Notable Visitors In Amarillo Draw Local Attention
Bill O Donnell Interstate Theaters district manager from Dallas leads a list of visitors to Amarillo. Cornelius Westbrook Van Voorhis, voice of the March of Time from New York, arrives for several days. Clair Maxwell, Life Magazine executive from New York, is in town on business. Bob Windsher, oil industry figure from Fort Worth, will visit with Voorhis. plus local events about Cotillion Club dance August 23 and Red Sievers band performances at the Nat and a style show planned by the Junior Business Women’s Club.
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Amarillo
Bill O'Donnell
Interstate Theaters
Dallas
Cornelius Westbrook van Voorhis
March of Time
New York
Clair Maxwell
Old Life Magazine
New Life Magazine
Bob Windsher
Fort Worth
Voorhis
Minnerrall
Anu Mlaawel
Bill
Interstate
van Voorhis
Texas
Van
Red Sievers
Red
Mid-West
Floyd B. Olson
Sievers
Hawaii
Martha Nell Stack
Hollywood
Ace
Walt Disney Studios
Braniff Airways
Silver Grill
John Barrymore
Barrymurmer
Junior Business Women's Club
Capitol Hotel
Certs Hotel
Caricaturist Xavier Cugat Carves Career Path
AP feature profiles Xavier Cugat, the later famed baton of the Waldorf Astoria Orchestra, who began as Caruso’s caricaturist in 1917. He sketches from memory, favors mouths, and turned to illustration after music gigs failed deadlines. Now nearing 50, he recalls switching to the Los Angeles Times before building a dance orchestra empire.
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New York
Caruso
Midwest
Xavier Cugat
Waldorf- Astoria
Cugat
Elman
Heifetz
Kreisler
Los Angeles Times
Wartime England reporter cited for blackouts mishap
AP writer J Norman Lodge recounts life during wartime England. He watched a 50 foot flame from a bombed building, lit a cigarette, and was taken to the lockup for striking a match during blackout.
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England
J. Norman Lodge
Match by Charles R. Moore Hollywood spoof story
Hollywood columnist recounts Lynne Overman’s beach misadventure while filming Reap the Wild Wind. Martha O Driscoll loses a fabric scrap and Richard Webb turns up in matching trunks. The pair vanish as Paulette Goddard clues reveal they likely fled toward sea between Santa Monica and Honolulu.
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Charles R. Moore
Hollywood W.P
Lynne Overman
Overman
C. B. de Mille
Martha O'Driscoll
Richard Webb
Richard
Martha
Paulette Goddard
Santa Monica
Honolulu
Navy re-enlistment protest sparked by veteran’s doubt
George Sanderson of San Francisco, 80, was turned down for re-enlistment in the navy after 19 years out. He says he knows ten times more about the service than the troops being sent. The exchange mirrors broader wartime debates and quotes from leaders on manpower.
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Navy
George Sanderson
San Francisco
London
Wheeler
U. S. Navy
Atlantic
Roosevelt Diplomacy and Navy Movements in the Pacific
Washington reports note the navy keeps ship movements secret except when ships reach Australia. The piece predicts changes to the Roosevelt Henderson price control plan, possible board governance, and mentions debate in Congress. It also discusses possible expeditionary force ideas and describes Wallace’s domestic economic council aims.
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Roosevelt-Henderson
Congress
Mr. Roosevelt- Henderson
Henderson
Cpax
Carter Glass
Senate
House
TODAY S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL ARCTIC PUZZLE clues
A compact puzzle item lists many cross clues with scattered answers in horizontal and vertical sections including animals tools and verbs. It presents numerous definitions such as pictorial arctic mammal huge animal palm leaf incomplete paralysis hastened large cask pierced with horns because mineral fissures Indian vernacular to search for god of war preposition to defame toward spinning toy to free Indian cat s murm to cure to irritate to torture and more.
