Studio gossip on Maria Palmer and industry bids
Hollywood chatter notes Maria Palmer’s mixed fortunes with Warner Brothers after Mission to Moscow. Four studios pursue her, while Bob Hope sends a golf anecdote from Atlanta and critic Side Dudley admits bias from a personal angle. Lou Costello highlights a quirky office hiring test using a typewriter and washing machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Maria Palmer
Moscow
Warner Brothers
Miss Palmer
John
Jane Public
Lou Costello
Amarillo News Bits Echo Straw Hats to World War Tension
A sprawling Amarillo column mixes weather notes, straw hat promotion gags, and federal concerns. It reports on Straw Hat Day refunds, Panhandle merchants, and June east winds. It notes social rent from coal strikes, wartime nerves, and cultural quips about Chaplin, O’Neill, Mussolini, and Hirohito. It highlights Horace Gooch Jr winning the Army and Navy E award for Worcester Moulded Plastics. It references Roosevelt Churchill talks and White House secrets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winchell
Chaplin
Eugene O'Neill
Oona
John L. Lewis
Josephine Roche
Washington
Miss Turner
NBC
Abner Silver
Hitler
Mussolini
Hirohito
Japan
John Gunther
War Labor Board
White House
Churchill
Amarillo
Worcester Moulded Plastics Company
Worcester
Mass
Army and Navy “E
Horace Gooch, Jr
Horace Gooch
Colorado Springs
J. E. Nunn
Robert Patterson
Chemical Warfare Department
Army
Navy
Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Jane Bradford
Plymouth
East
Washington and Lee University
Stamp Collectors’ Value and War Correspondent Decorations
The article notes stamp collections valued around 225 million dollars and mentions army and navy officials reviewing war correspondents’ records in Washington for potential bravery decorations outside journalistic duties. It cites about 3,000,000 federal civilian personnel, a 117 percent rise since December 1941, with the federal payroll doubling in a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Navy
Washington
United States
Inflation and war costs loom in readers’ letters and facts
Readers discuss duck stamp funding to expand hunting habitats, inflation’s effect from prewar Germany to today, and wartime spending by the United States, Britain, Germany, and Japan. The column includes anecdotes about mothers, a doctor 88, and a plastic fuel tank for aircraft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darling
Germany
United States
Pearl Harbor
Britain
Puller
Ed Howe
Vandiver
Lost dog Chubby seeks owner on Polk Street block
Dear Tack: small woolly male dog black with brown markings lost May 2 in 1100 block Polk Street. He answers to Chubby. Reward offered. Return to 212 West 14th Ave or call 20648. Also a navy blue purse with ration and bank books plus about $6.00 lost between 14th and 15th Ave Harrison St. Respond to Mrs H R Davis. / Willing to care for children seeks job near 2509 Taylor St after losing Army billfold at Lewis Gas Mart West 6th Ave. contains social security card. Call 8609 or return to 1015 West 7th Ave. Johnny Donley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tack
Chubby
Polk Street
14Th
15Th Ave
Harrison St
West
14Th Ave
Lewis Gas Mart
West 6Th Ave
West 7Th Ave
Johnny Donley
Norma Mae Donaldson
Taylor Street
Junior High Rider Seeks Delivery Work In Town
A 14 year old boy with a good bicycle and town knowledge seeks delivery jobs. He can be reached at 1908 East 9th Ave or by calling 26319. Glasses found at Leon Theater include pink gold rimmed child size frames. no name or ID found. Call Leon Theater to claim.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East 9Th Ave
Leon Theater
Soldier’s Wife Seeks Farm Work and Help
A 13 year old seeks farm employment and asks for contact at 20224 or 2300 B West West 6th Ave. John Henry Wallas notes he is a soldier’s wife in need of work and would like to care for someone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
New York Mirror
Jack Conway
All Hands
Dan Parker
Parker
Dan
Walter Winchell on Newspapermen and City Editors
Walter Winchell recalls reporters and city editors with brisk anecdotes from a bygone era. He highlights Jim Bishop guiding a stranger with a killer tale to the Fish and Game editor and the unfazed city editor who asked if the story had substance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bishop
The
Mirror
Jim
Bishop
Fish and Game
Rommel
Hitler
WAACs Thrive at Fort Riley Despite Adjustments
At Fort Riley Kansas on June 3 the WAACs are praised by Col William R Irvin and on duty members for boosting morale and freeing men for combat. They face challenges such as neckties girdles and crowded barracks with strict discipline and regular dances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City Star Service
Fort Riley
Kas
Waacs
Army
William R. Irvin
Pt. Riley
Irvin
Dorothea Reichard
Adam E. Schlasser
Miss Reichard
WAAC
John L. Gaylord
Jimmie Fidler in Hollywood on collectors and screen acting
Hollywood columnist Jimmie Fidler argues acting requires a collector's instinct citing stamp, book, perfume, and other hoards among stars. He notes Lou Costello, Jean Hersholt, Adolphe Menjou and others as examples and recalls memories about Luise Rainer, Fred MacMurray, and Je an Harlow in this wide ranging reminiscence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Adolphe Menjou
Jean Hersholt
Pat O’brien
Lionel Barrymore
George Brent
Luise Rainer
Clifford Odets
Fred MacMurray
Clark Gable
Gary Cooper
Carole Lombard
Jean Harlow
Lost billfold near bank with $200 reward offered
A man reports a billfold containing $200 in cash and checks lost near Amarillo National Bank. A large reward is promised for its return. Call 2-1889 or take it to 308 North Buchanan Street. We Sooty terns note about birds carried far by ships and returning in five days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Amarillo National Bank
Buchanan St
Also Mentioned on This Page
Norman Taurog
Mitzi Green
Bob Hope
Atlanta
Side Dudley
Jackie Jenkins
Dudley
Panhandle
Stanolind
Amarillo Hardware Company
Smithsonian Institute
Canyon
Richard Arden Purcell
C. M. Purcell
Hughes Street
Katherine Purcell
Alabama Street
J. C. Arden
Big Eastern
J. F. Roberson
Prac
University of California
OPA
H. R. Davis
Taylor St
6Th Ave
John Henry Wallas
Walter Winchell
Glen Neville
Joe Ward
Denver Post
Ward
Bowery
Mission
East Side
Salvation Army
Tombs
Jimmie Fidler
Buchanan Street
North West
Jimmy Cagney
Edward G. Robinson
John Barrymore
George Montgomery
George
Louise Pippin
North Polk St
Bob
Ea Globe News
India
National Astrological Association
Texas Scientific Research Inc
Austin
Texas
Sainsi
America
Herring Hotel
DR. J. J. Freid
Optometrist
Polk
O. K. Mayo
Mayo Dental Laboratory
Nunn
Morrow
Thomas
Hardware Company
Mitchell
New Model Cory Coffee Brewers
Ominnace
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola Company
Amarillo Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Lincoln St
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