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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1940
Page
1
The piece riffs on old-time beverages and legends, jokes about spizerrinktum and nerfellkustling, then shifts to wartime anxiety and social advice. It urges calm, work, and recreation while noting Americans face losses and urging safer driving to protect workers and production.
Albert Joe Reed infant son of Mr and Mrs Alberta Reed southwest of Linton died at 7 40 this morning in Freeman Greene county hospital after living forty hours Parents survive with grandparents Floyd Booker and Arthur Reed Funeral services held at Welen and Cornett Funeral home and burial in Richards cemetery northwest of Linton
Rome reports Italy plans intensified war effort against Britain and possessions while high command signals continue surrender terms to be subordinated. Britain counters with coastal landings and aerial bombardment on German positions as raids aim to disruptaxis bases in Europe.
The Greater Linton club sponsors the annual Independence Day celebration with at least fifty floats entered and more expected. Six bands including Linton Stockton and Sullivan high schools will march from Central School to City Park. Imperial shows will operate July 1 6 in the park and the Indiana Department of Conservation will display wildlife exhibits in a 20 by 50 foot tent at the park.
Hospital report lists Mrs. Lee Hamlin on G street northeast undergoing a major operation this afternoon. Gail Marie Wall eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs B S Wall had a minor operation this morning. Mrs. Virgil Moreland Bloomfield also had a minor operation this morning. James Foster West Linton underwent a major operation Tuesday night. John Parkes Owensburg dismissed this morning. Mrs Alberta Reed Linton route 2 is slightly improved. Mrs Curtis Rogers Jasonville route 1 was taken to her home this morning.
Action in three civil suits on file in Greene circuit court Bloomfield has been postponed until later with no definite trial dates. Bohley v Singer et al was continued generally by agreement. General Construction Co Inc v Pearson et al also continued generally. Beck v Beck quiet title saw amendment adding Daniel W Beck estate administrator Kenneth Secrest as party defendant and an answer filed.
The Linton Concert band will start its 1940 summer programs at 8:00 p.m. Thursday in Humphreys park under director J. Howard Lynn. The first program features Sousa marches and operetta selections with a special Jewels program planned later.
Francis Haseman retiring president of the Linton Rotary Club will host a fish fry this evening at the west shelter house Shakamak state park replacing the noon meeting. Members may fish boat or swim in the afternoon. Homer Fordyce will succeed Haseman as president and lead the first meeting in July for a one year term.
Delegates at the 1940 Indiana State encampment in Lafayette decided to hold the 1941 gathering of the United Spanish American War Veterans and Women’s Auxiliary in Linton after years of negotiation led by Mayor Dr E R Bull. Attendance at state encampments typically exceeds 1 000. Emma Lovella Kirchoff of Sandborn died after a six month illness, survived by husband Floyd and eight children, with funeral at Indian Prairie church.
Myron C. Taylor Roosevelt envoy to the Holy See and former U.S. Steel chairman underwent an operation in Rome. The procedure was performed by Italian surgeon Dr. Raffaele Bastianelli and U.S. expert Dr. Allen Whipple, who traveled from the United States.
More than 400 inmates at San Quentin are enrolled in music classes with advanced students earning regular university credits from the University of California.
The French headquarters announced that a French volunteer legion would be formed in Britain with full backing from the British government, signaling coordinated wartime defense efforts.
Philadelphia June 26 The Republican platform drafting faced delays as George Wharton Pepper walked out over foreign plank wording. The resolutions committee planned to present the platform to the convention at about 3 p m CST, with Willkie rising as a leading rumor and isolationists gaining leverage in the debate. Wendell Willkie said reciprocal trade pacts are dead due to German conquests and opposition argued he backed the administration trade policy.
Chinese reports say Japanese forces occupied Mirs bay, a key pirate headquarters, effectively encircling the British crown colony of Hongkong. The claim arrives as hostilities intensify across the region.
Congressman Gerald W. Landis of Washington D C spends a few days in Linton visiting local officials and constituents during a regional tour.
Howard C. Hopson co founder of the Associated Gas and Electric Utilities system pleaded innocent in federal court to conspiring to evade 1.886 million dollars in income taxes. The case highlights a high profile tax evasion charge against a major industry figure.
Carriers will collect Friday morning instead of Saturday this week due to staff departures. E L Barnes, circulation manager, notes several boys and he are leaving for an outing in Cincinnati and the Coney Island resort.
The United States planned to send two liners the Washington and Manhattan to pick up American refugees stranded in Galway Ireland and Lisbon Portugal.
Washington reports the defense commission may switch Rolls Royce aircraft engine orders from Ford to Packard after Henry Ford refused to build engines for Britain. Ford said he believed negotiations were only with the U.S. government and would not produce 6,000 engines for Britain. Knudsen said Ford’s cancellation prompted seeking another manufacturer and that 3,000 engines for the U.S. were planned.
Three Linton residents, Mr. and Mrs. Ott Hixson and Mrs. Robert Hayes, escaped serious injury when their car overturned on U S road 41 south of Terre Haute near a bridge by Rea Park. The driver, Mr. Hixson, was crowded by a truck before the crash.
Germany to occupy about half of France and seal a permanent west coast presence Adolf Hitler aims to hold, while Italy blocks French colonies with a 30 mile demilitarized zone and control over Djibouti and lines to Addis Ababa. French naval and air bases including Toulon Bizerta and Oran to be demilitarized amid armistice terms. London reports fear of an early invasion through bombed Britain as press demands action to keep the French fleet from German Italian control. Rome says Allied raids on Naples and East African bases were repelled.
Melville C. Potts, 37, was granted a divorce from Mary Jean Potts, 17, by Judge Charles W. Hoffman after Potts testified that his wife presented him as her father when they visited a skating rink, revealing strain in their marriage in Cincinnati Ohio.
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