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Newspaper
Thomson Review
Location
Thomson, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Sep 07, 1944
Page
5
The Review is compiling an Honor Roll of all men and women serving in the U S armed forces from York township and invites corrections additions and notices of advancement in rank The list presented so far includes the following names and details
Listing of service members with ranks and branches including U S Army Navy and Marine Corps. Names include Henry L Ashpole corporal Harold Ashpole sergeant Robert A Steele Dwight Atherton Glenn Barr Donald Bennett Joe Bennett Charles Beck Marvin Badtke Burrell Brown Dwight Brown Harold Bull and others with assignments at Camp Hood Texas and various U S Navy posts.
A long list enumerates individuals with ranks from Navy Coast Guard Army Air Force Marines and WAAC including Eugene Bull Donald Cate Merle Cate M W Cate and many others. It reads like a muster of personnel with varied grades from Private to Captain and covers U S Navy U S Army U S Air Force and U S Marines plus mentions WAAC and Seabees. The second part includes jokes about an old clock in a sick room and a husband taking exercise, noting dialogue about breeding and running.
A reader asks about postwar poultry expansion and egg demand. Options discussed include more commercial flocks on the East Coast and in Georgia and Arkansas, dual breeding for meat and eggs, meat and egg breed development, and hybrid chicks. A speaker warns that returning to prewar methods may end many in the business within five to ten years.
Fred McCorkle a Miwanee auto salesman for a Chicago concern was injured when a car he was riding in crashed through a curve and toppled into a shed. Witnesses helped him from the wreck and he was treated for cuts before being taken to his home in Kewanee.
Corkle took a wrong road out of Peoria on his way home and drove a 1941 Oldsmobile into a wreck. The car, nearly destroyed, was towed to Sollenberger’s garage. Bill remarks on a voice and insurance for a Metropolitan career.
A speaker boasts about the comfort of having a certain head while a companion affirms with a playful Yeh and solid comfort. The exchange emphasizes ease and confidence in appearance or demeanor.
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