Donster Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 The Cup and Container Industry Ad - December 19421939: The Finnish 9th Division attacks towards Suomussalmi, recapturing the village and forcing the Russian 163rd Division to retreat in panic. *Elaine Shepard1941: A combined services commando raid on German occupied islands off Norway results in 200 Germans killed and 16,000 tons of shipping destroyed.1941: The Red Army continues its counter-offensive in the Kalinin area. Elaine Shepard1941: Japanese bombers attack Manila, despite its claim as an open city.1941: The Australian Prime Minister, Curtin, announces, "Australia looks to America". Elaine Shepard1942: Hitler agrees to allow the retreat by Army Groups A and Don to a line 150 miles west of Stalingrad.1942: General Giraud becomes the leader of French Africa. Asbestos Limited Ad - December 19431944: General George S. Patton's Third Army, spearheaded by the 4th Armored Division, relieves the surrounded city of Bastogne in Belgium.1944: The Russians capture Gran, this cutting all communications with Budapest and trapping five German and Hungarian divisions.1944: British troops reach Foul Point in Arakan, Burma. Elaine Shepard*Elaine Shepard was born on April 2, 1913 in Olney, Illinois. She was a Broadway and film actress in the 1930s and '40s. She was also the author of "The Doom Pussy", a semi-fictional account of aviation in the Vietnam War.Shepard's first film appearance was in the 1936 Republic serial "Darkest Africa", in which she played Valerie Tremaine, the heroine of the film. This was followed with a series of leading roles in other minor films. She then had several minor roles in major films, including playing a secretary in "Topper" and uncredited roles in "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo" and the 1946 "Ziegfeld Follies". A more prominent role came in "Seven Days Ashore", a musical in which she plays the principal love interest for the band of sailors on shore leave.Shepard also had some minor appearances on Broadway, including a part in the 1940 Cole Porter musical "Panama Hattie". Elaine ShepardShepard abandoned acting and turned to freelance journalism. She is best known in this role for her Vietnam War coverage, which became the basis for her 1967 book "The Doom Pussy", recounting her experiences with aviators in the early part of the war. This book is commonly cited as originating the phrase "the whole nine yards", though it is likely the source is older.Her presence in the press party for a 1959 European tour with President Eisenhower provided the occasion for a libel suit against Dorothy Kilgallen. Kilgallen wrote that a female member of the press on the trip had had an affair with a member of the White House staff; Shepard, however, was widely known to be the only woman on the trip. The suit dragged on for years.Elaine Shepard died of natural causes on September 6, 1998 (aged 85) in New York City, New York. Nestle's Ad - December 1943 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
No105_Archie Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Chocolate as a "health food" and asbestos as "good stuff"...just gotta luv it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted December 27, 2012 Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 Chocolate by itself is not bad for you. Actually, it is high in antioxidants and provides about zero calories. It is a protein that the human digestive system cannot digest, so it passes through. Chocolate is not so good for you when milk (fat) and/or sugar is added. It then becomes empty calories, but dark chocolate, once you develop a taste for it, is quite good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted December 27, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 27, 2012 I love a dark chocolate and asbestos milkshake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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