Texas painter commissioned to depict the Big Three
Weatherford artist Douglas Chandor announced from Miami Beach that he will paint the Big Three of World War II Franklin D Roosevelt Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin. He plans to travel to Moscow to portray Stalin and set the Yalta conference as background for a Capitol hang. Roosevelt discussed the project with him shortly before his death.
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Douglas Chandor
Weatherford
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Joseph Stalin
Chandor
Dallas News
Miami Beach
Churchill
Roosevelt
Truman
Stalin
Moscow
Yalta
Washington
Leading Lady in a Theater Tangle and a Happy Reunion
Doris, a Little Theatre lead, quarrels with husband Dan who forgets her show yet later helps clinch a hard won advertising contract with Ferris. The misgiving clears as Dan reveals he was dining with Ferris to seal the deal and attends the curtain call, pledging to be her partner and leading man.
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Van
Charles Boyer
Doris
Ferris
Dan Crawford
Hon
Dan
Milford
Miy
Harakiri a Fake Japanese Tradition Says Post-Gazette
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette calls the practice of self-inflicted death by sword a largely phony notion. It argues leaders rarely committed hara-kari and used it as an idea to preach rather than perform. The piece cites Tojo's gun, Konoye's poison, and notes many leaders end up jailed or executed instead.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Tojo
Prince Konoye
Tots Pattern 4932 for Froth Frock and Bonnet
Advertises pattern 4932 for a baby frock bonnet slip and panties with lace optional in sizes 6 months to 5 years. Includes 20 cent order request with name address and style number to Anne Adams Winnipeg unit. Mentions Fiji Islands being placed under British sovereignty by chiefs in 1874.
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Anne Adams
Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave. E
Winnipeg
Man
Fiji Islands
Emperor Hirohito Transformed Into Diplomat and Statesman
The Windsor Star notes Hirohito’s dramatic shift from despotic ruler to a seemingly principled, affable leader. It praises his reputed concern for his people and humanity, calling the transformation miraculous or fiendishly subtle. It mentions the era’s paradox of a once untouchable monarch becoming a democrat. The article closes with a historical aside: the last passenger pigeon died in captivity in 1914.
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Hirohito
Giant British civil flying boat to carry 100 passengers
The London Daily Herald reports Britain will use a civil flying boat larger than the Brabazon One. The craft would carry 100 passengers at 300 to 350 mph for 5000 miles, weigh 120 tons, and cost about 50 million dollars for 20 units to serve British Overseas Airways.
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Britain
London Daily Herald Air
British Overseas Airways
Ottawa Citizen
Adam's Garlic Pearles Advertisement Claims Quick Relief
An optimistic ad promises relief for chronic catarrhal conditions skin disorders and rheumatic pains. It urges readers to ask their druggist for Adam's Garlic Pearles or write Richmond Adam Co. in Vancouver Canada for $3 per 100 pearls, enough for five weeks.
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Richmond Adam Co
P.O
Vancouver
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Lynn
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By Marion Boucher
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Belgrade
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TVG Absolutely and
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Kamloops, B.C
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