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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1943
Page
7
Ten year old Ken McLaughlin chooses Rocket the loco filly on the Wyoming ranch. His retired army father doubts his schooling but admires the boy’s care for Filcka after she is badly hurt. Ken’s mother Nell seeks escape in town as parental quarrels flare.
Nell and Rob face a tense night after a wildcat sighting and a sudden scream on the range. Ken watches Flicka waste away as summer nears its end, fearing the horse’s death on McLaughlin's ranch.
Penny Singleton leads the Sew and Sew club organizing emergency sewing for servicemen uniforms with Hollywood luminaries joining. Joe Howard sold film rights to The Time the Place and the Girl. Dick Haymes debuts on radio Then screens contracts with 20th Century Fox for two films yearly for seven years. Kate Smith signs a three year radio contract.
Questions test knowledge of ancient and modern terms including Achilles in Greece, a four striper in the navy, the Land of the Midnight Sun in a northern country, a castle emblem for an army branch, florid skin color, fathom length, Hot Tentots in a country, a crane lowering a life boat, cartel ship meaning, and a Native American tribe that never surrendered to the U S government.
A vessel commissioned in time of war to exchange prisoners or carry proposals between hostile powers. Historical note references a captain, Greece, Norway, engineers, a red color, six feet, South Africa, Davis, and the Seminoles of Florida who govern themselves not by state laws.
The upper sketch shows a compact combination living and bedroom with space used efficiently. A box like bedding compartment replaces cushions and is built of plywood. It is padded and covered to match the couch, with unpainted bookcases at the ends and a bed lid painted to blend with them.
A humor page sketches exchanges about a young man smoking in a parlor and a deaf churchgoer with an ear trumpet. A doctor patient joke on tongue exaggeration and a jokey army medical line finish with a bellyache remark. The strip preserves light period tone and wordplay.
A collection of aphorisms and literary lines urges love of country through beauty trust and action. Notable snippets include Burke Longfellow Aquinas and Cicero highlighting faith hope and inspiration alongside courage from Capt Bill McDonald.
Historians recount a World War II anecdote where Adolf Hitler surveyed troops and asked a soldier what he would wish for if a Russian bomb fell nearby. The reply: to have the Fuehrer at his side in the moment of danger.
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