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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1941
Page
13
Business leaders eye a July 25 event in the Auditorium and a Nat dance featuring a Hollywood party headed by Rudy Vallee. Proceeds would go to the USO though details remain undecided, with arrangements possible in two days. The item includes other local society notes and Nat policy updates.
Readers propose city improvement meetings with officials, marked parking zones, neighborhood cleanups of vacant lots, and funding a best slogan contest praising Amarillo's climate and tourist spots. Each idea aims to boost city image, curb nuisances, and encourage community action.
Puzzling crossword style list with numbered horizontal and vertical clues for a newspaper edition. Includes many definitions and wordplay hints such as Pictured stage star Merits Salt of malic acid and more.
Washington notes a remote but real possibility that German forces could reach Alaska if Berlin's three months timetable succeeds and they push through the Soviet Union to the Arctic Circle. The piece discusses vast Soviet forces near Vladivostok, the rugged Arctic terrain, and the supply challenges that would shape any eastern Siberian campaign and impact U S bases in Alaska and the Aleutians.
The piece weighs Knox’s call to drive Nazis from the Atlantic against British naval losses and American public mood. It notes reduced Atlantic losses, U S ship production plans, and fears of waning support amid Russia campaign focus, with political implications in Texas and the Johnson campaign.
Hollywood cameraman James Wong Howe explains how lighting can make actress Aline MacMahon appear ill for a scene in The Gentle People at Warner Brothers. He illustrates with three lights to dull the eyes and achieve an unhealthy look, noting directors and actors influence the effect and that Miss MacMahon was in on the scene's interpretation.
Major Williams argues airpower dominates modern warfare and urges leadership to build a capable air force. He traces history from cavalry to tanks and imagines a future air arm with thousands of low powered, easily flown aircraft supporting rapid ground maneuver.
The critique lauds Sidney Meller’s second novel Home Is Here as rich and warm like Roots in the Sky, noting its California prize success and its Italian immigrant tale. Alano Lombardi, Lucia, Benedetto, and a Lombardy–Lombard circle form a San Francisco Hill community affected by a quarry, family migration, and transplanted life with feuds and daily struggle.
A missouri born girl Martha Scott faces repeated job setbacks from one room school to Michigan to Chicago Detroit and Broadway. Each failure trained her for success in acting and Broadway recognition, culminating in film roles after Our Town and Hollywood.
Census data reveal sales taxes grew to 1.6 billion dollars in 1940, 40 percent of state revenues, and detail American Samoa population as 12 908 with major Polynesian majority. It notes Guam hogs outnumber other livestock, and U S manufacturing output includes over 1 400 000 vacuum cleaners yearly.
United Press profile traces the life of Peter Fraser from a Hyde Park sparring youth to New Zealand prime minister. Born in Scotland, he moved to London, joined Labour ranks, migrated to Wellington in 1910, and rose to deputy PM in 1939 before succeeding Savage in 1940. Fraser shaped civic milk reform and held education health and marine portfolios. His wit, notably at Parliament, defined his public image.
Soldiers courting at Camp Robinson form the Keep Em Happy Club to boost morale and support defense. The 35th Division newspaper printed applications for girls who pledge not to mention other men in letters. Volunteers hope the program expands nationwide. In other notes Fort Monroe doctors amuse a soldier who craved the same drink, while Jefferson Barracks murals are crafted by Catholic Private Puccetti and Protestant Private Kasha in a basement studio.
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