Linda confronts Thorne rumor and career pressures
Linda faces gossip about a night with Thorne as she nears a contract renewal in Hollywood. She pressures Basil Thorne to deny the rumor to protect her career while considering marriage and future plans with Dix. Esther Rowell defends her friend while Honey Harmon hints at scandal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda
San Jacinto
Thorne
Moving Picture
Paul Leonhardt
New York
Commonwealth
Leonhardt
Newtown
Dix
Hollywood
Andre Allen
Honey Harmon
Olive
Honey
Pete Gardiner
Santa Monica
Keokuk
Des Moines
Esther Rowell
Mrs. Rowell
Basil Thorne
Basil
Face That Launched a Thousand Ships Puzzle Clue Set
A dense crossword style list with numbered clues across and down. It blends literary references and wordplay from myth and language, including entries for faces, ages, emotions, and objects, plus geographic and color terms.
Industry Still Climbs Upward in May Report
The Associated Press index of industrial activity rose to 80.3, the highest since June 1930, with electric power output hitting a new peak aided by extreme heat. Residential building also advanced to a yearly high for spring, marking continued expansion in industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Associated Press
Former Nebraska senator Kaspar recalls prison year
Dr Joseph F Kaspar aged 60 formerly a state senator, back from a year in the Nebraska penitentiary on a charge of receiving stolen property, says the prison is a wonder place and he gained 50 pounds. He claims Omaha robbers forced him to accept the property he was cleared of receiving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prague
Neb
Nebraska Penitentiary
Joseph F. Kaspar
Kaspar
Omaha
Pension plan backers lose in Oregon primary
In Portland Oregon on May 16 veteran Republican leaders Senator Charles L. McNary and National Committeeman Ralph E. Williams outdistanced Townsend plan advocates. McNary led with a four to one margin over his pension plan opponent and Williams led by nearly two to one in returns from about halfway of precincts.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Charles L. McNary
Ralph E. Williams
Townsend Pension Plan
McNary
Senate
Williams
Townsend Movement
Sam Brown
Theodore G. Nelson
Oregon Townsend Board
Charles Paine
Townsend Plan
Ben Dorris
Willis Mahoney
Klamath Falls
John A. Jeffrey
Three Die In Gun Battle In Virginia Farm Area
A darkness gun battle in Virginia leaves Sheriff William B. Young and two others dead, while five officers and a posse suffer wounds. Wells and Cora Wells die as flames engulf the cottage after attempts to arrest Wells for threats against Mrs. George Zinn. Fire and gunfire continue as state police and citizens’ posse move in.
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William B. Young
Orange County
William Wells
Cora Wells
Wells
L. McWilliams
George Zinn
Young
McWilliams
Oscar Munday
Somerset
Po- Heeman
C. W. Buchong
Eighth district race praised by reader letter
A May 15 1936 letter from J W Griffin of Hartselle Alabama compliments The Decatur Daily editorial on the district race. Griffin commends both candidates for achievement and notes Sparkman overcame a handicap, calling the editorial fair and wise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartselle
Ala
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Alabama
Mr. Sparkman
J. W. Griffin
East Main
Hartselle Club Meetings Highlight Local Social
Culture Club met at Mrs. Pierce Pattillo's home with refreshments after reviews of Four Apples and Shining Windows. May meetings planned at Mrs. Riddle's Bee Line Highway home with club prize by Mrs. Allen. Other groups, Current Review Club, Cavendish Bridge Club, Summerford dinner, and Tuesday Bridge Club noted with members and guests listed.
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Culture Club
Pierce Pattillo
W. 8. Poole
Lawrence
W. T. Stewart
Kathleen Norris
J. H. Riddle
8. M. Nelson
Riddle
Bee Line Highway
Jack Stone
W. B. Allen
William Stewart
Tom Crittenden
Carl Pattillo
Emmett Bridges
Earl Cook
R. W. Orr
A. R. Patterson
J. L. Thomas
A. D. Samples
Francess Stewart
Current Review Club
Hoyt Groover
8. L. Sherrill
S. L. Sherrill
Charles A. Lindbergh
W. P. Snugers
Mesdames M. H. Broom
Owen Ne
J. E. Aldridge
Homer Rountree
Joe Henderson
Gordon Groover
Roy Newman
Cavendish Bridge Club
Ruby Sample
Sara Briscoe
W. B. Booth
John Horton
Estelle Gibson
Ruth Thompson
Mary Houston
Evelyn Howell
Miss Soper
Tuesday Bridge Club
Elizabeth Soper
Decatur
Red Cross Refuses Extra Donation After Toll From Tornado
Northwest Fairmont Minnesota May 19 A tornado on April 30 left three dead and 30 injured. Contributions of money and supplies were so generous that the Martin County Red Cross chapter refused an additional $100 saying no more money was needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairmont
Minn
Martin County Red Cross
Delinquents Stage Garden Party At White House
In May 16 reports from Washington, 60 delinquent girls from The National Training Schools for Girls prepared for a garden party at the White House invited by Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt. A dress rehearsal showed 11 white and 49 black pupils in their outfits. Dr. Carrie Weaver Smith, the new superintendent, eyes modernizing the institution with a $100,000 congressional appropriation to create cottage-based living, academic and vocational education, medical and mental health programs, and a broad recreational plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
White House
National Training Schools For
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Executive Mansion
Congress
Children's Bureau
Smith
Bureau
Leeds Cement Plant to Be Expanded in Birmingham
The Leeds mill of the University Atlas Cement Company will be rebuilt and expanded. An appropriation of around 1,500,000 dollars has been allotted for the program according to the Birmingham Age-Herald.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birmingham
Ala
Birmingham Age-Herald
Leeds
University Atlas Cement Company
United States Steel
Land Offering Described Near Line Road in County
329 acres of land west of Alabama on Line Road in County. The tract features five sets of tenant improvements and good soil. It lies immediately north of the previously described tract.
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Swanscott
Limestone County
Alabama
Madison
Madison County
Huntsville
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City Park
Danville Road
American Cleaners
Oui
BE Williams
Joe
Eoi
Wiliams
NEA Service, Inc
Palm Beach
Goodall Company
William Borah
Fox
Morgan County Buick Co
1St Avenue
William E. Borah
Roosevelt
Voice OF
THE
People
William
Be. Bok
Eee
Taadin Tran Vis Penguin
A. E
South Pola
WEA Service, Ihc
Summerford
A. C. Summerford
H. G. Long
Tuka
M. H. Woodard
Bill Drinkard
Cullman
Robert E. Lee
Ervin Self
Warrior
Ethel Mac Orr
Zula Montgomery
June Rita
Martha Jane
Jimmy Long
J. H. Smith
Helen
Ruth
Arthur Thomas Smith
Coy Summerford
Jack Summerford
Jack Wesley
Wayne Summerford
Otto
Frances Summerford
Albany Grain & Coal CO
Davis Street
Denver
Cheeseman Park
Norma Sibert
Arleen Anderson
Norma
Arleen
John J. Bradley
Seville
Gurley
Tomlinson
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