Life Magazine September 22, 1952 – Polar Base
Life Magazine Cover : LST is waved into new polar base, arctic base (LST = Landing Ship, Tank).
- Another charming full page Texaco ad with five Dalmatian pups playing with fireman’s boots.
- Full page Bell Telephone ad with the Telephone Center at Camp Gordon, Georgia.
- Canadian Pacific Line’s ocean liner “Princess Kathleen” is wrecked in Alaska, but 425 on board escape.
- Clergyman Willard Sprouse dies as he accepts honor at Episcopal convention.
- Disaster hits 100,000 wild ducks in Utah, drought induced pollution of swamps – botulinus bacteria.
- Row over Massachusetts pensions.
- Billy Rose marches back down the hill – his wife got her legal separation from him, Eleanor Holm (swimming champion).
- Disintegrating British jet rains deadly debris on crowd – photos, no real caption.
- Full page Hiram Walker whiskey ad with five winning US golfers.
- Photos of British Gloster Javelin fighter airplane and the Avro 698 (a flying wing).
- Mystery of the kidnapped baby, Mary Moroney (Mary McClelland, Anastasia Moroney Miranti).
- Full page color Blatz beer ad with old and new bicycles and old and new beer containers.
- Sculptor David Smith.
- Writer Marian Foster, Mariana writes the books about Miss Flora McFlimsey.
- Spanish clothes fashions.
- A calf with two mothers, surrogate cow mother.
- Birth of a giant new U.S. Polar base – photo essay, Blue Jay in northern Greenland.
- Sports Car fad – photo essay.
- Rocky Marciano, heavyweight boxer.
- Hawaii volcano lava la
- Antique magazines are packed with entertainment from cover to cover!
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