Pioneer Woman Margaret Price Dies at Home
Mrs. Margaret Price near 90, a pioneer resident, died last evening at her home 210 B Street NE. Sunday school class of M E church taught by Olis Jamison met at Max Hixson’s home and elected officers: President Max Hixson, Vice President Leslie G C Myers, Secretary Sheldon Herndon, Treasurer Lloyd Priest. Breezy weather hindered shooting by Linton Gun Club. scores: Fritz 109 of 125, Ax 108 of 125, Gobel 85 of 100, Powell 45 of 50, Scherer 42 of 50, Dittemore 21 of 25, Burbank 15 of 20.
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Margaret Price
St. N. E
M. E. Church
Olis Jamison
Max Hixson
Leslie GC. Myers
Sheldon Herndon
Lloyd Priest
Linton Gun Club
Chas. Fritz
Ora Ax
C. Gobel
E. Powell
L. Scherer
Bert Dittemore
Tom Burbank
Youth Caravan meetings show strong turnout at Methodist church
Attendance at the Caravan youth meetings in the Methodist church rose this week led by Rev Baldridge. Monday 7:30 classes reached 42. outdoor Shakamak gathering drew 54. Tonight four classes resume with Pratt Long Greene Edelmaier guiding youth and adults.
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Methodist Church
R. B. Baldridge
Shakamak
Betty Alice Long
Josephine Pratt
Norma Greene
Esther Edelmaier
Charlestown
Ind
Burglar Finds Hidden Cash in Cincinnati Kitchen
In Cincinnati Ohio a burglar who broke into Mrs Lillian O Hara residence uncovered 1500 dollars she had withdrawn from the bank and hidden in a green box under the kitchen table.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Lillian O'Hara
Pvt Howard Colvin Transfers Within Army
Pvt Howard Colvin previously stationed at Fort Meade Maryland is transferred to Camp Rucker Alabama according to word received here.
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Pvt
Howard Colvin
United States Army
Ft. Meade
Cannp Rucker
Ala
Army Sergeant Furlough Visits North Carolina Home
Sgt. Asel Lemonds stationed at Camp Sutton North Carolina spends a few days furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs O D Lemonds and his son Mickey.
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Sgt
Asel Lemonds
United States Army
Camp Sutton
N. Car
Mrs
O. D. Lemonds
Mickey
Lt James W Harbin Ends Africa Italy Flight to Furlough
Lt James W Harbin has completed fifty missions with the United States Air Forces in Africa and Italy. He is spending a 30 day furlough with his parents Rev and Mrs J E Harbin of Sandborn.
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James W. Harbin
United States Air Forces
Africa
Italy
J. E. Harbin
Sandborn
Navy Seaman Hobbs Transferred From Virginia to California
Everett E. Hobbs a first class seaman stationed with the U S Navy at Richmond Virginia has been transferred to Shoemaker California according to word received by his wife Mrs Bertha Hobbs
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Everett E. Hobbs
U.S. Navy
Richmond
Shoemaker
Calif
Bertha Hobbs
Melvin Wilson to enter Navy gyro compass school
EM 3/c Melvin Wilson has completed a 27 day leave with his mother Mrs. Cora Wilson and departed for Norfolk Virginia to begin a four month gyro compass school course with the United States Navy.
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Melvin Wilson EM
Cora Wilson
Norfolk
United States Navy
Gambill Family Visit Returns to Kentucky Fort Knox
Pvt. Paul Gambill of the Army at Ft. Knox Kentucky spent the weekend with his wife and daughter in Linton. Mrs Gambill accompanied him back to Ft. Knox for a weeklong visit.
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Pvt
Paul Gambill
United States Army
Ft. Knox
Linton
Wellington Arrives in England With U S Forces
Pvt. Darrell K Wellington has arrived safely in England with United States forces. Word came to his wife and parents Mr and Mrs Juie Wellington.
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Pvt
Darrell K. Wellington
England
United States
Juie Wellington
Marvin Friedman reports surprising visitors in small English town
Marvin Friedman GM 3/C of the United States Coast Guard wrote his parents of an amazing day when Admiral Halsey General Eisenhower and the King of England reportedly visited the town where he was stationed in England.
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Marvin Friedman
United States Coast Guard
Max Friedman
Admiral Halsey
Isenhower
King
England
American Labor Built War Plants Since 1939
Since 1939 American labor has constructed and equipped about 20 billion dollars worth of war plants and facilities. It notes the scale of labor involvement in wartime production and the value of the facilities created.
Bloomfield man to become Grand Chancellor of Indiana Knights of Pythias
Courtland M. Chambers of Bloomfield will assume the office during ceremonies at 230 East Ohio street Indianapolis on June 30. He heads an insurance agency and has 36 years in the Pythian Order. Deputy Supreme Chancellor Fred Ratliff will preside. Public ceremonies.
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Indianapolis
Courtland M. Chambers
Bloomfield
Knights of Pythias Lodge of
Indiana
East
Ohio Street
Chambers
Pythian Order
Clarence R. Hole
George Sandling
Otto R. Shuman
Reuben L. Robertson
Henry Kammerer
Milburn Holmes
Chester Davis
Joseph van Brigglte
Fred Ratliff
Marion
Hayden Walls
Wm. Hall
James Cross
Geo. Hoffman
L. E. Harshbarger
Documents Found in Cooler System After Air Attack
War Department revealed that logs and papers of a Japanese ship including cargo lists and convoy personnel names were sucked into an A-20 bomber’s air intake during an attack on a Japanese convoy off Wewak New Guinea. The convoy included two motor vessels and two patrol boats. the documents were later recovered at base.
