The Best Winter Quarters by Alfred Duggan
A first person portrait of Camillus a Gaul born soldier who joins Caesar's army in Gaul Acco Publius Crassus and the Parthian campaign form the core In Syria and Mesopotamia the narrative follows the battle in which Crassus army is destroyed and Camillus is captured Exiled to interior Asia the tale reads as a vivid simple humane narrative with sharp satire and wartime insight.
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Alfred Duggan
Crassus
Camillus
Gaul
Pyrenees
Acco
Camililus
Caesar
Rhine
Publius Crassus
Publius
Rome
Pathia
Pompey
Syria
Asia
Bob Horney
Dr. Blackwell Robinson Wins National History Award
Dr. Blackwell P. Robinson of High Point College earns first prize from the American Association of County and Local Historians for A History of Moore County North Carolina 1747 1847. The Moore County History book, based on 1953 Moore County Historical Society work, highlights land, settlers, and events including Moore’s Creek Bridge and Halifax Resolves, and is praised for its empirical, readable narrative.
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Moore County
Blackwell Robinson
High Point College
American Association of County and Local Historians
United States
Canada
Raleigh
Robinson
Adlai Stevenson
Society
Paint Hill Farm
Robinsons
Dr. Robinson
North Carolina
Richard Davie
University of North Carolina
University of North Carolina Press
Blackwell P. Robinson
Southern Pines
Moore County Historical Association
North Carolina Guide
Robinso
Wunc-Tv
Yadkin Road
Moore
Cumberland - Moore
John
Thomas Richardson
McLendons
Banbows
Sandhill
Dugald McNeal
Col. McAlister
Moore’s Creek Bridge
Halifax
Carolina
Arnett - Jackson
Greensboro
Stuart C. Deskins
Henderson's Shaw Biography Completes Centenary Portrait
Wayne Lamm reports on Dr Archibald Henderson the UNC mathematician and Shaw biographer who writes George Bernard Shaw Man of the Century a near half million word work published in Shaw centennial year Henderson based on Shaw materials at UNC Library and his long friendship with Shaw spanning decades and letters of active correspondence
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Wayne Lamm
Chapel Hill
Archibald Henderson
Hill
Auon Georgeson
University of North Carolina
Kenan
Henderson
Shaw
George Bernard Shaw
Bernard
Playboy
Prophet
Shaws
London
University of Chicago
America
England
Boswell
James Boswell
Samuel Johnson
Warrenes
Themc
Fabian Society
Food Determines Color Of Coats In Wisconsin
In Madison, Wis, Professor Thomas Allen of the University of Wisconsin entomology department notes that woolly bear caterpillar coat color depends on available food when they shed. The old belief links darker coats to harsher winters, but Allen cautions the color reflects diet rather than winter severity.
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Madison
Wis
Thomas €. Allen
Wisconsin
Allen
Author Of The Week Fred Allen Dies After Autobiography
Fred Allen died in March as he completed his autobiography Much Ado About Me. Born in Cambridge Massachusetts in 18% he was christened John Florence Sullivan. A juggler and quipster he forged a vaudeville path then toured the United States and Australia. He acted on Broadway and in films and was best known as a radio comedian.
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Fred Allen
Cambridge
Mass
John Florence Sullivan
Australia
Best Seller List Highlights Cornerstone Novels and Classics
A display of top titles includes Peyton Place by Grace Metal, Don Brinkley’s Don’t Go Near the Water and Edwin O Connor’s The Last Hurrah. Other notable books include A Certain Smile by Francoise Sagan, The Mandarins by Simone de Beauvoir, and Profiles in Courage by John F. Kennedy. Nonfiction titles feature Arthritis and Common Sense by Dan Dale Alexander and Eisenhower The Inside Story by Robert J. Donovan. The Duchess of Windsor topically referenced.
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Peyton Place
Grace Metal
William Brinkley
Edwin O'Connor
Francoisean
Simone de Beauvoir
Ae Nun
Kathrynec
John F. Kennedy
Dan Dale Alexander
Eisenhower
Robert J. Donovan
Duchess of Windsor
James Street posthumous novel Captain Little Ax published
Publishers release James Streets posthumous novel Captain Little Ax featuring 15 year old Ax Trowbridge and Cradle Company as Confederate leaders on the lower Mississippi in the Civil War era. Pierre van Paassens A Pilgrims Vow to be published November 26 covers Christ life sites. The lively art book The Liveliest Art offers a musical theatre overview with scores and interviews. Dr A Powell Davies discusses Dead Sea Scrolls and modern religion with AP Arts Editor W G Rogers. Cecil B DeMille noted in Davies critique.
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J. B. Lippincott Company
James Street
Captain Little Ax
Street
Ax Trowbridge
Little Ax
Shiloh
Hire Cradle Company
Mississippi River Valley
Pittsburg Landing
Vicksburg
Tupelo
Corinth
Copiah County
Lumberton
Miss
United States
New York City
Chapel Hill
Pierre van Paassen
Holy Land
Dial Press
van Paassen
Bethlehem
Nazareth
The
Mount of Olives
Lake Galilee
Jerusalem
Calvary
Christ
Jesus
A. Powell Davies
All Soul's Unitarian Church
Washington, D. C
Associated Press Arts
W. G. Rogers
Cecil B. DeMille
Davies
Israel
New American Library
Indonesia
Robert Marks
Small Businesses Shrinking as Soviet Industry Grows
Moscow reports a shift in Russia from small shops and factories to larger plants. The industrial review notes firms under 500 workers fell from 93.1 percent of 1935's total to 27.6 percent, while plants up to 10,000 workers rose to 22.6 percent and those over 10,000 to 13.7 percent.
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Moscow
Russia
Thanksgiving relief appeals across faiths urge aid
Help the helpless widows and children abroad through church drives. Protestant SHARE OUR SURPLUS, Catholic BISHOPS THANKSGIVING CLOTHING, and United Jewish Appeal SPECIAL SURVIVAL FUND fund overseas relief efforts including resettlement, hospitals, orphanages, training, and distribution of food clothing and medicines. Public service notice.
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United Jewish Appeal
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DR. Blackwell
P. Robinson
Dr. Henderson
Ieee Oo
Thomas
Rinehart
Nat Shapiro
Patricia Newell
American Musical Theatre
Garrick Gaieties
Joey
My Bad Lady
Broadcast Music Inc
Shapiro
Columbia Records
Down Beat
le Journal Musical Francais
Rinert
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
RCA Institute
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