See to Die With His Ship
Captain Percival of the S S Appleton survived a pirate raid on a convoy bound for England when German bombers attacked in the mid Atlantic. A one ton bomb struck amidships, the ship sank, but Percival, wounded, ordered lifebelts and lifeboat procedures, saved crew, retrieved confidential papers, and was rescued by destroyers. His ship and cargo were lost at sea.
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Paul Manning
England
Appleton
Staten Island
N. Y
Percival
Virginia
S. S. Appleton
Brooklyn
Battery
Manhattan
Statue of Liberty
Sandy Hook
New York
Atlantic
Trish
Greenland
Cabin Bay
France
Seaman Watts
Watts
Separate air force issue fuels Gallup poll debate
Gallup reports public opinion on creating a separate air force shows 55 percent in favor and 45 percent opposed among those with opinions. The survey links sentiment to potential new cabinet status and funding, noting strong interest among Who's Who leaders and a history of rising airpower support since 1938.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
United States
Congress
Pat McCarran
Army
Navy
al Williams
Institute
Speer
Hitler Blitzkrieg
Capitol Critic Turns Tour Guide in Nebraska
Lincoln spectator recounts a tour of the Nebraska state capitol, where a wary elder derides its design while the author praises its architecture. He notes cost, alleged graft, and the statue atop the dome as a symbol of sowing not a farmer, concluding few buildings compare to this capitol except Louisiana’s.
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Ernif Pyle
Lincoln
Neb
State Capitol
Nebraska
Capitol
Capitol Tower
Ford
Great Concourse
Senate
America
House of Commons
London
Commons
Supreme Court
Louisiana
Tadpole Hall and its Austro refugee impact in village life
Helen Ashton's Tadpole Hall from Macmillan follows Austrian refugees and London slum dwellers arriving in a quiet Sunday village, altering the routines of the local elite. The review praises its moral uplift and contrasts it with the era’s social norms.
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Macmillan
Helen Ashton
Austria
London
Enthusiasm as a Key to Irving Langmuir’s Success
Dale Carnegie lauds Irving Langmuir for extraordinary enthusiasm from boyhood to Nobel Prize in chemistry. Langmuir’s drive and curiosity spurred major advances like gas-filled lamps and long-lasting tungsten filaments, earning him the AAAS presidency and global recognition.
Paying the Spies by Jack Stinnett
The piece analyzes a large espionage ring, detailing how couriers and a 37-member group handled transmissions by radio and microphotography, with suspects like Axel Wheeler-Hill and Lilly Stein pleading guilty. It notes how payments were made via cash or bank transfers, mentions global meetups, and cites broader quotes on education, politics, and social issues.
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Axel Wheeler-Hill
James Wheeler-Hill
Bund
East 126Th Street
New York City
Hoover
Columbus Circle
New York
Bronx
Glendale
Long Island
Venice
California
Lisbon
Portugal
Rio
Lilly Stein
Sweden
Goteberg
Else Weustenfeld
Rene Mezenen
Heinrich Claussing
Brazil
Mesages
Santos
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Cotillion Club
Caricaturist
By Herman Allen
Conet Cugat
Fred Astaire
Helen Wills Moody
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Wavell
India
Paul Mallon
Washington
Australia
Navy Department
Department
Roosevelt
Mukden
Ohyama
Grant
Petersburg
Mr. Roosevelt
New London
New Economic Council
Wallace
Senate Committee
Senate Finance Committee
Ibero-America
Italy
Spain
Fernando Gelos Rios
U. S
THE
Gallup Poll
Tennyson
Dale Carnegie
Irving Langmuir
Dean Langmuir
Dana Place
Englewood
Irving
I. L
Royal Trumpeters
Music
Stockholm
Gustaf V
Irving Langmuirs
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Emerson
Charles Sumner Woolworth
Frank
Jack Stinnett
FBI
Uncle Sam
Totalitare
John W. Studebaker
Commissioner of Education
Nancy Mellon
Don Luis Quintanilla
Snowden
Kingstree, S. C
Avila Camacho
Mexico
Mr. Hitler
Leon Henderson
Price
W. W. T. Duncan
Lakewood Methodist Church
Cleveland
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