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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1944
Page
4
Your credit standing will be kept up to a high standard when you meet all your financial obligations promptly. You can do this best by using checks instead of cash. They are safer and more convenient. In addition, they serve as legal receipts when cancelled and returned to you. We invite your account.
Dispatch from Washington reports the marriage of Miss Helen Bland daughter of Judge Oscar E Bland to LeRoy McGregor at Annapolis Maryland. Cornerstone laid for Glenburn Mission ceremony led by Rev W E Cissna and Miss Nola Yoder. Weldy Stalcup opens new five and ten cent store near Linton Trust Co. Mrs Walton F Stover hosts Mt Mellick club. Mary Scott recital at Baptist church drew large crowd. Thyra Berns wins top prize in IU salesmanship class. M E church Men’s class enjoys City Park picnic with E A Powell leading devotional and Mayor Inman speaking.
In Indianapolis on June 30 a livestock report shows hog offerings around 7 000 with holdovers about 3 200 and mixed steady prices across weight classes from 100 159 pounds at 11 25 to 11 50 up to 270 330 pounds at 11 55 to 12 00. Cattle and calves also mark steady to lower values with steers 9 to 13 50 heifers 8 50 to 13 and vealers down to 14 50 top.
British troops storm Castiglione and push along highway 71 driving Germans from Laviano Nardella Pozzuoli and Casamaggiore. Monopolizing gains near Montepulciano Aquaviva and Chianviano, they reach the Chiasco river while fog and demolitions hinder progress near Perugia. No major coastal gains reported.
War Production Board notes inventories of pulp wood for paper manufacture in the United States fell from about 1,000,000 tons to roughly 400,000 tons, signaling tighter supply for mills across the country.
Washington June 30 U P Utah sources report Sen Elbert D Thomas D Utah will be entered as a candidate for the Democratic vice presidential nomination at Chicago convention starting July 19 He is expected to receive Utah delegation endorsement as running mate to the presidential nominee presumed to be Roosevelt Thomas is a former Mormon missionary to Japan and former political science professor at the University of Utah recognized for Far Eastern affairs.
Washington June 30 The Office of Price Administration ends inner tube rationing to conserve tires. Stockpile now enough for 1,500,000 tubes monthly. July and August passenger tire allocations rise by 50,000 per month, while rubber directorate allocates 1,950,000 new passenger tires for each July and August.
Mrs Helen Jensen of Falmouth testified in Portland that her husband drank beer for hours each night and had beer with his breakfast, leading her to seek a divorce.
Clifford E. Dugan recently completed training at Eagle Pass Army Air Field Texas and was one of nine Indiana men in the class of Invasion Graduates. He is now a second lieutenant.
Jimmy McGriffin Joe Thompson Jr. and Teddy Hamson will depart Saturday for Terre Haute to begin the V-12A program with the U S Navy at Indiana State Teachers College.
Pvt Adron Johnson, previously stationed at Camp McCoy in Wisconsin, has been transferred to Fort Meade in Maryland per word received locally.
In heavy fog near Kurabu taxi destroyers engage a swarm of small enemy craft while high capacity shells from larger ships pound hangars and storage dumps. It is unclear if the flotilla are patrol vessels or torpedo boats but several Japanese ships appear damaged or sinking.
Indiana items report Loren Gorby shot through a window by Hazel Hardin near Hymera. Pearl Miller dies from injuries after a Galveston collision with a trailer truck. Bonnie Flower and Harry Meadows drown near Montezuma. Putnamville search spans gun fight and stolen car with officers involved. Elizabeth Brady Ball, widow of F C Ball, noted in Muncie report.
Mrs Ball widow of Ball Brothers founder of Ball State Teachers College died after a week of illness at Ball Memorial hospital. A social leader from Muncie she served on the Ball Brothers Foundation board and left three daughters, one son Maj E Arthur Ball in England, a sister and twelve grandchildren. Funeral arrangements pend.
The National War Fund says a weekly comprehensive summary of home front sports developments reaches American prisoners of war via War Prisoners Aid through YMCA. Ball games track meets and other sports events pass through Geneva to camps where Americans are held, circulating on camp newspapers and bulletin boards.
Sergeant Jess Stapel from Excelsior Springs Mo has spent three months abroad and sent his wife 600 airmail letters along with red roses every other day, responding to an overseas posting with affectionate devotion.
Frosty’s Barber Shop on North Main Street offers a free haircut to every customer who buys a War Bond this Thursday July 6 according to an official announcement.
Vinita Oklahoma operators dubbed unsung heroes at a Rotary luncheon honoring long service. Mrs Marie A Nix, retired after 39 years as a phone operator, attended as special guest.
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