Amarillo Globe Publishing Staff Credits
The Amarillo Globe is described as a 1924 newspaper with staff including Gene Howe as President and Publisher and John McCarty as Assistant Publisher. Wesley [Zzard] is listed as Editor-in-Chief with a general telephone line for all departments. The paper operates evenings except weekends and is linked to The Amarillo Daily News.
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Amarillo
Texas
Maren
Globe-News Publishing Co
Sixth
Mear
Gene Howe
John McCarty
Wesley [Zzard
Telephone
Ticket scalping spreads to rail travel shows growing harm
A New York businessman paid $100 for two Broadway tickets and scalpers now charge premiums up to $20 above window prices for train seats. Government and railroad investigations aim to curb the practice as rail space grows tighter with military and civilian travel competing for limited visits and furloughs.
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New York
Office of Defense Transportation
FBI
Army
Navy
Wives, Warrant, and War Talk From Washington
A humorous jab at central government cites a Washington tale where a man seeks a warrant for a wife’s disappearance, while a German official notes Japanese blows to U S air and sea forces in the same month.
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Joachim von Ribbentrop
Wisconsin Primary Poll Bets Dewey As Front Runner
A Wisconsin Institute of Public Opinion poll shows Governor Thomas E. Dewey leading among Republican voters in Wisconsin's April open presidential primary. The study ranks Dewey ahead of Wendell Willkie, Douglas MacArthur, and Harold E. Stassen as preferred 1944 nominee, with vote figures illustrating Dewey's strong position.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Wisconsin
New York
Middle Western
Thomas E. Dewey
Institute
Dewey
Wendell Willkie
Douglas MacArthur
Harold E
Ernor Dewey
Hilt Lea
Nebraska
Jonent
Arthur Vandenberg
Michigan
Wien
Eie Aleue
Gideon Planish Becomes Heskett Foundation Managing Secretary
Dr. Gideon Planish, former Kin nikinick College dean, takes the Managing Secretary role at the Heskett Rural School Foundation. He promotes conferences, publications, and fund solicitation while expanding advisory letters and social engineering philanthropy under a future-focused vision.
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Gideon Planish
Rural Adult Education
Kinnikinick College
Heskett Rural School Foundation
Planish
Heskett Foundation
Dr. Planish
Frisby
Samaritan
Planish Turns to Scientific Philanthropy for Rural Education
Dr Planish launches a campaign enticing donors to support the H R S F with a ten cent mail-out costing items and lists of prospects. The plan shows 1.37 percent response, funding foundations and boosting rural schools, while Frisby and Kitto debate the charity tactics. The letter promises free publications and conference access, and urges identifying an Unknown Friend to receive Our Secret Shame booklet.
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United States
Frisby
Dr. Planish
H.R.S.F
America
Heskett Rural School Foundation
H.R. S
Mr. Frisby
Planish
Bernardine Nimrock
Ground Fire Bothers Bomber Pilots In Italy
War correspondence from Italy notes dive bomber crews face heavy ground fire and shell bursts as they maneuver behind German lines. Pilots rely on constant evasive action to outwit German gunners, while ground fire and anti aircraft fire threaten missions and occasionally miss their marks.
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Jimmy Groswold
Los Angeles
Red Army
Mediterranean
Russia
Guess on Pravda story hints at German trap and Russian fears
Walter Lippmann speculates Pravda publication of a peace rumor may reflect Soviet worry over a German backhand deal. He links Russian history to fear of German power, notes Moscow’s push for a second front, and ponders how a German gambit could sideline Allied efforts before Berlin.
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Walter Lippmann
Pravda
Cairo
Tass
Sunday Times
London
Ankara
Lisbon
Stockholm
Last Sunday
Germany
Hitler
Nazi Party
Russia
Finland
Leningrad
Baltic States
Bessarabia
Poland
Teheran
Churchill
Ribbentrop
Redistribution Centers Give Air Force Men Short Rest Breaks
The Army Air Forces pilot program moves battle-weary Pvt Johnny Jones and Lt Bill Smith from war zones to Redistribution Centers for rest, good food, and light duty while medical experts decide their next posting. Centers operate in Miami Beach Atlantic City and other regions to ease strain without implying automatic vacation.
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Army Air Forces
Johnny Jones
Pacific
Caribbean
Bill Smith
Europe
Jones
Smith
Miami Beach
Atlantic City
Pacific Coast
Middle West
Johnny Joneses
Bill Smiths
Redistribution Center Command
J. M. Bevans
General Bevans
Air Force
Flight crew rest and reassignment program described at Miami Beach station
The piece explains a twenty-day leave followed by a ten to fourteen day decompression at a redistribution station. Air Force plans include choosing future duties by in depth interviews while screening out aerial neurosis. Lt. Col. Schamahorn notes misfit attitudes can derail training. First Lt. Dale Reitz calls the Miami Beach relocation “really something” as airmen enjoy hotels, ocean scenery, and civilian-like calm.
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Army
Air Force
Charles C. Schamahorn
Miami Beach
Dale Reitz
Nazi
Europe
Reitz
Eighth Air Force
England
Polk Street Professor Satire in Local Shop Banter
A woman buys a hat at a Polk Street clothing store and jokes with the clerk about her husband's hat size, prompting a quip that only a man with a small head would let his wife select his hats. A man teased for African birth retorts with a remark about kittens and biscuits.
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Africa
TODAY S PUZZLER PRESIDENT HORIZONTAL 438 Pertaining to parents
A readably OCRed puzzle page fragment lists across clues for a word puzzle about a president and family terms with several abbreviations and partial phrases. The vertical clues accompany the grid with injure skill etc referencing a crossword style layout.
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