Freddy Martin Learns Piano to Honor Piano Concerto Fame
Freddy Martin, famed for a concerto recording despite not playing piano, begins piano lessons amid rising demand for the tune. The piece’s success boosted his band’s fame, with further film commitments and theater offers noted. Maxine Sullivan, famed歌唱 star, discusses her career and busy schedule. Huddle Club members selling doughnuts offer.
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Defense Will Not Win the War debated in Washington
Washington observers debate Lt Colonel Kernan’s book Defense Will Not Win the War. They clash over offensive strategy versus defensive thinking, with many supporting offensive action while others doubt feasibility and urge caution before launching large scale attacks on Italy and Germany.
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NEA
Washington
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Kernan
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U. S
France
Britain
America
U.S. General Staff
Japan
Germany
Berlin
Italy
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TODAY'S PUZZLER HORIZONTAL AND VERTICAL CLUES PUZZLE
A reader provided a mixed list of horizontal and vertical crossword clues with entries ranging from former Sing Sing warden to chemical symbols, bodily terms, animals, and common words. The grid references, exact answers, and cross-checking are not present in readable form.
Quent Reynolds Brings American Spirit to War News
MCLEMORE NEW YORK Quent Reynolds, famed war reporter, returns to the United States and declares America is ready to endure and win. He praises production, resilience, and national resolve from coast to coast, insisting the country will outlast and outpace Axis foes and live to dish it out.
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Answers to War Quiz on Editorial Page 1
The Army Distinguished Service Cross is awarded in time of war for extraordinary heroism against the United States enemy. Captain Wermuth, with a tommy gun, killed 116 Japanese soldiers. Yamashita commanded the Jan army that captured Singapore. Conrad was a Pole who served as a British mercantile captain in the Far East.
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Wermuth
Yamashita
Jan
Singapore
Conrad
British Mercantile Marine
Far East
War effort needs public displays of tanks and recruits
A reader urges that the war effort be shown to communities through public parades and demonstrations of tanks and new mechanized equipment. The writer questions why draftees are kept away from hometown pride and suggests letting people see and celebrate their local soldiers.
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Washington
Leaders weigh battlefront options in war era quotes
Quotes from Gen Stillwell, Harold Ickes, Byron Price, and geologist George Cressy reflect wartime strategy and concerns. Stillwell favors leading an army division into Japan, Ickes argues for industrial bombing, Price warns on censorship risk, and Cressy notes the Soviet Union’s pivotal wartime role.
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Joseph W. Stillwell
China
Amarillo News Notes and Household Updates
Amarillo residents welcome newcomers from Tulsa and Lubbock while others relocate to 12307 Washington Street 804 Carolina Street Polk Street church circle hosts a sale and several residents share travel and family news including births, visits, and job moves across town and to Dallas Fort Bliss and Washington D. C. are mentioned for guests and service members.
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Electric Motors
Amarillo
Tulsa
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Washington Street
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Ozone
Carolina Street
Hollingsworth
Stanolind Oil Company
G. C. Choate
Department of Justice, Immigration, and Naturalization Service
Aerifm Ned
George Lindsey
Haveden Street
Sherman
L. W. Budd
Caprock
N M
E. A. Smallwood
West
Eighth Avenue
Patt Powell
Phillips Petroleum Company
Polk Street Methodist Church
Fourth Avenue
Calvin Draper
Dumas
O. B. Draper
Texas Tech
Lubbock
Garden for Victory: Long Beach Expert Sees War Gardens Rise
In Long Beach California Major Bateson a veteran horticulturist advocates backyard gardens as a key wartime effort. He runs free classes and has helped 3200 families start thrifty gardens while volunteers and realtors donate land. Bateson notes thousands of Los Angeles area gardens and envisions many more to fuel national victory.
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Cal
Washington
Hitler
England
Anderson
Los Angeles
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California
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U. S
el Paso
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Nord
The Rise Of Frank Woolworth From A Low Wage Clerk
A World War era tale of Frank Woolworth starting as a Bushnell clerk earning ten dollars a week. After a denied raise he quits, gains confidence, and later builds a retail empire. Rejection fuels drive to create five and ten cent stores.
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New York
A. Bushnell
Bushnell
Frank W. Woolworth
Mr Moore
Moore Dry Goods
Moore
Mr. Moore
Frank Woolworth
Frank Woolworill
America
Upper
New York State
Synthetic Rubber By JOSEPH L MYLER
Government efforts to produce synthetic rubber aim at 750000 tons yearly, with plant facilities funded to replace wartime shortages. Inventors suggest alternatives from milkweed to Osage orange, dandelions, sunflowers, and even rabbit bush, plus early ideas like soy plastic tires and pneumatic sausages. The Inventors Council weighs revived 1906 tire designs and a flood of wheel patents since the early auto era, including spring wheeled concepts that could be noisy at speed.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Homer Pilkinton
Salisbury
Inventors Council
Surrey
Patent Office
Lou Boudreau Named Young Cleveland Manager Leader On Field
Profile of Lou Boudreau, 24, newly appointed Cleveland Indians manager. Details his rise from Harvey Illinois youth to captain of college teams, breakout at Buffalo, and rapid rise to major league leadership. Notes on his personality, family, and the era’s sports context, including quotes from Dr. Dick inson S. Miller and remarks from Governor Lehman and President Roosevelt.
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