Amarillo Glamor Girl Nominated Amid Local Scene
The Amarillo area buzzes as Irene Miller of Braniff Airways earns a nomination for No. 1 Glamor, with a busy night featuring The American Way showing at Municipal Auditorium. Radio promotions spotlight Jack Harris of Nashville as War Department promotions director.
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Amarillo
Irene Miller
Braniff Airways
Municipal Auditorium
Sly
Martin Gunther
Mapleton
Ohio
Wright Brothers
Jack Harris
Station 1M
Nashville
Tenn
Radio Sion
Jack
Nee
Bill
AHS
Company F
Dean Ht
Mary Evelyn Gould
Mount
Pierson
Arina
Black Mask Players
JBL
JCD
W. BR. Gowrly
Bessie Lee
Keneth Simmerman
Dorothy Clutter
Joan McCormick
Jane Mobley
Mary Pratt
Mary Elizabeth Pryor
Dorothy Rittenberry
Amarillo Country Club
Phyllis Stanfield
Junior Welfare League
William Q. Boyce
L. K. Patton
Lawrence Hagg
John C. Fain
American Business Club
George Burns
Gracie Allen
Martha Raye
Bob Hope
Ducky” Pond
Yale
Sigema Iota Chi's
Amarillo College
Aileen Ballew
Louis Vigna
Lubbock
Harlan Willis
Mary Emma Finley
Forest Laing
Katie Heket
Theta Chi
Coa
Blackshear Jameson
Love
Angel
Ideas for Globe-News Readers Crowd Out Air
Readers address the Ideas Editor with suggestions ranging from city welcome cards and scrap iron drives to seating for workers and a stamp exchange. Contributors include J E Clements 1314 Parker Street Grace Welch 811 Sunset Boulevard E A Haggard Veteran's Hospital J M Davis 315 Tennessee Street and others proposing civic improvements and small community projects.
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J. E. Clements
Parker Street
IUR Ideas
Grace Welch
Sunset Boulevard
Back Home After Loss and New Plans in Dana Indiana
A narrator describes family reconnection after a mother’s death and a plan shift to stay near home. Father and Aunt Mary decide to remain in Dana with simple changes while son contemplates travel by plane. The piece reflects on memory, parental devotion, and lasting influence of a strong mother.
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Ernie Pyle Dana
Ind
Mary
Clarence
New Mexico
Dad
Aunt Mary
Humility and Pride Reflected in Montaigne and Faith
A brief meditation links Montaigne's idea of humility born from pride with the scriptural call to sanctify through truth. The verse John 17 17 anchors the reflection in a Christian lens on humility and honesty before God.
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John
TODAY'S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CLUES
Puzzle clues list with multiple defined entries across horizontal and vertical sections including writers, words, and wordplay. Readers identify answers for names, places, and terms such as d Artagnan author, perfumes, feelings, and various cross references.
Nazi influence and Lindbergh in American politics
Dorothy Thompson argues Hitler aims to cripple Britain aid and trigger a domestic revolution in the United States to install a Nazi order. She warns Lindbergh’s rhetoric could drive chaos, violence, and a split society, aiding Hitler's plans. She calls for calm, unity, and a humane program to defend constitutional ideals.
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Dorothy Thompson
Hitler
United States
Britain
America
Germany
Japan
Colonel Lindbergh
New England
Lindbergh
New York
Chicago
Bund
Europe
Roosevelt
Willkie
The
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Notable Quotes on War, Morals, and Society From 1930s Leaders
A compilation of remarks from Rev. Samuel Shoemaker, Sir Norman Angell, Harold G. Ward, President Roosevelt, Owen D. Young, and Caroline F. Ware. Topics include ethics in wartime policy, women's rights, defense, and social values within American public life.
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Sir Norman Angell
Roosevelt
Roosevelt era debate over American convoy in Atlantic wartime policy
The article reports on U S official concerns about wartime logistics after a Nazi sub sank a British ship carrying five million dollars in rubber and 3000 jet pumps. It discusses British convoy weaknesses, potential American convoying, and proposals to mix sea air defenses and auxiliary carriers to protect transatlantic shipments.
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Washington
Atlantic
War Department
Roosevelt
Ireland
France
S. S. Mormacmail
Admiral Land
Maritime Commission
Land
U. S
Hurricanes Clash With Junkers in Night Sky Battle
Squadron log recalls a night action on May 15 when Hurricanes engaged seven Junkers 87 dive bombers near Reims. Multiple J 87s were shot down or damaged while a parachute crewman escaped. Flying Officer Orton is listed as missing as dawn broke and reporters were ordered out of the town.
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S. W
S. Goering
Britain
Reims
Orton
Edison Lamp Turning Point An Oct 1879 Turning Point
The narrative recounts Thomas A Edison sealing a carbonized cotton thread in a glass bulb and powering it on October 19 with six staff watching. The lamp glowed for over 40 hours before the filament burned out, showcasing perseverance and urging readers to push past discouragement and pursue further progress.
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Thomas A. Edison
Edison
Clever These Chinese
A scientific hunt traces the origin of a Chinese drug from ephedrin to a newly identified plant Johan. Dr. Walter Swingle and a National Geographic Society expedition uncover Johan as momordica, grown by the Miaos in Kwangsi with unique hand pollination. If proven, Johan could rival ephedrin in medicine.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Walter T. Swingle
Swingle
Jo Han
National Geographic Society
United States
Canton
Kwangsi
China
Johan
Momord
Census Highlights Shifts In U S Social and Agricultural Trends
Census figures show smallpox deaths dropping to about forty annually while beauty parlors rise 35.4 percent since 1936. Canned vegetable output reaches 155 million cases and fruit juice production nears 15 million cases. Mint farms linger mainly in Michigan and Indiana. Sharecroppers in Mississippi exceed other states, but total sharecroppers decline nationwide from 776,278 to 541,291 in the decade.
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United States
Michigan
Indiana
U. S
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Debette Club
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Globe-News
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Stamp Exchange
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Tennessee Street
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