Love and Secrets Steal Through a Wartime Tale
Jill McFarlane, whose father Richard vanished in World War I, falls for Lieut Spang Gordon. Spang reveals her brother Ric is divorcing. Sandra Calvert appears hardened. Spang parts ways, Jill is injured in a horse accident. Richard returns home claiming a new name Captain Mackey and a shared camp with Ric. Julia confronts hidden truths to shield her children.
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Jill McFarlane
Richard
Spang Gordon
Ric
Sandra Calvert
Spang
Dave Patterson
Julia
Captain Mackey
Julis
Jill
Dooley
Dave
Richard McFarlane
Dooley Faces Hard Truths About Ric and Richard
Julia Dooley McFarlane wrestles with revelation that her son Ric is alive and Richard McFarlane is back in the family circle under another name. She refuses divorce due to shame, fear for Ric, and to protect her late husband’s memory, while Dave urges practical action.
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Jill
Dave
Dooley McFarlane
Dooley
Ric
Mrs. Calvert
Ridley Field
Spang
Julia
Richard
Air Corps
Public School Driving Moves From Roads To Classrooms
An opinion piece argues for teaching automobile driving in schools starting with Cleveland and Brooklyn vocational high schools. It notes adults misusing cars, questions highways and wheel design, and suggests public schooling should adopt driving instruction broadly.
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Cleveland
Brooklyn
Letters Over Great Expectations Film Marketing
A correspondent chides J Arthur Rank for not angling publicity toward shock and sensationalism. The note urges a bolder campaign without altering the Dickensian branding or adding fashionable musical interludes.
Night Before Xmas Echoes Through City Grist
Mayor O Dwyer attacks a city official amid allegations of using office for oil money. In 1947 notes new cheap beer 17 cents and hotel relief for 37 New York families at about 400 dollars monthly. one man asks for a beachside hotel.
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O’dwyer
New York
The Queen in Glory and Royal Court Hearts
A playful anniversary verse recalls a royal scene with the Queen at center and courtiers easing worries. The Duke stands near his bride as memories of the early years surface. The tone mirrors old time columnist nostalgia for newspaper men.
Four Eastern Wilderness Parks Offer Scenic Splendor
East of the Mississippi four wilderness parks rival the West in beauty. Great Smoky Mountains National Park sits on the North Carolina Tennessee line with 16 peaks over 6,000 feet. Shenandoah in Virginia features Skyline Drive and blue Ridge views, Acadia spans Maine coast and Isle Royale in Michigan near Lake Superior, a remote archipelago with no roads.
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United States
North Carolina
Tennessee
Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Shenandoah National Park
Virginia
Acadia National Park
Maine
Lake Superior
Canadian
Michigan
Isle Royale National Park
Great Smoky Mountains Park
Black Hills
South Dakota
Park
Gatlinburg
Great Smokies
Blue Ridge Mountains
Shenandoah Valley
Appalachian Ranges
Piedmont Plateau
Mount Desert Island
Rocky Coast
Isle Au Haut
Great Lakes
Houghton, Mich
Grand Marais
Minn
Rock Harbor
Isle Royale
Bar Harbor
Chamber of Commerce
Tenn
National Park Service
Panorama Tunnel
Skyline Drive
Indian Lookout Rebuilt as Monument at Fort Sill
A blockhouse at Fort Sill Oklahoma, once a warning station in the Indian wars and praised by Gen. William T. Sherman, is being rebuilt. It overlooks 60 miles of plains and was damaged by a stray shell during 1942 maneuvers after surviving the Old West era.
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Fort Sill
Okla
Oklahoma
William T. Sherman
Sherman
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Caen
J. Arthur Rank
Art
Charles Dickens
Dickens
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WNY
Rocky Mountains
High Sierras
Yellowstone Park
Yosemite Valley
Titanic
Grand Canyon
Rocky
Schoodie Head
Indian Lookout
Business & Invest
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Ferris Ave
South
Norwalk
Conn
Home Furnishings & Appli
F.H.A
Garfield
Texas Shade
Dallas Street
San Antonio
Texas
Lone Star
Pante Hoffman
Prosperity
SAN Antonio Dry Cleaning Machinery CO
Heiman St
S. P
Zehane
Curt Grigg
Hopkinton
Iowa
Earl Taibbon
Yodora
McKesson @ Bobbing, Inc., Bridgeyurt
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
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