Cadet Powell Heroism Tied to Modern Sea Otter Effort
Joseph Wright Powell, famed for guiding the Merrimac during the Santiago mission, now aids a government sponsored venture to rush sea otter freighters for wartime support to England. Powell, an eminent naval architect, leads in building and directing efforts, linking past heroism to current industrial mobilization.
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Santiago Harbor
Merrimac
Richmond
Hobson
Powell
Oswego
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Navy
Knox
England
Highest ranking woman officer in the U.S. Army
Pike, superintendent of the army nurse corps, leads a growing corps aiming for 9,000 by next June, with a wartime peak of 24,927. From Wisconsin, she trained in Chicago and Columbia, served in France China and the Philippines, and has led Walter Reed Hospital’s nursing corps since 1937. Officers share quasi military rank but lack family allowances.
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Pike
Army Nurse Corps
Flikke
Veroqua
Wis
Chicago
Augustana Hospital
Columbia
Augustana
Army
France
China
Philippines
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Julia C. Stimson
Nurse Corps
Pan American Airways Transatlantic Air Shipments Begin
Eminent aeronautical engineer Mr. Loening has long predicted ocean freight carriage by air. Pan American Airways recently started its transatlantic air shipments, building on Loening’s early design work and leadership in aviation since 1911 with the Queen Aeroplane company and other firms.
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ROVER
Loening
Pan American Airways
Queen Aeroplane Company
New York
Hollywood Pictorials Highlight War Coverage and Gossip
Virginia Vale notes APTAINS of the Clouds starring Cagney and peers, with over 100 Canadian pilots now overseas. Cast color antics include Jean Phillips hair changes, Myrna Loy and William Powell banter, and studio moves on Snow White music, Fox projects, and Burma Road film plans plus a Latin American press news sponsorship by a US company.
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Union
Warner Bros
Hollywood
Canada
James Cagney
Alan Hale
George Tobias
Dennis Morgan
Royal Canadian Air Force
Radio stars reshape careers with dramatised ads and TV returns
Alice Youngman builds a varied radio niche with assignments on Are You a Miss ing Heir Helen's Home and Lanny Ross shows. Dinah Shore earns a Doctor of Blues degree from Harvard freshmen. Monogram revives Black for film, Metro adapts Her Cardboard Lover to the stage. Sonja Henie signs a long term Fox contract and Olivia de Havilland sheds hoop skirts for a young wife role.
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Alice Youngman
Helen
Lanny Ross
Dinah Shore
Eddie Cantor
Harvard
Monogram
Metro
Sonja Henie
Fox
Olivia de Haviland
H Youn Ler Eden
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1450 B Jumper Outfit
Pattern No. 1450 B offers a long sleeved waist length collarless jacket paired with a wide skir ted jumper. The outfit suits youthful wear with a square neckline and is sized for busts 29 to 37 inches. Size 13 requires 3 1/2 yards of 26 inch fabric for jumper and 2 yards for the jacket. Send your order to:
Fragmented Life Reflections by William Ellery Channing
A reflective motto quotes William Ellery Channing on life as a moment between eternities. It emphasizes illumination through breadth of view and the influence of past and future.
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William Ellery Channing
Cigarettes and Tobacco Top Gift Picks for Service Members
Service members across Army Navy Marine Corps and Coast Guard rank tobacco first in gifts from home. Sales records show Camel cigarettes as the favorite and Prince Albert tobacco as the preferred tin. Local dealers highlight Camels and Prince Albert tins as welcome packages for troops.
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Army
Navy
Marine Corps
Coast Guard
Prince Albert
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Anger’s effect on wit and wealth noted by Bacon
A Bacon aphorism claims anger sharpens wit in dull men but drains their finances, suggesting a paradox of mental wit versus material poverty. The saying frames anger as a double edged force influencing intellect and fortune.
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