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Unknown Radio Wit Retires From His Police Job

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09855.89.02 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 1 October 1944 Pagination: 1 p. ; 12.9 x 16.5 cm. Order a Copy

One newspaper clipping sent by E. Pearce Hayes to L. Jean White dated October 1, 1944. Concerning the retirement of Charlie Clay a police dispatcher. The article notes that he not only dispatched the cars but entertained them as well.

White, L. Jean, 1915-2014
Clay, Charlie, fl. 1944
Great Depression and World War II, 1929-1945
Religion
Churches
Christianity
China

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