Book review on The Spanish Civil War by Thea Thomas
The essay considers The Spanish Civil War by Thea Thomas, noting its impartial tone and focus on the war’s course and global impact. It discusses Franco's forces with Italian and German support, Soviet aid to the Republic, and debates over non intervention and its consequences for democracy and liberty.
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Francisco Franco
Falange
Spanish Morocco
Spain
Theeh Thomas
Harper's
Thomas
Britain
France
United States
Hitler
Germany
Musolini
Italy
Franco
Morocco
Condor Air Legion
Russia
Spanish
West
Republic
American Union in High Places
Arthur Hailey’s political thriller imagines a near future Canada facing a Soviet threat and a Union with the United States. Prime Minister James Howden plans the deal amid cabinet rivalries, immigration crises, and a high-stakes power struggle in Ottawa and Washington.
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Arthur Hailey
Doubleday
Canada
United States
Immigration Department
Henry Duval
Alan Maitland
Howden
Ottawa
Washington
Hailey
A Definition Of Music And Delian Legacy
Frederick Delius born a century ago to wool merchant roots in Bradford. His early life included farming, teaching, and study in Germany with Beecham championing his Sea Drift. Eugene Ormandy reflects on what defines good music while praising Schütz for Easter choral setting Maria Rabbini.
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Frederick Delius
Bradford
England
Jacksonville
Fla
St. John’s River
Fredrick Delisu
Delius
Danville
Roanoke Female College
Dad
Fredrick
Germany
Sir Thomas Beecham
Thomas
Eugene Ormandy
Philadelphia Orchestra
Spy Moscow Interlude by Charles W. Thayer
A spy thriller set in Moscow features Sam Mattock and his wife Elena entangled with the Soviet espionage service. Ralph MacKenzie returns as minister counselor to uncover a web of double cross, danger, and tragedy surrounding Elena and her brother Vadim.
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Sam Mattock
Elena
Sam
Russia
Moscow
Vadim
Ralph MacKenzie
Natasha
George
MacKenzie
Puzzle Solution: Newspapers Reach U S Newspaper Readers
The text notes 112 million Americans age 12 plus read a newspaper daily and retailers spend eight of ten promotional dollars in local papers as the advertising medium.
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U. S
Tragi-Comedy Captain Newman Dr M D
Harper novel set on a wartime desert psychiatric ward. Dr Newman uses insight to heal fear filled minds amid witty non patient characters and riotous officers. The tale follows a gunner's return to combat and ends with a faith filled epilogue.
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G. I
Gavani
Lawrence
Laibowitz
Newman
Hair and alibi questioned in windy store encounter
Report notes Tom Staley with unusually neat hair inside a store, suggesting he and Lammers spent longer together than claimed. If he had merely dropped in for cigarettes his hair would likely be disheveled, implying a questioned timeline.
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Tom Staley
Trombonist Claude Jones Dies at Sea Aboard United States
Claude Jones 59 once acclaimed Oklahoma born jazz trombonist dies at sea aboard the liner United States while serving as a steward. He had retired from professional music in recent years.
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Southampton
England
Claude Jones
United States
Jones
Famed Titles and Authors Listing Wide Read Shelf
A compact catalog snippet lists notable works such as Franny and Zooey By Salinger The Agony and the Ecstasy By Stone To Kill a Mockingbird By Lee Spirit Lake By Kantor Daughter of Silence By West My Life in Court By Nizer The Making of the President 1960 By White Living Free By Adamson The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich By Skirei A Nation of Sheep By Led erer.
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Franny and
Zooey
Salinger
Stone
Lee
Spirit Lake
Kantor
West
Nizer
White
Adamson
Skirei
A Pleasant Commentary of Five Remarkable Eng lishmen
Denis Meadows presents a concise portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh Captain John Smith John Winthrop William Penn and James Oglethorpe. The book notes their roles in founding American colonies and their later misfortunes offering a readable survey of colonial heritage.
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Denis Meadows
Devin Adair
America
Sir Walter Raleigh
Ralegh
North American
Wildess
John Smith
Virginia
John Winthrop
Ruler's Story DAME OF SARK by Sibyl Hathaway
Autobiography of the Sark ruler Dame Sibyl Hathaway detailing life on Sark during German occupation in World War II. Describes handling Nazi control, daily survival, and the island's small economy under autocratic rule with dry humor and candid self portrayal.
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Sark
Bookmobile Schedule for High Point Public Library Week
The bookmobile routes run Monday through Friday for January 22 to 26 at multiple neighborhood stops. Locations include College Village Shopping Center Gatewood Hillcrest Everywood and more with time slots from 9:30 to 4:45.
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High Point Public Library
College Village
Council
Gatewood
Emery
Hillcrest
Overbrook
Everywood
Hedrick
Ashe
Oakwood
Rotary
Ridgecrest
Willard
Gordon
Ellwood
Wendell
Daniel Brooks
Mary Samuel Corrects Spelling Of Long Welsh Town Name
In St Petersburg, Mary Samuel notes the St Petersburg Independent spelled Llanfairpwllgogeryllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogo goch with one l missing. She can pronounce the complex Welsh town, learned as a girl to earn a shilling from her uncle. The town, described as pretty, has a church, railway station, service station, a few houses and tearooms.
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ST. Petersburg
Fla
Mary Samuel
Llanfairpwil Gwyngyllgogery
Hwyrndrobwil
Llantysiliogogogoch
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American Union
Alaska
James Howden
Harvey Warrender
Henrich Schuetz
Jesus
Mary Magdalene
Maria
Rabbini
Charles W. Thayer
Harper
Tragi
M.D
Leo Rosten
Hayman Kaplan
Care
Junior
Calhoun Drug Store, Inc
Montlieu Ave
Erer
Oglethorpe
Meadows
Dame OF Sark
Sibyl Hathaway
Coward McCann
Channel Islands
Feu
Chesty” Puller
U.S. Marine Corps
By Burke Davis
Lewis B
Chesty) Puller
Usm.c
Marine
Burke Davis
Chesty
Ego Hig
Straughan's ‘Booksellers
Main ST
Kennedy
Carr
Westwood
Otteray
Rockspring
Eaton Place
Brantley Circle
W. Farriss
W. Springfield
Dane
Wynnewood
Rockford
Ragan
Thissell
Franklin
Worth
Clara Cox
High Point
Jyoshime
Pine Street
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