Shadowed Dinner and a Spy Plot in Narrow Life
Sharon, an office worker and part of a tense plot with her boss Mr. Goodwin, schemes to bait a suspected enemy spy by dining with engineer Tom Stafford while a missing Sierra Steel shipment haunts their plant. Sharon's personal life tightens as her brother Dennis challenges her values and a staged letter hints at danger and romance.
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Sharon
Tom Stafford
Mr. Goodwin
Stafford
Sierra Steel
Goodwin
Los Angeles
Mata Hari
Tom
Dennis
Dennis Doyle
Haron
Eastern
Doyle
Sis
Aes
Harvey Gooduin
Smart Four
Skyway
San Francisco
Local Socials and Church Meeting Report
Hyattstown visitors include Mrs Helen Rich ards, Mrs Earl Payne, Mr W C Richards, and Mr Rainier visiting Mrs Minnie Dutrow. E M Horine and Byron Darby visited relatives in Poolesville. The Woman's Society of the Methodist Church will meet at the church hall Thursday with Mrs Ben Price hosting. Mr and Mrs Lee Norwood of Ridgeville spent Sunday with the Norwood farmers. Mr and Mrs George W Darby of Baltimore spent Saturday with Mrs W W Darby and family. Mr and Mrs Ben Price and family visited William Plainer in Front Royal Va. Sunday guests of Mrs W W rea were Mr and Mrs Cnarnie Cecil, of Washington, and Mr and Mrs Miles.
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Edwin Burdette
Rockville
Lewis Ellio‘j. Washington
Lawrence Cecil
Charles Murphy
Irene Lusby
Frederick
H. E. Flock
Ben Price
W. W. Cecil
Shadowed Mission Atop Pacific Avenue Penthouse
Sharon Doyle, private secretary to Harvey Goodwin, attends a housewarming at Goodwin’s Pacific Avenue penthouse while a plot to derail Sierra Steel unfolds. Dennis’s danger hints and a coded call to a mysterious Mr Gates push Sharon to unwind a dangerous web as Tom Stafford’s charm tests her loyalties.
Waffle History Mention Ties Jefferson To Early US Start
Edwin Burdette and families in Rockville and Frederick visit relatives while a historical note claims Thomas Jefferson tasted waffles in Hotland and received a waffle iron from Europe. The piece connects a yellow color to infidelity and misfortune across ancient symbolism.
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Thomas Jefferson
Hotland
Europe
United States
Betty Hutton Surges To Stardom In Hollywood
Betty Hutton emerges as Hollywood’s new sensation in the film The Fleet's In and Happy Go Lucky. From a hard early life with a scarred cheek and freckled face to a vaudeville breakthrough, she wowed audiences with high energy singing and dancing. Her rise began after a dramatic Broadway break and a formidable lawsuit, leading to a luminous screen career alongside Mary Martin.
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Hollywood
Paul Harrison
NEA
Betty Hutton
Wham
Dorothy Lamour
Miss Hutton
United States Navy
Bob Hope
Vincent Lopez
Lopez
Betty
Plaintiff Lopez
Buddy DeSylva
Florrie
Panama
de Sylva
Paramount
Mary Martin
Dinah
Dorothy Dix Says Out Of Woman’s Fatalism Springs Disappointments
Dorothy Dix argues that many women gamble with fate due to fatalism, lacking clear ambitions and effort. She describes reliance on luck, poor dressing, and missed chances, urging women to control their destiny through work and self improvement rather than waiting for luck or a fairy godmother.
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Kismet
Berg Tascinmting
Lady Luck
Local social notes from Virginia towns and nearby states
Cellville residents spend time with nephew and niece Mr and Mrs Jack Potterfield while Robert Myers is named Lovettsville air raid warden. Nellie Thornsbury visits Brunswick friends Mrs Fred Graham. L A Womendorph clan visits Winchester. Charles Miller of Baltimore plans several days in the area. Lucy Tom Eppes and Dorothy Patterson enjoy weekends in Leesburg and Round Hill. Sunday dinner guests at Mrs Maxine Brown’s include George Louder Catherine Lombardy Aubrey Cooper and William McKimmey of Washington.
