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Morning all. 48F under cloudy skies. After a high temp of 70F and windy day yesterday, it will be calm and colder today with cloudy skies and a high of 50F. Tonight, we lose the clouds and should fall into the 20s to lower 30s.

Autocar Ad - March 1944 1940: The Japanese set up a puppet government called Manchuko in Nanking, China. 1941: Claiming their crews are engaged in sabotage, President Roosevelt orders the government to seize sixty ships belonging to Axis countries that are currently docked in American ports. *Jean Trent 1942: The RAF make a second unsuccessful attempt to sink the Tirpitz while in port at Trondheim. 1942: First trainloads of Jews from Paris arrive at Auschwitz. 1942: The 6th Chinese Army abandons Toungoo, and fails to destroy the bridge over the river Sittang as well. This leaves the way to the Chinese border wide open for the Japanese Army. The abandonment of Toungoo also exposed 1st Burma Corps left flank, whose attacks in the Prome area had been turned back by the Japanese. It was therefore forced to withdraw towards the Yenangyuang oilfields. Babes on Ice - Pan-American Chess Congress 1945 - Players: Barbara Bates (left) and Dawn Kennedy. Spectators: Julie London (left) and Jean Trent 1942: The Pacific War Council is set up in Washington, with representatives from Britain, Australia, Canada, China, New Zealand, Netherlands, Philippines and the the US. 1942: The Allies formally divide the Pacific theatre into two commands. General MacArthur takes control of the South-West Pacific Command based in Australia and covering the Philippines, new Guinea, the Bismarck Archipelago and the Dutch East Indies. The second command covered the remainder of the Pacific and came under the control of Admiral Nimitz, who was based at Pearl Harbor. His Pacific Ocean Command was then sub divided in to three, which were the North, Central and South Pacific Areas. 1943: Elements of the Eighth Army break through at the Gabes Pass, over 100 miles into Tunisia and heads North. Jean Trent - YANK Pinup Girl March 30, 1945 1944: The RAF suffers its heaviest losses in single raid when 96 bombers (600 aircrew) out of 795 are shot down during a raid on Nuremberg. 1944: Kleist and Manstein are sacked by Hitler and replaced by Schorner and Model. 1944: The Siege of Imphal begins, as the Japanese cut the road to the North. War Advertising Council Ad - March 1944 1945: The U.S. First Army begins a 3 day battle for Paderborn. 1945: Russians troops finally capture Danzig, along with 45 U-boats and 10,000 prisoners. Breslau and Glogau are surrounded, 180 miles South East of Berlin. Russian troops cross the Austrian border to the North of Koszeg. German troops of Army Group Weichsel evacuate their last remaining bridgehead at Wollin to the North of Stettin. 1946: The Allies seize 1,000 Nazis attempting to revive the Nazi party in Frankfurt. Jean Trent *Jean Trent information is very scarce. Real name Opal Jones, a native of Denver, Colorado, she was a stunning brunette, five feet three and 124 pounds. No idea when was she exactly born, but I have found the date of October 17, 1920. She attended high school in Denver, when she appeared in a school play. She liked the experience so much she decided to go for an acting career. While this is just an option, it could be that she moved to Los Angeles during her high school years to live with an uncle and an aunt. She was an aviation enthusiast and enjoyed watching planes. She was in 14 films from 1942 - 1946. All but one uncredited. The most popular films she was in were "Western Mail" (1942) "Saboteur" (1942), "Arabian Nights" (1942), "Salome Where She Danced" (1945). She married actor Ray Montgomery in September 1942. Ray was in a middle of making a movie and had to have a stub beard during the ceremony because of it (considered a great sin in the 1940s!). In 1957, Montgomery left acting to join Ad-Staff Inc., a “Hollywood firm specializing in creation and production of jingles and other radio and tv spots,” as the TV coordinator for the firm’s Canada Dry account in the West. She and Montgomery remained married until his death in 1998. Jean Trent/Opal Montgomery died on April 10, 2005, in Kern, California. Autocar Ad - March 1945

Morning all. 40F under clear skies. Windy and warm today with winds at 30-40 MPH with gusts up to 20 MPH. Red Flag warning in effect. Any fires that happen to start could get out of control quickly, therefore, don’t burn. High today of 70F.

