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Wartime Fisher Body Ad 1938: German troops enter Austria without firing a shot, forming the anschluss (union) of Austria and Germany. 1940: A peace treaty is concluded between Finland and Russia, that formally ends the "Winter War". The terms of this treaty are harsh for Finland, who are forced to cede the entire Karelia Isthmus, and the city of Viipuri, which is renamed Vyborg. The also lose parts of eastern Karelia, Lake Ladoga, the Rybachiy Peninsula and the Petsamo area. The also have to grant the Russian a 30 year lease of the Hangö Peninsula. However, the ever 'generous' Russians drop their recognition of the Kuusinen puppet government in Moscow. Marilyn Maxwell 1940: The British finalize their plans for the invasion of Norway. Landings are to be made at Narvik and Trondheim in order to secure the rail line to Sweden and the large iron-ore fields. 1941: Churchill thanks America for ‘a new Magna Carta’. Marilyn Maxwell 1942: Convoy PQ-12 arrives unscathed at Murmansk, earning the distinction of being the last PQ convoy to sail without losses. 1942: The British evacuate their garrison from the Andaman Islands, just off the Burmese coast south of Rangoon. Marilyn Maxwell 1942: US troops occupy New Caledonia. 1943: German troops evacuate Vyazma. Marilyn Maxwell 1944: The Swedes announce an investigation of the ‘mysterious object which crashed out of the sky’ (a ‘flying torpedo’ V1) from a German research station, 40 miles away. 1944: Great Britain bars all travel to neutral Ireland, which is suspected of collaborating with Nazi Germany. Yank - British Edition 1945: RAF Bomber Command sets another new record for single target, when 4,851 tons are dropped on Dortmund. 1945: Diarist Anne Frank dies in a German concentration camp. Marilyn Maxwell *Marilyn Maxwell (August 3, 1921 – March 20, 1972), born Marvel Marilyn Maxwell, was an American actress and entertainer. Noted for her blonde hair and sexy persona she appeared in several films and radio programs, and entertained the troops during World War II and the Korean War on USO tours with Bob Hope. Her mother was a piano accompanist for dancer Ruth St. Denis; Maxwell traveled with her as a child, and at age three made her first stage appearance in a dance number. She trained for the stage at the Pasadena Playhouse. She started her professional entertaining career as a radio singer while still a teenager before signing with MGM in 1942 as a contract player. Among the programs in which she appeared was "The Abbott and Costello Show". The head of MGM, Louis B. Mayer, insisted she change the "Marvel" part of her real name. She dropped her first name and kept the middle. Some of her film roles included "Lost in a Harem" (1944), "Champion" (1949), "The Lemon Drop Kid" (1951), and "Rock-A-Bye Baby" (1958). Her film work tapered off after the mid '50s, and she entertained in top nightclubs and appeared in several stage productions in stock. In the 1961-1962 television season, Maxwell played Grace Sherwood, owner of the diner on ABC's 26-episode "Bus Stop", a drama about travelers passing through the fictitious town of Sunrise, Colorado. In 1967 she headlined a burlesque-type stage show in Brooklyn; her act included a striptease. From 1944-46 she was married to actor John Conte, and from 1954-60 she was married to screenwriter Jerry Davis. In 1972, Maxwell's 15-year-old son arrived home from school and found her dead at the age of fifty of an apparent heart attack, after she had been treated for hypertension and pulmonary disease. Bob Hope, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Jack Benny were honorary pallbearers at her funeral.

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One of the "Fearsome Foursome" Gone RIP Merlin. You were a class player, actor and broadcaster.

