The Doughnut to Britain
American bombers fly Atlantic routes aided by new three dimensional weather forecasting and radiosond balloons. The system, perfected by the Weather Bureau, military services and civil aviation, delivers continuous wind, pressure, humidity and storm data five miles up, enabling safe dawn raids across the Atlantic in winter.
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Morgan M. Beatty
Washington
Britain
Uncle
Canada
T. J
Azores
Atlantic Seaboard
Germany
Rocky Mountains
Uncle Sam
Weather Bureau
Army
Navy
North Atlantic
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Your Ideas Editor Letter to Globe-News
Your ideas editor of Globe-News is asked to publish a reader submission about radio volume etiquette and social norms. The note includes dates and a signature line directing a prize donation to Mrs. Ruby Atkinson at 513 North Tyler Street. It also contains personal reflections on aging fashion and women’s rights without a cohesive argument.
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Globe-News
Ruby Atkinson
North Tyler Street
Manners Quiz and City Letters Highlight Amarillo Views
A reader asks about proper compliments and table manners, answering with “Your hair looks lovely” and noting not to discuss restaurant prices at the host’s table. Letters from Ellen Drake and Bill Montgomery press for public seating, city ordinances, and improved red cap service in Amarillo.
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Amarillo
Bill A. Montgomery Wood Hote
The Capital by Paul Mallon on War Policy and Tax Plans
The capital essay outlines ongoing debates over price controls and proposed taxes to curb inflation. It credits David Ginsberg and John Hamm for drafting, with Wallace Rayburn and other leaders co-authoring amid secrecy. It notes talk of higher social security and excise taxes and broader shifts in economic policy for 1944 and beyond. The piece also covers British wartime decisions and a Navy request for a tropical and aviation diseases research building, referencing prior appropriations under Charles Taft.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Opax
David Ginsberg
John Hamm
Wallace
Rayburn
McCormack
Barkley
Bernard Baruch
House
Navy
Ross T. McIntyre
House Appropriations Committee
Charles Taft
Hobart Bosworth Returns to Films After Sea Wolf Tour
Hollywood veteran Hobart Bosworth, after recent Warner Bros Sea Wolf premiere travels, returns to acting in Law of the Tropics with Constance Bennett and Jeffrey Lynn. He notes vast changes in production pace and technology since his 32 years in the business and reflects on past roles while embracing current filmmaking.
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Charles R. Moore
Hollywood
U.P
Hobart Bosworth
Bosworth
Warner’ Bros
Jack London
Warner
Constance Bennett
Jeffrey Lynn
Wally Beecy
TODAY S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL 1 Textbook author 13 To respond to a stimulus
Puzzle clues for a mixed fill in crossword style list many short definitions and cross references across horizontal and vertical entries with multiple word answers and abbreviations
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Spain
England Under War Pressure Deepen Confidence and Fear
Dorothy Thompson recalls visiting wartime England in May 1940, finding a nation scarred yet stoically calm. She observes wary civilians, ruined streets, and a landscape of resilience, noting an unspoken bond and a secret understanding among English people as they endure air raids with quiet defiance.
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Wheeler
Hitler
England
Back Home With Ernie Pyle on Marshall Pass Ride
Pyle recounts a six hour ascent from Salida to Gunnison on the Denver & Rio Grande narrow gauge over Marshall Pass. He notes 27 cars, three engines, a 4 percent grade, and views of spruce forests, aspen, streams, and occasional deer. He highlights the skilled “air men” engineers and laments tourists missing the route for more beaten paths.
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Marshall Pass
Colorado
Continental Divide
America
Salida
Gunnison
Denver & Rio Grande Western
Frank Frantz
Denver & Rio Grande
Answers to Crackers Editorial Page Quiz
The article lists geographic and historical details: Prut and Drut rivers, Dniester and Dnieper boundaries, Minsk and Pinsk locations, Dvinsk near Lithuania, Omsk, Bucharest and Budapest capitals, and Brest-Litovsk as a 20th century border site. It notes shifts in control during wars, including World War I and the current Russo-German war context.
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Prut
Rumania
Bessarabia
Russia
Drut
Dniester
Dnieper
Crimean Peninsula
Minsk
Pinsk
Poland
Dvinsk
Omsk
Bucharest
Romania
Budapest
Hungary
Brest-Litovsk
Germany
Cochran’s rise shows belief and effort unlock big jobs
Dale Carnegie tells how Cochran, Harvard MBA and MIT engineer, starts as a factory draftsman earning 80 dollars a month but is advanced to factory layout draftsman. He studies, seeks advice, and doubles his salary in three years. The tale stresses self belief, initiative, and fitting effort to opportunity.
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Myron C. Strawn
Kenneth Road
Glendale
Calif
Lockhee Aircraft Company
Burbank
Boston
Cochran
Graduate School ¢ Business Administration
Harvard
Ste
Tal Cochran
William James Harvard
Profile of Dr Edward Birge UW limnologist and President Emeritus
United Press profiles Dr Edward Asahel Birge of the University of Wisconsin Madison. The renowned limnologist, 23 years after predicting he would not serve as president, remains active at 92, directing extensive lake studies to boost fish food production. The feature recalls his 65 years on campus, a famous commencement anecdote, and his interest in the Apostle Paul.
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Uiversity of Wisconsin
Madison
Edward Asahel Birge
University of Wisconsin
United States
Birge
Wisconsin
Bir
Dean Scott H. Goodnight
Officers Fight Laundry Woes In New Orleans
Service men complain of uniform cuffs and ill fitting attire caused by laundry errors. Accounts cite Dr James E Fulgum and Captain Frank H Patterson among others as victims of cuffed trousers and cuffless linen, with Major Harrison noting a preventive shake technique. International quotes from Atti Ortolani and James Kemp contrast trade and patriotism perspectives as night driving deemed dangerous.
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New Orleans
James E. Fulgum
Naval Air Cadets Recepts Headquarters
Navy
Robert G. Harrison
Frank H. Patterson
Louisianational Guard
T Cleaner
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Siam
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By Dorothy Thompson
London
France
Holland
Belgium
Walt Whitman
Friends
Ernie Pyle Gunnison
Colo
Dale Carnegie
United Press
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New York
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Fort Worth
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U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Edwin H. Silver
American Optomet Congress
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