Thelma and Lowell's Diary: Nov. 30, 1943

Thelma went to the doctor; some interesting tidbits from today's newspaper

Despite the fact that Thelma went to the doctor this Tuesday, she apparently felt well enough to go to a movie that kept her out until 11:30 p.m. Lowell doesn’t say which film they saw. The offerings varied from the Edward G. Robinson-Glenn Ford war picture Destroyer to a titilating B-picture called Girls in Chains. (You can watch it for free on the Internet Archive.) This lobby card for the film is being offered by a dealer on eBay. Somehow, I don’t think this was Lowell and Thelma’s choice for their eveing entertainment.

The daily Times-Picayune was dominated by war news, but there were a few non-war stories that might have caught a reader’s eye. Paid subscribers can read on about a notorious gangster’s pending execution; the strangling murder of a New Orleans schoolgirl by her navy veteran boyfriend; a debt owed by President Roosevelt; and the cost of bronzing baby shoes.