Memorial Day reflections and local anticipation in Linton
The article recalls Memorial Day history from 1868 and Civil War ties, notes regional date variations, and describes local preparations in Linton with patriotic events and a wary mood about upcoming events and supposed “invasions.” It adds light humor about locals and a prediction of tomorrow’s happenings.
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Louisiana
Tennessee
Jefferson Davis
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Mississippi
North
South Carolina
Linton Girl Graduates as Union Hospital Nurse
Miss Margaret Farthing daughter of Mr and Mrs Bert Farthing joined the class of graduate nurses at Union hospital Terre Haute The exercises were held in the Methodist church with a reception in the church parlors Linton attendees included Mr and Mrs Bert Farthing Mr and Mrs Raymond Boston Mrs Goldie Bruner and Mrs B McGriff After a three week vacation Miss Farthing will return to Union hospital.
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Margaret Farthing
Bert Farthing
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Methodist Church
Linton
Raymond Boston
Goldie Bruner
Worthington
B. McGriffin
Miss Farthing
Shar a Lyke 4 H Club Meeting At High School
Shar a Lyke 4 H members are asked to meet at the high school on Wednesday at two o clock for an initiation of new members during the afternoon session.
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Shar-a-lyke 4-H Club
Two Great American Air Forces Strike Germany From Britain and Italy
Two American air forces totaling about 3,700 heavy bombers and fighters attacked eight Nazi aircraft factories and two airfields in eastern Germany Poland and Austria. The raid reached Poznan Kreising Leipzig Sorau Cottbus and Tutow with escorts and supports from thousands of fighters. Berlin reported heavy aerial battles while DNB claimed 60 American planes shot down along the Baltic coast.
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London
U.P
Britain
Italy
Germany
Poland
Austria
Poznan
Berlin
Kreising
Leipzig
Sorau
Cottbus
Tutow
Rostock
Baltic
United States
Mediterranean
Europe
Transocean
Reich
Junkers
English Channel
England
France
Belgium
Achiet
Paris
Ninth Air Force
DNB
English
Brighton
Torquay
Plymouth
Memorial Day Services Call Legions Attend Tuesday
All Legionnaires ex service men and service men home on furlough are asked to attend the Memorial Day Services meeting at the Legion home promptly at nine o'clock Tuesday morning.
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Legion Home
Virgil Byrer 14 Dies in Truck Train Crash at Odon
Virgil Dale Byrer 14 was killed when the Ford pickup he drove stalled on Milwaukee tracks in Odon Indiana and was struck by a work train carrying war workers from Crane to Terre Haute. The two sisters escaped. He was born September 1 1929 in Daviess County to Willard and Vincie Byrer and survived by siblings Emil Betty Anna Autumn Dale Norman and Jack. Funeral from Odon Christian church with Rev T E Roberts. Poindexter Funeral Home in charge.
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Virgil Dale Byrer
Milwauke
Odon
Milwaukee
Crane
Terre Haute
Virgil
Daviess County
Willard and
Vincie Herndon Byrer
Emil H. Byrer
Anderson
Betty McBride
Anna McBride
Autumn Lamb
Dale Callahan
Celina
Kas
Norman Byrer
U. S. Navy
Jack Byrer
Christian Church
T. E. Roberts
Poindexter Funeral Home
Effie Emery Buried in Lyons Service Held at Church of Christ
Funeral services for Effie Emery, Lyons resident born December 3 1889 in Koele n, were conducted at one o'clock this afternoon at the Lyons Church of Christ with Rev. Voris Carpenter officiating. Interment followed in Walnut Grove cemetery. survivors include husband Clarence Emery two daughters Reba and Nellie and son Leonard. Davidson Funeral Home in charge.
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Effie Emery
Lyons
Freeman Greene County Hospital
Koleen
Leonard J
Martha Edington
Clarence Emery
Lyons Church of Christ
Clarence O. Emery
Local Man Arrested for Public Intoxication
Alvin Collens of Linton was arrested Saturday night on public intoxication charges. He paid a $1.00 fine and costs in Mayor William B. Carlton's court Sunday morning and received a ninety day suspended sentence to the penal farm.
