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Lexington, Ky...
Incubation. Releasing Harvey McKinney from a year's jail term for the theft of a hen and her eggs, the Court of Appeals in Frankfort, Ky. ruled that it was a misdemeanor but no felony, that the lower court "did . . . count chickens before they hatched...
...there was time to praise heroes. Many were cited for gallantry last week, and the names of their home towns-Phoebus, Va., Quenemo, Kans., La Porte, Ind., Dabolt, Ky., Rector, Ark., Star City, W.Va.-were eloquent of the U.S. at war. Among those honored were: < Two Roosevelts, father and son, respectively son and grandson of the great Teddy. To Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr., assistant commanding general of the First Division, in which he won many a decoration during World War I, went an Oak Leaf Cluster for his Silver Star. The New Yorker this month reported from Tunisia...
Private John O. Scheuermann has been assigned to the enlisted detachment of the unit to succeed Master Sergeant T. Collins, who has been assigned to duty at Fort Knox, Ky. Private Scheuermann was transferred from First Service Command headquarters...
...force was inexperienced, but it quickly became less so. A gunner drew a bead on a dive-bomber, said: "Here's where I get one for my brother." He did. Captain Sidney Combs, of Lexington, Ky., took cover behind a tank until a land mine exploded under it and injured the crew. Combs amputated the tank captain's leg with a knife, crawled into a foxhole and directed the artillery fire. Pounded by Stukas, the U.S. force pressed on, reached its objective, destroyed enemy installations and withdrew...