Eleanor Parry's Dilemma in Suburban Life
In February, Eleanor Parry wrestles with finishing a short story while her husband Phil urges social duties as they balance writing ambitions. Eleanor contemplates joining a charity league, starting a family, and shaping future novels about women who quietly sustain society, revealing tension between individual identity and domestic roles.
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Eleanor
Evening Mail
Phil
Jessica
Nell
the Holbrooks
Mommie
Daddy
Phillip Parrish
John
Rome
Congress
Annie
Charity League
Pendergast to plead guilty in income tax case
Kansas City Democratic boss Tom Pendergast to enter a guilty plea in federal court on charges of income tax evasion for 1935 and 1936 totaling about 450000 in taxes and penalties. If accepted, the government would drop its preliminary inquiry into 1933 1934 and 1937.
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Kansas City
Tom Pendergast
Otis
the Star
Pendergast
Star
Singing Gathered Residents For Sunday Event
Morgan County notes recall a Sunday singing at Hulace with several locals attending. The Athens quartet performed a concert here Friday night. Residents share visits with relatives and friends across the county including Cecil Tanner Tanner families McKee Smith Oden and others.
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Hulace
Cecil Tanner
Esther Tanner
Elmus Rutledge
D. M. McKee
Athens Quartet
Betty Bartlett
Virgil Smith
Leona Smith
Carrol McKee
Clara Jean Oden
Hilda Weaver
Bessie Hamilton
Eloise Tanner
Lorene Lewis
William Lewis
John Brooks
Floy Woodard
Wanda Self
Clara Dobbs
Prann Self
Two North Alabama Women to Receive Associate Degrees
Two young ladies from North Alabama are set to receive Associate Degrees in Arts at Stephens College in Columbia Missouri on May 30. Miss Maude Adams will deliver the commencement address. Recipients include Miss Jean Constance Gray of Decatur and Miss Mary Vance Walker of Huntsville with parental names and addresses listed.
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North Alabama
Stephens’ College
Columbia
Maude Adams
Jean Constance Gray
R. H. Gray
Jackson St
Decatur
Mary Vance Walker
J. F. Walker
Adams Avenue
Huntsville
J W Arthur Claimed By Death Pulaski Resident
J W Arthur well known Pulaski Tennessee resident died Friday at 11 o clock Funeral services and interment set for today in Pulaski He is survived by son Eugene Arthur of Decatur two sisters Mrs Roy Poff and Mrs J N Adams and one brother Tom Arthur all of Decatur
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J. W. Arthur
Pulaski
Tenn
Arthur
Eugene Arthur
Decatur
Roy Poff
J. N. Adams
Tom Arthur All
Daily Crossword Puzzle Row With Obscure Clues
Crossword puzzle across clues include Bleats as a 21 sheep capital query and Scottish 23 Go away Gaelic slang 11 Line used to 24 Famous fastener American upper car-financier 13 Stage 30 Employ settings 33 A constella 15 A burr in iron wood 16 Outcast 35 To be class in hidden Japan 37 Marsh birds 17 A peck 39 To throw 19 Watch from one's secretly chair 20 Seventh 41 Studies note of the 42 Sustains acale 43 A whirlpool BOWN 1 Harasses Teutonic 2 Pertainin pantheon sed a 6 Mother 7 Vex 3 At sea 4 Japanese 8 Trans comgresses 5 The chief 9 Break gods of the sharply
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France
Japan
Bids Studied on New Patrol Uniforms in Montgomery
The Alabama state finance department studied bids for 150 new blue and gray highway patrol uniforms to replace olive drab. Twelve firms bid on 300 breeches 450 shirts and 15 cent caps with delivery within 21 days after contract award.
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Montgomery
Ala
State Highway Patrol
State Finance Department
Noahs Elephant Crew Dismay Amid Illness Dress Rehearsal
At Better Half chapel Hill NC a dress rehearsal of Noah's ark faced a hiccup as only the hind half of the elephant appeared due to the front half having chickenpox. The production proceeded with an understudy in a quirky, lighthearted setback.
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Chapel Hill
N. C
Pocatello Declares Straw Hat Day Amid March Winds
Pocatello Idaho on May 20 observes straw hat day as spring arrives snow falls and strong winds sweep the town. Temperatures dip to 42 degrees with gusts of 25 to 35 miles per hour.
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Pocatello
Idaho
Poppy Supply Arrives for World War Memorial Poppies
The American Legion Auxiliary receives its World War Memorial Poppy Day supply. Veterans Hospital Tuscaloosa staff handmade hundreds of crepe paper poppies, each unique, for distribution on May 27 to honor fallen World War I soldiers and promote democracy observance.
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Armory
American Legion Auxiliary
France
Belgium
Veterans Hospital
Tuscaloosa
A. A. Parker
Parker
Flanders
John McCrea
American
Decatur custodian injured when scaffold falls at school
Elbert Weaver of 618 Fourth Avenue West, a custodian for county school funds, was crushed in a scaffold collapse at Union Hill School No. 6 while painting. He was rushed to Benevolent Society Hospital with a crushed left leg. condition described as satisfactory.
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Elbert Weaver
Fourth Avenue
West
Decatur
Benevolent Society
Union Hill School
Weaver
Ring Facing Quick Trial in Philadelphia Mass Murder Indictments
The Commonwealth seeks fast trials for eight men and four women charged in a broader insurance murder syndicate probe. Twenty eight bills were returned. twelve others held. Arraignment set for Tuesday with potential pleas and confessions boosting expectations of swift proceedings.
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Philadelphia
Commonwealth
Vincent P. McDevitt
Death claims AP obituary editor in White Plains
Melvin FE Coleman age 63 biographical editor at the Associated Press died of a heart ailment at his White Plains home. He supervised thousands of obituary sketches and contributed to obituary coverage during his career.
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New York
Melvin FE. Coleman
Associated Press
White Plains
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Charles Canterberry
K. C. Boss
Morgan County
Rock Creek
Frank Capra
Princess Theatre
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Donald Meek
Mary Forbes
Edward Arnold
Snooty Kirbys
James Stewart
Jean Arthur
Capra
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Grandpa Vanderhof
Ann Miller
Mischa Auer
Spring Byington
Samuel S. Hinds
Dub Taylor
Lillian Yarbo
Ed Johnson
Vanderhof
Daily Cross
Bown
Teutonic
Pertainin
Pantheon
Mother
Transcomgresses
Chief
Gods of the Sharply
Tury Phil Eskimos
King Features Syndicate
Ime
Scott
Sudan
Ered
Pasens Othe
R.j.scott
Auis
Alabama Business Institute
Rountree Lumber Company
Moulton St
ACME
Civic Center Building
Ferry St
Federal Housing Administration
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