Donster Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 American Locomotive Ad - November 1942 1939: RAF shoots down seven German aircraft over France. 1939: The Scharnhorst and Gneisenau intercept a convoy, which is escorted by the merchant cruiser Rawalpindi. The Scharnhorst sinks the Rawalpindi, which sacrificed itself in order that the convoy could escape. The British Home Fleet puts to sea in an attempt to engage the two German ships. However, both the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau have already headed for home. The Royal Navy recovers its first intact German Magnetic mine. These type of mines have been causing an increasing number of casualties to shipping, in and around the UK. 1939: The Nazis in control of Poland issue a decree requiring all Polish Jews over the age of twelve to wear white armbands emblazoned with a blue Star of David. *Karen Randle 1940: Southampton is hit badly by the Luftwaffe. 1940: Seven Italian Caproni BR20m bombers, flying from bases in Belgium, are shot down by Fighter Command during an air attack on the UK. 1940: Romanian leader Antonescu in Berlin and agrees to joins the Tripartite Pact of Germany, Italy and Japan. Karen Randle 1941: German troops are now only 35 miles north-west of Moscow. 1941: Axis forces destroy the 5th South African Brigade after five days of tank battles round Tobruk. 1941: U.S. troops move into Dutch Guiana to guard the bauxite mines. Karen Randle 1942: The Russians claim 24,000 prisoners have been taken since the start of their counter offensive. 1942: Retreating before the British 8th Army (Montgomery), Panzer Army Afrika reaches El Agheila. 1942: Japanese air raid on Darwin, Australia. American Locomotive Ad - November 1942 1943: Berlin hit again by the RAF, making it the worst bombed city in Germany with 12,000 tons dropped on it this year alone. 1943: The allies cross the Sangro in strength. 1943: United States forces seized control of the Tarawa and Makin atolls from the Japanese. Karen Randle 1944: The allies declare Macedonia on Greek Yugoslav border, free of Germans. 1945: Wartime meat and butter rationing ends in the United States. Karen Randle *Karen Randle was born in Lone Wolf, Oklahoma (year unknown). She helps her cousin, Eugene Worley, of Texas, in his successful congressional campaign. Worley tips off producer Walter Wanger to her photogenic qualities. In January 1945, is among seven starlets selected as the "best bets" for screen stardom in 1945. The others are Kerry Vaughn, Daun Kennedy, Kathleen O'Malley, Barbara Bates, Poni Adams, and Joan Trent. Karen Randle Karen Randle appeared in 16 films during her career, beginning with "Storm Over Lisbon" (1944). She went on to work in "Salome, Where She Danced" (1945) with Yvonne De Carlo, "That's the Spirit" (1945), "Lady on a Train" (1945) with Deanna Durbin, Ralph Bellamy, Edward Everett Horton and Dan Duryea, "This Love of Ours" (1945), "Frontier Gal" (1945) with Yvonne De Carlo, Rod Cameron and Andy Devine, "Because of Him" (1946), "A Night in Paradise" (1946), "Song of Scheherazade" (1947), "Mexican Hayride" (1948) with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello, "Adventures of Don Juan" (1949), "The Cowboy and the Prizefighter" (1949), "Blonde Dynamite" (1950) was the 17th of Monogram/Allied Artists' 48 Bowery Boys entries. "Kill the Umpire" (1950), the serial "Mysterious Island" (1951) and "Hurricane Island" (1951). She died on July 7, 2011 in Carlsbad, New Mexico. Pullman-Standard Car Manufacturing Company Ad - November 1942 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted November 23, 2015 Report Share Posted November 23, 2015 Certainly cannot publish ads like that these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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