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MRL HARLAO,

S, YENNE SR.
AND EUCLID AVE.
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CLEVELAND TRUST CO.

EAST NINTH

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DEAR DAD,
RECE

uss

APRIL L945 PRA1 rlrE

IVED YOUR LETTER NOF

18

.,iARCH AI'iD ALSO IHE

NCTE ACKNCIJLEIIGING RECEIPT

0F THE iviiNEY JRDERS. lT

NG AtscUI THE TR I P

llAS

QU I

TE

I NTEFiESI I NG I{EAR I

T3 A

NEIJ

YORK Ai'iD fJASHINGTJN NCT

]NLY FRSM YOURSELF BUT

FROiv

IHE LCCAL CCMIViUNICANT /'HO TOCK

UdRRIED

IIiIE

CUT FRCM

I-IAPPY

LIFE TC ADll A FE,l

PLEASUREABLE

Llt'iES 3F

;rr0RALE

ijoosTn\ice lN A s,ryEET O0RRESPONDENCE 0F HER oWN.

I
A

tiSuLD
HI

SAy,

OFF HAND, THAT MR DEI{TTT HAS QUTTE

I

THREAT TO

HOTEL CLEVELAND AND OIHERS

N IHE
C0.

NEfl

ENIIRPRISE BEING SET iJP BY

E.L.

L0MTvICSSAN AND

LL ]N THE DARK AS TC {!HAT K IND CR TYPE 0F I1OTEL HE HAS INVESTED IN. ARE THEY REGULAR YEARIN YEAR OUT |-iOTELS, CR IH8 RESORT STYLE? tF yOU PLAN T0 BE PARK I NG
Ai;i ST
I

LOT ATTENDANI,

THINK

wlLL SET UP AN HAv1BURG SIAND

HIRE AS SPECIAL BEAN
COOKER

AND lOE CREAtvi BAR NEXT DCBR AND OFFLR A LITTLE SERIOUS CC.VIPETITICN. NNTUR^LI

Y IILL

AUNT uiyRTLE AND DURING YCUR oFF

HOUne, YoU C0ULD$$3RK

|fJITH

OUT YOUR SPECIAL IASTE FOR CiION COMBINATIONSCRACKERS ND

CHEESE, 0F CoURSE, CN SPECIAL OCCASI0NS

Y'{HEN

YJU .ilOULD ALSO HAVE C].V1PLETE CHARGE DE' AFFA IRS

THE IilENU CALLS F3R LOBSTER OR 3YSTER S3UP.
MO|-HER HAS EVERY R IGHT

T0 BE

ANGRY .l,ll TH

ME.

HAVE NOT {{RIITEN HER FCR

UNDER
SOMET

VERY LJNG

IIME, BUT I

/{AS

THE

Ii'ViPRESS

ION IHAT SHE HAD RETURNED TC CLF'VELAND

UNTU-L Y0UR LAT;'ST COM'v'Ui\ I QUE

IME I N lvlARCH- THAT lS ,

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INFCRMED ME CF HER PLANS TC

SIAY ON AT

CORAL GABIES

ITILL APRIL 18.

THE CHECKER GAMES STTLL G0 0N AND

0N, BUT

HAVEN'T BEEN AS ENTHUSIASTIC

BOYS ARE ST I LL

LATELY.

THE REST OFfi.lE

HEAR SOME
OF

AT

IT I N A B IG IilAY AND I

THE COMPETITION

IS

PRETTY RUGGED. MY TEXAN FREIND HAS

BEEN FORCED TO TAKE SECOND PLACE AMONG IHE PLAYERS,

S I NCE

THE ADVENT OF A

L I TTLE SEAMAN STR

IKER

FROIV| MRRQUETE

I MANAGE TO HOLD A FAIRLY SAFE THIRD SPOT, BUT UNLESS I RETURN TO IHE OLD ENTHUS I ASM I LL BE PLACED 0N RET IREMENT L lST"
MICHIGAN !!HO BLCWS US ALL DOWN.
1,1,1

AT THE RATE THESE BOYS PLAY,

IF ONE DOESNIT KEEP PLAYING

MY

JUST AS OFTEN, HE GETS vllAY BEHINE, AND AT PRESENT SPECIAL OBLIGATION TO iviYSELF

IS TO SEE THAT I ,,0 MT

$TY

FALL AT THE WAYSIDE"

THAT NOI'J

I FEEL QUAUFIED ENOUGH TO

I COULD OFFER MY FATHER SCME TOUGH COMPETITOON"

GOOD OLD TEMAG WOULD

A FEltl GAMES BY THE FIRE UP IN

SURE

HII IT OFF JUST NOW, EH?

yES,

I SAll{ CASANoVA BR0|TN ABCUT THREE MoNTHS AGo" IT 1,iJAS AAIRLY ENJ3YABLE. LAST NIGHT I SAt{ IA SONG TO REMEMBERI - THE LIFE STORY OF F. CHOPIN. IT ITAS
SUPEP,B ACT ING AND EXCEPT I CNAL
M US

IC FOR A

HOLLYI{OOD

STCRY-ALL BY

F.

