Dorothy Dix Dear Miss Dix Column on Family Problems
A reader asks about child custody amid a marital split and a second letter from a child of divorce. Dorothy Dix advises keeping the younger daughter with the father, resisting maternal pressure, and warns against alienating the child, while urging patience and stability until the wife returns. The second query from a child of divorce asks how to balance loyalties to both parents and avoid favoritism.
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Miss DIX
Muriel Nissen
Smitty
Wafe
Maybelles
Banker's embezzlement charge shocks Perth Amboy community
William C. Horley 50, vice president of First Bank and Trust Company, is accused of embezzling more than 450000. Middlesex County Prosecutor Alex Eber says bad investments and personal loans with bank funds led to the case. Horley is active in civic groups and church work, and his attorney called the claim an innocent plea for a man who did not take any money.
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First Bank and Trust Company
Middlesex County
Alex Eber
Horley
Harley
Community Chest
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
American Institute of Banking
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Eber
Waterford Homemakers beautify Spencer school grounds
In Spencer the Waterford Homemakers Club mothers led a campaign to landscape the local school yard. After soil testing and seed sowing the school board provided fertilizer and built a bus turn-around to protect the grass. Shrub planting will complete the project.
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Lexington
Waterford Homemakers Club
Spencer
Lifeguards Track Ocean Temperatures at Long Beach
Long Beach lifeguards record three thermometer readings each day from Horseshoe Pier. They gauge surf conditions and relay the Pacific mood to the public via local newspapers and radio stations, says lifeguard captain Roy J. Miller.
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Long Beach
Calif
Horseshoe Pier
Roy J
Dutch) Miller
Mothers-in-Law advice column confronts disapproving in-laws
Dear Miss Dix notes in laws prejudge a new marriage and urges the couple to seek distance and prove their bond. Dorothy Dix advises moving if possible to avoid business harm and to let time soften the in-law hostility.
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Miss DIX
Annabelle
Dorothy DIX
One bedroom home with potential two bedroom expansion
Dean H. Robinson presents a horizontal wood siding one to two bedroom house plan designed for two occupants with future expansion. The layout features a front vestibule, a large living room with bay window, a kitchen dining area, a rear picture window, a bedroom with folding doors, and stairs to a full basement. Building blueprints cost 7.00, plus 3.50 each additional set, with the Third Book on Small Home Designs at 2.00, from Scale Model Home Planning Co. Royal Oak Michigan.
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Dean H. Robinson
Scale Model Home Planning Co
Woodward Ave
Royal Oak
Michigan
Remote control medicine aids San Pedro sailors at sea
U S health officers in San Pedro provide medical guidance by radiotelephone to tuna clipper skippers on the Pacific run to South America. Recent cases include eye injury treatment for 50 year old Fred Paserio and illness advice for fisherman George Fukuzaki near Acapulco Mexico.
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San Pedro
Calif
U. S
South America
Fred Paserio
Lower
California
George Fukuzaki
Acapulco
Mexico
Park Avenue Welcomes 29-Story Glass Office Tower
A new six million dollar office building rises on Park Avenue New York described as a 29 story glass and stainless steel tower on stilts. The project marks a notable architectural addition to midtown business space.
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Park Avenue
New York
Graveside Rites Held for Mrs Ida Zumbro in Veto Alabama
Graveside rites for Mrs Ida Zumbro 46 of Veto Alabama were conducted Monday at 4 P M at Bell View church with Rev J A Ellington presiding. Interment followed under Mutual Service directions. She died Sunday at 2 20 P M at her home and is survived by two sisters Mrs Claude Green of Moulton and Mrs Louella Carroll of Veto.
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Ida Zumbro
Veto
Alabama
Bell View
J. A. Ellington
Mutual Service
Zumbro
Claude Green
Moulton
Louella Carroll
Lever Brothers House Headquarters Renovation Feature
The building rises on stainless steel columns with 1,404 green and blue tinted windows. The ground floor includes an outdoor terrace garden and a soundproof theater, detailing a modern commercial project.
Heat Wave Bakes Mobile Area As Drought Dries Crops
A severe heat wave and three week drought grip Mobile area with 93 degree records. County farm agents warn crops, including Baldwin County potatoes, face critical damage without rain. Fire crews hire more help to control brush fires as nurseries report moisture deficits and dry conditions continue.
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Alabama
Baldwin County
Frank C. Turner
Mobile
C. W. Vickers
Beaulieu Opens Palace to Tourists for 35 Cents
Lord Montagu of Beaulieu invites visitors to his 750 year old Palace House charging 35 cents per head. The site features five antique motors including Edward VII’s first car ride and a naval relics museum.
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Beaulieu
England
Lord Montagu of
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