Pickles and pumpkins: Greene county farmers grow canning dreams
A local column urges farmers to diversify beyond wheat and corn and details cucumber canning viability in Greene county. Will McDonald cites marsh land as prime for cucumbers, estimating a five acre patch could yield abundant pickles for the county. It calls for labor and thrift to sustain future canning ambitions.
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McDonald
Greene County
Greene
Santa Claus
Sam
County Tax Rates Slashed by Greene Board in 1939 Session
Greene county tax adjustment board filed substantial rate cuts across all townships. Beech Creek to Jasonville see lowered levies, Stockton and Jackson notably trimmed from proposed figures, with final rates mirroring 15 cent state tax base and awaiting State tax commission reconsideration.
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Greene County
County Tax Adjustment Board
Bloomfield
Eskel Beasley
Tax Adjustment Board
Stockton Township
Jackson Township
Jasonville
Lyons
Linton
Newberry
Worthington
Switz City
Fairplay
Grant
Greene County Tax Adjustment Board Are As Follows: Dr. E. V. Bull
Francis Haseman
Harley Franklin
W. H. Scott
Bert Hendren
Lee H. Jones
Thomas Heaton
Indiana State Tax Commission
State Tax Commission
Beech Creek
Cass Township
Center Township
Grant Township
Highland Township
Jefferson Township
Richland Township
Smith Township
Stafford Township
Rites Announced for Houk Youth
Funeral services for Elmer R. Houk aged 19 of Gambill will be held at 2 PM Saturday at the Methodist Protestant church with Rev. Cox of Dugger presiding. He was found dead Monday in Ansonia Ohio and buried in Bethel cemetery northwest of Sandborn.
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Elmer R. Houk
Gambill
Ollie Tryon
Terre Haute
Ansonia
Methodist Protestant Church
Mr. Cox
Dugger
Bethel Cemetery
Sandborn
State to Install Flasher Signals at Railroad Crossings
The Indiana State Highway Commission announces flashing light signals at fifteen highway railroad intersections including State Road 57 near the Pennsylvania crossing south of Worthington. Approval from the Commission Public Service Commission and U S Bureau of Public Roads is noted with signs and reflectorized crossbuck markers to be installed by highway workers and railroads using federal and state funds.
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Pennsylvania Railroad
Road 67
Worthington
Indiana State Highway Commission
Commission
Public Service Commission
U. S. Bureau of Public Roads
The
Highway Commission
Local Hospital Notes and Birth Announcement
Hospital report lists Clyde Stoughton of Worthington released to his home this morning. A baby girl named Carolyn Ann Javvis born Wednesday afternoon weighing 8 pounds 2 ounces. Mrs Mae Houchin discharged. Mrs Betty Fordyce had surgery Wednesday and Mrs Clel Stone on Linton route 2 shows improvement after Monday operation.
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Clyde Stough
Worthington
George Javvis
Carolyn Ann
Mae Houchin
Betty Fordyce
Clel Stone
Linton
Miner Undergoes Major Operation at Union Hospital
Clint Raymer who was injured in a mine accident was operated on at Union Hospital in Terre Haute on Wednesday. His condition is reported satisfactory and he will remain hospitalized for at least three weeks.
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Clint Raymer
Union Hospital
Terre Haute
Winners of Prizes In Show Are Listed
Announcement lists sweepstakes and ribbon winners from the second annual Flower Show at the Freeman Greene county hospital building. Highlights include blue ribbon recipients Mrs. Lowell Templeton Sullivan and Mrs. Sam Stockrahm Vicksburg, with various prizes such as plants fertilizer and subscriptions.
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Freeman Greene County Hospital
Linton Alpha Delphian Club
Lowell Templeton
Sullivan
O. M. Scott
Margaret Cooper
Sam Stockrahm
Milton Centers
Bruce Fleetwood
P. K. Shepard
Jacob Fritz
Farm Bureau
Thomas Richardson
George Porter
Earl T. Aikin
Frank C. Welch
Temple-Bradley Company
Rock Gardens
Bonna Baughman
Lettermans
H. J. Leterman
Shutt’s
E. J. Allen
Lizzie Davis
H. J. Letterman
Burpee’s Nursery
Wallie Wolford
Johnson's Feed
Alpha Delphian Club
Alpha Delphian
Walter F. George Seen Ahead In Georgia Primary
In Atlanta on September 15 United States Senator Walter F. George appeared headed to victory in the Georgia Democratic senatorial primary. In incomplete county returns George led with 124 216 votes against 90 211 for Talmadge and 67 211 for Camp.
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George
Atlanta
United States
Walter F. George
Roosevelt
Georgia
Talmadge
Camp
New Speed Record Set at Bonneville Salt Flats
John Cobb, an English racer, drove his Railton car at an average speed of 350.20 mph on land at Bonneville Salt Flats Utah, setting a new world land speed record.
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Bonneville Salt Flats
Utah
John Cobb
Nationalists Reinforce Ebro Front Amid Air Duels
Nationalists report fortification brigades reinforced by aviation units on the Ebro front as government squadrons attempting to fly over the area were routed by Nationalist chasers.
