Donster Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 United States Rubber Co. Ad - February 1943 1941: The first encounter of the Afrika Korps and the British forces. **Leslie Brooks 1942: British Commandos raid a German radar station at Bruneval on the French coast. 1942: The Battle of the Java Sea begins and continues for three days, during which the Allies, under the command of the Dutch Admiral, Karel Doorman lose five cruisers and six destroyers, while the Japanese lose just 4 transports. Leslie Brooks 1943: USAAF bomber aircraft make their first raid on Germany. 1943: Jews working in Berlin armaments industry are sent to Auschwitz. Westinghouse Ad - February 1943 1944: About 60,000 Japanese are reported to be trapped in New Britain and New Ireland, in the South West Pacific. 1945: The US 8th Air Force launches another heavy attack against Berlin which devastates the center of the city. Leslie Brooks 1945: SHAEF reports that spectacular gains by the U.S. First and Ninth Armies on the Cologne Plain have been made. 1945: Under Russian pressure, the Romanian King, Michael I is forced to appoint a Communist government. Leslie Brooks *1933: The burning down of the Reichstag building in Berlin gives the Nazis the opportunity to suspend personal liberty with increased power. Leslie Brooks **Leslie Brooks was born Virginia Leslie Gettman in Lincoln, Nebraska on July 13th, 1922. In June of 1941 as Lorraine Gettman, she is one of six starlets widely advertised as "The Navy Blues Sextet," for "Navy Blues". The six beauties, including Marguerite Chapman, Claire James, Peggy Diggins, Kay Aldridge, and Georgia Carroll, are sent to Honolulu for the world premiere, then return to the mainland to make a cross-country junket, starting in Dallas, Texas, and ending in New York City, where Sherman Billingsley gives them a well-publicized party at his famous Stork Club. As Lorraine Gettman began appearing in movie bit roles in 1941. In 1942 her Warner Bros. contract was sold to Columbia Pictures, goes from brunette to blonde, and becomes Leslie Brooks. In July 1942 she is cited Exhibit A by the California Models Guild in passing a resolution condemning the issuance of two girdles apiece as regular equipment to members of the Women's Auxiliary Army Corps. The Hollywood group says proper exercise and diet would give WAAC women hip lines like those of Leslie. In November 1943 a pinup in syndicated newspapers shows her pasting war savings stamps on Hitler's map of Europe. The headline reads "Stamping Out the Fuehrer." In February 1944 is heralded having the "most beautiful legs in America" by the Hosiery Designers of America. Brooks started landing more sizable parts in such programs as "Nine Girls" (1944) and "Cover Girl" (1944). She was also seen to good advantage in Columbia's series films (The Whistler, Crime Doctor, et al.). Leslie Brooks retired from films in 1949. Leslie Brooks Her first husband, Donald Anthony Shay, was an actor and ex-marine. They married in Beverly Hills. He was 24; she was 22. Her daughter with Shay, Leslie Victoria, was born November 8, 1945 in Los Angeles. Brooks files for divorce from Shay in 1948. Brooks hits the news battling for custody of her two-and-a-half year-old daughter, Victoria, in court in Los Angeles. Her estranged husband, Shay, alleges his wife gave the child intoxicants at parties. His brother, Jack, testifies Victoria had "seven or eight swallows" from her mother's glass at a party and was "very cute and dizzy." Leslie denies this but admits giving the daughter an occasional sip of beer diluted in water. "Beer is not good for babies," Superior Judge Mildred L. Lillie tells her. Victoria's paternal grandmother, Mrs. Alice Shay, is given custody of the girl until Leslie hires a competent nurse housekeeper. Shay is directed to pay $350 monthly for support of his wife and child pending trial of the divorce suit. On November 11th, 1948 she is granted divorce from Shay in Los Angeles. Superior Judge Ingall W. Bull says about Shay: "This court has no doubt but that this is a case in which a worthless husband used the love of a mother for a child to extort money from the mother. Certainly the husband is guilty of a criminal conspiracy." The whereabouts of Shay and his 3-year-old daughter is unknown, his attorney says. A warrant is outstanding against Shay, charging he took the child last July when Leslie had custody pending the divorce trial. Bull gives Leslie an order for full custody of Victoria. She is also granted $100 a month child support, $200 a month alimony and title to all community property. On December 15th, 1949 receives her final divorce decree but still hasn't found her 4-year-old daughter. Her attorney says that Shay is believed to have taken the child to New Zealand. Shay also is missing. She then married actor Russ Vincent in 1950, whom she met while filming "Blonde Ice" in 1948. He will become a successful Hollywood land developer. The couple had 3 children. Daughter Dorena Marla born August 18, 1954; Daughter Gina L. born April 6, 1956; Daughter Darla R. born April 30, 1960 (all born in Los Angeles). At some point after her daughters were born, she went to live in Hawaii with her family. She died on July 1, 2011, at the age of 88, in Sherman Oaks, California. United States Rubber Co. Ad - February 1944 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikew Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 That first ad could be used today with a couple of small edits.. Just remove any reference to the word 'freedom' and change the last line to 'UNITED STATES RUBBER COMPANY: Proud suppliers to the TSA'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 Ugh, TSA. I think since the creation of the TSA about 400 TSA officers have been arrested for theft from passengers, yet not a single terrorist has been arrested by TSA. Sadly, like all federal taxes, programs, and agencies, it will never be abolished, but will continue to grow, consume more tax dollars, and become more burdensome to travelers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Herr Soren Fick Posted February 27, 2016 Report Share Posted February 27, 2016 Admit it. You bozh entjoy zhe full body zearchez by zhe TSA offizer. Now zpreak dein legz und zhink varm zhoughtz. Bwahahahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donster Posted February 28, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 Warm thoughts? You peeing down your leg again Fick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stans Posted February 28, 2016 Report Share Posted February 28, 2016 1 hour ago, Donster said: Warm thoughts? You peeing down your leg again Fick? And that is a feeling he knows so well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikew Posted November 19, 2016 Report Share Posted November 19, 2016 "1942: The Battle of the Java Sea begins and continues for three days, during which the Allies, under the command of the Dutch Admiral, Karel Doorman lose five cruisers and six destroyers, while the Japanese lose just 4 transports." ..and now the wrecks have disappeared, probably salvaged for scrap over the past few years.http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-37997640 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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