Amarillo Seen at Social Events and Shows
A long column lists dances, formal events, and social scenes in Amarillo. Names of students, clubs, and entertainers appear with details of Sigma Iota Chi forms, the Alpha Lambda pledge group, and local theatre happenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains Boat Clubs
Buffalo Lake
Sue Dodson
Dorothy Jane Cook
Eleanor Niams
Bal der
Johnnie Ruth Sages
Charles Harper
Carlie Barnes
Jim McKnight
Buck Benny
Jack Benny
Paramount
St. Anthony's
Herring Hotel
Dorothy
Brummett McClendon
Mort Denton
Irene Miller
Charley Underwood
Jimmie Sullivan
Ruth Cornell
Fred Post
Margaret Warneworth
Perryton
Aorlena Farmer
Amarillo
Opal Tedder
MebLean
Sigma Iota Chi
Mary Lucille Dowie
Daisy Lee Dotson
Jack Bushman
Jeanette Donaldson
Harriet Kellean
Larry Garre
Betty Caldwell
Leroy Smith
Wilma Peters
Red Hightower
John Lawson
Ruth Virginia Purdue
Alpha Delta
Louis Bock
Julia el Kouri
Hope Adams
Bill Purdue
June Laing
Dixie Dice
Collette
Gallo
San Francisco
Frances Shudde
Junior Philharmonic
Cotillion Club
Ernest Lee Baker
Jean Beck
Woodmen Circle Drum Corp
Epsilon Beta Fraternity
West Texas State
Cousins’ Hall
Carlton Scales
Amarillo College
Bette Davis
Lois Right
Gerald Wilson
Helen
Hilda King
Joan Edwards
Lloyd Thompson
Walt Caldwell
Back Home With Ernie Pyle From War Experiences
A wartime correspondent recalls fear on voyage home and relief after landing in New York. He describes adjusting to peacetime life and a humorous London anecdote about German passengers. He quotes a Fleet Street plaque honoring Edgar Wallace as a symbol of true newspapermen.
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Albuquerque
England
New York
Fneland
Lisbon
Marine Base
Taldgate Circus
London
Fleet Street
Edgar Wallace
Wallace
Hollywood
Fleet
Wilson
Europe
Your Ideas Editor Letter to Globe-News
Idea submissions from Amarillo readers discuss cheap transport to the U S Veterans Hospital and a traffic signal at Fast Third and Grand Avenues. Others address Britain support, blood donor testing, attire trends, and a weekly radio program calendar printed for reference.
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Globe-News
Third
Grand Avenues
H. A. Pugh
Grand Avenue
News and Globe
Medium and light tanks weigh heavy on defense talk
Quotes from William S. Knudsen and Gen. Philip B. Fleming question the cost and value of armed industry and social gains. Senator Wheeler frames a tax question for funding four freedoms abroad.
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William S. Knudsen
Horizontal and vertical puzzle clues list features many items
A mixed list of crossword style clues with numbers for across and down entries, including references to flags, people like the flag maker, and various synonyms and definitions. The page appears as a puzzle grid with enumerated items and thematic notes.
Minute Men of '41 Civil defense plan trains volunteers nationwide
A master plan to train millions of civilian volunteers for fire fighting bomb defense and communications is under development. Army and navy experts coordinate with civilians to prepare air spotters amateur radio operators and firefighters across the United States.
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Sigrid Arne
Washington
United States
Army
Navy
New England
New York City
Martha's Vineyard
Mitchell Field
Long Island
Air Command
Mitchel Field
J. C. McDonnell
C. H. Wash
Fort George Wright
W. H. Frank
Tampa
Florida
M. F. Harmon
Riverside
California
FCC
Seattle
D. C
New York
Philadelphia
Newark
England
Defense
Stalin Gestures and German Plans Echo in World Tension
The column argues Stalin’s arms ban is a clumsy Kremlin ploy mirroring Nazi doublespeak while predicting a Russia Japan commercial treaty over Trans-Siberian freight space. It notes Germany’s lack of war material from Russia, Nazi reinforcements via British routes, and a looming Suez blow with Libyan tank totals. It cites FDR’s patrol stance and the stalled Phelps-Dodge coal case as labor mediation progress.
