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Above Suspicion. In Clovis, N. Mex., the Bar Association of bone-dry Curry County, hoping to eliminate any possibility of misunderstanding, met to discuss a proposal that the association's name be changed to Lawyers' Club...
Died. Pauline Lord, 60, Broadway star of the '20s and '30s; after long illness; in Alamogordo, N. Mex. Though her greatest roles were tragic (Anna in Anna Christie, Zenobia in Ethan Frome), she showed fine comic talents as Abby in The Late Christopher Bean, as Mrs. Wiggs in the 1934 movie (her first and last) Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch. Cast in a good many flops during her career ("I have always played everything that was put before me"), she usually got high praise from the critics in both good plays...
Intimations of Mortality. In Santa Fe, N. Mex., Louis Giannini admitted sending Mrs. Pete Mateucci a postcard reading "You are going to be a widow before long, so make plans accordingly," but insisted that he had "merely intended it as a word of advice to take out more life insurance...
Gallup, N. Mex...
...According to His Need. In Santa Fe, N. Mex., James B. Hannah, who had bought a new gas tank cap, found the old one in his car, along with a message: "Dear Sir: Undoubtedly you have by this time noticed that your gas tank cap has been missing. I borrowed the cap from you. You see, I had the same misfortune you did. I have since found my own gas cap, so I am returning yours. Yours very truly, An Honest Thief...