True Comics #4

(September 1941)

Have You Written Us a Letter? (Table of Contents)

text article / 1 page (report information)

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George J. Hecht

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Elanor Roosevelt (Photo); George Hecht (Photo); Gerard Darrow (Photo); Daniel C. Knowlton (Photo)

U.S. Army Chief General George C. Marshall (Table of Contents)

comic story / 11 pages (report information)

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Bio; War

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General George C. Marshall (December 31, 1880 - October 16, 1959); General Johnson Hagood (June 16, 1873 - December 22, 1948); General John J. Pershing (September 13, 1860 - July 15, 1948); President Franklin D. Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 - April 12, 1945)

Synopsis:

Life story of General Marshall from his beginnings at Virginia Military Institute to shortly before WWII.

Danger in the Arctic (Table of Contents)

comic story / 10 pages (report information)

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Fact; Adventure

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Joe Crosson (1903-1949; Alaskan Hall of Fame Pilot); Carl Benjamin "Ben" Eielson (1897 - 1929; Alaskan Hall of Fame Pilot)

Synopsis:

The story of Joe Crosson, once of the first pilots in Alaska.

Record Breakers (Table of Contents)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Benjamin "Ben" Bangs Eastman (July 19, 1911 – October 6, 2002); Frank Clifford Wykoff (October 29, 1909 – January 1, 1980); James Cleveland "Jesse" Owens (September 12, 1913 – March 31, 1980); Fred Wolcott; Helen Herring Stephens (February 3, 1918 – January 17, 1994); Cornelius ("Dutch") Warmerdam (June 22, 1915 – November 13, 2001); Stella Walasiewicz (3 April 1911 – 4 December 1980); Matti Henrikki Järvinen (February 18, 1909 – July 22, 1985); Elroy Robinson; Luhaar; Sydney Charles Wooderson (30 August 1914 – 21 December 2006); Cornelius Cooper Johnson (August 28, 1913 – February 15, 1946); David Donald Albritton (April 13, 1913 – May 14, 1994); Miklós Szabó (6 December 1908 – 3 December 2000); Richard Atley Donald (August 19, 1910 - October 19, 1992); Miss Lunn; Zdenka Koubkova; Curtis Hill; Glendolene Vinyard; Willemijntje "Willy" den Ouden (January 1st, 1918 – December 6th, 1997); John Rhodes Cobb (December 2, 1899 – September 29, 1952); Johnny Weissmuller (Born as Johann Peter Weißmüller; June 2, 1904 – January 20, 1984); Seabiscuit (May 23, 1933—May 17, 1947; Horse); Greyhound (Horse); Fritz Wendel (February 21, 1915–February 9, 1975)

Synopsis:

Details on various sports records.

Old Glory (Table of Contents)

comic story / 7 pages (report information)

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George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799); Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790); John Paul Jones (July 6, 1747(1747-07-06) – July 18, 1792); Betsy Ross (January 1, 1752 – January 30, 1836)

Synopsis:

The story of the American Flag from the Revolutionary War thru 1940's.

Sail, Ho! How to Recognize Many Sailing Ships (Table of Contents)

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My Greatest Adventure (Table of Contents)

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Linton Wells

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Genre:

Adventure

John Weatherby Blockade Breaker of 1812 (Table of Contents)

Unsung Heroes / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Genre:

War

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Lieutenant John Weatherby

Synopsis:

Lt. Weatherby has a plan to capture a British Clipper ship.

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War of 1812 story

Heroine of the White House (Table of Contents)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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War; Fact

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Dolley Payne Todd Madison (May 20, 1768 – July 12, 1849); James Madison (March 16, 1751 – June 28, 1836)

Synopsis:

The story of how Dolly Madison rescued many valuables from the White House before the British arrived and burned it to the ground in the war of 1812.

Chinese Hero No. 1 Part II (Table of Contents)

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Fact; War

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Chiang Kai-shek (31 October 1887 – 5 April 1975); Sun Yat-sen (November 12th 1866 – March 12th 1925); Soong Mei-ling (March 5, 1897 – October 23, 2003); Chang Hsuch-Ling

Synopsis:

The story of Chaing Kai-shek from before WWI thru WWII.

Indexer Notes

Continued from previous issue.

Builder of Canada (Table of Contents)

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Fact; Adventure

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Alexander Mackenzie (1764 – March 12, 1820); Simon MacTavish

Synopsis:

The story of Alexander Mackenzie and his expedition that travelled across all of Canada to become the first to reach the Pacific Ocean.

Frontier Fighters (Table of Contents)

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Western; Fact

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Captain John Charles Fremont (1813 - 1890); Kit Carson (December 24, 1809 – May 23, 1868); Lieutenant Gillespie

Synopsis:

The story of Captain Fremont and how he forced Mexico to surrender California to America.