Notable deaths and race day plans stir Indiana headlines
Estell Mattox, a former Linton man, dies in Mishawaka. A race track southwest of the city attracts at least 50 horses for the 4th of July meet featuring five $1000 purses and a hippodrome. D. C. Stephenson, on trial for Miss Madge Oberholtzer's murder in Noblesville, is denied bail. Midwestern states endure heavy rains after a cold season near freezing.
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Estell Mattox
Linton
Mishawaka
City
D. C
Hogs and cattle mixed gains at Indianapolis livestock sale
Hogs 55,000 head active and steady with prices for 160 lb hogs around 14.80, 100-140 lb pigs 13.50 to 14.50, sows about 14.05. Cattle and calves 900 and 700 respectively opened strong with 2 loads of good to mostly good steers at 16.75, yearlings at 16.50, heifers at 16.25, cows from 9 to 12.50, cann ers and cutters 7 to 8.75, dealers bidding to 16 top.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Hoosier author Jeannette Nolan earns wide recognition
Miss Norma Linton highlights Hoosier writer Jeannette Covert Nolan famed for biographies juvenile fiction and mystery stories. The piece notes her books like Hoosier City James Whitcomb Riley The Little Giant Final Appearance and I Cant Die Here and summarizes her mystery writing advice and praise for her lectures Fashion In Felony and The Development of Juvenile Fiction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeannette Covert Nolan
Hoosier City
James Whitcomb Riley
Agatha Christie
Dorthey Sayers
Indiana
License Issued for Wilbur Baker and Julia Lyons
Marriage licenses issued in Bloomfield by Clerk Frank Len ning for Wilbur C. Baker and Julia C. Lyons both of Bloomfield rural route. They were married by Justice of the Peace C. W. Laughlin.
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Frank Lenning
Bloomfield
Wilbur C. Baker
Julia C. Lyons
C. W. Laughlin
Entered hospital for major surgery in Indianapolis
James E. Hamilton went to Indianapolis on Tuesday to undergo major surgery at Robert Long hospital.
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James E. Hamilton
Indianapolis
Robert Long Hospital
Culver Military Academy opens 44th summer session
Culver Military Academy starts its 44th annual summer session with 912 midshipmen troop ers and woodcrafters from 35 states Mexico and Canada. The eight week term begins amid a mix of activities and reports from Indiana towns.
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Culver
U.P
Culver Military Academy
States
Mexico
Canada
Plan First Meeting Of New Peace Organization
Plans for the new peace organization outline a charter presentation to the U S Senate next week. Senators Connally and Vandenberg head to Washington to report while ratification awaits weeks of deliberation. President Truman praises San Francisco cooperation and warns against selfish use of the instrument. He calls for united will of free peoples to ensure progress and security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Senate
Washington
Tom Connaly
Tex
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Mich
Senate
Truman
San Francisco
Robert Boone 1 C Enters Bomb Disposal School
Seaman Robert Boone stationed at Norman Oklahoma is transferred to Washington DC to enter a bomb disposal school. Mrs Boone and daughter Janice return home after six weeks with Boone in Oklahoma.
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Robert Boone
AOM
Norman
Okla
Washington, D. C
Urge Hoosiers to Buy More War Bonds in Seventh Loan
Indiana War Finance Committee appeals to all un solicited Hoosiers to meet the Seventh War Loan quota. Chairman Eugene C. Pulliam says there is a fighting chance if everyone helps. Total individual purchases reach 82 percent of 135 million with 31.7 million remaining to reach 167 million. Only three days remain for market issues on credit with E F G series bonds counted to midnight July 7.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Indiana War Finance Committee
S/Sgt. Harry Ferry Home From Overseas
S/Sgt. Harry Ferry Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Ferry, returns after 23 months in England with the United States Air Forces. He will take a thirty day furlough before reporting for reassignment.
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Harry Ferry Jr
Harry Ferry
England
United States Air Forces
Ronald Clayton Transferred From Shepard Field to Chanute Field
Pvt. Ronald Clayton of the U S Army Air Forces was moved from Shepard Field Tex to Chanute Field Ill. The transfer comes as his parents Mr and Mrs Roy Clayton report and he plans to spend the weekend in Linton.
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Pvt
Ronald Clayton
U.S. Army Air Forces
Shepard Field
Tex
Chanute Field
Ill
Roy Clayton
Linton
Pvt. Charles T. Blough Begins Training at Camp Claiborne
Pvt. Charles Troy Blough has been inducted into the United States Army and is receiving basic training at Camp Claiborne Louisiana. After this course he will start a mechanical program.
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Pvt
Charles Troy Blough
United States Army
Camp Claiborne
Lyons Soldier On Hospital Ship
Pfe. Max N. Edwards son of Mr and Mrs Foster Edwards of Lyons has moved from Camp Crowder Missouri to serve on a hospital ship overseas with the United States Army.
