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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1943
Page
7
During an ARP drill in a Scottish town a man posing as a casualty lay down as an ambulance arrived. The driver questioned the supposed victim who kept his gas mask on. The man explained he was an elder of the kick and feared local ridicule if seen lying outside a pub.
In a playful tale a bicycle confronts a horse and declares intent to supplant it. The horse responds calmly that humans cannot turn bicycle use into canned corn beef, ending the whimsy with a lighthearted moral about adaptation.
Dr. James E. West, longtime Executive Chief of the Boy Scouts of America, was officially promoted to a rank once held only by Ernest Thompson Seton. West joined the movement in 1911, led Scouts to over a million members, and was praised by President Roosevelt for shaping Scouting in the United States.
A brief comic exchange notes spouses lac una silent welcome after late hours. One partner quips that the wife never says boo when returning home, while the other adds that hers is equally unfazed yet expressive in other ways.
A humorous exchange shows Prof. Brown spelling his name with unusual organisms and animals. The phonetic recitation highlights rare terms like Brontosaurus and Nucifraga. The moment blends wit with quirky scientific flair.
A brief dialogue has a man asking a stranger to mind his car while he runs in a store, the stranger responds that he is a U.S. senator and reassures the man, who agrees.
A playful exchange ends with a practical gag as a husband asks his wife to close her eyes for a surprise. She opens to nothing, prompting the punchline that she will literally get nothing for her birthday.
The bank returned Mrs Smiths check again. She asks what to buy with the funds, and the grocer replies with a prompt for better budgeting and a suggestion to shop wisely.
Byron jokes about affording long vacations with a plan that allocates one month on the sands and eleven on the rocks. The quip frames travel as a humorous mismatch of leisure and hardship.
Jonathan Daniels joins the White House staff as an administrative assistant in a career spanning 20 years from the Louisville Times to the Raleigh News and Observer. The piece also critiques Joad’s five wives per man idea proposed by the London Brains Trust philosopher and pacifist, contextualizing it with World War I and Shaw comparisons.
A wartime notice describes a two to six year old girls frock design with scalloped bodice rickrack trim and matching bonnet and panties. It lists Pattern No 8357 in sizes 2 3 4 5 6 years and Pattern No 9364 in sizes 36 38 40 42 44 46 48 50 52 with yardage details and material requirements.
Pattern department at 30 South Wells Street Chicago invites pattern requests. Enclose 20 cents per pattern with name address size pattern number and desired quantity for processing.
A quirky slice of a school scene notes a dull lad whose father disciplines him to improve. A jumbled dialogue among characters hints at humor and moral tones. The piece ends with a child’s request for bread without noise, set against domestic life.
In a wartime scene a soldier asks about a strange insignia on a bomber. The reply describes the commanding officer peering from a port hole, offering a human glimpse behind the metal.
A wartime photo caption shows a cropped haired worker in trousers and a cigarette. A visitor mistakes the person for a boy. the worker clarifies the person is a daughter. The exchange reveals the worker is a mother not a father, correcting the visitor.
Henry and his partner joke about spending time in tights during their club’s show. She asks how people will react and he quips that they will say he married her for her money. The brief banter captures light humor between two spouses.
A mixed quiz item asks about silver symbol Ag and Horace Greeley's defeat, water weight per gallon, hyperopia, dynamics science, Gibraltar width, solar day, Washingtons army award, appearance on coins, and daily food intake of the average American soldier.
The list presents items linking chemistry, weight, and milestones in science and honors. It notes silver with symbol Ag, a grant, a weight in pounds, a far sighted concept, physics, a distance of eight and one half miles, a 25 day period, the Purple Heart, Washington’s 1909 stance on honors, Roosevelt’s influence on Lincoln’s penny, and five and a half pounds.
The Army Air Forces build an all weather testing room at Wright Field Ohio to simulate Sahara dust storms and arctic cold for equipment clothing and human reaction tests. Rubber boats will float on a water covered floor while artificial climates span from snow to broiling sun and 50 degrees below zero.
Reading the ad copy promotes Kellogg All Bran biscuits with buttermilk. It lists ingredients and steps from soaking All Bran to baking, with note on sweet milk variation and cooking temp.
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