Goin Places Huddle Club Dance at the Amarillo Hotel
The Huddle Club sponsored another successful social and fund raising dance at the Amarillo Hotel with a long list of attendees including Burrel Pollins Beverly Ball Billy Southworth Sue Corn football coach Howard Lynch and many others. Red Skelton profile notes his career from circus roots to vaudeville radio and film while a reminder comes that June Mad the Little Theater play will be performed at the Municipal Auditorium tonight and tomorrow night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo Hotel
Huddle Club
Sandie
Burrel Pollins
Beverly Ball
Billy Southworth
Sue Corn
Howard Lynch
Dolly
Bobby Jean Elkins
Bill Nugent
Ernest Rogers
E. J. Watson
Betty Ruth Ravey
J. W. Clark
Betty Craft
Joe Fowler
Maxine Laannnam
Clifford Holt
Dickie Anderson
Gwen Ely
Dick Mason
Mary Jean Burkhalter
Bonnie Waddill
Ross Newby
Betty Wallace
Bert Watson
Fay Duke
Betty Mashburn
Bill Bonner
Jodie Simmons
Butch Boyter
University of Oklahoma
Carl Abel
Jerry Wright
Clide Amerson
Joe Bob Mobley
Betty Eastland
Ed Keen
Donald Posey
Bob Keen
Leland Gray
Wanda Fowler
Arthur Ball
Collie Moye
Bradley Bynum
Huddie Club
Milda Fae McSwain
Bill Jolly
John David Warner
Tommy Nance
Millard Johnson
Frank Wilkis
Billy Lynch
Municipal Auditorium
Rambling With Ernie Pyle From the West Coast
Ernie Pyle reports Seattle in early 1942 shows war in headlines but life mostly unchanged. He notes blackout cards, rising prices, strong war factory coverage, and crowded streets, yet few pacific coast residents feel all-out or panic. Traffic bottlenecks, shipyard queues, and booming boom towns define a coast balanced between effort and routine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ernie Pyle
Seattle
San Francisco
Pacific Coast
California
Maejor
Guejar Army
Els
West Coast
Victory Suit Binds Hollywood Aces To Wartime Wardrobe
In Los Angeles the film world reacts calmly to the Victory Suit news from New York. Stars Bing Crosby Johnny Weissmuller Adolf Menjou Guy Kibbee and others weigh in on a cuffless, vestless, beltless wartime outfit while golf at Lakeside reveals humorous takes and patriotism as Errol Flynn’s stance remains unpolled for now. The piece blends club side chatter with swaggering celebrity prose and sets a playful tone for a fashion shift tied to total war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Calif
Capitol
New York
Esquire
Hollywood
Lakeside Golf Club
Bing Crosby
Johnny Weismuller
Bing
Johnny
Crosby
Shim
Weismuller
Adolf Menjou
Mr. Menjou
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Pluto
Lakeside
Menjou
Guy Kibbee
Scattergood Baines
Errol Flynn
Errol
Preview of U S war life in 1943 food and goods changes
A War Production official and Agriculture spokesman outline expected U S life a year into WWII. They forecast substitutions in fats and oils, reduced imports of tea spices and tapioca, rationing focus on sugar, and shifts to peanut and soybean oils. They anticipate packaging changes from cans to glass and cardboard and urge shoppers to bring baskets. Prices to stay controlled, with little room for sharp increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Houseres
Department of Agriculture
Fish and Wildlife Service of the Interior Department
Wickard
Puzzler grid clues mix of Russian composer and misc terms
Readable puzzle list includes horizontal clues from 1 to 60 and vertical clues from 1 to 56. Entries feature a variety of common words and abbreviations such as fastener, tavern, veil, and omnipresent trivia, with references to well known persons and places.