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Wartime Dodge Ad 1940: A coal strike in New South Wales begins. 1941: British diplomats from Bulgaria reach Istanbul, although 2 people are killed when a bomb in their luggage explodes. *Jean Porter 1941: The German 5th Light Division has now completely arrived in Libya and is ordered to prepare for an attack on El Agheila. Meanwhile, Rommel has flown back to Germany for further orders and has been told that when the 15th Panzer Division has arrived in Libya at the end of May he is to recapture Benghazi. 1941: Japanese Foreign Minister to visit Rome and Berlin. Jean Porter 1941: The US House of Representatives passes the Lend-Lease Act 317-71, the Senate having already passed it 60-31 on the 7th March, where upon it is immediately signed by President Roosevelt. Initial priority for war supplies was to be given to Britain and Greece. 1942: General MacArthur leaves Corregidor and the Philippines for Australia, after being ordered to assume command of the new South-West Pacific area, which in effect meant all Allied forces in the Pacific. General M. Wainwright takes over command in the Philippines. Jean Porter 1943: The north Atlantic convoy ONS-169 is attacked by wolfpack 'Raubgraf' between the 11th and 12th March losing 2 ships for 10,531 gross tons. Atlantic convoys SC121 and HX228 are also attacked by other wolfpacks and lose 17 ships for the loss of just U-444 and U-432. 1944: Zhukov is stopped on River Bug after a 60-mile advance. 1944: Some 12,000 Chindits are now behind Japanese lines in Burma. British forces capture Buthiduang on the Arakan front. Jean Porter 1945: An RAF Bomber Command record for the largest tonnage dropped on a single target in single day is achieved at Essen when 4,661 tons are dropped. 1945: The US third Army captures Kochem on the lower Moselle river. 1945: The Red Army advances towards Gotenhafen, a vital port of embarkation for tens of thousands of refugees from East Prussia. Jean Porter *One of MGM's more vivacious secondary stars during the 40s, petite and lovely Jean Porter was born in Cisco, Texas on December 8th, 1925 but left the state while young to pursue her dream as an actress. Following some vaudeville experience, she made her uncredited film debut in 1939 (age 14) and slowly graduated to sweet-natured ingénues in light, wholesome "B" fare. Most were sentimental trifles, such as Andy Hardy's "Blonde Trouble" (1944)and "Easy to Wed" (1946), or western action with such obvious titles as "Heart of the Rio Grande" (1942) and "Home in Wyomin'" (1942). Despite her promise and talent, none of her approximately 30 films managed to set her apart and top stardom remained elusive. Jean's finest screen roles probably came with "The Youngest Profession" (1943) and "Till the End of Time" (1946), where she met future husband, director Edward Dmytryk. They married in 1948 and had three children: Richard, Victoria and Rebecca, the latter becoming a wildlife rescuer and rehabilitator. Not long into their marriage, Dmytryk was branded a Communist as one of the "Hollywood Ten" (he was admittedly once a member of The American Communist Party) and the next decade or so would be a dark period of time for them. Unable to work, the blacklisted director moved his family to England where he found some employment. In 1951, however, Dmytryk decided to return to the States and was jailed for six months before giving testimony and being granted a reprieve. As a result, he was allowed to return to directing. Jean's last film, in fact, would be "The Left Hand of God" (1955) starring Humphrey Bogart and Gene Tierney, which was directed by her husband. Throughout their ordeal Jean and Edward remained a loyal couple and in later years wrote a book together "On Screen Acting" in 1984. Happily married until his death at age 90 of heart and kidney failure in 1999, Jean continues to be a regular attendee of film-related events and a by-line contributor for "Classic Images," the popular magazine for old-styled film fans, in which she reminisces of Hollywood back then.

RDF. Had out first thunderstorm last night of the new year, complete with lightning and thunder and small hail. We passed 50F yesterday and may again today. Cat #2, Penny goes for her annual checkup and shots this morning. Hope I survive. She is a fighter.

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Lucky bugger.

RDF. Already 44F and we may reach 50F today. Rain and fog ending before noon.