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Alvin Collens
Linton
William B. Carlton
Stores Closed for Decoration Day Observance
All business places including stores banks and barber shops will be closed all day Tuesday for Decoration Day. Post office will follow regular holiday schedule with lock box service and no mail deliveries. The Daily Citizen will publish its regular edition.
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Daily Citizen
McArthur’s Invasion Army Spreads Reconquest in Southwest Pacific
Cpl. Harvey L. Ogden is held prisoner by the German government, per word to his wife Mrs. Ruth Ogden. He was reported missing in Italy on March 3 and the family learned of his status last Friday after earlier silence. Ogden joined in 1943 and went overseas in November with the armored infantry division.
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Here
McArthur
Southwest
Pacific
Cpl
Harvey L. Ogden
Ruth Ogden
Cpl. Ogden
Italy
Armored Infantry Division
Biak Island Off Dutch New Guinea Seized in Pacific Drive
UPI report notes American infantry land on Biak Island near Mokmer airdrome about 200 miles from New Guinea coast and 900 miles from the Philippines. Allied air and naval forces pound Biak targets as Japanese resistance dissolves into scattered groups amid broader Burma and Myitkyina actions.
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Pacific
Biak
Dutcch New Guinea
Australia
Francis M. Forde
MacArthur
Philippines
Mokmer
New Guinea
Sidney
Forde
Formosa
Japan
Maffin
Wakde-Sarmi
Hollandia
China
Salween
Burma
Myitkyina
Lyons Sandborn Boys Are Injured In Head On Crash
Two cars were demolished in a highway 67 head on collision between Marco and Sandborn early Saturday. Drivers Robert Babe Sanders 16 of Sandborn and Robert Cullison 18 of Lyons were taken to Freeman Greene County Hospital.Cullison suffered facial cuts ankle injuries and shock while Sanders had facial cuts and arm injuries.
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Highway 67
Marco
Sandborn
Robert
Babe) Sanders
Robert Cullison
Lyons
Freeman Greene County Hospital
Cullison
Sanders
Army Hour topic highlights Captain Evans at Anzio Beachhead
Mrs. Joan Curry Evans learned that her husband Captain Paul V. Evans, army surgeon with the 110th Engineers, was among the two battalions that met recently at Anzio Beachhead in Italy on a Sunday afternoon radio program The Army Hour.
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Army Hour
Joan Curry Evans
Paul V. Evans
Anzio
Italy
Eight Year Old Trego Severely Injured in Truck Crash
Robert Eddy Trego, eight, son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Trego of Crane, suffered a severe skull injury Saturday morning. He was riding on a truck running board, was thrown to the pavement, and the driver did not know he was aboard. He was taken to Freeman Greene County Hospital for observation. skull fracture status pending.
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Robert Eddy Trego
Robert Trego
Crane
Freeman Greene County Hospital
Peggy Jean Gabbard
Harold Gabbard
James Mowery
Sandborn
Charles Wascom
Worthington
Gordon Johnson
Baby
Gerald Rupert
Charles McCoy
Bloomfield
George Williams
Dugger
Riley Harmon
Switz City
Sarah Gabbard
Virgil Russell
Fred Workman
Lyons
Allen McCarty
Greater Linton Club Plans Regular Meeting
The Greater Linton club will hold its regular meeting at the First Christian church Thursday at 6:30 PM. The Linton Ministerial Association will lead the program and all city ministers are invited as special guests. Club members are urged to attend.
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Greater Linton Club
First Christian Church
Linton Ministerial Association
Bus overturns near Newberry injures Navy doctor on scene
Twenty nine war workers escaped death Friday evening when a Jasonville Crane bus plunged down a seven foot embankment east of Newberry. Driver Eddy Jenkins blamed a blown synthetic tire on the left front wheel. Passengers escaped with no serious injuries after a Navy doctor and Dr Hamilton of Newberry treated ten onboard.
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Newberry
Eddy Jenkins
Jasonville
Crane
Navy
Hamilton
Civil Service Recruiter At City Post Office
Mr Walker Marshall Civil Service Recruiting Representative visits Linton Post Office today and Tuesday to interview applicants for clerks typists and stenographers with starting salary of 1752 and to discuss Washington living conditions and other questions.
