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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1945
Page
3
Society items from Linton and area highlight Mrs Grubls and Mrs Helben with upcoming meetings at the Linton club. Notices request submissions to the Daily Citizen Office by Alavr for that day’s society column.
Tri Kappa meets at the public library at 7:30 p.m. Ladies Fancy Work Circle gathers at Humphreys Park for polish dinner and table service. Baptist Ladies Aid holds all day meeting at the church. Boag events at the hall at 7 p.m. Elks Lodge meets at home at 7 p.m. Botany Club luncheon at Catholic school hall at 12:15 p.m. Glenburn WSC meets at the Community House at 4:30 p.m.
Local notices list Thursday events including American Legion Post and Auxiliary meetings at the Legion Home at 7 and 7 30 p m, United Brethren and Methodist choir practices at various churches, and a First Christian class meeting with Miss Verna Moody at 2 pm. A Clarion Club gathering with Mrs Max Friedman at 7 pm and a Junior Homemaking Economics Club meeting with Mrs Clarence Hatcher at 7 20 follow.
Friday Chapternd9 Women of the Moose gather at 8 p m Prayer meeting at Glenburn Mission RO 7 pe ma Quapaw Tribe No 143 Improved Order of Red Men meet at the hall at 7 30 p m Constellation club meets with Mrs M A Qadson at 7 30
After the war Nazis aimed to wreck Europe’s industrial base, limiting transportation and communications recovery. Some hidden material could be recovered with ease, yet the Nazis did slow economic reconstruction, and it may take months to restore machinery and records.
Mr. and Mrs. James R. Beck were honored Monday evening with a miscellaneous shower hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Orley Beck at their Sandborn home. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Herschell Weaver, Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Hollingsworth, and many others. games, prizes, and refreshments were part of the event and gifts were presented to the honorees. Regrets were received from Mrs. Mary Martin and daughter Pauline.
Eyewitness accounts from Adolf Hitler’s chauffeur Eric Kempke say the couple killed themselves in the Berlin Reichskanzlei bunker on April 30 after marrying two days earlier. Goebbels and his wife are said to have followed May 1, with the bunker then burned by gasoline. Kempke reported witnessing additional wounded Nazis fleeing Berlin between 3 and 4 am May 2, including Himmler and others.
Across the country workers walk out over contractor use and wage disputes. The government seized Diamond Alkali in Painesville after 2000 United Mine Workers protested contractor labor. Others deserted Bethlehem Hoboken yard and GE Bridgeport plant while strikes spread to Akelin Stamping Toledo and Mather Spring.
President Truman urged changes to the presidential succession law to make the House speaker next in line if both the president and vice president are unable to serve. The House applauded. Senate views varied with some supporting action before the summer recess and others noting the current line of succession.
W N Bud South calls horse lovers to form Crane Equestrians at the Depot. An arena will be built and a polo club may follow with a rodeo and horse show later. The Western Horse Show was postponed by rain and will be held next Sunday if weather allows. Depot Mounted Marine Detachment members plan to participate.
Indiana state police concluded the touted gold strike near Straughn on U S 40 in Henry county was a rumor. The tale claimed 70 000 in gold coins found by a state highway bulldozer, but officials including State Treasurer Frank T Millis and State Highway Chairman John Lauer denied any knowledge of the treasure and few others corroborated the tale.
In 1675 during King Philip's War Capt. Benjamin Church led a raid to capture Anawon and his men were fed roasted horsebeef, an account recalling early colonial hardship and meal practices.
Home economist Jean Allen of the Kroger Food Foundation explains sugar canning limits and how honey and light corn syrup can substitute for part of the sugar when canning peaches apples and pears. She notes honey up to half the sugar and corn syrup a third, with cautions on dark syrups and sweeteners.
General P. McNear Jr., president of the Toledo Peoria and Western Railway, said he does not want the line back under present conditions. He met government attorneys to discuss privatizing the line as ordered by Judge Walter J. La Buy. McNear claimed government operation increased staff 30 percent and cited alleged wasteful practices by the Office of Defense Transportation.
Ford Motor Co announced immediate start on a new St. Louis assembly plant to produce 500 autos daily. About 3,000 workers will be employed to build the facility on a 100 acre tract near the St. Louis Municipal Airport after loans are removed. A separate 374 acre river site near Meramec and Mississippi rivers will be sold.
With Okinawa officially concluded, General Stilwell prepares for command of the 10th Army for the next Pacific push. Manila reports he will lead the conquest of Japan, while Radio Tokyo notes American plans for an invasion supported by B 29 raids and large transport movements near the Ryukyus.
Two thousand single shoes, without mates, clutter a United National Clothing Drive in New Orleans. Volunteers worry donors are careless or that many one legged persons may exist in the city.
Kilgore's evidence describes meetings at Hotel Rotes Haus with leaders from Krupp, Rochling, Messerschmitt, Rheinmetall, and Volkswagen, plus naval and armament ministries. Dr Scheid urged prewar alliances with foreign firms and postwar financing for a German empire, while a later meeting led by Dr Bosse outlined suppressing defeatist talk and preserving private property.
The American Merchant Marine Institute reports that in the first quarter of 1945 American troops in Europe received 340 Liberty ships worth of food. It included 13 shiploads of fruit juices 33 of milk 56 of fresh meat 41 of flour and 54 of canned vegetables and fruit.
Estimates from federal and state agriculture departments show North Carolina increasing farm real estate values over 30 years. The state now values land at 224 dollars per acre, with California second at a 93 percent rise.
Police unravel a bizarre theft at a grocery where a rodent family chewed 1500 red ration points to build a nest. The incidents occurred over three days with no human suspects or clues found.
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