A Star Danced Autobiography by Gertrude Lawrence
Book notes reveal Gertie Lawrence’s rise from penny fortune slips in Brighton to stage fame and wartime performances in Antwerp. The memoir traces marriages friends romances and stage milestones with vivid war memories and behind the scenes anecdotes.
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Warriary
Gertrude Lawrence
Doubleday, Doran
London
Antwerp
von Rundstedt
Brighton
England
Eric Baume
Desert Island Decameron
H. Allen Smith
Leatherfpace
THE
Flying Tigers
General Chennault
Keith Ayling
Brooklyn Dodgers
Frank Graham
The Fountainhead Gains Bestseller Status for Film Rights
Ayn Rand novel The Fountainhead reaches the best seller list after Warner Brothers purchases motion picture rights two years after its publication. The book centers on Howard Roark, an architect whose creed is individualism and building anew against tradition, with his certainty driving his work. Male Call is familiar to all GIs.
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Warner Brothers
Ayn Rand
Howard Roark
War Fire Bombs Flatten Japanese Cities
An eyewitness account asserts 5,000,000 Japanese homeless and 3,600,000 casualties from low level B 29 incendiary raids over 30 cities. It argues new jettison bombs and 400 mile per hour planes enable rapid destruction of war output, citing Tokyo Nagoya Kobe and Nagoya and urging bold air strategy.
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Army Air Force
21St Bomber Command
Japan
Kobe
Tokyo
Chicago
Nagoya
Detroit
Korea
Manchuria
Wakayama
Palace
Ueno
Kansas City
Omaha
Maumouchi
Dramatic Japanese City Bombing Scene Report
A Sunday page describes a large air attack with searchlights and exploding bombs. The cross shaped blaze defeats Pacific defenses and storms of anti-aircraft fire fail to contain the blaze expanding over 16 square miles.
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Amarillo
Oriental Weaving Co
East St. Louis
Ill
Fragmentary WWII bombing report from Nagoya and surrounding industry
The text notes mobilization of major industrial sites including machine tool industries and large shipbuilding plants while describing a Nagoya triangle area with 75 000 residents per square mile hit by new phosphorus bombs and green projectiles. It mentions searchlights A A gunfire and partial air defense failures with six aircraft lost amid steel chemical machinery and light industries.
Osaka Exhibition Described As On Its Feet Of Clay
Fragmentary text notes a county fair like shooting gallery atmosphere and references Osaka as being on its feet of clay amid unclear details.
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Osaka
Cannery Row and its funny frog hunt scene
John Steinbeck’s Cannery Row stories warmth and humor in a group led by Mack and the boys aided by corn whiskey as they capture frog specimens for Doc to fund a big party. Also listed are best sellers with titles and prices from various publishers and authors.
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John Steinbeck
Amazing Barcel Recipe Promises Quick Fat Loss at Home
A sensational home remedy advertises mixing four ounces of Barcel Concentrate with grapefruit juice to produce a slimming drink. Consumers are urged to drink two tablespoons twice daily, with a money back guarantee if no results, claiming rapid reduction of weight and improved appearance without hunger.
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Sunday Radio Schedule Highlights Local and National Programs
A dense listing of Sunday broadcasts across stations such as KUNC NBC EFDA KFDA KGNC and CBS includes church services World News Roundup Movietime Newstime and concerts. Notable names and programs appear like Central Baptist Church Lutheran Hour Christion Science and The Three T s along with university and family dramas.
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Glenwood Baptist Church
Efda Messager of Israel
NBC Freedom's Fighting Men
Park St. Methodist Church
Central Baptist Church
CBS
MBS
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Fountainhead
Inc
Kvav Ivivatu
James R. Young
Behind the Rising Sun
Simon and Schuster
Milton Caniff
Boxwell Brothers
Ambulance Service
Dumas Perryton
Spearman
Postoffice
Coronado Bookstore
Fall
Alu
Cannery Row
Langley
Whittlesey
Commodore Hornblower
Forester
Little, Brown
Castile
Shellabarger
Blakiston
Dragon Harvest
Sinclair
Viking
Stone
Doubleday
Brave Men
Pyle
Crosset
A. Woollcott
Adams
Reynal
Helene Curtis
Helene Curtis Milky
Barber & Beauty Supply
Helene Curtis Industries
Texas
LORDS
Polk
RADIO
Kunc News
NBC
Efda News
George Crook
BC Boon County
BC World News
New Blue
ABC
Arthur Feldman
Semmy Kaye
University of Chicago
Liman
Bryson
Lea
CBS News of the World
ABC Funders Vespers
Bill Cunningham
RGN
KGNC
KFDA
Kbr
SF Philharmonic
AAF
United Nations
Mwinsin
Key Armen
Felix Knight
Francis White
Ommy Dorsey
Lauren V Hamner
Symphony Crew
Mary Small
Father Brown
Charlotte Greenwood
Nick Carter
Shirer
America United Philco Hour
Catholic Radio Service
Air Men At Sea
Nation
Cedric Foster
Icebox Follies
Judy Lang
Wayne King
Drew Pearson
CBS Men of Vision
Don Gardiner
Hugh Herbert
KGN
Quiz Kids
Frances Langford
Blondie
Dagwood Alexander
Raymond Moley
Fighting
Tommy Dorsey
Gabriel Heatter
News
Manhattan
Walter Winchell
Theater Horizons
Hollywood Mystery Time
James Melton
Alec Templeton
Jimmy Fidler
Phil Spitalny
Take
Brownstone Theater
Parkey
We the People
KGNO
With Barcel
Fireside Coffee
Shirrer
Wadi
Clif
Polk Tis Cooper
Bill McFachern
News Cafe
N. E. 8Th
Josie and
Harvey
Mary and Curley
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