Amarillo Society Buzz and Local Highlights
Panhandle social scene features include Phillips 66 softballers titled by Junior Chamber event, Rainbow Girls tours Braniff airliner, multiple engagement and wedding notices, and theater listings at Paramount and State. Notables include Ann Gardner and Dixie Smith visiting from Chicago and Omaha locals hosting parties for Frances Shudde and Gloria Stinson, with engagement announced for Frances Chance and A. C. Mayo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Shock
Phillips 66
Frances Shudde
Gloria Stinson
Frances Chance
A. C. Mayo
Idell Durrett
MacDonald H. Hays
Heaven Too
Bette Davis
Charles Boyer
Paramount
Herring Hotel
C. B. Pittman
Jess Latham Jr
Kay Linder
Betty Florey
George Tiffany
Leota Cherry
Virginia Ann McCartt
Adolphe Menjou
Carole Landis
the Breeze
Sierra Sue
Make Believe Island
Imagination
The
Swallows
Capistrano
Japan's fading dream prompts global economic pressure
Final dispatch notes Japan under economic assault from the United States and Great Britain, seeking to curb expansion without a total defeat. It examines oil access via the Indies, potential Thai and Indo-Chinese trade moves, and the risk of Japan choosing a desperate gamble if oil and trade become exhausted.
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New York
U.P
Japan
Orient
United States
Great Britain
Far East
East Asia
China
Netherlands East Indies
Indies
Freseh Tradne
Thailand
Indo-China
Roosevelt
Notable Quotes From War Leaders Theorize Victory and Production
The British must win the war or face annihilation, a warning attributed to George Backer. Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands praises the vast wartime production quantities observed in the United States during his visit.
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George Backer
N. Y
United States
Prince Bernhard
The
Netherlands
Tokyo war scare fades as nerve fight dominates
The piece argues Japan cannot field more than about 1.25 million troops and is strained by equipment shortages. It notes China’s guerilla resistance, Japan’s scattered divisions, and the challenge of attacking Malaya, while criticizing calls for mass armies and praising infantry focus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mallon
Washington
Tokyo
Japan
Italy
Spain
China
Manchuria
Formosa
Hainan
Korea
Shanghai
Malasia
Mediterranean
Roosevelt
What Would You Do in Social Dilemmas at a Dance
A reader asks five social questions about office etiquette and dating Do you rise for a woman secretary when she enters your office Should you invite a girl to dance with a direct question Is a soldier allowed to invite a girl to her sorority dance If you host grace at meals should a guest say it The guidance favors simple courtesy and appropriate norms showing how to handle social rituals in 1940s America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Butler
Robert McNeil
Eunice Morris
Bing Crosby
Mary Tom Morgan
Cheley Camp
Colorado
Warner Baxter
Myrna Loy
Paramount
Herbie Holmes
Anne Hirst
Rainbow Girls
Julia Loewenstern
Amarillo Country Club
Stephanie Cheney
W. H. Clark
Mary Elizabeth Royalty
Eddie Cantor
Ethel Merman
The
Texas
Daily Puzzle Horizontal And Vertical Word Quiz
Crossword style clues list with numbered entries across and down covering people places and objects from founder to flora and fauna including terms like nurse rockfish and palm lily. The puzzle blends historical and general knowledge clues in a compact grid format.
The Royal Air Force as a New Noble Order
Dorothy Thompson describes the RAF as a knightly, self-disciplined volunteer force shaping postwar Britain. She notes its social make up from middle-class backgrounds, its emphasis on team work over individual glory, and distinct subcultures across fighters, bombers, and coastal command.
