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Newspaper
Roswell Daily Record
Location
Roswell, New Mexico, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1941
Page
13
Margie and Tom Shane live in a three room apartment facing rising bills as both work to support their luxury lifestyle. Tom resents her pay envelope role and pressure to pay share of expenses grows, fueling bitterness. A rainy Sunday mirrors their bleak mood as resentment tightens its grip.
Margie Grant leaves work at noon to marry Tom Shane in a simple chapel ceremony. The pair insist on Dutch treat finances, each keeping salaries and sharing expenses, as Margie returns to the office typewriter after a hurried wedding lunch.
Sunday brings eased bitterness as Margie confronts her hunger for home and status. She plans to quit her job to save money while Tom resists, arguing for luxuries. Margie accepts a harsh new balance, embracing independence and duty in a strained marriage.
The piece recalls Daedalus and Icarus as Greece’s earliest aviators and notes a fierce air battle over Crete. It mentions Daedalus’ labyrinth of Knossos, the Minotaur, and Icarus’s fatal flight, linking myth to modern warfare around Crete, the region’s first airport.
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