Western Electric Ad - March 1943 1941: After 2 months and 14 separate meetings, the US and British staff conference ends with a basic framework for US-British co-operation should the USA be drawn in to the war. Most importantly an agreement was made that Germany should be defeated first. 1941: A 'Commissariat' for Jewish Affairs is set up in Vichy France. **Martine Carol 1941: The Italians spot a British convoy escorted by 4 Cruisers and 4 Destroyers and close in. The British ships lure the Italians towards the main body of the Mediterranean Fleet which includes 3 battleships and the Aircraft Carrier HMS Formidable. HMS Formidable launches aircraft which attack and hit the Italian Battleship Vittorio Veneto with a torpedo, although it manages to limp back to Taranto. Later, they also hit the Cruiser Pola which is seriously damaged. The Italians decide to withdraw and detach 2 cruisers and 4 Destroyers to assist the damaged Cruiser Pola. However, the British intercept them and sink the Cruiser Pola and its 2 escort Cruisers Zara and Fiume as well as 2 of the escorting Destroyers. British losses total just 2 aircraft. Martine Carol 1942: Escorts of the Arctic convoy PQ13, beat off a German destroyer attack, sinking Z26. 1942: Another sixteen Spitfires are delivered to Malta by Force H. Western Electric Ad - March 1944 1942: The Australian War Cabinet implements a 'Total Denial' policy in northern Australia should the Japanese invade. This would involve the conduct of a fighting withdrawal, with the evacuation or destruction of anything left behind. Already underway was a vast migration of sheep and cattle southwards, with those taking part being nicknamed 'Overlanders'. 1943: Meat rationing begins in the USA and is set at 28oz per week. Martine Carol 1943: British and Indian troops begin to withdraw from Arakan in western Burma, under heavy Japanese pressure. 1944: The U.S. Navy bombards the Palau Islands to the East of the Philippines, destroying 150 planes, six naval vessels and 100,000 tons of shipping. Martine Carol 1945: The U.S. Seventh Army takes Mannheim and the U.S. Third Army takes Wiesbaden and Frankfurt. 1945: Troops of the 1st Belorussian Front finally capture the fortress town of Küstrin against desperate German resistance. The Russians seize the oilfields South of Komorn in Hungary, the last source of petroleum for the German war effort. *1936: Italy firebombs the Ethiopian city of Harar. Martine Carol **France's major sex siren of the early 50s, this lesser-remembered post-war French pastry pre-dated bombshell Brigitte Bardot by a few years but her brief reign did not compare and has not lived up to the Bardot era. The cult mystique is not there even after dying mysteriously and relatively young. Martine was born Marie-Louise Mourer on May 16, 1920 (some references indicate 1922), but little is known of her childhood. A chance meeting with comedian Andre Luguet steered her toward a career in the theatre. Trained by Rene Simon, she made her 1940 stage debut with "Phedre" billed as Maryse Arley. She subsequently caught the eye of Henri-Georges Clouzot who hired her for his film "The Cat," based on the novel by Colette, but the project was scrapped. Nevertheless, she did attract attention in the movie "Wolf Farm" (1943), which takes advantage of her photogenic beauty and ease in front of the camera despite a limited acting ability. A pin-up goddess and support actress throughout the 40s, Martine also appeared on the stage of the "Theater of the Renaissance". A torrid affair with actor Georges Marchal, who was married to actress Dany Robin at the time, ended disastrously and she attempted suicide by taking an alcohol/drug overdose and throwing herself into the Seine River. She was saved by a taxi driver who accompanied her there. Ironically, the unhappy details surrounding her suicide attempt renewed the fascination audiences had with Martine up until that time. Martine Carol In 1950 she scored her first huge film success with the French Revolution epic Caroline Cherie (no doubt prompted by her seminude scenes and taunting, kittenish sexuality) and she was off and running at the box office. Her film romps were typically done tastefully with an erotic twinge of innocence and gentle sexuality plus an occasional bubble bath thrown in as male bait. She continued spectacularly with an array of costumed teasers such as "Adorable Creatures" (1952), "Sins of the Borgias" (1953), "Madame du Barry" (1954) and "Nana" (1954), all guided and directed by second husband Christian-Jacque, whom she married in 1954. A true feast for the eyes and one of the most beautiful actresses of her time, Martine later divorced the director due to professional conflicts and long separations. One last memorable part would come to her as the title role in Max Ophuls' "Lola Montes" (1955) portraying a circus performer who entrances all around her. By the mid 50s, Bardot had replaced Martine on the goddess pedestal and the voluptuous blonde's career went into a severe decline. Although such mature roles as Empress Josephine in "The Battle of Austerlitz" (1960) and others followed, nothing revived audience interest. Depressed, Martine turned alarmingly reclusive while a third marriage to French doctor Andre Rouveix also soured by 1962. Problems with substance abuse and a severe accident in the 60s also curtailed her career dramatically. Her last film "Hell Is Empty" was made in 1963 but not released until 1967. One last marriage to fourth husband Mike Eland, an English businessman and friend of first hubby Steve Crane, seemed hopeful, but on February 6, 1967, Martine died of cardiac arrest at age 46 in the bathroom of a hotel in Monaco Her husband discovered her. Newspapers hinted at a possible drug overdose but nothing was ever proven. She was buried in the cemetery of Cannes. Western Electric Ad - March 1945