Pennzoil Ad - February 1942 1941: The RAF attacks Le Havre and at the same time gives the new 4-engine Halifax bomber it debut, although one of the six Halifax's involved is shot down on its return flight by an RAF night fighter. 1941: Vichy France threatens to use its navy unless Britain allows food to reach France. **Susan Peters 1942: Japanese troops make landings at Finschhafen in New Guinea. They also occupy Buka in the Solomon Islands. Japanese aircraft attack Port Moresby in Papua. 1942: Aircraft from the American Aircraft Carriers Lexington and Yorktown make attacks against the Japanese at Lae and Salamaua. Susan Peters 1944: The Irish refuse to oust all Axis envoys and deny the accusation of spying on Allied troops. 1944: Uman is taken as the Russians drive towards the Bug and Dnieper rivers. Susan Peters 1945: Field Marshal Kesselring replaces Field Marshal von Rundstedt as C-in-C of German forces in the West. German troops evacuate Wesel on the lower Rhine. The US Third Army captures Bonn. 1945: The 2nd Belorussian Front captures Zoppot, during its attack towards Danzig. The Kriegsmarine evacuates 25,000 civilian refugees from the besieged Baltic fortress of Kolberg in Pomerania. Susan Peters 1945: U.S. Eighth Army invades Zamboanga Peninsula on Mindanao in the Philippines. *1949: Nazi wartime broadcaster Mildred E. Gillars, also known as ''Axis Sally,'' was convicted in Washington D.C. of treason. She served 12 years in prison. Susan Peters **War-era MGM had a lovely, luminous star in the making with Susan Peters. She possessed a creative talent and innate sensitivity that would surely have reigned as a leading Hollywood player for years to come had not a tragic and cruel twist of fate taken everything away from her. She was born Suzanne Carnahan in Spokane, Washington on July 3, 1921, the eldest of two children. Her father, Robert, a construction engineer, was killed in an automobile accident in 1928, and the remaining family relocated to Los Angeles to live with Susan's grandmother. Attending various schools growing up, she excelled in athletics and studied drama in her senior year at Hollywood High School where she was spotted by a talent scout. Following graduation, she found an agent and enrolled at Max Reinhardt's School of Dramatic Arts. While performing in a showcase, she was spotted by a Warner Bros. casting agent, tested and signed to the studio in 1940. Making her debut as an extra 'Susan and God' (1940), she saw little progress and eventually became frustrated at the many bit parts thrown her way. Billed by her given name Suzanne Carnahan (known for possessing a zesty stubborn streak, she had refused to use the studio's made-up stage name of Sharon O'Keefe), Susan was barely given a line in many of her early movies. She did test for a lead role in 'Kings Row' (1942) but lost out to Betty Field. Susan's first big break came with the Humphrey Bogart potboiler 'The Big Shot' (1942), where she was fourth-billed and had the second female lead. Dropped by Warners, MGM picked up