Eve's Secret and Rag Man headliners at Grand
Betty Gompon and Jack Holt star in Eve's Secret while Jackie Coogan headlines Rag Man. Indianapolis opens first unit of new war memorial. Two Linton labor leaders seek State Federation of Labor offices. Robt. M. La Follette dies in Washington. Methodist Conference closes after two days with 110 delegates and ministers.
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Betty Gompon
Jack Holt
Jackie Coogan
Indiana
Indianapolis
Linton
State Federation of Labor
Jack Sims
Dick Tanner
Land prices expected to rise through war end, warns expert
Prospects show land values may continue to advance for the war’s duration with the peak not reached until after, Bauman says. He warns buyers against premium prices and the risk of paying when commodities drop. Lone Star flag note and stray bureaucrat remark appear in the text.
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Bauman
Livestock Report from Indianapolis Market Summary
Hogs 9,500 head active and steady with good to choice 160 lb hogs at 14.80, 100-140 lb at 13.50 to 14.50, sows at 14.05. Cattle 1,900 with 700 calves. steers and heifers largely steady, 900-1050 lb at 16.40 to 16.50, some near 17. yearlings and light steers 15.25 to 15.60. 878 lb heifers at 16.25. cows strong 13.25 to 14 with some at 14.50, canners 7 to 9. Sheep 500 with spring lambs 14.50 to 15.50, some 15.75 and 16 quotable.
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Indianapolis
Jne
U.P
Self Government Pledge In Charter At United Nations Session
Delegates near finalizing a trusteeship and self government pledge in the UN charter. Russia challenges assembly powers as talks reopen on governance of territories. The plan creates a trusteeships council within the General Assembly to supervise duties and ensure development and peace while public sessions bless committee work and approve the charter.
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Russia
United Nations
World Organization
General Assembly
Alton announces birth of daughter Janice Anne in Toledo
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Alton of Toledo announce the birth of a daughter weighing seven pounds fourteen ounces on June 12. The baby has been named Janice Anne. Mrs. Alton is formerly Golda Cooper of Linton. This is the couple’s second child.
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Eugene Alton
Toledo
Ohio
Janice Anne
Alton
Golda Cooper
Linton
Truman seeks change in presidential line of succession
President Truman asked Congress to amend the 69 year old law to place the Speaker of the House first in line for the presidency after death or disqualification of the president and vice president. He argues the speaker is elected by all voters and should not be chosen by the president.
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Washington
U.P
Truman
Congress
House
Edward R. Stettinius, Jr
Senate
Notable Obituaries and Civic Events Across Indiana
Funeral services are set for Harry Bainbridge Gough emeritus DePauw speech professor who retired in 1936 and died in Chicago. In Indianapolis a 21 month old Samuel D Robertson Jr died in an automobile collision overturning a car driven by his grandfather Theodore Robertson. John Haley age 78 died in an automobile crash southwest of Indianapolis while en route to work at a lumber company. Governor Gates and daughter Patricia planned to attend a governors conference July 1 to 4 in Mackinac with President Truman addressing. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a reargument next fall in a case on Indiana gross income tax on stock and intangible sales filed by Bath Freeman of Richmond after Indiana Supreme Court refused recovery.
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Greencastle
U.P
Harry Bainbridge Gough
DePauw University
Gough
Chicago
Indianapolis
Samuel D. Robertson, Jr
Theodore Robertson
West Newton
John Haley
Haley
Gates
Patricia
Mackinac
Mich
Truman
Washington
U.R
Indiana
U. S. Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Bath P. Freeman
Richmond
Ind
Indiana Supreme Court
Brothers Return From German Prison Camp
In Kokomo Indiana on June 19 brothers Sgt Lowell W. Dale and Pvt Merrill Max Dale arrived home from a German prisoner of war camp. The pair, sons of Mr and Mrs Paul Dale of Fairmount, had been separated after Lowell was captured and later led a detail of American prisoners, where Max was among them.
Friendly class to meet Wednesday at 8 oclock
The Friendly class of the First Christian church will meet Wednesday at 8 oclock at the home of Mrs. John Byers, replacing the previously announced Thursday meeting.
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First Christian Church
John Byers
Gaunnac Finishes Training and Returns Home on Leave
Dewey E. Gaunnac A/S completed boat training at Great Lakes Illinois and is spending a nine day leave with his mother Mrs. Gertrude Mathena.
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Dewey E. Gaunnac
Great Lakes, Ill
Gertrude Mathena
Destroyer USS Bennett in Pacific Heroic Service
Hubert Lynch, 25, ship's cook and USNR from Lin ton Indiana, serves aboard the destroyer Bennett. The vessel has seen action from Bougainville to Iwo Jima, shooting down 10 Japanese planes and participating in shore bombardments and carrier task force operations while rescuing torpedoed merchant seamen.
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Bennett
Western Pacific
H. Lynch
Cook
USNR
4Th St
Linton
Ind
Pacific
Bougainville
Iwo Jima
Caribbean
Green
Emirau Islands
Ramaul
Kavieng
Guam
Saipan
Philippine Sea
Haussin Sailor Ends Six Day Leave at Home
William A Haussin M Mo 3c spends a six day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Olive Haussin and children Billy and Betty Jean at their home during a military furlough.
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William A. Haussin
Olive Haussin
Bily
Betty Jean
Hinman Receives Father’s Day Greeting From Son
J. Fred Hinman receives a Father’s Day greeting from his son James Hinman Jr who is on active duty with the Merchant Marine.
