Linton Daily Citizen from Linton, Indiana • Page 1

MINE RUN RUN L'nattprltd product of a mint; htnco an pf liho hind apt tpocifically elmtoifipi: rn madloy of thppghtp Pf idomi. DraUpnarg Although tho snows that have conic since a day or two before Christmas, and which have remained on the ground ever since, are going to prove invaluable to much farm acreage not only here in Iii is vicinity, but practically all over the middle west, the drought of last summer and fall was serious. LINTON DAILY CITIZEN Printed in the Heart of the Indiana Coal Fieldt, In the Stated Finer! Corn and Fruit Belt, and Within 2 910 Miler of the Center of Population of the United Stater ether it tonight changing to snow Ft (' Ider Friday SIX PAG KS LINTON, INDIANA, THURSDAY, JANUARY ll, 1940 VOLUME XXX IX. NUMBER 2CB hail occasion to into the earth say that had become hard and than they ever knew Those who have dig down the ground dry deeper it before. Since the snows have not melted much and there lins been little lain, it will be some time yet before there is a penetration of moisture.

ells and ponds have dried up, too. I he Brazil Times says: farmers are hauling water from streams, ponds and pits to water their stock. Otto farmer reports a well on his farm dry for the lust time in the seventeen years he has lived there. I he low water level is causing much extra work. Farmers like it.

With the ground hard frozen the present snow will melt and run into the streams with no aid to the In his daily column, published in Indianapolis Star, Maurice friarly calls attention to a situation that deserves serious consideration by every thinking citizen. The question he raises is whether relief is becoming professionalized to the point where it is to become a permanent institution regal Bess of economic conditions. Ile uses relief figures foi Lake county to illustrate his point, During the depths of the depression in 1933 there were Ii on the relief rolls in Lake county. In HW? when the industrial pay rolls in Lake county bud increased 170 percent over I Odd, the number on relief in Lake county still wa-. iiH IO, But now with employment and pay rolls in Lake county running even higher than they were during 1929, when there was no relief problem in the county, the number on relief has increased to an all time high of 35,331.

Stop right there and think that over, writes Baul Bailsman, Kid i tor of the Washington (hid.) Herald and he goes on to say: What is going on in Lake county is typical of what is going on in all industrial centers in the nation and. perhaps to a lesser degree, in all counties throughout the nation. STREETS INCLUDED IN PAVING PLANS FDR 1-41 LISTED Linton Councilmen Hold Special Meeting Last HK; (H NS TALK BIG BATTLESHIPS Perhaps one answer to the question is in a news story which on the same page with Mr. friarly1' article. It tells of a grand jury probe of the relief situation in Lake county which resulted in the indictment of eight persons for filing false claims and for various forms of embezzlement of relief funds.

That problem can be solved by tim election of competent and hone t. officials. But there are other questions that are not as easily solved. Is relief becoming sionalized? Arc we educating a generation of professional relief clients? Is relief to become a permanent institution and burden on our economic structure; Is relief ting to be maintained at its present levels regardless of economic 'tis and the amount of employment that is available? Those questions really are serious and the situation in Lake county would indicate that the answer to all of them is unless there is a reversal of present tendencies. A statistician reports that eleven billion tin cans are produced iii this country annually, which indicates that a good many get by without having wheels put under them.

The nood is the thingamaboh that hang-- down, and adds to the inadequacy of a hat on a cold flay, says our friend Boh. I) not sneer at the snood, for its a fort of a hood, that augments the hat, when nothing else would. The ll i a ii designers of thought and action appear to have made a mistake in not specializing upon footwork instead of upon warfare. There they were with a flock of the runners on earth and with the marathon races coming along 'lith the Olympics scheduled for and instead of getting leady to cop all the prizes for footwork they veered off into war, where the footwork, though excellent, brings neither applause nor medals from the home front. I li lt all histe tomorrow.

SKAL III NT Kl LED ABFTOWN, South Africa. hanging fashions in fur coats have resulted in the cancellatoin of the I Ilion annual seal hunt this season. The demand for sealskins on South African and foreign markets is this year. OFFICIALS OF WHA TO SCAN PROPOSAL Confirmation Is Needed Before Work Can Be Started. Streets to be included in tile paving program in Linton from MO, 1910 to June 30, 1911, were announced tday after a spe'a! meet ing of the local City council in the City hall last night.

