Airfield Manufactured in Three Days
Local note reports rapid construction of an airfield completed in three days in February 1924. The item lists publication details for The Amarillo Globe and associates The Globe News Publishing Co. with staff including Gene Howe president, John McCarty assistant publisher, and Wesley Izzard editor in chief.
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Amarillo Globe
Amarillo
Texas
Sannnawrewe
Gene Howe
John McCarty
Wesley Izzard
Telephone
Potatoes and war time talk mix in doughy prose
The piece blends speculation on using a potato surplus for liquor with a wartime field report from Italy. It describes Allied British American patent pooling aiding war production, then details A-20 airfield life among grapevines, tents, stoves, radios, and daily routines of pilots and crews in a volcanic Italian vineyard setting.
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Army
Navy
Italy
A Met
Naples
BBC
Rome
Axis
Russian terms and Finland rise from German shadows
Dorothy Thompson analyzes Pehr Svinhufvud death on the day Russia offers Finland armistice terms. She details Finland's struggle for autonomy, the shift to independence, and the implications of Petsamo and demobilization talks. The piece frames Soviet interests as security driven, not ideological, with battlefield lessons shaping Polish and Finnish outcomes.
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Dorothy Thompson
Pehr Svinhufud
Russia
Finland
Svinhufud
Thompson
Lenin
von der Goltz
Petsamo
North Atlantic
Murmansk
Soviet Union
Hitler
Poland
Naval Insigne Puzzle An Ambitious Word Fill
A cryptic word puzzle lists naval terms, signs, and abbreviations across vertical and horizontal clues. Entries include references to planes, ranks, fabrics, states, and tools, challenging solvers to match naval imagery with dictionary answers.
Polk Street Professor’s Birthday Gift Dilemma
A Hollywood Canteen scene shows a girl pondering a gift for her boyfriend who does not smoke bathe or drink. She settles on perfume as he smells. A humorous domestic moment follows with lipstick and a frightened wife misreading a child’s red face as an accident. The piece ends with a wartime line about the navy from Domei.
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Hollywood
A Maid Ad Goes Wrong in a Home Interview
Evelyn Boyd recalls the day she answered a newspaper maid ad and met Mrs. A B Broglio at 911 Bonham Street. The visit blends nerves, child care duties, and a hint of deception as the narrator pretends to be a reporter while Mrs. Broglio jokes about a test of character.
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A. 8. Broglio
Bonham Street
Broglio
Mrs. Broglio
Evelyn
Larry
Anthony
Joan—Anthony
Joan
Capt
Mrs. Bro
Colgate Leader Urges Addressing Hard Community Problems
Dr. Everett Case, president of Colgate University, warns that too often the nation dodges tough community problems by simply moving elsewhere. He emphasizes the need to confront these issues rather than relocate.
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Everett Case
Colgate University
Restore health and heal thy wounds prophecy
A religious verse from Jeremy 30 17 promises restoration and healing, conveying divine assurance of health and recovery to the afflicted. The message emphasizes God’s power to mend wounds and restore vitality.
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Jeremy
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Henry Wallace
Ernie Pyle
Norway
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Crimson U.S
M ‘Se
Naval
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Airarm
Guido
Moon Mullins
Donald Duck
Coperth
Superman
Mateo
Nora
MAN OF Steel
Red Ryder
Little Beaver
Polk Street
Domei
Evelyn Boyd
Alexander Pope
Fillmore
Johnson-Price
Rebedy
Archie Castleberry
Oliver Eakle
Home Office
Dallas
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