Daughter of Destiny opens with a Palm Springs meeting on dockside shores
Devona Rasbourne, a sheltered boarding-school girl, travels with her father’s death shadow to meet Dale Brasher in Los Angeles. On the way they discuss her actress mother Vara, the danger of her charm, and a mysterious destiny foretold by a Bombay fakir. They lunch at El Mexicano, meeting Senor Macias as notes of intrigue deepen.
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Devona Rasbourne
Devona
Los Angeles
Dale
Shanghai
International Quarter
Valhallas
Pier 29
Vara
Palm Springs
Daddy
Bombay
Dad
Dale Brasher
EL Mexicano
Raebourne
Senor Macias
Homeward voyage reveals a famous actress’s daughter
Devona Raebourne travels from India to Los Angeles to meet her mother Vara and meets Dale Brasher the stand-in and learns that Vara’s past surprises may shock audiences. The journey rekindles memories of her father Douglas Raebourne and the life of theatre.
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New York
Devona
New York Harbor
Douglas Raebourne
Dale
India
Los Angeles
Vara
Fine English Tradition A Letter To The New York Herald Tribune
A reader argues that support for Britain stems from admiration of England and its civilization, culture, and history. The letter names Queen Elizabeth era glory, Johnson and Lamb, Galsworthy, Soames Forsyte, Austen, Mansfield, and English bookshops, praising those enduring values and the brave people defending them.
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The
New York Herald Tribune
England
Elizabeth
Dr. Johnson
Charles Lamb
East India Company
Mary
John Galsworthy
Soames Forsyte
Green Park
Val Cartie
South Africa
Barchester Towers
Jane Austen
Katherine Mansfield
London
Ruth Jerome Noble
New York
Flowers as God’s thoughts of beauty in verse
A collection of quotations on flowers expressing divine meaning and human affection. Wilberforce Percival Park Benjamin Mary Baker Eddy South Theodore Parker highlight flowers as a language of love, beauty, and heavenly makers imprint.
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Park Benjamin
Mary Baker Eddy
God
Theodore Parker
Tribute to Banting and insulin their medical milestone
The London Spectator lauds Sir Frederick Banting for discovering insulin and linking his name to diabetes treatment. It compares his impact to Jenner Lister Simpson and Ross, noting insulin has saved tens of thousands who would have died 20 years ago and calling his work Canada’s greatest medical contribution.
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Sir Frederick Banting
Banting
Jenner
Lister
Simpson
Ross
Canada
London Spectator
Marian Anderson Pledges Bok Award Money to Help Others
The Philadelphia born singer Marian Anderson received the Edward A Bok award of 10000 dollars at the Academy of Music. She pledged the funds to aid talented but poor individuals to pursue their dreams and support education and charity initiatives.
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Marian Anderson
Edward A. Bok
Philadelphia
Academy of Music
Ocean Plant Life Supports Deep Sea Life to 400 Feet
Abundant plant life exists in the ocean down to about 400 feet and provides the foundation for all animal life in the sea. This essential base supports the marine ecosystem at those depths.
When Hitler Climbs and Trees in Normandy Confuse Brits
The report notes Germans transplanting trees in Normandy to mislead the British. It mentions their methodical efforts may fail against a future clue. Circus elephants are described as pulling plows in the south of England.
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Normandy
South
England
Learn Guitar With Easy Lessons From Home Service
Simple diagrams teach the Little Brown Jug chords and strumming method. Readers are guided by guitar diagrams, left hand finger positions, and right hand plucking patterns to quickly master accompaniment. Send 15 cents for Easy Lessons In Guitar Playing and explore other 15-cent booklets on games, gardening, weddings, shorthand, nursing, and glass painting.
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Home Service Dept
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Britain Not Besieged Fortress Says Mason
J W T Mason argues Europe is a sealed block while Britain stays open to western and oriental trade. He says the British navy controls sea lanes and the Axis cannot break the blockade under any foreseeable condition. He notes American shipbuilding for British needs raises German hopes.
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Britain
Navy
British Isles
Europe
J. W. T. Mason
Great Britain
Orient
Germany
Hitler
Britain paratrooper lands. farmer family confronts him
A Canadian airman forced to land by parachute in rural England faced a burly farmer armed with a gun, the hired man with a cudgel behind him, and a housewife with an iron skillet bringing up the rear. The warning is to Hitler to heed the episode.
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Britain
England
Hitler
No land animals larger than insects in southern pole to 60S
The statement asserts a geographic limit where no land animals exceed insect size between the South Pole and latitude 60 degrees. It implies large land animals are absent in this broad Antarctic to subantarctic region.
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South Pole
Latitude
Definition of an Acre as Plowing Area in a Day
The acre was originally defined as the area a yoke of oxen could plow in a day. This historical standard links land measurement to agricultural labor and medieval farming practice, illustrating how practical work shaped early units of area.
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