Flicka the Filly and Ken Face Mountain Lion Night
In a Wyoming ranch tale, Ken McLaughlin saves Flicka from peril as Gus and Rob confront danger with limited shells. A dramatic storm reveals a mountain lion near a white object while Nell and Rob protect Flicka through a perilous night. Ken earns renewed faith from Mr. Gibson and returns to his grade on probation.
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Ken McLaughlin
Wyoming
Flicka
McLaughlin
Gus
Ken
Rob
Tim
Nell
Hhem
Howard
Mr. Gi
Gibson
Stag Sighting Sparks Ken to Return to Flicka
A motionless herald of nobility, a stag with antlers stares from the woods as Ken and his father collide with the wild. Ken, moved to tears, longs to reclaim Flicka amid a new winter pasture, a bond rekindled by nature’s majesty.
Navy WAVES expand role as women man major task force
The WAVES release enough officers and bluejackets to crew a battleship, two carriers, two heavy cruisers and fifteen destroyers for naval battle stations. Their first year success prompts plans to grow from 27 000 to 91 000 by 1944 end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Naval Communications
Naval Hospitals
Ernest J. King
U. S. Fleet
Naval Operations
Women’s Reserve
Naval Service
Hollywood Stars and War Efforts Highlight 1940s Era
The piece notes Burgess Meredith in an English market town, mentions cast and crew like Jean Pierre Aumont and Robert Walker, and covers CBS broadcasts, Disney wartime work, and casting for Kismet with Marlene Dietrich. It also cites Pay scales for CBS Playhouse guests and tour details for Judy Garland and Ray Milland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. Burgess Meredith
England
CBS
Ensign Martha King studies wind effects on model planes
University of Michigan graduate Ensign Martha King works on blueprints and tests wind effects in a wind tunnel. The Navy uses distinct jargon learned by many sailors and sailors learn to say hit the deck for chow, bulkhead for wall, and decks for floors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martha King
University of Michigan
Navy
Ensign Gerrard Joins Naval Research Effort at Bethesda
Ensign Elizabeth Gerrard formerly a Northwestern University research technician measures carbon dioxide in a gas at the Naval Medical Center in Bethesda Maryland. At Great Lakes station recreational activities include movies happy hours softball sailing and nearby golf courses. WAVE officer Constance Gorski leads the pencil pushers.
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Elizabeth Gerrard
Northwestern University
Naval Medical Center
Bethesda
Maryland
Great Lakes, Ill
Constance Gorski
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Bey
Wells
Corral
Private Hargrove
Margaret Cameron
Houston
Texas
Navy Bureau of Ordnance
Washington, D. C
AV Eldresg
Donna Lacher
Chicago
Ill
Virginia Vale
Western
Union
Meredith
Clark Gable
James Stewart
Jean Pierre Aumont
Brittany
Lorraine
Robert Walker
Bataan
Tay Garnett
Bob
Madame Carle
Hargrove
Robert Benchley
New York
Hollywood
Rko’s
Kansas City
Dallas
Reason
Tucson
Walt Disney
Alexander Seversky
British Broadcasting Company
Home Service
New York Studios
Disney
Mickey Mouse
Donald Duck
Metro
Marlene Dietrich
Ronald Colman
Zuleika
Haji
Devonshire
Ruth Hussey
Providence
Gail Russell
Santa Monica
Ray Milland
Wales
Kings College
Charlie Martin
CBS Playhouse
Madeleine Carrolls
Monte Wooleys
Mar Jene
Dietrichs
Ralph Bellamys
Jerry Colonnas
Rita Johnsons
George Rafts
Joan Fontaines
Frederic Marches
Bette Davis
Jean Arthur
Cary Grant
Spencer Tracy
Ray Black
Gertrude Lawrence
Conrad Thibaut
Tommy Dorsey
Eleanor Powell
Jimmy
Judy Garland
Burgess Meredith
Wave Anne Livesay
Uncle Sam
Margaret Barnes
Anacostia
Weather Board
Naval Academy
West Point
Annapolis
eTeRces Dotherford Preparatory School
Leag Bosch
Cait
Guernsey
Heifers
Chariton
Iowa
Feathers
Sterling Feather Company
N. Broadway
St. Louis
Missouri
Coleman
Mall
Coleman Lamp & Stove CO
North St. Francis St
Kansas
Salt Lake
Glen Groves
Oshkosh
Ilinois
Ce Vale OA Wa
Ana A
Payne
Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
WNU
Doan
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