WPA to broadcast on Saturday on WPA employment plans
Greene county WPA officials and workers will hear a nationwide radio program Saturday afternoon from 3 to 6:30 announcing WPA employment policy and future plans. Harry L. Hopkins leads the discussion with questions from Gov. George H. Earle and Angelo Rossi among others addressing social security, NYA, and Federal Project No 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Works Progress Administration
Greene County
WPA
Indiana
WLW
Cincinnati
WMAQ
Chicago
WTAM
Cleveland
Harry L. Hopkins
George H. Earle
Pennsylvania
Angelo Rossi
San Francisco
NYA
Agriculture
Mr. Hopkins
Aubrey Williams
Carrington Gill
Thad Holt
F.C. Harrington
Merchants and Clerks Picnic Draws Big Crowd in Linton Park
The Greater Linton club sponsored its first merchant clerk picnic drawing at least 300 people to Linton City park. A 50-player softball game between east and west side teams ended in a 3 to 3 tie after umpire Lew Warner halted play. Lemonade and ice cream fed the crowd, with Bert Barnes and his orchestra providing music and a community song.
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Greater
Merchants
Main Street
Julius Cooper
Lew Warner
Jay Cracker
West
Faix
Lew
Warner
Bob Trinkle
Branch Hunter
Li Nton
Bert Barnes
Barnes
Oards
Married teachers out at Bicknell
Bicknell Indiana June 193- The Board of Education requests that all married women teachers resign their positions to permit younger teachers to obtain employment. The board states there are enough married teachers already in the system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bicknell
Ind
U.P
Board of ‘Education
Home From Camp Meet Rev and Mrs Tucker Return
Rev and Mrs Tucker of the Linton Church of God have returned home from Anderson where they attended the International Camp Meeting of the Church of God. Missionaries from around the globe and U S officials participated in the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyaae Bi Tucker
Linton
Miners Set to Tangle With Mitchell Merchants Sunday
The Linton miners head to Mitchell Sunday to face the Merchants in a key road clash. Manager Bernard McAtee will field the same lineup that played the last two games as the team aims to overturn last year’s 15 inning loss and prove its smooth working form. Players meet at the Mop and Pate poolroom at 10 30 Sunday morning before departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linton
Mitchell
Bernard
McAtee
Mop and Pate
Hungry Linton Firemen Wait for Food at Picnic
Shirley and Hubert remained on duty at the Linton fire station while Branch Hunter and Bob Trinkle, delayed at the merchants clerks picnic, failed to return with food by 9 p m. The hungry crew finally saw them on duty today after a late mission for a ham burger.
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Rome
Nero
Shirley’ Osborn
Hubert Heaton
Linton
Brother Laddies
Hunter
Bob Trinkle
Greater Linton
Shirley
Hubert
Trinkle
P Enic
Osborn
Heaton
Ed’ Staeckel
Fox
Homecoming for Miss Qoal Beckwith
Miss Qoal Beckwith returns home after a brief visit in Chicago. She spent the past few days away from her residence and is welcomed back by family and friends.
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Qoal
Das
This
Chicago
Roosevelts Nomination Foreseen At Democratic Convention
Philadelphia reports Democratic leaders expect abrogation of the two-thirds rule and a floor fight over the 1986 platform. Sen Bennett Clark says no serious opposition to changes. Farley notes opposition has appeared. The contest is seen as rural versus urban, with the south’s traditional veto power diminishing. The convention opens Tuesday for the Roosevelt Garner ticket renomination.
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Philadelphia
Roosevelt
Bennett C. Clark
Convention Rules Committee
Clark
Woodrow Wilson
James A. Farley
Democratic National Committee
Democratic’ Party
South
Whoney
Robert F. Wagner
United States
Agann
Congress
Roosevelt-Garner
Eight Arrested in Strike Action at Root Store
Eight people, five men and three women, were arrested in Terre Haute for passing out strike hand bills at the Root store. They were charged with violating a city ordinance against distributing hand bills to pedestrians and released on $100 bonds. Monroe V. Link, 37, head of the Vigo County Central Labor Union, was among those detained.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Jupe
U.P
Monroe V. Link
Vigo County Central Labor Union
Unclear fragment yields uncertain local item
Fragmentary OCR reads like a personnel or home notice with names such as Venus Ssaon and Mrs. Vanda Blaambeld. no clear event, date, or location is established in readable text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Venus Ssaon Eee
Vanda
Blaambeld
School Teacher Cleared By Jury In Slander Suit
Greene circuit court jury finds for defendant Elizabeth Blaker a Bloomfield grade school teacher after more than a day of deliberation. Plaintiff Edith Emery claimed Blaker accused her of theft in August 1935, with witnesses testifying to alleged slanderous remarks.
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Linton
Ind
Greene Circuit Court
Elizabeth Blaker
Edith Emery
J. Raymond Powell
Emery
Healey Bill Passes House to Restrict Government Contracts
The House approved the Healey measure requiring prevailing wages and a 40 hour week for all government contracts over $10,000. It bans convict and child labor, mandates sanitary conditions, and seeks to curb firms with obsolete wage levels. The bill moves to the Senate for action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U.P
House
Senate
Supreme Court
Organized Labor
Secretary of Labor
V F W Open House Planned Saturday
Ex servicemen are invited to an open house Saturday night at the V F W hall East Vincennes street hosted by Greene County post No 1162 Veterans of Foreign Wars. The event runs from 7 to midnight with special entertainment and refreshments for attendees.