On the Record seems to mark Pearl Harbor aftermath
Dorothy Thompson notes President's sixtieth birthday amid recovery from Pearl Harbor blow. She praises the open report as civil courage and morale booster, criticizing hidden defenses and suggesting the nation avoided a moral debacle by not publicizing fear or illness of leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Thompson
Pearl Harbor
General Short
Admiral Kimmel
Wolf Man star Chaney joins Fifties werewolf tradition
Lon Chaney Jr stars in Universal's The Wolf Man with makeup by Jack Pierce transforming him into a werewolf. Pierce details the process from plaster bust to hair, the four hour makeup, and the struggle to achieve a practical look.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Moore
Hollywood
U.P
Lon Chaney, Jr
Chaney
Jack Pierce
Pierce
England
Wales
MacArthur's Filipino Campaign Seen As Masterful Strategy
The Capital lauds General MacArthur for a clever defense of the Philippines. It details Japanese numbers and tactics at Lingayen Gulf, Agoo, and Manila, noting MacArthur’s delaying defense, strategic withdrawals, and final regrouping to stall the Japanese advance with 155 mm artillery and terrain advantages around Bataan.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
General MaccArthur
Philippines
MacArthur
Luzon
Ocean
Formosa
Bataan
Corregidor
Appari
Vigan
Manila
Lingayen Bay
Haruna
Appar
Lingayen
Agoo
Laguna Lake
San Fernando
Bay
Homma
Hamman
Iun
Sierre Madre
Editorial Page Q A: Marriages of Public Figures
Sally Rand wed Turk Greenough a rodeo cowboy on January 6. Ann Sheridan married George Brent on January 5. Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbil t married Pasquale di Cicco, son of the New York broccoli king. Maureen O Hara, Irish film star, wedded Will Price, a film dialogue director.
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Sally Rand
Turk Greenough
Ann Sheridan
George Brent
Gloria Laura Morgan Vanderbilt
Pasquale
Pat" di Cicco
New York
Maureen O'Hara
Will Price
The Great American Tea Company to The Great Atlantic and Pacific
A St Louis leather goods dealer named George H Hartford transformed a failing shop by adding tea and other goods. The venture expanded into New York, creating The Great American Tea Company and eventually The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. The pivot toward diversification and later supermarkets propelled A and P into a dominant national business.
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St. Louis
George H. Hartford
Boston
George Hartford
America
Mississippi River
China
New York City
Vesey Street
Great American Tea Company
Great
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Frenchman's Creek review by Daphne du Maurier sparks mixed furore
A critical appraisal of Daphne du Maurier's Frenchman's Creek argues the tale suits a young audience with a Cornish sea setting and a handsome pirate plot. The piece faults the story's period detail and consistency while acknowledging du Maurier's swift storytelling gift and reader appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daphane du Maurier
Doubleday
Doran
Daphne du Maurier
Miss du Maurier
Rebecca
Frenchman's Creek
Miss du Marier
Dona
Sir Harry
London
Pirate
Lord Godophin
Japanese Cavalry Strength in War Reports and Harsh Terrain
The Cavalry Journal estimates Japan may field about 61 cavalry regiments totaling over 33 thousand horses, with some units deployed to the Philippines. Japanese horsemen still wield sabers while American troops use pistols or carbines. Reports note smaller horses with some thoroughbred blood and a doctrine similar to the US, yet capable of countering motorized forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Macassar Strait
Dutch East Indies
Australia
Rangoon
Burma
China
Washington
Cavalry Journal
Philippines
Douglas MacArthur
Batan
United States Army
United States
Japan
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Jimmy Mosley
Ann Buckler
Pampa
Polly Little
A. C. Lewis
Dumas
Johnny Buell
Dorothy Latham
Cliff Martel
Joe O'Grady
Josh Davidson
Betty
Capitol Theater
Norvall
Lloyd Rose
Howard Beddingfield
Thoma
Louis Caudill
LoRene Rhule
Germany
More McLemore
Henry McLemore
Wood
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By Herman Allen
Priter
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Nikolay Andreevich
South America
Wolf Man
Thomas C. Hart
Ireland
Hawaii
Europe
Russia
Axis
Wake Island
Atimonan
Lamon Bay
Legaspi
Dale Carnegie
Liberal Arts College
Eugene G. Bewkes
Colgate University
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Emil Ludwig
Department of Commerce
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