Local Club Notices and Social Roundup
Social and personal notices list January meetings for Cleburne Chanter of the Daughters of the Confederacy, Rose Garden Club, Current Study Club officers, Circle 4 W S C S at First Methodist, and Rebekah Lodge. Also notes travel and hospital updates involving Billy Dan Jones, W E Tarpley, Beryl Henry, Fay Hammons family, and a birth announcement for a daughter of Mr and Mrs Lloyd Guerin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleburne Chanter
Ughters
Confedermeet
Rotheé
Henry
Vic
Order of
Din Star
Thursk
Yhember
The
Rose Garden Club
Dorsey Meftae
East Third Street
Stephen Coolk
A. G. Rives
Much Married Woman to Face Charges in Slaying
Memphis police probe the life of Alma Gill a woman with six marriages as they seek to connect ex husbands and the latest death of Ed Gill a 65 year old found shot on New Year s Day. Authorities aim to complete the record with remaining missing spouses Cook and Cox while outlining likely charges against Mrs Gill.
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Memphis
Tenn
Alma Gill
Ed Gill
Ree
Roy Clavert
Little Rock
Ark
Michael McClary
McClavy
Charles B. Miller
Judy Canova Seeks Divorce From Third Husband
In Los Angeles Judy Canova seeks a divorce from Chester FB England cosmetics importer and custody of their four year old Julieta. She requests only twelve dollars monthly nominal support, charging him with causing mental suffering. The couple married in 1943 at Newton and separated October 16. Canova had earlier marriages to Robert Burns and James H. Ripley.
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Los Angeles
Comédienne
Judy Canova
Chester FB
England
Julieta
Chargig
Newton
Robert Burns
New York
James H. Ripley
Honolulu
Truman Plans Economic Steps To Guard U S Prosperity
President Truman urged continued global strength and domestic action to fight inflation. He backed a 75 cent minimum wage, 1 million new low rent housing units, expanded Social Security, and tax measures to balance the budget and cut debt. He claimed private enterprise thrives under his program, rejecting trickle-down theory. The speech noted a $252 billion national debt and stressed democratic wealth distribution.
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United Nations
United States
Truman
Union
Mse
Dorothy Dix Advice Columns on Affairs and Husbands
A reader asks why she keeps tempting an married lover and Dorothy Dix warns that a hereditary Eve-like curiosity and thrill seeking lead to flirtations that ruin lives. A second reader seeks secretary expectations with practical guidance on efficiency, manners, grooming, and professionalism. A third concerns engagement to a henpecked man and Dororthy Dix cautions that domineering husbands reflect weak character and that strong men do not insist on overpowering their wives.
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Mrs. X
Eve
Six Die in Flash Fire at Pennsylvania Home
Six persons burned to death in a two story home fire near Phoenixville Pennsylvania with six others escaping including a two year old tossed from a second floor window and a widow with amputated legs. Investigators blamed a kerosene stove upset on a back porch amid crowded conditions after an eviction. Victims identified include Percy Lick 28 his wife Theresa D Inverno Lick 25 their son Vincent 5 Percys brother George 35 a roomer Elwood Patrick 50 and Shirley Schwenk 15 who moved in with the Licks after eviction.
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Phoenixville
Upy
Pennsylvania
Cooper TF. Bishop, Jr
Chester County
Percy Lick
Theresa D’inverne Lick
Edinburgh
Scotland
Lick
London
Vincent Lick
George Lick
Percy
Elwood Patrick
Shirley Schwenk
Licks
Blind Man Dedicates Self Built Home In Tampa
Melvin F. Jones, blind since 1931, will dedicate the home he built for himself and his sightless wife. A frame bungalow on a main thoroughfare, wired for electricity and attractively furnished, stands as a testament to what a blind man can achieve. Jones refused to yield to doubt, built the house ten years ago, and he and his spouse now prepare to celebrate the dedication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tampa
Fla
Melvin F. Jones
Hisself
Jones
Pagserbys
The
Bell Syndicate
End of Dutch Fighting in Java and Sumatra Declared
Java and Sumatra ceasefire announcements mark the formal phase of Dutch resistance’s end in Indonesia. Lt. Gen. Simon Spoor ordered a noon cease fire on Sumatra and declared the campaign would shift to suppressing roaming groups. Speer issued similar terms as formal hostilities ended on Java at midnight New Year’s Eve.
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Batavia
Java
Republic of Indonesia
Simon Spoor
Indonesia
Sumatra
Speer
Netherlands
United Nations Security Council
Do Your Gums Spoil Your Looks Ad
An old advertisement claims gums affect appearance andpromises refunds if LETO S first bottle fails to satisfy. John P Cox Drug Co sponsors the claim with a bold offer and flashy phrasing typical of period drug ads.
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Leto
John P. Cox Drug CO
Shanghai Streets Yield 4727 Dead in December
The cold streets of Shanghai in December yielded 4,727 dead. Benevolent societies reported 3,879 of them were children. Some were abandoned by parents who could not feed and house them. The deaths were caused by cold and hunger.
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Shanghai
Benevolent Societies
Also Mentioned on This Page
Study Club
Paul Raley
A. Stonequist
Owen Nix
Thornton
Rebekah Lodge
Texarkana Lodge
Billy Dan Jones
W. E. Tarpley
Nashville, Tenn
Southern School of
I?rinting
Beryl Henry
Warren
H. D. Wharton
Fay Hammons
J. W. Spivey
Conway
Josephine My
Lloyd Guerin
Hope
Rita Hayworth
Ason Welles
E Wil Everett Sloane
Glenn Anders
Columard
Joosen
Nature
Lydia
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
Hope Steam Laundry
Walnut St
George Wright
Noel BD. Nash
Lewisville
Hone
Willams
Patmos
Phil Harger
C. C. Simomons
St. Joseph
Dorothy DIX
Miss Dix
Jetters
Martha H
United Farm Agency
United
United Service
Daniel Webster Eiid
Rue S
P. O. Box
Kansas City
St.louis
Chicago
Minneapolis
Oakland
Melody Boys
Columbus High School
Rephan
Ares
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