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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1944
Page
7
In New York a two and a half inch sewing needle embedded in the left ventricle was located and removed using an electronic finger device. The procedure, the first of its kind, lasted over two hours with the heart beating throughout and the patient recovering well.
Five Red Army escapees told of brutal conditions at a British camp near Alexandria Egypt. They described 28 000 Russians dying of cold and hunger in one camp and a daily death rate of 150 in another. Prisoners faced long work days and severe beatings.
In Bath New York two Chemung county deputy sheriffs Gordon Brinthaupt and Roy Hazen died when their car struck a tree on the Buffalo Bath highway returning from Buffalo. Prisoner Thomas Dowd of Elmira on a Children's court charge ran to a nearby farmhouse to call for help and was uninjured.
In Germany music is used in markets and stores to calm upset shoppers facing shortages of goods. A German newspaper notes theaters and factories employ tunes to ease fatigue and soften the tense atmosphere around empty shelves for customers and clerks.
Federal Judge Kalodner sentenced Bingo Di Minto 22 to a year and a day for stealing a $28 pay check forging an endorsement and getting his 14 year old sister in law to cash it at a grocery store.
Jimmy Wilson leaves the Chicago Cubs amid criticism of his managing while praised by players including acting coach Roy Johnson. The piece recalls prior Cubs managers from McCarthy to Grimm, notes Wilson’s late 1940s slump, and cites executives saying the team was underperforming not due to him.
Simple airy sun suit with shoulder buttons, matching tie-on skirt, and a single-piece bonnet for easy ironing. Includes two appliques a bright tulip and a tiny kitten, designed for hot days with a comfortable stylish look.
Report from the Italian front notes U S soldiers dip handkerchiefs in mud before use to prevent the white surface from giving away their position. Across the Pacific, canned rations are now painted camouflage to avoid shine that could reveal troop locations to enemy forces.
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