These streets are as follows; On Third street northwest, from street to street, 1550 feet; on street northwest, from street to fr'ifth street northwest, feet; on street northeast, from Main street to Fourth strict northeast ,1158 feet; on street northeast from Main street to Foot-th street northeast, 1158 feet; on street southeast, from Main street to Fourth street southeast, and street from street southeast to street southeast, 1510 feet; on fr irst street northwest, from to street, GDO feet; eleventh street southeast, from Fast Vincennes street to street, 5(H) feet. I etal footage Told feet, To Finish Program Before work is begun on these streets however, the ing program in Linton is to be fin shed, it was said. This program which was hailed this titer with the advent of unfavorable weather, calls fur the paving of eleven squares of streets. These are as follows: On Third street northeast, from Vincennes street to street northeast; on fr'ifth street, from street southeast to street northeast on Third street north west, from Vincennes street to street northwest; on street southwest. and Second street southwest, one block south on to highway barn, one block west on street, and one block south on Second street southwest.

The new project, proposed for of course, ha- na neon submitted to the Federal UBA for approval, and this approval must he secured before irk can begin. After the part of the pr (gram from the 1939-' lo schedule is finished, then the 19 MI work will start. It is not known whether or riot the entire program as utlined wall be completed during next summer and until June 30, 1911, and it is not known whether or not the federal WB A will give its approval to the project as submitted. KKBRKCUt CREWS WORK TODAY Ald BATTIESTODRVl jq jg typ IN WEST VIRGINIA COAL NUNE Herman Aircraft Roams Along Scotland, England Shores. STEAMER BOMBED; KEW LEAVES SHIP Italian Vessel Reported Damaged by Mine in Same Vicinity.

New Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison, left, went right to work folloiwrig request of chief of naval operations for $1,300,000,000 to pay for 25 per cent tonnage increase in United States ships. Secretary Edison, -upporting the request, is pictured in conference with dilative Carl Vinson, house naval affaiis committee chairman. TRIAL OF Bl BENZER TO BE HEU) JAN. 20 MINER, OVER! OME, RECOVERS TODAY LONDON, Jan. ll.

(U.R) Nazi airplanes in perhaps the widest aerial activity of the war roamed a1 mg the eastern coo of England and Scotland today, attacking sn. ill -els and dodged a vigorous counter attack by the Royal Ar fore and anti aircraft man raid ng craft, which fears that the long awaited aerial blitzkrieg might be near, flew low and mahcine gunned auf! bombed two vessels hut fled out to sea again when pursued by British planes. A third ship believed to be Italian hit a mine but none of the vessels sunk The crew of 30 was taken off the that struck a mine, and the vfas listing heavily. Guy Cravens Sustains Fractured Knee in Mishap. ship ship un- machinc German The case of the State of Indiana vs.

Carl Bu bonzer of Vincennes, on charges of drunken driving, which was to have been heard this morning before Mayor Bull in Linton City police court, has been continued until 10:00 Saturday, Jan. 20. An attorney for the defendant appeared before Mayor Bull tins morning to ask for the continuance and it was granted. COAL MINER HURT IN ACCIDENT TODAY i Clyde Hostetter of the Fast Bloomfield Drive community is recovering today from the effects of I be ing overcome by at the mine where he works. Hostetter was in an unconscious condition when he was found by some other workmen at the mine Today, however, he is He is the brother of Mrs.

I Charles Kemp of Third street southeast in Lint n. driller I njured NEAR LONDON, Jan. ll. identified was gunned and bombed by a warplane off an east coast town today, while a second ship, believed to he Italian, reportedly struck a mine in the same vicinity. A crowd gathered on a clifftop saw the vessel which had been attacked bv the plane buring furiously on tho horizon.

Tim hc "as crew was reported to have taken to lift boats and a tug was route to pick them up. TO FN DFR, Denmark, Jan. ll. (U.R)—Intense airplane activity was heard all night along the Danish coast from the direction of Sylt, I the German seaplane base bombed yesterday by British planes. Guy Cravens, well known resident of Linton, is suffering from a ired knee to- day as the result of an accident which occurred early th.s morning four miles east of this city.

Mr. Cravens, a UBA foreman, was driving to his work near Bloomfield this morning when his auto collided with a ear belonging to Frank Lutz of Linton. In the mishap he also sustained and bruises. It was reported that the ear I driven by Mr. Lutz had stalled on the pavement near the akefield hill east of Linton, near Switz i City.

