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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1941
Page
6
Final authority lies with stockholders who elect the board of directors. The board sets policies, elects officers, and oversees the bank. The officers run the bank and delegate tasks to employees, creating a chain of accountability from clerks to the board through officers back to stockholders.
The report mentions a proposed new plant near Terre Haute and notes a national trend toward livelier times and stronger business activity. It also states there will be a public event here tomorrow.
One batch of 2,800 quail chicks will be distributed next Monday to county conservation clubs with Bloomfield receiving 400 and other towns sharing the rest. Representatives will meet in Bloomfield to receive chicks. eight week old birds will be released. Officials note 95,000 quail chicks move state wide to club breeders.
Dr. and Mrs. J. G. Bledsoe of New Castle announce the birth of an eight and a half pound son named James Robert born this morning in New Castle. Mrs. Bledsoe, formerly Pauline McDonald, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. B. McDonald of Linton. Dr. Bledsoe is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Perd Bolten of near Linton.
More than 600 Indiana youths aged 16 to 25, not in the armed forces, shared ideas to strengthen defense efforts. They urged first aid training, Red Cross support, ambulance duties, factory work, trades training, and community service in health housing recreation education and employment.
One of the famous Gate trees from New Harmony Ind blooms at Mrs Selma Huiring home 240 W Vincennes St in Linton She plans to bring blooms to the Daily Citizen office Friday inviting public inspection The blooms stay on the tree only a few days.
Special problems of highway administration and maintenance were discussed by the State Highway Commission with district staffs to improve central and field office efficiency and standardize operations in construction maintenance and administration across districts.
The June 26 report says AFL machinists at five San Francisco Bay shipyards vote to resume work Monday, ending a 47 day strike that halted defense production valued at more than 600 million dollars. CIO machinists planned to decide their course. the master contract sets wages at 1.12 an hour plus time and a half, with a closed shop, and Bethlehem Shipbuilding agreed to the deal, lifting the last holdout.
Miss Marjorie Ann Cornett visits in Covington Kentucky with her grandmother Mrs G W Blumlein and other relatives.
The Q and A outline the 1942 wheat quota rules for overplanted farms. It explains voting eligibility, penalties, and options to dispose of excess wheat including bonding, reducing acreage, or turning grain to relief, plus loan eligibility for stored excess and marketing card eligibility after arrangements.
A coast-to-coast weather reporting telegraph network is authorized by the FCC with Denver and Louisville as main relay hubs. The system will feed 187 printer connections at 175 airfield stations nationwide and goes live June 30, aiding military and civil aviation with up-to-the-minute weather.
A car owned by Dr. C. B. Grigg rattled until mechanics and a dream led to a strange discovery. A milk bottle from Flint Michigan was found under the seat and removed, after which the rattle stopped.
An arsenate of lead spray for evergreens trees and shrubbery offers effective control when bagworms hatch. Assistant entomologist Faun T Ulman explains that applying the treatment kills young worms as they feed and form protective leaf cases. Bagworms live in cases carrying 200 to 250 eggs overwintering then hatching in late spring. The species mainly inhabits southern state regions and can defoliate vegetation if unchecked.
In Clarendon Texas cowhands abandon the old method of snapping off rattler heads. They now rely on electric devices to kill snakes, a shift spurred by Will Jacobs at the R O Ranch who encountered a stubborn 18 rattler diamondback.
Jacobs lured the rattler to a fence post and used a tractor spark plug wire to electrocut it. The incident describes a farmer’s improvised method to kill a venomous snake on his property.
Indiana Secretary of State James M. Tucker started distributing about 4,000 volumes of the 1941 Assembly acts to state officials and county court clerks with a July 5 deadline for promulgation. The remaining 13,120 volumes are delayed by printing problems and must be delivered with receipts before Gov. Schricker can declare the laws in effect.
A misdial at Scott Field caused a false fire alarm prompting the post fire station to respond. Headquarters issued an urgent plea for telephone users to verify numbers to avoid unnecessary alarms and headaches for firefighters.
Australia ships 250,600,000 pounds of wool to the United States as a precautionary war stock. Britain has purchased the entire Australian clip for storage until Britain needs it.
Clifford Goss reports a thief stole a bicycle described as unknown make not running, with a green battered front fender, torn leather seat, broken stand, worn black handle grip, and both tires flat in Daulas Texas near the town.
Hogs 6 000 head 160 250 lbs bring 19.80 to 11.00 dollars. 250 400 lbs 10.60 to 10.80. Cattle 500. calves 700. market active and fully steady. Bulk medium to good steers and yearlings 10.00 to 11.25. most heifers 10.00 to 11.00. dealers steady. top 12.00. Sheep 600 head spring lambs up about 50 cents. bulk good to choice 11.00 to 11.50 per head.
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