her contract and adopted a new stage name for her, Susan Peters. In the Marjorie Main vehicle 'Tish' (1942), Susan earned a co-starring part and met actor Richard Quine on the set. Quine played her husband in the film. The couple also appeared together in the film 'Dr. Gillespie's New Assistant' (1942), and married in real life in November of 1943. Susan won the role of Ronald Colman's sister's teenager stepdaughter (and a potential love interest of the Colman character) in the profoundly moving film 'Random Harvest' (1942) and earned an Academy Award nomination for "Best Supporting Actress" for her efforts. Her potential in that film was quickly discovered and she continued to offer fine work in lesser movies such as the WWII spy tale 'Assignment in Brittany' (1943), the slight comedy 'Young Ideas' (1943) and the romantic war drama 'Song of Russia' (1944), in which she touchingly played Nadya, a young Soviet pianist who falls for Robert Taylor. For these performances, Susan was named "Star of Tomorrow" along with Van Johnson and others. Then tragedy struck a little more than a year after her wedding day. While on a 1945 New Year's Day duck-hunting trip in the San Diego area with her husband and friends, one of the hunting rifles accidentally discharged when Susan went to retrieve it. The bullet lodged in her spine. Permanently paralyzed from the waist down, MGM paid for her bills but was eventually forced to settle her contract. Susan valiantly forged on with frequent work on radio. In 1946 Susan and Richard happily adopted a son, Timothy Richard, but two years later she divorced Quine -- some say she felt she was too much of a burden. Appearing with Lana Turner as a demure soldier's wife in 'Keep Your Powder Dry' (1945), which was filmed before but released a year after her accident, Susan made a film "comeback" with 'The Sign of the Ram' (1948), the melodramatic tale of an embittered, manipulative, wheelchair-bound woman who tries to destroy the happiness of all around her, but audiences were not all that receptive. She also turned to the stage with tours of 'The Glass Menagerie', in which she played the crippled daughter Laura from a wheelchair (with permission from playwright Tennessee Williams), and 'The Barretts of Wimpole Street' opposite Tom Poston, wherein she performed the role of poet and chronic invalid Elizabeth Barrett Browning entirely from a couch. In March of 1951 she portrayed an Ironside-like lawyer in the TV series 'Miss Susan' (1951) but the show ran for less than one season, folding in December of that year. After this, the increasingly frail actress, who was constantly racked with pain, went into virtual seclusion. Suffering from acute depression and plagued by kidney problems and pneumonia, she finally lost her will to live and died at the age of 31 on October 23, 1952, of kidney failure and starvation, prompted by a developing eating disorder (anorexia nervosa). It was a profoundly sad and most unfortunate end to such a beautiful, courageous spirit and promising talent.

