Word: atlanta
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Born. To Ellis Gibbs Arnall, 38, Governor of Georgia, and Mildred DeLaney Siemens Arnall, 33: their second child, first daughter; in Atlanta. Name: Alice Slemons. Weight: 8 Ibs. 7 oz. In 1942, up-&-coming Candidate Arnall promised to make the executive mansion a place "where the sound of little feet will replace the gabbing of politicians...
...Bargains. Across the nation, storekeepers reported an unabated demand for high-priced clothing and accessories. Women's $100 fall suits were in good demand. Atlanta's fashionable J. P. Allen store sold more $100 women's suits last month than in any prewar year...
Lieut. Colonel Ben Lyon, Hollywood hero of the '20s, now 44, back from eight years of show business in Britain with wife Bebe Daniels, made a sentimental journey to his Atlanta birthplace. Said he, after looking the old house over: "It's pretty dilapidated...
...sung. Atlanta's United Daughters...
When she arrived off Attu in the spring of 1943 the Santa Fe, sister of the ill-fated Atlanta and Juneau, was new, but her men already considered her a fine ship. The chow was good, the historical library (donated by the State of New Mexico) was excellent, and the skipper was popular Captain Russell Berkey, who gave humorous, fatherly lectures over the ship's loudspeaker system. Typical Berkey advice to his men after a long spell at sea: "Don't try to drink all the whiskey in Honolulu the first day . . . your stomach has forgotten what...