Weather gossip and quirks from Amarillo papers
A column reflects on mild Panhandle winters easing storms east, praises Fort Worth Star-Telegram for its weather coverage, and retells humorous wind torn skirt stories. It also shares a miscellany of folk customs from Blanco Texas to Alabama, plus notes on Christmas lore and social trivia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Dallas
Missouri
Atlantic Seaboard
Panhandle
Far Telegram
Amarillo
Jimmy Record
Star-Telegram
Mr. Record
Polk Street
United States
Associated Press
United Press
The
International News
New York
Community Letters React to Zoot Suits and School Reform
A reader complains about men wearing large hats with feathered tails, attributed to zoot suits. Other letters discuss school reform, homework limits, and teaching practical skills, with residents from Amarillo offering opinions on youth education and daily life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Globe News
Navy WAVES recruitment name Blue Bonnet squadron praised
The Panhandle calls for qualified women ages 20 to 36 with two years of high school to join the Navy WAVES. A Blue Bonnet squadron train starts February 15 with pay from 132.50 monthly plus board and room. Recruits will replace men in navy camps at home while others serve overseas. proceed via Herring Hotel offices and naval officers on duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Amarillo
Navy
Blue Bonnet Squadron
Panhandle
Continental
United States
Blue Bonnet
Herring Hotel
Edward Lawson
Harry Frederickson
Navy Procurement Service
Lawson
Lieut
Frederickson
Darling
Ben Franklin
Methuselah
George Herbert
Plautus
Baltimore
New York City
California
Tommy Manville
Martha Washington
Mrs. Washington
Nelly
Asclepiades
Alexis Carrer
Rockteller Institute
Loeb
Hollywood Memories and Lillian Gish in Commandos Strike At Dawn
JIMMY FIDLER reports on Lillian Gish’s small role in Columbia’s Commandos Strike At Dawn and the shock of her diminished screen presence. The column recalls Gish’s legendary career, notes public reaction, and threads in reminiscences about Barbara Lamarr Lupe Velez Jane Withers and other film figures.
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Jimmie Fidler
Hollywood
Lillian Gish
Columbia
Miss Gish
Boston
Barbara Lamarr
Neauveu
Lupe Velez
Beverly Hills
Jane Withers
Hollywood Parade Snapshot Lists Stars and Comeback Proposals
A flippant collage of 1940s showbiz musings cites Joe E. Brown Rod La Roque Nils Astaire and joked Elsewhere about Robert Benchley Benny and Baker. Eleanor Powell’s training for I Dood It is noted as five weeks with rope spins and arm massages. Don Ameche is labeled as ex practical joker with various unnamed reasons offered.
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Joe E. Brown
Rod la Roque
Nils Aster
Robert Benchley
Jack Benny
Phil Baker
Maria Montez
Martha Raye
Veronica Lake
Uncle Sam
Hollywood
Eleanor Powell
Miss Powell
Don Ameche
Ameche and Beery Roast Vanity in Old Film Gossip
The text recalls Ameche's reform while noting the Kiwi of Wallace Beery who mocks minor losses after learning of a bank failure. It cites Bing Crosby on Mickey Rooney's failed magic act with Rooney praised for skill yet pulled by the rabbit. It also mentions vanilla flavoring coming from the orchid vanilla plantifolia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ameche
Wallace Beery
Beery
Bing Crosby
Mickey Rooney
Rooney
Bing
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Ates
Record
Winchell
Blanco
Texas
Alabama
Theriot
Santa Claus
Ohio
Christmas
Florida
Santa Claus Park
Santa Claus College
Santa
Newark
Pic
Third Street
Mason King
Vincent Lockhart
News-Globe
Helen
R. L. Rutherford
Petersburg
Tex
Wallace Clark
West Texas College
Amarillo Country Club
Larson
Charles Buck Jones
William Demarest
Lynne Overman
Overman
Bill
Mr. Overman
Jimmy Durante
Charles Boyer
Belleview Street
Hulett
Arch Road
Nicur Coucus
Iccks
Asl
Fet Personal Loan
First National Bank
H. V. Robertson & CO
Oliver Eakle
Beautien
Aly
Zale
Zale’s
Heart of America
Polk
Dickson Drug Store
9Th and Polk St
Pia
Abi Tel
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