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Newspaper
Patoka Register
Location
Patoka, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1945
Page
7
The llama a common Andean beast is described with camel like body sheep wool bird like feet and a rabbit mouth It is allied to the camel but lacks a hump and stands about three feet high The piece notes its spitting saliva can blister human skin on contact and mentions its color range from black to white
In San Francisco a five year old girl Marilyn Dement and her 37 year old father August Demont jumped from the Golden Gate Bridge to their deaths. A note claimed both committed death by own action. Coastguards believe their bodies were carried away by tides.
In Van Nuys California James Ambrose Milliken 28 quarreled with his wife and threatened suicide but was disarmed. They reconciled and he seized his rifle swinging it at a post then exclaimed to forget the whole thing. A cartridge he had overlooked discharged through the abdomen and he died later in a hospital.
Paris reports 188 American soldiers died in Germany and France from January 1 to July 10 due to drinking disguised methyl alcohol. Fourty four deaths occurred in one week in May. The year’s toll exceeds deaths from communicable diseases among troops in the same period.
Capt. Samuel B. Hanford and the B 29 crew flying over Sakai Osaka area snagged a large tin roofing fragment on the wing. The men tore it into pieces as souvenirs for the crew. The incident occurred during a hot air draft from the target in the Sakai suburb.
A column argues that community growth hinges on broad public spirit and a leading institution, preferably the hometown newspaper, to spark discussion. It cautions against hidden taxes and calls for accountable budgeting, illustrating with small town finance and constitutional governance.
At a Philadelphia police station John Gallagher recounts a robbery by a man who claimed to be Joseph Gallagher. The arresting officer jokes that the suspect and the caller share a name and offers a lighthearted twist as two Gallaghers meet.
Jewell Hensel from Kentucky cares for her husband M Sgt Frederic Hensel at Percy Jones hospital after he lost parts of all four limbs in Okinawa. She believes his recovery is helped by her steady support and shared struggle. The couple met years ago on Kentucky farms and married before his overseas service.
Hamburg reports the German aircraft industry built a 100 ton six engine flying boat by Blohm and Voss in 1943 for Atlantic reconnaissance. It exceeded the Martin Mars in weight and was heavier than the Kaiser-Hughes project then nearing completion in California.
USMC combat correspondent S/ Sgt. J. B. T. Campbell Jr. notes infantry gripe when big guns roll ashore. He recalls infantry initially welcoming the firepower but now cursing the artillery as enemy fire shifts and Marines face renewed Nip attacks.
An alert Marine sentry halted a suspicious civilian carrier near the lines and uncovered a Japanese infiltrator posing as a mother with an infant. S/Sgt. Ray Fitzpatrick reports the disguise involved using a baby to approach Marines, though the infant carrier raised alarm and led to capture.
Practical household tips cover poached eggs in hot milk for flavor, saving garment buttons with safety pins, arranging birthday candles as a question mark, repairing a diagonal tear with running stitches, layering stitches at right angles, and preserving candle wax by varnishing the wick with a dry white coating to slow grease loss.
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