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Walker Marshall
Civil Service
Linton
Hospital Report from Local Citizens
Mrs. Lloyd Daly had a tonsillectomy and was discharged the next day. Several patients were admitted after accidents and injuries, including Robert Cullison and Robert Sanders with multiple wounds and fractures. Multiple local residents, including Peggy Jean Gabbard and several adults, were discharged or taken home after surgeries or treatments over the weekend.
American Forces Close On Rome In New Offensive
The War Department announced Silver Star awards for three Indiana servicemen for gallantry near Cape Iris New Guinea in February 1944. It also named seven Indiana men receiving Distinguished Flying Cross and Oak Leaf Clusters, listing ranks and hometowns including Capt. Dannacher Anderson, Capt. Showalter Wabash, Lt. Robertson Rockville, Sgts Hervar Indianapolis and Frederick Fort Wayne, plus Bibler Warsaw and Wolf Crawfordsville.
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Washington
U.P
War Department
Indiana
Cape Iris
New Guinea
Rufus W. McGlothlin
Harrodsburg
Ind
Don H. Moore
Newberry
Harold G. Sullivan
RFC 1
Linton
Carlos E. Dannacher
Central Ave
Anderson
Charles R. Showalter
East Sinclair
Wabash
Frank W. Robertson
Rockville
Anthony L. Hervar
N. Holmes Ave
Indianapolis
Gayle R. Frederick
Riversmet
Fort Wayne
Ralph E. Bibler
Jefferson St
Warsaw
John W. Wolf
East
Franklin St
Crawfordsville
Roach 66 dies after illness long time
John S. Roach 360 Second Street Northwest died at 11 55 Saturday morning after weeks of illness. Born June 20 1877 in Martin County he was a coal miner. Survived by widow Anna Lawson Roach two sons Lloyd E Roach and Ralph H Roach two daughters Agatha Beatt and Alice Roach three brothers George Orlando and two sisters Laura Kates Becky Hollins and May Crush. Funeral at New Kirk Funeral Home Pleasantville then home Sunday with services Tuesday at 1 and 2 30 at Switz City Christian Church graveside Switz City Cemetery.
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John S. Roach
Second Street
Freeman Greene County
Martin County
Thomas
Barbara Ann Ferguson Roach
Anna Lawson Roach
Pvt
Lloyd E. Roach
Camp McCain
Miss
Ralph
Charles Strater
Christian Church
Switz City
George Wildman
Clarence J. Shrum Buried After Sullivan Funeral
Funeral services for Clarence J. Shrum age 62 were held in Sullivan on Sunday morning. He is survived by his widow Nellie and three daughters Edna Kramer Lin ton Edith Pion Dayton and Sue Schramm Bakersfield and three sons Gerald James Flint and Wayne Indianapolis. Interment was at Center Ridge cemetery with Billman Funeral Home arranging.
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Sullivan
Clarence J. Shrum
Nellie Shrum
Edna Kramer
Linton
Edith Pion
Dayton
Sue Schramm
Bakersfield
Cal
Gerald and
James
Flint
Mich
Wayne
Indianapolis
B. M. Criswell
Condition improves for Thad Spice in Indianapolis hospital
Thad Spice, confined to the Veterans hospital in Indianapolis over the past weeks, is reported to be improved and showing signs of recovery.
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Thad Spice
Veterans’ Hospital
Indianapolis
Allied troops push toward Rome across Alban hills
Allied forces near Rome breach Alban hills as two American columns advance from Anzio toward Campoleone and Valmontone. German counterattacks with tanks and flamethrowers fail to halt the Fifth Army surge. Rome’s outskirts and Aprilia are reported in Allied gains with heavy fighting along the Via Casilina.
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Naples
Rom
Alban Hill
Rome
Anzio
Campoleone
Belo
Alban Hills
Velletri
Valontone
Via Casilina
Eight Army
Valmontone
Fifth Army
Veetri
Valontone Ake
Lanuvia
Hav
Tlormann Goering
Varmontone
Alban
Enem
Highway Six
Casilina
Harold R. L. G. Alexander
Anzio-Albanowll
DNE
Aprilia
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Brition
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Legionnaires
Virgil Byrer
GPS
Harvey Ogden
Havey Ogden
Biak Island
Dutch New Guinea
United Press
Douglas MacArthur
Robert Sanders
Naval Ammunition Depot
City Post Office
Lloyd Daly
Linton and
Joan
Roach
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