News-Globe Tops Advertising Agency Rating Amid War Skepticism
A Santa Fe correspondence recalls an advertising study of about 50 U S daily papers. The Amarillo Globe led with 88 percent reader interest. others lagged. War papers boost circulation, rationing limits ads, and national magazines may buy space to capitalize postwar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Washington
The
News-Globe
Pearl Harbor
Amarillo Globe
United States
Amarillo
Time
Saturday Evening Post
Newsweek
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood the war and gossip
Jimmie Fidler discusses war work by movie stars, travel hardships on wartime trains, and events around Hollywoods gossip scene. The column includes anecdotes on actresses, canteen work, and notes on public figures and cultural observations from July in Hollywood.
Japs Attack U S Bases in Eastern China
U S 14th Air Force bases in China report second straight day of heavy Japanese raids. Japanese losses were heavy with 13 bombers destroyed or damaged and one American plane shot down with the crew rescued. Brig. Gen. Edgar Glenn says the attacks caused little damage and the U S remains capable of defending advance bases.
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U. S. 14Th Air Force
China
Edgar Glenn
Garden City
14Th Air Force
Nazis Prepare Defense Lines in Lublin Province
London dispatch reports Polish government in exile minister Wladyslaw Banaczyk says Germans are setting up defense lines in Lublin Province Poland with roads rails and communications cut off to the rest of the country. He cites mass killings as German policy and notes large Polish Jewish and non Jewish deaths. He warns Poland may rise to arms if Mussolini’s fall upends fascism.
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London
Wladyslaw Banaczyk
Lublin
Poland
Russia
Banaczyk
Soldier Cigaret Drive Ends August 15 Campaign funds cigarets for boys overseas
The junior chamber of commerce drive led by Guy Walden ends August 15. Amarillo has raised 384.89 dollars in milk bottle donations and aims for at least 500. There are 100 donation sites across the city with bottles on display in business fronts. Donations ranging from one penny upward are welcomed and every cent funds overseas cigarets. A nickel buys one package as set by cigaret companies.
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Guy Walden
Junior Chamber of Commerce Committee
Walden
Chamber of Commerce
Margaret Ruth Burnett Infant Services Set for Tuesday
Graveside services for Margaret Ruth Burnett infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Burnett of 2202 Pierce Street will be held at 3 o clock Tuesday afternoon at Llano Cemetery. Rev. J. C. Sisemore will officiate with Blackburn-Shaw directing. Surviving are the parents three sisters Mildred Louise Martha Jane and Vada Ann and grandfather R C Burnett Sr of Leonard.
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Margaret Ruth Burnett
R. C. Burnett
Pierce Street
Amarillo
Llano Cemetery
J. C. Sisemore
Blackburn-Shaw
Mildred Louise
Martha Jane
Vada Ann
Leonard
Famous Illustrator Missing in Action in Southwest Pacific
Saint Louis July 26 reports that nationally famous illustrator Commander McClelland Bar is missing in action. The navy notified his brother Hamilton, who telegraphed his stepmother Mrs Robert Barclay. No date or place given for the notification. He had been in the Southwest Pacific researching an historical record of the Pacific war.
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Saint Louis
O.R
McClelland Barclay
Navy
Hamilton
Robert Barclay
Barclay
Southwest Pacific
First Man I Met Who Grows More Corn Than I Do
A heckler accuses Kay of humor while noting he grows more corn. Kay expresses annoyance as the crowd reacts to the exchange and the taunt highlights land and farming prowess in the scene.
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Kay
Heckler
Boy seeks job at Texas Auto Courts in Alvinward
A 12 year old boy asks to work and invites contact at Texas Auto Courts located at 1701 East 10th Avenue in Alvinward. The message is signed by Alvin Alward.
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Tack
Texas Auto Courts
East 10Th Ave
Alvin Alward
Wants Yard Worker For Lawn Care Without Tools
A subscriber seeks a yard worker to mow and trim a lawn but has no mower or clippers. Call 9613. (CONTINUED ON PAGE 12)
WACs Carry Out Orders Literally in Britain
Two Women Army Corps officers, Captain Selma Hansen and Lt. Dorothy Swart, arrived in Britain under secret orders to report to Maj. Gen. Ira C. Baker but initially could not locate the air force HQ. After deputy adjutant general Colonel Ralph Pulsifer intervened, he found the officers and instructed Hansen to report to his office, then helped them onward.
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London
Selma Hansen
Los Angeles
Dorothy Swart
Elsa
Tex
U. S. Army
WAC
Britain
Ira C. Baker
U. S. Eighth Airforce
Air Force
Army
Adjutant General's Office
Ralph Pulsifer
Pulsifer
Captain Hansen
U. S. Headquarters
Baker
Bowles Plans To Have Fewer Regulations
Bowles, newly named general manager of the Office of Price Administration, vows a plain policy of rationing and price control. He seeks to cut regulations to the bone and stay close to field and local boards as he prepares to depart Hartford for Washington tonight.
