Police Blotter Echoes From The City And Navy
Denver police blotter lists items stolen in a quirky tally. Chicken and pigeon values appear daily, prompting Detective Captain Chil ders to remark on wartime meat rationing. In Des Moines Ames natives enlist in the navy, including Joseph Patrick Kelly and Paul Vincent Galvin.
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Denver
Colo
James E. Childers
Joe
Des Moines
Joseph Patrick Kelly Paul Vincent Galvin
Ames
Navy
Prisoner Back in Jail Ten Years After Escape
Kenneth Jessmon, 38, was recaptured in Phoenix ten years after escaping from Maricopa County jail with five others. He said he had lived straight since then and was arrested after a fingerprint check when reporting to work for Excello Corp of Detroit. Originally sentenced for burglary, he awaited transfer when he escaped. he is married with a seven year old son.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Kenneth Jessmon
Caricopa County
Jessmon
Excello Corporation
Detroit
Arizona State Prison
Lon Jordan
State
Fine Farmer Fined for Wasting Plowing Weather in Macon
Bibb county farmer appeared in Recorder George M Nottingham court on drunkenness charges and was fined 25 dollars. Nottingham launched a one man campaign against absenteeism, applying double fines to war plant workers who are absent during work hours. Seven workers were fined 22 dollars each for drunkenness.
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Macon
Bibb County
George M. Nottingham
Recorder Nottingham
Nottingham
Egg Throwers Face Dis orderly Conduct Charge in Chicago
Four youths were arraigned for egg tossing at spectators during a theater event. Judge N J Bonelli ordered the victims to assess clothing damage and adjourned the case while warning the boys' mothers to ration their fun amid wartime food shortages.
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Chicago
N. J. Bonelli
Visitor to Army Post Is Hurt by Stray Shot
Jane Frakes 69 of Fort Thomas was seriously wounded by stray shotgun pellets when a military police guard opened fire on two prisoner escapers at Fort Thomas Kentucky. The visitors entered with her son to see a son newly inducted. The prisoners William Evans and Jack Tucker, both 23, were wounded with Evans hit in the chest.
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Fort Thomas
Jane Frakes
Frakes
William Evans
Jack Tucker
Evans
Brides Learn to Cook in New London Classes
New London Connecticut USC has opened cooking classes for brides of service members to teach domestic skills and kitchen basics amid a high number of military families in the area.
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New London
Conn
USC
Battle of Cebu Endgame on Night Run to Save Bataan
Two MTB boats and crews spearheaded a risky night torpedo attack on Japanese cruisers and destroyers off Cebu. Bulkeley’s squadron fought through heavy fire, scoring a cruiser hit and evading three pursuing destroyers, then slipping into shallow waters at dawn to survive as a larger rescue effort began.
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Bataan
Bulkeley
Cebu
Minnesota
Newburg
Chase & Sanborn
Cleland
Bar
Wwe
Peggy
Australia
Mindanao
Iloilo
Interisland
Negros
Kelly
Negros Islands
Island Passage
Bulkerely
Cox
Glover
Ensign Richardson
Misamis
Vacation in My Backyard War Comic Satire
A humorous wartime reflection contrasts Benito and Adolf with a self parody about staying home. The speaker notes a long vacation in his yard with odd sights like a sewer project and a desire for banana peels and poison ivy, ending with a patriotic aside about Waves and Spars.
Bedside Tables From Orange Crates
Thrifty project shows HESE orange crate bedside tables with green oil cloth lining a top cover frill and skirt. Includes trims for bed spreads and monogram bands. Advertises BOOK 7 and BOOK 2 with prices and ordering.
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HESE
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Army Post
Radley
Houston Hatchery
Washington Ave
Houston
Kean
Alexander
A. A. Lichtenstein
P. O. Box
Corpus Christi
Texas
Southern Motor CO
Packard Sales and Service
Harrisburg
Island
TML Philips
Benito
Adolf
Caesar
Napoleon
Bridge
Finnegan
Epstein
Alfred Schenck
Ruth Wyeth
Spears
Bedford Hills
New York
San Francisco
Brel 425
Spurlock-Neal Co
Nashville
Tenn
FLIT
Stance
The
Drug, Cosmetic and Allied Industries
Copr
Stance Incorpo
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