River Pilot Richard Bissell’s Dramatic Life and Works
The river captain turned author and dramatist Bissell led a restless, adventuresome career. He piloted on the Mississippi and Monongahela, later retiring in 1945 to Iowa, then published bestsellers and co created The Pajama Game with George Abbott, which became a Broadway hit after years of careful rewriting.
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Tennessee
Stacks
Biesell
Illinois
Bissell
Monongahela River
Mark Twain
Garmente
H. B. Glover Company
Iowa
Monongahela
Selec
Marian Bracell
Thomas
Nathaniel
Anastasia
Samuel
Dubuque
Mississippi
George Abbott
Robert Griffith
Harold Prince
Abbott
Bisaels
Rowayton
Broadway
New Haven
Ross
Adler
Hernandes
Richard Bissell
Public Library
New York
Little, Brown & Co
High Water
Bissel
Lista
the River Pilot
Death Struggle Of a Country And Its Leaders
A review of a history work using eyewitness accounts and trials to depict the fall of Nazi Germany. It covers Hitler’s fanatics, plotting generals, home front citizens, and soldiers awaiting nonoccurring “secret weapons.” It portrays von Stauffenberg, Kesselring, Speer, and the bunker tale, concluding with a sobering panorama of history and Russian conquests.
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Hitler
von Stauffenberg
Kesselring
Western Front
Alfred Speer
Germany
Eva Braun
Goebbels
Policeman Helps Sleeper In Metered Spot
North Carolina Budget Bureau engineer Frank Turner says a Raleigh officer showed compassion by not issuing a ticket. The policeman noticed a driver asleep in a car in a metered zone, inserted a nickel to extend time, and walked away as the driver dozed.
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Raleigh
N. C
North Carolina
Budget Bureau
Frank Turner
Turner
Tibet Road Progress Reported Through Sikang Tibet
Tokyo dispatch reports Communist China finished all but about 95 miles of a highway from west China to Tibet. A 140 mile stretch through the Sikang Tibetan plateau opened last month to traffic. The road, built through forests and ice, is claimed to reach Lhasa and is said to be built with forced labor of political prisoners.
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Tokyo
China
West China
Tibet
Peiping
Sikang-Tibet
Lhasa
Sikang
Installment plan aids Mississippi Southern students
In Hattiesburg on November 13 the Mississippi Southern College president R C Cook announced that students may enroll through an installment plan to ease family tuition costs. The total yearly cost is 437.40 dollars, with six payments instead of a single fall installment. Cook said the move is to lessen the financial burden on parents.
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Hattesburg
Miss
Mississippi Southern College
R. C. Cook
Southern
Cook
Glider XG-18 Goes Up For Auction In Dayton
The Air Force experimental glider XG-18 is described as large as a house weighing 4.5 tons with a 72 foot wingspan and 39 foot fuselage seating 48 troops. Officials say only a four engine plane could lift it to the sky and it is now on the auction block.
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Dayton
Ohio
Air Force
Nancy Reid aims for Olympic glory at UB
Nancy Reid, a tall versatile athlete at the University of Bridgeport, dreams of Olympic success. Her rapid rise began with the Little Rhody club where she won the junior shot put title and multiple events, earning praise from coach Harry L. Devoe. She trains at Seaside Park and seeks an indoor track to prepare for Pan American and Olympic trials, while studying physical education and planning a teaching career.
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Bob Stock
University of Bridgeport
South End
Nancy Reid
Lady Reds
Waterloo
Southport Hall
Nancy
Providence
R. I
Little Rhody Athletic Club
Little Rhody Club
Harry L. Devoe
Bridgeport
Seaside Park
Arnold Division of
A King's Heritage King Peter II Yugoslavia Autobiography
Peter II of Yugoslavia recounts a life shaped by exile and throne, outlining his youth, wartime leadership, and the tumultuous shift from king to exile. He describes pressure from Allies, Tito’s rise, and the tragedy of a country pulled into global politics, with restraint and dignity throughout the narrative.
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King
King Peter II of
Yugoslavia
New York
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Marie Elizard
Bertie
May
Hleana
Marina
You
Queen Victoria
George VI
Queen Mary
Ileana
Romania
Duchess of Kent
Peter II
Peter
Belgrade
Alexander
Queen Marie
Marie
Ferdinand
England
Sisin
Prince Paul
Httle
France
Paul
Cambridge
Churchill
Roosevelt
Tito
Mikhailovich
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Tion
Dark Horse
Mr. Abbott
Mama
Stamford
New York Public Library
Georges Blond
The
Macmillan Company
Phyllis Stock
Eisenhower
Trevor-Roper
Teurs
Brook
Mass
Marina Hall
N Peat
Photee
Donald O’connor
Corridora
Balkan
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