Employment Service Seeks Farm Help Amid Harvest Rush
Frank Byrne of the local Employment Service says farm and harvest hands are inquiring as rains slow cultivation and grain ripening. Many qualified applicants, including married and single parties, seek year round or seasonal farm work across Linton Jasonville Bloomfield Sullivan with no charge to employers or workers.
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Frank Byrne
Byrne
Telehone
North Main Street
Linton
Indiana
Jasonville
Bloomfield
County Court House
Sullivan
Sullivan County Court House
Local Families Host and Visit Across Indiana Towns
A chain of weekend social visits links Dugger and nearby towns as Mrs. Glen Bonham and Mr. and Mrs. Ora Parks hosted guests including Mrs. Raymond Mitchell and Ray Gene, Sam Parks, Mrs. Frank Mcjean, and many others. Extended travels include Paul Jones departing for training in Vancouver after visits in Colorado and Indianapolis.
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Ora Parks
Vincel and
Harley
Raymond Mitchell
Ray Gene
Sam Parks
Frank Mcjean
Dugger
Everett Parks
Worthington
Charles Pugh
Patty
Bobby
Helen Marie Snyder
Farmersburg
Helen
Elmis Kress
Jasonville
Hubert and
Herschel Lucas
Lewis
Oscar Dove
Linton
Lou Sligard
Rachel Critchfield
Betty
Gilbert Critchfield
Rockport
Mary Story
John Story
Bert Kramer
Bicknell
Oren Young
Odton
John Young
King
Combs
Bert Stewart
New Goshen
Mar Etta Funk
Batey Terhune
George Packer
Erma Jean
Blanche Rowe
Emily Kurzan
Colorado
Indianapolis
Winfred Ferguson
Paul Jones
Vancouver
Canada
Transatlantic Flyers in Paris
A press party aboard the Pan American Atlantic Clipper touring Europe reports Paris and Lisbon stopovers and the 47 hour 30 minute New York to Lisbon leg. The voyage, en route to Marseilles, is framed as proof that a transatlantic air ferry is a reality.
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Paris
U.P
New York
Champs Elysees
Lisbon
Pan-American Airways
Marseilles
Azores
America
Horta
Port Washington
L. L
Canary Returns After Eleven Months Absent
Mrs. Charles Lance reports her canary vanished in June 1938 when a cat knocked open the cage door. After an eleven month absence the bird returned and perched on the fence in front of the Lance home, and she easily coaxed it back into its cage.
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Marion
U.P
Charles Lance
Lance
Australians Fly More Per Capita In Global Flight
Civil Aviation Board statistics show Australians logged 8,445,518 miles flown by 88,186 passengers in the year just ended. Population is described as a few million, with Australians identified as the world’s most frequent fliers.
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Canberra
Australia
Civil Aviation Board
Man dies after mower drags him over cliff
Ray R Saunders aged 63 lost his life while mowing at his home in Ashtabula Ohio when the lawnmower dragged him off a nearby cliff. He died of a broken neck in the accident reported by United Press.
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Ashtabula
U.R
Ray R Saunders
Robins Hatch On Cleveland Merry-Go-Round
Four baby robins hatched in the cupola of Euclid Beach park’s merry-go-round enjoy a constant whirl of music and lights. Their mother feeds them during the intermission as the ride stops between rounds.
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Cleveland
Euclid Beach Park
Robin
Trial opens anew in Edward Sanders murder case
In Vincennes Indiana on June 20 Edward Sanders a Bicknell coal miner faces a second murder trial for the slaying of John Zak a Bicknell WPA worker at Mrs Jennie Serino's home in Bicknell on August 20 1938 A circuit court jury previously heard 29% hours of deliberation without a verdict Judge Dale Eby discharged the panel and set the stage for a fresh trial Sheriff Oscar Westfall to return key witness Black Pete Gestaut from the state penal farm amid concerns over English fluency at the prior proceeding.
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Vincennes
Ind
Edward Sanders
Bicknell
John Zak
Bicknell W.P.A
Jennie Serino
Dale Eby
Princeton
Sanders
Zak
Oscar Westfall
Pete” Gestaut
State Penal Farm
Gestaut
California population near 6.49 million in 1939
The California Taxpayers association estimated the state’s population at 6,490,000 at the start of 1939. The group based the figure on school enrollments and birth rates as part of a demographic check.
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Sacramento
Calif
U.P
California
California Taxpayers Association
Akron apartment blaze caused by burning steak
Sirens shrieked and brakes groaned as fire engines responded to an alarm from an Akron apartment. The blaze started from a steak burning on a stove.
