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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1940
Page
6
On special occasions the night depository remains open at all times offering convenience and protection. Citizens are urged to use the service to avoid heavy losses from theft or robbery and to rent a safety deposit box as affordable protection.
In Seattle the old fashioned diamond ring, once swapped for a white sapphire, is recovered by its family after 25 years. The box includes an unsigned note from the thief’s brother about a veteran’s deathbed confession. the ring had belonged to T Frank Ryan and was given to his daughter on her 21st birthday before a later discovery of the fraud.
Miss Bonna Baughman of Linton was honored at Indiana University Foundation Day for scholastic achievement. About 631 students made the first semester honor roll, with 483 in the upper ten percent and 148 elected to honor societies. 64 ranked in the upper one percent. President Edward C. Elliott of Purdue spoke and received an honorary LLD.
London May 1. Prime Minister Chamberlain and cabinet faced a critical House of Commons as German advances in Norway triggered scrutiny of allied retreats and shipping diversions, with calls for accountability from liberal and labor spokesmen. Germany’s move to seize central Norway created a potentially decisive mid Norway victory.
A midnight war office communique offered cautious hope that the Harvik iron ore port above the Arctic might not be as grave as German and Swedish reports suggested, tempering local fears.
The steamer Ewa, carrying 21 American seamen detained in Port Said for disobeying their master’s orders, is due in Pensacola, Florida. Matson Navigating Co officials cited wage disputes as the cause while four men reportedly hunger striking in Port Said. The American consulate arranged transportation as Captain Leithead paid off the crew.
Montana leads the nation in buffalo population and reportedly has the only albino buffalo. Census figures show about 1,044 of the roughly 5,000 American and Alaskan buffalo are in Montana. The white buffalo originated on the Molese government range with a few residents scattered on ranches statewide. Noted biologists call the white buffalo exceedingly rare among bison.
Fifteen real estate transfers filed in Greene County Recorder Frankie Jus tus Jr s office over the past week include Elizabeth Roach to Grace Krogel forty acres in Washington township and multiple parcels in Jefferson Humphreys Worthington and Wright townships among others. Names include Fred L Cravens, Edward H Stein, Linton and Bloomfield areas, and a few tract sizes noted.
Mr and Mrs Lovel Sissil and son Darrell spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs J G O'Neil and family. They were joined by Mr and Mrs John Lucas and daughter Barbara during the gathering in Robinson Illinois.
Raul Riganti, idol of Argentina, enters the Indianapolis 500 with a new Italian Maserati after seven years abroad. He first raced at Indianapolis in 1925 with a Bugatti group and again in 1953, marking a notable comeback.
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