Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

Baptists, Bootleggers, and Everything in Between

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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Nov. 12, 1943

Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Nov. 12, 1943

They pay the gas bill; front page is all about murder

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Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Nov. 12, 1943
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Lowell noted that they paid their gas bill of $1.11 today — aren’t they lucky to be living in warm and humid New Orleans? — and he got transferred to the Flushing Station. Whatever that is.

The front page of the Times-Picayune was all about murder — two in New Orleans and a half dozen abroad, including those committed by a “homicidal maniac” released from an insane asylum in Naples by the Nazis. To read on, you must upgrade your subscription from free to paid. Click below to open the door to intrigue!

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