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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1941
Page
4
Emmett Harbett rolled a 656 series to lead last night’s Linton church league action. Scores were tallied across several church teams in the local bowling slate.
University of Arizona coach Miles W. Casteel proposes letter and number tags for positions to help spectators view the game. He suggests using E for ends G for guards and so on with odd numbers on the left side to identify players, claiming it would reveal blocking and line-play details while not aiding scouts.
In Pittsfield Massachusetts the first draft casualty in New England is Iggy the iguana of the Berkshire Museum. The 1939 pet of staffer Stewart B Green died after a hunger strike triggered by Green’s call to arms.
About thirty Terre Haute city hall workers including the mayor are sent for state police lie detector tests to uncover a thief who has taken up to $200 from municipal offices since September. Police say the culprit is likely known but tests will confirm guilt before naming.
Plans for a Spanish class taught by Mrs. C A Hannah of Bloomfield were made in Lin ton at a meeting of local residents. The first session will be next Thursday evening March 13 at 7 60 clock. The course runs twenty two hour lessons with a five dollar enrollment fee. Interested residents should call Miss Pearl Havill at Freeman Greene County Hospital, phone 96.
Ruth Littmann, who spoke no English upon arriving in 1939, passed Penn State College’s English placement with an almost perfect score. Her mark was exceeded by only one percent, exempting her from the elementary course and allowing an advanced class under English department head Theodore J. Gates.
A new tungsten mine has been developed in the Sierra Nevada foothills of the San Joaquin Valley near Porterville California, marking a significant addition to the region’s mineral resource development.
County wide meeting in Bloomfield drew leaders from across Greene county. Purdue specialist Miss Virginia Berry explained color schemes and lighting as key decoration factors. New clubs from Highland township were represented by Mrs Harry Booze and Mrs Earl Paulson. Worthington club members also attended with officers and assistants named.
Don Girton Bock of Spencer won the Seventh district American Legion oratorical contest at the Linton Legion Home, defeating rivals from Bicknell Linton and Ninevah. Wilma Stoeckel of Linton and Phyllis Ann Hollowell of Bicknell also competed. The national event, backed by Eddie Cantor, offers state and national prizes including a $4,000 grand scholarship.
Mrs. Frank James, 80, was buried with a china doll she treasured since childhood. The keepsake, given after an accident crippled one hand, accompanied her in death as requested.
Richard Le Cointe, a naturalized American living in Racine, recalls six days of intense blitzkrieg fighting in 1940 near Sedan. He served in the French 519th regiment, describing nerves, danger, and near death as bombs struck his tank. He later aided Spanish Loyalist refugees aboard the Saint Domingue and now runs an electrical appliance business in Racine.
Twenty nine officers from Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Honduras Nicaragua Peru Venezuela and Chile attend the infantry school at Fort Benning Georgia. They study rifle and heavy weapons with about 1 200 US Army officers in a five week refresher program to foster goodwill and joint defense ties.
Latin American recruits at Fort Benning study advanced weapons from automatic rifles to heavy machine guns and mortars. They master tank and field artillery operations, read aerial maps, and participate in night exercises, displaying rapid grasp of combat methods.
In Richmond Virginia the army recruiting station was asked to recruit two pigeoneers for the signal corps in the Philippines. Lieut Col L W Skaggs lamented that Virginia pigeoneers filled only half the quota. He says a true pigeoneer will talk only about pigeons.
Bishop G. Bromley Oxnam completes visits to 1,032 Methodist churches in New England. He aims to understand local problems and meet parishioners, inspecting from cellar to belfry to gain acquaintance with congregations.
Atlanta welcomes two world famous residents Margaret Mitchell and Bobby Jones meeting after years. Mitchell, author of Gone With the Wind, is renowned for her literary contributions while Jones remains a celebrated figure in golf and sports.
Both natives of Atlanta Jones and Mitchell finally meet after decades of mutual recognition. Jones jokes he will swing a niblick at visitors who say it’s a small world, while Mitchell jokes about admitting she did not know him and would have a Sook ready if the niblick misfires.
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