Lint From a Blue Serge Suit and Radio World News
Entertainer Morton Downey leads an overseas tour as chief of staff audience. Tony Martin becomes a sergeant in France. radio roars with a 2.4 billion dollar 1944 sale record and stars like Margaret O’Brien pursue radio programs. Critics weigh The Cross and other wartime productions while CBS reporter Bill Downs captures Nazi looks.
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Morton Downey
Chiefs of Staff
Washington
Hap Arnold
Tony Martin
Ibrush
Staif
France
Eileen Buarton
Sinatra
Tad Bruce
Wendell Corey
Gertrude Lawrence
Margaret O'Brien
OPA
American WASP pilots ferry fighters to Russia turning point war
Barbara Donahue leads WASP pilots in Romulus Michigan ferrying group delivering Bell Airacobras from Niagara Falls to Great Falls Mont. to arm Soviet squadrons via the long trail. The women flew 9 hour legs despite harsh winter conditions, with several achieving multiple deliveries in tight schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Union
Red Army
Moscow
Stalingrad
Russia
Poland
Barbara Donahue
Ferrsiing Group
Romulus Field
Mich
Niagara Falls
Great Falls
Mant
Army
Air Transport Command
Air Force Service
Niagara
Minnesota
Dakotas
Montana
Great Lakes
Middle West
Military Air Transport Section
Magara
WASP
Romulus
Mary C. Johnson
Elien Grey
Women pilots aboard lendlease air ferry to Montreal
A veteran master sergeant, markings of 30 years service, balks at a civilian woman piloting an Army Ferrying Division aircraft. He grumbles at first while the plane taxis and lifts for delivery to Britain under lend-lease, then the scene shifts to Montreal where the outcome changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lenore Louise McElroy
WASP
Romulus Field
Mich
Wasp McElroy
Consolidated
Navy
Army
Wisheid
Air Transport Command
Montreal
Petticoat Herder and a Pilot's Compliment
A veteran WASP pilot, Le nore McElroy, recalls a sergeant apologizing to her with a compliment about preferring to fly with her over younger male pilots. The exchange highlights gender perceptions among World War II aviators and support personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cllaws
WASP
Lenore McElroy
Allied War View of German Strength and Italian Armistice Terms
Allied strategists estimate German western front strength rose to 75 divisions by mid war, aided by Volksgrenadier units and Balkan redeployments, while casualties reach about 1,000,000 since D-Day. Premier Bonomi criticizes British terms of Italy’s armistice, including Pantelleria and Trieste, with Allied caution on public reaction. Capitol Chaff notes EB A Stephens for New Orleans mayor and Sen. Pepper slated to address the AMA in Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Germany
Fresa
Hitler
Normandy
Volksgranadier
Halson
Balkans
Halland
Italy
Bonomi
Roosevelt
White House
Churchill
Pantelleria
Sicily
Mediterranean
Suez
Africa
U. S
Adriatic
Trieste
Piedmont
France
Soviet
Russia
Badoglio
Frank Noel Mason MacFarlane
Allied Control Commission For
Moscow
Rome
Capitol
EB. A. Stephens
New Orleans
Stephens
Claude Pepper
Senate
American Medical Association
AMA
Chicago
Crochet Patterns for Towels Scarves and Pillows Edge
Crochet directions show two or three butterflies along towel or pillow edge in Derai motifs. Pattern 7239 offers five motifs about five by eleven inches with transfer patterns. Send 16 cents plus name address and pattern number. war conditions extend order time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
IL Nehes
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John B. Kennedy
CBS
Bill Downs
Helen Deutsch
Elc
Blanns
Einsteins
Pert Lee Carson
INS
Europe
Richard Tretaskis
Richard
Berlin
Lster
Wells
Te Broun
O. Wilde
Mussel
Alan Gale
Atlantic
Bob Burns
Eggleston
the Werdess
Willi Roy Shields
Ethel Barrymore
Ethel
Mlutcani
Atlantic Monthly
W. Lippmann
Ira Wolfert
Esquire
Drew Pearson
Tra
Aladdin
America
Hollywood Canteen
Ah Lozing
Bell Aircraft Factory
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Rocky Mountains
Wilds
Canada
Alaska
Siberia
Ural Mountains
Wier Liere
War Department
Navl Privaty
ATC
Bob EB. Nawland
Air Force
Bell
Mont
Fairbanks
Nome
Grey
Wasp Mary C. Johnson
Wasp Grey
Wasp Johnson
Betty Archibald
Pat Dickerson
Grace Burge
Virginia Claire
Was Johnson
Nancy Harkness Love
Wilmington
Del
United States
Bob E. Nowland
San Francisco 6
Calif
Grove
Dr. Caldwell
Tale
Scott
TY Scott
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