Fort Wayne Offers $900 prefab homes for relief clients
Fort Wayne creates 50 four room prefab houses built in 24 hours on $1 lots to house relief families. Each $900 unit uses FHA insured mortgages and collapsible design. rent projected at $2.50 weekly. Fort Wayne Housing Authority coordinates with WPA and FHA to avoid private-capital competition and cut relief costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Wayne
Purdue University
Indianapolis
Federal Housing Authority
Purdue
FHA
Fort Wayne Authority
WPA
Ind
Fashion Pattern 8333 and 8345 for Aprons and Sizes
Carol Day presents easy to make apron sets Pattern 8333 with two pinafores or tie-scarf options in various fabrics. Pattern 8345 covers sizes 36 to 44 with materials and trim needs listed. Fall and Winter Pattern Book 32 pages, photos show dresses, price 2 cents per pattern, 15 cents for the book. Send 15 cents pattern order to Hope Star Pattern Bureau Chicago Illinois.
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Hope Star Today
Pattern Bureau
W. Wack Drive
Chicago
Raising a Family by Olive Roberts Barton
Small noses and those not so small flatten themselves against plate glass windows from now on until Christmas. Wishful thinking will not mortgage every other asset of the mind and the excitement that is good for every body at times will make blood flow faster and hearts beat with hope. There is soothing in every human being that needs this impetus to make life just a bit zippier. The band music that lifts one off his feet, the gay parent of the circus, the adventure story that keeps the light on half the night. We all need something to take the humout of humdrum. This is Christmas. Let us not define it too carefully. What intoxication can be defined? So don't spoil it for the children, I beg. Don’t say to the little folk
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marvel
Dwight
Judy
Jack
Commander Sloane
Pye
Miss Alcott
Hanley
Papa
Critis
Hollywood
Irvin S. Cobb
Cobb
Greta Garbo
Burton Rascoe
Gable
Colbert
Wallace Beery
Cobb Mperely
Tsheida
Arkansas
Desert
Bob Burns
Kentucky
Burns
Choler
Cobh
Josephus
Christ
Lovers Aweigh Serial Story Ends With Hospital Romance
Judy Alcott faces a choice between Dwight and Jack as Marvel and Dwight prepare to have a baby. In a late night hospital meeting, Judy and Jack confess enduring love and plan a wedding, while the two couples confront past betrayals and hopeful futures in a wartime setting.
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Judy Alcott
Dwight Campbell
Jack Hanley
Fyla
Adlor
Marvel Hastlings
Kood Seflos
No Big Trades at Baseball Meeting
New Orleans reports a quiet minor league convention with no major swaps. Giants and Cubs sparred for Zeke Bonura while Larry MacPhail signaled a possible deal next week involving First Baseman Bundy Hassett. The 37th annual gathering closed with routine business and a plan to study college and high school baseball promotion.
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New Orleans
Bageman Bundy Hassett
Larry MacPhail
Brooklyn Dodgers
Delph Camilli
Giants
Cubs
New York Giants
Chicago Cubs
Zeke Bonura
Washington Senators
Bonura
New York
National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues
William G. Bratham
George Trautman
Coiere
Christmas Without Credit or Folly for a Poor Family
A sorrowful reminiscence contrasts hardship with the meaning of Christmas. The speaker recalls a frugal, creative approach to celebration, where joy comes from family, imagination, and simple gestures rather than expensive gifts. The letter urges preserving festive spirit despite poverty and warns against dampening children’s hopes.
Book review on Lords of the Press by Seldes
Bruce Catton discusses George Seldes Lords of the Press, noting its critique of wealthy newspaper owners and its call for self criticism. The piece argues the American press remains free and fair overall, while acknowledging room for ethical improvement and the book’s usefulness. Exports from Georgia for eight months of 1998 reach 512,713,240 against imports of 6,999,262.
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Georgia
Paul Harrison in Hollywood Features Cobb Memoirs Plans
The article profiles Irvin S. Cobb in Hollywood detailing his memoir project, passings about his life and works, and his insistence on storytelling craft. It notes Cobb's reluctance to write for screenwriters, his preference for acting cameo roles, and old anecdotes about Bob Burns. It recalls Cobb’s humor, timing, and a bemused remark about a male star's dull vigor.
Hope area social notes mixed with travel and illness
Washington Mrs R L Levins spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs John Jones in Hope. Many local residents visited relatives and attended events including illness of Mrs Lee Holt and a funeral in Blevins. Fort Sam Houston furlough for Woodrow Baker and students from Henderson State Teachers College are noted along with multiple carded visits in the community.
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R. L. Levins
Johnn Jones
Hope
Drew Malcolm
Gray Tillman
Bostwick
W. Z. Stroud
BR. Timberlake
Evelyn Ruth
Roscoe Timberlake
H. W. Timberlake
Gertrrude Bailey
5. E
Henderson State
Colege
Lee Holt
Rocessa
Athryn Halt
Telarkans
Ella Gold
Evelyn Hubbared
Emma Stewart
M Turner
J. G. Gold McNab
Saratoga
Okay
Nashville
Tom Page
Mel. Ford Stingley
Jimmy
Texarkana
J. G. Stimsley
Blevins
W. H. Stingley
Mary Sue Stingley
Joe Jackson
Lubbock Advances in Texas Grid Race
Webster and his Lubbock Westerners reached the state schoolboy football semi finals with a 36 to 14 win over Breckenridge. The Westerners seek the title with Highland Park or Masonic Home awaiting next. other quarterfinals include Tyler versus Temple and Corpus Christi versus John Reagan. Webster starred with a 40 yard TD, 38 yard TD, and a kickoff return.
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Dallas
Big
Walter
Webster
Lubbock Westerners
Breckenridge
Weldon Chapman
Highland Park-Masonic
Highland Park
Masonic
Nso
Tyler
Liena
Temple Wildcats
Fort Worth
Corpus Christi
Buccaneers
John Reagan
Houston
Lubbock
Buckaroay
Winther
Various Local Social News and Visits Reported
Local residents share weekend travels and visits including Parsons and Bryant families visiting Mrs. Baker in Hot Springs, Hortons and Delanys traveling to Hope, Rosston and Texarkana guests at area homes, and church and club events. The Washington Home Demonstration Club plans its Christmas party, while Fay Griffin earns a basketball spot at Chillicothe Business College.
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T. P. Parsons
Sam Bryant
Walter Baker
Hot Springs
Jack Boyce
C. A. Allen
Texarkana
Luther Smith
Herbert Léewallen
Hope
Washington Home Demonstration Club
R. L. Levins
Lee Holt
J. M. May
Joe Wilson
Columbus
J. KR. Page
Ema Stewart
Lorenza Tate
8. G. Wilhoit
Rosa
Fay
C. B. C. News Service
J. P. Byers
Nell Jean Byers
Nashville
Forrest Wilson
H. H. Hammell
St Louis
Byers
C. C. Stuart
Lee
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Paul Friggens
NEA
United States
Indiana State Planning Board
State Fire Marshal's Office
State Division of Public Health
Hall
Olive Roberts Barton
Betty Wallace
Mois
Ture
Darling
Bruce Catton
George Seldes
Messner
Fourth Estate
Seldes
Flapper
Fanny
Sylvia
EA Service
ING
AEG
Pat
Anne
Paul Harrison
Tryin
Washington
Texas
Southern
Arabia
NBA
Bervice
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