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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 10, 1945
Page
7
A new customer visited a butcher shop asking for the three toughest chickens among six in the icebox. The butcher arranged all six, picked the three toughest, and the customer calmly claimed the three tender ones, exposing a clever ruse.
A humorous exchange shows Sarge questioning why troops missed inspection while a Private laments pants too short after three tailor attempts. The dialogue reveals military life quirks and discipline humor without major action or outcomes.
In town banter, Smith mocks the new weather man as a grump who cannot even get the forecast to agree with him, prompting Jones to question his certainty and charm.
Jane and Joan exchange lines about the navy. Jane notes the navy never worries about laundry because anything dropped overboard will wash ashore. The quip highlights naval life and humor.
A clerk pitches a gown as evening wear while a customer questions its evening use. The clerk asks where she typically goes at night prompting a brief exchange over appropriate attire.
On a phone call a husband explains he must leave before the doctor arrives to see his wife. The doctor replies with a simple suggestion to write a ten dollar check.
Teenagers Jimmy and Tommy joke about a new girl, comparing her to a beautiful moon. The dialogue hints at playful candor as they weigh impressions and charm factors in light, breezy banter.
A light dialogue references roadside fauna during a countryside picnic. The speakers contrast humorous asks with a memory of many animals spotted, highlighting rural scenery and everyday curiosity about local wildlife.
Jerry- Until we were married.
Joe comments on a woman's figure noting a broad beamed frame, while Bill responds with remarks about a narrow waist and wide mouth. The dialogue centers on physical traits and playful banter.
The fragment hints at a light gossip or comic panel about a recurring button joke in a laundry setting. It mentions a witty exchange and a playful search for the elusive button, suggesting a humorous local note or cartoon caption.
Slim and Jim debate rationing as Slim asserts the gas line proves you cannot fuel all people all of the time. The exchange highlights frustration with shortages and limits on supplies.
Brown and Blue discuss planting seeds for a garden. Brown says half the seeds can’t be planted because directions require hills and their garden is level. Blue asks why.
Jim questions Slim about seeking a lawyer's honest opinion. Slim replies that such an opinion does not exist.
Harvard criminologists Prof. Sheldon Glueck and Dr. Eleanor Glueck predict postwar crime will rise due to wartime traumas. Their New Cambridge report argues for new correctional methods focusing on mental therapy and long-term follow-up studies. They cite 85 percent of inducted soldiers seen as high risk and 10 percent with 50 50 odds.
In Pueblo Colorado gunfire alarms crowds as two men are shot and fake bodies dumped into cars. Three young men and two girls staged the shots for thrills. Police traced the car to a tavern and arrested the quintet on disturbing the peace charges.
Three small boys age ten, six, and nine returned to town after a river camping trip near Heber Springs Arkansas. Their disappearance triggered a near twenty four hour search by about three hundred volunteers including sheriff deputies Boy Scouts and high school squads. The youths said they were tired and headed home after encountering searchers.
Secretary Stimson said the army will release doctors as quickly as military needs allow. Senator Mitchell urged that Europe shows surplus doctors, and a special surgeon general board will determine essential personnel in the department.
A veteran's reminiscence recounts Charley Paddock's near world record in the 100 meters and Lou Gehrig's near four homer game, plus Dempsey Firpo near-miss in boxing history. The piece notes narrow margins shaping sport history, with Greasy Neale and Steve Owen debating Army versus Navy outcomes.
On Okinawa the army commander Lt Gen Mitsuru Ushijima and chief of staff Lt Gen Isamu Cho reportedly killed themselves in a ritual hara-kiri after a final banquet. A Salem, Oregon staffer identified the corpses as positive and unquestionable.
In Albuquerque, Mayor Clyde Tingley heard a shout and saw a man stuffing clothes into a bag in an alley behind a hotel from his city hall office. Police credited the mayor with a quick assist as they checked the departing ledger into the city jail.
A North Western train 645 carried a robin that built a nest on an air brake cylinder. Eggs hatched on schedule but the mother abandoned the nest as the train's 72 mile round trip continued, ending with no robin returning to the site. Dr Albert Wolfson of Northwestern University explains the incubation window and abandonment.
Pattern No 1274 is designed for sizes 3 to 8 years. Size 4 jumper requires 134 yards of 36 or 39 inch material and blouse 144 yards. Includes 11% yards of ribbon for lacing.
Mrs L K L of Minnesota recommends Aunt Ellen's Work Basket for needlecraft lovers. The annual subscription is $1 for twelve issues and includes transfer patterns and ideas for doilies edgings bedspreads tablecloths hats bags and collar and cuff sets. Send orders to Work Basket 305 Westport Station Kansas City Missouri.
An Atlanta theater patron played with a live hand grenade while watching a western. Theater officials alerted police who called in military authorities. The boy claimed a paratrooper gave him the grenade and said it was dead. Mil authorities warned the weapon could kill 75 to 100 people.
ST. HELENA KY Mrs Zilla Lovelace found a six foot cowsnake tangled in her sewing machine shuttle causing screams. Railroad operator Jim Griffin arrived with a rifle and hoe aided by his dog. One snake was killed. no human injuries reported.
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