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The first female phone operator takes the reins, Germany invades Poland to start WWII, and the birthday club includes Johann Pachelbel, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Harriet Shaw Weaver, Liz Carpenter, and Lily Tomlin - with a reading from Elspeth Huxley's "The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood."
By Jon BrownThe first female phone operator takes the reins, Germany invades Poland to start WWII, and the birthday club includes Johann Pachelbel, Edgar Rice Burroughs, Harriet Shaw Weaver, Liz Carpenter, and Lily Tomlin - with a reading from Elspeth Huxley's "The Flame Trees of Thika: Memories of an African Childhood."