Word: mrs
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...night last week, 36-year-old Sophie Shanks found a letter waiting for her at the hotel. "Dear Mrs. Shanks," it said, "When I was in Cincinnati this spring my helpers informed me that you are a deserving lady who works hard on the night shift . . . and that you have a tough time raising your nine children . . . but you never complain ... So here's a check for $100." The letter and check were signed "Santa Claus...
...Mrs. Shanks, happily parceling out nine new pairs of shoes to her children, had her own theory: "I guess the good Lord sent...
...didn't know what it was," Mitchell said later, "but I shouted for them all to get back away from it and I started running toward them. When I was only about 40 yards from them there was a terrific explosion." Mrs. Mitchell and the five children were killed...
...miles from the Communist front lines southwest of Shanghai, in the city's smartest residential section, a fresh-faced young Chinese officer stood before a bluff, hearty Englishwoman. Behind him stood several soldiers, holding baskets of wood shavings. They had come to burn down Mrs. Gladys Hawkings' house because it was "in the line of fire." Said firm, 58-year-old Mrs. Hawkings: "Young man, I was living in this house before you were born. This is my home and I intend to stay...
...Have This." A week before, Shanghai's Nationalist commander had warned the Hawkingses and other foreigners that their lives would be in danger unless they moved inside the city's defenses. Most foreigners withdrew, but Mrs. Hawkings, sometime of Winterbourne, Kingston, Dorset, and her husband William, who is general manager of a Shanghai shipping firm, did not budge...