Huddle Club Dance Invites and Panhandle Club News
Invitations for the Huddle Club Christmas Dance arrive by mail for the Amarillo Country Club event Friday night. The Panhandle Club reports All-College Dance plans with reps from several universities and Eddie Lewis providing music, plus sorority pledges, mock initiations, and a Christmas toy drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Country Club
Thelma Linn
Faye Barton
Mary Traeger
Zeta Omega
Panhellenic Council
Tri-K
Mu Chis
Mu Chi
Tri
Darrell Grundy
P Alpha Kappas
Nat
Texas State College For Women
Frances Maxfield
Viola Phillips
Hereford
Margaret Dowse
Jane Gouldy
al Baggett
Skunk Confidence at Bronx Zoo as War News Shakes Nation
Henry McLemore notes animals at the Bronx Zoo display unusual vigor after Japan attacks, with jackals and hyenas preening as humans rally behind war. The piece closes by urging industry to support drafted workers and keep positions open, citing George A. Mohiman.
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George A. Mohiman
Springfield
Mass
Accidents highlight 1941 safety roundup
Wanda Adams crashed into a Plainview Texas station and walked away uninjured as a hydraulic hoist lifted her car. Victor Woodrick, a student pilot from St Louis Illinois, escaped a minor plane mishap after an air pocket. Theodore Booker of Chicago caused a dangerous July 4 celebration when a cracker was tossed into his car.
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Wanda Adams
Plainview, Tex
Wanda
Victor Woodrick
St. Louis
Ill
Theodore Booker
Chicago
Beardless Allyn Joslyn Finds Hollywood Best Without Beard
Hollywood actor Allyn Joslyn recalls his beard era and recalls that working without facial hair has let him take on new roles. He started in stock at 16 and acted shaved by 21. His first screen part was a reporter in They Won't Forget.
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Charles R. Moore
United Press
Hollywood
Allyn Joslyn
Joslyn
Columbia Studio
Loretta Young
Fredric March
March
Answers to Crackers Editorial Page Quiz
Quiz on fictional characters and authors with notes on Sherlock Holmes Basil Rathbone Philo Vance Perry Mason The Thin Man and its eponymous detective Nick Charles Poe and Dupin comparisons. The list mentions Poe and Stevenson with misattributed works and notes literary lineage in detective fiction.
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Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
Basil Rathbone
S. van Dine
Philo Vance
Erle Stanley Gardner
Perry Mason
the Thin Man
Dashiell Hammett
Nick Charles
Edgar Allen Poe
Rue Morgue
Robert Louis Stevenson
Dr. Jekyll and
Mr. Hyde
TODAY S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CLUES LIST
A compact list of crossword style clues for both horizontal and vertical entries. Includes references to football commissioner, various abbreviations and terms from sport and language puzzles with terms like seagull head covering and Egyptian sun god.
America’s War Resolve and Honest Sacrifice urged by Dorothy Thompson
In strong wartime prose Dorothy Thompson argues that the nation must abandon complacency and embrace collective action. She asserts disaster follows German Italian moves and urges full mobilization, mass effort, and truthful leadership, with Americans taking responsibility for victory.
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Dorothy Thompson
Quote from Lady Halifax on wartime burdens and Goebbels
A wartime reflection contrasts daily inconveniences with the dangers of losing Joseph Goebbels, the German propaganda chief, noting the heavy burdens borne by all during the war. The remark underscores the peril and stakes of international conflict.
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Joseph Goebbels
Freedom of the air after the war debate rises
Major Williams argues over air power and postwar airline monopolies with Pan American and British Overseas Airways. He cites Dr. Bauer on vision as key to pilot equilibrium, recounts learning to fly and the shift from whirling chairs to psyche checks, and notes muzzle covers on planes to reduce wind resistance.
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British Empire
British Overseas Airways
Pan American Airways
Pan American
Louis H. Bauer
Dr. Bauer
Doc
Manners Quiz on Social Introductions From a Vintage Guide
A reader answer set tests etiquette rules for introductions. It covers which names to speak first when introducing a mother and daughter, pronoun use in introductions, proper phrasing like Miss Brown, glove etiquette in handshakes, whether a man should offer his hand to a woman, and correct forms for introducing a man and a woman. The solution favors “What Would You Do” style guidance.
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Miss Brown
Miss Smith
Mr. Jones
Happiness Beyond Wealth in a Boyhood Reflections
Dale Carnegie muses on the limits of wealth for happiness sharing lessons from prison wardens and Emerson. He argues true contentment comes from inside and from helping others rather than accumulating riches. He cites Woolworth and a Persian proverb urging gratitude and daily happiness.
Woman airplane mechanic AN H STANLEY profile in United States
Mrs. Ann H. Stanley 37 Phoenix grandmother is the only woman licensed as an aircraft mechanic by the Civil Aeronautics Authority in the United States. She argues for national training of women in aviation repair, detailing her path from bookkeeper to licensed mechanic and praising the work she and other women can perform.
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United Preas
United States
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Phoenix
Ann H. Stanley
Dale Stanley
Southwest Airways
Thunderbird Field
Los Angeles
Stanley
Secret Diary of William Byrd of Westover Revealed
The 1709-12 diary fragment from William Byrd of Westover is printed for the first time by Dieta Press. The Huntington library unearthed the portion, with Mrs. Mari on Tining decoding Byrd’s shorthand. The entry includes personal habits, slave treatment, and plantation life, alongside broader reflections on democracy and telepathy books.
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William Byrd
Westover
William Byrd of
Dieta Press
Byrd
Virginia
Huntington
Marion Tining
Jenny
England
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Stony" Irwin
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Elaine Johnson
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Dixie Heegecake
More McLemore
Henry McLemore
New York
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National Safety Council
L. L Barrett
Maxwell
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Captains Courageous
Valley Forge
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Dewey
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Plymouth Rock
Mississippis
Pearl Harbor
Lady Halifax
The
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Jones
Dale Carnegie
Missouri
Sing Sing
Lewis E. Lawes
Ralph Waldo Emerson
F. W. Woolworth
Irwin Edman
Philospher
Reynal & Hitchcock
Saae
Herbert W. Schneider
Eileen J Garrett
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