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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1944
Page
7
Londoner B. E. Bull risked his life during an air raid to rescue six razor blades and a razor from a burning house. He explained that razor blades are valuable, prompting astonishment from onlookers about the risk taken.
In Cambridge Massachusetts an 18 year old bride Mary Ann Brydges sought to free 16 year old Joseph Mulligan Jr from his parents custody. Judge John W Monahan rejected the petition noting they are children and set a hearing for annulment.
London reports two Royal Navy lieutenants, Dennis Kelleher and Tewart Campbell, aged 25 and 22, escaped a German POW camp wearing their uniforms. They walked 30 miles toward Bremen, faced hunger, used train tickets, and traveled via an underground route to the coast, posing at times as Netherlands officers to avoid suspicion.
Harry E. Lundmark, 15, is credited by the Third Naval District Public Relations Office as possibly the first person rescued by a helicopter. After being stranded on a windswept sand bar for three hours, Coast Guard Lt. W. C. Bolton spotted him, landed, and ferried him to Floyd Bennett Field.
Fortress flown by Lieut. Clarence A. Strawn of Pueblo Colorado returned from a mission over southern Germany. Sgt. Howard Carey of Ocean View Delaware improvised repairs using antenna wire and cord from his heated flying suit to mend shredded rudder cables after one engine was knocked out. Strawn credited Carey with saving the aircraft and crew.
Chick Evans supports 62 caddies through Evans scholarships at Northwestern, funding from 1916 wins and Western Golf Association contributions. Many scholars serve or train for war, including two early awardees now in the armed forces. The piece also surveys the St. Louis Cardinals under Billy Southworth, noting strong pitching and a building farm system amid wartime draft impacts, with Cubs possible improvement under Charlie Grimm.
Andy Phillips, a famed Illinois basketball Whiz Kid, becomes a marine second lieutenant. John L. Sullivan earned a $14,000 purse beating Herb Shade in San Francisco. Larry Snyder, Jesse Owens’ Ohio State track coach, is a navy lieutenant commander. Ching Johnson, a former New York Rangers bad boy, wins a hockey trophy in Los Angeles.
Karena Shields, a p beautiful pioneer, becomes likely the first white woman to traverse 400 square miles of Usamacintla River valley borderlands. She travels by airplane, muleback, cayuca, and on foot to study Maya descendants and rituals while facing hostile tribes and extreme isolation. Her exploits tie to Palenque ruins and her rubber-plantation childhood.
A red haired boy purse snatcher returned most of his loot after seeing Mrs Janet Scarboroughs handbag containing a $50 bill and a $75 check. He kept six $1 bills. The bag was found by Henry Kracke who returned it. The missing $75 check later appeared in the victim's mailbox.
In Tampa Florida since last October Mike a dog keeps vigil over a granite grave bordered by white stones for Photo the dog mascot of the 3rd mapping squadron at MacDill Field Photo served as master sergeant on the rolls until his death Soldiers bought an $80 headstone and burial plot for him Mike now spends most of his time near the grave symbolizing the bond between the two canine pals and the unit
J Edgar Hoover director of the FBI warns the liquor hijacking surge seen in the past six months could spread across the country like a prairie fire. He notes hijacking convictions are now more than double those of last year and urges immediate action to curb the problem amid shortages.
In San Francisco a bus driver admits a passenger reported smoking and confesses he rushed to speed the trip. The pre-dawn route arrived five minutes late as the crowd headed to work.
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