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Profiles Sir Samuel Hoare at 10 Downing Street describe his public pomp and public life style amid wartime talk of Allied victories pressuring France. Exiled Belgian PM Hubert Pierlot notes Nazi starvation of Belgian children, his wartime career, and Brussels politics. Mountbatten and Mountbatten lineage are touched on with naval service and royal connections.
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Samuel John Gurney Hoare
Downing Street
Turkey
Son Pi
Samuel
House of Commons
France
London
New York
Washington
Hoare
Trinity House
Sir Samuel
Spain
Belgium
Hubert Pierlot
Nt - F
Germany
Pierlot
Chasseurs Ardennais
Ardennais
Ardennes
Brussels
Senate
Wen
Vichy
Portugal
England
Leopold
Roast Lizard Inspires Pacfic Cooking Guide Feature
A wartime Pacific survival guide by Dr. Frank Roberts and Dr. William Strong details edible fauna and flora from the region. It describes goanna and bandicoot dishes, the yavato grub, honey finding, coconut palm uses, breadfruit, scrub turkey, wild pigs, parrots, cockatoos, locusts, shellfish like the cone and conch, plus methods to cook with limited tools.
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Frank Roberts
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
William Strong
Ethnogeographic Board
Pacific
Brooklyn
Tropics
Bennett gifts Guatemala machete to marine on leave
Bruce Bennett recalls trading a Tarzan machete with a Guadalcanal veteran named Joe who sharpened his prize for two weeks. The anecdote sits amid notes on Sahara and radio legends, WLS Barn Dance's 10th anniversary, and Hollywood circles, naming Cary Grant, Joan Bennett, Irene Dunne, Katharine Hepburn, and studio moves.
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Hile
Sahara
Columbia
Bruce Bennett
Joe
Guadalcanal
South Pacific
Bennett
Hollywood
Cary Grant
Laraine Day
Irene Dunne
Katharine Hepburn
Sylvia Sidney
Grant Pictures
Joan
Constance Bennett
Bing Crosby
Skinny Ennis
Bob Hawk
Yanks
Fred Astaire
Metro
Joan Crawford
Clark Gable
Franchot Tone
Astaire
Dickie Jones
The
Air
Henry “Aldrich
Hoot Gibson
Pinocchio
Actions by Chance Echoes in Human Behavior
A concise reflection notes that many notable deeds arise from chance rather than true planning. It argues human pride in actions contrasts with their unintended origins and the randomness shaping outcomes.
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All Indian Congress
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Harry James
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Camp Ellis
Lewiston, Ill
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Jack Carson
CBS
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Cleveland
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Richard Wallace
Hal O'Halloran
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Bae
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