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July 1935 – “Very, very hot summer . . . Nothing special otherwise”

July 1935 – “Very, very hot summer . . . Nothing special otherwise”

After having completed 250 handwritten 8 1/2 x 11 pages, on whatever paper she had, Trudel wrote on page 251,

“Now that I have translated the letters of my 1st year in Chicago will pick out only the highlights. You all know that I eat + sleep every day. It is really not important which restaurant when or where. So here goes “Diary Style” only different or interessant occurrences.”

Trudel's Comment

Trudel Explains

And, so, here Trudel’s regular detailed letters end. But her story does not end here. There are another 50 pages of notes covering another year and a half. Fortunately some of the gaps can be filled by photos from her albums and other sources.

Trudel and Flora Mae - July 4

Tridel amd Flora Mae-July 4, 1935

Trudel, Flora Mae and LJG

With Flora Mae and Leonard

Some of the summaries of her letters from this point on are cryptic. There are major omissions. Strangely she does not mention what she did on July 4th, my father’s birthday, the first she celebrated with him, even though in her previous letters she wrote about shopping for presents and wrapping them. Fortunately there are photographs taken that day, as well as throughout the month and the coming years.



Unfinished Symphony

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LJJ and others in the water

LJG and others

7/17/35 Previous week saw excellent movie, “Unfinished Symphony,” with Martha Eggerth, a part of the life of Schubert.

Very, very hot summer.

Working again at C&R. Nothing special otherwise.

7/27/25 On Sunday Senator Searcy picked us up by taxi. We went to Gray’s (very early) then 11 people in two cars to a beautiful private home several miles north of here, through forests, small towns, along the lake, etc. A beautiful day with lots of good food, swimming, boating, and playing croquet.

On the Beach

At the beach

Enjoying the Lake

Enjoying the Lake

 

C&R Ad

C&R Ad














Notes: Trudel doesn’t mention whether she saw the German or English version of “Unfinished Symphony.” An English version is supposed to have been released in 1935. However, I could only find posters and YouTubes from the German version. Clicking in the thumbnail of the poster will take you to one video. Clicking on he highlighted name of the film will take you to another. I have noticed that in some browsers you go directly to the video, in others a short ad may run first. My apologies for Google’s mercenary policies.

Earl B Searcy

Senator Searcy

Earle B. Searcy was a real estate broker; member of Illinois state house of representatives 45th District, 1921-23; member of Illinois state senate 45th District, 1923-45.
From The Political Graveyard.com

 














Shortlink: http://lgrossman.com/trudel/8ej

 

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August 1935: A brief note – diary style

Last month Trudel’s comment explained that from now on she was translating “diary style.” The single entry below is an example of one of those notes, although most are less dramatic, of course. Please check back for the full August post in about two weeks.

This might be a good tome to visit the Trudel’s Truth Archives, where you will find links to each month’s posts going back to the first letter in May, 1934. There the letters are organized chronologically so that you can read each month as a narrative rather than “blog” style.



8/17/35
Somebody jumped from the 20th floor of the next building. Glad I did not see it. Will Rogers died in an airplane accident.


Trudel

Back

Trudel

Forth


Trudel's Album

A Page from Trudel’s Photo Album – Summer 1935

 

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August 27, 1937 – Lunch in the Park by the Lake

August 27, 1937 – Lunch in the Park by the Lake

August 27, 1937
“Le Shono Tauwo.”

I will go to the German services for Rosh HaShona.
[Rosh HaShana was on September 5 in 1937.]

Machzor

Hebrew-German Machzor


I have changed jobs again, much nicer place and nicer people. I managed to get a job for Trudel Batzner there too, and we are working together since Monday. We eat our lunch sandwiches in the park by the lake, across the street, as long as the weather is so beautiful.


Trudel and Trudel

Trudel and Trudel – not on a lunch break

thirsty

Thirsty

Trudel and Trudel 1

Trudel and Trudel go out.


Lunch

Lunch in the park


Enclosed are more photos.*

Saw a very good movie on Saturday: The Wandering Jew with Conrad Veidt. [Scroll down for a clip from the film.] Then to Old Heidelberg Rathskeller for dinner. They play and sing only German songs there.

Old Heidelberg

Old Heidelberg Dining Room

So sorry about Erna’s appendix. Good riddance.

Love
Trudel


*Many of Trudel’s photographs from Summer 1937 were included in earlier posts. However, Trudel’s album has a page with a few scenic few photos taken that summer in Ottawa, Illinois. Here is one of them.

Ottawa, Illinois, 1937

Ottawa, Illinois, 1937

The notes in Trudel’s album do not indicate why she was in Ottawa. But it was at about that time when her husband, my father, began to work on the Radium Dial Poisoning case in Ottawa. See the Case of the Living Dead Women for newspaper stories about the case. The case consumed their lives for over a year, which may be one reason why Trudel wrote only a one or two more letters in 1937.
New Attorney

LJG to Represent Living Dead.

The Wandering Jew (1933)

 

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