Goin’ Places and Songs Dominate 1940s Stage
Red Skelton shines in Ship Ahoy at the Paramount while Johnny Long plays the Terrace Room New Yorker. Frank Sinatra and Tommy Dorsey boost Ship Ahoy with Miller acts breaking attendance and money records across Ohio venues. Billboard charts list top records, sheet music, radio plugs, and ongoing hits like One Dozen Roses and Jersey Bounce.
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Johnny Long
New Yorker
Frank Sinatra
Tommy Dorsey
Glenn Miller
Harry James
Kay Kyser
Benny Goodman
Jimmy Dorsey
Glen Miller
Johnny Doughboy
Dinah Shore
Glen Gray
Skylark
Idaho
Music Machine
Navy Beats the Army in Talent Quest
Navy uses voluntary enlistment to recruit skilled officers, snagting a Harvard trained statistician and several others faster than the Army. The Army relies on Selective Service and ordinary drafts, while the Navy prioritizes special abilities and faster commissioning for top field professionals.
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Washington
Navy
Harvard
Army
National Selective Service
War leadership quotes on victory and postwar justice
A collection of remarks from Robert P Patterson and religious leaders urging united wartime resolve and a just postwar order. They stress defeating fascism, avoiding hatred toward any race, and honoring the dead by building a fair world after victory.
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Valley Forge
Yorktown
Chateau Thierry
Bataan
Tokyo
Berlin
Robert P Patterson
John Gillespie Magee
St. John's Protestant Episcopal Church
Washington
A. C. Don
St. Margaret’s Church
London
Allied forces recapture Kuneitra. Axis moves close posts
A year ago United Press reported British and Free French troops retook Kuneitra in Syria. Germany and Italy ordered closure of U S consulates. Finland mobilized all reserves while Turkey noted Russo German tensions.
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United Press
Kuneitra
Syra
Germany
Italy
U. S
Finland
Turkey
KEODAYSEPUZALER HORIZONTAL 1
Puzzle clues from a historic page list across and down entries such as pictured U S Army supply chief General, Trinitroto luene abbr, gazelle, dance step, directions, poem, cover, offer, inlet, and signaled notes on the solution grid with numerous abbreviations and wordplay.
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U. S. Army
Battle over battleships sparks Navy debate on future of fleet
A writer profiles two Navy factions arguing over the role of battleships in modern warfare. One side favors preserving battleships as backbone of the fleet, the other favors converting them for shipboard recreation or disposal as air power dominates. The piece notes age cues and contrasts between old and new naval doctrine.
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Washington
Navy
Smithsonian Institute
Hatfield
McCoy
Dewey
Manila
Annapolis
West Point
Coral Sea
Midway
Air Arm
Prince of Wales
Jutland
Hollywood Stars Sleep Aids The Night Away
Hollywood screen players use personal routines to fall asleep. Priscilla Lane listens to police calls on a table radio and sleeps quickly. Clark Gable, Claudette Colbert, Bette Davis, Joel McCrea and others rely on phonographs, baths, recitations, or counting to drift off.
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Ernest Foster
Hollywood
U.P
Priscilla Lane
Morpheus
Paramount
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
Andy Devine
Bette Davis
Joel McCrea
Dorothy Lamour
Frances Gifford
Bing Crosby
Anne Shirley
Brahm
Anne
Jerry Colonna
Bob Hope
Vera Vogue
Around Town notes from Amarillo town folks and visitors
Mrs Ella Gulick recalls meeting Lincoln and Billy son on White House lawn while visiting Amarillo with daughter Virginia Gulick and grandson James Gulick. She tours local spots, rents at Talmage Place, and shares pet cat feuds and travel notes with a parade of neighbors and new residents.
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Ponce DE Leon
Ella F. Gulick
Abraham Lincoln
Tady Lincoln
White House
Amarillo
C. H. Bland
Linda
Buell Benham
West
Nineteenth Avenue
H. B. Sanders
Carolyn
Buddy
San Diego
Anglo American Air Threat Shapes European Invasion Plan
Air Front reports that Anglo American air superiority is pivotal for a second front in Europe this year. Hitler concentrates half a million troops in France and the Low Countries and a million in central Germany while Britain trains in Ireland and Libya. The piece notes planned nightly bombing to smash coastal defenses and railways, plus aims on Rostov Sevastopol and the Caucasus oil fields with Rommel’s forces trapped near Tobruk.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Europe
Hitler
France
Germany
Britain
Mallon
Russia
Ireland
Libya
India
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Donets Basin
Rostov
Crimea
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Kharkov
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Murmansk
Freshmen by Dale Carnegie
A Bowdoin College freshman Herbert L. Swett earned praise for doing weed pulling thoroughly. His diligence led to key roles in Theta Delta Kappa Epsilon activities, later managing the Lakewood resort in Skowhegan Maine and its summer theater. Swett became a renowned Maine figure and influential in business and the arts.
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Herbert L. Swett
Carnegie
Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity
Maine
Bowdoin
Frank Briggs
Herbert Swett
Traction Company
Lakewood
Skowhegan
New York
United States
Payroll Deduction Gains Traction in Tax Plan Talk
George Gallup reports that a broad cross section of employed Americans favor deducting a fixed amount from each paycheck to cover next year’s federal income tax. Treasury interest rises as public support grows for advance payments and early money collection.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
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Treasury
Congress
Treasury Oe
Butler University acts president Dr Maurice O Rear Ross profile
Acting president Maurice O Re ar Ross of Butler University in Indianapolis stands 6 2 and 195 pounds at 44. An economics and current events speaker, he once served as dean of business administration and taught at Earlham and Tennessee. HeLed WWI gunner, enjoys calisthenics and golf, reads in bed, and favors Roquefort cheese. He has a 2 year old son Jeremy and is a Hedy Lamarr fan. Prosperity of farmers in New Zealand and labor shortages spur machinery use per a Commerce Department report.
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United Press
Maurice O'Rear Ross
Butler University
Indianapolis
Ind
Ross
Rittler
School of Business Administration
Kentucky Wesleyan College
University of Chicago
Sturgis
Earlham College
Richmond
University of Tenessee
Butler
Jeremy
Hedy Lamarr
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BY Dale Carnegie
Bowdoin College
New Zealand
Department of Commerce
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