinner and table service asked. Baptist Ladies Aid Society hosts an all day church meeting at the Eagles Lodge hall at 7 pm. Elks Lodge assembles at home at 7 pm. Unity Lodge No 637 I O O F Rotary club luncheon is at the Catholic school hall at 12 15 pm. Glenburn W S C S meets at the Community house at 4 30 pm.
American Legion Post meets at the Legion Home at 7 p m. Auxiliary at 7 30 p m. Stated meeting Linton Lodge 560 F A M at 7 30 p m. United Brethren choir at the church 7 p m. Methodist choir at the church 7 p m. Baptist choir at the church 7 30 p m. Christian choir at the Chicago has 6088 policemen and 2802 firemen.
Truthseekers class of U. B. church meets with Miss Verna Moody on Fourth Street Northeast at 2 p m. Sunshine pals to be revealed. Friendly Class of First Christian church meets with Mrs John Byers Northeast B Street at 2 00.
A prayer meeting is held at the Glenburn Mission at 7 p.m. Quapaw Tribe No. 148 Improved Order of Red Men meets at the hall at 7 30 p.m. All participants are invited.
Twenty members of the United Brethren Missionary Society met at Mrs. Dorothy Correll’s home for the June gathering. Program leader Mrs. Pearl Rousch presented a theme on Christian homes and action.
The June meeting of the Home Lovers club was held at Mrs. Jessie Anderson’s Lyons home with co host Mrs. Hazel Sutphin. Members and fourteen guests attended a covered dish dinner followed by the Flag Salute unison singing of Old Black Joe a circle of prayer for Reba McKee and concluding readings and poems.
Mr and Mrs Arthur Kaiser and daughter Dorothy of Brazil spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs Charles Holmes. Mrs Bonnie Sachs and Mrs Maurice Sachs of Bloomfield visited Mr and Mrs Leo Sheehy and E F Sachs. Mrs Sachs has been seriously ill for the past week.
Mrs Paul Love and son Michael visit Pfc Paul Love in Clinton General Hospital where he recovers from a nervous breakdown after 15 months overseas service. Visitors include Mr and Mrs Kenneth Kendall and Mrs Harold Sturdevant. Phyllis Russell heads to Washington Navy Department. Catherine McBride returns from California visiting Bill McKinney and Joe Thomas family.
Four air raids on Japanese targets caused massive fires across Yokkaichi and Hamamatsu with flames reaching miles high and smoke visible from 100 miles away. Bombs totaling 17 500 tons this month aimed to cripple industrial centers while Navy planes attacked Susaki shipyard, sinking ships and bombing piers in ongoing homeland strikes.
MacArthur reports heavy Japanese casualties in the Philippines as American troops advance. A Sixth Division patrol recovers a Nazi flag wrapped in a Japanese blanket. North Borneo incursions progress slowly toward Tutong with limited land routes due to swamp waters. Chinese fishermen note Japanese distress as troops retreat from Labuan and Seria oil wells face renewed damage.
Tokyo radio says Balikpapan in Borneo was bombarded by an Allied fleet on a Friday night as British forces destroyed pumps and cemented 50 wells. Australian troops at Labuan found a Japanese force suicide position on a hill near Timbalai airstrip. Maj. Gen. George Wooten said the defenders cannot escape or resupply and must endure.
Soviet radio in London reports Col Gen Nikolai Berzarin, Berlin occupation commandant, was killed in a motorcycle crash. Marshal Zhukov confirmed the death and mourned a faithful Bolshevik and military expert who preferred to return to the Far East. No accident details were released.
General Eisenhower praised civilian support and Allied unity from World War II, lauding British hospitality and Soviet leadership while stressing the need to aid conquered nations. He warned that peace must match wartime unity, urging continued cooperation among the United Nations to preserve the victory and prevent renewed threats.
Two people died and several were injured as storms knocked over utility poles and trees. Rainfall varied statewide with Paoli at 3.04 inches and Cambridge City at 2.82 inches in the 48 hours ending at 7 am. Other totals included Vincennes 2.45 and Indianapolis 1.79. Since June 1, rainfall has been above normal in many Hoosier cities, with Indianapolis recording 6.40 inches in just over half a month.
The Fraternal Order of Eagles take over the former Bund headquarters in Chicago once used by Hitler admirers. They now donate the hall on Thursday nights for a Youth Canteen serving neighborhood youngsters.
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