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Washington
U.P
Wewak
New Guinea
War Department
Man Uncovers 1900 Rye Bottle While Repairing Stairway
Northampton resident Trangott Wodicka of Mount Tom Junction found a rye bottle dating from 1900 hidden in a stairway being repaired. The find adds a slice of local history to a routine maintenance job.
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Northampton
Mass
U.P
Trangott Wodicka
Mount Tom Junction
Wodicka
Wife’s letter shows war plant wife aiding husband
Mrs. E C Scarbough, a war plant worker, proves her support for husband First Class Petty Officer E C Scarbough. He writes from the Marshall Islands that a package of gun clips was inspected by Mrs Ber nice Searbough, noting her work helped save men and mentioning a fox-hole incident.
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Akron
O. UP
E. C. Scarbough
Marshall Islands
Bernice Searbough
Weak German troops in western Europe show mixed quality
Washington observers say two weeks of France operations reveal weaknesses in German forces, including older troops and non German conscripts. Some divisions are capable, but overall German performance in Normandy lacks the zeal seen elsewhere. The key question remains where premier divisions are concentrated and why they have not been deployed in force.
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Washington
U.R
France
West
Winston Churchill
Normandy
Caen
Troarn
Montebourg
Europe
Italy
Chaplain Faiths in Marines Amid War's Hardness
Capt. Robert D. Workman USN says war will not harden most American servicemen overseas. He notes morale remains high among troops after a 10 week tour of Caribbean Atlantic and European theaters. He cites a Mediterranean admiral asking for beer but adds sailors prefer cold soft drinks with American labels.
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San Francisco
U.P
Robert D. Workman
USN
Marine Corps
Workman
National Conference of Christians and Jews
United States
Navy
John R. Boslet
St. John the Baptist Church
Pittsburgh
Joshua L. Goldberg
Astoria Center
Stilwell's Burma invasion gains reinforced US tanks
Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell's invasion army in Burma is bolstered by a crack formation of US ordnance medium tanks. The new armor adds firepower to the allied advance as operations continue in the theater.
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Joseph W. Stilwell
Burma
Real estate transfers listed by county recorder
County recorder Frankie Justus reports multiple real estate transfers in Stockton Smith and Beech Creek townships. Transactions include one acre to John P. and Betty Vanwinkle, three acres to Harris Hostetter, 10 acres to William Speirs, 118 acres to Earl Bullock, and various lot and strip transfers in Worthington Jasonville Linton Neal's addition and Island Coal Company areas.
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Frankie Justus
John H. Strong
John P. Vanwinkle
Betty L. Vanwinkle
Jesse E. Harbin
Frances T. Harbin
Stockton Township
Rosa Vonderschmitt
Harris Hostetter
Myrtle Shouse
William E. Shouse
William R. Speirs
Smith Township
Freel H. Bullock
Minnie A. Bullock
Earl W. Bullock
Beech Creek
Edgar West
Ethel May West
Homer F. Street
Mamie May Street
Hutchison
Worthington
Federal Savings and Loan Association of Sullivan
Mary P. Nally
Neal
Jasonville
Byron T. Green
Bula Green
George C. Payne
Sarah B. Payne
William S. Pikce
Lester Hasler
Warren Hasler
Taylor Township
Arethia Shephard Asher
Pearl L. Hunt
Island’Coal Company
Linton
Key Youth Confesses to 15 Home Robberies in St Louis
Police detained 17 year old Donald E Mann and found 17 keys including five skeleton keys. He admits robbing 15 St Louis residences after questioning.
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ST. Louis
W.P
Donald E. Mann
Mann
Livestock Report From Indianapolis On June Hog and Cattle Prices
In Indianapolis on June 21 hogs totaled 9 000 with holdovers 1 300 and prices generally steady. Hog ranges included 160 180 pounds at 12 85, 180 270 pounds at 13 80, 270 330 pounds 11 75 12 00, 330 400 pounds 11 50 11 65, and 100 159 pounds 10 25 11 50 with sows mostly 10 35 10 60 and choice lights 10 65. Cattle totals reached 800 with calves 706. top steer and heifer prices steady, beef cows steady, canners and cutters steady to weak. Best load steers around 16 00, one steer at 17 60. heifer top 16 50 on two loads near 800 pounds. Good and choice sold to arrive. beef cows 8 75 12 00, canners and cutters 5 75 8 50, dealers active and mostly 50 lower with top 15 50.
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Indianapolis
U.P
What’s in a Name Boise Trusty Escapes Idaho Prison Farm
Lenial P. Trusty, a trusty at the Idaho penitentiary farm, walked away one night and has not returned. He refused to answer to any name or title, making identification difficult amid the escape.
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Boise Ida
U.P
Lenial P. Trusty
Idaho Penitentiary
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Jennifer Jones
Henry
George Seaton
Matinee Adm
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Melvin Wilson
K.ofp Lodge
Sre
eUncle
Joel McCrea
Maureen
O'Hara
Linda
Darnell Buffalo Fee VY
Taylor’s Market
South
Uncle Sam
Standard Oil Company
North Main
Paul Haseman
Carlton
Hutchinson Standard Service
Fourth Streets
N. W
Swift's Premium
Janet
Gaynor
Fredric
Adolphe Menjou
Technicolor
Produced By
David O. Selznick
United Artists
Cupid
Sariskton
D-Day
U. S
Army Air Force
Roosevelt
Gen. Marshall
Eisenhower
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