Newsy anecdotes on prizes and valor in wartime leadership
Elmer Davis wins a prize and a mix up over a serial entry ends with his success. Lt. Gen. Emmons, a top aviation officer, is highlighted for breaking rules to save Midway. Richard Austen Butler reflects on Britain's school ties amid education reforms and a Cambridge education.
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New York
Elmer Davis
Office of War Information
Candy
Ritain
Richard Austen Butler
Board of Education
Cambridge
Butler
India
Radio and film notes from wartime U.S. outpost appeals
Soldiers in Hut 33 Iceland request a large picture of a female star for wall decoration to keep the captain busy during inspections. The article highlights upcoming films and radio figures including Ginger Rogers Cary Grant Leo McCarey Elmer Davis Bill Stern Theresa Wright Walter Brennan Babe Ruth Rosalind Russell Guerrilla Brigade and the crossovers between radio and cinema during wartime.
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Virginia Vale
Union
Inx Falkenburg
U.S
Iceland
RKO Radio
Ginger Rogers
Cary Grant
Leo McCarey
Lou Gehrig
Theresa Wright
Walter Brennan
Babe Ruth
Stern
Gehrig
Notable 1940s Hollywood Moves Include Janet Blair Opera Plans
Janet Blair, former Hal Kemp vocalist and star of My Sister Eileen, rehearses songs for a civic opera set for late summer in Los Angeles. Mainbacher, famed Duchess costume designer, signs a term contract with Fox. Bob Burns crafts a bazooka from P-38 scraps while Donna Reed soars as a pilot on Anti-Submarine Patrol with Lt. Donald Arlen.
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Janet Blair
Hal Kemp
Sister Eileen
Civic Opera
Los Angeles
Mainbacher
Duchess of Windsor
Fox
Bob Burns
Donna Reed
Atlantic
Donald Arlen
Orchid and bird planter quartet from pattern 29481
A workshop project creates a set of eight small animal planters including dogs, lovebirds and hens. Trace outlines from pattern 29481 to cut thin lumber with a jig saw and assemble, then paint as decorative holders for cacti and succulents. Order now.
The Populist Party Nomination Of Gen James B Weaver
A retrospective on the July 5 1892 Populist convention nominating Gen James B Weaver of Iowa for President. It traces his career from Civil War general to Greenbacker leader and Greenback Populist congressman, his 1892 bid, and the party's influence led by figures like Mary Ellen Lease with fiery rhetoric.
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People’s Choice
People’s
James B. Weaver
Iowa
Weaver
Ohio
Ohio University
Cincinnati
Internal Revenue
Grant
National
Greenback Party
Greenbackers
Peter Cooper
New York
General Weaver
Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Congress
Greenbacker
Colfax
Mary Ellen Lease
Mary Yellin
Patrick Henry
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Who’s News
Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WIN Features
Miss Blank
Mr. Davis
Indiana
Delos
C. Emmons
Air Service
Midway Island
Emmons
Roosevelt
Army
Harvard University
Hawaii
Islands
Eighteenth Wing
March Field
Calif
RKO Pathe
Bill Stern
NBC
Samuel Goldwyn
Gary Cooper
J. Carroll Naish
20Th Century-Fox
John Shepperd
Lynne Roberts
Rosalind Russell
Guerrilla Brigade
RKO
Madeleine Carroll
Paramount
The
Beautiful
Miss Carroll
Paul Muni
John Garfield
Warner Bros
William L. Shirer
Edward R. Murrow
London
Murrow
U. S
Uncle Sam
Richard Smith
Midland Army Flying School
Texas
King Peter of
Jugoslavia
White House
Virginia
Cordell Hull
Dan Gifford
Douglas MacArthur
Pearl Harbor
MacArthur
H. Luther Brown
San Antonio
Remington
Lordship
Conn
Western Newspaper Union
Kansas City, Mo
St. Joseph
Demosthenes
Victor
Dr. Scholl
Varya
Pareeee
Carlyle
Price McNeil Drug Co.,, Inc
Broad Street
Jacksonville
Florida
William Hamilton
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