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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1940
Page
4
A brief list shows candidates for sheriff including Charles Oliphant marked Elec as a Republican and Ira Craig as a Democrat with party labels noted beside their names.
County report lists Herbert G Hudson and Bert Edwards as Republican and Democrat figures in the County Supervisory or United States House seats. Indicates party affiliations and roles in local government or elections.
Richard Webb 72 has spent forty years at Carnegie Library in Pittsburgh tending generators and machinery but has never checked out or read a library book. He says he gets lost in the stacks and rarely browses the shelves.
Prof Grosvenor Robinson of Bates College starts an eight thousand mile bus tour across the United States as a substitute for a European vacation. A 15 foot long bus ticket was required to document the journey, which spans a lengthy itinerary.
In Washington May 1, Surgeon General (retired) Hugh S. Cumming säger the Pan American Conference will address war aftermath health issues. Topics include epidemics like typhus, war related water and sanitation problems, refugee health, nutrition, and the need to ratify an international sanitary convention.
Rochester archaeologist William A. Ritchie describes findings from Frontenac Island in Lake Cayuga showing a prolonged clash between ancient Archaics and Laurentians. About 100 Indian skeletons and numerous implements were found, with skull injuries suggesting serious battles and possible early surgery.
The Inuit or local guides found the man with an arrow lodged above the right eye. The shaft broke when pulled, and a stone knife removed the shaft leaving the tip. Authorities report the expedition will prepare findings for Rochester Museum exhibition.
The federal government concluded a seven month probe and indicted individuals and entities for attempting to create monopolies in tile electric supply and electric contracting in building trades. The inquiry uncovered restraint of trade practices in formative stages and was deemed beneficial to consumers.
Cuba marks the centenary of Gen Calixto Garcia birth with two stamps The guerrilla hero of Cuba’s independence is celebrated for his long revolutionary career including 15 years as a prisoner in Spain Elbert Hubbard’s Message to Garcia popularized his name though Garcia never read it He died in Washington in 1898 while serving a commission for the provisional government
A special jury returned three indictments beginning last Nov 14 alleging conspiracy in the tile industry involving unions contractors and manufacturers to curb independent Detroit contractors. A second indictment in late December charged three national corporations ten Detroit wholesale firms and nineteen individuals with fixing electrical equipment prices. Trial for the first group is set for September.
Bruce Catton reports Ralph Williams of Oregon directs the Republican convention preparations since 1912. Williams handles seating, stages, telegraphers, press rooms, media stands, tickets, security, and a television stand, shaping the entire Philadelphia event with a focus on timing and visibility.
A roundup of social visits shows the Buck family visiting Sullivan relatives while the Ragan and Livingstone clans enjoyed weekends with local hosts. Several couples moved or visited nearby towns, including Byers Story relocating to Dugger and Creager Boruff groups on Sullivan business. Cleztus Padgett returns from Martinsville sanitarium after treatment.
Hogs 7,500 head, lights 5.95 to 6.15, mediums 5.85 to 6. Heavies 5.70 to 5.80. Cattle 900 head, calves 600. Steers and heifers steady. Cows firm, few loads plain to medium steers 8.50 to 9. Heifers mostly 9.50 down. Wealers 500 higher, top 11. Sheep 100. Not enough sale to set values.
Oberlin College students plan a 1940 Republican Mock Convention on May 10 and 11. When no elephant is found in Oberlin they advertise in Cleveland newspapers for the needed mascot.
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