Author: PRATT, ADMIRAL WILLIAM V.; ET AL
Title: Newsweek - the Magazine of News Significance, February 28, 1944: Smash at Truk
Description: USA: Weekly Publications, 1944. First Edition. Single Issue Magazine. Illustrated by Kammerer, Maria De. 104 pages. Features: Ethyl Corp. ad features color illustration of PT boat in action; Fantastic Chrysler photo ad shows many labourers working on Helldiver wing sections; Photo of Olympic ski-jump champ Birger Ruud; Traitor - Pvt. Dale H. Maple; Brief obituaries for Arthur H. Kudner, Ralph Henry Barbour, Ben Riley, Charles Bedaux, Capt. John T. Randall; Major Truk and Eniwetok Coverage; We can hit anywhere, any time; Reds exterminate encircled Germans at Dnieper; The Battle of Italy; Bombing of Monte Cassino; Dramatic aerial bombing photos of Alife, Italy; Nazis may quit Scandinavia; Helsinki's mothers and children leave - photos; Argentine President almost unseated; Nice color-illustrated General Tire ad has military theme; Nice color Seagram's V.O. ad; GMC Truck ad features Muslim theme; Fascinating one-page color Cadillac ad with military theme; Jerry Geisler - photos and article; Suicide of Charles E. Bedaux; Photo of Mrs. Myra Westray, Sheriff of De Witt County, Illionois; Finnish diplomate Hjalmar Procope - article with photo; Baruch-Hancock Report; Nice one-page color patriotic ad by American Airlines; Nice De Soto car photo ad; Very nostalgic photos of 'rink-dink' signs promoting tax return services offered by small merchants; Excellent one-page color ad for Allison (division of GM) aircraft engines features air battle scene; Alan Ford - Yale's Man of the Century (article with photo); Captain Harry E. Stark is featured in a Great White Fleet ad; Photo of boxer Al (Bummy) Davis and knocked-out opponent; Article and photos of troop entertainer Joe Brown in Asia; Nice one-page two-color ad for Davidson Duplicators features illustration of German prisoners giving up; Interesting photo ad for Smith Corona typewriters features military theme; One-page ad for film "In Our Time" starring Ida Lupino; War Against Lice - article with photos of DDT being used; and more. Above-average but not excessive wear. A worthy vintage copy.; 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall; Newsweek - The Magazine of News Significance, February 28, 1944: Smash at Truk Ethyl Corp. ad features color illustration of PT boat in action; Fantastic Chrysler photo ad shows many labourers working on Helldiver wing sections; Photo of Olympic ski-jump. Fair .

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