Notes on Gypsy Rose Lee and famous gaffes in culture
A collage of playful anecdotes and disputes among public figures. Gypsy Rose Lee and her mother clash over a tell all, Mae West and Walter Wallace divorce headlines spark quips, and a German general’s photo ban fuels jests. A baseball history interlude recalls Covaleskie and Tom Brown. An emboldened senator shows a sanity claim with a discharge.
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New Yorker
New York
Gypsy Rose Lee
Gypsy
Fdr
Henry Wallace
Mae West
Frank Wallace
Wallace
Hts
Randwriting
Henry
Air Evacuation of Wounded Becomes Life Saving Plan
A WWII report details air evacuation as a top life saving measure beside sulfa drugs and blood plasma. It covers the nurse crews Marjean Brown and Suella Bernard, the rapid transport from Normandy to England and homeward, and the system that moves wounded soldiers from front lines to distant hospitals.
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Elmo Scott Watson
Union
Normandy
D-Day
Marjean Brown
Columbus
Ohio
Suella Bernard
Waynesville
England
Air Transport Command
Long Island
N. Y
British Isles
New York
Joe
Colorado Rockies
Dad
Mom
Sis
David N. Grant
Army Air Forces
Army
Makinasiand
Anzio
Tvs
Norman T. Kirk
Nattre
France
Paul R. Hawley
European Theater of War
Normand
United Kingdom
United States
First
Trooper Carrier Command
ATC
Anzio Beachhead
Jim
North Africa
Air Medal Ribbon Winner Morale Builder
Lieut. Gerda A Bouwhuis of Kalamazoo Michigan shown with two wounded soldiers aboard a ferrying division aircraft. She is recognized for Air Medal ribbon awarded for aerial service in the South Pacific theater.
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Air Transport Command
Gerda A. Bouwhuis
Kalamazoo
Mich
Bagnhuis
Oil Accord Between United States and Britain Aims For Peace
Washington column discusses an informal oil agreement between the United States and Great Britain, framed to avert future oil wars. It outlines principles for open trade, non discrimination, and equal opportunity in exploration and development, while noting tensions over ban rights and imperial interests. The piece also includes a brief Merry-Go-Round note about Turkish relations and Nazi funds rumors in Argentina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
D. C
United States
Great Britain
Charles Evans Hughes
Palestine
League
U. S
Colombia
Panama Canal
Panama
U.S.A
Arabia
Gulf of Persia
Atlantic
Near East
Lord Beaverbrook
Ickes
Hull
Britain
England
British Shell
Ethiopia
Mussolini
Italy
Turk
Germany
Hitler
Bulgaria
Turkey
Sweden
Switzerland
Japan
Argentina
Child and Adult Lawn Chair Patterns Sale
A pamphlet describes building a pint-size lawn chair for children and a larger version for adults. It includes dimensions, necessary tools, removable backs, material lists, diagrams, and step by step assembly instructions. Patterns 253 and 269 are offered at 15 to 25 cents postpaid with ordering address.
Monument to Victor Emmanuel II Masterpiece in Rome
Rome’s Monument to Victor Emmanuel II, King of Italy 1861 to 1878, costs $5,000,000 and covers almost a square block. Built of white marble with sculpted groups and a grand equestrian statue, it stands as high as a 12 story building and took 26 years to complete before its 1911 dedication.
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Rome
Victor Emmanuel iI
Italy
Collier’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Erle Pyle
von Schlieben
Collins
Madison
Ivan Ivanovitch
Katerina Mikheilovna Mikhailovitch
George M. Cohan
Cohan
Broadway
Polo Grounds
John McGraw
Giants
Albert van Tilver
van Tilver
Kelly
Boston
Slide
Walter Johnson
Covaleskie
Ae Philles
Coveleskie
Senate
Albans
Walter A. Smith
Springfield
Mass
Baker General Hospital
Martinsburg
W. Va
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Hagerstown
Smith
Continental United States
Ady Transport Command
Andres G. Oliver
Ruth Wyeth Spears
Bedford Hills
Orme
Eustoca
Doctors USA
Doan
Joan
Ave
Tab Donn
Torlay
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