Housewife Sends Birthday Cards to World Leaders
New Brighton housewife Mrs. Lottie McComb compiles letters from Churchill Eisenhower Truman and Queen Elizabeth among others in a birthday scrapbook. She sent as many as 400 cards a year to royalty actors and politicians, often receiving personal notes in return. Her hobby sparked a side business selling greeting cards though she jokes she is her own best customer.
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Diebold
Brighton
Lottie McComb
Sir Winster
Churchill
Eisenhower
Queen Elizabeth
Bing Crosby
Mae West
New Brighton
Margaret Truman
Great Britain
Pius XII
Truman
McComb
Harry Truman
Frederick of
Denmark
Amour Grows If Light Glows, Advises Expert
Chicago experts from Ih-Girls and the American Flame Lighting Institute urge women to use balanced diffuse lighting to enhance appearance. Indirect light from ceilings and walls softens features and reduces shadows, while direct single-source light should be avoided to prevent harsh lines and aged skin.
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Chicago
American Flame Lighting Institute
Institute
Confraternity Names Three New Members in Newark
The Confraternity of St Anne in Newark welcomed three new members Maxine Vernon Mrs Jackie Armstrong and Mrs Frances Rich at a recent meeting. Belmeda Caldeira praised helpers who filled the cedar chest that was won at the St Jude’s day festival and now resides at Isabel Lima’s Mulberry Street home. Members will resume August 24 for the fall season with hostesses named.
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Confraternity of
St Anne
Newark
St. Anne
New
Maxine Vernon
Jackie Armstrong
Frances Rich
Belmeda Caldeira
Cedar Chest
Mulberry Street
Isabel Lima
Lenora Wunes
Anna Ormonde
Mary Pauline
Louise Quadros
Bernice Rash
Emily Rieder
Rose Santos
Beatrice Rocha
Edith Roderick
Mary A. Rose
Alice Rose
A Line Design Stirs Furniture Industry
Chicago reports Edard Wormley promoting the A line in furniture to create perceived space with a higher top edge and narrower upper profile. Paul Mc Cobb debuts color in planner group maple furniture at the market, offering lemon yellow terra cotta and soft green stained woods.
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Planner Group
Tian Dior
Wormley
Case Goods
Virginia Kachan
Chicago
INS
Paul McCobb
America
McCobb
International Home Furnishing
MecCobb
Marilyn Monroe joins studio to study Stanislavski acting
New Monroe attends actors studio sessions with Broadway peers as they pursue realism and naturalness. Regular members, chosen from over a thousand applicants, include Marlon Brando, Eva Marie Saint, and Julie Harris. Monroe observes, notes the process, and hopes to tackle a serious play like The Brothers Karamazov.
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Elizabeth Toomey
New York
Marilyn Monroe
Stanislavski
Miss Monroe
Actors Studio
Marlon Brands
Eva Marie Saint
Julie Harris
Marilyn
Brothers Karamazov
Lee Trasaerg
Furniture makers showcase woven material at market
In Chicago at the International Home Furnishings Market, the woven material once used mainly for chair seats is presented in new applications for American homes.
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Chicago
Menecy
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Center
Bay Bridge Road
Mt. Eden
Island
University of Hawaii
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Olga Curtis
Edard Wormley
Dunbar
the Daily Review
Monroe
Sara
Lawrence F. Moore
Piedmont Avenue
Oakland
Pioneer
Pioneer Investors Savings and Loan
Streat, Hayward
New Hayward Beauty School OF
Castro St
Goldman's
Foothill
Smartee
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