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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1944
Page
2
Police Chief Tom Condon warns Christmas shoppers to guard against pickpockets amid crowded stores and cigarette shortages. He details pocket theft methods, urges locking cars, and explains thief roles from fob workers to stalls. Also notes local servicemen and promotions in military posts.
Chief Storekeeper M. F. Attaway, with the Seabees in the South Pacific, reached Chicago after driving 50 miles in a Navy car to a hospital for his 7-year-old daughter Patricia who is battling lymphatic leukemia. He learned of her condition only after leaving the Admiralty Islands and failing to secure a flight home, then traveled by steamer to the West Coast and was flown to Chicago.
Paris AP reports Sacha Guitry famed French playwright and actor recently freed from prison camp says he will retire from the stage and dedicate his remaining life to writing books.
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