Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII romance in shadow of scandal
In a sweeping chronicle of Wallis Warfield Simpson and Edward VIII, the piece traces her origins in Baltimore, her marriages, and rise to British royal attention. It covers her early family life, two marriages, social ascent in London, and the escalating union that captivated half a billion people, ending with her public acknowledgment as a royal guest.
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Ernest Simpson
Wally
Arundel
Mrs. Spencer
Mayfair
King Edward VII of England
Earle Winfield Spencer
H. L. Mencken
Baltimore
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward VIII
England
David
Lewis
Little
Mrs. Simpson
Great Britain
Alf M. Landon
Kansas
Bessie Wallis Warfield
Wallis Warfield
Alice Montague
Virginia
Europe
London
Ernest Aldrich Simpson
Harvard University
Coldstream Guards
Simpson
Edward
Hunter Rescued From 1000 Feet Above Canyon
Lloyd Rawson twenty one year old radio repair man was rescued after ten hours on a two foot ledge 1000 feet above a canyon in the Wasatch mountains. He broke his left leg in two places when struck by a rolling rock, built a fire, whistled for help, and was finally carried to a hospital after a four hour toboggan slide down the slope. His bride of one month waited at the bottom as bobcats prowled nearby.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Lloyd Rawson
Wasatch Mountains
Here
Rawson
Authors at Least Find That Crime Is Profitable
London reports a crime fiction boom with public spending on crime detection reaching 30 million dollars annually and stage and screen crime profits near 20 million. Edgar Wallace earned up to 7 500 dollars for a single short story as crime tales flood markets with about 600 thrillers published yearly in England.
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London
Edgar Wallace
England
Paralysis Victim Spends 7 Months in Iron Lung
Frederick Snite Jr., twenty six, of Chicago, stricken with infantile paralysis during a world cruise, has spent seven months in an iron lung at Peiping Union College Hospital. He has left his body only briefly since April and might move the machine to his Miami home next spring at earliest.
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Peiping
Frederick Snite, Jr
Chicago
Peiping Union College Hospital
Saite
Far East
Miami
Fla
Bread relic contest entry from Porterville widow
Mrs Nora M Remsberg of Porterville California joins a national contest with a fifty year old piece of bread baked by her mother in law She cites W G Scales of Concord New Hampshire who claims a thirty seven year old wartime biscuit from the Spanish American War as a prior claim The tale frames a quirky historic bread relic discovery with local and national reach
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Porterville
Cal
Nora M. Remsberg
W. G. Scales
Concord
N. H
Blindly Faithful Napa Dog Guards Car During Theft
In Napa California a dog named Tippy stayed by a car while its owner Capt. BE J. Gillick and party were on a camping trip. The vehicle was stolen and found abanconenl a week later in an apple orchard with the dog still near the scene.
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Napa
Calif
Tippy
BE. J. Gillick
Handsome Inexpensive Christmas Window Ornaments
Decorating ideas for quick festive touches use misshapen tree sprays with red crepe paper bows in front windows. Add holly berries and red dyed popped corn to sprays, hang baskets with green staining, and wire handles for shape. Place bouquets in broad-based vases, and light greens with small electric lights for day and night appeal.
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Belt Syndicate
WNN Service
Foreign Phrases and Their Noble Origins
A compact glossary of foreign terms with English equivalents. De bon augure indicates promising prospects, Dela va sans dire means that goes without saying, Erinnerung refers to a remembrance, Fortiter in re urges firmness in action, Lupus in fabula highlights the wolf arriving when expected, Ignis fatuus denotes a will o the wisp, Pour encourager les autres explains motives behind cheering on, Vol taire’s remark on Byng comments on English conduct.
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Will-o'-thewisp
Voltaire
Admiral Byng
Wit and Wisdom Fragments From an Honest Pocket
A compact collection of aphorisms on happiness, emotion, luck, and character. Observations compare human nature, judgment, and virtue with practical maxims and social insight from a bygone voice. Notable ideas include living in the present, the cost of folly, and the value of effort.
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King
Empire
William C, Utley
Spain
Wallis
Bessie
Mr. Warfield
Teackle
New York Journal of Commerce
Nell Brinkley
Sinclair Lewis
Dorothy Thompson
Mr. Lewis
Edward VII
Sir
Warfield
Wallis Simpson
Pensacola
United States Naval Academy
Mr. Spencer
George Mosely
Geneva
Thelma
Lady Furness
Morgan Twins
Mr. Simpson
Guards Club
Cumberland Terrace
Crown
Ipswich
Fort Belvedere
Western Newspaper Union
Hunter
Joe Rawson
Joe
Firestone Tire
Firestone Auto Supply and Service
Firestone
Richard Crooks
Margaret Speaks
BTU
Eac
Wirvetane Tired& Bubbye Ga
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