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Newspaper
Moulton Eagle
Location
Moulton, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1943
Page
3
In Camden New Jersey a woman employee found herself locked in after hours. She phoned for help and a hook and ladder truck arrived as a crowd gathered. She initially refused to descend but firemen moved the ladder to the rear of the building and she climbed down unseen by the onlookers.
In Trenton New Jersey four armed men abducted cashier Anthony Ianni as he waited outside his home. They forced him to drive to the Tiger Food Store and open the safe, escaping with about 14000 dollars. Police report the cashier was seized at gunpoint before the theft.
Vice Admiral Arthur Lionel Snagge on the retired list of the Royal Navy told a Purley meeting that the problem of the U boat menace is on the point of being solved if not already solved. He declined to elaborate and left the audience to draw their own conclusions. He also handed over a plaque marking HMS Dardonyx’s adoption by residents of Purley and Coulsdon.
Gen. Sir Bernard L. Montgomery, commander of the British Eighth Army, received two marriage proposals by the same post. He, 55 and a widower since 1937, shared the anecdote in a letter to his mother, Lady Montgomery, noting it as a record.
An interview excerpt recounts combat in the Philippines before and during the fall of Corregidor. Soldiers describe hiding in a paddy, seeking demons of fear and grit, nursing wounds, and the sudden bombing of the tunnel hospital as Manila falls.
A quirky wartime column reports on home front “victory garden” areas with emphasis on delays, equipment shortages, miscommunications, and lighthearted notes. It blends comedic vignettes about gardens, neighborly disputes, and a bridge expert Ely Culbertson with reflections on postwar world planning and miscellany humor.
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