Berlin Diary and wartime letters stir public nerves
Notes highlight William L. Shirer's Berlin Diary with passages about a German mother learning of her airman son's fate and an eightfold rumor cycle. The piece also mentions foreign broadcasts banned in Germany and censorship slams, plus tangential nudges at press practices and patriotic newspaper shifts.
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William EL. Shirer
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Shirer
CBS
Luftwaffe
BBC
London
England
Germany
New lend lease aid planned to reach twelve billion
Washington reports a tentative 5 billion addition to lend-lease funds, bringing total aid to democracies to 12 billion after prior 7 billion. The program faces higher costs for planes ships and guns, plus outlays for repairing British warships, with red tape delaying plant construction and Army supply chiefs blamed. William H. Davis named National Defense Mediation Board head, noted for liberal labor stance and past Allis-Chalmers settlement.
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Washington, D. C
Congress
White House
Army
Navy
Budget Bureau
U. S
Britain
China
Europe
Germany
France
Belgium
Holland
Rumania
Hungary
United States
Idie
OPM
Will Davis
William H. Davis
National Defense Mediation Board
Davis
Allis- Chalmers
New York City
Allis-Chalmers
U. S. Supreme Court
Bangor
Maine
New York
Grand Central Art Galleries
Alonzo Irigoyen
Studio talk on Hollywood plans and stars of the era
The article surveys upcoming projects and contracts in Hollywood. It notes Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane success benefiting cast, Gary Cooper’s potential comedy role with Goldman, Anne Burr joining RKO, and Claire Trevor's Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer debut. It mentions Harpo Marx touring army camps, Clark Gable’s home studio visit with Carole Lombard, and Louisiana as a film setting with Mardi Gras Murder and Louisiana Purchase in development. Celebrities such as Ellen Drew, Robert Preston, Mickey Rooney, Sidney Miller, Fred Waring, and Eleanor Roosevelt are referenced in industry contexts and upcoming releases.
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Louisiana
Anna Naegle
Paramount
Louisiana Purchase
Hollywood
Ellen Drew
Robert Preston
Simple summer dress pattern 1359 B with bolero
The article describes Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1359 B a sleeveless backless one piece dress with a matching bolero. Sizes 12 14 16 18 20 correspond to busts 30 32 34 36 38 and fabric amounts are listed for size 14 32 inch bust. Includes suggested fabrics and styling tips.
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Barbara Bell
Ask Me Another General Quiz Questions
Quiz prompts a set of trivia questions on baseball batting average metal malleability the Enlightenment largest continent the term guertion carillons versus chimes and Francis Scott Key occupation.
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Francis Scott Key
Answers Quiz Highlights Baseball Legends and World Facts
The list features Ty Cobb with batting averages, Babe Ruth and others. It notes Gold as a material, references the eighteenth century, Asia, and a generic reward. It explains carillons differ from chimes by stationary bells, chromatic tuning, and a minimum of 25 bells for two octaves. A lawyer is also listed.
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Ty Cobb
Cobb
Speaker
Ruth
Asia
Meanest Man Yet and a Two Faced Record Mystery
A quirky exchange features a phrase that calls a girl a regular phonograph and a two faced record. Witty lines compare dreams to castles in air and reveal a punchline about a deaf man who never told his barber.
Step Up to Rug Spending Sparks Household Row
Mr Browne scolds wife over a rug expenditure. She defends it while he presses for restraint. The exchange ends with her quip about wiping feet, highlighting domestic frugality and humor.
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Gavan
Havana- Madrid
Riviera
el Morocco
Mr. Browne
True Freedom and Duty According to Kingsley
The quote divides freedom into two types, False freedom to do as one pleases and True freedom to act according to one's duty, attributed to Charles Kingsley.
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Charles Kingsley
Fragrance and Charm Take Culture
A concise reflection on the elusive yet shared sense of fragrance and charm in a fine spirit and a rich mind. The author notes no single definition, yet everyone recognizes its presence in culture and intellect.
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Claude Allen McKay
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