Widow faces new struggle after loss of earnings
Jane McPhipps, a widow turning fifty, confronts the common problem of supporting herself after her husband spent nearly all their money. She was a teacher before marriage but deems herself too old to find regular teaching work. Her neighbors, Eleanor Forbes and Rosemarie Bonelli, learn she had turned to stock market speculation in hopes of rebuilding funds.
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Jane McPhipps
Eleanor Forbes
Rosemarie
al Bonelli
Jane Wild
Jane
Kilgore
Longfellow Leasing
Webster
Countess Petro-chemicals Company
Wally
Nion
Rita Gam Witchcraft Tale Drops Into Wacky Talk
In a gossip filled column the piece riffs on Rita Gam and supposed witchcraft notes. It weaves in showbiz teasers about Desmonds film The Great Imposter and other Hollywood names, with jokes about a producer and late night antics.
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Rita
Shubert Alley
Washington
Is & Prop
Secret Service
Sen. Kennedy
Desmond
Ca Quinn
Stephen Boyd
Jerry Lewis
Tennesee Williams
Raymond Masgey
Dorothy
Breakfast At Tiffany's
Count Basie
Joe ‘Williams
Pinocchei James
James Barton
Celeee
Frank Lovejoy
Earl
Eugene Smith
Reeves Caught After Pursuit In City Theft Case
Police and a deputy sheriff pursued a suspect who took a purse from a car on 1st Ave NE around 7 30. The chase began near Decatur Super Market and ended near the Masonic Building on Johnston St with Reeves jailed without charge after the incident.
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1St Ave
Reeves
Decatur Super Market
Masonic
Johnston St
Horace Stanford
Bill Collier
A. J. Hollman
Stanford
Allied Sales Co
Bookmobile Schedule for Dec 19 Route Stops
The schedule lists bookmobile stops at Reece Grocery from 9:15 to 9:45. Shannon Grocery from 9:15 to 9:45. Owens Junior High School and Community from 10:20 to 11:20. Farmer's Grocery from 11:25 to 11:50. Athens Scout House from 1:00 to 4:00.
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Reece Grocery
Shannon Grocery
Owens Junior High School
Farmer’s Grocery
Athens Scout House
Trinity Man Held On VPL Charge
Deputies found two and a half gallons of wildcat whisky in the kitchen of the J. C. Earley Jr. home during a search conducted at 2 30 p.m. The Earley residence was checked by Paul Smith and his team as part of the VPL charge investigation.
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Trinity Man
Paul Smith
J. C. Earley Jr
Earley
Hospital Admissions List Names Residents and Addresses
Mrs. Bell McAnally Somerville ve a Mrs. Johnnie Mae Smith 208 Srd Ave SW Mrs Cliffie Knoblock 1917 10th St SE Edward Terry Decatur Master Carl Douglas Hodges 1811 12th St SE Named admissions appear with likely misspelled locations and street data.
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Johnnie Mae Smith
Srd Ave
Cliffie Knoblock
Edward Terry
Carl Douglas Hodges
Local Names Appear in Public Notice List
A public notice lists several residents and addresses including Roy D Bates of 929 6th Ave SE and Mary Sue Braswell of Decatur 3, with other individuals such as James Hubert Mathews, Carolyn Joyce Baker, and George P Banniza linked to Civil Court area addresses in Cleveland and Courtland. The document includes multiple householders and care of Clara addresses in SE district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy D. Bates
6Th Ave
John Lee Watson
Decatur
Mary Sue Braswell
Plaza St
Robert Schrader
Nine Een
Cleveland Ave
George P. Banniza
Neail Collier
Hillsboro
Carolyn Joyce Baker
Prospect Dr
Late Rally Lifts Market In Slim Turnaround
New York stocks closed with a late rally that boosted overall values by about 3 billion on the New York Stock Exchange. The Associated Press average rose 2.20 to 219.60 as industrials gained 4.30 and utilities rose to a yearly high. Chemicals led a late surge, followed by steels and other high quality issues.
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NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
Associated Press
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Decatur R Daily
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Printing CO
W. R. Shelton
BER
Associated ID Press
Seles Tex
Dally
Wosk
Earl Wilson
Rita Gam
London
Grace Kelly
New
the Hall Syndicate
Aed Dee
Mr. Gay
Penney's
2Nd Ave
Billy Fulmer
Baugh
James Hubert Mathews
5Th Ave
James E. Kitchens
Jackson St
Joe Loosier
Courtland
Wiley-Smith Clinic
GO Transit
Elgin
Mendey
Hunter Furniture Company
Second Ave
N.E
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