Thanks Stans! Counter space is a real issue at my house too. In fact, the kitchen is small enough that it is very crowded with just two people in it at a time.

Dinner sounds real good! What kind of toaster/air fryer did you get? Been thinking about getting one.

Morning all. 34F under partly cloudy skies. A brisk day can be expected with northwest winds of 20 - 30 MPH, keeping temperatures down despite a lot of sunshine. High today will only reach 44F.

Packard Ad - March 1942 1940: Dutch fighter shoots down British bomber near Rotterdam by mistake; one flier killed. 1940: The British War Cabinet decides to lay mines in neutral Norwegian waters and to establish military bases on the coast of Norway. **Cindy Garner - YANK Pinup Girl - April 6th, 1945 1941: In an attempt to intercept British convoys sailing to Greece, the Italian navy puts a force of 1 Battleship, 8 Cruisers and 9 Destroyers out to sea. However, they are spotted by an RAF flying boat which alerts Admiral Cunningham who orders the Mediterranean fleet to slip anchor and intercept the Italians the next day. 1941: Anti-Axis demonstrations in Yugoslavia. Mobilgas Ad - March 1943 1942: Under the new tactical doctrine of area saturation bombing, introduced by Air Vice Marshal Harris, the RAF launches a heavy incendiary attack (234 bombers) against Lübeck on the Baltic that devastates 265 acres of the old city. The RAF lost 13 aircraft and from one of these the Germans were able to obtain their first specimen of the GEE equipment. In retaliation for the raid on Lübeck, Hitler orders the Luftwaffe to bomb historic British towns and cities. 1942: Fritz Sauckel named Chief of Manpower to expedite recruitment of slave labour. 1942: In response to General Stilwell's request for a British counter-attack to relieve the pressure on Chinese forces around Toungoo, Alexander orders the 1st Burma Corps to attack at Paungde and Prome in the Irrawaddy valley. 1942: A British ship, the HMS Campbeltown, a Lend-Lease American destroyer, which was specifically rammed into a German occupied dry-dock in France, explodes, knocking the area out of action for the German battleship Tirpitz. 1943: The British First Army goes onto the offensive in northern Tunisia. Cindy Garner 1944: Merrill's 'Marauders' begin a 10-day defensive action against 1,300 Japanese at Nhpum Ga Ridge. 1944: The Russians recapture Nikolaev on the Black Sea and enter Romanian territory. Cindy Garner 1945: Argentina declares war against Germany. 1945: The British Second Army begin its drive towards the Elbe as the U.S. First Army captures Marburg, 60 miles Northeast of Koblenz. The US Third Army captures Limburg on the Lahn. 1945: The Russians capture Gdynia, along with 9,000 prisoners, after a long struggle. The 1st Belorussian Front captures Gotenhafen north of Danzig. Hitler replaces General Guderian with General Krebs as chief of OKH. *1933: Nazis order a ban on all Jews in businesses, professions and schools. Cindy Garner **Cindy Garner was born in High Point, North Carolina. The green-eyed high-school journalist landed a contract with Universal International Studios and was active in Hollywood movies during the 1940s and 1950s in primarily smaller roles. She appeared in the films Red Ball Express (1952), Since You Went Away (1944) and Up in Arms (1944). She also modeled for such magazines as PIC, Esquire, Hit, Modern Romance, Modern Screen and other similar magazines. Dorothy Elizabeth "Cindy" Garner Gray died at the age of 77 on 2 January 2002 at Central Carolina Hospital, Sanford, NC. Mobiloil Ad - March 1945

Yeah right. It's you that has no control over your bladder, Trashcan Helmet. Don't you get tired of the flies swarming around you 24/7?

Hey Bonehead. You need to sit down and work out the details with Pruneface on the oil issue. Dipshit.

I would have never believe that the words genius and Achmed could ever be used in the same sentence.

Morning all. 44F under cloudy skies. Expecting a fair amount of gray skies for today, with occasional scattered showers. High of 55F.

