Word: trooper
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...Luther said a plowman can be more pious at his plowing than a nun at her prayers. We say a Storm Trooper in his fighting is more in God's will than a Church that does not jubilantly join in the call for the Third Reich...
...Shah of Persia, dynamic, self-made Reza Pahlevi, onetime Cossack trooper, Britain last year hurled an oily ultimatum...
...they want. Also its "Storm Battalions" offer shelter, food and a pittance to perhaps 200,000 German unemployed. The money comes from rich Germans who expect favors from Chancellor Hitler and from every German who has dropped a copper into the box thrust at him by a young Storm Trooper...
...movie version, as presented at Keith's, has the advantage of an excellent cast, which is of more value to the picture than the superfluous padding imparted by the camera. Jack Oakie reveals himself as a fine comedian in the part of George Lewis, the stupid vaudeville trooper who becomes the idel of Hollywood, and Miss Aline MacMahon in the part of May Daniels shows a dramatic talent which is seldom found in the movies, and seldom left unspoiled when found. The other roles, particularly that of Laurence Vail, the playwright marooned in a movie studio, are well cast...
...selection of Miss Dougherty (whose signature "Kay Dee" has long been a mark of authority in Photoplay's office) was no surprise. Energetic, aggressive, she had shared control of the magazine with Publisher Quirk for several years. Normally softspoken, Publisher Dougherty can swear like a trooper when dealing with men. Her principal business rival is a woman-red-haired Catherine McNelis, president & publisher of Tower Magazines which include New Movie, Photoplay's most serious competitor. Publisher Dougherty does not inherit Mr. Quirk's title of editor. A board of six editors was appointed, headed by Managing Editor...