Conflicting War Reports From Berlin and Moscow
Reports from Berlin and Moscow present inconsistent details on the wartime situation as Gordon Menzies confirms Britain’s stance to back Russia against Germany. June 24 reports describe Channel coast towns rattled by massive explosions while RAF resumed offensive actions along the occupied French coast and Germany.
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Berlin
Moscow
Landon
U.R
Channel
Royal Air Force
Germany
Lyons man named Init run charge
Samuel J. Sparks of Lyons, 64, released on $250 bond after arrest Saturday for hit-and-run in a wreck at the Switz City intersection of highways 54 and 67. Sparks failed to stop, then reversed, striking Jack McCullum of Terre Haute as Howard Hutton rode with him. McCullum uninjured. charge sent to Greene Circuit Court.
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Samuel J. Sparks
Lyons
Switz City
Cletus Miller
Sparks
Jack ‘McCullum
Terre ‘Haute
Howard Hutton
Mitchell
McCullum
Miller
Worthington
Charles W. Laughlin
Bloomfield
Court of the Justice of the Peace
Greene Circuit Tribunal
Livestock Prices Down Slightly in Indianapolis Market
Hogs 7,500 head with 15 cent lower bargain range. 160-250 lb animals $10.40-$10.60, 250-400 lb $10.20-$10.40, 100-160 lb $9.10-$10.35. sows 10-15 cents lower, mostly $9.15-$9.90. Cattle 2,000 and calves 700. market steady. steers and yearlings $10.25-$11.25, heifers $10.50-$11.25, vealers up about 50 cents with top $12. Sheep 600. lambs $12-$12.50 for good to choice, $10-$11.50 for medium to good.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Navy Reopens Hiring at San Francisco Shipyards
The Navy took direct control of machinist recruitment at major San Francisco bay shipyards amid a 46 day strike by APL and CIO machinists over pay and overtime. Civil service boards run by Navy officers staffed the sites, as Rear Admiral John W. G. Slade urged both non union and union machinists to respond.
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San Francisco
Unique coin with odd inscription on display in Philadelphia
A currency exhibit in Philadelphia showcased a wooden Blaine Washington nickel and other pecuniary curiosities. Highlights included a Dodge Brothers check for 146 million, a Ford one cent check, Lindbergh’s 25 000 prize check, and the 1787 Fugio Cent bearing Mind Your Business.
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Philadelphia
U.P
Blaine
Wash
Dodge Brothers
Henry Ford
Charles A. Lindbergh
Atlantic
United States
China
New Britain
Japan
St. Matthas Island
Alexander the Great
DePauw Names Janice Wills Recipient Of Dad’s Scholarship
Miss Janice Wills daughter of Mrs Golda Wills of Linton has been chosen by the DePauw Dad's Association to receive the first 100 scholarship. She is active in the YWCA at DePauw and was elected president of the DePauw YWCA for next year and Conference chairman for Indiana. She is a Mortar Board member and has shown outstanding scholarship and campus activity.
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Greencastle
Ind
Janice Wills
Golda Wills
Linton
Dad’s Association of
DePauw University
Dad’s Association
Wills
DePauw
Lake
Fordyce Receives Minor Operative Care at Union Hospital
Jack Fordyce son of Mr and Mrs Homer Fordyce of Linton underwent a minor operation at Union hospital in Terre Haute Monday. His condition is reported satisfactory.
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Jack Fordyce
Homer Fordyce
Linton
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Far Away Call Unites Father And Son In Brief Reunion
George Ingram Sr. and George Ingram Jr. made a rare contact when the elder, in the Canal Zone on defense work, phoned Norwood hospital in Birmingham. The son, recently back in Birmingham after a world tour, answered with a startled greeting as father spoke.
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Birmingham
Ala
U.P
George Ingram Sr
Canal Zone
George Ingram, Jr
Norwood Hospital
Ingram Sr
Ingram Jr
Stay at home protest continues at Hoosier plant Indiana
In New Castle Indiana CIO United Furniture Workers and non union workers voted to extend the stay at home action at the Hoosier Manufacturing plant. They rejected managements plan to raise hourly minimum to 45 cents and add two and a half cents more. The action affects about 250 employees.
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New Castle
Ind
U.P
CIO
United Furniture Workers
Hoosier
OFO
Ninth Eucharistic Congress Opens in Minnesota
The ninth national Eucharistic Congress began with a Pontifical Mass at the state fairgrounds in St Pauls Minnesota. Dennis Cardinal Dougherty of Philadelphia served as Papal Legerate and read the Mass while Archbishop Alphonsus Stritch of Chicago delivered the sermon before thousands of worshippers at a 53 foot altar.