Boeing Ad - March 1944 1941: A coup in Yugoslavia by General Simonic and other army officers overthrows the pro-German government. King Peter takes control and a new cabinet is formed. This upsets Hitler, who decides to delay his surprise attack on the Soviet Union in order to launch "Operation Union", whose intent is the destruction of Yugoslavia. 1941: British troops finally take Keren, although they suffer nearly 4,000 casualties in the process, while the Italians lose some 3,000 men. The Italians are forced to withdraw towards Asmara. The 11th African Division captures Harar in Abyssinia after the Italians have declared it an 'open town'. 1941: Tokeo Yoshikawa arrives in Oahu, Hawaii, to begin spying for Japan on the U.S. Fleet at Pearl Harbor. *Jeanne Crain 1942: The British raid the Nazi submarine base at St. Nazaire, France 1942: Filippino President and Government arrive in Australia. 1942: The start of deportation of French Jews to Auschwitz. Jeanne Crain 1944: One thousand Jews leave Drancy, France for the Auschwitz concentration camp. 1944: Thousands of Jews are murdered in Kaunas, Lithuania. The Gestapo shoots forty Jewish policemen in the Riga, Latvia ghetto. Jeanne Crain 1945: General Dwight Eisenhower declares that the German defenses on the Western Front have been broken. 1945: The allied bridgehead north of Ruhr is now 700 square miles. 16,257 POW's are taken for 6,781 allied casualties in four days. The U.S. Third Army captures Aschaffenburg. Jeanne Crain 1945: The 1,115th and last V2 to reach England lands in Kynaston Rd., Orpington, Kent, England. 1945: Bitter street fighting in Danzig as the Russians force their way into the City defences. A German counterattack from the Frankfurt bridgehead toward Küstrin bogs down after only a few miles. 1945: B-29s lay mines in Japan's Shimonoseki Strait to interrupt shipping. Jeanne Crain *Jeanne Crain was born in Barstow, California, on May 25, 1925. The daughter of a high school English teacher and his wife, Jeanne was moved to Los Angeles not long after her birth after her father got another teaching position in that city. While in junior high school, Jeanne played the lead in a school production which set her on the path to acting. When she was in high school Jeanne was asked to take a screen test to appear in a film by Orson Welles. Unfortunately, she didn't get the part, but it did set her sights on being a movie actress. After her high school career, Jeanne enrolled at UCLA to study drama. At the age of 18, Jeanne won a bit part in Fox Studio's film entitled "The Gang's All Here" (1943) and a small contract. Her next film saw Jeanne elevated to a more substantial part in "Home in Indiana" (1944) the following year, which was filmed in neighboring Kentucky. The movie was an unquestionable hit. On the strength of that box-office success, Jeanne was given a raise and star billing, as Maggie Preston, in the next film of 1944, "In the Meantime, Darling" (1944). Unfortunately, the critics not only roasted the film, but singled out Jeanne's performance in particular. She rebounded nicely in her last film of the year, "Winged Victory" (1944). The audiences loved it and the film was profitable. In 1945, Jeanne was cast in "State Fair" (1945) as Margie Frake who travels to the fair and falls in love with a reporter played by Dana Andrews. Now, Jeanne got a bigger contract and more recognition. Later that year, Jeanne married Paul Brooks on New Year's Eve. Although her mother wasn't supportive of the marriage, the union has lasted to this day and produced seven children. Her 1947 was an off year for Jeanne as she took time off to bear the Brinkman's first child. Jeanne Crain In 1949, Jeanne appeared in three films, "A Letter to Three Wives" (1949), "The Fan" (1949), and "Pinky" (1949). It was this latter film which garnered her an Oscar nomination as Best Actress for her role as Pinky Johnson, a nurse who sets up a clinic in the Deep South. She lost to Olivia de Havilland for "The Heiress" (1949). Jeanne left Fox after filming "Vicki" (1953) in 1953, with Jean Peters. She had made 23 films for the studio that started her career, but she needed a well-deserved change. As with any good artist, Jeanne wanted to expand her range instead of playing the girl-next-door types. She went briefly to Warner Brothers for the filming of "Duel in the Jungle" (1954) in 1954. The film was lukewarm at best. Jeanne, then, signed a contract, that same year, with Universal Studios with promises of better, high profile roles. She went into production in the film "Man Without a Star" (1955) which was a hit with audiences and critics. After "The Joker Is Wild" (1957) in 1957, Jeanne took time off for her family and to appear in a few television programs. She returned, briefly, to film in "Guns of the Timberland" (1960) in 1960. The films were sporadic after that. In 1967, she appeared in a low-budget suspense yarn called "Hot Rods to Hell" (1967). Her final film was as Clara Shaw in 1972's "Skyjacked" (1972). Jeanne died of a heart attack in Santa Barbara, California, on December 14, 2003. Her husband Paul Brooks had died two months earlier. TRIVIA: Measurements: 34B-24-34 (measured by "Life" magazine, 1944), 36 1/2B-24-36 (filming Gentlemen Marry Brunettes (1955)), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m) Spouse: Paul Brooks (31 December 1945 - 1 October 2003) (his death) 7 children Boeing Ad - March 1945 Quote "Work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work, work....."

