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During World War II, Corporal William (Bill) A. Wynne of Cleveland, Ohio, paid another soldier 2 pounds Australian (about $6.44 at the time) so he’d have some competition in a card game. In return, the soldier gave Wynne a Yorkshire Terrier he found in an abandoned foxhole.
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He named it Smoky.
It didnt seem like much to the corporal, but years later, that dog would save Wynne’s life.
According to America Comes Alive, Smoky was found in the New Guinea jungle by Wynne’s eventual poker partner in 1944. She didn’t seem to respond to basic commands in Japanese or English, and to this day, there’s no telling where she came from.
Shortly after Wynne taught her a few simple tricks, she proved her merit, both as a dog and a soldier.
Smoky once led Wynne safely though an explosive rain of shelling from a transport ship, kept him safe in skirmish after skirmish, and shared his rations. She also kept the troops entertained, performing tricks that Wynne taught her between bloody battles in the jungle.
Perhaps most importantly, Smoky helped speed up airbase construction by running telegraph wire through narrow pipes.
“I tied a string (tied to the wire) to Smoky’s collar and ran to the other end of the culvert,” Wynne would tell NBC after the war. “[Smoky] made a few steps in and then ran back. `Come, Smoky,’ I said sharply, and she started through again. When she was about 10 feet in, the string caught up and she looked over her shoulder as much as to say `what’s holding us up there?’”
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“The string loosened from the snag and she came on again. By now the dust was rising from the shuffle of her paws as she crawled through the dirt and mold and I could no longer see her. I called and pleaded, not knowing for certain whether she was coming or not.”
“At last, about 20 feet away, I saw two little amber eyes and heard a faint whimpering sound . . . at 15 feet away, she broke into a run. We were so happy at Smoky’s success that we patted and praised her for a full five minutes.”
As a member of the 5th Air Force, Smoky was recognized for engaging in 12 separate combat missions during WWII, for which she would receive eight battle stars. After the war, she made multiple television appearances, amusing audiences with her tricks, and comforting injured veterans as the first therapy dog in the United States.
As Dog Heirs reports, Smokey lived to be 14 years old. She died in 1957, and was buried in Cleveland Metroparks.
Learn more about Smoky in the video below.
Isai Scheinberg of PokerStars Gets Time Served and $30000 Fine In Socially Distanced SDNYBy Matthew Russell Lee, ExclusivePatreon
SDNY, Sept 23 -- When Isai Scheinberg, after being indicted in 2011 and recently returning from Switzerland voluntarily though following an extradition request appeared in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on February 20, the mood was strangely cordial.
Now on September 23 he has received a sentence of time served and a $30,000 fine. More on Patreon, here.
SDNY Judge Lewis A. Kaplan set a trial date, of October 19 - but told the defendant's well known counsel Paul Shechtman he expected the case reach a disposition before then, and that he'd assign the plea to the Magistrates Court.
On March 25, Inner City Press was there in the Mag Court, relocated due to Coronavirus to large courtroom 24B, when Scheinberg came to plead guilty. He told Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave he has a masters degree in mathematics, and that he had taken a test for the virus.
His letter from the US Attorney's Office, dated March 3, put his guideline sentences at twelve to eighteen months.
Now on September 23, Scheinberg was sentenced by Judge Kapan, with both wearing masks. Inner City Press was again there, and masked too, as the only media present.
Shechtman described Scheinberg's good works, and making-whole of the victims of other online poker platforms. (He said a clerk in the SDNY arraignment's part had thanks Scheinberg for that).
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Scheinberg's wife of 52 years Dora was in the courtroom too, as well as Shechtman's co-counsel Barry Boss. Scheinberg read a statement, how he built his life in Israel then Canada, and that the felony conviction will haunt him forever.
The Assistant US Attorney said that there had been red flags as to Federal law, but that online poker had clearly been illegal under the laws of many states including New York.
Judge Kaplan said, I don't condone what you did but the world is made of fallible people. It was a big mistake but should not ruin what remains of your life.
Judge Kaplan asked Scheinberg to rise, and imposed a sentence of time served and a $30,000 fine. He added the $100 special assessment and said he would work tomorrow on help get Mr. Scheinberg's passport back to him.
It all relates back to so-called 'Black Friday' in April, 2011 whic saw indictments involving Scheinberg's PokerStars, as well as Full Tilt Poker, Ultimate Bet, and Absolute Poker.
Scheinberg spent years living both in Canada and on the Isle of Man. SDNY prosecutors started extradition proceedings during a visit by Scheinberg to Switzerland. He was released on one million dollars bail.The case is US v. Scheinberg, 10-cr-336 (Kaplan).
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