Hitler Reviews Nazi Troops, Hollywood Celebrates Barrymore’s Birthday, April 28, 1939

April 28, 1939, Hitler

Sending photos in the old days: By ship.

April 28, 1939, Statue April 28, 1939, Cover

At left, you're wondering what a statue of a naked babe has to do with freedom of the press? According to news accounts, it represented "the unadorned truth." It was part of a group of statues at the World's Fair representing "The Four Freedoms," which also included Freedom of Religion, Freedom of Speech and Freedom of Assembly. There's supposed to be a figure of a child reading a newspaper, too.

April 28, 1939, Lionel Barrymore

Lionel Barrymore turns 61.

April 28, 1939, Hammer Attack

April 28, 1939, Comics

"Her emotions surged in alternating torrents. She loved this man; yet she hated him for the injury he had done her pride. She could kiss him or kill him, with equal delight." Gosh, "Tarzan" has some purple prose.

April 28, 1939, Sports

The Angels beat Sacramento 2-1: "A storybook finish that had Johnny Moore cast in the role of Frank Merriwell enabled our Angels to pull what looked like a certain defeat out of the fire after two were out in the ninth inning yesterday."

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1 Response to Hitler Reviews Nazi Troops, Hollywood Celebrates Barrymore’s Birthday, April 28, 1939

  1. Unknown's avatar zabadu says:

    I’m sure you didn’t, as you catch everything, but for those who didn’t – catch the picture of a pre-movie star Esther Williams on the sports section…

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