Those are you assignments and you perform them using your tongue.

Stromberg - Carlson Ad - March 1942 1941: The German Army High Command gives approval to RSHA and Heydrich on the tasks of SS murder squads (Einsatzgruppen) in occupied Poland. 1941: The British Cruiser York, is severely damaged and then beached at Suda Bay in Crete, when it is hit by an Italian motor boat loaded with explosives. **Ann Sheridan 1942: Churchill tells the conservatives, 'It now seems very likely that we and our allies cannot lose this war, except through our own fault'. 1942: Two of the freighters from the recent relief convoy are sunk in port by the Luftwaffe. These two ships were still almost fully loaded as damage to the docks at Valletta has prevented their swift unloading. Of the 26,000 tons of supply that had been sent from Egypt on this latest convoy, only 5,000 tons were eventually unloaded. Ann Sheridan 1942: General Blamey becomes the Commander-in-Chief of Australian Military Forces. 1943: The Eighth Army wins the battle of the Mareth line, forcing the axis troops to retreat to the North. Ann Sheridan 1944: Koniev's armies reach the River Pruth on a 50-miles front. The Russians recapture Kamenets-Podolsk. in the Ukraine. 1945: The U.S. Third Army reaches Main and establishes contact with U.S. Seventh Army on the East side of Rhine, near Worms. The US Third Army captures Darmstadt. Ann Sheridan 1945: The Russians take Papa and Devecser, both German strong points covering the approaches to the Austrian border. The Reichsführer-SS is replaced by General Heinrici as Commander in Chief of Army Group Weichsel. 1945: The last organized Japanese troops on Iwo Jima make a suicide attack. Total U.S. killed on Iwo Jima is 6,891, with more than 20,000 Japanese being killed and only 216 captured. *1938: Herman Goering warns all Jews to leave Austria. Ann Sheridan **Clara Lou Sheridan was born February 21, 1915, in Denton, Texas, to an automobile mechanic and his homemaker wife. The youngest of five children, she grew up in a normal childhood environment. She was a self-described tomboy and was very athletic, and played on the girls basketball team for North Texas State Teacher's College, where she was planning to enter the teaching field. Her sister thought her beautiful enough to send in a picture of Ann in a bathing suit to Paramount Studios. The "Search for Beauty" contest carried, as the prize, a screen test and a bit part in a movie. She won and was signed to a contract at the age of 19. Her first film was the prize: a bit role in "Wagon Wheels" (1934). Performing under her real name of Clara Lou, she appeared in 12 more films that year, most designed to showcase her beauty along with other starlets that Paramount had signed. Twelve more bit parts followed in 1935. The following year, she left Paramount and signed with Warner Brothers, where more of the same followed. It wasn't until 1938 that Clara Lou, now Ann, landed a role with substance as Laury Ferguson in "Angels with Dirty Faces" (1938). Known as the "Oomph Girl," a nickname she detested, she became one of the most glamorous women in Hollywood. Rex Harrison said of her, "I was struck by her extraordinary magnetism and directness," and noted that he liked her "distinctive quality of earthiness that never transcends to blatant sexiness." Her beauty made her a favorite pin-up, along with Betty Grable. She grew into a leading star who could adapt to any role. She was put into a lot of comedies, many of which were quite forgettable, but the public loved her, and critics began to take notice of her after terrific performances in "Torrid Zone" (1940) and as the saucy waitress who marries George Raft in "They Drive by Night" (1940). She was also singled out for another standout performance in "Kings Row" (1942) with future politician Ronald Reagan. She starred with Cary Grant in Howard Hawks screwball comedy "I Was a Male War Bride" (1949). As she entered the 1950s, however, her career went into a decline. She was aging -- as was sadly evident in her last film, the turgid "Woman and the Hunter" (1957) -- and a crop of younger actresses coming up meant her services were no longer in demand. She moved to New York and took whatever acting jobs she could find, whether on stage or TV. Most soap opera fans may remember her in "Another World" (1964), but she is best remembered by TV audiences as Henrietta Hanks in the western comedy "Pistols 'n' Petticoats" (1966). Her career was taking off again, but the success was short-lived. Ann died on January 21, 1967, in San Fernando Valley, California, of esophageal and liver cancer. She didn't get to live out her series' first season. She was 51. TRIVIA: Measurements: 36-25-35 1/2 (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine) Height: 5' 5 1/2" (1.66 m) Spouse: Scott McKay (5 June 1966 - 21 January 1967) (her death) George Brent (5 January 1942 - 5 January 1943) (divorced) Edward Norris (16 August 1936 - 6 October 1938) (divorced) Belmont Radio Ad - March 1944

