Love and a Proposal Across Farm and City
Diana Tucker, a farm girl, confronts a marriage proposal tied to a $2,000,000 inheritance offered by famous writer Stephen Curt. Her father weighs the plan as Ellen Curt, Stephen's mother, schemes to secure his happiness while Diana faces a decision that blends ambition, love, and duty. Stephen travels to meet Diana’s family, while the story unfolds amid farm life and a looming public romance on the air.
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Stephen Curt
Diana Tucker
Richard Thorpe
Diana
Curt
Ellen Oor
Ellen Curt
Stephen
Mrs. Curt
Tucker
Ellen
Dabney Brown
Old Ellen Curt
John
Herman
State University
Bill Jackson
Father
Mars
Earth
Sis
Bombs and their impact on cities and civilians
A Life article explains air bombs, their types, and the expected effects on cities like London and New York. It contrasts demolition and fragmentation bombs, high explosive power, and blast dynamics while noting civilian vulnerability and area bombing limits. The piece also discusses child behavior guidance in a separate column.
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Life
U. S
London City
Luftwaffe
London
New York City
New York
England
Share Your Books With Soldiers Campaign Begins January
A national SHARE drive starts January 12 to provide YOUR BOOKS to armed forces. Sponsored by the American Library Association, Red Cross, and USO, libraries will hold depositories in towns. Shelves should not be junk but valuable books you’d enjoy if you were a soldier. Even spare volumes aid the war effort.
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Billy
Blondie
Mot
Armed Forces
American Library Association
The
Red Cross
USO
Chesley Gordon Peterson Profile Originates From Utah Farm to RAF Eagle Leader
Chesley Gordon Peterson, a 21 year old Utah farm boy from Santaquin, rose from U S Army Air Corps exile to lead the American Eagle squadron in the Royal Air Force. He forged his age to enlist, then flew with distinction, earning the Distinguished Flying Cross after downing five enemy aircraft.
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United Press
Chesley Gordon Peterson
Utah
U. S. Army Air Corps
England
Royal Air Force
Peterson
Air Corps
Santaquin
Brigham Peterson
Brigham Young University
Provo
Douglas Aviation
Santa Monica
Cal
Ottawa
RAF
Eagle Squadron
Stamps reflect Iceland’s brief 1941 independence amid monarchs in exile
The note discusses Little Iceland proclaiming independence from Denmark in 1941 after severing ties in May. It highlights Iceland’s 1937 stamp for King Christian X’s silver jubilee, the king’s limited power under Nazi control, Haakon of Norway in England aiding allied efforts, and Iceland’s Althing lineage since 930 with 1918 independence under the Danish crown.
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Iceland
Denmark
Christian X
Germany
Haakon
Norway
Christian
England
Haaskon
Entertainment glance from 1941 editorial page
A 1941 feature notes that film and arts figures like Red Skeleton Clark Gable Lana Turner Rosalind Russell D C French Paderewski and Steinbeck are part of the year’s cultural scene with true or false prompts. Answers appear on the Editorial Page.
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Red Skeleton
Hollywood
Clark Gable
Lana Turner
Rosalind Russell
A Year Ago Fire and Mobilization Reported
United Press reports from London that a German bomb fire termed by Gayda as an undeclared war followed Roosevelt's speech a year ago. Hungary begins mobilization. Verne Marshall reveals a Nazi peace offer made to Roosevelt a year earlier.
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United Press
London
Ing. Gayda
Roosevelt
Hungary
Verne Marshall
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Amarillo Globe Lady
Amarillo
Texas
Amarillo Daily News
Globe News Publishing Co
Girth and Fillmore
Gene Howe
John McCarty
News and Business
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the Globe
Hitler
France
Pearl Harbor
Italy
Japan
MR. Tucker
Helen R. Woodward
George D. Stoddard
Toni Taylor
McCall's
Chesley
Gordon Peterson
U.S. War Front
Azores
Zamboanca
Miles
Vladivostok
Tokyo
U.S
Manila
Kisko
Arctic Ocean
Unalaska
Hawaii
Alaska
Soi
Palmyra
Equator
Orient
Iu.s. Pacific Bases
U.S. Atlantic
AlRussian
Mt . fasBritish
Iponese
UU. S
Far East
Atlantic
Zamboanga
Philippines
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