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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1944
Page
7
An ingle excerpt describes a three bracket wall art set for a living room, center piece fourteen inches wide with smaller side brackets. A school boy could cut them with a coping saw or jig saw. Mrs Spears provides an actual size pattern Pattern 263 with complete cutting assembling and finishing directions. Include 15 cents for cost and mailing.
In Denver a new army inductee declines to reveal any military details, declaring his name as Charles Jonas Kills the Enemy. The man, a full blooded Sioux Indian, asserts the unusual surname during induction.
FBI reports reveal Bernard Click, a 37 year old cashier of Killbuck Savings Bank in Ohio, staged a bank robbery with two armed men who never existed. He knocked himself unconscious to fake the incident, concealing $8235 in a safe deposit box and later admitting embezzlement totaling $5500. The hoax unravelled and Click was arrested December 18.
Soldiers in Los Negros recount Japanese front-line troops attempting to breach American First Cavalry defenses. A Jap officer reportedly attacked U S troops before killing himself with a sword. Other groups reportedly detonated grenades rather than surrender.
Three navy airmen in a rubber boat drifted for three hours within sight of Truk as anti aircraft fire damaged their plane. Ensign John J. O Sullivan piloted the craft, with Raymond E. Lord and Gene S. Berg aboard. A rescue ship saved them eight miles offshore just before they reached the fortress.
In Clewiston Floridaduring a vacation at the Clewiston Inn P H Nichols of Atlanta hooked a large black bass on Lake Okeechobee The fish struck so hard he was knocked off balance The bass tried to haul away his rod and reel He recovered his tackle and later caught three bass to keep them in place and returned to the inn wet but victorious
A historical preview ranks the National League with the St. Louis Cardinals favored to win. It notes losses to Cardinals like Walker and Klein, praises Musial and Hopp, and projects Cubs, Reds, Pirates, Dodgers, Giants, Braves, and Phillies positions with brief reasons.
Eyewitness Jacob Apenszlak outlines to Chicago Polish Jewish groups and press how mass steam executions at Treblinka in Poland killed 8,000 to 10,000 victims at a time. He notes the method used a bath sign and iron doors, with bodies fused by steam and later separated by cold water before burial.
Lieut. Charles Gumm Jr., first Mustang ace to shoot down in Europe, died eight days ago saving Nayland villagers from a crashing plane. Canon W. L. Wright said Gumm refused to parachute, stayed with the craft to avert homes, but fatal damage forced a crash near an open field.
Ann Delores Steinbacher, 14, swallowed a two inch hatpin while removing her hat. Doctors at Williamsport Hospital performed an abdominal operation to extract the pin. Her condition was described as satisfactory after the procedure.
Barbara Bell pattern No. 1936 designed for sizes 11 through 19. Size 13 with short sleeves uses 34 yards 39 inch material and 2 yards ribbon. Ideal for summer parties and can be made in silk crepes or crisp dotted muslins. Also suitable as a school frock in percale.
A witty brisk exchange of lines about marriage, readiness, trains and first versus second husbands unfolds in lighthearted snippets. The dialogue hints at character quirks and family dynamics through quick quips and the playful banter of a speaker and listener.
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