Mr. Lutz, unable to move the auto from the pavement, had gone to a nearby farmhouse to telephone for assistance. Fog Is Mr. Cravens driving east at the time, about 6:00 this morning, and because of the unusually heavy fog this morning was unable to see the Lutz car until to avoid striking it, it was reported. In the accident the rear part of the Lutz vehicle was damaged considerably, and damages of about $50 were caused to the Cravens auto.

The Cravens car was brought to Linton by a Jackson wrecker and the Lutz vehicle by a Cliff Strong wrecker. Hospital Report Floyd Wr ght of Linton route 2, was admitted for treatment following an accident in the Sherwood Templeton Mine this morning. He is suffering from a dislocated left Guy Cravens of street southeast has been admitted for treatment following an automobile accident this morning. He is suffering from cuts, bruises and a fractured right knee. A daughter weighing seven pounds and seven ounces was born this morning to Mrs.

Robert Ballard. The baby was named Bonnie Jean. Mrs. Jamison Gregory of Lyons route I underwent a major operation this morning. No Assurance Given Any of Crew Alive; Trapped by Explosion.

BODIES OF SFV EN ALREADY EOI NI) Crews Stand by to Assist in Task of Dicing in Debris. CIVIL WAR VET, 91, mining could WUU 111 II a i Rhodenbeck I Marks Birthday Anniversary. A shoulder was sustained th morning by fr'ioyd VV. gilt of I. nton route two, in an accident which occurred at 10:30 this morning at the Sher- wo d-Templeton coal mine.

It was reported that Wright jumped onto some coal in a car, but that he lost hts footing and fell heavily to the bottom of the car. striking his shoulder The dis! lea ted shoulder was treated in the fr'iveman-Gi cene county hospital. His condition ino: considered as serious. Ii SULLIVAN, Jan. ll S.

Bailey of tnis city is suffering from serious injuries today after an accident which occurred at the drilling rig which is seeking oil on the Paul Wible farm two miles of Graysville. It was reported that Bailey's coat became entangled in a shaft on an engine used the drilling. He was thrown about considerbaly before the engine could be stopped. Bailey suffered a broken arm. broken shoulder, and possible internal injuries.

HEARS DULL PLEA The unusually slick of the roads caused another acci- dent early today, near the Antioch community east of Bloomfield. I Russell Sparks of the Antioch community received a deep cut Harrison Rhodenbeck, one of Greene two remaining Civil War Veterans, today is observing quietly his ninety-first birthday anniversary, in his home at 90 street northwest. The other Civil War veteran in this county is George Halstead ot the Plummer community east of Lyons. Mr. Rhodenbeck, practically a lifelong resident of this community, enlisted as a soldier in the Union army when he was fourteen years of age, and remained with the army service for slightly more than two years.

Mr. Rhoden beck's birthday celebration today is a quiet one, for cond.tion i he has been in ill health for some time. He is able to be and from time to time, however. He is the father of four living children: Charles, Calvin, Lloyd and Fannie He makes his home trapped men the explosion requiring three with bb Secretary of State Says Trading Uolicv Is Best. ATE FLASHES Local Legion Dost to Hold 'Possum and Toon HORN KR SIGNS REQl ISHMON SPRINGFIELD, 111., Jan.

ll. Henry Horner today sduned a requisition upon the governor of California for return of illiam Rioff, movie labor leader, to complete a term imposed seventeen years ago for pandering. ready-' for tho and banquet, to served Saturday night at an meeting of the Linton Frank Courtney Anicri.au Legion post, members of the committee in charge announced today. All members of the all ex- service men, and several invited guests are to attend the special meeting. It is expected that al crowd of will be on hand for the cftcrta dimout A special program of musical and entertainment numbers also 1 is to be presented during the even- ing.

To he presented are Boh Harbin's Rhythm Kings, and Sam Smith, accordionist. An announcement today stated that there would be Cooks to prepare the I and are to start their work ii ample time so that the will be ready by when the are to be started. HATC ADDRESSES SENATE WEDINGTON, I). Jan. Earl A.

