Linton Daily Citizen Highlights 1923 Local Happenings
News brief from 1923 column notes upcoming Linton to Brazil state road No 59 project. Robbers loot Milwaukee depot for 48 dollars. Society notices list party hosts Mrs Laura Ingram Dugger Mrs Gorda Miller Mystic Circle Mrs Claude Maxwell bridge club. Burglars loot Ax Hagaman barber shop Fast Vincennes street. Sam Baxley recalls a 1928 frost damage event. Colorado mines claim largest molybdenum supply for steel armaments.
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Linton
Laura Ingram
Dugger
Gorda Miller
Mystic ‘Circle
Claude Maxwell
Bridge Club
Alpha Bible Class
Clint Sherwood
Wanted Hard of Hearing Men and Women
Advertisement offering an “Online Home Method” and hat drops to improve hearing. Claims quick test leads to better hearing with money back guarantee. Promotes purchase at Hamilton and various drug stores and mentions ad author.
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Hamilton
German offensive threat in Russia looms as air power issue grows
The article argues Germany may not be defending but massing for a major third offensive in Russia. It notes about eighty seven divisions around the Orel Bryansk bulge, with large air forces, and analyzes Mos cow center operations, Von Kluge’s likely objectives, and possible Russian responses including a strong anti air defense network near Moscow.
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Moscow
Orel-Bryansk
Orel- Bryansk Bulge
Europe
Germany
Russia
Tunisia
Orel
von Kluge
Caucasus
Urals
Skopin
Ryazan
Oka
Hitler
Red Army
Property changes listed in county records
The notice details numerous conveyances from 1924 to 1992 involving Oak Lawn Park in Worthington, Jasonville, and Wright township. It lists transfers between individuals, banks, and companies, including coal lands in Sullivan county and life estates in Lyons and Washington township locations.
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Oak ‘Lawn ‘Park
Worthington
Southern Indiana Mutual
Savings & Loan Association of
Bloomfield
Oscar R. Shields
Highland
Winsonville
Raymond FE
Kolhouse
Beulah JH
Kenneth Rhodes
Morris Rhodes
Wright Township
Linzy iLinthicum
Benjamin F. Walters
Ida Walters
iCenter Township
Eldon East
Ethel IM. Green
Etta F. Warrick
Lewis ‘Fe. Warrick
William IL .Warrick
Elizabeth ‘Warrick
Southern Indiana
North Park
Hunter
Hastings
Thurlton
Jasonville
Lewis SE. Warrick
Etta G. ‘Warrick
William L. Warrick
Chicago, Terre Haute &Southeastern ‘Railway Company
Wilma 'L.pickard
E. Pickard
Delphia Pickard
Boon
Lyons
Washington Township
Livestock market report and a stray note on steel
In Indianapolis on June 28 livestock receipts show salable hogs at 14 000 with weights 160 lbs plus trading 25 cents lower and top at 138.85 dollars while cattle receipts total 1300 with calves 500 and steers and heifers about steady though undertone weak. bulk heifers 15.15, early sales 14.00 to 14.50, top 15.50. A mass production note claims a bomb fin design will save steel to build two Liberty Ships.
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Indianapolis
U.P
Army Private to Sergeant Promotion for Roy A Boyles Abroad
Roy A. Boyles son of Mr and Mrs W H Boyles has been promoted to sergeant while stationed overseas with the United States Army. Word of the promotion was received locally.
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Roy A. Boyles
W. H. Boyles
United States Army
Soldier John N. Mason Returns From Furlough at Camp Sutton
Pvt. John N. Mason stationed with the United States Army at Camp Sutton North Carolina has returned to camp after a brief furlough spent with his parents Mr and Mrs Francis Mason and other relatives and friends.
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John N. Mason
Camp Sutton
United States Army
Camp Sutton, N. C
Mrs
Francis Mason
Norman Kirkman Enlisted for Army Basic Training
Norman Kirkman son of Mr and Mrs Sherman Kirkman of Dugger has been inducted into the United States Army and sent to Fort Sill Oklahoma for basic training according to a war department release here.
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Norman Kirkman
Sherman Kirkman
Dugger
United States Army
Ft. ‘Sill
Okla
Robert Lovelace sent to Gulfport for basic training
Robert Lovelace son of Mr and Mrs Urban Lovelace of this city has been inducted into the United States Army and sent to Gulfport Mississippi to begin his basic training.
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Robert Lovelace
Urban ‘Lovelace
United States Army
Gulfport,Miss
Leon Moody Sent to Fort Knox for Training
James Leon Moody, recently inducted into the United States Army, has been sent to Fort Knox Kentucky for basic training according to information received locally.
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Leon Moody
FT. Knox, KY
James Leon Moody
United States Army
Ft. Knox
Harry L Edington Starts Naval Aviation Ground Crew Training
Harry L Edington age 20 son of Mrs Gertie Bone of Linton Indiana begins training at the Naval Air Technical Training Center Navy Pier Chicago for a ground crew role in the naval air force.
