Who's News This Week Consolidated Features
Brig. Gen. Robert C. Oliver heads U S Air Service in China Burma India theater preparing supplies and air power for the coming push against Japan. Gen Franz Halder returns as chief of staff to defend the Po valley while Sir Cecil Hurst leads Axis war crime indictments.
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North Africa
Montgomery
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Hitler
Africa
Russia
Franz Halder
Kurt Zeitzler
Marshall
Italy
United Nations
Commission
Cecil Hurst
Britain
Cecil
British
Foreign Office
Hague Court
Charles Evan Hughes
Princeton
Sir Cecil
Horsham
Skip bombing changes WWII tactics in Bismarck Sea clash
The article details a secret minimum altitude bombing method developed at the Florida proving ground and tested in the Bismarck Sea. It describes low altitude skips, delayed fuzes, and precise aiming to sink ships and stop tanks, noting high mortality remained low for pilots and ships.
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Bismarck Sea
Mediterranean
North Africa
Tokyo
Army Air Forces
Florida Proving Ground
Grandison Gardner
Proving Ground
Gardner
Andi
Entertainer network fuels service shows for Yanks
Virginia Vale reports Hollywood stars rally for the Thanks to the Yanks effort. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Lena Horne, and others plan special shows and previews for servicemen, with Bergen and McCarthy fronting a new furlough program in Los Angeles.
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Bob Hope
England
Africa
Sicily
Iceland
Bing Crosby
States
Edgar Bergen
Charlie McCarthy
Bergen
Songstress
Dale Evans
Los Angeles
Hollywood Returns Myrna Loy in The Thin Man Goes Home
Myrna Loy returns to Hollywood to co star with William Powell in The Thin Man Goes Home after a year away. Barbara Stanwyck and Michael O Shea star in Hunt Stromberg s Lady of Burlesque a popular title at military hospitals. Lyn Bari borrowed from 20th Century Fox to play a glamorous dancer in the Bridge of San Luis Rey.
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Myrna Loy
Hollywood
William Powell
Hunt Stromberg
Barbara Stanwyck
Michael O'Shea
Chamber Music Society
Lower Basin Street
Lyn Bari
20Th Century: Fox
San Luis ‘Ey
Old buffet turned into lamps and mirror dressed in muslin
A mirror from a buffet is shown with cream muslin curtains and turned-end legs repurposed as lamps. The base legs hold electric fixtures and shades, with the buttertub stool also covered in muslin. The full buffet story appears in BOOK 7 and related directions in BOOK 5.
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