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Patoka Register

Location

Patoka, Illinois, United States of America

Date

Apr 23, 1948

Page

2

Girl Prodigy at 8 Proclaims Gospel to Audiences Worldwide

Eight year old Renee Martz, with brown hair and cowgirl boots, has preached to audiences totaling about 200000 in major cities. She has led 6000 souls to confess Christ, rejects movie culture, and aims to be a preacher. Her family educates her. her father Jack Martz began preaching in 1935 and Renee was born April 21, 1940. She loves Australia and aboriginal stories.

Los Angeles Renee Martz Renee Shirley Temple Australia Texas Jack Martz Belfast Ireland Perth Houston Tex Ruby May James Cross Reading Esther Martz Swedish Covenant Chicago Oklahoma City

Jap Hermit in Tokyo Receives 2100 Wife Prospects

A 60 year old Tokyo hermit says he received 2100 marriage applications after an ad seeking a wife. Ichiro Akimoto plans to choose from a 55 year old with half a million yen or a 19 year old geisha while outlining a 20000 yen dowry and 3000 yen business investment plus 2000 yen monthly living costs with a sewing machine and possibly a bicycle. He recounts buying a bicycle for a rejected fiancée and later quarreling.

Tokyo Ichiro Akimoto Akimoto U. S

Five Cent Call Costs Woman $900

Holly wood. Sylvia Deming of Dayton Ohio said a five cent telephone call cost her $900.05 after she left her wallet on a shelf below a public phone and could not recover it. She explained to officers she arrived by plane from Dayton to work as a beauty operator and that the wallet contained all she had in the world.

Hollywood Sylvia Deming Dayton Miss Deming

Train Smashes Auto Of Lost Motorists

In New Bedford Massachusetts Otto Thebner of Middleboro misjudged a rail crossing during a heavy rain. A hitchhiker warned him and they stopped just as an Old Colony train struck the car, demolishing it and derailing the engine and two coaches. One woman passenger suffered minor cuts.

New Bedford Mass Otto Thebner Middleboro Kings Highway Thebner Boston Old Colony

Cops Nab Youth Trying To Force Brother To Hang Self

Ferndale police say 19 year old Samuel Jr attempted to make his 16 year old brother Alfred Hibbitt hang himself by a rope tied to a tree limb. Neighbors heard Alfred scream and officers found both brothers on the limb. Samuel reportedly struck Alfred to coerce the act amid alleged motive over stolen vacuum cleaners and guns. Samuel is jailed awaiting sentencing on breaking and entering and a hunting violation.

Detroit Ferndale Samuel, Jr Alfred Hibbitt Alfred Clifford Fritz Samuel Fritz

Military Authorities Probe Source of Gravestone Walk

Arlington VA authorities investigate a tavern front yard promenade created from 17 Arlington National Cemetery gravestones. Col W L Lee says no tombstones were stolen and notes regulations require return of original markers to storage and obliteration of inscriptions. The tavern owner is reportedly away.

Arlington Arlington National Cemetery W. L. Lee Military District Lee

Canada to test large scale dry ice rainmaking

Ottawa reports that Canadian government and scientific agencies will co operate on rainmaking experiments to cause artificial moisture in heavy rain clouds. Dry ice particles will be sprinkled to make clouds release moisture and, if successful, artificial rain could be used on western wheat lands during dry years.

Ottawa Federal Department of Transport

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