1927 Local Highlights Darken the Page
In Daily Citizen items note a new girls sewing club organized at Miss Thelma Wright home a two week Bible School at Reformed Hinged closed Wa Netta club meetings with Mrs Effie Walton Blue Bird Girls of Glenburn Mission enjoyed a sight seeing tour of Indianapolis Linton Cardinals beat Bloomfield 4 to 2 in Southern Indiana League opener Shipwreck Kelly completes twelve days atop a flagpole in Newark New Jersey amid era’s fad
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Thelma Wright
Reformed Hinged
Wanetta Club
Effie Walton
Blue Bird Girls
Glenburn Mission
Indianapolis
Linton Cardinals
Bloomfield
Marriage and Divorce Totals Rise in 1946 Nationally
The United Press cites U S Public Health Service figures showing over 2 3 million marriages and 620 000 divorces in 1946 up from prior years Divorces rose about 120 000 or 24 percent while marriages climbed about 680 000 or 42 percent Justice of the Peace William L Jackson of Linton reports he has married his 184th couple with ten divorces among them, and local peers may well exceed national averages.
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United States
United Press
U.S. Public Health Service
Justice of the Peace
William L. Jackson
Linton
Squire
Peter ‘Brawand
Standard Oil To Ration Gasoline This Summer
Standard Oil of Indiana announced a three month gasoline rationing plan based on last summer usage. The firm cited a roughly 15 percent rise in sales from a year ago and said agents and dealers will limit deliveries to customers. how dealers will divide the allotments remains to be explained.
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Chicago
Standard Oil of
Indiana
Standard
Standard Petroleum Allocates Gasoline Supply to Dealers
Standard said dealers will determine allocations as independent business men. The company acted in the interest of fair treatment and noted it cannot meet all demands after using pipeline capacity and operating refineries at full tilt for months. Allocation applies in June July and August with output expected about 13 percent above last year as other projects proceed.
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Standard
Women Urged to Lead in Politics at Federation Meeting
New York June 24 The 56th annual convention of the General Federation of Women’s Clubs opened with a banquet at the Commodore where a Dewey message urged greater female political participation. Mrs Lafell Dickinson said the federation could spark a national renaissance with a record 75 325 members.
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New York
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Commodore
Thomas E. Dewey
Lafell Dickinson
Keene, N. H
Federation
United States
Police Shooting Will Be Studied In Jeffersonville
Jeffersonville Indiana June 24 Police planned further questioning of three confessed bandits over the May 1 shooting of two officers. Lie detector results from Indianapolis were not yet available. The trio, each sentenced to 20 years for automobile banditry, were arrested after a Sellersburg liquor store hold up. Sherman Lee Carroll Robert Earl Hester and Kenneth Griffin were named with Carroll and Hester identified as the May shooting suspects. Payne and Coleman were wounded but returned to duty.
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Jeffersonville
Ind
Indianapolis
Clark Circuit Court
Sellersburg
Sherman Lee Carroll
Borden, Ind
Robert Earl Hester
Louisville
Emerson Payne
Jeffersonville City
Kenneth Griffin
Payne
Paul Coleman
Miners Protest Taft Hartley Law Across States
Miners idle in the eastern state amid unions warning of a 90 percent protest strike against Taft Hartley. CIO leaders from Birmingham to San Francisco threaten nationwide work stoppages, with promises to test constitutionality and organize strikes and picketing if employers use the bill to limit workers rights.
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R. E. Farr
Birmingham
Ala
CIO
United Steel Workers
San Francisco Cio Council
Philip Murray
Harry Bridges
CIO Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen’s Union
CIO National Maritime Union
Indiana all state Music Clinic at IU hosts 150 students
Paul R. McCormack of Linton is among 150 Indiana high school musicians attending the annual all state Music Clinic at Indiana University directed by Prof C L Kingsbury. The event runs through the week with joint concert Sunday at 2 PM in the university auditorium.
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Paul R. McCormack
Linton
Indiana
Indiana University
C. L. Kingsbury
Triad
Roush Attends Indiana Veterinary Meeting in Terre Haute
Earl M. Roush of Linton joined nearly 100 veterinarians and guests at the Indiana-Illinois Veterinary Medical Association gathering in Terre Haute. New officers were elected led by Dr. H. F. Page as president and Dr. L. O. Fish as vice president. Dr. J. F. Bullard of Purdue spoke on Brucellosis in Farm Animals.
