Armstrong Loses Car Then Seeks Hotel in Los Angeles
Amarillo man Jack Armstrong arrived from Amarillo Texas and streamed into Los Angeles. After parking his car and checking into a hotel he wandered the city and got lost for three hours asking police to locate his Texas license plate bearing car. Officers guided him amid downtown landmarks and tall buildings.
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Paul Ellis
Hollywood
Los Angeles Examiner
Jack Armstrong
Amarillo
Tex
Armstrong
Los Angeles
Texas
Your Ideas Editor Note to Globe-News Reader
Pedestrians are urged to share ideas on safe behavior in town. The note suggests humorous “Don’ts for Pedestrians” including not crossing against red lights or standing off the curb, and warns even careful walkers risk injuries if they ignore traffic.
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Janice Jones
Betty Howie
Austin
Corpus Christi
Janice
Betty
Ohe
Globe-News
Manners Quiz on Social Usage and Dining Etiquette
A set of etiquette Q and A covers proper utensils for mashed potatoes and gravy, salt use, and handling smoking guests. Answers include using just a spoon for potatoes, both utensils on toast, a gravy ladle, a maximum of three forks at cutting, and salt taken with the salt spoon. The best solution for guests who smoke at a non smoking home is to provide no cigarettes at the table.
Letters to the Editor Voice Local War Era Concerns Amarillo
A collection of local citizen letters includes opinions on wartime drafts and pay, traffic signals, vitamins in foods, and traffic changes on West Third Avenue and Polk Street. Residents urge accountability of officials, safer roads, and practical city planning to aid national defense efforts.
Beachcomber praised as England's wit and wartime spark
Albuquerque writer quotes Beachcomber from Lord Beaverbrook's Express praising humor while noting the author is an English scholar on early French history. The piece lampoons ants in Melbourne and ends with a tribute to Beachcomber's wartime morale, calling him a hero and urging resilience as Greece appeals for courage.
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Ernie Pyle Albuquerque
England
Lord Beaverbrook
Express
Today’s Puzzler Horizontal and Vertical Word List
A mixed word puzzle list with horizontal clues and a vertical list including entries like sun path, gods, and various common terms. It presents clues for fill in across and down with overlapping letters and no clear single solution given.
Nazi Concern Rises as Texas Border Eyes Mexico
El Paso columnist notes growing nervousness over Nazi activity linked to Mexico and Texas communities. She cites German shoppers, propaganda, and a buoyant Fort Bliss, with 21 000 recruits training there as the border region braces for possible upheaval.
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Dorothy Thompson
EL Paso
Greece
Balkans
North Africa
Atlantic
Rio Grande
Hitler
Texas
Mexico
Germany
Pbs
Western Hemisphere
Fort Bliss
Convo ys to Fun Spots by Paul Harrison
Camp Shelby in Mississippi hosts a plan to create weekend recreation centers along the Gulf from New Orleans to Panama City. 500 men initial capacity could grow to 2500 to 7500 with more centers, offering beaches fishing tennis and near-by resorts with low-cost transport and food.
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Paul Harrison
Camp
Shelby
Miss
Mississippi
United States
de Soto National Forest
Gulf
New Orleans
Panama City
Fla
Camp Shelby
Biloxi
Paris
America
Hattiesburg
Lindbergh as Symbol in U S War Readiness Debate
Washington insiders weigh Lindbergh’s influence as antiwar rhetoric against the drive to speed defense production. Talks on Vinson labor bills stall amid industry and labor opposition while Britain seeks pilots and ships. overall plans push to expand ship and aircraft output into 1942 and beyond.
Nicaraguan Stamp Set Arrives Amid Date Confusion
Stamp hobbyists face date muddles as commemoratives flood the market. The latest arrival is a Nicaraguan set noted for posthumous timing after the hundredth anniversary of postage stamps on May 6 1940.
Stamp designs and wildlife conservation issue announced
Lacked almost a month of being one year late. The set reproduces the 1862 two centavos Nicaraguan stamp with a liberty cap, mountain, and Sir Rowland Hill portrait, with values of two, three, and five centavos. Guatemala overprints a one centavo stamp with 1941, Dominican Republic alters ten centavos stamp. The National Wildlife Federation issues the fourth annual wildlife conservation stamp set, 40 large stamps, to cover North American species. information from Margaret Kernodle, 1212 Sixteenth Street NW, Washington, DC.
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Rowland Hill
Dominican Republic
Guatemala
National Post Office
National Wildlife Federation
Federation
Sixteenth Street
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Washington, D. C
Margaret Kernodle
From Spare-Time Learning to a 40 000 a Year Ad Executive
W J Weir born in New York City left school at 13 and built an education in public libraries and second-hand stores while working as an auto dealer a surveyor helper and a radio repairman. He wrote ads on speculation for an agency and later landed a job after meeting Eddie Dowling. He credits formal study plus people skills for his rise and urges others to pursue both education and practical experience.
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W. J. Weir
East 42Nd Street
New York City
Eddie Dowling
Eddie
Dowling
Weir
W. J
Texas defense spending tops three hundred million dollars
The Dallas regional office of the national resources planning board tracks a Texas defense outlay that now totals 310,160,023 dollars. Projects span Baytown explosives plant, Beaumont vessel work, Grand Prairie airplane factory, Fort Worth airplane assembly, Freeport magnesium plant, Houston shipways and steel mill, and major camps at Abilene, Mineral Wells, Galveston, San Antonio, and El Paso among others. The figure excludes payrolls and smaller factory work, but confirms Texas receives a large share of national defense funding and construction.
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J. B. Krueger
Associated Press
Texas
America
Dallas
National Resources Planning Board
Oklahoma
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Arkansas
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Dow Chemical
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Orange
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Brooks
Kelly
Randolph
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Air Corps Technical School
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Brackettville
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Brownsville
Census Figures Show Bread Output and Auto Trade Share
The Census Bureau reports U S bakeries produce 7 218 843 pounds of white pan bread and 1 731 225 000 pounds of whole wheat and rye bread annually. The automotive sector accounts for 20 percent of retail trade 13 percent of service business.
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Repor
Motor Fu
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