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Pfe
Max N. Edwards
Foster Edwards of
Lyons
United States Army
Camp Crowder
Lyons group returns from Merom Christian Youth Fellowship
Doris Anderson Esther Layman Ettamae Edwards Dale Page and Paul Sutphin have returned to Lyons after attending a Christian Youth Fellowship conference at Merom.
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Doris Anderson
Esther Layman
Ettamae Edwards
Dale Page
Paul Sutphin
Lyons
Christian Youth Fellowship
Merom
Greene Circuit Court Papers Two Divorce Actions
Two divorce cases filed in Greene Circuit Court at Bloomfield. Complaints for divorce name George Sargent and Gladys Sargent and Nellie Hudson and Wendel Hudson.
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Greene
Bloomfield
George Sargent
Gladys Sargent
Nellie Hudson
Wendel Hudson
Help Wanted at Camp Atterbury
Camp Atterbury Indiana June 27. Union Pacific workers were sought to complete a 1,000,000 construction and remodeling program at Wakeman hospital and personnel center. Maj. Rees W. Willard, resident engineer, offered jobs to carpenters masons bricklayers painters roofers plumbers sheet metal workers and common laborers. He said additional contracts had been let and completion would speed up convalescence of wounded veterans returned from overseas and support their separation and furloughs.
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Camp Atterbury
Ind
U.P
Wakeman Hospital and Personnel Center
Rees W. Willard
Wakeman Hospital Center
Indiana
Atterbury
P. O. Box
Columbus
George Kepner
Roy E Terrell Receives Silver Star for Luxembourg action
T4 Roy E Terrell awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in Luxembourg on January 7 1945 after an enemy counterattack at Goosdorf. Despite wounds he rendered aid to comrades and ensured their evacuation before receiving treatment. He also holds the Bronze Star Purple Heart four battle stars and Good Conduct ribbon. He is the son of Mr and Mrs William Terrell of Worthington Indiana.
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Roy E. Terrell
Luxembourg
United States
Goosdorf
Terrell
T/4
William Terrell
Worthington
Ind
Hospital Center Plans Expansion At Camp Atterbury
Atterbury Indiana June 27 Additional contracts totaling about one million dollars have been let for remodeling and new construction at Wakeman Hospital Center and the Personnel Center. Major Rees Willard says metal workers and laborers are needed now with 54 to 60 hour weeks. A labor camp provides meals and housing at 12 dollars weekly near Atterbury for workers not in essential war industries.
Illness sidelines Miss Myra Herndon at G Street home
Miss Myra Herndon age 16 daughter of Mr and Mrs Sheldon Herndon is seriously ill at her G Street Northeast home. Friends are asked not to call for a few days.
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Myra Herndon
Sheldon Herndon
G Street
Counterfeit Red Ration Stamps Hit Chicago
In Chicago the Office of Price Administration reports a flood of counterfeit red ration stamps over the past two days. Rae E. Walters says 85 percent of stamps from 40 retailers were fake and counterfeiters offered them to dealers at six cents each. He warned a nationwide spread would follow if unchecked.
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Chicago
U.R
Office of Price Administration
Rae E. Walters
Office of
Price Administration
Walters
OPA
Teachers Defeat Gasoline Alley In Softball Clash
The Teachers beat Gasoline Alley 7 to 3 at Lin Stock park after a dry evening. James Denny starred for the Teachers as plans moved to a 6 pm game against Coca-Cola and a 5 30 pm hardball match Friday. No admission charged. public invited to attend.
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Gasoline Alley Boys
Lin Stock Park
James Denny
Coca-Cola
Lin- Stock Park
Icy Skies Their Biggest Problem Over Japan
Guam June 27 A U R report details a 10 way B 29 strike where icing heavily hampered flight. Crew members Sgt Louis W Hartsock reports nine enemy fighters nearby with no attacks. M Sgt Charles Fulton cites thick ice in clouds. Lt William C Phillips notes a thick window sheet as bomb run over Akashi factory ended with bombs dropped on target.
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Guam
U.R
Bcy
Japan
Louis W. Hartsock
Lebanon
Ind
Charles Fulton
Anderson
Akashi Aircraft Factory
William C. Phillips
Alburquerque
N. M
Indiana oil production dips in 1944 amid wartime limits
Indiana oil output for 1944 stood at about 4.95 million barrels, down six percent from the prior year. Acting state geologist Otis W. Freeman cited labor and material shortages and wartime regulations as causes, noting only three new pools and six abandonments, with the largest gas well in Rockport, Spencer county.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Indiana
Otis W. Freeman
Freeman
Indiana Department of Conservation
Rockport
Spencer County
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