New Year Festivities Take Amarillo by Storm 1945
Amarillo theaters and night clubs plan midnight matinees and New Year previews as crowds gather to bid farewell to 1942 The Black Swan with Tyrone Power and Maureen O Hara leads at the Paramount while other venues promise scares music and excitement including Wolf Man and The Invisible Ghost The Repulse sinking account and MONDAY: Last minutes aboard the sinking Repulse appear in the text
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Tyrone Power
Maureen O'llara
Maureen O'Hara
State Theater
Johnny
Ginger Rogers
Ray M
Capitol Theater
Rex Theater
Ray Milland
Betty Field
Rex
Rialto Theatre
Leon Theater
Star Theater
Grand Central
Victory Theater
Herring Hotel
Max Cooper
Aviatrix Club
San Jacinto Heights
Nighttime Intrigue Complicates Pacific Patrol Cast
In a tense alley exchange Mary Garthwaite and Porter trade barbs as Dan Merrick slips away toward City Hall. Maury Maury interrupts signaling a tense dynamic with Lt Sherman looming over Mary while Porter battles fatigue and jealousy amid ongoing post duties and family reception concerns.
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Mary
Porter
Port
Desperate Escape From a Wrecked Ship Deck
A first person account describes a chaotic evacuation aboard a ship under fire. Cecil Brown and others push to reach a quarter deck lifeboat as sailors move wounded officers toward the sea. A sub-lieutenant calms a panicked youngster while Abrahams hides his camera and a damaged filter falls during a perilous swing to a lifeboat.
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Woman Cab Driver Reports Accident
Kansas City December 31 Mrs Lela Duff a new woman cab driver reported involved in a minor collision to her husband John L Duff of the police accident squad.
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Kansas City
Lela Duff
John L. Duff
Graft Means Work Hard in Anzac Slang
A note explains that in Anzac slang graft is used to describe hard work and strenuous effort. The term appears in historical context highlighting how soldiers and workers described diligence and labor during wartime. The entry links graft to persistence and stamina.
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