Amarillo Globe masthead and editorial staff listing
The excerpt lists the Amarillo Globe masthead with founding date February 20, 1924 and publication details. It names The Globe-News Publishing Co. editors and executives including Gene Howe as President and Publisher and John McCarty as Assistant Publisher, with Wesley Izard as Editor in Chief and a general telephone line.
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Amarillo
Texas
Globe-News Publishing Co
Gene Howe
John McCarty
Wesley Izzard
Telephone
War era notes on manpower and pay in WWII Dallas
An OPA official urges families to stockpile eggs and the Army recruits civilian teachers to replace soldiers in schools. General MacArthur supports higher pay in the Southwest Pacific while WPB promotes conservation and still fights paper shortages with humor.
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Texas
OPA
Dallas
Army
G. I
Armed Services
MacArthur
Southwest
Pacific
WPB
Ius
Washington
Private Spending May Replace Government Outlays
Economist Paul Mallon argues for a postwar policy shift to private spending driven by tax incentives. He suggests automatic tax rate adjustments, targeted allowances for home building and business expansion, and coordinated actions by banks, utilities, and public bodies to stimulate demand during slumps and dampen it in booms.
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Paul Mallon
Washington
Ifglesse Jones
RFC
Federal Reserve
Treasury
Gorspen
Old Indestructible: Ernie Pyle Survives Bomb Hit in Italy
Ernie Pyle recalls a near miss in Italy after a German bombing leaves his room a shambles yet miraculously injuring none. furniture and walls collapse, officers aid the wounded, and Pyle earns the nickname Old Indestructible amid the chaos and debris.
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Ernie Pyle
Fifth Army
Italy
Bill Strand
The
Chicago Tribune
Maj
Jay Wessels
Duluth
Minn
Vick Fowler
Dallas News
George Tucker
Associated Press
Ernie
Bob Vermillion
United Press
Indiana GOP for Dewey
Indiana Republican voters favor Thomas E. Dewey for the presidential nomination with Wendell Willkie second and General Douglas MacArthur third, in state wide Institute survey of Hoosier Republicans. Willkie's Midwest appeal is challenged, with Dewey leading in Indiana and Bricker weak in the region.
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Princeton
N. J
Indiana
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell Willkie
Douglas MacArthur
Institute
Ohio
Earl Warren
California
Willkie
Middle West
Dewey
Illinois
Bricker
Tlinois
Spent Yesterday by Evelyn Boyd at Amarillo Field
A wartime aviation maintenance piece follows Evelyn Boyd as she and fellow civilian mechanics tear down a P-51 at Amarillo Field. The account highlights rough first tasks, a tough foreman, and Carol Wilbanks guiding hands amid sparks and heavy screws.
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Evelyn Boyd
Amarillo Field
Ernest Baggs
Carol Wilbanks
Carol
Oklahoma City
Grace
Edith
Geraldine
Robert Rheinhardt
Crossword Puzzle Army Unit Horizon Moon Mullins
A crossword quiz titled CrossWord Puzzle Army Unit Horizon features clues across and down with solutions including military terms and everyday words. The puzzle ends with the name Moon Mullins as the puzzle author or signature.
Flight line confession ends air plane mechanic career
A narrator recalls being exposed as a phony by fellow crewmen and an officer, leading to the end of his air plane mechanic duties. He then reports to Lt Davenport and Major Hignett, praising the Amarillo Field Sub-Depot as well organized and efficient. Davenport earned the Purple Heart at Pearl Harbor.
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Fowler
Edith
Rheinhardt
J. M. Davenport
Carol
Davenport
Forest E. Hignett
Pearl Harbor
Hignett
Amarillo Field
Polk Street Professor and a Plum Nutty Tale
A humorous ramble on rationing and trust features an unnamed speaker recalling a one year old and a joke about Aunt Mary’s plum preserves with pecans, named Aunt Mary’s Plum Nutty. The piece mixes wartime rationing notes with playful anecdotes and regional humor.
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Mary
Aunt Mary
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Betty
Jameson
Mrs. Mullins
MR. Dullard
Willie
Imar Jory
Donald Dock
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Walt Dray
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Polk Street
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Tony Bowles
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