Morning all. 40F under cloudy skies. Rain this afternoon into early evening. Half an inch expected. High of 46F.

Buick Ad - March 1943 1940: The United States agrees to give Britain and France access to all American warplanes. 1941: Under heavy pressure Yugoslavia finally signs the Tripartite pact. *Janet Blair 1941: The Japanese foreign minister, on a visit to Berlin, announces, "The Japanese nation is with you in joy or sorrow...to arrange the world on the basis of the new order." 1942: US troops occupy the Society Islands. Janet Blair 1943: Greek partisans temporarily take over Samos Island from the Italian garrison. 1944: Manstein persuades Hitler to allow the First Panzer Army to break out to the west of Lvov, not south. Janet Blair 1945: The U.S. First Army breaks out of the Remagen bridgehead. The British Second Army captures Wesel which has been nearly 100% destroyed by Allied bombing. 1945: The U.S. pre-invasion bombardment of Okinawa begins as half a million shells and rockets are fired in a week. Janet Blair *When it came to bright and polished, they didn't get much spiffier than singer/actress Janet Blair -- perhaps to her detriment in the long haul. At Columbia, she was usually overlooked for the roles that might have tested her dramatic mettle. Nevertheless, she pleased audiences as a pert and perky co-star to a number of bigger stars ranging from George Raft and Cary Grant to Red Skelton and 'The Dorsey Brothers'. Born as Martha Jane Lafferty on April 23, 1921 (she took her acting surname from Blair County, Pennsylvania) in Altoona, Pennsylvania, she began her acting career on film in 1942, being placed under contract to Columbia Pictures. During World War II, she made a string of successful pictures, although she is today best remembered for playing Rosalind Russell's sister in "My Sister Eileen" (1942) and Rita Hayworth's best friend in "Tonight and Every Night" (1945). In the late 1940s, she was dropped by Columbia and did not return to pictures for several years. Instead, she took the lead role of Nellie Forbush in a production of the stage musical "South Pacific", making more than 1,200 performances in three years. "I never missed a performance", she noted proudly. Janet Blair Her career, however, took second place after marrying second husband, producer/director Nick Mayo in 1953, and raising their two children Amanda and Andrew. The couple met when he stage managed "South Pacific" and went on to co-own and operate Valley Music Theatre in Woodland Hills, California during the mid-1960s. There she played Maria in "The Sound of Music" and "Peter Pan" opposite Vincent Price's Dr. Hook, among others. Her second marriage lasted until the late 60s. She appeared on television on various variety shows and was also a summer replacement for Dinah Shore. She recorded an album entitled "Flame Out" for the Dico label. It was a collection of ballads like "Don't Explain" and "Then You've Never Been Blue". She made a rare dramatic appearance in the 1962 British horror film "Night of the Eagle". Her last performance was on television in a 1991 episode of "Murder, She Wrote", starring Angela Lansbury. She died of complications from pneumonia on February 19, 2007, aged 85, at St. John's Health Center in Santa Monica, California. Coca-Cola Ad - March 1944

Yep.

Morning all. 49F under cloudy skies. Lingering showers early this morning which will largely be wrapped up by midday. West winds will pick up and possibly gust to 30 mph or so as the system pulls away. High today of 51F.

