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Newspaper

Akron Register Tribune

Location

Akron, Iowa, United States of America

Date

May 30, 1940

Page

8

Sheila Faces a Desolate Bronx Return and Hard Choices

Sheila leaves a hopeful plan with Mrs. O'Connor, pockets three dollars, then returns to a bleak Bronx apartment. Joe Carscadden questions the McCanns and Sheila's safety as Ma frets, while Sheila endures hunger, fatigue, and a cramped hotel loft with harsh maid rules.

O'Connor Bronx Joe McCann Stieila Joe Carscadden Stell McCanns Carscadden Sheila Sona Peter Lizzie Nc Oe Marg Ret's

Nightmarish Pendergast dining room shifts Sheila’s life

Sheila endures grueling hours in a New York hotel dining room under Mr Benny. The 22 year old waitress faces bullying and exhaustion, while homesick memories haunt her from a cramped dormitory. Frank MeCann uncovers her, promising aid as a reporter’s intrusion looms.

Pendergast Benny Sheila Mr. Benny Pye Jose Aix Dam Ben Enks O. K Edichtray Hadi Miss Watts Mary New York Mindja Nelly Atlantic City McCanns Philadelphia Frank Mabel Mary Moore Cai Lown Buckley Agency

Yankees facing challengers from Cleveland Boston and Detroit

The article weighs the Yankees’ events against three AL clubs Cleveland, Boston and Detroit. It argues Cleveland’s temperamental stars and four weak links, Boston’s lacking catching depth and pitcher handling, and Detroit’s fragile infield could undermine their title bid. It notes the Yankees’ balance and spring training woes helped create the opening for a credible challenger.

Yankees Yankee Corral Cleveland Boston Detroit Oscar Vitt Rollie ‘Hemsley Bobby Feller Red Sox Yawkey- Cronin Jimmy Foxx Ted’ Williams Joe Cronin Wilbert Robinson Will McKechnie Reds Tigers Tiger

Demaret Seeks Open Victory Like Golf Greats

The narrator compares Jimmy Demaret to golf legends MacDonald Smith Horton Smith Harry Cooper and Henry Picard, noting his potential to win a National Open if his form holds. Demaret is praised as the brightest star with rare blend of brilliance and consistency.

Demaret Jimmy Demaret MacDonald Smith Horton Smith Harry Cooper Henry Picard

Household Tips From a Past Issue

A round up of practical homemaking hints includes removing food odors with a tin mixture, preserving garments with rubber guards, combining fresh strawberries with pineapple for a meal course, adding cooked mushrooms to corn for souffle, removing shoe polish stains with warm water and soap, rubbing brown stains with alcohol, mending shades with adhesive tape, patching bric a brac with tape, and careful care of rubber plants with monthly sulphate ammonia and ample watering.

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