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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1941
Page
15
A family mourns the loss of their Persian kitten Nasiru'd Din Shah after the garage door malfunctions. The pet, affectionate and playful, suffered fatal injuries and was euthanized after a brief hospital stay. The household recalls the kitten's companionship and the lingering sense of loss.
A humorous study on job interviews shows Brutus dressing conservatively in peacock blue and Cleo in a business suit as they pursue roles. Brutus uses flippant bravado and a smirk while Cleo overdoes charm, but both fail after the VP notes Brutus’s behavior and Cleo’s too eager persona.
The Surplus Marketing Administration announces enriched white flour to combat malnutrition with added thiamin riboflavin nicotinic acid iron and optional calcium and vitamin D. It will be labeled enriched and available with blue food stamps, alongside patent white and whole-wheat flour.
A compact meditation cites Saint James and Titus urging swift listening, restrained speech, and calm response. It contrasts Browning and biblical phrases to urge inner restraint and pure perception.
The Capital column questions the ten day gasoline supply claim tied to acting Petroleum Coordinator Davies while noting differing official figures from the Bureau of Mines and the American Petroleum Institute. It argues publicity hides a larger reality of refineries and eastern crude stocks and calls for full disclosure amid ongoing scare publicity.
A Amarillo Globe-News Ideas page features Buddy Love and Billy Sanders urging severe penalties for pet poisons after noting such acts endanger dogs and children. They urge strong action to deter cruelty and protect beloved pets. Address: 205 Kentucky Street.
A scrambled set of horizontal and vertical clues lists terms and wordplay across spine to scale. The page test presents many truncated words and partial phrases challenging solvers to fill a full crossword grid.
A Gallup survey finds a large majority of Americans support direct applications to the military academies rather than securing appointments through congressmen. The study notes debate in Congress over 180 direct-entry vacancies at West Point, which the House opposed after Senate approval.
Ernie Pyle recounts a quiet morning at his mother in law s cottage on Lake St Croix where a two and a half foot garden snake falls from a screen door. He jokes about fear of snakes and notes how the snake disappears into a floor crevice. A telegram from President Roosevelt interrupts with packing plans. He describes rowing alone on the lake and a pheasant collision with his car, reflecting on mortality and luck.
Vivian Leigh did not marry Laurence Olivier in That Hamilton Woman as the characters were already wed. Madeleine Carroll did not wed Sterling Hayden since Fred MacMurray appeared and lured her away. Bette Davis did not marry Leslie Howard in The Petrified Forest because Howard was shot at the film’s end. Ida Lupino and Humphrey Bogart did not marry in High Sierra since Bogart was killed at the end. Margaret Sullavan and Charles Bower did not wed in Back Street as he missed her at the boat and married another.
A reposted column cites Paul Popenoe on how women should signal commitment to men. It advises restricting time, suggesting rival interest, and timing proposals to prompt decisive commitment, with a final option to end the friendship if goals aren’t met.
National defense reshapes industry as firms from mousetraps to cosmetics turn to war goods. From Kohler fuses to lipstick triggered detonators, conversion links many unlikely producers to army and navy needs. Bantam Connecticut demonstrates the boom as aluminum barber chair makers shift to bomber seats.
The book traces how war spurred medical advances from ancient plagues to modern conflicts. It notes yellow fever in the Spanish American War and gas gangrene in 1918, arguing that war acts as a vast battlefield for medical research while peacetime discoveries also drive progress.
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