GOING PLACES TONIGHT AT THE NAT Inn Ray Hutton
A breezy folksy page note profiles four sports greats in a lively chat format. The piece lists Kl Aldrich Dick Todds Price Brookfield and Ray Mallouf as prominent athletes connected to college and professional teams. It includes a wartime WPB update and a quirky local blackout incident. It also features a dated campus sketch with Drucilla Adelmann and a string of personal favorites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kl Aldrich
Washington Redskins
Dick Todds
Texas Aggie
Redskins
Price Brookfield
West Texas State
Ray Mallouf
Chicago Cardinals
Moscow bombed with special success claim by German High Command
A year ago the German High Command reported a Moscow bombing with near hundred planes and a claimed direct Kremlin hit. They tallied Russian losses since June 22 at 10,000. Queen Elizabeth thanked the U S for supplies and pledged not to forget sacrifices. Cairo dispatches cited Iranian secret police thwarting a Nazi coup attempt planned for Aug. 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Kremlin
Elizabeth
Great Britain
U. S
Cairo
Eleven Important Words By Dale Carnegie
A condensed look at happiness as self reliance. Carnegie argues unhappiness stems from feeling unable to meet a situation and urges problem solving and self reliance. The piece cites Nathaniel Greene and Senator Wagner as examples of facing adversity and growing confidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dale Carnegie
Robert F. Wagner
New York
PICTURED HERO OF THE PHILIPPINES PUZZLE CLUES
A cryptic crossword style grid lists clues for across and down entries including terms like Wander, From, Goddess, and Decoy. The puzzle schedules various wordplay items with numbered positions and perpendicular hints, culminating in a themed solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philippines
Stomach Ache Cheats Joke Players
Henry McLemore recounts the long search for a World War II supreme commander and compares it to Selznick’s Scarlett O’Hara casting saga. He notes mixed speculation over candidates from MacArthur to Eisenhower, Auchinleck, de Gaulle, Chiang Kai-shek, and Timoshenko, with Roosevelt or Churchill as possible outsiders, while debating when and where a second front might open.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLemore
Mr. Selznick
Scarlett O'Hara
Maine
Ohio
Louisiana
Maryland
Arizona
Delaware
Georgia
Alabama
Rhode Island
Vivien Leigh
Maggie van Buren
South Carolina
United Nations
MacArthur
Australia
Wavell
Marshall
General Eisenhower
General Auchinleck
de Gaulle
Chiang-Kai-shek
Chiang- Kai-shek
Timoshenko
Roosevelt
Churchill
Charley Ross
Norway
New Amarillo Notes Include Pantex Link and Army Life
Local column details newcomers and residents around Amarillo including Lt T C Read at the Pantex Plant and several moves to 2812 Lipscomb Street. Also covers six minute family visits, births at St Anthony's Hospital, and a vivid On Second Thought piece from Ernie Pyle about Irish army camp life and air raid drills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
Nick Bruner
van Bruner
T. C. Read
Pantex
Lipscomb Street
Ralph Carroll
Nicky
Anaialaale
Lubbock
A. F. Harrison
Tyler Street
Manners Quiz on Military Rank and Social Etiquette
A reader quiz tests knowledge of Army and Navy ranks and social conduct. Answers cover whether major general ranks above brigadier general, if vice admiral outranks rear admiral, if ensign is above junior lieutenant, if seaman first class equals Army corporal, and whether a girl should send cigarets to a former date in the armed forces. The column suggests inviting soldiers home as a friendly gesture if they are well treated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil Brown
Mason City
France
Transportation headache at Pentagon drives new bus plan
Washington faces a transit crunch as the Pentagon job complex in Arlington grows to about 25 000 workers by fall creating a daily influx of 16 000 DC arrivals. Plans call for 250 new buses, a two lane loading system with seven stations per zone, and taxi lanes to ease the six day a week peak traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stinnett
Washington
Pentagon
War Department
Potomac
Arlington
Air Force
Dstrict of Columbia
Capital Transit Co
Army and Transit Company
Transportation Company
Arlington Cemetery
Senator Josh Lee Warns Airborne Strategy Affects War Victory
Oklahoma Senator Josh Lee declares airborne transportation as the sole path to victory, stressing the strategic importance of air mobility for the war effort. He urges rapid mobilization and allocation of airborne resources to sustain Allied operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josh Lee
Oklahoma
Symptoms of Society Illness and Call for Self Cure
Dorothy Thompson argues that a war-time strain exposes long standing societal illness. Instead of surgeons for grafting and corruption, she calls for true diagnosis and a consciously created harmony guided by statecraft. Public opinion should become a public conscience to unite the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Thompson
Petrillo
United States
For My Great Folly A Costain Sea Tale in 17th Century England
William Ziff reviews For My Great Folly by Costain as a robust tale set with Captain Ward and Roger Blease aboard a hostile sea. The book blends history with imagination amid crime politics court intrigue and dramatic naval battles.
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Putnam
England
Thomas B. Costain
John Ward
Britain
James I
Roger Blease
Roger
Captain Ward
Ward
Reeer
Katie Ladland
Ann Turner
Costain
Polly
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NAT Inn
Ray Hutton
Uncle Sam
War Production Board
WPB
Harry James
Woody Herman
Mount Penn
Drucilla Adelmann
Droops
A.ur
Palo Duro Aff
Kappa Delta Chi
Phi Theta Kappa
Debettes
General MacArthur
Glenn Miller
Bob Hope
Reader's Digest
Pat Baxter
Katy DeFries
Billy Joe Storseth
Charles Boyer
Bette Davis
Stan Tharp
George Wyatt
Bill Edd McLaughlin
Margaret Dowse
Don Marsalis
Mary Kruser
Marton
Mardy Farwell
Mardy
Dowse
Jacquie
Gouldy
Everline
J. E. Adelmann
West Sixth
Carnegie
Nathaniel Greene
EODAY
Ruzzeer
Henry McLemore
David O. Selznick
Hollywood
United Nations Forces
Frances Sullivan
Wichita, Kan
Allura Art Shop
7Th Ave
Clarendon
Earl Graham
Nineteenth Avenue
Mr. Graham
Pantex Ordnance Plant
William M. Plemons
Shawnee
Okla
Alabama Street
Plemons
David M. Bray
Amarillo
Shreveport
Lieut. Bray
Harrison Street
T. J. Barger
San Antonio
Lieut. Barger
R. J. Gruver
North Polk Street
John R. Gruver
Fort Layton
Seattle
Wash
Richard Grooms
Dickie
Kansas City
R. B. Hollandsworth
Dallas
Ella Mane Cain
Sulphur Springs
Paul R. Rose
Sunset Terrace
Hollandsworths
Emmett Coble
Clayton
Irwin
Coble
S. S. Adams
East
Sixteenth Avenue
John L. McCarty
Ted Taylor
Lyle Dent
Ford Avenue
St. Anthony's Hospital
A. J. Schumarcker
Sunray
Ivan Fredericksen
Groom
W. D. Witt
North Buchanan Street
James Coleman
Virginia Ann McCartt
Baltimore
E. J. McCartt
Crestway Street
Coleman
Shirley Neely
Ted Neely
Hughes Street
Tennessee
Walter Browne
Memphis
R. J. Moore
Gates
Shirley
AATT
M. F. Blakemore
Plainview
West Sixth Avenue
Blakemore
Pantex Ordnannce
Wichita Falls
C. G. Brock
Fountain Terrace
Capt. Brock
Joe F. Willen
Aviation Technical School
Ernie Pyle
Northern Ireland
Wireless
Iowa
Cope
Higgins’ Son
William Ziff
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