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A Japanese government-appointed panel on Tuesday confirmed the existence of once-secret Cold War-era pacts between Japan and the U.S. on nuclear arms and other issues, ending decades of official denial by Tokyo. Read Article Wonder what Itchie has to say about this?

Lost internet for 12 hours yesterday. HD-DVR died on the DishTV Satellite system. Battery on my car was near dead yesterday as the back seat dome light switch was turned on. I never have touched that switch. Lottie said she didn't either. However, she left the garage door open Saturday for most of the afternoon into the evening after dark. So either some smart ass kid snuck into the garage and switched it on as a prank, or I'm calling the TAPS Team (Ghost Hunters). Nothing is missing out of the car though. Still have a bad cold.

Yup. RDF.

Westinghouse Ad - February 1942 1939: Czech President Emil Hacha ousts pro-German Joseph Tiso as the Premier of Slovakia in order to preserve Czech unity. 1940: Italian-Anglo agreement on coal, Britain to release Italian collier ships, Italy to import no more German coal. **Joan Bennett 1941: The Italians launch another offensive against the Greek 1st Army in Albania, but it makes very little progress. 1942: The RAF returns to bomb Essen once more, but again are unable to inflict much damage due to the constant industrial haze over the city and the lack of landmarks, which made the city notoriously difficult to find. Joan Bennett 1942: US General Stilwell becomes Chiang Kai-shek’s Chief of Staff. 1942: The Government of the Dutch East Indies reaches Adelaide in Australia as all resistance on Java ceases and the island surrenders to the Japanese. Joan Bennett 1943: U-510 torpedoes eight ships in three hours off the coast of Brazil, in what is the most successful single U-boat action of the war. 1943: Von Arnim replaces Field Marshal Rommel as C-in-C of the Axis forces in Tunisia and Rommel is ordered by Hitler to leave Africa, never to return. Joan Bennett 1945: German light naval vessels from the still German-occupied British Channel Islands enter the allied supply port of Granville in Bretagne, sinking five ships. 1945: The U.S. First Army widens the Remagen bridgehead. The US Third Army captures Andernach on the Rhine. Joan Bennett 1945: In an attempt to break the Japanese morale and wear away resistance to surrender, the USAAF begins the firebombing of Japans major city's with a raid by 334 B-29 Superfortress bombers on Tokyo, saturating the city's crowded downtown residential district. 16 and a half acres of Tokyo are burnt out and 100,000 people killed in a single night. The attacks by the USAAF continue against Tokyo for 10 days, before switching to Nagoya, Osaka and Kobe. *1936: The German press warns that all Jews who vote in the upcoming elections will be arrested. Joan Bennett **Joan Geraldine Bennett was born on February 27, 1910, in Palisades, New Jersey. Her parents were both successful stage actors, especially her father, Richard Bennett, and often toured the country for weeks at a time. In fact, Joan came from a long line of actors, dating back to the 18th century. Often, when her parents were on tour, Joan and her two older sisters, Constance Bennett, who later became an actress, and Barbara were left in the care of close friends. At the age of four, Joan made her first stage appearance. She debuted in films a year later in 'The Valley of Decision' (1916), in which her father was the star and the entire Bennett clan participated. In 1923 she again appeared in a film which starred her father, playing a pageboy in 'The Eternal City' (1923). It would be five more years before Joan appeared again on the screen. In between, she married Jack Marion Fox, who was 26 compared to her young age of 16. The union was anything but happy, in great part because of Fox's heavy drinking. In February of 1928 Joan and Jack had a baby girl they named Adrienne. The new arrival did little to help the marriage, though, and in the summer of 1928 they divorced. Now with a baby to support, Joan did something she had no intention of doing--she turned to acting. She appeared in 'Power' (1928) with Alan Hale and Carole Lombard, a small role but a start. The next year she starred in 'Bulldog Drummond' (1929), sharing top billing with Ronald Colman. Before the year was out she was in three more films--'Disraeli' (1929), 'The Mississippi Gambler' (1929) and 'Three Live Ghosts' (1929). Not only did audiences like her, but so did the critics. Between 1930 and 1931, Joan appeared in nine more movies. In 1932 she starred opposite Spencer Tracy in 'She Wanted a Millionaire' (1932), but it wasn't one she liked to remember, partly because Tracy couldn't stand the fact that everyone was paying more attention to her than to him. Joan was to remain busy and popular throughout the rest of the 1930s and into the 1940s. By the 1950s Joan was well into her 40s and began to lessen her film appearances. She made only eight pictures, in addition to appearing in two television series. After 'Desire in the Dust' (1960), Joan would be absent from the movie scene for the next ten years, resurfacing in 'House of Dark Shadows' (1970), reprising her role from the 'Dark Shadows' (1966) TV series as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard. Joan's final screen appearance was in the Italian thriller 'Suspiria' (1977). Her final public performance was in the TV movie 'Divorce Wars: A Love Story' (1982) (TV). On December 7, 1990, Joan died of a heart attack in Scarsdale, New York. She was 80 years old.

Claymores and Snipers and RPG's. That would make NASCAR more fun to watch. Since the rules are so skewed so that everyone is even, no advantage like the good old days. When the crews and mechanics meant almost as much as the drivers.

Yup.

