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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1944
Page
3
Richard Taussig concedes a discreet offer to Russell Porter seeks to recruit him for a high profile project. Sue Porter schemes to move her husband away from the Granada hotel intrigue as Diego Gongaro and Albert Benoist discuss a planned Caribbean operation amid shifting loyalties.
Despite shortages of equipment and traveling gear in 1943, golf activity stayed close to 1941 levels with 28 percent fewer rounds. The USGA reported club membership drop from 1758 to 703, while 27 clubs joined public links. War charity efforts raised $174,408 through 483 clubs, and $8,548,920 in war bonds were sold as golf supporters like Bob Hope and Bing Crosby received recognition.
A sports writer discusses a projected 3.644 billion dollar annual recreation spend within five years after the war, driven by hunting fishing camping and other outdoor activities. He cites state conservation efforts and the need for broader public cooperation to protect natural resources as returning servicemen expand outdoor pursuits. Wes Ferrell and Gene Tunney references appear among local sports notes such as Pinehurst golf results and Baltimore basketball teams.
On the home front description compares a hand cut hobbyhorse to a toddler bike. It notes the hobbyhorse head can be cut with a handsaw and knife, and that a Toddle bike is more modern for teaching leg motion. Mrs Spears provides an actual size pattern No 257 for the hobbyhorse head and bike parts.
1. When did the American Red Cross originate. 2. What new cargo are oil tankers delivering abroad. 3. Who was the first cabinet secretary of agriculture. 4. Who is recognized as builder of the first American automobile to run. 5. How long has the castle been the insignia of the United States engineers. 6. Which planet was first discovered in historical times.
The list recalls facts from the nineteenth and eighteenth centuries. It notes 1866 as a publication year for one item and 1840 as a reference point. It cites special deck cargo devices enabling sea shipment of fighter planes and torpedo boats. Names include Norman J. Colman under Cleveland and Charles E. Duryea, with Uranus noted in 1781.
The ad notes Camel as the preferred cigarette across Navy Army Marines and Coast Guard based on service store sales. It mentions Camels as a popular gift and that now overseas mail is restricted but Camels can be sent to soldiers in the U S and to service members wherever they are including Navy Marines and Coast Guard.
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