From March 1940:  Carole Lombard admitted the other day that her attempt to keep life on a strictly informal basis at the Gable-Lombard ranch has been carried a bit too far. Nowadays when she calls home and asks to speak to Mr. G., the maid cups her hand over the mouthpiece and yodels to the butler, “Hey, tell Paw that Maw’s on the phone!” 

From June 1940: Clark Gable and Carole Lombard are confirming the baby item to close friends. They sent one pair of new parents a congratulatory wire saying: “Nice going, you beat us but not by much.” ____ Sadly, not true.

From June 1936 (some separate sightings from early on in their courtship): Clark Gable and Carole Lombard are keeping it to themselves, a refreshing relief from the conspicuous coasters. Clark Gable and Carole Lombard–maybe it’s not serious but he still meets her at the studio gate. My my and m’mm! Clark Gable and Carole Lombard spotted dining in one of the quieter Mexican restaurants on Olvera Street. Clark Gable and Carole Lombard are now admitted romancers, any plans for marriage they refuse to admit.  

From November 1939: Mr. Clark Gable thinks he’s lucky to have never been introduced as Mr. Carole Lombard. Says rumors that he’s on verge of a nervous breakdown are untrue—he’s merely trying to decided whether to use his one day off for duck hunting or swordfishing.

From June 1941: Carole Lombard and Clark Gable have one passion in life–the army-type truck they had built to take he place of their honeymoon station wagon which was too small for the long motor trips they take together. With a top like a covered wagon, the truck is a model of compactness, outfitted to carry all their camping needs as well as gun cases. But on their very first hunting trip together, Carole almost killed her illustrious husband. They were hunting geese at Morrow Bay, and Carole’s was first shot. While Clark watched in admiration, Carole bagged the lead goose. Thirty-five pounds of dead bird fell through the air,…

From July 1940: Gable Considers Ranch Life Clark Gable and Carole Lombard, who have 20 acres in fruit trees near Hollywood, are going into ranching in a big way. They returned from Prescott, Ariz. carrying a 30-day option on a tract of 48,000 acres, which Mr. Gable this week said he would purchase, If so, he will stock it with thoroughbred cattle and point to it as a retirement site when he and Carole decide to quit pictures–which many believe may come much sooner than the expiration of Clark’s contract in 1945. ___ Unfortunately, things didn’t go as planned.

From June 1939: Mrs. Helen Stuart Sends Prize Trees to New Gable Home Two prize elm trees which will stand on the grounds of Mr. and Mrs. Clark Gable’s new home in Bel-Air are the gift of Mrs. Helen Kimberly Stuart of Neenah, WI to Mr. Gable and and his recent bride, Carole Lombard. Mrs. Stuart, whose aunt is Miss Lombard’s grandmother, is called Aunt Nell by the actress. Jack and James Kimberly of Neenah are also distant relatives of the new Mrs. Gable, as their grandmother was a sister of Mrs. Gable’s grandmother. The elm trees which Mrs. Stuart sent to the newlyweds are offspring of the tree under…

From October 1941: Carole Lombard went gunning today, not only for birds with feathers on ’em, but also for the radio oracles who claim she’s about to divorce Clark Gable, or die, or both. Miss Lombard will get the ducks when the seasons starts Thursday. On the gossipers she has declared open season. They’re causing her phone to ring so much she’s not getting enough sleep. Last week Miss Lombard and Gable were near Watertown, S.D., hunting pheasants. They went to their cabin after a day’s tramp through the fields and turned on the radio. “And there I was at home in Hollywood in bed, according to the man, about…