War talk and Home Front Deprivations in Amarillo Echoes
An Amarillo newspaper column discusses wartime planning from Mexico’s possible war declaration to global air patrols. It critiques gas shortages and consumer limits as the WPB pushes standardization, including cosmetics cuts, perfumes, colors, and shades amid national mobilization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Germany
Hitler
North Pole
Panama Canal
Caribbean
WPB
War Production Board
Division of Industry
Australia
John Curtin
John
Commonwealth
Curtin
General MacArthur
London
Colonial Office
England
Pacific
Finland
Hungary
Rumania
Russia
Churchill
Japan
Wavell
America
Java
India
MacArthur
Mac-Arthur
Canberra
Perth
That Man Is Mine
Ann Foster a Marks Park Avenue sales girl transfers to Miami Beach to model for the store. She resists millionaire Vince Ogden while drawn to pilot Jim Brent, amid social maneuvering, rivalries, and a yacht dinner plan on Vince’s boat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Foster
Marks Park Avenue
New York City
Miami Beach
Julia
New York-Miami
Vince Ogden
Ann
Avery Willard
Jim Brent
Vince
Jim
Lotus Willard
Hank Bruger
Mrs. Willard
Hank
the Pelican
Silk Stockings and a Future in a Family Dialect
May Christie pressures Ann to loan funds for Vince, while Julia pushes for money and status. Ann objects but sees no future without backing, arguing money buys security. Julia flaunts wealth, while Ann longs for independence, and the sisters part with plans to continue the discussion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann
Vince
Julia
BEST PATRIOTS OR A NEW RED SCARE CLAIMS
Paul Mallon argues that domestic communists pose as patriots while undermining democracy. He cites The Daily Worker and William Barry in Queens and criticizes Attorney General Biddle for prosecuting fascist and communist voices alike. He warns that patriotic rhetoric can mask revolutionary aims and urges vigilance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Mallon
Washington
The
Daily Worker
New York
William
Barry
Laura Inwails
Queens
Miss Ingalls
Mallon Congress
Congress
Roosevelt
Biddle
Harry Bridges
Communist Party
United States
Communists
Hitler
Father Coughlin
Commie
Mr. Roosevelt
War Muoneer
White House
Russia
Britain
Stalin
Frantic Weekend Concert Party Chapter XVII
Myra and Ferdy enjoy a sunlit wharf day while Myra frets over Fay. Peggy schemes to push Fay and Michael together for a show while Baldy rails about war work versus dollars, as the party debates a concert and possible funding for Spitfires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myra
Peggy
Ferdy
Vivien
Michael
Fay
Nigel
Baldy
Tom Collinses
Concert Party scheme fuels backstage fray in unlikely alliance
In a lively floor show drama, Fay Myra Ferdy and Peggy press Baldy into a pretend Concert Party to charm a New York producer, while Fay weighs the risk and Myra frets about the unpredictable plan and its consequences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fay
Baldy
Myra
Ferdy
Peggy
Pegey
New York
Manners Quiz on Social Etiquette and Engagement Rules
A reader quiz on proper social conduct covers adoption announcements for couples, ring-wearing after remarriage, sending printed thank you cards, choosing phrases to express familiarity, and dance invitation etiquette. It cites correct answers: yes to adoption notice, no to reusing the engagement ring on the right hand, no to wearing the first wedding ring after a second marriage, no to a printed thank you card, and yes to saying I know him with a note advising to write a personal message for a dance inquiry.
United Press monitors global news from Valhalla to Barnet
A Look period feature details United Press radio monitoring network in wartime. From Valhalla New York to Barnet England and Santiago Chile, crews audit enemy and neutral broadcasts, record headlining events, and relay timely news to editors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Valhalla
N. Y
U. P
United Press
United Nations
New York
Churchill
Hitler
Mussolini
San Francisco
Hellescr Eiber
DNB
Berlin Unter den Linden
Santiago
Chile
Far East
Buenos Aires
Europe
Lima
Rio de Janeiro
Guayaquil
Bogota
Caracas
Philippines
Manila
Chungking
Singapore
United Press Manila
Frank Hewlett
Hewlett
News of
U. P.s
Harry Flory
News
Flory
Robert Mead
Mead
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Amarillo
Texas
Marcn Ora, Iniv
Amarillo Daily News
Globe News Publishing Co
Gine Howe
John McCarty
Elephones
News and Business Department
Jilla
May Christie
Patriots
Edmund Fawcett
Es of
Esterd
United Press Features Service
Tokyo
United Pres
Wonder Man
Edgar Laytha
Look
MR. Moto
Edwin Seaver
Robert McKown
John Marquand
Amercan
Mr. Motos
Marquand
George Apley
H. M. Putnam
Esquire
Indianapolis News
I Samuel
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