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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1944
Page
4
Goveror Warren McCray Convicted and Out, Bett Branch Takes Office
Governor Warren T. McCray is ruled guilty of using mail to defraud. Bett F. Branch of Martinsville becomes governor. City council awards contracts to L. P. Beard Co. for several street concreting projects with specific streets listed. Floyd Wright awarded curb and gutter work. Klan demonstration announced at City Park on May 2 by United Klan of America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren T. McCray
Malis
Bett F. Branch
Martins-ville
Council
L. P. Beard Co
Vincennes
Floyd Wright
City Park
United Klan of America
Navy Seaman Arthur Taylor On 30 Day Leave
Pvt Arthur Taylor of the United States Navy spends a 30 day leave with his father and mother Mr and Mrs Ervin Taylor after two years on active duty. He has seen service in Galapagos Island Salinas Ecuador Corinto Nicaragua Puerto Castillo Honduras Bananquilla Col Toboga Island Kingston Jamaica Guantanamo Bay Cuba San Juan Puerto Rico Port of Spain Trinidad Dakar Africa and Coco Solo Panama Canal Zone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Arthur Taylor
United States Navy
Ervin Taylor
Galapagos Island
Salinas
Equador
Corinto
Nicaragua
Puerto Castillo
Honduras
Bananquilla
Col
Toboga Island
Kingston
Jamaica
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Dakar
Africa
Coco Solo
Canal Zone
Panama
Truitt Promoted to Sergeant at South Pacific Base
Claud W. Truitt of Linton Indiana earns promotion to sergeant at his overseas station in the 13th AAF Service Command. He works as a dispensary clerk for a Service Group handling repair work on bombers and fighters bombing Jop-held territory. Truitt is a Riley High School graduate and former Maumee Colleries Company employee. son of Mr and Mrs Claude E Truitt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
13Th Aaf
South Pacific
Claud W. Truitt
Linton
Ind
Sergeant Truitt
13Th AF Service Command
Service Command
Riley High School
Indiana State Teacher's College
Maumee Colleries Company
Claude E. Truitt
Fifth Street
Page Brothers Visit Parents In North Carolina and Texas
S/Sgt Kenneth E. Page of the Station Hospital at Greensboro North Carolina and Pfc Arnold L. Page stationed with the U S Army at Fort Bliss Texas are spending the week with their parents Mr and Mrs Erman Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth E. Page
Station
Grensboro, N. C
Pfc
Arnold L. Page
United States Army
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Erman Page
SSGt Walter R May Returns From Furlough
S/Sgt Walter R May reports back to Camp Pickett Virginia after a nine day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Cameron May of Sandborn Indiana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter R&r. May
Camp Pickett
Walter R. May
United States Army
Cameron May
Sandborn
Pvt Shellie Shonk Ordered to Aberdeen Proving Ground
Pvt Shellie V. Shonk formerly of Linton Indiana has been taken into the service and sent to the Ordnance Replacement Training Center at Aberdeen Proving Ground Maryland for basic training as an Ordnance soldier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Shellie V. Shonk
Linton
Ind
Ordnance Replacement Training Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Ordnance
Soldier Clarence C Burger Returns From Panama Furlough
Cpl. Clarence C. Burger is home on 21 day furlough with wife Mrs. Ida May Burger Barton. He has been stationed in Panama for twenty months and will report back for duty at Fort Knox Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Clarence C. Burger
Panama
Ida May Barton Burger
Ft. Knox
Navy honors Jere Goodman as Honor Man at Great Lakes
Jere Goodman former Linton superintendent now serving in the U S Navy at Great Lakes Ill has been selected Honor Man for his recruit company. Honor Men are chosen by peers for exemplary conduct and appearance and his photograph will hang in the regimental office alongside other company honorees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jere Goodman
Linton
United States Navy
Great Lakes
Goodman
Cpl Hays Returns to Ft Bliss After Furlough
