Flying Fortress Crew Fights for Survival at Clark Field
Lieut Col Frank Kurtz recounts the ambush on Clark Field during the December 1941 Japanese attack. Old 99 is downed, fires erupt, and a desperate defense unfolds as P40s fall, Nakajima Zeros strike, and Fortress crews struggle to survive amid bombing, strafing, and shifting frontline orders.
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Frank Kurtz
Eld Flying Fortress
Clark Field
Philippines
Kurtz
Formosa
Muroc
Bill Cocke
Glenn
Mount Arayat
Glenn Rice
Japan
Corregidor
Bob Mey
March of Time previews Burma road drive and new films
The March of Time issue titled Back Door to Tokyo teases Stilwell’s Burma road push, Merrill’s Marauders and Chennault’s air forces with vivid photography by Victor Jurgens. It also notes Days of Glory with Gregory Peck, Ginger Rogers interest, and Metro’s upcoming The Common Sin with producer Carey Wilson and writer I. A. R. Wylie.
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RKO
Gregory Peck
Clark Gable
Metro
Carey Wilson
I. A. R. Wylie
Oakland graduate lands title role in The Great John L
Greg McClure, 26, from Oakland Junior College, wins the role of John L. Sullivan in Bing Crosby’s The Great John L. He has worked as a salesman, longshoreman, railroad laborer, and farmhand before attending dramatic school at night and acting during the day. Warner Bros. uses eight month old twins Sandra Lee and Susan Lee Taylor for Christmas in Connecticut to speed production. Xavier Cugat, “Your Dubonnet Date,” heads to two theater appearances in September and starts work on Metro’s Week-End at the Waldorf.
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Mount Arayat
Luzon
del Monte Field
Mindanao
Colin Kelly
Australia
Clark Field
Elmer Brown
Brownie
Oakland
Greg McClure
John L. Sullivan
Bing Crosby
John L
Warner Bros
Connecticut
Barbara Stanwyck
Dennis Morgan
Sandra Lee
Susan Lee Taylor
Xavier Cugat
MBS
Hollywood
Metro
the Waldorf
Moore Durante airshow stars remembered characters and Alan Young tale
The piece lists whimsical Moore Durante riffs such as Twinkle toes Gooch and Elvira Smoop and recounts Alan Young’s NBC Wednesday nine pm radio debut on EWT. He was paid 2.50 weekly for a 15 minute show, earned a raise after 26 weeks, then was fired. He later formed vaudeville with his sister, who married, before Young returned to radio and found success.
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Alan Young
NBC
EWT
Ronald Graham stars in Broadway Matinee and film venture
Baritone Ronald Graham adds momentum from his Broadway Matinee hosting to a likely hit with his new film Ladies in Washington. The article notes his rising profile and anticipated success on screen.
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Ronald Graham
Washington
Take It Big and Glamour Manor Lead Paramount Notes
Ozie Nelson and Harriet Hilliard sing in Take It Big while Glamour Manor with Cliff Arquette may become a popular summer air show. Victor Borge returns to Cruisin Street for eight weeks in fall. Bing Crosby's Ministry of Fear featured a tall male cast led by Ray Milland.
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Ozie Nelson
Harriet Hilliard
Paramount
Glamour Manor
Cliff Arquette
Victor Borge
Bing Crosby
Ministry of Fear
Ray Milland
Folding Shopping Bag and Cherry Basket Apron Patterns
Government urges use of crocheted string bags for groceries and less paper. Instructions for Folding Shopping Bag Pattern 6746 and Cherry Basket Apron Pattern 5739 offered for 16 cents each, with sizes listed. war conditions may slow orders.
Household hacks for fabrics and small repairs
Practical tips for stain removal fabric care and repairs. Methods include brushing powder from satin dresses with wool cloth ironing handkerchief shapes plain, salt in a coffee percolator cleaning method. Tips cover tassel making curtain hooks and simple broom refinishing for polishing floors using old hats and socks.
Dark Ages span from fall of Rome to revival of learning
The Dark Ages roughly cover seven centuries from the fall of the Western Roman Empire in the fifth century to the revival of learning in the twelfth century. For a long part of this era learning declined as barbarian invasions disrupted Europe’s centers of civilization.
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Europe
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Queens
Wau
Features
Imperial Japanese Air Force
Virginia
Union
Fortable
Ginger Rogers
Garry Moore
Twinkletoes Gooch
Rancid Drumknuckle
Elvira Smoop
Arbutus
Sewing Circle Needlework
South Wells St
Chicago
Prink Sasa
Olivia de Havilland
Kellogg’s
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