Globe News History Reflects Censorship Debate and OPM Oddities
In an Amarillo Chronicle style excerpt from 1940s era pages, editorials defend free press while endorsing limited wartime censorship as a practical tool. Henry McLemore reports from Washington on peculiar priorities at the Office of Price Administration showing hens, bottle caps, and stainless steel in a national defense context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amarillo
Texas
Globe-News Publishing Co
Biath and
Pillmore
Gene Howe
John McCarty
United States
Lowell Mellett
Office of Government Reports
George Creel
Britain
Creel
Henry McLemore
Washington
OPM
Knudsen
Stattinius
Dakar
Marshall
National Defense
Florida
Sun Valley
Rhode Island
Buddy DeSylva’s rise from penny ukulele to show business titan
United Press profile of George Gard DeSylva known as Buddy describes his journey from a $2 ukulele and a university student to a top music producer and Paramount executive. It highlights hits like Avalon and California Here I Come, hits Broadway, and his early work with Al Jolson and Bob Hope.
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United Press
B. G
Buddy) Desylva
Catalina Island
New York
California
Tin Pan Alley
Paramount Pictures
University of Southern California
al Jolson
Broadway
Panama
Edie
Memory Lane
George Gard DeSylva
Buddy
Struggie
George E. Ga
Footsteps in the Fog continues with a Cape Cod memory
Deborah returns home to a friend Angela Silva a Cape Cod teacher on leave from a Pacific Coast university course. Angela teases Deborah about a mysterious man as foggy memories linger and a sense of fate grows, ending with To Be Continued.
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Deborah
Angela Silva
Angela
Cape Cod
Pacific Coast University
Angla
Debby
Golden West
Farewell at Cardman Ends Paula Tony Chris Arc
In a dean sailed campus farewell Paula faces change as Chris and Tony prepare for new paths after commencement. Paula realizes her feelings shift and Tony’s presence frames the future while they cling to memories of four years at Cardman.
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Ned
Christopher
Chris
Paula
Tony
New York
Paulie
Dr. van Horn
Paired Lovers at Cardman Arch Endscene
Paula confesses love to Tony and asks for forgiveness for doubting him. Tony admits he loves her but she reveals she loves someone else, Chris watches from below as the couple unite in silhouette and the scene ends.
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Dr. van Horn
Cardman
Tony
Chris
Paula
Pata
Paulie
Elese
Cardman Arch
Chris Wentrich
Kilo
Publicity stunts excite crowds then fade from memory
The piece analyzes how publicity stunts attract attention but quickly lose impact. It cites examples from showbusiness history including cat shows for an orchestra, a staged lion in a hotel for Tarzan, Mason King’s open range turnout, Lindbergh’s sensational flight funded by promoters, and public contests.
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Webster
Anna Held
Sam Ward
Tri-State Fair
Sam
Angora
Alley
T. R. Zan
Zanesville
Tarzan
T. R. Zann
Mason King
Mason
Polk Street
Will Rogers
Lindbergh
New York
Paris
Lone Eagle
Battle of nerves and the Open's cruel twist of fate
Gene Sarazen and Arch Murray recount Open Championship heartbreaks with Leo Diegel and Roland Hancock, detailing how nerves and a sneezed distraction tipped the 1928 epic. contrasts with Bob Jones and Walter Hagen’s era and notes on Ringling Brothers innovations and the Volkswagen people’s car project.
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Gene Sarazen
Arch Murray
Saturday Evening Post
Bobby Jones
Fellows
Leo Diegel
Leo
Bob Jones
Varden
Diegel
America
Walter Hagen
Tommy Armour
Carolina
Roland Hancock
Olympia Fields
Francis Ouimet
Harry Vardon
Ted May
Brookline
Johnny Farrell
Hancock
Boston
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News and Business Department
Circulation
Rerma
the Globe
Harriet Elliott
Consumer Division
OPACS
Senator Claude Pepper
Sanford Bates
N. Y
Elinore Cowan Stone
Stephan
Ed Gunder
Kile
W. H. Pears
Verna Law Reamer
Who
John Ringling North
Ladies and Gentlemen
Ringling Brothers
Barnum and Bailey
Johnny North
Norman Bel Geddes
Time Magazine
Tobacco Road
Sevond
Frois de Vallant
Fairchild Sons, Inc
Jack Kirkland
Erskine Caldwell
Harry L. Oshrin
20Th Century-Fox
Bearded
Jeeter Lester
Henry Hull
James Barton
James Bell
Eddie Garr
Will Geer
Abie
Percy Hammond
Kirkland
Smithsonian Institution
German Library of Information
Germany
Ferdinand Porsche
Fuehrer
Porsche
Carraciola
Rosemeyer
Land
Wehrmacht
Volkswagen
Dr. Porsche
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