Word: shirling
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Gaunt Mrs. Charlie Jones, who bought a house and cow with $1,600 she received as compensation for the deaths of three sons who worked in the Gauley Bridge tunnel, claimed : "Shirl's lungs was all gone when they took them out." Later she complained: "We get two dollars a week relief, and I earn one dollar a week takin' in washin'. That helps buy feed...
Nova Pilbeam, an unhappy name for the most charming and highly successful actress we have seen in several years, displays consummate skill and undeniable promise. She is only a little child, possibly fourteen. We beg of you not to conjure up visions of a new Shirl--no, it would be a sacrilege to mention the two names in the same paragraph. Miss Pilbeam is not cute, she is not clever; on the other hand, she is beautiful, and she is unquestionably a great dramatic actress. We do not hesitate in promising a future equally as great as this, her very...