Cpl Herschel W. Hays returns to Ft Bliss Texas after a 13 day furlough spent with his parents Mr and Mrs Lee Hays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl. Herschel W. Hays
FT. Bliss
Cpl
Herschel W. Hays
Tex
United States Army
Mrs
Lee Hays
Edwin Lam Serves in Army Medical Corps in Marshall Islands
Edwin Lam son of T. P. Lam is reported to be serving in the Army Medical Corps in the Marshall Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Lam
Marshall Islands
T. P. Lam
United States Army Medical Corps
Summerville Arrives Overseas to Serve in Southwest Pacific
Cpl. David T. Summerville has arrived safely with the United States Army somewhere in the Southwest Pacific. Mrs. Gene Summerville of Linton reports the news, and he is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Summerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
David T. Summerville
United States Army
Southwest Pacific
Gene Summerville
Linton
Summerville
Thomas Summerville
Linton Soldier Earns Purple Heart for Bravery in Italy
John H. Murray of Linton, stationed with the United States Army Medical Corps in Italy, received the Purple Heart for injuries suffered under enemy shell fire. His wife, formerly Miss Ruth Robey of Linton, announced the award.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Murray
United States Army Medical Corps
Italy
Murray
Ruth Robey
Linton
Leo Robertson A S at Great Lakes Ill
Leo Robertson A S recently inducted into the United States service is undergoing boat training with the United States Navy at Great Lakes Illinois. He formerly lived on Dugger route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leo Robertson
United States Service
United States Navy
Great Lakes
Dugger
Route 1
Navy Man On 11 Day Leave From Great Lakes
Jesse Lee Sargent S 2/c, United States Navy, stationed at Great Lakes IL, is spending an 11 day leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Jasper Sargent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jesse Lee Sargent S
United States Navy
Great Lakes
Lil
Mrs
Jasper Sargent
Sergeant Ernest Begerman Released From Hospital
S. Sgt. Ernest Begerman son of Mrs Naomi Begerman of Linton has been released from a base hospital in the Southwest Pacific where he was treated for a burn on his left arm He says he is fine now and the information comes from word received here
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernest Begerman
Naomi Begerman
Linton
Southwest Pacific
Rollie Brinson Home On Leave From Navy
Rollie Marvin Brinson of the United States Navy spent a few hours of leave with his parents Mr and Mrs Rollie Brinson and family. He was accompanied as far as Terre Haute by Mrs Brinson and daughter Grace and Otto Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rollie Marvin Brinson
United States Navy
Rollie Brinson
Terre Haute
Brinson
Grace
Otto Clark
Arnim Brinson Receives Army Promotion
Arnim Brinson son of Mr and Mrs Rollie Brinson of Vicksburg has been promoted to Private First Class in the United States Army according to word received by his wife Mrs Dorothy Clark Brinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnim Brinson
Rollie Brinson
Vicksburg
United States Army
Dorothy Clark Brinson
Everett Hobbs 2/C Spends Weekend Here
Navy sailor Everett Hobbs second class spent the weekend with his sister Mrs Lawrence Wright at Linton route ai.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Everett Hobbs
Everett
Fat) Hobbs
United States Navy
Great Lakes
Lawrence Wright
Linton
Lowell H. Green Begins New Gunnery Course
Fort Knox Ky May 1 A new contingent of enlisted men from the nation's warps divisions was enrolled today in a special action course in the Gunnery Department of the Armored school. Included in the class is Pfc. Lowell H Greene of Linton route. The department will train these men to become experts in maintenance and repair of carbines rifles Tommy guns machine guns mortars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Knox
Armored School
Pfe
Lowell H. Greene
Linton
Armored Division Crews Complete Gunnery Course
Armorers and gun mechanics from the armored divisions finish a demanding training course and will return to their units equipped with enhanced firing and maintenance skills.
