Navy Cadet Harold Smith Chosen. Newport Auction Sets Record
Harold Smith of Globe News named a flying cadet in the U S Navy Reserve after passing flight and physical tests in Dallas. He may be called July 1 and stationed at Ntensley Field Grand Prairie with further training at Corpus Christi or Florida. Also, Braniff’s Don Schomburg seeks a Navy commission. Herman Oelrichs estate in Newport R I will be auctioned Saturday for 2 5 million, designed by Stanford White, by Charles Tobias. Marjorie Oelrichs was born here, later wife of Eddie Duchin. Mary Martin, once a choir singer from Weatherford Texas, discusses her glamorous past in Hollywood. Final Homecoming Dance at the Nat features Allen Ritter Catherine Manning Russell McKinley and many others in informal attire with Delta Kappa Chi and Bombers present.
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Harold Smith
Globe News
U. S. Navy Reserve
Harold
Dallas
Ntensley Field
Grand Prairie
Corpus Christi
Florida
Don Schomburg
Braniff
Navy
Schomburg
Herman Oelrichs
Newport
R. C
Snooty Colony
Stanford White
Charles Tobias
America
Marjorie Oelrichs
Eddie Duchin
Eddie
Daddy
Mary Martin
Hollywood
Victor Herbert
NAT
Allen Ritter
Catherine Manning
Tommy Hines
Russell McKinley
Nancy Colley
Joe Doneverettee Cos Babel
Bettie Jean Mead
Bob Rowntree
Byron Dunbar
Airpower and the call for fighting airmen spirit
Major Williams argues that American youth in military flying must master cold steel courage and precise leadership. He condemns peacetime safety rigidity, praises the Aeronautics Authority, and proposes a nationwide lunch hour aerobatic tour to inspire workers and future air conquest.
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AS Williams
Army
Navy
Air Services
Thevil Aeronautics Authority
Tey
America
OPM Adds Castor Oil To Critical Defense List
The Office of Production Management places castor oil among 250 items on its Priorities Critical List approved as essential for defense by the army and navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
OPM
Army
Navy
What Would You Do A Manners Quiz For Soldiers
A long reader quiz on proper social use about gifts for soldiers away at camp and visiting etiquette. It covers gift type value, asking for photos, gifting on birthdays, gift cost, visiting days, and how to print a widow’s name on tailored stationery with two name options. Best solution given is (a) for the printed name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Henry Brown
Elizabeth Brown
San Diego Boom Town Quietly Expands Housing Needs
Ernie Pyle notes San Diego’s population rise to about 825000, driven by Consolidated Aircraft and Navy employment. Government and private housing projects plan hundreds of trailers, 1200 Navy apartments, 3000 new homes, and 7000–10000 homes total this summer. Prices rise but the boom remains orderly, with a calm, safer wartime climate.
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Ernie Pyle
San Diego
Calif
West Coast
Los Angeles
Consolidated Aircraft
Navy
Chamber of Commerce
Federal
Quotations on Women Careers Defense Bonds and Morality
A collage of quotes from Agnes Mulligan Morgenthau Hasler Morgan and Archbishop Spellman contrasts women balancing work and family, defense bond sales and euro markets, and claims about civilization religion and government. The remarks reflect public figures debating progress, economics, and morality.
TODAY S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL 1 Old Testament king known for wisdom
The puzzle lists clues and answers for a pasting style crossword. Across items include biblical figures, descriptors, and wordplay, with vertical clues overlapping to form a grid. The Queen of was noted as a famous visitor in a partial phrase.
Gallup Poll Favors Ban on Strikes in Defense Industries
A Gallup survey shows 76 percent support forbidding strikes in industries producing materials for national defense, 72 percent in a 1940 reading. The study notes many Americans favor mediation, while stressing production speed and national safety under wartime conditions.
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American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
Washington
Roosevelt
U. S
Liberal Council For Democracy
U.S
Wilmington
Delaware
Hitler
Massachusetts
Friends of Labor
America
National Defense
Federal
Westbrook Pegler
Gasoline shortages and tankers linked to Axis supply
Washington debates fuel shortages blamed on tanker ships under foreign registry. Congress seeks causes and possible embargoes as oil shipments to Japan and Russia draw scrutiny. Fort Riley review finds under-equipped mechanized troops though future M4 and tank production progress noted.
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Washington
Congress
Japan
Russia
Dean Acheson
House
House Rules Committee
State Department
Answers to Cracker Editorial Page Questions
Answers list presidents with middle name details and states that Washington and Lincoln had no middle names. Includes quote from Dr. Frank H. Lahey, AMA president, urging gallantry despite dangers.
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John Quincy Adams
William Henry Harrison
Rutherford Birchard Hayes
Warren Gamaliel Harding
Woodrow
Calvin
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
John Calvin Coolidge
James Knox Polk
Ulysses Simpson Grant
George Washington
Abraham Lincoln
Ideas for safer traffic and local needs in Amarillo
A reader proposes painted traffic lanes and signal timing to improve road safety. Another suggests buying steel for weapons and a dream hotel site to boost city appearance. Comments urge quieter teens, parking meters funding school milk programs, charity drives for flood victims, and mail carriers selling stamps to speed purchases.
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Seventh Avenue
Tyler Street
Jerry
Amarillo
R. Brown
Jackson Street
Marmalade Idea Turns Jobless Editor Into Seller
Henry A. McComas, once editor of Detective Fiction Weekly, lost his job in 1936. He used his free time to experiment with marmalade making, learning the craft from his aunt. What began as a side activity grew into a nationwide business, proving that using idle hours can yield profitable results.
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Henry A. McComas
New Canaan
Conn
Saving Daylight 1941 Battle Over Time From Farmers to Industry
The piece compares old and new arguments in Congress over daylight saving. It frames the clash as between agriculture and industry with defense and conservation on the side of industry and cities, outlining opposition points for farmers and supporters' reasons for daylight saving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacy Stinnett
William S. Hart
Congress
Wilson
House
Senate
United States
Legislature Laughs At Resigned Official’s Speech
P L Anderson, who left the House after being elected San Antonio fire and police commissioner, thanked colleagues for a campaign resolution endorsing him. He quipped that future unanimous resolutions should be careful. The remark recalled a prior resolution urging Governor D Daniel to resign and run for U S Senator. Across the page, quotes from A A Berle Jr and Pope Pius XII appear, with Benton criticizing museums and the third sex.
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P. L. Anderson
House of Representatives
San Antonio
House
W. Lee Ddaniel
U. S
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Scud Redus
Cary Grant
Ann Sheridan
A. V. Bryan
Earl Hatchett
Bettle Ward
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Mary Miles Bivins
W. D. DeGrassi, Jr
Jefferson Street
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New York
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Morgenthau
Frederick F. Hasler
Pan-American Society
Soldiers of Civilization
Joy Elmer Morgan
National Education Association
Archbishop Spellman
Aurora
Normandy
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THE
Gallup Poll
George Gallup
Paul Mallon
King Peatures Syndicate, Inc
Fort Riley
Rodgers
Fort Knox
Riley
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Cleveland
Globe-News
W. H. Gilreath
Garfield Street
J. E. Inester
P. O. Box
F. EF. Getman
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Georgia Street
Dale Carnegie
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Secretary of State
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