War returns home greeted by bands and girls
In Amarillo a Globe News notice reflects on postwar welcome scenes for servicemen. It notes New York Port of Embarkation staff easing red tape to speed homecoming, with bands and American girls in attendance and soldiers marveling at the hospitality despite the era’s glamour.
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Amarillo
Texas
New York Port of Embarkation
Europe
New York
No Pain No Palm No Thorn No Throne No Cross Quote
A compact historical quotation noting the Christian religion as magnifying goodness per Bacon and William Penn. The lines emphasize the creed with paired maxims about suffering, triumph, and glory. No dates or events are given.
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Bacon
William Penn
German Pensions Question Moral Duty and Freedom
Dorothy Thompson argues German pension culture bred complacent obedience in civil servants and officials who served regimes for lifetime security. She warns that reliance on pensions helped sustain the Nazi state and that true freedom requires personal conscience and willingness to take new roles, while universal old age security remains separate from state service.
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Munich
Germany
Hitler
Europe
Gestapo
Pentagon
Herr Geheimrat
Commerzienrat
Ordentliches
If He Could Get a Good Look at Himself
A reader recalls an elusive clipping about H S Victorson a relentless bookseller who ensnares editors with valuable sets he claims are essential. It cites an 1890s publication ownership and includes a wartime essay arguing civilization raises the cost of war and urges restraint and recovery.
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Mr. Victorson
Spencer
Greece
Rome
Polk Street Professor's Shoes Tight under Bed Joke
A humorous letter describes a wife who nightly kicks her husband's shoes under the bed exactly centered. The husband jokes about barefooting or bringing shoes to bed, noting the tireless routine over twenty years and a quip about anatomy.
Letter From Home To Boys in Service
A weekly feature sharing notes from Amarillo and surrounding area readers. The column reports on a deadly hunting accident, military arrivals and returns, local golf and baseball news, weddings and engagements, and community events as summer slows social activity.
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Amarillo
Alton M. Reeder
Alton Reeder
C. B. Reeder
Alton
Red Morgan
England
Churchill
Elizabeth
Junior Welfare League
G. G. Turner
Pullman
Potter County
Amarillo County Club
Jack Allen
Dude Gentry
E. W. Cain
Don Marsalis
Raymond Mann
Jerry Werrick
John Evans
Sky Giants
Pampa Field
Jimmy Blessen
Amarillo High
Otto Payne
Amarillo Field
Europe
Dick Cazzell
Navy
William Forbes, Jr
Germany
Leslie W. Stitt
Jim Bob Nance
San Diego
Eugene Reybold
U. S. Army Engineers
Tucumcari
N. M
George Young
KGNC
Pacific Area of War
New York City
Ted Kelly
Softball Association For Boys
Dorothy Jane Jenkins
Avery Rush
Sue Taylor
Canelis
Michael Conells
Betty Dawson
Ens
Montford T. Dawson
Dick Mayer
Betty Lou Prewitt
Myra Jean Swenson
Jack Irwin
Peggy Seibel
Sgt
Frank Wilson
Betty Jim Shelton
Earl Smith
Dixie Hedgecake
Robert Lemmon
Beck Atkinson
Crossword Puzzle Horizontal and Vertical Clues
Puzzle lists across and down clues for a crossword with entries including U S Army program iconography mixed with common words. Clues cover numbers letters colors animals and geographic terms along with personal names and abbreviations.
For Your Skin Pine Tar Ointment Ad Notice
An old style drugstore ad touts extra soothing Pine tar ointment for itching rash tetter pimples irritations minor burns cuts sprains and bruises priced at 35c in all drug stores.
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Gene Howf
John McCarty
Wesley Izzard
Dorothy Thompson
Nation
Bill Cunningham
United Features
H. S. Victorson
Ben Franklin
Victorson
Carthage
Gea Seevice
Polk Street
The
Globe
U. S. Army Insigne
U. S. Army
Virginia
Urge
Atra
Isles
Denmark
Moon Mullins
Mamie
MR. Magook
Were
Shorty
Vera Smith
Donald Duck
Superman
School OF Domestic Science
Daily Planet
Ryder
Mary L. Spence
Steve Amarillo
Plainview
Griggs Burial Association
N. S. Griggs & Sons
Griggs
Griggs & Sons
W. S. Griggs & Sons