Huddle Club Dance Funds Defense Bonds in Amarillo
The Huddle Club at the Amarillo Hotel held a charity dance with profits to buy defense bonds. Bonds may be given to outstanding Amarillo High seniors. Newly elected officers include Milda Fae McSwain president and Georgia Lou Mode secretary. The Nat’s opening was announced for Wednesday with free admission. Notables present included Gwen Fly, Beverly Ball, and many local students and basketball players.
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Uddle Club
National Defense
Huddle Club
Amarillo Hotel
Defense
Amarillo High School
Milda Fae McSwain
Georgia Lou Mode
Jean Luker
Jodie Simons
Dolly Lynch
Gwen Fly
Edmon Starkey
Beverly Ball
Chandler Rush
Wimpy Hill
James Franklin
Myron Dorman
Sandie
Mark Taylor, Jr
Martha Jane Starkey
Billy Ruel Jones
Ginger Owens
Clide Amerson
Betty Ruth Ravey
Bob Trisler
Betty Summerlin
Dewain Redus
Horace Gibson
Johnny Price
Patty West
Lou Stockton
J. E. Wren
Clifford Holt
Barbara Boxwell
Eleanor Ruth Beck
Mary Ann Dudley Illy Southworth
Ed Sharp
Etty Knight
Mary Ann Hall
Bobby O'Keefe
Joe Morgan
Anne Troth
Bill Nugent
Red Lynch
W. A. Maddox
Nat
Jane Woodruff
Genelle Davis
Jimmy E Kouri Taylor Jones
Nellie True
al Everitt
Nancy Colley
Dorothea Porterfield
Holly Toles
Happy
Fran Real
Ralph Short
Jean Florey
Thomas Duke
Lera Bell
DeFries
Lawrence McBee
Marvin Laing
La-Verne Lowell
Latrell
Richard
Jap Jungle Blitz Outflanks British Forces in Malaya
The piece analyzes the Malaya campaign noting Japanese tactics in jungle and sea environments, their use of inflatable transport by night, and the British underestimation of the threat. It cites American and Allied strategic missteps, including delays in air power deployment and aircraft production issues.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Malaya
China
Indo China
Bangkok
Thailand
London
Truman Committee On
Truman
War Department
Moscow
Italy
Bulgaria
Taganrog
Black Sea
Bill Batt: From Shoes to Power in U S Government
The profile traces William L. Batt from a poor farm upbringing near Salem Indiana to Director of the Division of Materials in the Office of Production Management. It highlights his people skills, work ethic, rapid rise at S F K Company in Philadelphia, and belief that his ability to get along with others aids his leadership.
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Salem
Ind
William L. Batt
Bill Batt
United States
Division of Materials
Office of Production Management
Japan
Hitler
Purdue University
Shank
Eople
8. F. K Company
Philadelphia
Charles M. Schwab
Word Puzzle Clue List Opens With Crisscross Challenge
The page presents a dated crossword style with horizontal and vertical clues. It includes numbered hints for words ranging from Gone by to Right guard abbreviated and covers topics from birds to metals and plants.
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South America
Two World War News Pushes Toward a United Hemisphere
Dorothy Thompson discusses the U N and a proposed Western Hemisphere pact among 21 Latin American nations to sever ties with the Axis and share economic gains. The plan aims to raise living standards, unify nations by mutual strength, and counter Axis coercion in war and postwar order.
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United Nations
Latin-America
United States
Europe
Switzerland
Sweden
Ireland
Turkey
Spain
Portugal
Wallace
Latin America
Thailanders greet allies while wary of Japanese rule
Thai officials say common people hate the new invaders and may resist nonviolently. Minister Mom Rajawongse Seni Pramoj notes language quirks fuel insults aimed at the Japanese, and warns Americans not to assume Thai towns warmly welcome Japan. He suggests a possible refugee Thai government abroad if resistance grows.
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Thailand
United States
Oxford University
Indo-China
Denmark
Washington
Norway
Holland
London
From the Land and Dragon Seed in Wartime Books
Review covers From the Land of Silent People by Robert J. John and Pearl Buck’s Dragon Seed, detailing depictions of German bombing in Belgrade and Chinese resistance under Japanese invaders. Also notes Corn in Egypt and four new Pocket Books titles plus commerce department bulletins on oils, tobacco, biodiversity, fishing, mines, rayon, camphor, and construction trends.
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Robert J. John
Doubleday
Jugoslavia
Belgrade
St. John
Hitler
Adriatic
Corfu
Greece
Crete
Egypt
Pearl Buck
China
Nanking
Ling Tan
Miss Buck
Pocket Books, Inc
Douglas Miller
Ngaio Marsh
Ernest Dimnet
Eric Stanley Gardner
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Earl Ely
Eddie Storseth
Catherine DeFries
Bette Eddins Jr
Ernest Ratson
Betty Norvell
Frances Hemphill
Dickie Dye Fern Fortenberry
Texas Tech
Fred Waring
Pennsylvanians
Glee Club
West Coast
KGNC
Paula Kelly
Artie Shaw
Dinah Shore
Army
Navy
Douglas MacArthur
Philippines
Sumatra
By Dorothy Thompson
Central America
Peru
Ecuador
Bolivia
Paraguay
Axis
Africa
Bell Syndicate, Inc
Ernie Pyle
Portland
Willamette Tron & Steel Corp
Willamette
Oldsters
Colston E. Warne
Elmhrust College
Pearl Harbor
Alaska
Panama
Pacific Islands
U. S
Hawai
Oahu
Hong Kong
Singapore
Borneo
Indies
Soviet
Russia
Australia
Kamchatka
Guam
Marshall
Fiji
Hans, Kodiak
Hawaii
Palmyra
Sitka
Canada
America
U.S
Seattle
San Francisco
Pacific Ocean
Mexico
Cubaz
Panama Canal
Pacific
Kilsoo Haan
Rcef
Mis
Warwick Deeping
Grant Carey
Brandon Farm
Phillida
Francis Raymond Iredell
Pomona College
Brazil
Department of Commerce
St. Pierre and Miquelon Islands
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