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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 06, 1941
Page
4
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Three bowling alley workers Owen B. McHenry Kenneth Alexander Lennon and Bernal Culver Carter faced federal indictment March 10 on charges of attempting to wreck a railroad and utility systems conspiring to kidnap for ransom and extortion plus a related train wreck case. They admitted to sabotaging tracks threatening $50 000 ransom and discussed using the same method against PG and E. The probe also touched the 1939 City of San Francisco wreck killing 26.
A plan by Nevada City miner Richard Haddy urges the federal government to grant prospectors on relief rolls a form of crubstaked work. Under the plan relief men would be employed under mining engineers and qualified geologists in Grass Valley California.
A girl born without hands has been employed by the Dundee Corporation as a shorthands typist. She writes by holding a pencil on her wrists and types the stumps of her wrists.
Elmer Higgins, chief of the Fish and Wildlife Service division, says total U.S. fish production could grow from 4.254 billion to 6.2 billion pounds in a few years. He cites expanding fishing fleets, better regulation, and new species utilization as keys, while warning against overfishing and repeating wartime mistakes.
Lebanon Indiana March 5 Mrs Egbert Coyle 55 Boone county farm wife was burned to death when a fire destroyed the Corlie home west of Advance The roof collapsed after she ran inside to salvage belongings Her body was found near a window she apparently tried to climb through
A Philadelphia AS E meeting demonstrated a gage that detects irregularities as small as two millionths of an inch in gun barrel bores. A 4 foot brass rod uses compressed air jets and an indicator to show flow variations along the barrel length. The device is simpler than prior flaw-detection instruments.
Detroit March 6 A federal grand jury has indicted Michigan Republican leader Frank D McKay in three counts of mail fraud conspiracy. He allegedly faked a campaign expense bill to Edsel Ford and aided a 500000 liquor wholesalers conspiracy with state liquor commission officials. Also named are William H McKeighan Fred Ehrmann and others in connection with Grand Rapids waterworks bond dealings and state politics.
The article profiles Michigan Republican leader McKay accused of using political influence to aid Stranahan Harris & Co and notes he allegedly received over 325000 in fees since 1931. It describes McKay as a long powerbroker with diverse business interests and claims the indictments stem from political revenge.
In Wilmington Delaware Professor Godfrey Rodriguez promotes a stomach breathing method he says will save mankind. He argues people should inhale with the stomach acting as a bellows to expand the lungs and claims immunity to diseases. He cites biblical references and aims to teach children this technique.
Through fog and gale, pige ons of the Royal Air Force delivered over 800 vital messages in the final six months of 1940, assisting operations under adverse weather.
R. R. Miller argues that successful schools hinge on self-reliance and cooperation rather than raw authority. He compares disciplined and liberal teaching, notes that law observance depends on popular support, and warns against crowd influence leading to misbehavior or crime.
Sunday visits and weekday stays spread through Switz City with Mr. and Mrs. George Hostetter and niece Dorothy Riegler near Loogootee and many relatives in Bloomington and Vincennes. Mabel Potter of Linton visits Freeman family. Orlando Roach family joins Livingston and Isenogle households in Bloomington. Charles Chambers returns from Bloomington to spend weekend with parents as others attend to farm and family duties.
Two young doctors risked their lives to avert disaster when a bomb fell in the isolation ward of a London hospital and failed to explode. They carried the device in a padded portable bathtub to a nearby field to prevent casualties.
In Omaha Nebraska Katherine Loretta Connell earns recognition for 50 years with Union Pacific. Beginning as a freight car mileage clerk at age 15 she has served under 11 railroad presidents. Her father worked as a section foreman at Elkhorn in 1869.
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