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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 24, 1941
Page
11
Jean Tomberlin once crowned Buffalo Lake beauty and later a Lake Marvin winner will marry Kenneth Smith of Los Angeles on July 26. She has pursued modeling in Hollywood and the couple’s plans reflect a life in entertainment and travel.
The letter proposes keeping traffic lights on later to improve safety and curb late night accidents. It argues pedestrians rush across on green, drivers speed, and suggests a universal enforcible speed limit. The writer urges residents to channel ideas to the Ideas Editor at Globe-News and cites Anita McDowell as the first idea sender.
A reader’s column cites historical notes on independence day celebrations and dates of first observances in Philadelphia. It includes several letters from readers offering ideas on traffic safety, bus service, and public conduct.
The piece argues airpower as the decisive factor in modern defense, recounting a decade of observed European airpower since 1936. It warns against wagering on seapower ships while highlighting air superiority in battles from Norway to Dunkirk and Crete, predicting outcomes firsthand.
Hollywood producer director George Marshall argues westerns offer strongest audience appeal and steady profitability. He recalls stars like Bill Hart Tom Mix Will Rogers and Gary Cooper and notes current westerns with Holden Ford Trevoy lead a Southwest cattle wars yarn titled Texas.
Excerpts present quotes attributed to Charles A Lindbergh Maj Frederick W Nichol of IBM and Dr Toyohiko Kagawa. The lines touch constitutional methods environment and modernization.
A newspaper puzzle page presents a themed set of across and down clues. Entries range from literary references like an exiled heroine to general terms such as electrical term and cubic abbreviation, with numerous wordplay connections hinted by Roman numeral style numbering.
An analyst argues James Fly oversteps the Radio Act in proposing changes to network structure. He asserts the act governs traffic and licensing, not censorship or industry organization, and questions who benefits, warning Mutual could gain equity while CBS and NBC lose built noncommercial programs.
Four etiquette questions test social behavior in tennis and golf. Answers: 1 No it slows the game. 2 Yes to smooth sand in bunkers. 3 Yes let the honor player go first. 4 Those at the ends of the court are the choice sets.
Defense officials plan a threefold increase in monthly spending to 10 billion dollars a year within a year. Small and large manufacturers face shutdowns as shortages and rationing hit, while the government edges toward a temporary State militant economy with plant conversions and substitute materials to keep defense output steady.
Announcement from the British Crown Agent says a complete new stamp set will be issued for British Somaliland and the 1938 issue will be invalidated. The new issue features King George VI in full face. Also notes on overprints for Hungary and Yugoslavia, and changes in Canal Zone official correspondence and perforation practices.
Dale Carnegie recounts a reader Raymond Greaves who used a bold letter and a clever ruse to win a bookstore job in Philadelphia. The manager later hired him for his ingenuity and sportsmanship, arguing the applicant’s initiative outshone rivals and fostered good workplace teamwork.
United Press profiles Walther von Brauchitsch commander in chief of the German army. Born Berlin 1881 he rose from lieutenant to chief of the army and led blitzkrieg on the Western front. married Charlotte Schmidt in 1938 and traveled extensively issuing orders after campaigns.
The piece recalls Brig. Gen. William L. Mitchell and Edward F. Hiller, two Milwaukee friends from Spanish American War days, whose bond prompts Wisconsin and federal officials to seek posthumous absolution for Mitchell’s 1910s court martial. Hiller led a push decades later to clear the name, citing their shared wartime bond.
Private Chester Gallas faced a thunderstorm while on guard duty at Camp Custer. A lightning bolt struck his gun, he was taken to hospital for precaution, and within 45 minutes he was back at his post, unfazed by the ordeal.
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