Linton Men Sent to Camp Fannin for Training
Four Linton men Donald Reynolds Armadale Coulter William Weaver and Orval Alkire have been sent to Camp Fannin Tex for basic training according to word from local sources. Their wives are named in the report and the men are listed as residents of Linton route 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Reynolds
Ava Reynolds
Armadale F. Coulter
Madeline Coulter
Linton
Wiliam F. Weaver
Jeanette Weaver
Orval Alkire
Lenore Alkire
Camp Fannin
Tex
PFC Harley Goodman Promoted to Corporal in Italy
Pfc Harley Goodman son of Mr and Mrs William Goodman has been promoted to corporal and awarded a good conduct ribbon. He is serving with the Army somewhere in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Harley Goodman
William P. Goodman
United States Army
Italy
PFC Carl W. Smith Spends Weekend Visit
Pfc Carl W. Smith and Mrs. Smith of Cleveland Ohio spent the weekend with George Smith of Lone Tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pfc
Carl W. Smith
Cleveland, O
George Smith
Lone Tree
Soldier Bobby Surmont Arrives Safely in Solomon Islands
Word has arrived that Pvt Bobby Joe Surmont, son of Mr and Mrs Joe L Surmont, has arrived safely in the Solomon Islands. He is with the Infantry of the U S Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bobby Surmont
Solomon Islands
Bobby Joe Surmont
Joe L. Surmont
Infantry
U. S. Army
Livestock Report Shows Mixed Hog and Cattle Prices
Indianapolis May 1 livestock report notes fresh hogs 21,000 with holdovers 1,500. hogs 159 lb down and 160-200 lb steady. sows 25c lower. Cattle 3,000, calves 600. steers active and steady. cows weak to steady. notable prices include 1100 lb steers $15.65 and heifers up to $14.50. beef cows $10-$12.50. canners $6.7-$9.75. dealers steady, top $16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Ind
O.K
Meeting Postponed for Bridge Club
The Wednesday Afternoon Bridge Club meeting with Mrs A M Beasley has been postponed for two weeks according to today’s announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. M. Beasley
Flood Crest Forces Massive Levee Repair Effort in St Louis
More than 10,000 soldiers aided by civilian defense workers and prisoners of war repaired Mississippi river levees as the flood crest passed St Louis. Over 6,000 families homeless and nearly 2 million acres damaged as crews sandbagged breaches and patrolling air crews guided evacuations me.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
U.P
Hydrologic Survey Post
Civil Air Patrol
Red Cross
Mississippi
Cairo
Ill
Beardstown
Havana
Cape Girardeau
Illinois
Coast Guard
Army Engineers
Inundated Bottomlands to Drain Over Week
The report notes several days more pass before the flooded bottomlands start to drain, estimating a minimum of a week for the area to recover from high water.
Funeral services planned for 8 year old hit by car
Rushville Ind May 1 Funeral services set for Richard Tribbey eight who died from injuries after being struck by a car driven by Walden Ish 19 of near Valparaiso Ind Also Elkhart Police probed a crash that killed Mrs Lucille Gilbert and her infant son Charles Their car collided with a vehicle driven by Ledger Kauffman Tr 18 who was hospitalized Newburg Ind May 1 coroner Gilbert Meyer identified a man found on the Ohio river south of Yank ee town as Joseph Gentil 43 river boat pilot of Cincinnati Ohio believed to have drowned months ago at Louisville Ky
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rushville
Ind
U.P
Richard Tribbey
Walden “Is
Valparaiso
Elkhart
Olice Today
Lucille Gilbert
Charles
Ledger Kauffman
Newburg
U.pe
Gilbert Meyer
Warrick County
Ohio River
Yankeetown
Joseph Gentil
Incinnati
Louisville
Triplets Deliver En Route Narrows Hospital Run
Mrs. Virginia Romano of Brooklyn delivered two babies in a speeding private car after being flagged down by a fireman and two social service nurses as she rushed to a hospital. The third baby arrived on a stretcher in the hospital elevator during the evacuation scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.P
Virginia Romano
Brooklyn
Romano
Ear Drops Offer and Money Back Ad Claim
A local ad promotes Ourine Ear Drops to relieve hearing problems caused by wax. It invites customers to try a home method test and promise a money back guarantee if hearing does not improve. The ad directs customers to Hamilton and other drug stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Mrs Romero Gave Birth To Triplets At Local Hospital
Mrs Romano wife of a factory foreman was told by her private physician she could expect triplets in early May and had arranged confinement at the hospital. The triplets and Mrs Romano were reported to be doing fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tor
Swedish Hospital
Surgical Dressings Class At Local Elks Home
The community dressings class meets this evening at the Elks home from 7 to 8 oclock. All women who can spare time are urged to help as Linton misses its quota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elks
Linton
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