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J. Fred Hinman
James Hinman, Jr
Merchant Marine
Jesse Sargent 1 C Returns to Detroit
Jesse Sargent 1 C has returned to Detroit after visiting friends and relatives. He will be accompanied back by Mrs Barbara Alkire.
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Jesse Sargent
Detroit
Barbara Alkire
Brothers Reunite in Paris After Long Separation
Lt. Raymond W. Smith of the U S Forces in the ETO met his brother Cpl. Cart W. Smith in Paris France. The meeting marked the first time they had seen each other in a year and a half.
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Raymond W. Smith
U. S
ETO
Cpl
Cart W. Smith
Paris
France
Navy Seaman Burl A. Lawson on Five Day Leave
Burl A. Lawson a first class seaman who recently completed special training with the U S Navy at Beloit Wisconsin is spending a five day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Walter Lawson He will report to San Francisco California for assignment
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Burl A. Lawson
U. S. Navy
Beloit
Wis
Walter Lawson
San Francisco
Cal
SGT Jack Coleman Home on Fifteen Day Furlough
Sgt Jack Coleman, recently on special duty with the U S Army in Kansas City Kas, is home on a fifteen day furlough. His wife Mrs Day Coleman, who recently graduated from Florida State College for Women at Tallahassee Fla, accompanied him.
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Jack Coleman
U. S. Army
Kansas City
Kas
William Coleman
Day Coleman
Florida State College For Women
Tallahassee
Fla
Navy Promotion for Donald West in Philippines
Donald West HA 1/c, serving with the United States Navy in the Philippines, has been promoted to Pharmacist Mate 3/c, according to word received by his parents Mr and Mrs Troy West.
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Donald West HA
United States Navy
Philippines
Troy West
Brothers reunite in South Pacific during wartime
Eugene Bledsoe EM 3/c and Paul Bledsoe MMF 2/c, sons of Mrs. Lane Bledsoe of Dugger, recently met in the South Pacific, their first reunion in over a year. Rosemary Bledsoe and Paul’s wife live in Shelbyville, while Margaret Bledsoe and Eugene’s wife live in Linton.
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Eugene Bledsoe
Paul Bledsoe
Lane Bledsoe
Dugger
South Pacific
Rosemary Bledsoe
Paul
Shelburn
Margaret Bledsoe
Eugene
Linton
Pvt Billy Hattery Completes Tests Joins Army Training
Pvt Billy Hattery recently inducted into the U S Army has passed five Army Officer Candidate School tests and is stationed at Fort McClellan Alabama. He will undergo six weeks basic training and six weeks radio schooling. Hattery is a 1945 graduate of Linton Stockton High School.
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Pvt
Billy Hattery
U. S. Army
Army
Fort McClellan
Alabama
Hattery
Linton Stockton High School
James L. Franklin Returns to Fort Bragg
James L. Franklin returns to Fort Bragg North Carolina after 18 days with his wife and children. He had been on a special assignment in the Aleutians for the past two months.
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James L. Franklin
Fort Bragg
Fort Brag
N. C
Aleutians
Carl All Sends Bronze Star Home
Carl All in the First Army has sent the Bronze Star Medal home to his stepmother, Mrs. Juanita All of Midland. The citation notes heroic achievement near El Guettai, Tunisia on March 23, 1942, with continued post duties amid heavy bombardment that aided an artillery battalion in repelling an assault.
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Carl All
Czecholovakia
First Army
Juanita
Midland
Hearic
El-Guettai
Tunisia
Ali
Pvt Myles S Trusty Returns From Furlough
Pvt. Myles S. Trusty has returned to Fort Riley, Kansas after spending the past 12 days with his wife and children.
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Myles
Trusty
Myles S. Trusty
Ft. Riley, Kans
Okinawa Battle Nears Final Victory Amid Casualties
As Okinawa enters its 80th day the campaign yields brutal losses and a push by Marines and soldiers. General Buckner was killed as troops advanced toward the Nagasaki area and Makabe while General Geiger assumed tactical command to coordinate the final assault.
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Saipan
Nimitz
George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
Buckner
Okinawa
Roy S. Geiger
Ryukyus
10Th Army
Guadalcanal
Tarawa
Solomons
Nagasuku
Makabe
Kuwanga Ridge
Eighth Air Force Serviceman Tours German War Plants
Eng. Corporal Charles R. Alderson of Linton Indiana flew in an Eighth Air Force bomber over Germany observing battle damaged plants. He viewed Brunswick Essen Frankfort and Eindhoven and saw refineries and war plants reduced by heavy Allied bombing contributing to Nazi capitulation per von Rundstedt.
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Charles R. Alderson
Linton
Ind
Eighth Air Force
Third Reich
Brunswick
Essen
Frankfort
Eindhoven
Alderson
Germany
Hitler
Gerd von Rundstedt
Marines Reach Key Heights in Iwo Jima Advance
United States forces push across Iwo Jima as First Division Marines storm Hill 79 and seize ridge lines near Mezado while Seventh Division单位 advances along the east coast. More than 500 Japanese civilians and 103 troops surrender after a loud speaker appeal.
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Mezado Ridge
Kunishi
Mezado
Yaeju-Dake
Seventh
Palteau
Seventh Division
Mabuni
96Th
Madeeera
Madeéra
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Linton Daily Citizen
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Ray Taylor
South
Indiana News
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WM. A. Haussin
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Bronze Star
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Eng
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Leopold Okulicki
Jan Jankowski
Warsaw
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Howard Hawks
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Gene
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Olsen & Johnson
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Noah Beery JR
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