Kankakee Valley Post, Volume 12, Number 11, DeMotte, Jasper County, 22 January 1942 — MISCELLANY. [ARTICLE]

MISCELLANY.

Santa Barbara, Calif.: Mickey Rooney, No. 1 film star, married a little-known 19-year-old movie actress, Ava Gardner from i North Carolina. New York: Joe Louis defeated Buddy Baer in a one-round knockout and then had announced, he would enlist in the army, not waiting fpr the draft. „ Rangoon, Burma: A Japanese a : raid threw three elephants into a panic and they stampeded, causing considerable confusion before they were recaptured. Rome: Italy had confiscated the entire filling station network of the Texas company within its borders, it had been announced. London: Britain was still further cutting its food ration as the demands began to flood in from the South Pacific campaign. Tokyo (by radio) : A 30 per cent tax increase has been necessary in Japan to finance the new war expenditures, it was announced. Berlin: Dispatches from Tokyo told of Seueo Oye, famous Jap polevaulter, being killed in action as he led a landing party on Luzon.