Life Magazine, November 20, 1944 - Rural Thanksgiving

1944 Election coverage. Trappist lay brother hears about the war. Nice full page color Kinsey, Unhurried whiskey ad with ski lodge theme, shows ski boots nicely and ski trophies. China flees - mass evacuation in Kwangsi. Families speak for their war dead - Louis William Brucks, Samuel Ottenbachers, Bertha Courtney, John Paul Ragsdales, Jeanette McPheeters, Irene Burgess, Frances Virt Schulz, and more. Photo - USS Missouri fires a salvo. Ships in trouble in Philippine sea battle - being shelled as planes prepare to take off from neighboring aircraft carrier. Paris fashions. New York harbor. Hedda Hopper, Hollywood columnist. After the war hunters will use GI equipment for sport. Rural delights of the New York Times. Engineered Exercise, gymnastics with Nicholas A. Kounovsky, Florence Dornin, Maurine Zollman. I remember mama - theater. British Royal Children spoil family photographs by acting up, moving, etc.. Uncle Dan Barey by John Walker. Indian Spa at French Lick. Diana Shore finds husband Montgomery Letz in pages of LIFE. Cute full page color Coca-Cola ad with sleeping soldiers, each with a "call me at -- o'clock sign."