The Swoose Crewman Recalls Clark Field Bombing
Lieut. Col. Frank Kurtz recounts the December dawn attack on Clark Field in the Philippines. He describes Old 99 the Flying Fortress, the formation of Japanese bombers, the crew of eight killed, and his pledge to persevere with his unit as war begins in earnest.
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Frank Kurtz
Clark Field
Philippines
Kurtz
Tex
Ith
Boeing
del Monte Field
Mindanao
Clerk Field
Manila
MacArthur
Air Corps
General Brereton
Clark
Fortoga
Pearl Harbor
Honolulu
Don Gibbs
Hawaii
Bill Corie
Formosa
Brereton
Pearl Barber
Philippine
Luzon
States
Randolph Field
Iba
Frank
Air Force
Old 59
Don Bell
General MacArthur
Iba Field
Don Belli
Navy
Lee Coats
Mitsubishi
Glenn Rice
Muroce Lake
California
Mojave Desert
Radio and stage stars shine amid wartime constraints
CBS and NBC personnel discuss publicity and schedule challenges while Bob Hope and Jimmie Durante are praised for benefits. Norman Corwin's ColumbIa Presents Corwin tops ratings. Marie MacDonald trains for Hollywood roles with Burt Stromberg. John Cardell versatile in Stagecoach and Shakespeare. Winged Victory cast heads to Hollywood. Fannie Brice joins Metro for Ziegfeld Follies sketch. Connee Boswell leads morale group for handicapped performers. Milton Cross heckles Chamber Music. Dorothy Shay joins Carnival. News Front honors war correspondents. George Sanders piano recital noted.
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Radion
Milton Cross
Chamber Music Society of
Lower Basin Street
Dorothy Shay
CBS
Carnival
Alex Templeton
Morton Gould
News Front
America
George Sanders
Arabia
Pattern No. 8507 Sewing Pattern Details
Pattern No 8507 offered in sizes 10 12 14 18 20 36 29 inch tulip appliques require 344 yards of material for short sleeve version size 12 uses 4 yard for tulip appliques and 29 inch fabric.
Slimly Pretty Princess Frock Lines Stir the Gaze
A playful note on fashion and style extols the charm of a well cut princess frock. The narrator remarks that beauty lies in lines and feminine tricks, urging a pale look as part of the ensemble.
Giant natural arrowhead marks Sierra Madre hillside
A colossal stone arrowhead rises in the Sierra Madre mountains above San Bernardino California. The unique soil creates the formation and the 1375 foot long by 449 foot wide feature was once an Indian worshiping place.
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Sierra Madra Mountains
San Bernardino
Calif
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Watre
Eddie Oliver
Mess Hall
Dot Bell
Virginia Vaun
Inlon
Benny
Bob Hope
Jimmie Durante
Hope
Bob
Columbia Presents
Corwin
Norman Corwin
Marie MacDonald
Hollywood
Burt Stromberg
Tormay Dorsey
New York
John Carradine
Wallace Emery
New
Stagecoach
France
Connee Boswell
Blue Network
Songbird
Connée
Twentieth Century Fox
Country Service
Army Air Forces
Corp
Layne Britton
Joan Crawford
Robert Taylor
Greta Garbo
Walter Pidgeon
Charlie McCarthy
Ed Fannie Brice
Ziegeld
Norman Corwly
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
Montgomery Street
San Francisco
VaroRus
Spokane
Sun
Maxfield Feed & Seed CO
West Broadway
City
Utah
Jim
Soretone
and McKesson
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