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Hendaye
Ebro
Campaign Opens Greene County Democrats Meet
A standing room only crowd filled the Greene County Democratic headquarters as the 1938 campaign opened with speeches by candidates for county and Linton city offices. Miss Tesla C. Haines spoke on organization while the Greene County Quartette performed. Plans for future rallies were announced by the Greene County Women's Democratic club.
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Greene County
Linton-Stockton High School Orchestra
Tesla C. Haines
Sullivan
Seventh District
Haines
Greene County Quartette
Bloomfield
Greene County Women’s Democratic Club
Candidate Dead of Bullet Wound in New Albany
In New Albany Indiana on September 15 Robert A Leist Sr 43 Democratic candidate for auditor and deputy to the county treasurer was found dead in his office with a .32 caliber revolver in his right hand. Coroner Frank T Tyler planned an inquest. Leist was noted as an authority on county finances and had started his political career in 1932.
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New Albany
Ind
Frank T. Tyler
Robert A. Leist, Sr
Frank Hoppenjohn
Charles King
Leist
King
Amelia Leist
Mrs Ethel Boyd 44 Dies After Long Illness
Funeral services were held at Odon Christian church for Mrs. Ethel Marie Boyd 44 wife of Harley Boyd who died Wednesday at home in South Bloomfield after a lengthy cancer illness. She was the daughter of James B and Mollie Robinson and lived in Lyons Odon Linton and Bloomfield during her life. Surviving are Harley her husband two daughters Mrs Kathleen Flater and three sons Harlin James and Robert all of Bloomfield and a sister Mary Buch of Washington. Burial followed in the Odon cemetery.
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Odon Christian Church
Ethel Marie Boyd
Harley Boyd
South Bloomfield
Harley
Kathleen Flater
Bloomfield
Harlin Boyd
James Boyd
Robert Boyd
Mary Buch
Washington
Odon Cemetery
Bank Robbery at Swayzee Bank Ends In Heist
Three gunmen disguised in overalls robbed the First National Bank of Swayzee, stealing about four thousand dollars after binding cashier Earl Reasoner and assistant cashier Fay Morris. Patrons Selby Mullen William Seeley and Cecil Givens were also tied up. The trio fled south on state road 13 as authorities blocked roads to catch them.
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Earl Reasoner
Reasoner
Fay Morris
Selby Mullen
William Seeley
Cecil Givens
Plymouth Plant Shutdown Ties Up Chrysler Production
Detroit September 15. A strike at Briggs Mack Avenue body plant idled about 17,000 workers across Chrysler factories including Dodge Plymouth and Kercheval plants. The Plymouth plant, employing 7,000, halted 1939 model production at 10:45 as Briggs production stopped. The sit down strike, first of the 1939 season, was called by the United Automobile Workers Union.
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Detroit
Briggs’ Mack Avenue
Chrysler
Dodge
Plymouth
Kercheval
Mich
U.P
Chrysler Corporation
Briggs Mack Avenue
Briggs
United Automobile Workers Union
Leaders Meet in Bavarian Alps to Seek Peace or War
Neville Chamberlain and Adolf Hitler held face-to-face talks in Berchtesgaden amid widespread anxiety over Czechoslovakia. Dispatches outline four possible outcomes from the meeting including a peace program, potential war, or a four-power conference to stabilize Europe.
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Berchesgaden
U.P
Neville Chamberlain
Adolf Hitler
Bavarian Alps
Europe
United Press
Chamberlain
Hitler
Sudetens
Arma
Berchtesgarden
Germany
Fuehrer
Greater Germany
Czechoslovakia
Britain
France
Italy
Czechoslovakia Proclaims Martial Law in Five More Sudeten Districts
The government declared martial law in five additional Sudeten districts, bringing the total to 15 districts under military supervision. This places roughly half of Sudeten Germany under martial law, reflecting intensified control in the region.
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Eger
Cheb
Germany
Prague
U.P
Czechoslovakia
Sudeten
Sudeten Germany
Reservists Called in Czechoslovakia Amid Sudeten Tensions
Prague reports two classes of reservists totalling about 140000 men summoned in past two days. The move follows intense fighting in the Sudeten area since Monday with unofficial toll of more than 50 Czechs and Sudeten Germans. A Czech general staff member calls the call purely defensive.
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Prague
U.R
Sudeten
General strike begins in Reichenberg Sudeten city
A general strike started in Reichenberg the largest Sudeten German city as private enterprises and shops closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Reichenberg
Lloyd's Drops War Risk Insurance on Marine Policies
Lloyd's underwriters declared that war risk insurance would be excluded from all current and future marine policies with the change effective at midnight September 17. The move applies to policies issued under Lloyd's and related marine coverage arrangements.
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London
U.P
Lloyd’s
Confined to Home After Foot Injury
Robert J. Jackson of a quarter mile north of Linton City park is confined to his home due to an injury from recently driving a nail into his foot. He is unable to walk.
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Robert J. Jackson
Linton City Park
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Indiana
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Church Magazine
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Levies
Stafford
Taylor Township
Wright Township
Washington Township
Fairplay Township
Wortington
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Houk Youth
State Road
Mother’s Club of
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A. W. Mc
Vicksburg
Dugger, and
Edward H. Stein
Stein
Mr. Stein
John A. Watkins
Arthur H. Greenwood
George C. Porter
Miss Haines
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Swayzee Institution
Swayzee
First National Bank of
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