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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1939
Page
4
Tourists and Lingo Stir Yellowstone Park Slang
Tourists in Yellowstone Park confront a college slang glossary built by students. The piece maps roles like gear jammer bus driver savage porter pack rat pillow puncher and waiter beaver with a definition of rotten logging as a park romance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellowstone National Park
Wyo
Yellowstone Park
Savage
Beaver
Yellowstone
Park
Fishermen land two sharks at once off Sydney coast
Zane Grey, watching from shore, sees three assistants land two sharks simultaneously. Gus Bagnard and the Lyle brothers battle large catches while Grey’s party also reels in a mako and a striped marlin. The combined haul shows a 413 pound whaler, 205 pound striped marlin, and 315 pound mako.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Australia
A.P
Zane Grey
Gus Bagnard
Lyle Brothers
Grey
Bagnard
Lyles
Lyle
Gus
Conscription Bill Debated in Australia Over Seas Service
Canberra reports the conscription issue stirred by Britain's move, with Prime Minister Menzies reaffirming no overseas compulsion while offering no fixed shift from voluntary militia training. Curtin demands a Lyons pledge, but officials assert no need for conscription given Australia's current volunteer forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canberra
Australia
APA
Britain
Australian Labor Party
John Curtin
Robert G. Menzies
Joseph A. Lyons
Menzies Curtin
Menzies
Lyons
Workers of Australia
Menizes
Ahoud
Lincoln man argues philosophy on escape from custody
Lorenzo Harvey 30, a Negro, told jurors there was no custody to escape from at the Nebraska penitentiary farm trial. He claimed a law book says a trusty must be under armed guards, which were not present. Harvey, sentenced to five years for breaking and entering, was found guilty of escaping custody by a district court jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lincoln
Neb
Lorenzo Harvey
Nebraska
Harvey
Fourth 4-H Round-Up Star Norma Jean Smith
Norma Jean Smith of Linton shines at the Purdue university round-up held June 12 to 14. She won first in a district demonstration contest on shoe care, led a radio program, and joined the Indiana delegates to the National 4-H convention. She plans to study vocational home economics at DePauw University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greene County
Purdue University
Lafayette
Norma Jean Smith
Linton
University
WLS
Chicago
Ill
Miss Smith
Prairie Farmer Magazine
Washington, D. C
Indiana
U. S
Smith
Purdue
Little Hoosiers
Block Company
State Fair School
Niagara Falls souvenir styles shift from beads to modern gadgets
Niagara Falls gift shops abandon feather fans and beadwork for silk cushions, metal and jade ash trays, costume jewelry with cataract motifs, and Oriental novelties. Indian bead work persists but moccasins fade as modern, machine made items multiply at tourist shops. The price gap favors the new offerings over old mementos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Niagara Falls
N. Y
U.P
Eight men charged in copper wire thefts across three Indiana counties
In Knox Indiana on June 24 eight men were charged with stealing 25 tons of copper wire from abandoned telephone lines in Starke, Pulaski, and Porter counties. Named defendants include William Blankenship Harry Just Jr Noah Blankenship Peter Britton Delbert Britton William Wright Thomas Lane of North Judson and Fay Britton of San Pierre. Police say the ring stripped lines for three months and sold the wire as junk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
Ind
U.P
Starke
Pulaski
Porter
William Blankenship
Harry Just, Jr
Noah Blankenship
Peter Britton
Delbert Britton
William Wright
Thomas Lane
North Judson
Fay Britton
San Pierre
Fad in Southern State Draws Zip Themed Obsession
In Hattiesburg Mississippi a quirky fad called zip the zipper spreads as residents fear private property invasion and public discomfort. The craze includes a belief that meeting someone after zipping a hundred times could seal romance. Experts doubt it but warn of the nuisance factor and safety concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Mass
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Lefty Gomez
Bill Dickey
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Cine Theatre
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