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Death May Have a Silver Lining: Doomed, he sought his Fate, and found a Love that brought him Life

... Doomed, he sought his Fate, and found a Love that brought him Life By John Haggart JIMMY RANSDALL sat staring at his pale, tired face in the make-up mirror; or what passed for a make-up mirror in a theatre dressing-room in Bangkok. It was a cracked, fly-specked piece of glass hanging forlornly on a streaked plaster wall, which was sweat ing, Jimmy thought, as uncomfortably as he from the ...

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Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 142 | Page: Page 36 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 4 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Covers  Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 72 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

THE BRISTLEWOODS SEE IT THROUGH

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Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 32 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

THE END OF OUR TO CHEER YOU UP SECTION

... . The signal 'e just made, Sir, was Wouldn't it be shockin' if you and I was as full of punch as wot this flamin' ocean is I DRAWN BY J. E. BROOME. ...

Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 41 | Page: Page 9 | Tags: Graphic  Illustrations 

MAKING THE MOST OF WARTIME FOOD

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Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1178 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Bystander
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 13 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Covers  Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Sketch
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 79 | Page: Page 2 | Tags: Illustrations 

SALUTATIONS FROM THE FUTURE: BENG OUR SHORT STORY

... SALUTATIONS FROM THE FUTURE. By WINIFRED AGAR. * MIRANDA JEAN PENELOPE TODD felt pleased with her new car as she drove it to the cemetery on that beautiful winter morning. Snow lay on the ground, and the sun hung blandly orange in a dun sky. The trees along the road were exquisite in their nakedness. She was visiting the cemetery to see the newly-erected headstone on ...

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Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 24 | Page: Page 1 | Tags: Covers  Illustrations 

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Published: Wednesday 03 January 1940
Newspaper: The Tatler
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 112 | Page: Page 38 | Tags: Illustrations