Lola In America Aims For Passion And Scandal
The novel Lola by Philip Van Doren Stern follows Lola a European beauty who charms Grass Valley miners and then James Hale a Boston banker narrator who recalls her past in Bavaria. The reviewer notes Stern’s vitality and a central lesson that love surpasses convention despite questionable tastes.
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Philip van Doren Stern
Rinehart and Company
Salome
Amber
Europe
America
John Carter Hale
Boston
John
California
Bavaria
Grass Valley
Hale
Arthur Philip van Doren Stern
Lincoln
Trembling Years by Elsie Oakes Barber
A 237 page novel about Kathy Storm a polio survivor starting college and coping with disability and social oppression. The book argues for acceptance and links personal struggle to broader themes of inequality, with the author noting private experience but not claiming autobiography.
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Elsie Oakes Barber
Macmillan Company
Walt Whitman
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Chief Carl Standingdeer the Most Photographed Man in Cherokee
Cherokee's Carl Standingdeer, 68, earns fame as America's most photographed man in a chiefing role at a souvenir shop. He estimates about 200 poses daily, earning tips and a record day of 36 dollars. He wears faux regalia, is a Carlisle School graduate, and served in the cavalry.
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Cherokee
Carl Standingdeer
America
Carl
Car
Carlysle
Broadcast on WHPE features Death Be Not Proud readings
A two week old book review becomes a 6 30 p m WHPE broadcast tonight as a public service for American Cancer Society funds. Readings from John Gunther memoir Death Be Not Proud recount his son’s brain cancer illness and the parents’ philosophies.
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WHPE
American Cancer Society
John Gunther
Gunther
Frances
Bulgaria Reframes Lawyer Duties Under Communist Rule
In Sofia a decree makes the defense of a defendant a secondary matter to state interests. The law requires lawyers to prioritize the state over clients, with the collective law dictating practice through attorney cooperatives and centralized fee distribution.
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Sofia
Lawyers’ Cooperative
Legion To Propose Thomasville Names For Scholarships
The Culbreth Harris post of the American Legion in Thomasville will submit several local high school seniors as candidates for four 250 cash scholarships offered by the North Carolina Department of the American Legion. Criteria include wartime veteran parent death, post endorsement, financial need, and strong recommendations. Deadline for applications is June 30. Local candidate names are not yet disclosed.
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Thomasville
Culbreth-Harris Post
American Legion
North Carolina Department of the American Legion
State Legion Post
Stalin may live long, says Gen. Smith in press interview
Gen. Walter Bedell Smith, in a meet the press session, says Stalin “will live for a long time” and “is rugged” and looks well. He doubts rapid European conquest by Russia, notes supply difficulties, and says Soviet science is strong though not certain about atomic bomb production in quantity.
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New York
Walter Bedell Smith
Joseph Stalin
VU. 8S
Moscow
Stalin
Meet the Press
Mutual Broadcasting System
Smith
First Army
Russia
Beverly: Birthplace of the American Navy
Beverly Massachusetts is cited as the birthplace of the American Navy in the Britannica encyclopedia. The town was home to George Cabot the first secretary of the Navy.
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Beverly
Mass
George Cabot
Navy
Diamond Jim Seeks Relief From Stomach Ailments
An ad-style note suggests Udga tablets as a fast relief for stomach pains, indigestion, heartburn, and ulcers. It claims 210 million sold since 1928, offers 25 cent boxes, and promises money back if relief is not felt within an hour.
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Tim Brady
Charles L. Durham Dies at Ithaca Former Latin professor at Cornell
Charles Love Durham 77 retired professor of Latin at Cornell University was found dead in his bed in Ithaca. A native of Shelby he joined Cornell in 1896 as a Latin and Greek fellow and became professor in 1909. He ran twice for the State Assembly and twice for Congress.
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Charles L. Durham
Shelby
Ithaca
N. Y
Charles Love Durham
Cornell University
University
Cornell
Durham
Congress
Big Bertha nickname tied to Frau Bertha von Bohlen head of
The colossal German siege gun Big Bertha earned its name from Frau Bertha von Bohlen who led a German artillery arm during World War I history.
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Big Bertha
Paris
Frau Bertha von Bohlen
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