British plan to move American bombers across Atlantic
The strategy to fly two motor Lockheed Hudson bombers from Botswood Newfoundland to Britain will begin in a few weeks. British crews will pilot initial crossings with celestial navigation training for American fliers to follow later. England lacks long-range bombers, while longer nights aid raids on northern Italy as the Axis fight continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Atlantic
Botswood
Newfoundland
Canada
Britain
Italy
Axis
Non-Combative Training Plan Stalled in Roosevelt Defense Debate
The article reports heavy Senate and White House pressure for Roosevelt to push the non-combative training program for mechanics and other crafts, funded by CCC NYA and Education Office, with estimates around 500 million dollars for hundreds of thousands of youths, but administration delays persist, blamed on budget chief Harold D. Smith and labor member Sidney Hillman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
U. S. Office of Education
CCC
National Youth Administration
Congress
Harold D. Smith
Penny
Sidney Hillman
National Defense Commission
Smith
Hillman
A. F
NYA
Education Office
Office of Education
Hollywood Stars Talk Roles and Zoo Gorillas
Star gossip notes Herbert Marshall in The Letter and his new husband role opposite Bette Davis. Photos compare Bette Davis to her stand‑in. Twentieth Century Fox bids for Tobacco Road. censorship may trigger rewrites. Lamour and Martin rehearse on the same lot with LeRoy Prinz. Milland praises Claudette Colbert, citing early career boosts from The Gilded Lily and She Married Her Boss. A Bristol gorilla costs 48 dollars daily and may be shipped for D O A. Cary Grant and Martha Scott seek quiet after The Howards of Virginia while stars crave public attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert Marshall
Jeanne Engel
Bette Davis
Bette
Dorothy Lamour
Mary Martin
LeRoy Prinz
Barong
Burma
Heart
Daddy
Fred MacMurray
Miss Colbert
Melvyn Douglas
Paris
Robert Young
Clark Gable
Claudette
Bristol
England
Jack Moss
Paramount
Ellen Drew
Rod Cameron
Alfred
Hollywood
Virginia
Cary Grant
Broadway
Martha Scott
Santa Barbara
Calif
Garbo
Scotsman Plans a Declaration Courts Maid With List
A wry Scottish suitor keeps tally of merits and flaws in a village romance. He starts a formal confession from a notebook, promising words upon reaching twenty. The lass replies coolly that she has already chosen Ferguson the plumber, ending his hopes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maggie
Ctizen
Jock
Marrrying
Ferguson
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1892 B creates figure flattering slips
The pattern offers a slip design with bosom gathers and a dart fitted waist to enhance fit for small waists. It provides seven sew steps and suggests fabrics such as satin and taffeta with sizes 14 to 42 and busts 32 to 42. The order is to be sent to the listed address.
Baseball speed record set at 1939 game in Cleveland
The fastest pitched ball measured 139 feet per second or 94.7 mph using the Indians speed meter for Atley Donald of the Yankees at Cleveland Stadium on August 30, 1939. Dee Miles had held the prior mark at 136 feet per second.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland Indians
Atley Donald
New York Yankees
Cleveland Stadium
Dee Miles
Philadelphia Athletics
Strange Facts About One Sidedness And Canada Border Facts
A Curio from Collier’s notes left handedness appears in eye and foot use. It also claims the average person uses wood equivalent to about 400 large trees in lifetime goods from houses to books. It adds that Canada’s land area exceeds the U S by nearly 500000 square miles yet about 90 percent of Canadians live within 200 miles of the U S border.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
Collier’s
Nutmeg and mace from one plant the nutmeg tree
The nutmeg tree is the sole plant whose seed yields two common spices nutmeg and mace the latter from the kernel’s fibrous covering. The facts note mace is the dried aril.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jericho
Gray
U. S. Army
Battle Hymn of the Republic cited by McGraw
The article notes the Battle Hymn of the Republic and attributes a reference to John McGraw as part of its discussion or quotation.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Washington, D.C
Capitol Hill
Charles McNary
Oregon
Salem
Mission Bottom Road
McNary
New England
James McNary
Willkie
Wendell Willkie
Indiana University
Oberlin College
Ohio
Russell Davenport
General Johnson Jsg
United Features
WNU
Washington, D. C
Walter Chrysler
McGregor
Henry Ford
NRA
Rocky Mountains
Deadeye Dick
Mark Twain
Franklin Roosevelt
Bullitt
Flynn
Ickes
Tammany
Insull
la Guardia
Virginia Vale
Western Newspaper Union
Twentieth Century-Fox
Tobacco Road
New York
RKO
Ray Milland
Claudette Colbert
Milland
Prince Albert
Rellin
Charley Frey
Elmer Meilinggaard
Risa Duvert
Rae Vasa
Reynolds Co
Winston-Salem, N, OC
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
U. S
Joshua
Diana
Secretary of War
Congress of the United States
Gant
Kellogg 'S
Battle Creek
J. R. Lowell
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!