Mennen Ad - March 1942 1941: Berlin suffers its first raid of the year by the RAF. 1941: German troops on parade in the city of Cherbourg have their show spoiled when British bombers hit the parade ground in the middle of the event. 1941: Rommel, conducts a limited offensive to recapture El Agheila from the British, which succeeds with startling ease. This encourages Rommel to push forward towards Mersa Brega. British Somaliland is now clear of Italians. **Sherry Britton 1942: The British Government refuses to hold an inquiry into the loss of Singapore during a Lords debate. 1942: The start of deportation of Slovak Jews to Auschwitz. Sherry Britton 1942: Admiral Chester Nimitz appointed as Commander in Chief of the U.S. Pacific theater. 1942: The Japanese begin an intensive bombing campaign of Bataan and Corregidor. General Homma's 14th Army receives reinforcement ready for its final offensive against the Bataan and Corregidor. This takes the form of the Japanese 4th Division, which has been shipped from Shanghai. Chevrolet Ad - March 1943 1944: President Roosevelt issues a statement condemning German and Japanese ongoing "crimes against humanity." 1944: The Luftwaffe attacks London with 90 medium bombers (He-111s and Ju-88s), while the RAF bombs Berlin with 810 heavy Lancaster bombers. The RAF lose 72 bombers in this, the 16th and heaviest raid of war on Berlin. The 'Battle of Berlin' is now over. Sherry Britton 1944: Fifty RAF and Dominion Air Force personnel are murdered by the Gestapo after a mass breakout by Prisoners of War (POWs) from Stalag Luft III POW Camp in Germany. 1944: The US Fifth Army's bridgehead at Anzio is bombarded by German heavy long-range guns and Luftwaffe aircraft using guided bombs, causing severe casualties in men, ships and equipment. Persistent US and British attacks against the Gustav Line at Cassino are repulsed by the German defenders. 1944: In response to the killing of 35 German soldiers in Rome by the Italian resistance, SS Colonel Herbert Kappler orders the execution of 335 Italians, at least 255 of whom are civilians in reprisal. All are shot by German troops in the Fosse Ardeantine caves outside of Rome. Sherry Britton 1944: A Russian tank army crosses the Dnieper near Czech border. Malinovsky makes crossings of the Bug near the Black Sea. 1944: Wingate, leader of the Chindits is killed in plane crash. 1944: The Japanese counter-attack on Bougainville is decisively beaten. Sherry Britton 1945: Montgomery's 21st Army Group attacks across the Rhine, 15 miles North of Duisberg in the Wesel area, after 3,500-gun barrage. 16,870 paratroops land across the river Rhine in Operation 'Plunder' and succeed in linking up with advancing British troops and establishing four bridgeheads. The US Third Army captures Speyer and Ludwigshafen on the upper Rhine. 1945: The 1st Ukrainian Front captures Neisse in Upper Silesia. Sherry Britton 1945: Chinese forces link up on the Burma Road. 1945: U.S. Marines seize islands off coast of Okinawa in Pacific. *1938: The United States asks that all powers help refugees fleeing from the Nazis. Sherry Britton **Sherry Britton was born Edith Zack on July 28, 1918 in New Brunswick, New Jersey. She was a burlesque performer of the 1930's and early 1940's. The 5'3" (160 cm) Britton had an 18" (46cm) waist, and was once said to have a "figure to die for". When burlesque went by the wayside due to the NYC ban in 1940, Britton turned to plays, eventually appearing in almost 40 of them. Dubbed 'Great Britton', she also spent much time during WWII working USO shows entertaining the troops, for which she was made an honorary Brigadier General by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Britton was performing in Washington, D.C. clubs as late as 1958 (at or near age 40). She was barred from appearing at the 1964 New York World's Fair, because she was too risque. She instead became a cabaret singer and appeared in many theater productions. In 1971, Britton, who had been married twice previously, and who once said she'd been engaged "14 times", married wealthy businessman Robert Gross (no relation to aviator Robert E. Gross). Gross urged her to attend Fordham University. Although Britton had never attended high school, she was said to have a very high IQ. She attended Fordham and graduated pre-law in 1982, magna cum laude, at the age of 63. After Gross died in 1990, Britton lived a life of retirement, stepping back into the limelight in 1993 on her 75th birthday performing at the Marriott Marquis Hotel on Broadway in NYC. Britton died of natural causes on April 1, 2008. "She had an IQ of 165, lived on Gramercy Park and aged gracefully," said a cousin, Karen Britton. Trivia: Measurements: 38"-18"-33" Personal Quotes: In an unpublished memoir that she titled "The Stripper, by the Hon. Brigadier General Sherry Britton," Ms. Britton wrote: "There seemed to be two of me. One, onstage, undressing. The other saying, 'What are you doing, taking your clothes off for those morons?' " Stromberg - Carlson Ad - March 1943

Morning all. 46F with rain. Up to an inch of rain will fall today into early tomorrow morning. High today of 54F.

