Hatfield Bear Killer and Greene County Feats Narrated
The Greene county narrative recalls Emanuel Hatfield a famed hunter who joined Daniel Boone lore. Tales describe him killing bears deer and cubs near his cabin and sharing game with neighbors. A later note hints at a curious street scene at George Field with a utility bag listing many personal items.
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Greene County
Daniel Boone
Emanuel Hatfield
Hatfield
Kentucky
Boone
Ration Office Thanks June Sugar Donors
Local War Price and Rationing board thanks donors for their kindness in paying a fee for issuing canning sugar in June. Listed are Gert rude Risher Myrtle Patton Dorothy Patton Myrthle Craft Ed Greenwood Herschel Lynn Paul Fergu son Jeanne Phillips Carolyn Love Ricardi Bland Phyllis Plew all of Linton Donna Jean Adyde lette Sue Ann Bogard Donna Bell Gregg Janice Benham Annetta Waggoner Lyons Mr Ogle Smith Mr Jome Smith Jacksonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Benham
Annetta Waggoner
Lyons
Mr. Ogle Smith
Jome Smith
Jasonville
Oil Recovered On Tarakan Prompts Invasion Fears
Allied operations on Tarakan Island began returning oil stolen by Japan in 1941. The oil can be piped into ships without refining, fueling invasion plans of Balikpapan. Tokyo reported ongoing bombardment and mine clearance around Balikpapan as MacArthur’s forces patrol Macassar Strait.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Pearl Harbor
U.P
Tarakan Island
Japan
Tarakan
Tokyo
Balikpapan
Borneo
Douglas MacArthur
Manila
U. S
Thomas C. Kinkaid
Macassar Strait
Celebes
Java
Aleutians
Kuriles
Okhotsk Bay
Sasebo
Moji
Nobeoka
Okyama
Distributors Vote on Possible Saturday Strike
Union distributors for 11 New York metropolitan newspapers began voting on a strike against the New York Publishers Association with a WLB hearing set for July 24 in Chicago. The contract expires at midnight Saturday, and the union pledges a strike only after expiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.R
New York Publishers Association
War Labor Board
WLB
Newspaper Commission
Independent Newspaper and Mail Delivers
Chicago
Louis Waldman
Publishers Association
Home Loan & Finance opens Linton office in Indiana
The Home Loan & Finance Company expands with a Linton location at 1915 North Main Street renovations completed. It offers small loans from five to three hundred dollars on personal property with a friendly approach to customers. Kenneth R. McClure will oversee the Linton office following his release from the U.S. Army.
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The
Home Loan & Finance Company
Indiana
Illinois
Linton
North Main Street
Joseph V. Riley
Vincennes
Riley
Vine Sess
Washington
Loogootee
Jasper
Petersburg
Princeton
Mt. Carmel
Lawrenceville
Olney
Flora
Kenneth R. McClure
U.S. Army
Schmitt Child Breaks Arm Playing at Home
Six year old Janice Sue Schmitt daughter of Mr and Mrs James T Schmitt fractured her left arm in a fall at home Thursday evening. She was admitted to Freeman Greene county hospital where X rays were taken and the fracture reduced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Janice Sue Schmitt
James T. Schmitt
Freeman Greene County Hospital
Hospital Report Notes Births and Dismissals in Indiana Towns
A hospital report lists multiple births and discharges. A boy weighing 8 pounds 11 ounces was born to Mrs. Ralph Faught of Jasonville and named Richard Eugene. Several residents including Connie Sue Workman and Betty Quillen were sent home after visits. Dismissals include Willis Clark Jasonville and Ralph Good Newberry among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Faught
Jasonville
Richard Eugene
Ralph Crist
Willis Clark
Connie Sue Workman
Worthington
Betty Quillen
Indianapolis
Janice Wright
Bloomfield
Ralph Good
Newberry
Fred Templeton
Route 3
Mary Gayle Terhune
Bloomington
Bicycle Riders Have Close Call On Fifth Street
Two nine year old boys Ronald Hobbs and John Gambill rode their bicycles into the path of a car driven by James Wallam on Fifth Street Northwest. Wallam swerved into a ditch to avoid collision but could not prevent the accident. Both children suffered scrapes and bruises and were taken to Freeman Greene County Hospital for observation before being dismissed. Chief Greenway investigated and deemed the incident unavoidable for the driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Wallam
