21 Dec 1944
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Newspaper
Big Piney Examiner
Location
Big Piney, Wyoming, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1944
Page
1
A fragmentary montage reviews several films and cultural items. Margaret O'Brien shines in Something for the Boys while The Last Ride and Blonde Fever receive mixed notices. The paragraph from S H and Company recalls Hitler with a dark, satirical punchline about 1960.
A long reader feature details bizarre near misses and freak accidents from 1944. It cites incidents from Groton Connecticut to Chicago with planes, trains, lawnmowers, and buzz saws causing remarkable injuries or miraculous escapes.
A retrospective list highlights deadly and injurious accidents involving children. Incidents include a nine year old suffocated in an abandoned icebox and a Chicago boy trapped in a home icebox, plus a rope accident on a porch leading to a fatal choking.
The plan to continuously attack Japan from Saipan shows potential but reveals kinks. Crew fatigue maintenance weather and front-line production limit raid frequency, with B 29s needing safe bases in the Philippines and better weather data to sustain day-to-day operations. A separate account recalls a Doolittle Tokyo raid diversion into Soviet territory, ending with a tense border encounter and a Russian welcome.
ERE offers miniature furniture scaled to real sizes for doll houses. The five inch upholstered sofa lounge chair and ottoman appeal to girls. dining chairs use oilcloth to imitate leather. a glamorous upholstered bed and a spool stool complete the nursery set. Patterns 274 and 273 provide full directions and dimensions, with patterns priced at 15 cents each.
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