Chevrolet Ad - March 1943 1942: During World War II, the U.S. government began moving Japanese-Americans from their West Coast homes to detention centers. 1942: The British convoy, have escaped serious damage are approaching Malta. However, it is here that they come under concentrated air attack which sinks 1 freighter and damages another, although the other two freighters make it safely in to the port of Valleta. However, air attacks against the docks at Valletta made it very difficult to unload. *Hazel Court 1942: The Japanese occupy the Anadaman Islands in the Indian Ocean. 1942: Port Moresby is again attacked by Japanese aircraft. Hazel Court 1945: The RAF launches a devastating raid (300 bombers) against Hildesheim near Hannover, a small city of little military and industrial importance. 1945: The U.S. Third Army crosses the Rhine North of Worms, as the British Second and Canadian First Armies begin their assault across the Rhine above the Ruhr. Hazel Court 1945: The Russian reach the outskirts of Danzig and Gotenhafen. 1945: Colonel Benjamin O. Davis prepares to fly cover with the 332nd Fighter Group on a bombing mission over Berlin. Davis will later become the first African-American to be promoted to the rank of Major General. Hazel Court *Court was born in Sutton Coldfield, Warwickshire, lived in the Boldmere area and attended Boldmere School and Highclare College. Her father was G.W. Court, a cricketer who played for Durham CCC. At the age of fourteen, she studied drama at the Birmingham Repertory Theatre and the Alexandra Theatre, also in Birmingham, England. At the age of sixteen Court met film director Anthony Asquith in London, which won her a brief part in Champagne Charlie (1944). Court won a British Critics Award for her role as a crippled girl in Carnival (1946) and also appeared in Holiday Camp (1947) and Bond Street (1948). Her first role in a fantasy film was in Ghost Ship (1952). One of Court's most remembered films is the cult classic Devil Girl from Mars (1954). She trained at the Rank Organisation's "charm school". Court wanted to act in comedy films but she also continued to appear in horror films and, in 1957, had what was to become a career-defining role in the first colour Hammer Horror film The Curse of Frankenstein. In the 1957-58 television season, she appeared in a CBS sitcom filmed in England, Dick and the Duchess, in the role of Jane Starrett, a patrician Englishwoman married to an American insurance claims investigator living in London, a role played by Patrick O'Neal. Court traveled back and forth between Hollywood and England, appearing in four episodes of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. She had parts in A Woman of Mystery (1958), The Man Who Could Cheat Death (1959) and Doctor Blood's Coffin (1961) among others. Hazel Court By the early 1960s, Court had permanently moved to the United States. She was featured in the Edgar Allan Poe horror films The Premature Burial (1962), The Raven (1963) and The Masque of the Red Death (1964), the last two with Vincent Price. In 1981 Court appeared briefly in the third Omen film, The Final Conflict, although she was uncredited. She also appeared in episodes of several TV series, including Adventures in Paradise, Mission: Impossible, Bonanza, Dr. Kildare, Danger Man, Twelve O'Clock High, Burke's Law, Sam Benedict, Gidget, Mannix, The Wild Wild West, "Thriller", and in The Fear, the penultimate episode of the original 1960's The Twilight Zone. Court was married to Irish actor Dermot Walsh from 1949 until their divorce in 1963. They had a daughter, Sally Walsh, who appeared with her mother in The Curse of Frankenstein. From 1964 until his death in 1998, she was married to American actor Don Taylor, who was divorced in 1955 from actress Phyllis Avery. Court retired from the film acting business in 1964 to concentrate on being a wife and mother. Court and Taylor met while they were shooting an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents. They had a son, Jonathan, and a daughter, Courtney. In addition to acting, she was also a painter and sculptress, and studied sculpting in Italy. Court wrote her autobiography, Hazel Court Horror Queen, which was published by Tomahawk Press in the UK (April 2008) and in the US (June 2008). Court died of a heart attack at her home near Lake Tahoe, California, on 15 April 2008, aged 82. She is survived by daughters Sally Walsh and Courtney Taylor, son Jonathon Taylor and two stepdaughters, Anne Taylor Fleming and Avery Taylor. She was cremated and her ashes scattered at sea. Hazel Court once said in an interview "Just in case I should pop off to heaven in the night, I always remember to wash up, plump-up the cushions and straighten up after a dinner party. I wouldn't want everyone to come in and find it a mess. It's very English of me." Chevrolet Ad - March 1945