Fifth Street
Ronald Hobbs
John Gambill
Wallam
Freeman Greene County Hospital
Greenway
Anna Lee Figg Called by Death at Paxton Route
Mrs Anna Lee Figg died at her home on Paxton rural route Thursday evening after a long illness. Born September 30 1867 she was 77. Survived by husband Benjamin four sons James E Figg Floyd Raynold and Russell Figg three brothers James Tom and Ernest Robertson three sisters Iva Walters Etta Clayton and Clara Booker twenty grandchildren and six great grandsons. Funeral arrangements with Newkirk Funeral Home Pleasantville and services at 2 30 Sunday at the home officiated by Rev Waldo Hoar. Interment Winters Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Lee Figg
Paxton
Shiloh Church
Benjamin Figg
James E. Figg
Linton
Floyd
Raynold
Russell Figg
Pax
James Robertson
Dugger
Tom
Ernest Robertson
Iva Walters
Etta Clayton
Clara Booker
Newkirk
Pleasantville
Waldo Hoar
Winters
Lyons Teacher Joins Yale Medical History Team
Miss Madge Pickard former Lyons high school teacher and longtime Indiana University History Department research assistant has accepted a position with Dr. John F. Fulton at Yale University Medical School. She will conduct research editing and editorial work and will depart for New Haven on July 1 with her mother Mrs. Delphia Pickard visiting Bloomington this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Madge Pickard
Lyons High School
Indiana University History Department
John F. Fulton
Yale University Medical School
Miss Pickard
Fulton
National Research Council
National Academy of Sciences
New Heaven
Delphia Pickard
Bloomington
Rites Announced for Mrs Caletta Espey
Funeral services are set for Saturday afternoon in Jasonville for Mrs Caletta Espey who died Wednesday night. She leaves three brothers William of Evansville Joe of Indianapolis and William Mc Kenney of Jasonville and two sisters Irene Lewis of Jasonville and Mary Sweeney of Bicknell. Services from the Christian church in Jasonville at two oclock with Rev E C Trusty and Rev Earl Vayette in charge. Burial will be in Lebanon cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jasonville
Caletta Espey
William
Evansville
Joe
Indianapolis
William McKenney
Irene Lewis
Mary Sweeney
Bicknell
Christian Church
E. C. Trusty
Earl Vayette
Lebanon Cemetery
License Issued For Five Couples In County Clerk Office
A marriage license was issued in the office of Clerk Frank A. Lenning to Lafayette Kellums of Bloomfield and Edna Decus of Coal City, and to Hugh F Klusner Jr of Dugger and Doris Harbin of Linton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank A. Lenning
Lafayette Kellums
Bloomfield
Edna Decus
Coal City
Hugh F Klusner, Jr
Dugger
Doris Harbin
Linton
Sullivan Team Schedules Sunday Game At Lin-Stock Park
Sullivan and Linton set Sunday afternoon game at Lin-Stock Park 2 30 with Sullivan to host. Last night Linton beat Jasonville 1 to 1 but darkness ended the contest in the eighth. Jasonville’s Jasonville one hitter Wilson and Truitt had the lone hit. Dudley allowed four Jasonville hits. Tonight Maumee and Sluggers meet at six with public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sullivan
Linton
Lin-Stock Park
Jasonville
Wilson
Don Truitt
Dudley
Maumee
Sluggers
Auto use tax stamp reminder urged for July first
Will H. Smith, collector of internal revenue, urges owners to buy a $5 use tax stamp before July 1 1945. Stamps sold at post offices and internal revenue offices in multiple cities with cash or money orders only. Owners are advised to affix stamps to the lower right windshield and to record the serial number for protection against loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will H. Smith
Internal Revenue
Indianapolis
Evansville
Fort Wayne
Gary
Lawrenceburg
Muncie
South Bend
Terre Taute
Chinese capture airfield near Liuchow as city burns
Chinese high command said Liuchow airfield taken while the city has burned for a week. Two of three airfields used by USAAF units remained under enemy control. Columns bypassed Liuchow, reaching three and nine miles north. Japanese pressed in Laichow peninsula eastern sector.
