15 Jan 1943
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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 15, 1943
Page
1
A humor column editor confesses forgetting to pay $2 for each Scotch joke published. He admits many jokes were old but some had appeared, promises immediate payment and asks joke senders to inform him of how many of their jokes appeared. He apologizes sincerely and urges readers to help restore goodwill.
In a wartime feature the MGM actor Taylor reflects on choosing his service branch after making three pre induction pictures as a soldier sailor and marine. Adolphe Menjou is noted for thrift and a stamp collecting rumor. Evelyn Keyes shares a soldier letter from Hollywood Canteen dancers and Australians name railroad cars boggies vans and wagons.
A mass of quick fire celebrity notes laughs at age limits in Hollywood and hints at Bing Crosby applause. It references Eddie Norris Red Skelton and Bob Hope while musing on Ruth Chatterton and Ruth Braide with sly wit and gossip tone.
The excerpt mixes weather chatter with sharp opinions on gender roles and politics. It cites Winchell and Beveridge, lampoons Hitler, predicts tennis decline, and comments on colds, love immunity, and dating odds. Prairie game notes close with Kansas Woodson County references.
The column mixes playful odds and ends from Texan readers. It notes 80,000 prairie chickens and folds in letters about day sleepers, rowdy children, and parenting. It mentions Ronny Sue Roberson of Dimmitt and several human interest vignettes spanning divorce, dogs, and wartime home life.
Hollywood report notes Anne Shirley, once seen as mousey, has shed a schoolgirl image and gained glamour. Industry insiders say she could become a top star if a producer recognizes her current appeal and envisions stronger off screen presence. Memories of Jean Harlow are recalled in discussion of star image dynamics.
Florence Darby a widow at 506 West 2nd Ave offers to do any kind of hourly work reporting she is colored and in urgent need of employment. The notice appears in Tack Letters page 6.
The column recalls Rudolph Valentino riding an outlaw horse, Will Rogers walking to fetch a tossed envelope, Dolores del Rio nursing poison oak after autumn bouquet fans, Constance Bennett holding out for tax inclusion in pay, and Warner Baxter’s surprising return when he acted in a neighbor’s amateur film prompting a Paramount deal.
Lynn Merrick selects Phil Raffin a meat packer as her wartime boyfriend and proves forethought with three Christmas gifts two hams and a side of bacon. Don
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