Mine Run Musings and Oddities from Odon and Beyond
A rambling local column from Odon writer John Ben Stotts quotes Newt on June weather and potato planting, plus a community vignette about seven long-lived locals. John Sims from Raglesville is in town amid hog price talk, and Three Rivers contributor Chet Shafer shares a light fishing tale. A note from Kenneth Richardson in Los Angeles references local auto accident totals.
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Odon
John Ben Stotts
Newt
Colgum
John Sims
Raglesville
John
Birth Announced for Sluder's Son Richard Dewey
Jasonville residents Mr and Mrs Claude Sluder announce the birth of a son named Richard Dewey, born last Thursday.
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Jasonville
Claude Sluder
Richard Dewey
Grand jury probes Yearin Clark death as farmer killed in farm accident
A Greene County grand jury sits in Bloomfield considering an affidavit against Riley Yearin for voluntary manslaughter in the death of Charles Clark after an argument. Separately, Jesse Earl Kinnett, 59, of Sandborn, dies when his tractor plunges into a ditch. coroner rules accidental with fractured skull.
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Jesse Kinnett
Jesse Earl Kinnett
Sandborn
Paul Fry
Kinnett
Singer Ditch
Fry Farm
Bill Bowman
Clyde Kinnett
Jesse
Kinnet
L. L. Gilmour
Knox County
Man Sentenced on Check Charge in Greene County Court
Frederic Coy 30 of Newport Ky fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to 1 to 5 years in Indiana state prison after pleading guilty to passing fraudulent checks in Bloomfield Greene County court Judge J Raymond Powell presiding Prosecuting Attorney John Todd said Coy passed a 3 rubber check at Large department store Worthington and another on the same day Coy testified he drank after starting toward a farm near Worthington and later passed the checks He had three prior intoxication arrests and was held in Brownstown before transport to Bloomfield by Sheriff Bert Caldwell
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Greene Circuit Court
Bloomfield
Riley Yearin
Charles Clark
James Burdsall
Jefferson Township
Murray Nesbitt
Richland Township
William Vaughn
Washington
Carrie Cooper
Taylor
Brighton Sexton
Wright
Hester Jackson
Jackson Township
Claude Story
J. Raymond Powell
Yearin-Clark
John Todd
Clark
Yearin
Frederic Coy
Newport
Indiana
Greene
Coy
Enilty Yeeterday
O. P. Flory
Worthington
Wortington
Brownstown
Bert Caldwell
Meeting Postponed for Bridge Club Hostess at 580 A Street
The Thursday Afternoon Bridge club meeting with Mrs. W. F. Craft as hostess at 580 A street northeast has been postponed for two weeks.
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W. F. Craft
Dinner guests at the Kirkseys include Coxs and Hollises
Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Hershel Kirksey were Gene and Jane Cox Dorothy Wass Bob Hollis and Miss Rosemary Alexander of Sullivan and Mr. and Mrs. Wes Hollis.
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Hershel Kirksey
Gene and
Jane Cox
Dorothy Wass
Bob Hollis
Rosemary Alexander
Sullivan
Wes Hollis
Brown Family Returns From East Vacation
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Brown and their daughter Yvonne of Second and G street northeast have returned home after a ten day vacation in the east They visited Washington D C New York Canada and Detroit Mich
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Lloyd Brown
Yvonne
Washington, D. C
New York
Canada
Detroit
Mich
Linton Considers Oil Program for Streets
City officials met to discuss an oiling plan for Linton streets later this year. No final decision was made, with further discussion planned for the July council meeting. Officials reviewed probable streets to oil and estimated costs for the program.
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Linton
City Engi
Neer
Bedwell Urges Bipartisan Foreign Policy in Indiana
Senator Charles H. Bedwell of Sullivan urged elimination of partisanship in U S foreign policy at a June 18 Bloomington dinner. Speaking to the Wilson Democratic Club at Cascades Park shelter house, he called for emotion prejudice and expediency to be set aside as he framed the central question the nation faces defending and preserving the United States.
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Bloomington
Charles H. Bedwell
Sullivan
Congress
United States
Wilson Democratic Club
Cascades Park
Shelter House
Bedwell
Visits in Linton
Miss Barbara Lupton of Lafayette is visiting her sister Mrs. W R McCormack and family in Linton.
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Barbara Lupton
Lafayette
W. R. McCormack
Navy Releases Twenty High Speed Torpedo Boats
The White House announced that the navy has released twenty torpedo boats to allies with President Roosevelt's approval. President Green of the AFL urged maximum support for European democracies short of war in Philadelphia.
