Donster Posted January 8, 2010 Report Share Posted January 8, 2010 1940: Rationing of butter, sugar and bacon begins in Britain. 1940: Finnish troops capture 1,000 Russian soldiers near Suomussalmi. Borden Ice Cream Ad Page 1 - December 1943 Borden Ice Cream Ad Page 2 - December 1943 1941: 96,000 people now sleeping in the Underground and Tube stations, 40,000 less than in October. 1941: US budget includes $17,500,000,000 defense appropriation. 1941: RAF Wellingtons, flying from Malta attack the Italian fleet in Naples, badly damaging the battleship Giulio Cesare. This attack underlines the importance of Malta as an offensive base. Two days later, German and Italian aircraft begin a concerted air campaign against the island. *Marilyn Maxwell 1942: The Red Army begins an offensive near Lake Ilmen. 1943: General Rokossovsky, C-in-C of Don Front, issues a surrender ultimatum to the 6th Army, guaranteeing "their lives and safety and after the end of the war their return to Germany". He also promises that "...medical aid will be given to all wounded, sick and frost-bitten...". Paulus rejects this demand for surrender. 1943: The British hand Madagascar over to the Free French. Marilyn Maxwell 1944: The trial of Count Ciano and 18 other Fascists responsible for Mussolini’s downfall opens at Castel Vecchio, in Verona. 1944: Kirovograd falls to Russians. 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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