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A collection of biographical sketches and society notes highlights Elizabeth Reeve Cutler Morrow and her work with Foods for Freedom, alongside profiles of Maj. Gen. Robert Laycock and Cordell Hull. The item sketches Hull’s long public career and Welles’ political standing, with nods to family and personal history.
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Louis Mountbatten
Forts Raid Schweinfurt by Doris Fleeson
Doris Fleeson reports from a bomber base in England on the Schweinfurt raid, detailing the preparation, briefing, and brutal risk faced by American and RAF crews. She notes the tense waiting after takeoffs, the intense air battle lasting two and a half hours, and crews discussing their experiences to aid future operations.
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Herald
Major Egan
Radio World Teems With Hollywood News And Returns
Across entertainment notes, Abbott and Costello persevere after tragedy while Lou Costello Sr. recovers aims for a return to screen partnership. Ruth Clifton arrives in Hollywood as a technical adviser on Are These Our Children while Vox Pop hits 12th birthday prediction. Fred Allen plans December 12 radio return to feud with Jack Benny.
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Jack Benny
War Prison Demographics Across Axis Held Inmates
About five million Axis war prisoners are interned. Americans number 24,500 with 6,000 held in 18 German camps across four countries and 18,500 detained in 42 Japanese camps across seven countries.
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