Engagement announces new chapter for Estelle Field
Estelle Field and Alec Davids announce their engagement two years after meeting. Estelle, hurt by her father’s cruelty and forever wary, pledges to make Alec happy while grappling with personal loneliness and the pull of music and memories, especially of Pablito. Marcia Treadway reads a sensational confession about Norris Noyes and plans to act.
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Estelle Field
Alec Davids
Hazelle
Alec
Father
Estelle
Jim Field
Syria
Paris
Tle
Pablito
Marcia
Norris Noyes
The
Home Detective Agency
Miss Treadway
Marcia Treadway
Ickes Approves Two South Carolina Subsistence Homesteads
Secretary Ickes announces approval of two subsistence homestead projects in Taylors Greenville county and La France Anderson county. Each unit includes a three to six acre truck farm with a four to five room house, equipment, seed, fertilizer, and livestock, supervised by Clemson College. Total cost per unit about 2600 to 2750 dollars, financed over 20 years.
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Washington
Secrtary
Ickes
South Carolina
Taylors
Greenville County
la France
Anderson County
Piedmont Region
Greenville
Clemson College
Pou's Post Filled Without Additions
RALEIGH April 12 The state highway and public works commission filled Pou's post without adding personnel Jack Roach of Statesville former assistant to Pou became head of the prison division and duties were given to prison inspectors Pou resigned last week to run for Congress from his district
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Raleigh
George Ross Pou
State Highway and Public Works Commission
Jack Roach
Statesville
Pou
Congress
Science fights rare diseases to save children in distress
Report from New York and Chicago detailing hopeful moments and grim prognosis for several children with rare illnesses. Benny Hendrick near Wilkes Barre leaves hospital after partial glandular treatment. Roma Garrett at East View battles leukemia with blood transfusions that buy time. Genevieve Liss at Cook County fights scleroderma with calcinosis as chalky deposits appear under her skin.
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George Fyle
New York
Benny Hendrick
Wilkesbarre
Benny
Roma Garrett
East View
N. Y
Roma
Levi Thompson
Goldsboro
N. C
Willie Mae Miller
Memphis
Tenn
Theodora Alesio
Christ Hospital
Jersey City
Theodora
Chicago
Cook County Children’s Hospital
Genevieve Liss
Genevieve
Asheboro Friends mark 19th anniversary Sunday
Asheboro invites all former pastors to join the 19th anniversary of the Friends church. Rev. H. A. Parker leads a full day with dinner on the grounds, morning sermon by Rev. Joseph Peele, afternoon addresses by former pastors, a church history by a charter member, and an evening sermon by Rev. Lewis W. McFarland.
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Asheboro
Heboro
Guilford College
Lewis W. McFarland
High Point
Friends Church
Friends
Randolph County
Roper Named Secretary of Commerce After Four Decades of Service
Washington reports Daniel C. Roper, a long time public servant from South Carolina, is appointed secretary of commerce. His career includes leadership of the Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce, the Bureau of Standards, and oversight of the Census, Fisheries, Mines, Navigation and Steamboat Inspection, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Aeronautics, Lighthouse Service and Patent Office with cabinet assignments to national defense and emergency councils.
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NMA Service Gratt Correenontence
Washington
Daniel C. Roper
South Carolina
House of Representatives
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Bureau of Standards
Census, Fisheries, Mines, Navigation
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Aeronautics Branch
Lighthouse Service
Patent Office
Quaker Graveyard Linked to Hoover Ancestors
An old Quaker graveyard, ancestral site of Herbert Hoover relatives, has been restored in recent years. The cemetery now attracts interest as part of the church’s early history.
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Herbert Hoover
Roper Leads Redistribution Of War Agencies In Washington
The article notes shifts in federal agencies with the Shipping Board duties moving to Roper's department and the Merchant Fleet Corporation acting as a receiver. It describes Roper as a stern 67 year old former Methodist educator in Washington and mentions Frances Perkins and royal symbolism in fox hunting. It also reports a Potsdam dog shelter training shepherd dogs for blind German veterans.
Butterflies Seen Across United States Reach 700 Varieties
A new survey notes about 700 butterfly species inhabit the United States and its territories. Biologists highlight regional diversity, with habitats ranging from wetlands to forests supporting multiple subspecies and seasonal migrations.
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United States
How to Believe Headaches In Three Minutes
Advertisement claims a rapid headache remedy named B.C. prepared by a registered pharmacist. It touts a unique blend of ingredients said to relieve violent headaches in minutes and encourages purchase wherever drugs are sold.
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B. C
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