Leaders of science and air power in wartime era
A portrait of Dr. James Bryant Conant rising from wartime gas research to Harvard presidency and Roosevelt’s trust in him for a Britain mission. Also highlights Sir Robert Brooke-Popham’s strategic push for an empire air system and Canada’s role in Britain’s defense.
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James Bryant Conant
Harvard
Roosevelt
Britain
Chemical Warfare Service
British War Office
Bureau of Mines
Palisade Mountain
California Sierra
Dorchester
Mass
Charles W. Eliot
Dr. Conant
Robert Brooke-Popham
British Far East
Far East
Sandhurst
France
Royal Air Force College
London
Imperial Defense College
Canada
Robert Moore
Pearls and peril aboard the Venturer on a whale hunt
On the Venturer a tense crew faces mutiny rumors and a dangerous whale chase. Corkran stakes a risky kill while Peter proves capable, Mary bonds with George, and Richard bears wounds and doubt as the voyage tests loyalties and futures.
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Corkran
Cap'n
Corr
Mary
Peter
Richard
New Bedford
Lis
George
Cap’n Carr
South American
Cape Horn
Cape Stiff
Mat Forbes
Mat
Cap’n T
Tommy
Mr. Forbes
Feik
Forbes
Borst
Cap’n
George On
Image of a Seafarer’s Chase from a Whale Tale
The excerpt depicts a tense whaling scene with Pip and a vessel battling large spouting whales. The crew sees multiple harpooned whales as the flukes lash and the boat rocks under the frenzied chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pip
Hollywood Gossip and Film Business Snippets
Ralph Murphy suggests a manual on catching a man with lessons from stars like Virginia Dale and Barbara Stanwyck. Philomena and Olivia de Havilland are noted for film roles. Robert Taylor becomes deputy while Burgess Meredith lists four homes and busy schedule with That Uncertain Feeling in UA.
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Ralph Murphy
Paramount
Syracuse University
Las Vegas
Constance Moore
Virginia Dale
Lillian Cornell
Hedy Lamarr
Burgess Meredith
Rockland County
N. Y
Jimmy Stewart
Brentwood
Hollywood
Los Angeles
Wayne Morris
Franchot Tone
Annex No
Stewart
Santa Monica
Annex No. 2
United Artists
Honolulu couple renames home from Hilltop House star
Mr and Mrs Robert Hart name their home after the radio serial Hilltop House and learn Miss Bess Johnson’s Hawaii mail goes to them. Parks Johnson and Wally Butterworth plan a ten thousand mile junket to Mexico City Puerto Rico and Havana for three Vox Pop broadcasts. The Uniform ends Clark Gable’s vacation and Rosalind Russell returns to Metro lots after a year away.
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Robert Hart
Honolulu
Bess Johnson
Clark Gable
Rosalind Russell
Embroidered Panel Pattern Sale and Transfer Offer
Pattern 6903 promotes a colorful embroidered panel with shaded roses in single and outline stitch suitable for wool or silk floss. Pattern 6908 includes a 15 by 15 inch transfer image with color chant materials and stitch illustrations. Send order to:
Sewing Circle Needlecraft Ad From New York
An advert from the Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept at 82 Eighth Ave New York asks readers to enclose 15 cents in coins for Pat Address they include.
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Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept
Eighth Ave
New York
Pat
Difference Between Congressman and Senator
The article explains that Congress has two chambers the Senate and the House of Representatives. It notes that a member of either chamber can be called a congressman but common usage favors congressman for a House member and senator for a Senate member. The House member is officially a representative.
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Congress
Senate
House of Representatives
House
Pathfinder
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Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WNU
York
Pleve
Venturer
Isaiah
Starn
Ira
Pete
Hiram
Big Pip
Max
Lance
Cap
Lassner
Uncle Tom
Virginia Vale
Wester Newspaper Union
Errol Flynn
Olivia de Haviland
James Cagney
Cagney
Olivia
Vivian Leigh
Bette Davis
Greta Garbo
Judy Garland
Lana Turner
Billy the Kid
Law and Order
Tucson
Ariz
Robert Taylor
Pima County
Taylor
Metro
Ed Echols
Congressmen
Cervantes
Iself
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