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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1944
Page
7
A bus conductor, warned by his wife for noisy late returns, vows to be careful. After a spell of late duty he enters quietly but slips back into habit and bellows to have fares ready. The anecdote illustrates persistence of old habits despite warnings.
Discussion of winter book favorites like Pensive and Pukka Gin amid wide open Derby doubts. Historical examples show favorites often fail, citing Sun Briar Exterminator Sir Barton Morvich and Count Fleet, with notes on preservation of firearms and storage advised by W J Tiefenbrunn of Western Cartridge.
Five year old Tom Spencer was saved from freezing to death in a snowbank near his Bellwood home after wandering out barefoot in pajamas in search of the stork said to visit the Spencer residence. Police and rescuers lifted him to safety and he survived the ordeal.
Samuel Parnes of Irvington reported losing 1450 dollars after leaving Hillside National Bank. He retraced his route and searched taverns and pavement until Newark police connected him to a man who had found and turned in the money. Parnes recovered the funds later the same day.
San Francisco California residents Mr and Mrs R G Follis found their house used as a hideaway by Elmer Dale Cox formerly of Wichita Kansas He said he needed a place to live and moved in without notice Police booked Cox for investigation after firemen and inspectors found 55 cans of food cook stove and other provisions in the basement Cox accessed the home through a creek side opening three stories below the main floor highlighting a concealed living space hidden from the street
A two year old Tongan boy swallows a two shilling coin and nearly chokes. The Allied area commander arranges a medevac to Suva where a Scottish doctor and an American army physician operate to remove the coin. The boy will recover and the coin becomes a souvenir for the American doctor.
Washington reports a new Nazi tactic with English-speaking units to man captured B 17 bombers for covert approaches. The RAF Air Forces bulletin notes unidentified Fortresses seen near American formations, flying parallel but out of gun range. Germans also use Kommandos to recover Allied aircraft still operable.
A Chicago mother, Mrs. Theresa Hoffman, mourns Marine Lieut. W. L. Hoffman killed at Tarawa. Letters from New Zealand girl Miss June Sinclair and Marine Lieut. J. L. Fawcett recount the hero’s final stand. Hoffman’s mother plans to respond once her grief lessens.
A 17 year old from Platteville admitted stealing a car on January 20 and using it to rob filling stations in three towns. He said he hoped to gain a transfer to a bigger institution and a better job. The boy escaped from the state industrial school twice and has appeared in juvenile and other courts since age eight. He was sentenced by Circuit Judge A W Kopp to the state reformatory at Green Bay for one to five years.
Lieutenant H. C. Carby and gunner C. A. Marken survived a Christmas crash near Kavieng New Ireland. After 27 days afloat in a rubber boat and 14 on a tiny island they were picked up on February 3 by a rescue plane. Navy physicians said they were in excellent physical and mental condition and recovering rapidly.
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