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ST. Pauil
Minn
U.P
Piuss XII
State Fair Grounds
Dennis Cardinal ‘Dougherty
Archibishop
Chicago
German Cars Cost Twice Switzerland Premium Over U.S. Brands
Swiss shoppers pay about double for German automotive products compared to American origin models, reflecting a wide price gap between the two origins in the Swiss market.
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Switzerland
Habits Declared to Be Wasteful by Notre Dame Expert
South Bend, Ind. A Notre Dame economist, John H. Sheehan, calls many middle class customs wasteful and asks Americans to drop unnecessary habits. He cites midweek holidays and costly social rituals like diamond rings and honeymoons as non essentials harming the economy and social life.
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South Bend
Ind
U.P
John H. Sheehan
Notre Dame University
America
United States Labor and Agricultural
Sheehan
Shehan
Atlas 4-H Club Hosts Community Gathering
The Atlas Boys 4-H club met at host Bob Wade’s home on Monday evening. After singing America and roll call naming 4-H projects, a brief business session led to recreation with Francis Constable as leader and prize winner. Refreshments followed for Francis Constable and several members.
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Atlas Boys
Bob Wade
Atlas
America
Francis Constable
Francis
Raymond
Robert
Donnie Constable
Donnie Murdock
Carl
Marvin Reintjes
Sleeping car service ends in many European countries
Sleeping car service has been discontinued in several European countries, signaling a shift in long distance rail travel options and passenger comfort offerings across the continent.
Identical Twins Face Federal Dyer Act Charges
William and Charles Hall two 19 year old twins from Indianapolis were jailed in Morrison Colorado on $1000 bail for federal charges of violating the Dyer Act. Officials say they shared nearly identical fingerprints and confessed they wanted to see the west after stealing a car in Denver and were placed at a federal prison farm pending grand jury action.
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Morrison
Colo
U.P
William and
Charles Hall
Indianapolis
Ind
West
Denver
Colorado
Railroad Retirement Board seeks pre 1937 service credits rules
The Railroad Retirement Board asks all individuals with rail road service before 1937 to file statements with the Board or last employer to establish eligibility for retirement payments. About 230000 of 1200000 eligible have not submitted Statements of service. Special forms available from the Board office at 307 North Pennsylvania Street Indianapolis. A worker may count pre 1937 service if on August 29 1985 they were employed by a covered employer or on furlough or absent due to illness or disability.
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The
Railroad Retirement Board
Standard Railway
North Pennsylvania Street
Indianapolis
Rule Adherence in Employer Practices Cited
The text references compliance with an applicable rule or practice in effect at the employer. It signals conformity expectations for actions, standards, or procedures governing workplace behavior and decision making.
Ice Solution Eases Installation of Air Corps Gas Tanks
In Salt Lake City engineers used several tons of ice to lower sixteen 25,000 gallon gasoline tanks into 15 foot excavations for the Army Air Corps fueling system. Ice blocks under the suspended tanks gradually melted, allowing a safe, even drop into the underground base.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Army Air Corps
Trainee Poses as Colonel at Cal Resort
A 19 year old soldier, new to the army, swaggered as a colonel at a nearby resort until MPs apprehended him. He enjoyed social prerogatives tied to the rank before being halted by authorities.
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San Luis Obispo
Cal
M.p.s
Refreshing Alka-Seltzer for tired workers at stores
When hard work or strenuous exercise tires you, enjoy the refreshing tang of sparkling Alka-Seltzer. Available in packages at drug stores and by the glass at soda fountains in drug stores.
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Winston Churchill
Russia
Init
NAVY
Miss Wills
Atlantic Hotel
Indiana
Notre Dame
Atlas 4-H
Conoco
Conoco N% Motor Oil
Death Valley Desert
Conocorth
Continental Oil Co
Death Valley
Mueage
Purdue University
Hixson & Sahm
Bloomfield Loan Company
Roper Ranges
Baxley Appliance Company
S. Main St
Cushing
Froeschke
Greene County Loan Company
South Main St
Tyrone Power
Linda Darnell
Ros Roxas
Joan Franchot Bennett
Tone Ai
Nemins
John Hubbard
Eve Arden
Wm. Tracy
Jane Allen
Fyan
Jone
Ma Joad
Darwell
Alan Hale
Alka-Seltzer
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