/ September 2, 1938 With yesterday's debacle with the loo*, she does not get to read September 1st's paper till today. (September 1st — where has the summer gone ?) She mentions to J. about the CPR President is in town, commenting on the Pier D fire. He grunts. She files it away to talk to …
News
Civilian Airline Downed
/ August 25, 1938 The headlines are shocking. She is conscious of relatively petty concerns of her life. And more grateful. [Sidenote: "No civilian airliner in history had ever been shot down by hostile air action. It just wasn’t done". Gregory Couch, China’s Wings The Kweilin …
Pearl White Dead in Paris
August 4, 1938 Aug 4, 1938 - United Press Pearl White, star of the early motion pictures, died today at the American Hospital. The blond beauty who thrilled millions of people by her adventures in such movie serials as "The Perils of Pauline", "The Exploits of Elaine" and "The Mysteries of …
A Girl Swims to Bowen
August 2, 1938 She catches up on yesterday's newspaper headlines. Ann Mundigel swam to Bowen Island on Saturday, in 7 hours and 14 minutes! Imagine. "How I Swam to Bowen Island... NO CROONERS WANTED My mother and brother did a lot to cheer me along as I fought to get out of that …
Aftermath
July 28, 1938 They are both still in shock. J. was also down on the tracks watching with the crowd, although they didn’t see each other. She had nightmares. J. reads aloud "Pier ‘D’ Smoking Ruin After Devastating Fire. Canadian Pacific Steamships Limited famous Pier D, an adjacent freight …