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Newspaper
Marshall Herald
Location
Marshall, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1947
Page
8
Mary, leaving her restaurant job and her city life, watches Vic plan a fast marriage after a station surge of danger. A shady stranger hints at trouble tied to a past hold up as Mary grabs her grey tweed bag and hurries to catch a Pine Creek train.
Lansing Central Methodist church reported its Sunday collection of more than $1 000 missing after burglars cracked the church safe using church tools. There was no sign of forcible entry.
Betty Goudy a farm girl from Artesian South Dakota, aged 14, awoke in Wesley Memorial hospital with the bandages off after a cornea graft from a still born baby. Dr Perritt led the delicate operation and said the brain eye connection would take weeks to mature while the patient may gain more sight. Her mother and father expressed cautious optimism as Betty first glimpsed bright sun and moving lips.
MUNCIE INDIANA Pvt Gene Jackson, listed dead two years ago in Europe, has returned from the dead and is recovering in Wiesbaden Germany. He wrote he was injured in the arm and knee and suffered amnesia after awakening in La Valise France before being moved to the army hospital. His wife Esther of Nashville and his parents Albert and Mrs Jackson of Muncie were notified. He hopes to spend Christmas with family.
Sunday school attendance reached fifty five as families and friends gathered for the homecoming. Local residents, including Mrs. Ella Schwartz and Mrs. Lile Walters, visited others such as Mrs. Sarah Davis and Miss Mary Kester. The piece lists multiple visits, family gatherings, and a line about machinery purchased to improve production methods for crops and livestock.
In Portales New Mexico a British war bride watched as George Barrett a 22 year old ex soldier received 18 months in prison for contributing to juvenile delinquency. Parents testified Barrett claimed he and their daughter were married and living together as husband and wife.
Carla Wolff a Eurasian from Batavia was sentenced to eight months imprisonment for concealing 500000 dollars of a 3000000 dollar treasure from the Dutch East Indies during the Japanese occupation. Captain Nakamura, father of her children, handed the money to her at Japan surrender.
Boston police arrested a man for registering bets on a dog race. He swallowed several pieces of paper, and officers used a stomach pump to recover scraps that were later pieced together as betting slips.
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