Goin' Places Hub Christmas Party at Nat
The Hub Clothiers held its annual Christmas party Saturday night at the Nat with H. M. Smith as toastmaster. Gifts were handed to many guests and employees as patrons were invited to view the March of Time Our America At War and Rise And Shine at the Paramount along with Santa Fe’s Carlsbad Caverns film. Supper clubbing added holiday bustle with a long list of attendees and performances by Eddie Lewis and the band.
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Nat
H. M. Smith
Nus
Frank Reed
Charlesmith
Francis Jones
Harold Epstein
Eaton Hawkins
W. Grubbs
Vera Barton
Billy Richardson
W. R. Hayworth
W. ¢. Ricketts
Paramount
Jack Oakie
Linda Darnell
Santa Fe
Carlsbad Caverns
Eddie Lewis
Paul ““T Jean Dollarhide
Marjorie
Ava Lee
State Theater
Sullivan
Dick Ross
Fran Real
Wayford Holman
Jeanette Donaldson
Joe Foster
Virginia Lauder
Way
Bush
Edgar Bigelow
Maharon
Lera Bell de
Public opinion in 1941 favors strict action against Japan
George Gallup reports that over six years surveys show Americans leaning toward stronger measures against Japan. By 1940 a 90 percent embargo sentiment existed, with a majority supporting actions risking war to curb Japanese expansion, rising after Indo-China invasion and Panay attacks.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Japan
United States
Europe
Indo-China
Institute
China
Pan
The Capital by Paul Mallon Washington
The piece argues for rapid expansion of the U.S. army and air power, urging a 6,000,000 man force within a year, doubling arms production, and a heavy emphasis on air torpedo boats to defend shores and strike vessels. Citizens are urged to buy defense stamps and bonds as a civic duty.
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Washington
Congress
Treasury
Today's Puzzle Horizontal and Vertical Word Quiz
A crossword style puzzle lists a set of across and down clues with numbers. It includes Pictured comedian, various common terms, and several named clues such as Livingstone related reference and celestial or musical terms.
Mrs Vern Blodgett Urges Red Cross Support
The Daily Dollar explains funds go to Mrs Vern Blodgett at 903 North Polk Street and prints reader ideas urging sewing and bridge clubs to contribute to Red Cross as wartime aid. Letters advocate Boy Scout defense stamp drives and community action to support war needs.
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Vern Blodgett
North Polk Street
Red Cross
Amarillo
Boy Scouts
Sam Bockman
Taylor Street
Tequilla Teases and Big Sticks in Washington Newsroom
Washington reporters chase light moments amid tense politics. Morgenthau jokes about tequila shipments delaying a Mexico accord while press room gifts spark chatter. John L. Lewis vanishing acts trigger wild rumor mill before a Mayflower dinner calm. Charles Hamilton, 83, delivers a thorny prop and a long career.
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Mexico
Treasury
Morgenthau
Treasury Building
Lewis
White House
Roosevelt
Walter Reed Hospital
Hugh Johnson
New Dealer
Mayflower
John L. Lewis
Percy Tetlow
Ohio
UMW
Airpower and the rise of light planes for national defense
Major AS Williams argues that true airpower rests on an informed public and mass adoption of light, low powered planes. He compares Allied and German approaches, calls for standardization in cockpit instruments, and contends the U S should prioritize defending America with fast single seater fighters rather than long range bombers used offensively. The essay ends with a Biblical verse.
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AS Williams
America
Army
Navy
Marine Corps
England
British Empire
Germany
Italy
Britain seeks US financial help amid wartime chaos
A year ago official sources disclosed Britain asked the United States for financial aid. Berlin reported bombers hit a subway line and damaged hospitals in the capital. William Knudsen urged machine tool makers to accelerate deliveries. Hungary made a token World War debt payment as David Lloyd George met with Churchill.
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United States
Berlin
William Knudsen
U. S. Defense Commission
Hungary
David Lloyd George
Winston Churchill
Ethel Merman Dreams Her Way to Broadway Success
A Long Island City stenographer named Ethel Agnes Zimmerman grows from dull duties at B. K. Vacuum Boosters into a Broadway star by embracing dreams, singing talent, and bold moves. She changes her name to Ethel Merman and rises to the top as Roosevelt praised dream fueled achievement.
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New York
Ethel Agnes Zimmerman
B. K. Vacuum Boosters Brake Company
Ethel
George White
Ethel Agnes
Ethel Merman
Teddy Roosevelt
TODAY'S PROFILE CHARLES WAKEFIELD CADMAN
Charles Wakefield Cadman American composer, born 1881 in Johnstown Pennsylvania, rose from piano lessons to published ballads and organ pieces. He recovered from illness with friends aid, lived among Native Americans near Albuquerque developing From the Land of the Sky Blue Water. He wrote the Pennsylvania Symphony about steel mills and rivers, admired by Lillian Nordica, and praised school and radio driven American music progress.
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Charles Wakefield Cadman
United Press
Joseph Schwab
Charles M. Schwab
Steel
Charles Schwab
Andrew Carnegie
Dr. Cadman
Pennsylvania
Johnstown
Charlie
Austrian Alps
Pittsburgh
Albuquerque
N. M
Land of the Sky-Blue Water
Cadman
Odysseus
Lillian Nordica
Bethlehem Steel Company
America
American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers
Young Man of Caracas and Mad Grandeur in Gogarty’s Era
Reviews note Thomas R. Ybarra’s Young Man of Caracas a childhood memoir of Gen. Alejandro Ybarra in Caracas during Gomez’s dictatorship and postdictatorship progress. Gogarty’s Mad Grandeur depicts pre famine Ireland with aristocratic life, duels, gambling, and social clash amid peasants and expropriation threats.
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Thomas R. Ybarra
Caracas
Washburn
Alejandro Ybarra
Nellie Russell
Grant
Venezuela
Ybarra
Juan Vicente Gomez
Ireland
Oliver St. John Gogarty
Lippincott
Gogarty
Gowarty
Erias
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