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Newspaper
Dillon Examiner
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1943
Page
6
A grubby youngster visits an elderly retiree each morning and leaves with a dime after delivering a fake summons. When asked why, the boy explains the sailor’s reply to the imagined captain, telling him to go to blazes. The tale amuses villagers.
Joe shares a cousin’s past as a wire walker who quit after a mishap. Bill reacts with curiosity, and Joe explains a day when the uncle was in good spirits but the wire failed. The joke underscores a risky family habit ending abruptly.
A classroom exchange questions who Minerva married and clarifies that the goddess of wisdom is not depicted as married. The teacher corrects the idea, emphasizing Minerva’s symbolic role rather than a spouse.
In a brief exchange aboard a flight approaching New York, a passenger declines an air hostess offer to brush him off and insists on alighting himself once the plane has landed.
A boss accuses John of lying about his grandmother's funeral after seeing him yesterday on a bus. John claims he only expressed a wish to attend her funeral, denying that she had died.
A curious item asks about the value of a stuffed bird named Harry This playful exchange notes the bird is worth about one thousand dollars and asks what it is stuffed with The tone is informal and humorous.
The Irishman tells of landing on an island and spotting the largest bear he had seen. He recalls jumping for a tree whose lowest bough sat 20 feet high and says he didn’t grab it on the way up but caught it on the way down.
Two sailors joke that a bullet might be heard twice in a strange army experience. Rastus asks if bullets are heard, Sambo claims he heard one bullet twice, once as it passed him and again as it passed Rastus.
Dialog suggests Harry Ig Jones is associated with drinks in a casual way while Jerry counters by saying that drinking is not a hard habit for him. The exchange hints at a reductive view of Jones and a humorous tone.
APT Johnny Whelchel and Lieut. Comdr. Rip Miller hail Eddie Prokop of Georgia Tech as the best all around back seen in years. They praise his passing running blocking tackling and kicking and suggest he could be the top draft pick. They also reflect on historic games and note Yale and Princeton at Manhattan Field in 1893 and a long pass trick play.
The set lists ten questions and partial answers. United States has had thirty five national parties, harp has forty six strings, Virginia statute for religious freedom by Thomas Jefferson, draft class in service is Yes Class 1-C, mythic fire stealer is Prometheus, ancient Pitts likely refers to Pittos or Poets, isosceles triangle has two equal sides, battleships sized by length limits, racial group with most service members contribution varies, most remote known planet is Pluto.
The compiled quiz references Prometheus, Britain, and two equal sides. It notes American battleships constrained by the Panama Canal width and the Brooklyn Bridge height en route to the Brooklyn Navy Yard. It also mentions American Indians with 15,000 braves, constituting 40 percent of able-bodied Indians. Pluto is listed as item 10.
Of the dozen or more Allied Nations with troops in Great Britain, the United States is the only one permitted to establish its own military courts.
A manufacturing plant earned an Army Navy E award for six months as its board reviews performance. The plant has equaled or exceeded prior six month output and quality. A service star is added and the award may be withdrawn if quality or quantity falters.
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