Weather and light humor mix with wartime cost concerns
A February norther heads toward a unsettled weekend with little snow. The column blends light musings on habit and humor with sharp critique of cost of living figures, noting Labor Bureau estimates versus AFL CIO claims and the impact on housewives and printers in Amarillo. It cites a $100 bet about quitting smoking and references a Christmas gathering between Spinning and Tack.
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Spinning
Tack
AFL
CIO
Presidential Committee On the Cost of Living
Roving Snippets Mix Trials of Opinion and Oddities
A collage of comment on immigration critics, Sinatra letters, humorous anecdotes, and social notes. Items include a boast about Sinatra earnings, a booby prize mix up, a navy wife hat debate, jokes about love and family, restaurant scenes, and quirky regional trivia.
Chinese Gain in Hukawng Valley in Burma
Chinese forces scored further gains against the Japanese in Hukawng Valley northern Burma. On the Arakan front north of Akyab the Japanese remain on the offensive against Allied hill positions. Chinese advances have cleared pockets of resistance and widened the Tanai River west of Taipha Ga as they force the enemy back to enable completion of the Ledo Road.
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New Delhi
Hukawng
Burma
Arakan
Akyab
Lord Louis Mountbatten
Southeast Asia
Tanai River
Taipha Ga
Lost shopping bag left on bus near Sixth Avenue and Adams Street
Mrs. J. W. Walker asks Tack to help recover a lost shopping bag left on a South Loop bus Monday morning. Contents include a gown a pair of black shoes and a little boy's clothing. A reward is offered for its return to 605 Adams Street or by calling 2-4694.
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South Loop
Sixth Avenue
Adams Street
J. W. Walker
Hollywood Notes Sparked by Orson Welles Critique
Jimmie Fidler rails at actors chasing politics while praising Orson Welles. He mocks vanity in Hollywood and recalls Abbott and Costello sending a yo yo to a Marine, plus a clubroom tale about Los Angeles city politics and a quip on Mayors. Bob Hope comments on seekers of fame.
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Hollywood
Orson Welles
Wonder Boy
Iit
Betty Hutton
Welles
The
Daily News
Washington
Abbott and Costello
South Pacific
Amos Stanhilder
Australia
Motion Picture Directors Asociation
Los Angeles Police Commission
Fred Niblotht
Los Angeles
Enid Bennett
Bob Hope
Texas Company Union Dispute Goes to War Labor Board
Wages and union security are at issue in a dispute between the Texas Company of Amarillo and International Union of Operating Engineers Local 240. The War Labor Board certified the case for settlement. the local represents about 80 workers at the Dallas refinery.
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Amarillo
War Labor Board
Dallas
Texas Company of Amarillo
International Union of Operating Engineers
Local 240
RFL
Regional War Labor Board
Texas Company
Lost War Bond Savings Prompt Reward Ad
A notice urges that if $500 in War Bond savings are lost, the finder should report the loss and a return rewards may be offered. The item emphasizes advertising for the return to recover the funds.
Protection through a premier hospitalization plan offer
A brief notice promises temporary medical protection days only, urging readers to enroll in the best hospitalization plan available to secure health coverage. The ad highlights limited time access and emphasizes cost savings and comprehensive benefits for policyholders.
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Chamberlain
Ohio
Onnet
United States
Europe
Sinatra
F. Sinatra
Palm Beach
George Vanderbilt
al Jolson
Bennett Cerf
Dorothy Lamour
Bob
St. Louis
Cain
Texas
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Wauconda
Illinois
Italy
M. E. John
Pennsylvania State College
Whyte's
Putton Street
Manhattan
Ina Ray Hutton
Jean Harlow
C. W. Miller
Aliquippa
Frank Sieminski
New Kensington
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Robert Nezbeth, Sr
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Chester
Noel Coward
Mr. Coward
Reno J
Wacs
WAC
Darling
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Rutherford B. Hayes
Boston
Frank Sinatra
New Orleans
Department of Agriculture
Dorothy Gray
Lane
Rue A & Harmacy
Polk
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Jimmie Fidler
Screen Histor
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Gregory Ratoff
Muse
Joe E. Brown
Deanna Durbin
Vaughn Paul
Charles Boyer
Anita Louise
WLB
Iduniven
Milnot
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