U S Bases in Africa to Guard Atlantic air routes
The United States quietly builds strategic bases along Africa’s coast to deter a Nazi air push from Dakar to South America. First at Freetown Sierra Leone, then Liberia with airdromes and a submarine base. Plans rely on Pacific-style bombing to cover the South Atlantic, reducing need for ships.
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Washington, D. C
U. S
Africa
United States
Dakar
South America
Freetown
Sierra Leone
Pan American Airways
Egypt
Liberia
Firestone Rubber Company
South Atlantic
Hawaii
California
Pacific
African
Atlantic
Free Speech in Peace and Duty to Nation
A 1918 Dublin story contrasts Irish demand for freedom with American liberty. The piece argues strong for free speech and a press, then shifts to a Chicago grocery scene showing food stamp use among dole recipients amid rising prices. It notes wartime debt growth from 1933 to 1941 and defends republican government against democracy as mass rule.
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Ireland
Dublin
Countess Plunket
America
Illinois
United States
Ilinois
Congress
United States Army
Hollywood Hair Trends and War-Era Film News
Hollywood reports show Myrna Loy favoring longer hair, while many starlets cut styles short. Disney begins animated wartime training films. Ward Hamilton and Ann Sheridan feature in studio makeups and fittings. Vogue for distinctive faces noted by Gregg Toland. numerous project updates and star moves recounted.
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Hollywood
Myrna Loy
Coast
Glass Gardens and Novelty Indoor Gardens
A 32 page booklet offers do it yourself terrariums and dish gardens with tips on growing ile kitchens window herb gardens and more. Learn drainage layers and plant choices including liotrope and palms. Send 10 cents to Reader Home Service 635 Sixth Avenue New York City for a copy.
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Reader Home Service
Sixth Avenue
New York City
Aiding Another Think For Yourself Not Preaching Opinions
A quotation by Sir Leslie Stephen stating that true influence comes from encouraging independent thought rather than imposing fixed views on others. It argues for fostering critical thinking over rote opinion imposition.
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Sir Leslie Stephen
Doctor Solves Mystery Of Missing Sweet Peas
A forgetful patient underwent an appendectomy and asked the doctor what was found. He reports no normal contents but several small hard seeds inside the appendix. The woman realizes the seeds had caused the lack of sweet peas in the garden, mistaking pills for seeds.
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London
John H. Perry
Western Newspaper Union
Owen County
Kentucky
Royal Canadian Air Force
Perry
Sam
Selective Service
Louisiana
Georgia
Florida
Virginia
Mississippi
North Carolina
WPA
Hattie Caraway
Senate Commerce Committee
Arkansas
Wright A. Patterson
Virginia Vale
Jimmy Dorsey
Paramount
Dorothy Lamour
William Walden
Eddie Bracken
Betty Hutton
Cass Daley
Gil Lamb
William Schertzinger
Gregg Toland
Samuel Goldwyn
The
Little Foxes
Gary Cooper
Gloria Swanson
Ingrid Bergman
Frederic March
Marlene Dietrich
Frank Morgan
John Qualen
Bette Davis
Ronald Colman
Bette
Cooper
Walt Disney
Warner Brothers
Custer
Ward Hamilton
Ann Sheridan
Tess Sheehan
Cora
Woman of Courage
Leone LeDoux
Gainsborough
Claudette Colbert
Brighton
Europe
Robert Montgomery
Metro
Laurel and Hardy
20Th Century-Fox
Chester Morris
Henry Mill
John Oliver
Raleigh
U.S. A
Write, Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp
Louisville, Ky
Big Ben
NBC Red Network
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