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Hartford
Conn
Chester Bowles
National Office of Price Administration
Washington
OPA
Prentiss M. Brown
Massachusetts
Bowles
New York
Connecticut Opa
Douglas J. Bennet
Forts Bomb Bologna and Italian Rail Targets
Allied bombers hit Bologna targeting rail bottlenecks and an ammunition train during a 1500 mile roundtrip mission. RAF Lancasters raided Leghorn, Liberators and Halifaxes attacked Reggio Calabria, all aircraft returned safely with no losses reported.
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North Africa
Bologna
Italy
Leghorn
Britain
London
Stamp 14 Valid for Sugar From Aug to Oct
The Office of Price Administration announced stamp 14 in ration book one will be valid for five pounds of sugar from August 16 through October. Stamp 13, which became valid June 1, expires August 15.
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Washington
Office of Price Administration
UMW Officials Indicted Under Anti-Strike Law
A federal grand jury returned the first indictments under the Smith Connally anti strike law naming 30 United Mine Workers officials and members on charges of obstructing the prosecution of the present war during outlaw coal strikes in Pittsburgh.
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Pittsburgh
U.P
Smith-Connally
United Mine Workers
Harry James to Record All Army Bugle Calls
Hollywood reports band leader Harry James has been requested by the War Department to record all army bugle calls for public address systems at training camps. The studio announced the plan today as part of wartime efforts to improve camp wake up routines.
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Hollywood
Harry James
War Department
Wheeler Drafts Bus Legislation
Senator Wheeler of Montana disclosed he was drafting legislation to bar railroads from operating bus lines. The proposal aims to separate rail and bus operations and keep railroads out of trucking, air, and water transportation. Wheeler, chair of the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee, plans to introduce the bill after the summer recess.
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Washington
Wheeler
Montana
Congress
Senate Interstate Commerce Committee
U S Visitors Inspect Air Field in San Antonio
Dr. Joaquin Pedro Salgado Brazil air minister and Lt. Gen. Gustavo A. Salinas Mexican air force commander led a Brazilian Mexican party on an inspection tour of Army Air Force installations around San Antonio. They visited the San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center after arriving at Randolph Field.
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San Antonio
Joaquin Pedro Salgado
Brazil
Gustavo A. Salinas
Salgado
Randolph Field
Gerald C. Brant
RAF
Gulf Coast Training Center
Frenando Lobo
A. V. Sesco
Armando Arirngboai
H. Fleuiss
Faria Lima
Luis Sampaio
Oswaldo Pamplona
Miguel Lampert
Salinas
Randames Caxiola
Mexican Air Force
Claire Luce Column Dropped by Army Weekly
The CBI Roundup will discontinue the column Here the Gavel Fell by Representative Clare Luce. The war department ruled the piece expresses personal views on political topics unsuitable for an army publication.
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Claire Luce
Army Weekly
New Delhi
India
United States Army Public Relations Office
Army
China-Burma-India
CBI
Clare Luce
War Department
Propaganda Broadcasters Indicted for Treason in War Effort
Federal indictments returned in Washington charge seven broadcasters from Germany and one from Italy with aiding enemies by repeated broadcasts to sway U S citizens against the war. Six defendants are native Americans and two are naturalized Americans of German birth. The treason charges carry the death penalty and trials were planned upon capture.
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Washington
Germany
Italy
Biddle
James W. Morris
District of Columbia
Justice Department
United States
Mrs Maggie Goodman Dies After Fort Worth Hospital Stay
Mrs Maggie Goodman age 60 sister of Mrs D O Kretz and John F Gilkerson died yesterday afternoon in a Fort Worth hospital. She had lived in Lipan Texas. Mrs Kretz left Amarillo to attend the funeral and Mr Gilkerson planned to leave tonight.
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Maggie Goodman
D. O. Kretz
West 19Th Avenue
John F. Gilkerson
Fort Worth
Bombing raid on Wake Island reported by Berlin radio
A Berlin radio broadcast via Tokyo said eight B 24 Liberator bombers attacked Wake Island early Sunday. Two raiders were downed with two Japanese high planes lost, one crashing into a bomber. ground damage was not confirmed.
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Associated Press
Tokyo
Berlin
Wake Island
Allied Planes Continue Raids on Europe
Allied planes including heavy bombers attacked targets across the European continent today following the weekend's heavy offensive in which Essen was bombed during the night. Aircraft crossed the English Channel repeatedly while anti aircraft guns and coastal explosions were heard along the French coast.
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London
Essen
Germany
English
French
Itching First Application for Blue Star Ointment Ad
Agonizing itching from eczema and rashes is claimed to heal in one application with Blue Star Ointment. Includes promise of money back if the first jar fails to satisfy and recommends repeating as healing progresses.
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