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United States Navy
Washington, D. C
White House
Roosevelt
Medwick Injury Probe Opened by Kings County DA
District Attorney William O Dwyer of Kings County said he would investigate the injury to Ducky Medwick Brooklyns outfielder from yesterday's game against the St Louis Cardinals.
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Medwick
New York
William O'Dwyer
Kings County
Ducky Medwick
Brooklyn
St. Louis Cardinals
Lewis discusses GOP plans to win in 1940
John L. Lewis told the Republican resolutions committee in Philadelphia that he would join if the GOP could become the party of the people. He warned the party cannot win while representing coupon clippers and those who seek to beat labor to its knees and exploit the common people.
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Lewis
Philadelphia
John L. Lewis
Republican Resolutions Committee
G.O.P
Party of
People
Monroe Doctrine Enforced U S Warns Berlin and Rome
The United States served notice to Germany and Italy that it will enforce the Monroe doctrine by refusing to recognize any change in sovereignty of French British and Dutch possessions in the western hemisphere. Envoys handed the notices to Berlin and Rome following France seeking peace and possible forfeiture of islands in the new world. The action follows pending legislation to codify the doctrine into law by President Roosevelt.
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Washington, D. C
U.P
United States
State Department
Berlin
Rome
France
Germany
New World
Netherlands
Roosevelt
Western Hemisphere
Shakamak Lakes Stocked Today
A truck load of large game fish was dumped into Lakes Jason and Shakamak in Shakamak state park. Park custodian Martin L. Goshorn said fishermen had urged the release of bigger fish to supplement the annual stocking of fingerlings. Wardens and conservation officials accompanied the shipment of bass bluegills and other whoppers to the park near Jasonville.
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Jason
Shakamak
Shakamak State Park
Martin L. Goshorn
Goshorn
Department of Conservation
State Conservation Department
Jasonville
Farley Nominates Bankhead and Barkley for Democratic Nominating Roles
Democratic National Chairman James A. Farley recommended Speaker William Bankhead of Alabama as keynoter and temporary chairman and Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky as permanent chairman for the Democratic National Convention opening July 15 in Chicago. Farley announced the slate after a conference with President Roosevelt and to the convention arrangements committee meeting tomorrow.
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Chicago
U.P
James A. Farley
William Bankhead
Ala
Alben Barkley
Senate
Farley
Roosevelt
Service Planned at Glenburn School House
A special service will be conducted at the Glenburn school house at 7:30 Wednesday evening. The public was invited to attend.
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Glenburn School
WPA Promotions Announced Here In Evansville District
H D Oldham of Linton has been named Evansville district area engineer, replacing Osler who becomes GreeneMartin area engineer. Osler shifts to GreeneMartin as area engineer. Tom Thomas of Newberry is superintendent at the Linton waterworks project. Evansville district covers fourteen Indiana counties and local plant work is reported fifty percent complete.
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H. D . Oldham
Linton
Greene-Martin
Evansville
H. F. Osler
Tom Thomas
Newberry
Osler
Oldham
Indiana
Hospital Report on Recent Patient Dismissals and Procedures
Mrs George Fields was dismissed Tuesday evening. Ernest Quinby of Dresden underwent a minor operation Tuesday evening. Nelburn Ridgeway had a major operation this afternoon. Mrs Taylor H Brown and baby were taken to their home this afternoon.
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George Fields
Ernest Quinby
Dresden
Nelburn Ridgeway
Taylor H. Brown
Baby
Edmond Edington Heads to Riley Hospital in Indianapolis
Edmond Edington travels to Indianapolis for treatment at Riley Hospital. He will visit his brother Eugene Craig and his sister Mrs. Mat Edington during the visit.
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Edmond Edington
Indianapolis
Riley Hospital
Eugene Craig
Mat Edington
France Receives Terms For Armistice From Germany and Italy
France learned late last night the terms Germany and Italy proposed for surrender and the government faces a secret cabinet session today. Reports from Bordeaux say Petain’s peace cabinet seeks to preserve France while the German-Italian terms demand surrender of the navy and key resources.
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Berlin
U.P
France
Germany
Adolf Hitler
North Africa
British Isles
Bordeaux
Henri Phillippe Petain
Hitler
Benito Mussolini
Munich
Italy
Council of Ministers
Philippe Petain
Spain
R UN
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