Genius Lost To Rejection Prompting Revealing Tale
Oakland, April 24 United News. Charles Norris, editor and author of Brass, recounts a publisher error that doomed a manuscript titled Blue Pearls by Gladys Ethel Olney. A few decades later a shy Michigan writer, Mrs. Gene O. Wierk, reveals she authored Blue Pearls at 18 and never published again after the rejection.
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Corset Maker Seeks Fresh Start After Old Identity Shocker
Norris learned the real identity of Gladys Ethel Olney and promised to return to Oakland to renew Mrs Wierk's floundering career. She runs a corset shop and vows to try again in fiction with guidance from Charles Norris, reflecting on 15 years and a faded dream.
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Bride-to-be Loses Teeth in New Hebrides Island Wedding
A bride in the New Hebrides Islands suffers the loss of two front teeth during her upcoming wedding. The incident occurred as part of a violent confrontation, with medical attention sought afterward. Further details on motives or assailants were not disclosed.
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Fund for Jews expands drive in Boston reach
The fund for relief of starving Jews in eastern and central Europe adds 15 000 to the 125 000 raised at the Elysium Club dinner. Boston volunteers, 350 teams across 35 wards, canvass the city, with hundreds of calls to 319 Washington street. Felix Vorenberg, district chair, expects at least 25 000 in individual subscriptions.
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