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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1941
Page
1
The piece notes a new front on the Freund block near Vincennes and Main, recalling 1885 Cozy corner and early Linton days. It reflects on town growth, the Island City era, miners arrivals, and a humorous census viewpoint on babies and population.
Linton City board announces the 1941 42 staff and that Glenburn grade school will close due to funds with pupils moved to Northwest Ward and College Hill. James E Goodman named principal of the junior high and city grade schools. lists of teachers and janitors for College Hill Northeast Ward Northwest Ward Central building and junior high provided.
Harrisburg May 1 U P A. speakers at a testimonial dinner criticized William L Knudsen director of the office of production management as a labor baiter. John L Lewis accused him of harming labor and questioned defense order concentration amid 32 000 plants with no defense contracts.
The body of Dr. Robert Calph a Elkhart foot specialist was found in a tourist cabin east of South Bend identified as R. R. Cutler of Chicago. A sulfuric acid bottle and a cyanide crystal can lined to an alarm clock killed him when the clock rang at 1 am. A rifle lay by the bedside as precaution.
Greene county home economics club leaders will meet Friday at the county agent's Bloomfield office for a training session led by Purdue specialist Miss Frieda Stoll on dressing windows draperies and selection making. All club leaders are expected to attend. session starts 9 30 a m. No business session for presidents or assistant leaders.
Greene county inspector of weights and measures Lew Good travels to Galveston Texas to attend a national weights and measures convention. He was due to arrive there today.
Hospital notes list several operations births and admissions Mrs Ella Faught underwent major operation this afternoon Mrs Frank Corbin submitted to minor operation this morning Mrs John Sauter had major operation this morning a son seven pounds thirteen ounces born to Mrs Robert King Bobby Allan Alfred Isenogle admitted for treatment Wednesday afternoon with a fractured left arm Mrs Thomas Christenberry admitted for fractured right arm Mrs Cecil Chambers and baby of Worthington discharged home Wednesday afternoon James Loveall of Bloomfield route four dismissed earlier today
Two people died and two others were seriously injured when their car rear collided with a parked truck on road 53, six miles south of Rensselaer Indiana. The victims were Ben Caines 35 of Rensselaer and Kenneth Overeeter 18 of Sheldon with injured Bill Timmons 19 and Wayne Hardesty 18 both from Rensselaer.
Captain J E Murphy of the American liner President Garfield says he stopped to allow the Canadian auxiliary cruiser Prince Robert to seize four German aviators returning from South America. The capture occurred about 400 miles east of Honolulu at 2 p m HST Tuesday as the cruiser halted the Garfield with blinker lights.
Oliver B. Hudson of Marion received title to the remaining $150,000 assets of the First National Bank after purchasing from O. F. Sale, receiver, for $1,100. The bank’s assets totaled $5,000,000 when closed in 1931, and Sale said he had repaid 94 percent to depositors and could reach 100 percent.
President Roosevelt asks Congress to appropriate 20 million dollars to complete the inter American highway to the Panama Canal as a defense and economic measure for the Caribbean. Secretary Hull provides a report and a bill authorizing the funds. Germany presses attacks on British positions in the Mediterranean and Egypt while the Peloponnese is tidied. Senator Guffey urges immediate merchant ship convoy to Britain due to mounting peril.
Miners across the Appalachian bituminous field resume production today after a one-month shutdown that slowed defense output. Southern mines reopen over half, northern mines over 50 percent, with full production planned early next week. UMA and southern operators reached a temporary wage and condition agreement awaiting talks in New York on May 12.
Don Miller of Lyons was slashed in a morning incident in front of the Daily Citizen office and Musser cafe on South Main street. Brack Hudson of Linton faces charges of assault and battery with intent to kill after officers arrested him at 2:00 a.m. and lodged him in the Linton jail. Miller was treated at Greene county hospital and released this afternoon, with prosecutors planning to file charges against Hudson later today or Friday.
AH persons seeking enrollment in the defense training class for auto mechanics are urged to attend a 4:00 p.m. Friday meeting at the Linton Stockton high school building. Five men from the recently completed class are now employed at the Allison plant in Indianapolis and others have taken jobs elsewhere.
The British garrison at Tobruk in Libya faces a serious situation as German Italian forces breach outer fortifications with tanks aircraft and infantry. Britain lands more troops in Iraq and Turkey calls up reservists amid fears of a wider Mediterranean offensive.
Police across several states search for 4 year old Douglas Earl Baer after he was abducted by a man and two women in Yorktown. The boy's mother’s brother, Yorktown attorney Jacob Lennington, hosts the family in the town. Witnesses said the child was taken to a car with the suspects near Lennington's home. No definite clues yet, but descriptions of the trio have been circulated.
The Mutual Broadcasting System proposed a plan to 175 member stations to resume relations with ASCAP, allowing blanket or per program licenses. Acceptance would signal a breakthrough as stations may choose long or short terms with options to renegotiate, potentially prompting other networks to follow. ASCAP controls over 1.25 million songs and affiliates include WOR New York WGN Chicago KHJ Los Angeles WIP Philadelphia WHK Cleveland WOR Buffalo WCAF Pittsburgh WFER Baltimore.
The new federal defense savings stamps and bonds went on sale today at the Linton post office and in other post offices nationwide. Denominations include 1c 5c 50c 1 and 5 dollar stamps and larger bonds. Banks also offer larger-size defense savings bonds.
A fire at the Oscar Keller residence east of Newberry destroyed the house on Wednesday morning after an earlier Monday blaze was extinguished. Some furnishings were saved, but the home burned to the ground in a second morning flare up.
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