Hatch Act debate and Canadian travel rumors urged
The piece argues the Hatch Act is an ongoing experiment needing stronger enforcement, with emphasis on public disclosure of campaign contributions and sources. It also dismisses rumors of rationing or high gasoline prices in Canada, noting such chatter aims to curb American travel and dollars.
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Senate
Lincoln
Congress
United States
Canada
Americas
Mexico
Co. L. Young
Buchanan Street
British Medical Training Plan Aims to Aid War Effort
The Rockefeller Foundation funds a $100,000 program to bring young British medical students to the United States for training in 25 cooperating schools. The effort aims at wartime aid and future peace reconstruction, with expansion planned if successful. Quotes cite Zechariah Chaffee, C W Hall, and Walter Funk on risk and leadership.
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London
Rockefeller Foundation
Lord Lothian
United States
Britain
America
Conscripts Wife Desires Quiet After New York Trip
Martha returns from a New York trip with Paul to confront a complicated love triangle. Bill, furious over suspicions, tracks Martha to her boarding house, while Paul urges her to stay and keep working. Martha realizes Bill may have learned she was in the city and fears the confrontation to come.
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Paul
New York
LaGuardia Field
Bill
Bilt
Suzanne
Manhattan
Mr. Elliott
Mrs. Larkin
Camp
Helen
Marshal
Sugar Hill
Stafford
Stratford Road
White House
Palmer and
Britt
Mater
Martha Richards confronts husband Bill after a lie
Martha races through a tangledWeb of deception after discovering Bill visited Suzanne to learn if she knew Martha and Paul were together. Suzanne confirms Bill’s rage and pursuit, while Martha plans to confront Suzanne and resolve the affair, fearing further exposure.
Letters to the editor on Amarillo issues and reform
A collection of reader submissions from Amarillo residents addressing traffic lane use left turns depot improvements luxury taxes post office money orders and gold standard proposals. The batch also includes praise for city development efforts and a critique of East Tenth Avenue camps amid broader wartime naval threats to British shipping from German U boats and aircraft.
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Sam
Henry Pike
Tyler Street
Amarillo
Bivins
Fair Grounds
Humphrey
State Highway Department
Tenth Avenue
John F. Mitchell
East
Eleventh Avenue
Lincoln and Hooker letter on command and ambition
The piece analyzes Lincoln’s insistence on military success over dictatorship and his wary view of Hooker. It quotes Lincoln praising Hooker’s bravery while criticizing his politicized conduct and urging unity under Grant, with caution against rashness and a push for victories.
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Lincoln
Hooker
Army of the Potomac
Burnside
Napoleon
Joe Hooker
Ulysses Grant
Grant
George III
Wolfe
Quebec
Bedspread Boom From One Farm Girl to a National Industry
Catherine Evans began tufting bedspreads at age 12 in Georgia and by 1900 sold one for $2.50, launching America's bedspread industry. Dalton now hosts 21 factories and 54 within 50 miles produce about 80 percent of U S output, with 10 000 workers and more than 25 million dollars in retail.
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Retty Picayune
Dalton Busi
Calhoun
Miss Evans
North Georgia
New York Garment Center
Catherine Evans
Georgia
Catherine
America
Dalton
New England
John Wanamaker
Evans
Refugee Doctor Reveals Hitler’s Private Mercy in Linz
Dr Eduard Bloch, the mother of Adolf Hitler’s physician, fled Vienna to New York last January after years in Nazi Austria. J D Ratecliffe uncovered Bloch’s memories of the dictator’s youth, including Hitler’s praise at a 1937 Nurnberg party and limited favors that spared Bloch from anti Jewish persecution.
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Eduard Bloch
Linz
Hitler
Bloch
New York
Vienna
J. D. Ratecliff
Dr. Bloch
Collier's Magazine
Adolf
Nurnberg
Jude
Blow-Up at Camp
The Talk of the Town notes a Fort MacArthur training camp scene for Deanna Durbin’s new film shot with Universal Studios three hundred extras. An officer reportedly scolded an extra for smoking, then was helped by an assistant director as the day ended peacefully.
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Deanna Durbin
Fort MacArthur
California
Universal Studios
Central Casting Bureau
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Globe-News
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Amarillo Institute
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