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Akron
Indiana to remodel seventy garages in subdistrict program
State Highway Commission to take bids on June 27 and July 6 for overhead doors at War saw Wabash Rensselaer Winamac New Albany Petersburg Evansville and Vincennes subdistrict garages. Additional contracts for equipment sheds at Dale Fowler Evansville and planned work at Anderson Ridgeville Tipton are in development.
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State Highway Commission
T. A. D'eus
Warsaw
Wabash
Rensselaer
Winamac
New Albany
Petersburg
Evansville
Vincennes
Dale, Fowler
Anderson Subdistrict
Ridgeville
Tipton
Loyds and Friends Visit and Reunions in Jericho
Mr and Mrs Harry Creager visited in the community recently along with Mr and Mrs Hallie Tincher and children from Toledo Ohio who have returned home after a visit. John Alexander called on friends here. Tom McCauley of Shiloh called on friends. Dorothy Houldson and Betty Goodman visited Sullivan with Mr and Mrs Raymond Cooksey. The Piggs of Cass and Clay Pigg hosted visits in Terre Haute and Cass area. Dinner guests included Fred Broshear and Robert of Wheatland Nellie Robbing and children of Carlisle Hazel Pigg and children Ray Brothers and Claude Clark.
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Harry Creager
Hallie Tincher
Toledo
Ohio
John Alexander
Weldon Myers
Tom McCauley
Shiloh
Dorothy Houldson
Betty Goodman
Sullivan
Raymond Cooksey
Ruel Pigg
Cass
Terre Haute
Clay Pigg
Della Keene
Rena Broshears
Fred Broshears
Robert
Wheatland
Nellie Robbing
Carlisle
Hazel Pigg
Ray Brothers
Claude Clark
Bogard Attends R.O.T.C Sessions at Fort Knox
Bernard W. Bogard of Lyons Indiana attends the Fort Knox Reserve Officers Training Corps camp opened under Col Otto L Brunzell. The camp hosts 769 advanced course ROTC students from Ohio Kentucky Indiana and West Virginia with all expenses paid by the U S government.
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Fort Knox
Bernard W. Bogard
Lyons
Ind
United States
Marriage Brings Unusual Tangle in Cumberland
The marriage of Miss Maxine Oss to Kenneth Squartzwelder created a web of relations as the bridegroom was the bride's brother's stepson. This made the father-in-law also her brother-in-law and the bride the mother-in-law of her husband's sister. The bride's father became the step grandfather of his son-in-law.
Knockout to Jaw Saves Patrolman During Raid
In Cleveland Ohio Patrolman Charles Kolesar saved his partner Patrolman Clarence Smith during a marijuana den raid. A bottle of alcohol hurled by a female tenant set Smith's clothing ablaze and Kolesar knocked him out to stop him from running. He dragged Smith to a bedroom and smothered the flames with a mattress.
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Cleveland
Ohio
U.P
Charles Kolesar
Clarence Smith
Smith
Kolesar
Jaw Dislocation After Steins Lifted in Salt Lake City
Fred Stanford 37, returning home on a dusty road, dislocated his jaw while lifting a beer stein and sighing in relief. Patrolman Clarence T. Smith, noted weightlifting champion of Salt Lake police, reset his jaw to restore order.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
U.P
Fred Stanford
Stanford
Clarence T. Smith
Salt Lake
Jackson Answers Criticisms of Act in Indiana
Indiana Unemployment Compensation Director Clarence A. Jackson released figures showing 9 000 of 23 000 benefit accounts set up last April and May remained unemployed long enough to max out benefits. He argued that most claimants used benefits briefly, then found work, supporting the claim that unemployment insurance does not deter tying to work.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Indiana Unemployment Compensation Division
Clarence A. Jackson
Indiana
Livestock Market Report Shows Mixed Steady Trends
Hog offerings 6000 with holdovers 129. market generally steady. Lights 5.90 to 6.25. mediums 6.55 to 6.85. heavies 6.25 to 6.45. Sows mostly steady to 10 cents higher at 5 to 6. Cattle 2000, calves 700. steer trade slow, few early sales steady. heifers up 15 cents, cows steady. Heifers 8.75 to 9.50. fat cows 6 to 7.25. wealers steady. Sheep 700. spring lambs steady 9.55 to 10.25.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Dictionary for Educators Detroit Update
A 19 000 term Dictionary of Education compiled under Dr W Ray Smittle of Wayne University aims to clarify technical language and promote uniform word usage among educators.
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Detroit UP
W. Ray Smittle
Wayne University
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