Hatch, New Mexico, author of the laxx prohibiting political acidities by non-policy making federal employes, told the senate today he hoped congress would continue the principle of preventing the of government from interfering in the freedom of WASHINGTON, Jan. ll. (U.R) Secretary of State Cordell Hull began one of the hardest fights of inis career today by tcllig the louse ways and means committee that a policy of reciprocal trading alone can forestall complete economic breakdown, spread of dictatorships, and recurrent wars. He stoutly defended his stand in face of criticism from Republicans and some Democrats who want to top the negotiation of further trade treaties. To critics of the program he replied that it was the way of advancing domestic prosaic rity ami promoting world peace, lit' cautioned that abandonment of it.

now would mean a repetition over his right eye stitches, and other cuts and bruises, in the accident. It was reported that the vehicle in which Sparks wa- riding was attempting to climb the steep Axe hill. Near the top the wheels of the car because of the slick condition of the roads, and started sliding back down the steep hill. The driver was unable to control the vehicle and it crashed into a deep ditch at the side of the read, causing Sparks to be injured. The car was damaged considerably William.

home in daughter, Fannie. A son, died only recently in his Bloomfield. LICENSE ISSUED; NEW SUITS ON FILE Court Business Items Arc Reported Today From Bloomfield, BARTLEY, W. Jan. ll.

A rescue crew worked under extremely hazardous conditions today toward HK men who had been trapped dead or alive, was not known in a coal mine explosion more than hours ago. I Although officials ot the I oiul Creek Pocahontas coal corpora- I tion were encouraged by report I from the 60 men digging toward the entombed miners, stat department reprcsentativ give no assurance that ai be found alive. Seven dead men nail been found, I and hope of finding the oilier men a1 vc waned each hour. I hey were entombed on the 60-foot level two and a half miles bark the main shaft. Heaps of fallen slate had cut off their source of fresh air.

There was a possibility that the had had time after to throw' up barricades or bulkheads to keep the air in their compartments clear, hut there was no way of knowing for the moment the extent of the debris through which the hurried but cautious rescuers would have to worm their way. rev) St and Bv Only one six-man crew could work at a time in the narrow passageway. Other erews were on hasid. Those resting and waiting their turns idled near the main shaft entrance along with 2, ODO residents of the district, many of them relatives of the imprisoned men. Throughout the night, the crowd hudled around fires warding of the cold of the mountainous countryside The mine was the Bond Creek Pocahontas Coal No.

I Bent Iv, one of the most modern in the country, producer of 1,500,000 of anthracite a year. It had been rock-dusted, as a precaution against just such an explosion ai occurred at 2:30 p. rn. yesterday. Cause of the explosion had not been learned.

The air in the shaft now wa polluted and the rescue crew used oxygen in their work. frlvcni then they could stay below only 30 minutes at a time. repel our role after the world war when the United States the procession of destructive protiv- GERMAN STEAMER SINKS REYKJAVIK, Jan. German steamer Kahia Blanca today struck an iceberg and sank sixty miles northwest of the west coast of Iceland. Trawler Huf- stcin picked up the crew of BJ.

who were landed at the liaise of Hafnarfjoerdur near Reykjavik. REPORT DECLARES Red Army Attacks Said to Be Turned Back Near Coastal Fronts. SULLIVAN TRIAL One marriage was issued and three new cases were put on file yesterday in business considered by tho Greene circuit court in Bloomfield. The marriage license was issued to Downwood ePterson, of Jasonville, son of Mr. and Mrs.

Roger Fine Is I 111 Dosed on Count Pierson. and Freda Ruth Mullins, iiiun'ktfip VI -I IT 1 1 Vt i I of Assault, Battery, by Judge Bigg. TRENC DRIVEN RAC Iv HERLIN, Jan. troops broke into German lines near Kreuzherg, east of Eorbach, but were driven out by a German counter-attack yesterday, the official German news agency' DNH said today. a1 MARTIN FUNERAL TO BE SATURDAY (JERMAN DEANES DOWNED PARIS, Jan.

planes yesterday shot down two German planes over French territory and a third was believed to have been downed, military informants said lodav. Funeral services for thomas Stanton Mart who died in his home here Wednesday morn- ig, will he held at 2:06 (Belock Saturday afternoon iii Urn Welch and Cornett frTmeral home with Rev. Linier Harvey of the Linton Methodist church officiating. Burial v. ii bo made ut the Fair view cemetery.

