Air Marshal Leigh-Mallory Leads Allied Air Umbrella Ahead of Invasion
A wartime feature profiles Air Marshal T. L. Leigh-Mallory and his plan to form a protective aerial umbrella for Allied forces during the invasion. It recalls his Dieppe raid results, career milestones, and remarks on other British leaders while noting wartime duties and honors.
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Cambridge
Leigh-Mallory
Law
Twelfth
England
Bath
Britain
Wisconsin
Battle Courage and the Making of a Warrior
In a wartime study of courage, the writer recalls Babe a timid 18 year old on a Pacific aircraft carrier who held his post during a dive bombing attack and transformed into a deadly calm fighter, showing how discipline and the rush of battle forge strength. The piece also details Johnny Allen a fearless pilot driven to fatigue and a possible nervous breakdown, saved by prompt medical rest, illustrating limits to bravery.
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Pacific
Babe
Johnny Allen
Johnny
The
Solomons
Film World Glimpses Highlight Stars and Studio News
A column surveys Joan Fontaine Olivia de Havilland fame and 1940s stars. It notes Joan Fontaine vacationing with husband Brian Aherne in Connecticut while nursing aid work. Marlene Dietrich’s Playhouse fear anecdote. Victor McLaglen cast as The Hook in Treasure Chest. Bob Hope pirates film with The Hook nemesis. prison film This Is America by Lewis E. Lawes. Ruth Brennan Lynn Winthrop and Warner Bros casting. Gertrude Lawrence earns Red Cross stripe. One Man's Family origins and Carlton E. Morse. Nancy Kelly aims Broadway summers and Hollywood roles, with past stage breakout at 17.
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Samuel Goldwyn
Victor McLaglen
the Hook
McLaglen
Bob Hope
Hope
Nancy Kelly
Broadway
Hollywood
Susan
God
Odds and Ends Highlights from Stage and Screen
Note to girls Dick Henry Aldrich Jones enjoys fan letters sealed with lip imprints. Madeleine Lee joins Silver Theater after her Amos n Andy role Miss Blue. Jan Peerce belts out songs causing studio walls to tremble. Hal Roach, ex United Artists producer, is promoted to lieutenant colonel in the U S Army.
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Henry Aldrich” Jones
Madeleine Lee
Amos
Andy
Miss Blue
Jan Peerce
Hal Roach
United Artists
U. S
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Who’s News
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WIN
Stafford Cripps
Mr.Cripps
Cripps
Rosy
Jord
China
Russia
Sir Stafford
Laborite
Bristol
Hitler
Ermany
Iron Cross
Wilhelm Schepmann
Gestapo
Mier
Reich
Schepmann
Ruhr
Dortmund
Schepann
Dortmund Bee
de Foney
U.S.N
Pearl Harbor
U. S. Aviation Progress
Naval Air Station
Pensacola
Fla
Naval Air Training Center
MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Southwest Pacific
Virgil F. Howell
Pawnee
Okla
Alvin J. Wilcan
Charenton
Byron L. Tsignine
Defiance
Ariz
Larry L Dekin
Copper Mine
Austria
Czechoslovakia
Zagreb
Hungary
Belgrada
Yugoslavia
Albania
Pius
Ruma
Sofia
Greece
Foggia
Italy
Guy Emerson
New York
Ida Wise Smith
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Joseph R. Bryson
Adrian Grasselly
Venezuela
Eient
David
Waybur
Piedmont
Calif
Sicily
Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper Union
Joan Fontaine
Olivia de Havilland
Joan
Paramount
Brian Aherne
Connecticut
Marlene Dietrich
CBS Playhouse
Lewis E. Lawes
Sing Sing
America
Ruth Brennan
Walter
Selznick
Lynn Winthrop
Warner Bros
Humphrey Bogart
Blue Network
Gertrude Lawrence
American Red Cross
NBC
Carlton E. Morse
Odds and Ends
Court House
St. Paul, Minn
Dr. Hitchcock
Saly E
Dr. Werner
Dr. Werner’s
Bfgoodrich
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