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Navy
Harry ‘L. ‘Edington
Gertie Bone
S.E. A Street
Linton
Ind
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Navy Pier
Chicago
Naval Air Force
Switz City Marine Home On Fifteen Day Furlough
Sgt. Troy Robert Jackson of the United States Marine Corps is spending a fifteen day furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Byron Jackson in SwitzCity after twenty years stationed in the Panama Canal Zone.
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Sgt
Troy
Robert Jackson
United States Marine Corps
Byron Jackson
SwitzCity
Panama Canal Zone
Maurice Strahle Promoted at Boca Raton Field
Staff Sergeant Maurice Strahle of Linton Indiana, stationed at Boca Raton Field Florida, has been promoted to Technical Sergeant. He graduated high school in Linton and attended Central Normal. He enlisted in the Army on August 18 1941 and his mother Mrs Mary Jane Strahle lives in Linton.
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Maurice Strahle
Boca Iratonn
Fieild
Fla
Maurice
Strahle
Linton
Ind
Boca Raton Field
Army Air Forces
D Central Normal
Army
Mary Jane Strahle
Linon
Pvt Kenneth Smith Transferred Within Army
Pvt Kenneth EB Smith, formerly stationed with the United States Army at Camp Davis North Carolina, has been transferred to Fort Fisher North Carolina according to word received here.
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Kenneth EB. Smith
United States Army
Beasley Furlough Notes From Camp Butner
Pvt William Beasley on furlough spend with parents Mr and Mrs Irville Beasley after maneuvers in Tennessee. Stationed at Camp Butner N C he is returning to duty soon.
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William ‘Beasley
United States ‘Army
Camp Butner, N. 1
Irville ‘Beasley
Tennessee
Machine Shop Fire at Freelandville Causes Loss
Fire destroyed a Freelandville machine shop owned by Irwin Telligam and Walter Sirehoff with damages estimated at 3000 dollars. Bicknell fire units helped prevent spread. the firm started in 1914 and may not resume due to new machinery shortages.
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Bicknell
Freelandville
Y Inwin Telligam
Walter Sirehoff
Outbreak Ends in Evansville After Soldier-Vigilante Clash
An outbreak of violence between soldiers and Evansville zoot-suiters apparently has ended. Army officials consider lifting the out of bounds order for soldiers at Camp Breckenridge Kentucky and George Field Illinois as military police patrolled Evansville to enforce the order after ten days of unrest.
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Evansville
O.K
Camp Breckenridge
George Field
Big Scale Soviet Attack Underway
United Press reports Berlin radio claims large scale Soviet assaults near Kharkov with no Soviet confirmation. Rumors include massed Red Army near Belgorod and a northern Karleian front victory costing Germans 300 dead. Also mentions a captured town near Kholm and a rail junction attack at Orel.
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Berlin
Kharkov
Red Army
Belgorod
Karleian
Finland
Kholm
Moscow
Orel On
Albert Hollers Found Not Guilty in Involuntary Manslaughter
In Terre Haute on Friday June 28 the Vigo County jury acquitted Albert J Hollers 63 of 2583 North Eleventh Street after deliberating about an hour on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of Loretta Reed. Reed a former Linton resident was struck by Hollers coal truck while crossing Maple at Lafayette Avenue April 5 1943. The trial opened last Monday and over 100 residents were examined for jury selection before two women and ten men were seated.
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Terre Haute
Albert J. Hollers
North Eleventh Street
Vigo
Hollers
Loretta ‘Reed
Reed
Linton
Pioneer shovel operator Hinton dies in Indianapolis
Mr Hinton a pioneer shovel operator who worked in early strip coal pits and served as a construction engineer in Greece. He was a Masonic Lodge member and active Methodist. Survivors include widow Mrs Lucy Hinton one son Geo Jr and four daughters. Funeral at Royston and Askin Funeral Home 1902 North Meridian Indianapolis Wednesday at ten.
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Hinton
Greece
Masonic Lodge
Lucy Hinton
Geo. Jr
Lucille Goble
Leslie Smith
Sara Mitchell
Ruth Daniels
Royston and Askin
North Meridian Street
Indianapolis
Danes aboard UN ships urged to invest in War Bonds
Five thousand Danish sailors aboard United Nations vessels are urged to invest in War Bonds as part of national defense mobilization. Authorities frame bond purchases as essential for funding wartime needs and sustaining allied operations.
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United Nations
No Shoes by Mail With No. 17 Stamp
Shoe customers who mailed loose Stamp No 17 without a bona fide accompanying order for shoes face embarrassment at checkout. The District OPA announced that unless a mail order was postmarked before midnight June 15 and included exact size color and style plus payment or charge instructions to an established account, the order would not be honored.
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OPA
George L. Hinton Succumbs in Indiana Polis
George L. Hinton former Jacksonville resident died at his daughter's home in Indianapolis Indiana Sunday after a prolonged heart ailment. He had been in failing health for some time and his passing was noted with sorrow by relatives and friends.
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George L. Hinton
Jasonvill
Indianapolis
A Pure Life Remembered For Heavenly Reunion
The passage speaks of a life described as pure and sacred and of a final journey taken by snow covered wings to the home of Jesus. It envisions a reunion in heaven where the beloved awaits with joy at that blissful day.
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Heaven
Jesus, Redeemer
King
Jesus
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