Word: shangri
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Strange Outing. One day in midtrial, Banker John Anderson, friend and confidant of Sir Harry's, took the reporters on an excursion to Hog Island to admire Shangri-La, the fabulous estate of Swedish tycoon Axel Wenner-Gren. U.S. and British black listings keep this nimble friend of Millionaires Hermann Goring, the Duke of Windsor, Sir Harry Oakes and many another in Mexico for the duration, but the reporters found 17 gardeners tirelessly pushing back the lush jungle growth, awaiting the end of the war and the master's return. One or two reporters wondered whether the excursion...
...Lost Horizon," on the other hand is a magnificent picture, unspoiled by time change because no attempt was made to bring in a world outside of Shangri...
...Network is under some handicaps mainly a greatly reduced audience, but the airwaves still hum with "Swing Out" and "Shangri-la." The Student Council and PBH, of courses, stand like arm rocks in the heaving sea; but a student council meeting today looks more like a civilian Navy parley as V-12 and NROTC men fill many seats...
...Network Prize Show . . . from Shangri...
...Shangri-La. One afternoon at the end of March, 16 B-25s were spaced trimly over the aircraft carrier Hornet's flight deck. Off on either side steamed cruisers and destroyers. The next morning, Doolittle told them officially what the mission was, gave them choice of city: Tokyo, Yokohama, Osaka, Kobe, Magoya. They were to land at small Chinese airfields, refuel and meet at Chungking. It would be single-file, hit-&-run, each crew on its own. "If we all get to Chungking, I'll throw the biggest goddamn party you ever...