Grunert Guided Manila Defense For Peaceful Homefront
Gen George Grunert commanding the Philippine department cautions Americans in Manila against alarm and agitation while organizing for defense. A longtime soldier and educator, he helped train officers at Fort Leavenworth and in other schools, with a career spanning Spanish American War era to World War I experiences. His White Haven, Pennsylvania roots anchor a life of service across multiple continents.
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York
Japan
Oceania
George Grunert
Philippine Department
Nice
Ican
Grunert
Philippines
Island
White Haven
Manila
Far East
Philippine
A.E.F
France
Army of Occupation
Germany
Shattuck School
Fairbanks
Minn
Army War College
General Staff School
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Dual Talismans and Odd Professions in Wartime Portraits
A nostalgic survey notes Nazi leaders using talismans and dream lore, citing General Friedrich Christiansen’s Do-X journey and lucky charms. It highlights superstitions among German flyers like Ernst Udet, four-leaf clovers, horseshoes, and pocket talismans, then pivots to a quirky photo feature on unconventional professions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eports
Herr Hitler
Friedrich Christiansen
Dr. Seyssinquart
Holland
Zeebrugge
Germany
Ernst Udet
Frazer
Front Pages of Lindy's War College and Broadway Notes
A collage of 1940s era media musings cites Arthur Krock tempering hopes of Balkan policy shifts, while Robert Minor and others are pictured in theater and press circles. The piece blends Hollywood gossip, political commentary, and industry tidbits about figures like Honeychile Wilder, Benny Goodman, La Guardia, Winant, Corcoran, Knox, and Crawford, amid wartime public discourse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lindy
War College
Moscow
Bulgaria
Balkans
Arthur Krock
Washington
Stalin
Berlin
Krock
Rob
Minor
Browder
Comrade Big
Daily Worker
George F. T. Ryall
Tropical Park
Hialeah
Ryall
Tropical
Irving Hoffman
Hollywood Reporter
Honeychile Wilder
Rags Ragland
Bob Ritchie
Honeychile
Rags
Ritchie
Pattern No 8877 Dress For Large Figures
Pattern No 8877 offers a slim paneled skirt and smooth shoulder yokes with gathers for bust fit. The neckline is designed to narrow the face and suit sizes 36 through 52. Fabrics include flat crepe spun rayon silk print and sheets. yardage shown for size 38. Send order to: PATTERNS SEWING CIRCLE.
Household Tips From A Bygone Page
Houseplant care dust free leaves and early bloom by indoor sowing. Bake stuffed bananas with small sausages as a breakfast or meal idea. Never trust memory for medicine doses read the label three times and re measure if unsure to save a life.
Sewing Circle Pattern Dept Chicago Pattern No Name Address
Pattern request notice directs readers to enclose 15 cents in coins to Room 1324 at 211 W. Wacker Dr for a specific Chicago pattern, requesting name address size and payment.
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Sewing Circle Pattern Dept
W. Wacker Dr
Quiz Answers From a Historical Style Riddle List
The list presents ten Qs with concise historical facts. It covers cheese origins, brain proportion, Bolivar as liberator, Islam and Buddhism prohibitions, Aramaic language, the Quirinal in Rome, Canada’s age and treaty history, strabismus as cross eyes, reason for the forty fifth presidency, and how warm dry winds affect evaporation and snow melt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Dominion of
Canada
B. C
Bolivar
Panama
Peru
Colombia
Venezuela
Ecuador
Bolivia
Royal Palace
Paris
England
Spring flowering sweet peas debut with seven colors
A new vigorous longer blooming heat resistant sweet pea variety has been introduced. It comes in seven colors this spring including white clear pink light lavender and mauve. Planting follows standard methods with deep soil preparation and regular watering after establishment.
Late to Understand Value of Friends
A reflective note quotes J C Hare on how friendship is valued only after loss, contrasting sensitivity to faults in life with recognition of virtues in death. The aphorism prompts readers to reconsider how they treat friends while they are alive.
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Billie Lampie
Los Angeles
America
Federal Communications Commish
U. S
Yamanaka & Co
Fifth Avenue
Orient
Japan
Joan Crawford
J. C. Hare
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Lemuel F. Parton
Consolidated Features
WIN
Mons
Joseph Strobl
Charles Parker
Santa Catalina Island
Calif
Samuel Wardlaw
Los Angeles Public Library
San Francisco
Frank Mackay
William L. Shirer
Atlantic Monthly
Jan Valtin
Hemingway
Phyllis Brooks
Hollywood
Hattie
Screen Guide
Scribner’s
Benny Goodman
Goodman
Fortune
Eddie Rickenbacker
Margaret Case Harriman
New York
Margaret
Fiorello LaGuardia
Cal Tinney
John Winant
Joe Kennedy
Illinois State Journal
Robert Quillen
Anon
Man About Town
Norway
London
Taylor
Yorkville Grills
Navy
Thomas G. Corcoran
Mr. Warner
Pure Oil
Frank Knox
Jack Alexander
Chicago
Kohler
Rip
Balzac
la Bruyere
Macaulay
Bob Donahue
Ace Pathé
The
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