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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1949
Page
2
Published every Friday at Patoka Illinois. Phone 78. Entered as second class matter November 2 1907 at Patoka post office under the act of March 8 1879. SUBSCRIPTION RATE 40 yr in advance Marion Co yr in advance outside county.
Waltershead reports from committee hearings show economists split on inflation and growth as the administration pushes HR 2756. Sen Millard Tydings questions Los Alamos control, while rural telephone expansion faces opposition from carriers amid the farm telephony debate.
Star Dust traces Bill Quinn starting at age five in Fort Lee film days with Adolphe Menjou Ruth Roland and Marion Davies. It notes his family’s stationery store period and broad radio experience, plus anecdotes about Jerry Hausner Rudd Weatherwax Lassie and William Wyler’s World War I memories and later air force service.
Alex Stoneleigh plots to kill his uncle Jason to inherit his estate but uses a staged crime. He cleans the gun prints and hides it, then wakes to midnight police questioning, facing exposure and possible arrest.
Alex faces intense questions as investigators probe the death of his uncle Jason Stoneleigh. The doctor confirms the uncle suffered a stroke a week earlier and that the gun found in his paralyzed right hand suggests death by his own action. The scene unfolds with the state's attorney and a concerned servant nearby.
The piece notes Washington's birthday and the farewell address while the Senate debates the North Atlantic pact under UN auspices. It reports 59 Senators would back war if Western European allies were attacked, though the pact itself does not bind the U S to war, only to collective action.
Readers see a Washington letter criticizing Harry S Truman for accusing newspapers of plotting against the people. The writer argues the press gives substantial space to his speeches and treats him generously, urging respect for a free press as vital to American democracy. The piece also notes staffing moves and media critiques of entertainment.
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The Bronx was a Westchester district named after Jonas Bronck who arrived in 1639. He bought about 500 acres in 1642, an area later linked to Gov Ernur Morris. The Bronx joined New York City in 1898 and has been coterminous with Bronx County since 1914.
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