THAT MAN IS MINE By May Christie Chapter 8
Ann and Julia clash over a night of passion as Roger Upton’s divorce suit surfaces, Vince’s check covers a damaged car, and Jim Brent’s presence on the Pelican stirs jealousy while Lotus Willard sponsors a luncheon aboard. The Miami setting frames fragile romances and shifting loyalties.
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Ann
Vince
Ducky
Julia
Jim
Miss Foster
Ann Foster
Roger Upton
Nita
the Whitehall
Vince's Pelican
Lotus
Roger T. Upton
Biscayne Bay
Jim Brent
Lotus Willard
Hank Bruger
Mrs. Willard
the Pelican
Tin salvage drive expands to 46 metropolitan areas coast to coast
Gene Howe and John McCarty announce the tin can salvage campaign will widen from select communities to 46 metropolitan areas from Canada to the Gulf. The aim is 250000 tons of tin cans annually, leveraging existing facilities. New York reported over 3900 tons in three months with substantial metal recovered.
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Canada
Gulf
New York
Pocket Books reshapes reading with mass market strategy
Robert Fair De Graff of Packet Books built a mass market by selling 25 cent reprints to thrifty readers in small towns. With 23 million in three years and ongoing expansion, Pocket Books relies on magazine distribution, cheap plates, and a vast dealer network to reach 32 million people.
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Robert Fair de Graff
Packet Books
Pocket Books
de Graff
Fourth Avenue
New York City
New York Times
Wuthering Heights
Dorothy Parker
Macy's
Sears-Roebuck
Horse Cave
Arp
Tex
Pocket Book
New Bedford
Mass
Vermont
Dale Carnegie
Douglas Miller
Ellery Queen
H. G. Well
Quincy Howe
Joseph Meyers
Avon
Meyers
Edna B. Williams
Illustrated Editions Company
De Gaulle's Evolution From Patriot to French Democrat
Dorothy Thompson portrays General de Gaulle as a conservativelike officer who, amid war and occupation, shifts toward democracy. He challenges the old guard in the general staff and industry while gaining support from a growing French resistance and the people. He becomes confident in the to-be sovereign French nation led by the people and underground leaders.
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Dorothy Thompson
General de Gaulle
Thompson
France
General Staff
Germany
Haushofer
Hallford Mackinder
de Gaulle
Britain
Marshal Petain
MANNERS Social usage quiz on wedding etiquette
Answers cover engraved visiting cards using Betty name, excusing oneself at the phone from dinner, widow’s need for an attendant at a second marriage, a bride’s father attending his ex-wife’s reception, and choosing a durable silver pattern. Best behavior guidance favors option (b) for the gift question.
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Elizabeth Jones
Betty Jones
Betty
Metal Out of Music War Order Cuts Instrument Output
The War Production Board bans most musical instruments except violins, cellos and some guitars to save strategic metals. 1940 saw about 15 000 tons used in instruments including 10 000 tons iron and 3 000 tons steel, with brass copper and aluminum also allocated.
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War Production Board
Signal Corps
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May Christie
Anna
Arctic Ocean
Isweden
Russia
Finland
Soviet
Baltic
Sweden
Leningrad
Foreas
North
Mars
Arctic
Kalinin
Midway
Gene Howe
JOHN _ MCCARTY
Dominion
United States
Theodore English
Saturday Review Ofterature
Joseph Harrington
Cosmopolitan
China
America
CNAC
China National Aviation Corporation
H. L. Woods
Canton
Kunming
Kent
Lashio
Namyung
Gen. DE Gaulle
Metal Out OF Music
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Kansas City Times
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