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Newspaper

The Daily Mail

Location

Hagerstown, Maryland, United States of America

Date

Dec 27, 1939

Page

4

Baby Roosevelts Boettiger steals scene at White House

Nine month old John Roosevelt Boettiger, son of John St. Boettiger and Anna Roosevelt Boettiger, captures attention at a White House press conference by shredding a newspaper. The child is a potential applicant for the White House Correspondents' Association. The president jokes about media representation as reporters guess which paper he represents.

John Boettiger Washington John Roosevelt Boetger Roosevelt Vandson White House John St. Boettiger Seattle Iblisher Anna Roosevelt Boetliger Lapehind John Admsson Rain

Congressmen Hurt In Auto Accident Near Morriston Arkansas

Morriston Ark Dec 27 Rep George H Heinke 57 and Mrs Heinke 52 were seriously injured in a Tuesday auto collision one mile east of Morriston on US Highway 64. Heinke and wife both legs broken Mrs Heinke also fractured right arm. one woman killed and four others hurt.

Morriston Ark George H. Heinke R-Neb

Addition completed at Sherwood service station

The Sherwood Bros. service station at 600 block Virginia avenue nears completion with a concrete block addition 15 by 24 feet. The entire station was raised and remodeled. Work was performed by George Lefevre.

Sherwood Bros Virginia Avenue George Lefevre

Nebraska City Rep Sustains Broken Toe in Incident

The Nebraska City representative sustained a broken toe in an incident. The deceased woman was Mrs. William A. Cowan, 32, of Plummerville, Arkansas.

Nebraska City Neb William A. Cowan Plummerville, Ark

WE WOMEN By BETTY BRAINERD Dodging Handcuffs And Daisies

Advice column excerpt shows Betty Brainerd counseling a young woman to maintain independence, avoid rushed marriage, and pursue education. The letter critiques jealous suitors R and A and urges future-focused goals while lampooning “petting” and possessive behavior. It also includes a warning to a 15 year old with a 22 year old suitor, urging wait-and-grow.

Betty Brainerd

Advice on love and marriage from Betty Brainerd

A dated guidance fragment warns a young writer about inappropriate affection with X and avoiding marriage as a sign of fear. It urges sending pen names and addresses with every letter, and claims all communications remain confidential from Betty Brainerd of 680 Madison Ave in New York City.

Ence Betty Brainerd Madison Ave New York City

Daughter of Babe Ruth to marry at Cranmore ski lodge

New York dispatch reports Julia Ruth, 23, daughter of baseball legend George Herman Ruth, and Richard Wells Flanders, 31, plan to marry in June. They meet at a golf club where Ruth was playing and will make their home about eight months a year at Cranmore Mountain Lodge.

Betty Brainerd New York George Herman Babe) Ruth Richard Wells Flanders Ruth Julia Cranmore Mountain Lodge

Flanders Family Owns Resort in New Hampshire Center

Flanders owns a winter sports center at Kearsarge in N H and a summer vacation lodge. Flanders, son of Dr and Mrs Walter H Flanders of Melrose Massachusetts, played golf on the same New Hampshire course as Babe Ruth where he met Julia. They became engaged on his birthday December 3.

Flanders Kearsarge N. H Walter H. Flanders Melrose Mass New Hampshire Babe Ruth Julia

Browder to Speak to Student Union in Madison

Earl Browder general secretary of the Communist party in America joins the speakers list for the American Student Union sixth annual convention in Madison. A symposium is set for tomorrow with Browder Joel Seidman of the League for Industrial Democracy and Victor A Yankhontoff to appraise the Soviet Union.

Madison Wis Earl Browder Communist Party In America American Student Union Browder Joel Seidman League For Industrial Democracy Victor A. Yankhontoff Kerensky Soviet Union

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