Initiations and Social Plans At Amarillo Sororities
A list of Goin A pledges for Sigma Iota Chi and Alpha Beta chapters, with pledges named. Christmas dance set for Amarillo Country Club on December 22. Zeta Omega pledge Tommy Hainze, Open House by Mu Chis, and various social events noted. A daily sketch profiles Amarillo High senior Barrel Collins nicknamed Captain, with hobbies, honors, favorites, pals, and big moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlene Cook
Sigma Lota Chi Sorority
Helen Garrett
Mary Jane Black
Marggaret Love
Mary Jane Houck
Jimmie Sue Williamson
Shirley Cline
Ruth Vows
Marie Dallar
Gwyneth Elder
Virginia Thornton
Martha Starkey
Gwen Garwood
Sue Murphy
Jean West
Phyliss Burnett
Jean Hallmark
Cassy Stephenson
Amarillo
Tommy Hainze
Zeta Omega
Blackstone Hotel
Collision Club
Eloise Hill
Cecile Czerner
Dorothea Porterfield
Barbara Green
Alpha Beta
Oday
Barrel Collins
Amarillo High School
Wayne King
Sue Corn
T. P
Irvin Wall
Catty Girls
Henry Fond
Lana Turner
Leroy Booter
Mary Ann Hal
Bill Jolly
Patty West
Tom Duke
Dean Wright
Glenn Quattlebaum
Fred Page
Sandies
Airpower and the evolution of naval aviation radios
Major Williams recalls the early days of naval aviation radio from carrier pigeons and big black receiver boxes to portable pocket radios. He recounts flights from Norfolk to Washington and listening to church hymns thousands of feet above the capital, contrasting past wireless quirks with modern airport communications and tower responses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AS Williams
Naval Air Station
Norfolk
Washington
Harold Brow
Chicago
Gene McDonald
Zenith Radio Corporation
Gene
Amiral William A. Moffett
Bureau of Aeronautics
Naval Aviation
Anacostia Air Station
Williams
EAL Douglas
PuzzKeR Horizontal and Vertical Clues Mixed
A scrambled clue list shows horizontal and vertical entries with numbered items including monuments mollify skull surgery terms and compass directions. The grid references and partial answers hint at a themed crossword style puzzle from a newspaper page.
War ends in a long struggle shaping world power
Dorothy Thompson argues the war's climax hinges on German aims in Europe and the Pacific. She contends Japan faces a choose between limited defeat with U S aid or total ruin if Hitler wins, and outlines American strategy to favor peace, rebuild defeated nations, and deter Axis dominance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Thompson
World
Russia
Turkey
Weygand
Kurusu
Libya
Hitler
Moscow
Caucasus
Mediterranean
Spain
North
Africa
Washington
Tokyo
Japan
Pacific
Far East
Britain
Mussolini
Italy
Germany
United States
Europe
Americas
China
Vienna
Asia
Indo-China
Dutch East Indies
Vladivostok
Yokohama
Berlin
Central Park
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Roosevelts diplomacy shifts in wartime strategy
The piece critiques FDR's handling of diplomacy and military moves to protect Dutch Ghana bauxite mines and deter Vichy and Tokyo. It notes Congress, labor leaders, and Morgenthau sparring over tax policy, and comments on Mexico talks, highway funding, and Japanese-German interests shaping a new postwar order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mallon
Washington
Ghana
Hitler
Roosevelt
Vichy
Tokyo
United States
French Guiana
Fdr
Pelain
Japan
London
Dutch East Indies
Dakar
CIO
Smith-Cox-Vincent
Laborites
White House
Perkins
Treasury
Morgenthau
House
Doughton
Tam
Mexico
U. S
More McLeMore by Henry McLemore
Henry McLeMore ponders war with Japan with satire on public mood. He mocks war experts and notes Americans would unite against Japan and poke fun at cultural quirks while avoiding graphic detail.
Car visibility and traffic bells spark reader ideas
John B. Gordon of 507 North Taylor Street urges color schemes to improve auto visibility on highways to cut crashes. Readers discuss city traffic bells, defense bonds for Christmas bonuses, and safety in vehicle design, with editor notes weighing public demand and practical constraints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John B. Gordon
North Taylor Street
Jour Idfas
Polk Street
Amarillo
A Year Ago in War Fronts Across Europe and Asia
United Press reports an all out Nazi aerial onslaught left Southampton in ruins. Greek troops push along the Albanian front at bayonet point. Spain signs a financial agreement with Great Britain. Indo-Chinese communique says Bandong Island captured by Thai troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press
Southampton
Spain
Great Britan
Bandong Island
Answers to Crackers Questions on Editorial Page
The piece lists seven itemized facts: seven seas geography. T E Lawrence author of Seven Pillars of Wisdom. the Seven Years War 1756 to 1763 involving Prussia Austria France and Russia. the Seven Weeks War of 1866 between Prussia Italy and Austria and allies. and the Seven Wonders of the World with the listed sites including pyramids Hanging Gardens of Babylon and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
T. E. Lawrence
Arabia
Prussia
Austria
France
Russia
Italy
Babylon
Diaha
Ephesus
Zeus
Phidias
Olympia
Halicarnassus
Rhodes
Pharos
Alexandria
Sol Ciaburro Finds Life After Pensions Through Boat Building
A Pond’s Extract chemist in Clinton Connecticut faced a dire prognosis but chose action over despair. He renewed a hobby, built boats including a successful Zip racing model with Brainard Boat Works, and revived his health and career, proving a positive turn can outlive doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sol Ciaburro
Pond's Extract Company
Sol Cieburro
Clinton
Conn
Sol
Brainard Boat Works
Davy Jones
Missouri
Profile of McNaughton Soldier Scientist Leader
Andrew George Latta McNaughton blends military command with scientific insight. Born 1887 in Moosamin Saskatchewan he rose from militia to brigadier then general officer. In World War I he was wounded twice and earned three mentions. He later led training and staff roles, then became chief of general staff before transitioning to science as head of the National Research Council. Father of five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew George Latta McNaughton
Britain
Andy
McNaughton
Charles de Gaulle
Moosamin
Saskatchewan
McGill University
Pacific Coast
National Research Council
West’s Black Lamb and Grey Falcon Stuns Readers
Rebecca West’s study of Yugoslavia, begun after 1934, results in the sweeping work Black Lamb and Grey Falcon. Viking Press releases a two volume, near 1200 page history travelogue autobiography and critique.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebecca West
Yugoslavia
Alexander
Louis Barthou
Marseilles
London
Miss West
Viking Press
Europe
Constantine
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Club News
Puzzker
U.S. National Monument
Wyoming
U. S National Monument
Utah
Nova Scotia
Soviet
Black Sea
Kuibyshev
Caspian Sea
More McLemore
Henry McLemore
New York
Tommy Manville
New Social Register
Gloria Vanderbilt
Pat de Cico
Bruce Cabot
Arthur Murray
Tommy
Gloria
California
Liz Whitney
Sen. Pepper
Florida
Globe-News
F. Gunston
Montgomery
Alabama
Don Albright
Buchanan Street
Dale Carnegie
Julian Messne
Kenneth M. Ellis
Crecy
Geoffrey Elys
Ellis
Pauline Corley
Richard
Random House
Helen Bradley
Richard Bradley
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