Bendix Ad - February 1943 1940: Heavy fighting is reported at the outskirts to Viipuri, as the Red Army continues its attempt to capture the city. This prompts the Finns to seek an immediate armistice, which the Russians refuse. Therefore the Finnish delegation in Moscow is instructed to sue for peace. 1941: The US Senate passes the 'Lend Lease' bill by 60 votes to 31. 1941: Martial law is proclaimed in Holland in order to extinguish any anti-Nazi protests. *Gloria DeHaven 1942: The RAF use GEE for the first time for target marking during a raid on Essen. The technique was known as 'Shaker' and consisted of aircraft marking the target with flares, allowing aircraft further behind to see the target more clearly. However the results of the raid were disappointing. 1942: Rangoon falls to the Japanese as the British forces escape to the north. The 17th Indian Division was now holding the Irrawaddy area and the 1st Burma Division the upper Sittang valley. The Chinese Expeditionary Force were farther north, with the Fifth Chinese Army defending Mandalay and the 6th Chinese Army was at Toungoo and defending the Burmese province of Shan. 1942: The Dutch on Java surrender to Japanese. Gloria DeHaven 1943: Over 1,000 Germans wife's of Jewish men deported to concentrations camps are now protesting in Berlin. To prevent this kind of protest from spreading, Joseph Goebbels orders the release of the 1,500 Jewish men. 1943: Japanese forces attack American troops on Hill 700 in Bougainville. The battle will last five days. 1944: The US 8th Air Force carries out another heavy attack against Berlin. Gloria DeHaven 1945: Phyllis Mae Daley receives a commission in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. She will become the first African-American nurse to serve duty in World War II. 1945: British and Canadian troops involved in Operation 'Blockbuster' enter Xanten on the Rhine after several days of heavy fighting further to the South U.S. troops enter Bonn. Gloria DeHaven 1945: Beginning of secret negotiations at Bern, Switzerland, between representatives of the American OSS (Allan Dulles) and the German High Command in Italy (General von Vietinghoff and SS General Wolff) for an early surrender of German forces in Italy. 1945: The Red Army penetrates into the southern suburbs of Breslau. Gloria DeHaven *Gloria Mildred DeHaven was born on July 23, 1925 in Los Angeles, California, the daughter of actor-director Carter DeHaven and actress Flora Parker DeHaven, both former vaudeville performers. She began her career as a child actor with a bit part in Charlie Chaplin's 'Modern Times' (1936). She was signed to a contract with MGM Studios, but despite featured roles in such films as 'The Thin Man Goes Home' (1944) and 'Summer Stock' (1950), she did not achieve film stardom. She portrayed her mother in the Fred Astaire film 'Three Little Words' (1950). DeHaven also appeared as a regular in the television series and soap operas 'As the World Turns', 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman' and 'Ryan's Hope'. She was one of the numerous celebrities enticed to appear in the all-star box office flop 'Won Ton Ton', the 'Dog Who Saved Hollywood' (1976), and has guest starred in such television series as 'Robert Montgomery Presents', 'The Guy Mitchell Show', 'The Rifleman', 'Wagon Train', 'The Lloyd Bridges Show', 'Marcus Welby, M.D.', 'Gunsmoke', 'Fantasy Island', 'Hart to Hart', 'The Love Boat', 'Highway to Heaven', 'Murder, She Wrote' and 'Touched By An Angel'. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, DeHaven hosted a morning call-in movie show, 'Prize Movie', on WABC-TV in New York City. DeHaven has been married four times to three different men. Her first husband was actor John Payne whom she married on December 28, 1944 and divorced in 1950. Her second husband was Martin Kimmell; they were married June 21, 1953 and divorced the following year. She was married to Richard Fincher from 1957 until 1963; they remarried in 1965 and divorced in 1969. She has two children with Payne, daughter Kathleen Hope born 1945 and son Thomas John born 1947. She has two additional children with Fincher, son Harry born 1958 and daughter Faith born 1962. TRIVIA: Measurements: 34-24-34

Norwegian or Czech actually.

