Britain’s Swordfish in wartime flight and legend
Scott Newhall describes the Fairey Swordfish as a slow, lumbering but crucial Fleet Air Arm plane. The biplane’s mottled fabric, open cockpits, and stringbag nickname mask its proven combat record from Taranto and Oran to Dunkirk and the Bismarck chase, highlighting its oddly effective role.
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Britain
Fleet Air Arm
Norway
Ark Royal
Royal Navy
Italy
Taranto
Mediterranean
Genoa
Malta
Oran
Brest
North Atlantic
Who's News This Week Delos Wheeler Lovelace
A condensed profile sketches Delos Wheeler Lovelace and his role in a feature on Nazi leadership. It traces Wilhelm Redeiss from birth in 1900 near the Dutch border through Hitler Youth, labor camps, the SS, and a rise to police general in Norway, with internal Gestapo circles cited by Underground reports.
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Norway
Wilhelm Redeiss
Jonas
Redeiss
Heinsberg
Ernest Rohm
Hitler- Youth Movement
S.S
Hitler
Charlie McCarthy
Gestapo
Controversial Norwegian Quisling Ties Exposed in Nazi Era
The text identifies Jonas Lie as Redeiss' police head and calls him a kin of Judas, with harsh judgments from Swedish papers Arbetaren and Svenska Dagbladet about Quisling and his regime. It notes Redeiss sought to clone the SS as SS Norge, aiming to recruit 200 to 500 Norwegians for a loyal Aryan force, while many supporters despised Quisling despite shared ideology.
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Redeiss
Lie
Judas
Norway
Arbetaren
Svenska Dagbladet
Berlin
S.S
S.S. Norge
Germany
Quisling
Laurel Puppets Japanese Rule in Philippines Cited
The article accuses Jose Paciano Laurel of collaborating with Japan, describing him as a puppet who proclaimed a national emergency. It recalls a Yale degree mix up and a phony diploma, plus a 1942 shooting on a Manila golf course.
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Thor
Jose Paciano Laurel
Japan
Philippines
Laurel
Islands
Yale University
Yale
Manila
Hollywood stars juggle fame and wartime service
Fibber McGee and Molly’s Heavenly Days features a senatorial dream sequence causing sore muscles from invisible wires. K T Stevens, now a star in Address Unknown, still resides in her birthplace home with producer Sam Wood. Lou Bates, a twinned star to Miss Tucker, briefly performs for troops while Barry Wood gifts war stamps to wounded servicemen.
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Ibber McGee
RKO
Molly
Fibber
U. S. Senate
Hollywood
K. T
Sam Wood
Webster adds puppetoon to dictionary from Paramount
Paramount reports a new entry puppetoon in Webster’s dictionary. The term comes from puppet and cartoon and is the trademarked series of Technicolor Puppetoons by George Pal for Paramount.
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Paramount
George Pal
Mulberry Street
Pal
Droopy Helen Mack Shines In And Now Tomorrow
Helen Mack stars opposite Loretta Young and Alan Ladd in And Now Tomorrow. Nicknamed Droopy Helen by friends for her many emotional roles, she trained in a New York children’s theater school with notable classmates including Helen Chandler Ruby Keeler and Gene Raymond.
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Loretta Young
Alan Ladd
Helen
New York
Helen Chandler
Ruby Keeler
Gene Raymond
Margaret Sulla and Robert Montgomery Shine On Stage
The article notes Margaret Sulla returning to New York to star with Elliot Nugent in The Voice of the Turtle while balancing stage, screen, and family life. It highlights Lieutenant Commander Robert Montgomery in uniform, drawing audience attention as a admired guest in the theater.
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Margaret Sullavan
New York
Elliot Nugent
Robert Montgomery
Walace Beery Brother Cast In Gold Town
Noah Beery will play a role in Wallace Beery’s new film Gold Town. Betty Winkler known for Joyce Jordan M D has donated blood regularly since Pearl Harbor. Betty Hutton records five studio rocking horses for the Angels Sing at Paramount. Humphrey Bogart and Maya Methot are producing A Report From the Front at Warner's for the Red Cross, noting their 10000 mile USO tour of North Africa and Italy.
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Wallace Beery
Noah
Wally
American Red Cross
Perhaps It Was the Way That Mr Smith Said It
Smith recounts discussing his wife and her new dress while friends laugh at a bizarre claim about a cat found atop the Eiffel Tower eleven days later. The humor hinges on the awkward delivery and the sudden interruption by his wife.
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Smith
Eiffel Tower
Mrs. Smith
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