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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 1944
Page
5
A list of ten trivia prompts covers US politics geography language and astronomy. Questions ask about vice presidents historic state bills cloudiest spots oldest US city highest Canadian peak synonyms for cut the symbolic mace and the illuminated and dark lunar phases.
A list of questions and supplied answers covers topics from geography and history to poetry and astronomy. It includes Virginia, coastal Washington cities, presidents, founding dates, Mt. Logan, and lunar illumination concepts.
The article discusses Joe Louis and Billy Conn potentially returning after military service with weight targets around 210 and 190 pounds respectively. It notes their boxing activity in camps, hopes for a Louis Conn first title defense, tax and war relief issues for Louis, and speculation on a lucrative postwar bout possibly worth millions, framing it as a major sporting event.
Eleanor Parker seven pulls eight year-old Stephen to shore when he sinks in Lost creek. She then drowns while returning to aid him. Father John Parker recovers Eleanor after a frantic search.
In France during D day action a wounded infantryman was guided to safety by a foxhole dog. Capt Edwin F. Rapp reports the dog stayed with the man under artillery fire and led him to a road where medics carried them to a station. The dog shared a litter with the wounded man and stayed by his side during transport.
The comptroller general rules marriage by mail is valid if the state recognizes it, enabling a wife to receive her soldier husband’s allowances. Josephine M. Lorraine and Capt. Joseph Vaccaro Jr. married by mail December 3 1943 due to inability to obtain a license. Some states require presence or have other rules making absentee marriages impossible.
Guam residents recall a WW2 ruse when Japanese occupants searched homes for an American flag and found none, a pillow secretly hid the banner sewn by a relative. Gaily R. Kamminga, Pitt town commissioner, relates the tale noting natives prayed for American return and that a niece Juana stitched Marines shirts for fit.
London report says Sir Henry Barnard a prominent British judge has been summoned to police court on a charge of bathing at a banned coast beach in Sussex. He and many residents face breaking defense regulations amid Britain's battle of the beaches as civilians protest beaches closed to them but open to servicemen.
A frightened runaway horse dragging a junk wagon belonging to Rev. J. H. Brown damaged about a dozen parked automobiles as it fled through Detroit. The horse sideswiped cars along its route while Brown was shopping. owners sought police and legal guidance on damages.
Dorothy Elliott a 47 year old West Riding magistrate and colliery secretary known as Lady Bountiful was sentenced to six years penal servitude at Leeds Assizes for robbing her company of 910,000. She used funds to fund lavish projects including a stained glass window, an air raid shelter for 500, a model railway, a Rangers HQ and frequent parties, leading jurists to call her a woman of magpie propensities.
Sergt Milburn Henke the first U S soldier to land in Ireland married his childhood sweetheart Iola Christensen at Friedens Lutheran church in Hutchinson Minnesota. Their romance began in school and during his landing broadcast he named her as his sweetheart. He later earned the Silver Star for aiding a wounded comrade in North Africa.
Eight year old Leah Midgette of Atlantic City writes General Eisenhower praising the Normandy invasion. The Allied commander replies thanking her and noting her father Chief Storekeeper Augustus Midgette has served 17 years in the coast guard.
Philadelphia patrolman Charles Leiber quelled a car fire and redirected a gawking crowd to a nearby Red Cross subscription booth. He announced the side show was over and the main attraction lay a few doors away with free admission.
Poem line reflecting on the hearth as the enduring center of home life. It emphasizes warmth, belonging, and reunion despite travel or distance. The piece uses a lyrical, reflective tone credited to Osborne.
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