I COMMISSAR LOSES POST MOSCOW, Jan. brother ot I (izar Kaganovich, an intimate of Josef Stalin, has lost his post as commissar for the aviation industry, the official lass news agency announced today. it was said that view of his transfer to another he had been released from his duties and that A. I. Shakhurin formerly a Coir maist secretary in the provinces, had been named commissar.

HELSINKI. Jan. ll. Heavy detonations believed due to coast- artillcrv fire were heard in Helsinki today coincidentally with annoncenient that Red army attacks had been repulsed on the north central and Arctic coastal fronts. An off vial communique reported for the first time in recent days that the Russians had attacked in the important Saba sector, on the north central front, and in the far northern sector adjacent to the Bersamo district, whore six women were wounded in an aerial bombardment at Ruotsinphtaa.

VISIT NEAR HERK Mrs. Amy Ferrell, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Lisman and Mr. and Mrs.

Woodrow Allen of Vincennes were i recut of Air. and Mrs. Kim mett SULLIVAN, Jan. ll. Charged with assault and battery, with intent to kill.

Fred Duzan of Daviess county was fined SIO and costs by Judge Martin L. Bigg in Sullivan circuit court. This ease originally had been set for Jan. 13, but wa- tried earlier. It hail been veil ucd here from Knox county.

The charge grew out of an attack Duzan made on Charles Lawyer of Edwardsport, on July 27. tavern owned by 1939, in a beet George Triadic. The evidence showed that Duzan drew a knife from his pocket opened it with his teeth, and lunged at Lawyer. Lawyer wrest- cd the knife from his attacker. I however, and stabbed him 'n tin4 abdomen three times and once in the back, with the result that Du- zari was confined to ti Vincennes hospital for several weeks.

Later, upon receding, he was taken to the Knox county jail where he awaited arraignment on Lawyer's i charge. Considering that Duzan was intoxicated and that this his first criminal offense, not to mention tin' fact he received the worst end of tile attack, Judge Bigg reported that penalty was lessened. The court fine, amounting to over $11, hospital costs and loss of work Duzan suffered, wa- laughter of Mr. and Mrs George I Mullins of Jasonville. The young people were married yesterday I morning by Rev Harry J.

Bailey in the Linton Baptist parsonage. suits on tile are: V. IC. I Mitchell vs. James Bullock, I I cmplaint for appointment of diam Kenneth J.

Sccrcst as adminis- trator of the estate of Daniel Ad Beek, deceased, vs. Thurman Min- man and Maggie Hillman. I Fffie Dobbs. Merle St me, Char- 1 les ii. Stone.

Ruth Dobbs Owens, Clovis Owens, Helen Driscoll, I E. Driscoll, Hone Hoffman, Harry B. Hoffman, Edward N. Dobbs and Wilda Dobbs, vs. Nora J.

Bland. John Bland, Gaynell Cravens, Thomas C. Ava Stanfield, Bloomfield State Bank, Webster V. Moffett, as administrator of the estate of David F. Bland, deceased.

Ruth Dobbs Owen, as administratrix of the Wilson IC. Dobbs, deceased, petition for partition. BARTLEY, W. a. Jan.

ll. 'U first indication that tao 88 trapped in a coal mine e.x- I plosion here more than IG may 1111 be alive came today from the third rescue crew dug through tons of fallen slate to within a few hundred feet of men. Hie MINERS TO FLAY FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE AT HOME Decker High Squad Will Be Opposed Here Saturday Evening. basket- Yailey bv the. Funeral services for Mrs.

Jennie A Peak, who ed here Tuesday morning, will be held at 2:96 Friday afternoon from the family residence on street northwest, instead of previously announced. Deaconess Nolo Voder will be in charge of the services arid burial ll bo made in the Switz penalty enough, the court decided. cemetery. The Decker high school ball team, 1939 Wabash champions, will En opposed I Linton high school Miners it, a game Saturday night on tm Linton floor. The Decker lads have been ning in a majority of their encounters this year.

Three members of the last championship team are playing with the squad this year, and reports of their games this year indicate that they are improving rapidly fro ti week to wet k. The tiers, still smarting un their defeat Tuesday night by Hie Lyons high school Lions, are expected to play an of basketball in the tussle Saturday night, ai an et fort to regain lost prestige. uie.i Beasley announced today that would probably start one of his lineups for the game. He i- Meting to use some of the of what the team curlier in the season..