Defense Outshines Offense In Six Months of War
The six month mark shows major powers stalled, defense stronger than attack, with Finland's Mannerheim line and Poland’s weak defense shaping outcomes. Sea warfare, U boat and mine dynamics, Allied strategic cautions, and economic fronts drive the war toward potential peaces and postwar reconstruction.
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Siegfried Lines
Spain
France
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Mannerheim Line
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Mannerheim
Russia
Germany
Hull
Rumania
Carol
Turkey
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Mediterranean
Italy
Union
Leap Year Bride Hunt: Stars Speak on Proposing
The piece surveys a leap year courting spike with stars and actresses offering playful lines on how they would propose. Elinor Powell Judy Garland Ilona Massey Patricia Morison Opyme Bradna Judith Barrett Connie Boswell share bold or whimsical ideas for asking someone to marry amid Leap Year lore.
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Elinor Powell
Judy Garland
Clark Gable
Ilona Massey
Niagara Falls
Patricia Morison
Guy
Olympe Bradna
Judith Barrett
Justice of the Peace
Connie Boswell
Leap Year History and the Calendar Reform
The article traces the evolution of calendars from lunar years of 354 days to the Julian year of 365 days and six hours, highlighting the drift of seasons and the need for leap years. It notes Sosigenes’s reform, the 11 minutes gap, and Pope Gregory XIII’s 1582 adjustment deleting 10 days and redefining leap year rules to skip century years not divisible by 400.
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Confucius
Mary Martin
Daddy
Caesar
Sosigenes
Gregory XIII
Union
Fashion Designed For Large Women 1902-B Pattern Details
Barbara Bell Pattern No 1902-B designed for sizes 36 through 52 offers a button front dress with options for plain v neck or roll collar, various sleeve lengths, and fabrics suited for house or street wear. The bodice gathers aid bust fit, waist is cinched, and the design slimly silhouettes. Pattern requires specific fabric yardage and costs 15 cents to order from The Sewing Circle Pattern Dept., Chicago.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Chicago
Kaltenborn, Radio News Leader, Dies at heydays
H V Kaltenborn rose as a foremost radio news figure during Europe’s crisis last autumn. Born in Wisconsin, he spent years at the Brooklyn Eagle before joining CBS in 1922. For over three decades he studied international politics and provided swift, accurate extemporaneous analyses to American listeners.
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H.V. Kaltenborn
Columbia
Wisconsin
Brooklyn Eagle
CBS
Spain
New York
Irresistible Minds and the Rise of Independent Thinkers
A compact reflection on minds that seem to form themselves under adversity. The piece notes how individuals overcome obstacles through solitary effort, illustrating a steady self-made ascent in the face of hardship.
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Washington Irving
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