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Terre Haute
Earl M. Roush
Linton
Indiana-Ilinois Veterinary Medical Association
H. F. Page
Washington
L. O. Fish
Spencer
E. K. LeDune
Sullivan
J. F. Bullard
Purdue University
Licenses Issued and Legal Actions in Greene Circuit Court
Two marriage licenses were issued at Bloomfield with couples Charles Earle Jr and Anna Marie Mitchell and Marshall King Jr and Norma Rich. A divorce suit Kathryn Goodman vs Willard Goodman was filed, and a motion to dismiss in Thomas and Letta Luxton vs Charles T Blough replevin was placed for consideration with no hearing date set.
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Greene Circuit
Bloomfield
Kathryn Goodman
Willard Dean Goodman
Thomas
Letta Luxton
Charles T
Rosie Blough
Replevin
Charles Earle, Jr
Linton
Anna Marie Mitchell
Carlisle
Marshall King, Jr
Bloomfied
Norma Jane Rich
Lyons
Shasta Softball Team Defeats Bicknell VFW 14 4
The Shasta Coal Company softball team, mainly Linton players, beat the Bicknell VFW 14 to 4 in league play at the Bicknell diamond. Linton players Laughlin Moehrmann Woolsey Herndon Jones F Duvivier J Powell E Powell contributed as listed. Next league game faces Bicknell Elks.
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Shasta Coal Company
Linton
Bicknell Vfw
Bicknell
Shasta
Laughlin
Moehrmann
Woolsey
Herndon
Jones
J. Powell
Shasta Lads
Bicknell Elks
Missing Parents Found In Hearts Across a Decade
A short remembrance written ten years after the loss of mother and father expresses deep longing and love. The writer asks for home, notes loneliness, and comfortingly hopes they are in a better place free from pain and sorrow, awaiting a brighter tomorrow.
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Mom
In Memoriam Bertha and Charley Taylor
In loving memory of Bertha Taylor who passed away nine years ago today and Charley Taylor who passed away on an unspecified date, with family remembering their lives and legacy.
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Bertha Taylor
Charley Taylor
Two Die Six Hurt In Seymour Truck Crash
Seymour Ind June 24 state police report two killed and six injured in a truck automobile collision on U S 31 just south of Seymour. Names of the victims were not released pending further records.
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Seymour
Ind
U.S
U. S. 31
Collision on North Bridge Near Three Bridges Leaves Injured
Police said an automobile and a truck collided on the north bridge at the Three Bridges section south of the city. Those involved were in critical condition, authorities reported.
Deed Delayed for 23 Years by Missouri Man
In 1924 Grant County auditor in Ephrata received a land deed to W. S. Forthun of Doniphan Missouri with a note to hold until he calls. The auditor returned the deed noting Forthun never arrived after more than 23 years of waiting and likely car trouble.
Indianapolis livestock and grain market results summary
Hog prices eased with 160 to 225 lb barrows and gilts around 24.75 and 225 to 250 lb 24.25 to 24.75, with heavier weights weaker. Cattle and calves showed active trading with steers 27.25 for 1132 lb, others 24.50 to 26.75. cows and heifers mixed, vealers 21.50 to 24.00, churned by weight and grade. Overall tone: modest declines from morning highs and broad price ranges across weights.
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Indianapolis
Grain prices steady as receipts noted in Indianapolis market
INDIANAPOLIS June 24 UP Cash grain shows wheat steady with 2 cars receipts and prices for No 1 red No 2 red and hard varieties. Corn remains firm with 52 car receipts and prices for yellow and white types. Oats steady with 1 car receipt and soybeans firm at 3.15 per carload FOB Indiana and Illinois points.
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Indianapolis
Indiana
Illinois
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Frank Morgan
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M’cormack
I. U
Roush
Memoriam
Clayton
N. Main St
Insurance Exchange
James
the Wicked Lady
James Mason
Margaret Lockwood
Patricia Roe
Gainsborough Picture
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SUN
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Betty Grabie
Dick Haymes
Robison & Sarmont
Rio Grande
Gene Autry
Douglas Fowley
WED
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Big Features
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Carmen Cavallaro & Orchestra
Golden Gate Quartet
Rosario & Antonio
Sons OF the Pioneers
CJ S
Phil
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George Cleveland
Alan Mowbray
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Edna M. Holland
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Dad
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