Marital mixups and POW reunion in a wartime tale
A 1947 Lexington Tennessee couple Jimmie Cogburn and Ava Nell Manley faced a marital tangle when a released POW was believed dead and then found alive. Their daughter later stirred further drama as Ava Nell planned a divorce and remarriage to her second husband Hern. The piece blends multiple anecdotes from wartime memory, including a Detroit rescue by a girl, a volunteer fundraiser for a Japanese civilian helper, and a whiskey raid ending with wagging watchdogs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enoch Arden
Freedom Village
Jimmie Coghurn
Lexington
Tenn
Aca Nell Manley
James Danny
Korea
Jimmie
Mire
Cogen
James
Hern
Turvy
Jimmie Cogburn
Ava Nell
Fas
Manley
Cogburn
Louis Gantik
Chicago
Gawlik
Arthur Kneip
Alipan Kneip
Mary Garbrecht
Eight RCAF Men Rescued After Seven Days Stranded
Eight Royal Canadian Air Force crewmen survived seven days after a Lancaster bomber crashed into shallow water near a lake in northern Manitoba. The downed aircraft rolled, two crew burned, and the group survived on a sand bar until a Winnipeg sighting plane located them 185 miles northwest of Churchill. They spent a night on shore and later reached safety after rowing a dinghy to land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annette Kuzdal
Detroit
Feter
Annette
Muzdal
Huedal
Inchon
Kiyoshito
Mike) Tsutsui
Koreas
U. S
Spt
Wilbert R. Estabrook
Portland
Mike
RCAF
Wilds
Churchill
Man
Royal Canadian Air Force
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Rockecliffe
Ottawa
Nnewspaper
Lving
T. A. R. Stamers
Lancaster
Joe Murray
Warrington
England
Missoula
Mont
Murray
Agity
A. ¥. BR. Gossel
Granum
Alta
F. M. DeBaien
Halifax
Third KC Business Bombed in Mystery Halted
An auto mobile agency in northeast Kansas City was bombed early today, the third blast at business firms in three days. Four plate glass windows were blown out and a car damaged at Bert Berry Ford Agency. no injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Bert Berry Ford Agency
Batschild's
Plaza
Woolf Brothers
Plan to ease bills and save money for families
A September Reader's Digest piece outlines a plan to reduce living costs and build savings for average families. It argues budget reforms, practical tips, and prudent spending help stretch paychecks without sacrificing essentials or leisure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bathere
Reader’s Digest
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Edward J. Ryan
North Adams
Mass
Shirley Jennings
Ryan
Fred Yoke
Wyckoff
N. J
Teterboro
Hattiesburg, Miss
Donnell Culpepper
Long Beach Pharmaceutical Association
Press-Gelegram
Pine Avenus
Lona Beach
Guilfrnie
Mureau_of
Gausseek
Exjoy
Catalina
Canton Han
Avel Bureaus
Yelon Beck
Long Beach
Long Beach Furniture
Ralphs
Woodbury
Castile
Odo
Ress
Acan
Vai Doe
Reese
Armour
Vienna
Wielsean Fray Cranberry
Heinz Fresh
Puffin
DERBY
Glencoe
Bentley Hart
Bluhill Indian Grill
Pennant Mershmel
Per
Pillsbury
Orange Juice
Sunkist
Spratt's
Kentucky
Parken
Gsoz
Birds Eye
KRAFT
Cale
Lux Liquid Detergent
Cherry
Tenth and
St. Louis Streets
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