CHOPIN OF COURSE BUT ENOUGH TO GIVE

TRUE MUS IC LOVERS THE

IR fuIONEYS WORTH.
UJCK, JoSE

TH

IS EVEN I NG

I SA\IU ITHREE CABALLEROSI THE WALT DISNEY GOOD ',l,lILId

Mov I E STARR I NG D0NALD
CAR

loCA AND PANCH lT0"

BEACH

tN sp0TS tT itAS REALLY AMUS|NG, AllD THE BATHTNG

SCENES llvHERE DONALD

FLIRTS v!ITH IHE BEAUTIFUL LATIN

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BELLES KEPT MOST OF US HUNGRY MALES DROOLING.

IT

HURT

T0

HAVE

T0 lil'ATgH SOME 0F

EXAGGERATED C0L0R SEQUENCES,

THOUGH.

tF you D0 sEE MR. CLARK, IELL HIM I

MORE THAN

THINK 0F KISKI
ALWAYS

JUST OCCAS$IONALY. THE OLD PLACE 1llILL

GR

HOLD PRETTY F IRM

IP ON MY FAVOR I TE fuiEMOR IES.

READ gN ARTICLE BY ERNIE PYLE TONIGHT ABOUT NO I{ONDER HE II{AS THE FAVORITE OF EVERY G. EXACTLY WHAT THE ENLISTEDIfrAN

SAILORS.
TH|NKS,
HE

I.

IN EUROPE, HE KNOvll S
|VANTS AND

A GREAI DEAL CF HIS CRDINARY LIFF.

ON THE HEAD AND EVERY
MAN

HIT THE NAIL SQUARELY

I'lH0 HAS READ IHE ARI ICLE AGREES THAT HE THE

lS

IGHT T0

HILT. HE SAID THAI SAILORS LIVE BETTER THAN

OUR

ANy OTHER BRANCH 0F THE SERVICE, utE D0- WE HAVE

tcE cREAM, G00D CH0$t AND REGULAR,

8H

0t1N LAUNDRY (SmnlLER

tPS LACK rH r s)

MOV

rES.

BUT

'WF|AT

HE

SA

lD

THAT STRUCK

THE rvr0ST IMPORTANT NOTE l4AS IHAT THE

SA I LORS L

IFE lS

A MISERABLY
N0THING BUT
COIVIPARES
$J

MONOTONOUS

LIFE.

Y{HERE

YEAR OF SEEING AND WATER

L

FLAI HoT, SANDY, STTNKm ATOLLS

SOLD

TH MAYBE IHREE YEARS OF A

CONFTNED

IERS

IFE

sArLOR

rs

365 DAYS A YEAR T0 SAY,500 BY

CALL

60

FEET- THE SAME FACES, SAME OCEANDAY AFTER DAY UNTI L

HIS

RESTLESSNESS SENDS Hllrrl BERSERK- lfrlE

lT ASIATIC.

IT U{AS THE FIRST TIME ANYBODY HED ACTUALLY

THE SAILOR.

DISCOVERED

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IM BACK ON ANOTHER READING BINGE. HAVE LOCATED

ttJHlCH

soillE F|NEm0KS tN THE SHIPS LItsRARY, THE LAIES 0F

IS A

'FAR$/ELL TO ARMSI- HEMINGII'AY. FOUND THE FIRST

PART OF LEES LEUTENANTS TOO BUI DECIDED NOT TO GET

ABSORBED

IN IHAT CAUSE IID

INIC

NEVER

FINISH IT BY V-

DAY.

HARRIET ANN SEEMED TC REVEL

MANEUVERED LOfuIMY

IN

THE FACT IHAT SHE

MARRIED

LIFE

AND MADE HIM

LIKE IT-

MUCH TO THE SURPRISE OF ONE OF

HIS

OLD BACHELOR CRCNIES.

ITSEEMS TO ME THAT THE LOCKS OF THE FAMILY NO$/ RESIDING

I

BL00M I NGTON

r4rOULD DEC

tDE T0

NA I

HERSELR A MAN.

HER DESIRE FOR NOTHING BUT

SIX

FOOTERS SEEMS

A BIT
WHEN

FOOLISH TO ME- SIX FEET IS WHAT THEY GIVE YOU

THEY BURY
CROP AND

YOU.

MAYBE SHES

A BIT

DCUBTFUL OF THE PRESENT

IS

AFTER SOME RETURNING DRAFTEE. MAYBE

I SHOUDl'{ I

NIT

IIORRY- BUT

IF MY SISTERS

DONT HURRY

I'LL

NEVER HAVE LD

THE HONCRED

CCUSTOfu.I

OF TELL ING MY CHERUB IC NEPHEWS

SEA STORIES- THAT 0NLY AN SALIY UNCLE

lS

PERlvilTTED.
AND

THIS IS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP INTO BOOA FORM

MY SCOTCH BLOOD TELLS ME THAT

IF

I GO ANOTHER PAGE I ILL

IiIOIT

ALSO HAVE TO GO TI,VELVE CENTS ON POSTAGE- AND THAT

DO.
IH

SO UNTILL IHE URGE TO BLAB ON

PAC

AN'

ON AGAIN SRIKES 'AND

DONT

IS

IF IC CBBRESPONDEIIT, PLEASE BE

GOOD

LET THE EFFECTJ OF

IHIS

PROLONGED HERMIIAGE HAVE

I,IIORTH

ANY FATAL RESULTS UPON USUR FAITHFUL ?B CENTS OF

GOO-

MOMA

WILI. BE BACK

SCON.
LO

LOTS OF