**Janis Carter 1941: U-47, commanded by top ace Günther Prien, hero of Scapa Flow, is sunk by the British Destroyer HMS Wolverine. 1941: British and Commonwealth troops begin to arrive in Greece. Wartime Allison Ad 1941: German Jews ordered into forced labor. 1942: Force H, consisting of HMS Argus and HMS Eagle and supported by a number of destroyers, sets sail for Malta with a number of Spitfires on board. Fifteen Spitfires were flown off when Force H came within range of the Island. Janis Carter 1942: British evacuate Rangoon in Burma. 1942: The Government of the Dutch East Indies flees Java for Australia. Janis Carter 1942: Japanese invade Salamaua and Lae on New Guinea. 1943: A new wolfpack, codenamed 'Raubgraf' (Robber Baron), is created in the central North Atlantic. It will operate between the 7th and 20th March 1943 and includes U-84, U-89, U-91, U-435, U-468, U-600, U-603, U-615, U-621, U-638, U-653, U-664, U-758. Immediately the wolfpack attacks convoy ON-168 which is traveling between North America and the UK. One ship is damaged and abandoned on the 7th March, to be finally sunk on the 12th March for 6,537 gross tons. Janis Carter 1944: In reply to Arab protests, the U.S. says that the idea of a Jewish state has no official sanction. 1944: The Japanese begin the Imphal-Kohima offensive from northern Burma into Assam, India. Janis Carter 1944: U.S. Marines secure Los Negros. 1945: The U.S. 9th Armored Division makes a surprise dash across the undestroyed Rhine bridge at Remagen, establishing a crucial bridgehead on the East bank. Janis Carter *1936: Hitler sends German troops into the Rhineland, breaking the Treaty of Versailles and the Locarno Pact. Janis Carter **Janis Carter was born Janis Dremann on October 10 1913 in Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating with two degrees (Arts and Music) from Mather College (Western Reserve) in Cleveland in 1935, Janis headed to New York with aspirations of embarking on a musical career in opera. Supporting herself by waitressing, singing in churches, modeling (Conover) and writing radio scripts, an audition with the Met came along. However, a case of nerves assured her failure and an end to that ambition. Landing on her feet, she got a part in the Broadway musical, 'I Married An Angel'. 'DuBarry Was A Lady' soon followed and then 'Panama Hattie' in which she had a solo number. Darryl Zanuck of 20th Century Fox attended the opening night and was impressed enough with Janis to offer her a contract. She arrived in Hollywood in February, 1941, and stayed for 12 years making more than 30 movies for 20th Century Fox, MGM, Columbia, and RKO. She appeared in the films 'Night Editor' (1946) and 'Framed' (1947) with Glenn Ford and the 'Flying Leathernecks' (1951) with John Wayne. She was married to Carl Prager from 1942 to 1951, but divorced him. After leaving Hollywood for good, Janis headed back to New York and began a career working in television. She acted in numerous shows, both drama and comedy, and in 1954 became the hostess of the NBC quiz show, 'Feather Your Nest', working with Bud Collyer. In 1956, Janis married Julius Stulman and retired from show business. They remained together until her death. With the same enthusiasm she had shown in other areas of her life, she involved herself in cultural activities of her community serving in various capacities throughout the years, primarily in Sarasota, Florida. She died from a heart attack, on July 30, 1994, aged 80, in Durham, North Carolina.

Mornink Kombatzimianz. It'z varmer here on zhe midvestern front. 34F, und it iz rainink. Zhe temp may reachen zhe 39F. Zhe bad newz iz zhat I developeden zhe head kold yezterday und I feel liken scheiss!!! I blame zhat Kommunizten Al Gore for mein kold! Zhe ratzen baztard!

When I checked into my motel, I said to the lady at the desk, "I hope the porn channel in my room is disabled." "No," she said, "it's regular porn, you sick bastard."

Donnie and Lottie are having hard financial times, so they decide she'll become a hooker. She's not quite sure what to do, so Donnie says, "Stand in front of that bar and pick up a guy. Tell him a hundred bucks. If you've got a question, I'll be parked around the corner." She's not there five minutes when a guy pulls up and says, "How much?" She says, "A hundred dollars." He says "Shit. All I've got is thirty." She says, "Hold on." She runs back to Donnie and says, "What can he get for thirty dollars?" Donnie says, "A handjob." She runs back and tells the guy all he gets for thirty dollars is a hand job. He says okay, she gets in the car, he unzips his pants, and out pops a simply HUGE PENIS. She stares at it for a minute, and then says, "I'll be right back." She runs back around the corner and says breathlessly, "Donnie, can you lend this guy seventy bucks?"