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Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1937

Page

4

Ring of Stafford Crest Drives Dark Romance to New Start

A wrecked plane yields a gold ring bearing Stafford's crest found by police and given to Jerry O’Hara. Patsy discovers Roger’s farewell letter and vows safety for all. Tom Tar anoff warns against the ring as an evil talisman. A year later Jerry and Patsy plan a fresh life on San Francisco bay, the ring finally shed.

Inez Roger Stafford Jerry O'Hara Taranoff Jerry Patsy Inez Valdes Patsy Dearest Goodby Selby Hertor Lter Hodges O'Hara Jerrs Taranoffs Hollywood San Francisco Bay

Enduring Love Aboard the Gentle Boat

Patsy tells Jerry she deeply loves him and he asks if she loves him. She confirms with a heartfelt reply and they share a long kiss as the boat glides toward a silver light, ending the tale.

Jerry Jadore Patsy

Man Loses Mind After Shipwreck Off Port Orford

Henry Axtell, 50, suffered a mental break after the steamer Cottoneva ran ashore near Port Orford. He had planned to buy the wreck for beach resort scenery and had previously faced a wrecking setback. Axtell was removed to the state hospital at Salem.

Port Orford Ore Ins Cottoneva Henry Axtell Axtell Salem

South Seas Seen As Rough Reality by Dykstra in Portland

Tjeerd Dykstra, who spent twenty years in the South Seas, says the idea of a tropical paradise is fiction. He insists beaches are muddy and shark and crocodile risks high, fishing hot, and only native commercial fishermen gain. He adds living there requires hard plantation labor and is glad to be back in a white man’s country.

Portland Ore INS South Sea Islands Tjeerd Dykstra South Seas Tropics Dykstra

Farm Boys Outproduce Adults in Corn Contest Victory

North Carolina farm boys who took part in the state corn growing contest last year produced three times as much corn per acre as the average adult grower.

North Carolina

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