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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1950
Page
1
The article notes Greene County in Bloomfield plans to sell the county poor farm and brick poor house built in 1878 after years of operation. It mentions inmates moved to Vigo County following a building collapse and discusses historic poverty care in the county since 1821.
Ruby Gentry files for divorce from Garland Gentry in Greene circuit court at Bloomfield.
Carolyn Sue Benton of Worthington, 9, left alone by parents, played with an un-fired shotgun shell with two other girls. The shell exploded, pellets struck her arm and abdomen. She was treated at Freeman-Greene County Hospital and discharged.
Ross M. Madden of the NLRB announced a tentative settlement in the case of Lloyd H. Sidner who was fined $50,000 and fired from United Electric Coal Buckheart mine for attempting to return to work during a coal strike. The fine and firing were revoked, but an unfair labor practice charge against the UMW and the company remains pending. Sidner had not signed the settlement yet.
Karl Parker Vosloh of Bloomfield is a member of the credentials committee at the Indiana State Republican convention in Indianapolis. Committee members were selected in district caucuses held last night.
MacArthur ordered pilots to cross the 38th Parallel to strike Communist air bases. American bombers targeted Pyongyang and bases as the North Koreans defended their air space. Historians note the 38th Parallel as the postwar dividing line drafted at Yalta between U.S. and Soviet influence.
Thad Cory announces Greene County Soil Conservation District will sponsor a July 6 inspection tour of grassland farming results in Carnford and Martin counties. Stops include Clarence Kaiser near Eckerty with his hay and pasture success, then lunch in Jasper and visits to Robert Buchta and Charles Kiefner farms in Martin County. The group meets 7:00 a m on Bloomfield’s square with eastern residents at 7:30 a m at SR 45 and 157 junction.
Indiana bituminous mines and others nationwide close for the ten day vacation under the contract. The last shift before midnight tonight ends the period with work resuming Tuesday July 11. Maintenance crews will operate during the break, and union and operator representatives say they will take their vacations at a later agreed time.
Pope Pius I announces a decree excommunicating those who undermine Catholic authority and assume high pastoral office without Vatican approval. The move targets recent clergy persecutions in Czechoslovakia Hungary and Romania as trials involving priests rise under Communist pressure.
A fireworks display is planned in Crane near the U S Naval Ammunition depot for 10:00 p m DST on July Fourth. The public is invited. The Crane Fourth of July pyrotechnic show is sponsored annually by the Crane Citizens Committee chaired by F E Trester Emory Staunton Juan Medina Walter Carroll Forrest Richardson James Willard and Edgar Goodin.
INDIANAPOLIS June 30 The 1950 Republican state convention held at the state fairgrounds coliseum nominated Homer Capehart for the Senate and Leland Smith for Secretary of State by acclamation amid skirmishes for other posts. William Jenner praised the unbossed gathering as district leaders formed an organized slate while the platform urged removal of Communists, equal rights for women, anti–Brannan Farm Plan, and no new state taxes.
The Linton Stockton high school band asks all members to meet at the high school Monday after noon at 2 30 for practice. Band director Bill Pirtle invites graduating seniors and majorettes to attend.
A Tokyo bulletin reports that all air transport flights to Korea were canceled with no immediate reason given. The move is believed to threaten Suwon airfield, the advanced American military HQ, suggesting it may be under threat or no longer under South Korean control.
June marriages fell off nationwide with clerks reporting a postwar trend continuing since 1946. Missouri and Seattle noted backlogs and weather effects, while Huntington and Phoenix saw increases and Fresno counted younger applicants. The piece also covers Korea war actions and MacArthur’s rapid deployment decisions.
Robert McDonald Jr. 28, World War II veteran and Linton resident, died of a heart attack at his home on 340 E Street NE. Born November 17, 1921 in Linton, he was employed at Crane Naval Ammunition Depot and a member of the Linton American Legion. Funeral services set for Monday at 2:00 p.m. at the family home with Rev. C. H. Standifer. burial in Fairview Cemetery.
Mrs George Haseman and granddaughter Chloe Ellen Fritz have returned home after spending several days with Mr and Mrs Paul Haseman and daughter Paula Jill in Glenview.
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