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V. F. W. Hall
Vincennes Street
Greene County Post
Veterans of Foreign Wars
V. F. W. Post
French Treasury Is Empty Report Reveals Exhausted Borrowing
Paris June 19 The French treasury is empty with authorized borrowing exhausted and inflation disguised. Finance Minister Vincent Auriol told the chamber of deputies that government requirements from now to December will total 527.2 million dollars and France still needs 197 million dollars from Britain.
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Paris
Vincent Auriol
Chamber of Deputies
Auriol
Francest Fenay
Suffers Knee Injury in Local Incident
Blyde Grass, a staff member at Central Indiana and Sherwood Templeton Coal, is confined to his home with a torn ligament in his left knee. A plaster cast was applied to immobilize the injury.
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Blyde Grass
En& Hearing
Central Indiana
Sherwood-Templeton Coal
Three Texas convicts escape after fatal guard attack
At Angelton Texas on June 19 Felix Smith a guard at Retrieve prison farm was killed by a prisoner using his own gun. Three inmates T B Atkinson Luke Trammel and Forest Gibson fled while other prisoners watched. A posse led by Capt R W Conner with guards and bloodhounds pursued them.
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Angelton
Tex
Texas
Felix Smith
Retrieve
Smith
T. B. Atkinson
Luke Trammel
Taylor and
King Counties
Forest Gibson
Limestone County
R. W. Conner
Retrieve Farm
Former Linton Youth In Serious Indy Accident
Thomas Anderson, 80 year old son of Oscar Anderson, a veteran Linton postman, was critically injured in a downtown Indianapolis crash. His car, a new Oldsmobile coupe, collided with a vehicle driven by R A Burgess of Indianapolis. Anderson, who worked as a Capital Diner manager, was en route home when the accident occurred.
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Thomas Anderson
Oscar Anderson
Linton
Methodst Hospital
Indianapolis
R. A. Burgess
Anderson
Tommy
George Hitter, 80, Injured After Being Hit by Car
George Hitter, 80, deaf and living alone in South Linton, was injured this afternoon when struck by a car driven by Elmer Eskew while walking in a downtown alley. He was treated by a local physician and then taken to Freeman-Greene County Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George “Dutch
Hitter
South Linton’ S
Elmer ‘Eskew
Freeman- Greene County
Local Union 794 Plans Evening Meeting
Local Union 794 of Bartenders Restaur ant and Hotel Clerks will meet at 6 30 tonight in Linton public library. President Frank Bullock and organizer Cleve Mitchell urge all members to attend.
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Linton Public
Frank Bullock
Cleve Mitchell
Sandborn Woman Seeks Divorce and Custody in Knox Court
Mrs. Faye B. McKee of Sandborn sues Lex McKee for divorce after alleging she was bound with a rope and bitten by her husband. She seeks custody of their eight year old daughter, $1,000 alimony, mortgage payoff, and a restraining order, with temporary alimony pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Faye B. McKee
Sandborn
Knox County
Lex McKee
Sandborn Farmer
Westphalia
Louis Schmeling Fight Set After Postponement
New York June 19 The Louis Schmeling heavyweight title bout will be held tonight after a late postponement. Both fighters weighed in with Louis at 198 pounds and Schmeling at 102 pounds. The bout will be broadcast starting at 8 p m. Eastern.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Louis-Max Schmeling
Louis
Schmeling
Wheat futures soar on drought driven market rally
Wheat prices climbed to seasonal highs across North American markets after a USDA crop report highlighted drought in the Northwest. July futures jumped five cents in Kansas City, with Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth posting gains as December contracts also rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
U.P
Department of Agriculture
Northwest
Kansas City
Chcago
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Duluth
Switz City Band Opens Summer Concert Series
Switz City High School band plans a summer series of Saturday night concerts starting at 8 p m from a bandstand on a vacant lot. Director Violet M Talbott leads the 35 member group which recently won first place at the state band contest in Frankfort. Large crowds are expected as openings feature varied selections.
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Switz City
Violet M. Talbott
Frankfort
Talbott
Deny Funkhouser New Court Trial
Judge J Raymond Powell overruled a motion in Greene Circuit court for a new trial by H E Funkhouser who was convicted of passing a fraudulent 625 dollar check to Clarence Adams near Marco. The jury fined him 100 dollars and sentenced him to one to five years in State Prison. The court ordered Sheriff Mat Flynn to take Funkhouser to prison next Monday to begin the sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Raymond Powell
Greene
H. E. Funkhouser
Funkhouser
Clarence Adams
Near
Marco
Mat Flynn
Sherwood Safety Chanter Plans Meeting Tonight
The Sherwood Safety Chanter will meet in the basement of the Saron Reformed Church at 7 oelogis tonight June 9. Members are urged to attend and enjoy planned entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherwood
Sherwood Safety Chanter
Saron Reformed Church
McKinne and Hays Lead Local Event at State Park
Two individuals identified as Virginia McKinne and Maxine Hays attended an event in the city with Dallis and Roy Messmore at Shaken State Park on Thursday evening. The report notes the gathering occurring at the park location.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia McKinne
Maxine Hays
Dack’ Dallis
Roy Messmore
Shaken State Park
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K. of C
North Main Street
Greater Linton Club
City Park
Evelyn Frechette
John Dillinger
Cevitral “Press
Linton Firemen
Farley
General Lopez
Guy Diver
Mexico’ City
Ramon’ Lop
Lope
Paes
Diver
Iver
Blsomfield
Njn
George Hitter
David D. Wiles
United Spanish American War Veterans and Auxiliary
William Talbott
D” Streets
Mate
Kansas
Minnesota
Switz
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