If you believe the figures –
European War to end Sept. 7, 1944 – at 2:00 p.m.
Clevelanders add up some twisters
The European War will end at 2:00 p.m. on Sept. 7, 1944 – if you believe the figures.
Admitting the truth of the old adage that figures can be twisted to mean anything, it must still be admitted that Patt Hallisey and Mike Gettings of Cleveland have done some fancy twisting to predict so precisely the exact moment when hostilities will cease.
Their method, as revealed in the Hotel Gazette, a trade publication, was arrived at by “going into seclusion with slide rules, reams of paper, and dozens of pencils.”
They produced a chart headed “What Do You Make of This?” and listing the birth year, age, year office was assume and number of years in office of Churchill, Hitler, Roosevelt, Il Duce, Stalin and Tōjō. The columns all add up to the same figure, 3888.
Next step, for an unexplained reason, was to cut that 3888 figure in half to get the “year the war will end” and to cut in one-fourth to get the day.
The chart, and what do you make of it?
Churchill Hitler Roosevelt Il Duce Stalin Tōjō Year born 1874 1889 1882 1883 1879 1884 Age 70 55 62 61 65 60 Took office 1940 1933 1933 1922 1924 1941 Years in office 4 11 11 22 20 3 — — — — — — 3888 3888 3888 3888 3888 3888 END OF WAR: ½ of 3888 – 1944
½ of 1944 equals 972, equal 9/7, 2 p.m., Sept. 7, 1944To find the supreme ruler, take first letter of each of the above names.