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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1939
Page
1
Local reminiscence recalls George Hildebrand once a Linton saloon operator with a pool table. The piece references 1883 Bloomfield Democrat items, President Arthur, historic Linton figures, Fourth of July fireworks laws, safety campaigns, and a mix of anecdotes from the Pleasantville area.
Dexter Pierson of Greene county was fined 20.80 and his license revoked for six months after a drunken driving arrest in Linton. He appeared in Linton City police court following a 3:30 a.m. arrest by night police officers.
London authorities increased security at key defense sites as 150 search warrants were issued to Scotland Yard. Twenty suspects were held after a weekend bombing wave, with 30 arrested overall and 20 still in custody. IRA terrorists were believed active across Britain, spending about $5,000 weekly on bombings.
William Ambers Sherrill, 77, a longtime coal miner and resident of South Linton, died at 12:05 pm today at his home following a stroke. Born November 1, 1861 in Brown County, he lived in Linton about 30 years and worked in local coal fields most recently for a strip mine. Surviving are his widow Maude, two sons William Jr. and Samuel, a daughter Mrs. John Hubbard, three brothers Silas John Isaac, and two sisters Eliza and Emily. Funeral home preparation is underway with arrangements to be announced.
In Hayward Wisconsin deputies doubled guard at bridges and roads as possemen hunted August Buelo thirty alias Ray Olson for the slaying of two deputies. He reportedly leaped from a bridge into the Chippewa river to escape.
Visitors to Representative Gerald W. Landis's office include Homer Capehart S R Smith R R Coffey Bernard M Fry John Irons FE VanMeter Albert S Hirty R M Vincent George Liddil Grace Landis Cox Morrison W Dodson and Irene N Masten among others from towns like Washington Mooresville Bloomington Linton Dugger Carlisle Kilbourne and Bloomfield.
Funeral services for Roland Ad dison Ad Lee age 68 Greene county newspaperman who died Saturday in Methodist hospital Indianapolis will be held Tuesday at 3 PM in Bloomfield Methodist church. Lee lived in Bloomfield for years working at Bloomfield News and Bloomfield Democrat later purchasing the Lyons Herald serving as editor and publisher. He sold Lyons in 1911 and moved to Indianapolis where he resided until his death. Survived by widow Edith May Lee and daughter Helen in Ohio.
Vincennes Indiana June 26 Woodrow Woody Weir named basketball coach at Jasper succeeding John L Adams Vincennes high school net mentor next year Adams retires as coach and takes athletic director duties George Inman promoted to head football coach McCormack named head track coach Vernon McKown and Lee Albin remain as assistants
A highway collision near Deedsville north of Peru killed Ronald Kingsley, Marion Chamber of Commerce manager, and Mrs. Helen Dills of Huntington. Three others were critically injured including Thomas J. Wilson, president of the Marion National Bank, and Arthur Case. All were en route to South Bend from Marion.
Hospital notes report multiple operations admissions and births across Worthington Wheatland Linton and surrounding areas. A baby boy Earl David to Mrs Earl Howell born Saturday weighs seven pounds and the other newborn Donald Wayne to Mrs Wayne Pope weighs seven pounds fourteen ounces. Continuous patient movements include Mrs DeLome Pickard undergoing a minor operation and several residents moving to home after treatment.
T A Dicus chairman of the state highway commission appeals to motorists to slow and drive carefully at construction and improvement sites along the state highway system. Work is done without closing roads when possible, but detours will be used if drivers do not reduce speed.
Beasley & Beasley of Linton represent Dugger Power and Electric Service and John Smith in an injunction filed in Greene Circuit Court Bloomfield. Plaintiffs seek to restrain John Todd Greene County prosecutor Bert Caldwell Greene County Sheriff Joseph Robertson M Clifford Townsend Donald Stiver and the Indiana Department of Treasury from enforcing the motor vehicle weight tax act. Hearing set for Greene County court at 9 a.m. on July.
A son named David Lee was born Sunday afternoon to Mr and Mrs George Baker. The baby weighed 7 pounds 0 ounces.
Mr and Mrs Hoyt Clark and daughters visited Mc Cormieck s Creek State Park with Mr Clark s parents for a family day outing.
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a Townsend pension plan amendment 9 to 7 granting Congress power to levy taxes for old age assistance. In Washington on June 26, the same day the Senate rejected Roosevelt era dollar devaluation power 47 to 31, amid administration opposition.
Ralph Tilley of Indianapolis filed a federal court suit challenging Indiana's motor vehicle weight tax act. He seeks temporary and permanent injunctions to stop enforcement, arguing the license fee exceeds the cost of road maintenance and traffic policing and burdens interstate commerce.
The habeas corpus hearing for Pearl Miller and Yancey Zachery in Greene Circuit Court heard new testimony on the 1933 murder of Mrs Mary Ellis of Jacksonville. Witnesses included William Marshall and Sanford Humphreys who alleged Miller was present at the Ellis home and named Leona Batchelor as connected to the events. Bond for Zachery set at $5000, hearing adjourned after noon.
In Indianapolis on June 26, William A. Candler of Linton faced possible probation if a job is found by next Saturday to suspend a year and day sentence for first offense auto theft. Willie Steele of Linton was sentenced to two years. both involved with a stolen car from Linton found abandoned near Crab Orchard Illinois after driving from Linton. An FBI representative investigated their records in Linton last week.
Funeral services for Stella Gertrude Hulen 54 of Switz City were held at the local Methodist church after dying Saturday morning at Robert Long hospital Indianapolis following several weeks illness. She leaves daughter Vera Owen and three sons Leon WorThington Leo Linton and Paul Hulen with long Greene county residence noted.
The Senate defeated the silver bloc 52 to 26 in a move to fix the domestic silver price at 1.16 dollars an ounce as part of the administration's monetary program. The bill, needing the president's signature by midnight June 30, faced renewed debate before passage.
Shigenori Tashiro the Japanese consul general in Tientsin condemned British protests about alleged indignities in the blockade of the British concession. He accused Britain of exaggeration and an arrogant stance citing a case in which a British woman was stripped and searched at the barrier. In Shanghai reports note heavy air combat along the Manchukuo Outer Mongolia frontier with Russian bombers hitting Japanese airfields and Japanese reinforcements moving in.
R R Tyree assistant general manager of the Hickory Grove coal company Tear Dugger is in St. Anthony's hospital Terre Haute with a fractured left leg suffered last week when an empty 1½ ton truck ran over him near a steam shovel. He lives at Riley and the wheel passed along his abdomen and chest though X rays showed no internal injuries. The fracture is between the knee and hip and his condition is listed as fair.
A Mansfield blaze is described as potentially large with $1,500,000 in losses claimed. The notice notes old state sales tax stamps worth millions burned at the Ohio state reformatory, though actual value was only a few dollars.
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