Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Jan. 8, 1943

Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Jan. 8, 1943

They wash their windows; President Roosevelt reports on the state of the war

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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Jan. 8, 1943
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On a rainy Friday, Lowell and Thelma washed the windows of their apartment and hung the new curtain Thelma had sewed in their bathroom. They had a quiet evening listening to the radio as they played cards.

Among the highlights on the radio that night, according to the New Orleans Times-Picayune, was “The Kate Smith Hour,” headlined by the powerful contr…

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