News From Londonderry Base Sparks Reflections on Freedom
The article notes the U S Navy base in Londonderry Ulster as Europe’s first active naval post and recalls the Londonderry Air and John Addington Symonds. It reflects on the song’s message of freedom, knowledge and unity and how it connects to literature and English history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Londonderry
Ulster
Europe
Londonderry Air
John Addington Symonds
Symonds
Shakespeare
England
Webster
Marlowe
Green
Dekker
Peale
Heywood
Hunsaker Receives Guggenheim Medal for General Doolittle
Dr. J C Hunsaker heads MIT aeronautical and mechanical engineering faculty and earned the Daniel Guggenheim medal for General James Doolittle. He notes the honor reflects a career of many achievements, not a single act, including Navy roles, MIT wind tunnels, and designs from NC4 to Shenandoah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Omebody
J.C. Hunsaker
James Doolittle
National Advisory Committee For Aeronautics
Tokyo
Daniel Guggenheim
General Doolittle
Hunsaker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Navy
America
Creston
Iowa
Annapolis
Germany
MIT
Construction Corps
Goodyear Zeppelin Corporation
Guggenheim
Nationalization of British Coal Mines Ends Long Battle
After decades of conflict Britain takes over underground coal deposits from dukes marquesses earls and the Church. Nationalization is for the war period only. Sir Ernest A. Gowers leads a five member commission with ownership vested in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Ernest A. Gowers
Hollywood Stand-Ins Lead Roles and New Talent Notes
Loretta Toomey, Garson stand-in for Henie Drew and Davis, advances at Metro for Random Harvest opposite Colman. Barbara Moffett, 18, leads opposite Tim Holt in Red River Robin Hood. Mary Croft debuts in Tulip Time via Pasternak. Vox Pop marks defense broadcasts. Desperadoes episode shocks Utah. Kate Smith signs three-year renewal. Walter Reed to Bombardier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reer Garson
Loretta Toomey
Hollywood
Miss Toomey
Sonja Henie
Ellen Drew
Joan Davis
Metro
Hedy Lamarr
Ruth Hussey
Miss Garson
Theresa Wright
Barbara Moffett
Equestrienne
Tim Holt
RKO
Red River
Joe Pasternak
Deanna Durbin
Mary Croft
New York
Kate Smith
Walter Reed
Pat O’brien
Randolph Scott
Anne Shirley
Bombardier
Mrs. Miniver
Hadley
Molly Pitcher Fights Again for Liberty Through War Bonds
The article recalls Mary Ludwig Hays Hays, known as Molly Pitcher, and her famed Revolutionary War act at Monmouth. It notes a modern campaign featuring 5,000,000 Molly Pitchers promoting war bonds and stamps via grocery stores nationwide to support the U S treasury goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molly Pitcher
Liberty
Molly
United States
The
Red Cross
Independent Food Distributors’ Council
United States Treasury Department
Mary Ludwig
Carlisle
John George Ludwig
America
Palatinate
Mary
William Irvine
John Hays
Hays
Proctor
Pennsylvania
Monmouth
N. J
Livingston
Varnum
Mary Hays
Nathanael Greene
George Washington
Carlisle Barracks
Hays She Was Married To Sergt
George McCauley
McKelly
Old wicker chair reimagined with chintz slip cover design
A vintage wicker chair is shown with a removable cotton batting slip cover in a green and strawberry chintz pattern. The article outlines layering fabric, padding, and stitching steps to form puffed ridges and a snug fit. Mrs Spears booklet No 7 offers complete directions for an ottoman shown in the sketch.
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Who’s News
Lemuel F. Parton
WIN
Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper Union
Jean Hersholt
Christian
Hans Christian Anderson
Warner. Brothers
Bette Davis
Vox Pop
Glenn Ford
Evelyn Keyes
Utah
Miss Keyes
United Nations
Sweden
Gustaf Adolf
India
Shintley Bileting War Bond Booth
Iceland
U. S
Robert C. Giffen
Candida Boccuzzi
Rudolph Napoletano
Jo Ann Napoletano
Mario Boccuzzi
Feisal I
Iraq
Bagdad
Ruth Gibson
Aberdeen
MD.) Proving Grounds
Ehair Co
Ruth Wyeth Pears
Bedford Hills
Hitchcoc
Min Emerson
Solic
Walter Scott
Tion
Spurlock-Neal Co
Nashville
Tenn
Longfellow
McNeil
Price McNeil Drug Co., Inc
Broad Street
Jacksonville
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