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Dear Mother,

   I received your letter yesterday and

it sure made me happy. Just homesick for any mail from home and do mother please write me often, doesn't Franky ever have any time to write. We are busy getting the act either ready for the States or Europe, as yet we have quite a few more weeks down here.

   Well, your letter was quite newsy -

all the old cronies are marrying. Here's hoping they will [-] all be happy. The most I see of the world the less I think of matrimony. So Mildred was in H. burg. I would like to see her. Has she changed. By the way do any of the kids have long hair yet? [unclear] received Pauline's announcement, I will send her something from here or Europe and drop her a few lines. What does the husband look like? Young or old; rich or poor;? Where is Don Walker, Murray Bedard[?] - Ray Hall - Aren't they engaged yet or aren't rumors out about the? Is Miriam's husband a native of H. burg - where does Cat's friend hail from.

   I suppose you wonder how South America

is coming. I can't say I'd ever live here, not even if I ever cared for a fellow down here. We

1929