War talk and danger amid a Pacific night boat chase
A wartime column discusses Allied concerns over democracy versus fascism, warns of Soviet and Japanese gas warfare, and follows Stephanie as she is seized in Chinatown and forced onto a smuggling boat. Tension peaks with a Navy sighting, a Kurt-identity moment, and a looming attack on Japan's industrial heartlands.
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Carl Bycir
Joe Louis
Buoir
Collier’s Magazine
Hitler
God
America
Stephanie
Liv
Henri
Liu
Vicky
Chinatown
Pearl Harbor
San Francisco
Coast Guard
Navy
Kurt
Japan
Tokyo- Yokohama
Kobe- Osaka
Detroit
King Leopold and Annie Vernay romance in Brussels gala
A 1938 Brussels gala premiere of Betrayal in Metropole drew King Leopold in uniform to meet 16 year old Annie Vernay, sparking a royal romance amid wartime exile, later overshadowed by war and Vernay’s death in Buenos Aires. The tale unfolds alongside Greer Garson’s rise and War Fund tours.
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Metropole
Brussels
Leopold
Mademoiselle
Astrid
Annie
Paris
Albert I
Annie Vernay
Joinville
Women’s Ambulance Corps
France
Berlin
Marseilles
America
Lisbon
Atlantic
Buenos Aires
Hollywood
20Th Century-Fox
Laeken
Hitler
Mary Lelia Baels
Flanders
War actions and diplomacy ripple across fronts
A year ago Bolivia expropriated German air assets while Britain sent reinforcements to Singapore. Bulgarian forces occupied Ohrid as Roosevelt radioed to France urging rejection of Vichy collaboration. The United States seized 11 French ships including the Norman Die.
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Bolivia
Singapore
Ohrid
Roosevelt
Vichy
United States
Normandie
War Quiz Questions From Civilian Defense Insignia
Question prompts ask who wears the blue circle with three red stripes in civilian defense, whether Napoleon’s Moscow march included about 190000, 400000, 2000000 or 4006000, and how many countries formally declared war on the United States, with answers on the next page.
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Hitler
Russia
Napoleon
Moscow
United States
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Chiboe
Kobe
Tode
Osaka Bay
Akutagawa
Osaka
OSTAT
Hokkaido
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the Star
Frank Daugherty
Christian Science Monitor
Robin
Greer Garson
James Hilton
Mr. Chips
Kathie Chips
Mrs. Gladney
Mrs. Miniver
Miss Garson
Mr. Hilton
Kathie
London
England
Mrs. Chips
Jan Struther
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Donald Og
den Stewart
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Greer
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Northern Ireland
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Canadian War Fund
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Time
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