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Cellville
Jack Potterfield
Robert Myers
Lovettsville
Nellie Thornsbury
Brunswick
Fred Graham
L. A. Womedorph
Winchester
Charles Miller
Baltimore
Lucy Tom Eppes
Dorothy Patterson
Leesburg
Round
Ill
Maxine Brown
George Louder
Catherine Lombardy
Aubrey Cooper
William McKimmey
Peterson's Ointment Promises Quick Relief for Itching
An advertisement claims Itchy pimples and skin blemishes ruined romances by scratching. It promotes Peterson's Ointment for fast relief from pimples eczema and irritated skin, priced at 35 cents, with a money back guarantee if one application fails. It also soothes tired feet and cracked toes.
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Peterson
P T A Meeting Set At High School For Founders Day
The regular monthly P T A meeting will be in the High School auditorium February 9 at 7 30 p m A Founders Day program will be given and refreshments served Also noted visits by Mr and Mrs Leslie Graham and son Mickey of Washington and Mrs R D George with Mrs Ida Brawn and others Mr and Mrs George Graham hosted relatives over the weekend
Lovettsville FFA Team Wins State Show Cup Honor
Lovettsville Virginia agr instructor R S Poffinbarger Jr led Amherst High School FFA to first place at the State Feed and Grain Show in Staunton. Team members Page Stinnet Swanson Jones Warren Campbell with Morris Thomas and Billy Shelton as alternates. Morris Thomas posted the top individual score for Amherst. The team receives a plated cup for the chapter room.
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Lovettsville
R. S. Poffinbarger
Amherst
Staunton
Page Stinnet
Swanson Jones
Warren Campbell
Morris Thomas
Billy Shelton
Amhers
Poffinbarger, Jr
Rev
S. Poffinbarger
New Jerusalem Lutheran Church
Lovettsville High School
VJPS
Myrtle Myers
Hagerstown
Charles Wirts
Theodore Cooper
Gary
Washington
Eilen Cooper
W. A. Wade
D. D
Miller
Baltimore
James Chambers
Brunswick
Ella Mann
Margaret Guard
Pur
New Books In Artz Library
New Books In Artz Library features YOUNG MAN OF CARACAS by Ybarra a vivid autobiography of a Venezuelan general’s son and his vivacious wife praised in a 1941 librarian poll. ABC OF AVIATION by Victor W Page offers a simple guide to aircraft construction operation engines and radio aids. INVITATION TO FUN by Harold Hart collects puzzles and quizzes for parties and entertainment. WHAT THE CITIZEN SHOULD KNOW ABOUT OUR ARMS AND WEAPONS by James E Hicks explains modern instruments for lay readers. LOU GEHRIG by Richard G Hubler chronicles the life of the baseball star admired by youth nationwide.
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Caracas
BR. Ybarra
Venezuela
ABC OF Aviation
Victor W. Page
James E. Hicks
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Atterbury
Counterplot
Onaton
Denner
Denis
Hyattstown
Pat Re Peat
Eleanor Atterbury
Chapter
Cara
T.S
Tlarvey Goodwin
Gates
Mr. Gates
Mister Gates
Pacific Avenue
Cayetuna
Mr. Stafford
Pittsburgh
Pavlo
Dorothy Dix
Williamson
Rexall
Frederick, MD
Uncle Sam
Quaker City
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Brart
Saje
Williamson’s
A Hamilton
Hamilton
Laura
Kensbey
Artz
Harold Hart
Lou Gehrig
Richard G. Hubler
Adlerika
Ruy Qyrne
Ole
Davis
Wooley (Hes Theman
Gty Opera House
Mortal Man
Tau
Wolf Man
Claude Rains Warren William Ralph Bellamy
Patric Knowles
Bela Lugosi
Maria Quipensrata
Evelyn Ankers
Lon Chaney
Nipws
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