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Domestic News
April 23, 1943
The Ypsilanti Daily Press
Ypsilanti, Washtenaw County, Michigan
What is this article about?
In Twin Falls, Idaho, two small boys wrecked the interior of a vacant 20-room rooming house in a playful 'blitzkrieg' style, leaving no surface unmarred and reducing stair railings to kindling, according to Police Chief Howard Gillette.
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BOYS "BLITZ" VACANT HOUSE
TWIN FALLS, Ida.—UP—A vacant rooming house served as a training camp for two small boys who "ought to make a couple of good commandos when they grow up—if they grow up," according to Chief of Police Howard Gillette.
Gillette said the boys, in an unaccountable spirit of blitzkrieg, virtually wrecked the interior of a 20-room establishment here. No smooth surface, he said, was left unmarred, and the stair railings, among other things, were reduced to kindling.
"I don't know how they did it," the chief said, surveying the ruins, "but if this blitz is a sample of what they can do, they have what it takes to make the Axis very unhappy."
TWIN FALLS, Ida.—UP—A vacant rooming house served as a training camp for two small boys who "ought to make a couple of good commandos when they grow up—if they grow up," according to Chief of Police Howard Gillette.
Gillette said the boys, in an unaccountable spirit of blitzkrieg, virtually wrecked the interior of a 20-room establishment here. No smooth surface, he said, was left unmarred, and the stair railings, among other things, were reduced to kindling.
"I don't know how they did it," the chief said, surveying the ruins, "but if this blitz is a sample of what they can do, they have what it takes to make the Axis very unhappy."
What sub-type of article is it?
Crime
What keywords are associated?
Boys Vandalism
Twin Falls
Rooming House
Blitzkrieg
Police Chief
What entities or persons were involved?
Howard Gillette
Where did it happen?
Twin Falls, Ida.
Domestic News Details
Primary Location
Twin Falls, Ida.
Key Persons
Howard Gillette
Outcome
interior of 20-room vacant rooming house wrecked, including stair railings reduced to kindling; no injuries mentioned.
Event Details
Two small boys used a vacant rooming house as a training camp and in a spirit of blitzkrieg virtually wrecked the interior, leaving no smooth surface unmarred.