Word: lola
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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ABOUT THE MURDER OF THE NIGHT CLUB LADY?Anthony Abbot?Covici, Friede ($2). Lola Carewe, beautiful blonde, was frightened nearly out of her wits. First her dog, then her parrot had been mysteriously killed; an anonymous note told her she was next. Police Commissioner Thatcher Colt gave her the protection she asked, but it did not save her. With her apartment guarded, every entrance watched, with Colt himself in the next room, Murderee Carewe's death-scream came on schedule. Before Colt could unravel the tangled clues, two more victims died horribly. Writing detective stories is a sideline for Author...
Policewomen. The U. S. has about 1,000 policewomen. Practically all are muscular women, married and graduated from social work. Mrs. Lola J. Baldwin of Portland, Ore., thinks she was the first U. S. policewoman. Mrs. Alice S. Wells of Los Angeles, first (1915) president of the International Association of Policewomen, thinks she was the first. Mrs. Mina C. Van Winkle of Washington, president since 1919, ignores the kudos of such priority. Last week she insisted that more communities employ women to deal with arrested women and children below eleven. She would have policewomen take over the work and duties...
Best in Show. Champions of six classes-a Pekingese, a wire-haired fox terrier, a beagle, an English bulldog, a shepherd and an Irish setter-paraded at last. The judges gave the gate to Delaware Kate, seemed wary of the famed shepherd, Giralda's Lola. Would they like Champion Meadow Lark Watchman, the merry beagle? A hound-dog is rarely judged champion of champions, and last year a collie beat a wire-haired fox-terrier. The judge went back to Giralda's Lola, and narrowed his job down to her, the beagle, and Pendley Calling of Blarney...
...lola, Kan., Ira Sutton, hotel clerk, wrote in succession on his register the names of three salesmen for a refrigerator company, a Mr. Coldsnow, a Mr. Winter, a Mr. Coldiron...