Confession and Love Tangles In Barbara's World
Linda joins the Sentry household as May opens. Phil grapples with duty and jealousy while Barbara gradually warms to Dan and Brace reveals his trial testimony. The tennis court becomes a stage for secrets as Barbara’s feelings and family loyalties intensify.
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Dan
Bruce
Linda
Phil
Mr. Loran
Loran
Barbara
Barb
Mother
Professor Brace
Mrs. Sentry
The Last of the Purple Gang Ends in Detroit
Eighteen years after formation the Detroit Purple Gang, once about fifty strong, dissolves as the last member Harry Millman is killed. The outfit rose from 1926 amid protection rackets and multiple murders, then waned after Prohibition repeal.
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Detroit
Purple Gang
Harry Milliman
St. Louis
Abe Axer
H: Pal
Jletcher
Machin
Axer
Pletcher
Cleaners
Dyers
Irving Shapero
Frank Klayman
Ohio State Penitentiary
Jack Selbin
Phil Keywell
Southern Michigan
Maurice Raider
Earl Pasnam
Henry Shorr
The
Purples
Charlie
Auerbach
Fleisher Brothers
Joseph Stein
Alcatraz
Harry Millman
Family Secrets and a Comeback at the Office
Phil faces his father about the past and the appeal while Linda returns to work at his office. The Sentry confrontation ends with acceptance of the jury and a new partnership as Linda offers herself as secretary and future wife.
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Phil
Mr. Sentry
Ors
Barbara
Sentry
Ion
Hill
Mr. Hare
Linda
Miss Randall
Lin
Short Highway Travel Dominates Traffic, Survey Finds
Preliminary figures from 11 to 17 states show eight of ten motorists travel under 20 miles, with only about two percent exceeding 100 miles. Main highways carry 58.9 percent of traffic, rural roads eight times as extensive, while urban and rural shares split 58 and 42 percent respectively. States publish their own results as planning surveys progress.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Bureau
How to Tell Mule Age By Teeth and Eye Socket
A mule's age can be estimated by dental grooves on the edges of the incisors that wear with years. Another method notes cavernous spaces above the eyes that remain sunken even if the mule is fattened, signaling older age.
Wisconsin's Prison for Women Run Without Bars
Wisconsin's Taycheedah Prison for Women is described as a model facility with 104 inmates living in rooms instead of cells. Inmates manage cooking, baking, sewing, and laundering, cultivate 110 acres of gardens, and receive personal items and education while under a maternly supervision with no visible walls or armed guards.
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Taycheedah
Wis
Wisconsin
Snake in Attic Keeps Mice Down at Sam Phipps Home
In Tulare California Oscar the snake remains a welcome attic boarder as he continues to kill mice in the residence of Sam Phipps. The arrangement keeps the home rodent free while sparing the animal from danger.
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Snake
Tulare
Calif
Oscar
Sam Phipps
Lovely Doilies Crochet Pattern 1715
Pattern 1715 shows how to crochet pretty doilies in four strands of string in three sizes suited for luncheon and buffet sets. Includes stitch illustrations and materials list. Send 15 cents and write name address pattern number to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept. 82 Eighth Avenue New York.
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Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Avenue
New York
N. Y
Dress Hint Sparks Whispered Dinner Club Plot
In a clipped dialogue, a wife plans to address the women’s club while her husband teases about a dress. A waiter’s absent family joke surfaces as a classroom moment, ending with a student naming a comet as Mickey Mouse.
Codfish Ball Banter Proves Aristocracy Quip
A light exchange centers on a codfish ball joke where one asks where a man belongs to the cod fish aristocracy and another replies that the meeting occurred at the fish ball, underscoring playful social chatter.
Prisoner Dreads Bath and Ironed in Police Station
A quarrel echoes with a prisoner protesting, asking if the police station is a laundry as he endures a bath and irons. The sergeant and officer actions are described in a blunt, rough exchange.
Notched revolver butt boasts of weekly replacements
A Western dialogue ends in a tense exchange as the Westerner boasts of carving notches on his revolver butt after each kill, while the Stranger counters that his own revolver has no notches yet. The exchange hints at deadly bravado and ongoing violence.
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Mickey Mouse
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Dean
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