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London
Royal Air Force
Britain
England
Guynemers
Richthofens
Eton
Hungary and Russia Sever Ties Amid World War II Tensions
The article notes Hungary broke diplomatic relations with the Kremlin after Nazi panzer advances into Soviet territory. It recalls Hungary’s brief 1919 Soviet government under Bela Kun, the 1920 regency of Admiral Horthy, and Hungary’s wartime shift toward Germany. A 1939 stamp featuring Admiral Horthy is linked to the Magyar movement funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hungary
Kremlin
Bela Kun
Nicholaus von Horthy
Admiral Horthy
Germany
In Brief Fort Worth Cigarette Toss Leads to Fine
Brief item notes a Fort Worth incident where tossing a cigarette on a street led to a fine or citation under local ordinances.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Confession of a Private Car Ride with Ernie Pyle
Ernie Pyle recounts touring in a Denver & Rio Grande Western private car named the business car with railroad official George Dodge and porter William Price. They wake in Salida locked in, escape by freight, then return to Denver for a luxurious journey while mocking the common travelers in the regular cars.
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Ernie Pyle
Denver
Marshall Pass
Gunnison
Salida
Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Colorado
Pullman
George Dodge
William Price
Mr. Dodge
Jay Gould
James J. Hill
Price
Sing Sing
Dodge
Salica
Quotations on Fate and Virtue from Classical Authors
A collection of maxims on fate, self conceit, fire as a servant, overcoming evil, divine flaws in men, and lawful use of law. Notable lines cite Heraclitus, Aesop, Proverbs, Carlyle, Romans, Joaquin Muller, and I Timothy 1:8.
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Joaquin Muller
Dont argue let other talk and you present your side
Augustine V. Collazo avoids confrontation after a car crash on a curve in Manati Puerto Rico. He defuses anger with calm dialogue and offers to pay damages. The owner and family back down and the two men become friends, learning the two sentence method.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augustine V. Collazo
Apatardo
Manati
Puerto Rico
Light Brigade
Augustine
Admiral Osami Nagano Profile Highlights Naval Strategist
United Press profile portrays Admiral Osami Nagano chief of the Japanese naval general staff. A veteran of 40 plus years, he rose to commander of the Combined Fleet in 1937 and served as a delegate to London Washington and Geneva conferences. Born June 1880 in Kochi, he embodies the Mahan school of sea power and is noted for deep strategic study.
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United Press
Osami Nagano
Naval General Staff
Mahan
Supreme War Council
Nagano
Staff Board
First Fleet
Admiral Nagano
Japan
London
Washington
Navy
Kazukichi Nagano
Kochi Prefecture
Saikoku
Naval Academy
Naval College
Books on Nazi Propaganda and Wartime Reading Choices
A review pairing Goering flyers and anti Nazi works with wartime fiction and investigations. Highlights include The Airmen Speak, I Was a Nazi Flyer, The Passionate Witch, Up to No Good, The Case of the Turning Tide, Three Famous Murder Novels, and The Canadian Peoples.
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Hermann Goering
Royal Air Force
Doubleday
Leske
Bergen
Norway
Leslie
Low Countries
Aaron Marc Stein
Crime Club
Peru
Earl Stanley Gardner
Morrow
Francis Iles
Trent
E. C. Bentley
A. &. W. Mason
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Bill
Willkie
Gallup
Pole
France
North Panhandle
Will Rogers
Amarillo
Paul Dean
Delia Randall
Louise Reed
Joan Hyland
Amarillo Council
Whizzer White
Pittsburgh
Ted Weems
Mary Lee
Mary Louise Shaw
Charlie Meeker
Doris Billingslea
Huddle Club
Corrigan
Charles P. Woodburn
Louise Elliott
R.M. Sorensen
Robert Taylor
Edward Arnold
Maureen O'Sullivan
Kappa Sigma's
Kappa Tau Beta
Brooklyn
Dick Powell
Priscilla Lane
Hull
Owens
Iu A
H. O. Thompson
Ross Collins
Air Force
Singapore
Liverpool
Glasgow
Grace
Williams. Culbertson
U. S
Chile
Boy Scouts of America
By Dorothy Thompson
Coastal Command
Luftwaffe
Russia
Fate
Heraclitus
Carlyle
Dale Carnegie
Thorne Smith
Doran
T. Wallace Wally, Jr
B. K. Sandwell
Oxford
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