Going Places with Bill and Hollywood Pool Oddities
Amusements from Amarillo columns note Wayne Morris mermaid art in a Hollywood pool and reader letters request identity of a Panhandle Sign Company employee. The piece also covers theater sightings, Boy Scout transport plans, Bing Crosby trivia, Rufus Steele’s hospital stay, and a student profile of Lera DeFries with plans to continue at Amarillo College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollywood
Wayne Morris
Bill
Honey
Panhandle Sign Company
West Sixth
Texas University
Manana
Fitch Band Wagon
Genie Harrison
Frank Bonner
Bill Andrews
Scud Redus
Betty Grable
Leroy Gill
K. K. Bigelow
Billie Williford
Thomas Jones
Jane Goode
Ray McManus
Mary Stack
Frances Fryar
Betty Morgan
Evelyn Bailey
Isabel Raffkind
Roosevelt
Ross DeFries
Fillmore Street
Amarillo College
Ideas for safer funeral procession driving and civic tips
A letter batch to Your Ideas Editor at Globe-News urges funeral car lights to stay on from start to cemetery, argues for road safety and reduced embarrassment. Contributors propose defense trades training, stricter youth drivers, charity donations to USO, Amarillo tourist guides, and all weather road access to lakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
B. D. M. McGuire
North
Buchanan Street
Amarillo City
O. L. Phillips
North Pierce Street
What Would You Do in Club Etiquette Questions
A vintage etiquette quiz asks five scenarios about hosting, attendance, new member input, parliamentary phrasing, and program timing. It suggests: remind members ahead, attend meetings actively, wait before offering suggestions, say I move, and presidents keep moves brief to finish on time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reed
Industry Committees Stir New Deal Defense Reform Clash
Washington reports advancing move to form industry committees under OPM with Fuller and Bunker aiding the effort. Roosevelt may block a blanket law while Republican business leaders voice concerns about cross-cutting authority and anti trust exposure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Defense
Roosevelt
Congress
Puller
Bunker
Investment Trust
Jackson
Spurs on the Boot reviews Mussolini era by Thomas B. Morgan
Thomas B. Morgan, once a foreign correspondent in Italy, presents a newsy account of Mussolini's deception and betrayals. He argues Mussolini misled England and treacherously betrayed Italians, Socialists, Royalists, and workers, linking Italy to Germany. Morgan alleges million-plus deaths in Libya Ethiopia and Spain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Mussolini
Thomas B. Morgan
Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Spain
Franco
England
Libya
Ethiopia
Germany
TODAY'S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL WORD FIND
Word puzzle featuring clues for popular actress of today and many cross referenced terms across horizontal and vertical directions. Answers form a thematic grid with entries like long, lawful, inlet, resin, enamel and other common puzzle words.
Neutrality Act and U S naval policy a century of drift
Dorothy Thompson argues that the 1937 neutrality act weakened U S sea power and leadership, inviting Hitler to exploit American restraint. She contends freedom requires a strong, capable nation willing to use force and defend open seas against aggression, warning of ruin if weakness persists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hitler
United States
Frenzy by Charles R Moore at Hollywood studio mocks Bette Davis
The piece portrays two bald headed writers named Epstein denying malice in a script that calls for Bette Davis to be shot with a rubber band in a scene later performed by James Cagney. The Epsteins, twins named Julius and Philip J, are described with chaotic vigor and humor as they dream up their polished satire. They recently bought a Pennsylvania farm while planning to write a serious play and remain on the Warner lot with loud, explosive banter and theatrical vanity.
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Hollywood
U?p
Epstein
Bette Davis
la Davis
Miss Davis
James Cagney
Jimmy
Bette
Epsteins
Davis
Julius
Philip J
Warners
Pennsylvania
Warner Lot
Housing Boom Near San Diego Under Military Demand
The Kearny Mesa project near San Diego will create a new city of about 3,000 houses for defense workers with rents tied to wages. Government plans include dormitories, trailer housing, and a private-building quota to house roughly 13 000 families this year as Consolidated Aircraft prepares to hire thousands more, risking a housing shortage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Diego
America
Kearny Mesa
Consolidated Aircraft
Navy
Citizens Soldiers Align in Shared War Duty
A wartime statement quotes Brig. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey affirming that citizens serving in defense production must continue their duties and may not refuse to serve elsewhere if needed. The note underscores unified civilian effort and conscription policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Described: From Dull Hours to a Sewing Machine Boom
Robert K. Sofia used two idle hours daily to design and refine a desk model sewing machine. After two years of trials he produced a foldable, cabinet-integrated unit with lockstitch, launching a boom that replaced his shopkeeping and inspired others to turn dull hours into productive work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert K. Sofia
South Main Street
Los Angeles
Fifth Street
California
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Air power and the push for a separate American air force
Major AS Williams argues public opinion favors a distinct autonomous air force, citing Europe’s war and the German model. He critiques army navy and Congress for inhibiting aviation progress and warns that autonomy enables decisive air power without military interference. He contrasts German autonomy with Britain and France.
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AS Williams
Congress
Europe
Navy
Army
England
France
Royal Air Force
America
Clothes Pin Mines Demonstrated By Army Engineers
At Camp Hunter Liggett California on June 18 the 18th Engineers show improvised anti person nel mines using ordinary clothes pins two flash light batteries copper wire nails and a small TNT block The device hinges the pin jaw to fire when a trip wire is disturbed the TNT explodes spraying eight penny nails into troops demonstrating a field expedient weapon with real destructive potential.
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Hunter Liggett
Cal
Fourth Army
Vancouver
Wash
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Col. Goodnight
Fred Short, Jr
Frances Jean Ravey
Magnolia Petroleum
Pierce
Frances Jean
Star Theater
James Stewart
Katharine Jae
Cary Grant
Arthur Truitt
The
Star
Bob McNeil
Russell Stationery
Bing Crosby
Rufus Steele
Rufus
Veterans’ Hospital
Cheyenne
Wyo
Amarillo
wuSt
W. F
Bridge
Lera Bell
Debette
Will Hudson
Globe-News
John L. Ridings
Monroe Street
C. R. Compton
West 29Th Avenue
Empire State Building
New York City
Tynetta Wilson
West
19Th Avenue
Amber of
Booker
Paul Mallon
King Features Syndicate, Inc
OPM
S. R. Fuller
Fuller
Barney Baruch
Lehman Brothers
Arthur H. Bunker
White House
Rhineland
Czechoslovakia
Berlin
Dakar
Rio de Oro
House
John Sheles
Longman’s
Green
Constellation
U.S.A
By Dorothy Thompson
Robin Moor
George Washington
Alexander Hamilton
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Atlantic
Pacific
Annapolis
Charles R. Moore
Ernie Pyle
Dale Carnegie
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