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There had been two main epicentres of bombing: a large arc in the thickly populated western suburbs of London running through Uxbridge, Staines, Weybridge; and the coastal airports, which the Germans had to render untenable before an invasion would be anything more than a dream. Early in the week the Nazis claimed that three of these airports-Manston, Lympne, Hawkinge-had been blasted out of service. Stories leaked through from London confirming this claim, but were later stoutly denied...
...Nominally producer of the show, De Mille nowadays does little more than serve as commentator, leaves actual work of whipping programs together to Director Sanford Howard Barnett. Only when particularly knotty problems occur does De Mille contribute a bit of sage advice. Once, when animal imitators were unable to render the baying of a beagle, De Mille dispatched six of them to Lake Arrowhead, there to study the call of four fine hounds. Best scholar was one Lee Millar, who progressed so fast that he was eventually permitted to imitate Mr. Smith, the wire-haired terrier of The Awful Truth...
...President give the people the facts. The Dallas News (see p. 48) put it in an open letter: "No citizen of this country can be disinterested in the effect on our future of a defeat for Great Britain. . . . Aid-the most effective aid that the U. S. can render without impairing our own necessary defense-may be unpopular at the moment because men and women do not understand the dire necessity. But if they were told, sir, their support and their conviction would be immediate in response...
...Peace Haven, the Long Island mansion where the Royal Fraternity of Master Metaphysicians are bringing up their ward, Jean-and hope to render her immune to death by sheltering her forever from human misery-went Austrian Prince John von Starhemberg, 2, child of exiled Prince Ernst Rudiger von Starhemberg. Sorrow is an old story to him. When the two met (see cut), Prince John wept. Year-old Jean wavered, then stayed true to her training, laughed...
...column problem in his lap: "Citizens may be helpful to the Government. They may aid by reporting to the FBI acts, threats, or evidences of sabotage, espionage." To a citizenry determined to act if the Government did not, he added, "The greatest help to the Government that citizens can render is to keep cool and not become frightened...