Christmas with all the trimmings for Mountain Creek kin
Ma Shannon writes to Kenneth Sally and Robert as the Shannon children gather home for Christmas. Kenneth, a neurologist in Chicago, has wealth and prestige, while Robert frets writing the great American novel in Baltimore and Sally remains the cherished, spoilt daughter. Ma fears a late arrival and notes the family’s old traditions.
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Christopher Shannon
Lydia
Keneth
Mountain Creek
Phyllis
Kenneth
Shannon
Christopher
Chicago
Central Clinic
Kenneth Shannon
Robert
Baltimore
Sally
Hollywood
Dan Davis
Alays Sa
Dan
Mummy
Blonde ambition shadows a young actress in memories
The narrator, Anne Mary Lawler, recalls a daughter with striking blonde curls and a fierce wish to act. Her mother muses that the girl lacks talent but may succeed on looks alone, amid hospital scenes and Christmas reflections.
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Hollywood
Johnny Sawbones
Lydia Wainwright Controls Mail and Moves to Home Holiday Plans
Lydia Wainwright sorts and inspects Carter Wainwright’s mail while managing the household and the invalid Eve. She notes rising utility bills, plans to answer letters from Monte Carlo and Baltimore, contemplates visiting Mountain Creek for Christmas, and keeps Margot Haines’ social visit in view as Eve’s condition worsens.
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Lydia Shannon
Florida
Carter Wainwright
Lydia
Eve Wainwright
Margot Haines
Margot
Carter - Wainwright
Kate
Baltimore
Robert
Monte Carlo
Nikki
Writers Club
Perry Boyle
Boyle
Mona Allen
Mona
Mother
Mountain Creek
New York
Airlines
Putnam’s
Ma Shannon
Carter
Pope Calls Five Moral Steps for New World Order
In Vatican City on December 24 Pope Pius XII urged the college of cardinals to base any new world order on five moral victories. He urged to overcome hatred mistrust lack of faith the belief that might makes right and economic misfitness. He urged sincere political and economic solidarity and a readiness to heal spiritual wounds after the war.
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Vatican City
Pius XII
College of Cardinals
Holy Father
Europe
United States
Sacred College
Gennaro Cardinal Granito Pignatelli di Belmonte
Classified readers drive daily engagement claim
A stated 76 percent of subscribers read the classified page every day claims the circulation office. The remark underscores the page’s routine appeal and reader habits.
Captain Turns Salesman Forces Man to Join Guard
In Coffeyville Kansas on December 24 a milk condensery representative Captain Braum L. Bentley urged a farm youth to join the national guard by offering a sale of 22 cattle. Bentley asked if he could sell them and the youth agreed the tactic might work as mobilization neared. The guard roster soon included a youth who once owned two cows.
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Coffeyville
Kan
Braum L. Bentley
National Guard
Bentley
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the Waldorf
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Pope
NEW World Order
Pontiff
Haynes & Keene
Ayal
Vrou
Jeffries
Virginia May
Eldridge Hotel Bldg
Alia
Harzfeld
Oread
Kansas Public Service Company
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