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Newspaper
Linton Daily Citizen
Location
Linton, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1944
Page
4
When you borrow money to promote your farm work or business do it to MAKE A PROFIT. The loan cost is secondary to promptness and absence of red tape. You want the bank rate and a good home bank will avoid extras to keep your future business.
Brief notes suggest a drainage plan to alleviate flooding in Mine Run area with a focus on swift water removal and a return discussion set for Tuesday.
Corresponding dates in 1924 describe Herman Green of Linton receiving a letter delivered to him by a local carrier addressed to no one. It was mailed in Detroit with Lin ton Ind on the envelope and two ink lines red and green above the address. Paul McNutt of Indiana University spoke at the 1924 class commencement in the high school auditorium, noting 69 graduates. An item from Daily Citizen twenty years ago recalls Linton High School’s first graduation in 1896.
Miss Jeanette Rector the sole graduate led a fine program of exercises at the opera house on Main Street in the Booher block. She later became Mrs. Chas Olgus and is now deceased.
Sergeant Dexter Laughlin of the United States Army at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri spent a four day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Roy Laughlin. Laughlin received his furlough after the basketball team he belonged to won the tournament for his company.
Edward B Burdick a Linton Stockton high school graduate and husband of Ordie Etta Murray of Chicago has been promoted to corporal. He serves in the Eleventh Armored Division Artillery Command Headquarters at Camp Cooke California and is the son of Mrs Tina Peltier of Linton.
Bruce J. Peltier son of Emil Peltier of Linton Indiana has graduated from the Naval aviation training center in Pensacola Florida and been commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He will be assigned to duty with a Leatherneck aircraft squadron after enlisting as an aviation cadet November 14 1942 and entering advanced flight training December 30 1943.
Mr and Mrs Robert A Elkins of 140 Twelfth street northeast report a letter from their son Haskel Elkins stationed in Italy He and another Linton youth nicknamed Fortune both serve in the same outfit They exchanged a watch sent by his father and Haskel notes his birthday and hopes to return home after the war He predicts an end this summer or fall and mentions the food as rough yet ample
The judge appoints Nora C Neal as executrix of the estate of Alva L Neal of Greene County Indiana. The estate is believed solvent as of May 6 1944 and K M Vincent is the attorney of record.
A wounded traveler writes of scarce cigarettes and candy, a harsh frontier town, and ruined streets. He notes distrust of some Italians, a bar visit with a priest collecting for his church, and poor wine. He observes German graves and hopes for peace.
Elmer K Mull son of Mr and Mrs Noble Mull of Jasonville will graduate from Fort Sumner New Mexico AAF Pilot School Advanced-2 Engine on May 23 1944 as member of Class 44 E. He will be commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Army Air Forces and wear silver wings of a flying officer.
Troy Scroggins, stationed with the United States Navy at Great Lakes Illinois, was granted five days leave due to his wife’s serious illness.
Billie Baker Hewitt son of Mrs. Winnie B. Hewitt of Linton Indiana was commissioned an ensign in the U S Naval Reserve after graduating today from the Naval Air Training Center in Corpus Christi Texas He had received preliminary flight instruction at the Memphis naval air base in Tennessee
Clayton H. Carrico 17, son of Mrs. Frank Lutz of Linton Indiana, is among graduates from an intensive basic engineering training course at the Service School in Great Lakes Illinois. He was selected for specialized training based on recruit aptitude test scores. Graduates from twenty specialized courses are sent to sea, shore stations, or advanced schools for active duty.
Pvt Byron Johnson has returned to Camp McCoy Wisconsin where he is stationed with the United States Army after spending the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Claude Johnson.
Pvt Everett Barnard Jr recently inducted into the United States Army has been sent to Ft McClellan Alabama for basic training. Mrs Robie Barnard confirms the move and notes the family’s anticipation of his entry into service.
Charles E Anderson son of Russell O Anderson has recently joined the United States Navy and is undergoing boat training at Great Lakes Illinois, reported as part of Navy enlistment notices from local records.
In Bedford Circuit Judge Davis prepared to rule today on a change of venue for William Fuller 27 charged with voluntary manslaughter in the fatal February 12 shooting of Margaret Harbin 25 in a Bedford hotel. In Columbus the Flatrock township advisory board said Clara Knies 20 Celestine drowned after leaping from a leaking boat. In Noblesville G H Edson 23 Huntington was captured while fleeing an overturned car believed tied to a state reformatory fugitive. In Seymour Alva McClellan 18 Austin killed when his auto hit a bridge abutment. Ernest Thomas Manson 27 Indianapolis died from injuries in a motorcycle crash near Arcadia.
Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark commander of the Fifth Army came under a deadly blast near his jeep when a booby trapped 75 mm German antitank gun exploded 25 feet away while he inspected the front. One soldier was critically wounded, others injured or knocked down despite Clark remaining unhurt.
The report says a two day air strike was carried out on Marcus Island 1500 miles southeast of Tokyo with Japan claiming the force operated from waters east of the Bonin islands and that over 32 American planes were shot down amid negligible damage. Goodyear says about 75 percent of its rubber supply goes to tire production.
Reverend Harold Godfrey Green, vicar of St Nicholas, verified reports from Ipswich residents who claim a 15 minute vision of Jesus on a cross in the sky during an April 27 air raid alert. Nearly 800 townspeople attended a sermon on the phenomenon, with details consistent across accounts.
I D Mayer Purdue agricultural engineer urges farmers to repair farm buildings to protect livestock, feed, and equipment. Focus on foundations, bracing, roof repairs, and weatherproofing with steps including jacking foundations, pouring footings, painting, window and chimney checks, door and floor solidification, and secure fastenings.
Indianapolis May 22 Livestock quotes show no hogs offered and shipments embargoed. Cattle totals reach 2 100 and calves 600 with steers and heifers up to 15 higher, cows steady, steer top 16.35 for good 1200 lb, heifer top 15.65 for 720 lb, and dealers up to 50 higher with top at 17.00.
In Cape Girardeau two acting mayors with identical names, R. E. Beckman of Bernie and R. E. Beckman of Cape Girardeau, encountered each other. The Bernie man runs a grocery business and the Cape Girardeau official had served as acting mayor for two years.
Highlights of the Allied report outline offensives in New Guinea and Burma against Japanese positions in the Central Pacific, with aims to strike new blows as the war effort continues. The briefing underscores multiple theaters in Asia, detailing planned offensives and strategic objectives against Japanese forts and fortress areas.
The text outlines plans to supply China and interdict communica tions with India and Burma, reestablish sea routes, and pour lend-lease aid into China. It notes Soviet, American, and British coordinated offensives and lists large lend-lease aircraft to the Soviet Union, plus heavy weapon shipments to Britain. It ends by noting U S paper consumption per capita exceeds most commodities.
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