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Chungking
Liuchow
High Command
14Th Airforce
Laochow
Laichow
South China
Muiluk
Fahsien
Suichow Peninsula
Hainan Island
Picnic Postponed by Constellation Club at Humphreys Park
The Constellation Club picnic scheduled for tonight at Humphreys Park has been postponed indefinitely.
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Constellation Club
Humphreys Park
Melvin E Ladson Reported Missing In Action
Mrs. Della Roseberry of near Dugger says the War Department notified her son Melvin Eugene Ladson an aviation ordnance man in the U S Navy is missing in action. He is 26, worked for Central Cigar and Candy Co. in Lawrenceville prior to service and has spent the last year in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Della Roseberry
Near Dugger
U. S. War Department
Melvin Eugene Ladson
United States Navy
Navy
Central Cigar and Candy Co
Lawrenceville
South Pacific
Indiana News Roundup Sparks, Accidents and Labor Strife
June reports from Seymour to Albion detail Douglas Porter dead after a truck crash at a crossroads, R B Nichols announcing Bantam Bearings vacation checks, Crane Depot’s July peak production, Parasite Wire Co. walkout over wages, UMW accusations of lawlessness at Northern Indiana Brass, ship sailors buying war bonds for USS Bunker Hill repairs, and Hugh O Daniels dies from injuries after a collision at state highways six and nine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South Bend
U.P
R. B. Nichols
Torrington Co
Bantam Bearings
Elkhart
United Construction Workers Union
UMW
Governor Gates
Northern Indiana Brass Co
Ross Martin
Bunker Hill
U. S. Naval Air Station
Aday
D D. Gurley
Albion
Hugh O’daniel
Columbia City
Hubert Griffith
East Palestine
O'Daniel
O’daniel
Autos Collide on Northwest A Street
Police investigated an auto crash on Northwest A street Thursday evening. Doyle Benefield drove westward and was hit when John R. Bolin pulled from a curb into his path. A Sunday ball game was scheduled but no injuries were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doyle Benefield
John R. Bolin
Orwell
Wings of Cub Plane At Linton High School
Jim Harmon of the Linton airport will fly a Cub aircraft to the high school football field for an 8 30 a m Saturday landing. He will begin recovering the wings, a three day job. Linton Stockton High School boys interested in helping should call at the high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Harmon
Linton
Linton Stockton High School
New Foundations For A Long War
Tokyo reports a mass movement of Japanese industry from bomb battered Japan to Manchuria to sustain a long war effort. U S advances in the Aleutians and air strikes on Kyushu and Okinawa are described as tightening the strategic pressure. Japanese broadcasts warn of northern and southern attacks while production shifts and shipping losses threaten homeland defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Tyhee
United Press
Guam
U.P
Tokyo Today
Japan
Manchuria
Tokyo
U. S
Aleutians
Kyushu
Okinawa
Hokkaido
Radio Tokyo
Reverend Cecil Jessee Drowns Saving Campers
Rev. Cecil Jessee, former minister of the First Baptist Church, died Thursday when the canoe he rode with two young campers capsized on the Missouri River. He died attempting to save the boys. The Jessee family moved from Linton to Kirkwood, Missouri about a year and a half ago. Funeral arrangements were not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Jessee
First Baptist Church
Rey Jessee
Missouri River
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Hatfields
Jackson Township
Indian Creek
Hatfield Boys
Emanuel
Armstead
Army
Marine Corps
George Field
U.S
Frank Tremaine
Roger
Greater
Miss Harnett
Cindy
Betty LaMar
Texas
Miss LaMar
Rhumba
Korea
Sea of Japan
Karafuto
Kamchatka
Pavlovska
Sea of Okhotsk
KunasMine
Shimushiro
Glonnexorana
Charimukotam
Omatsuwa
JeasHowa
Pacific Ocean
Miles
North Pacific Command
Harimakatan Island
Sakhalin
Kurile Chain
NEA
Jimmy
Evelyn Wooley
James D. Wooley
Lawrenceville, NL
Yale University
Espey
Alaska
Indiana News
Seymour
Ind
Douglas H. Porter
Porter
Crane
Crane Naval Ammunition Depot
Cmdr
G. H. Weis
Catridge
Marion
Jonesboro
Parasite Wire Co
Essex Wire Co
Detroit
Cecil Jesse
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