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Washington
Stalin
Hitler
Japan
Russia
Siberia
Germany
United States
Sweden
Persia
Kremlin
FDR
Labor Mediation Board
Phelps- Dodge
Wordplay crossword style clues linked to historical names
Five wordplay clues map to historical names and places. Toe plus brook yields To bruk a Libyan city captured by the British. Burr plus ton and wheel plus err clues Burton Wheeler of Montana. Hit plus leer solves Hitler. Germ plus man plus knee solves Germany. Wins plus ton and church plus hill yields Winston Churchill the British prime minister.
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Toe
Brook
Tobruk
Libyan
Burr
Ton
Wheel
Err
Burton Wheeler
Montana
Hit
Leer
Hitler
Germ
Man
Knee
Germany
Church
Hill
Winston Churchill
Labor Union Leaders Seen As Most Powerful Group
A Gallup poll finds more Americans fear labor union leaders hold too much power than big business bosses, while government power in Washington is viewed as least powerful. The study shows party and income differences in views on corporations and government.
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George Gallup
American Institute of Public Opinion
Princeton
N. J
National Economic Committee
Institute
Washington
The Market Fable on Jobs and Honest Interest
Dale Carnegie recounts a fur market tale in New York where 15,000 workers rely on word of mouth for jobs. Jack Klapper improves his prospects by showing genuine interest in others, making friends, and gaining boss introductions. The lesson: be friendly and helpful to advance professionally.
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Jack &. Klapper
Penn Street
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
BONDS AND STAMPS By JACK STINNETT
Treasury officials simplify defense funding by blending postal savings with war savings programs. The plan centers on 10-cent defense saving stamps converting to bonds with returns of 2.5 percent over 10 to 12 years, with no bank purchases allowed and interest only after conversion.
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Jack Stinnett
National Defense
Morgenthau
Treasury Department
Defense
Postal
Postal Savings
Uncle Sam
Treasury
Chuckles in Camp evoke odd wartime pranks
In Camp Robinson Arkansas a trainee tugged off masks during a gas drill and a sergeant, stuck halfway through a tent door, was freed as others fled in tears. At Camp Wheeler Georgia a New England recruit won weekly humor with ice skates. Camp Shelby Mississippi and Camp Barkley Texas add lighter scenes. A 45th Division moment at Camp Barkley features a snake crossing a resting officer's leg.
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Camp Robinson
Ark
H. P. Grounas
Haskell Institute
Natrow
Camp Barkeley
Texas
William E. Rabb
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Helen Gill
Burkhalter
Jack C
Bill H
Kay Kyser
H. A. Dyer
The
Nat
Dyer
Los Angeles
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Alpha Lotta J
Margaret Lee Witt
Bill I Thompson
Mona Kruger
Preston Hill
Leon Patton
Marjorie Greene
Gale Gaither
Bruce Miner
Maxine . Jones
Yvonne Powers
John Corts
Gerald Haston
Lloyd Ford
Becker Billie Lamb
Lee Roy Gill Punky Scarborough
Jack Triplett
Tim Coleman
Leslie Wil
Emma Louise Smith
Glyndol Calvert
Bill Davis
Phyllis Ford
Dick Mc
Bill Ferron
Pegey
Jean Morrison
Froy Howard
Joe Freeman
Yvonne Stevens
Butch Cowart
William Martin
Wilma Immel Genieve Seamon
Ted Sponholtz
Cuba Lee Scott
Jim Swallow
D. O. Hobson
Harold Tibbs
Wayne Sibley
Evelyn Bauglin
Frank Lowry
Shawnee
Okla
Raymond Munger Bettie Bux Bush
Dill de Zonia
Lee Anna Edelman
Dwight
Billie Nance
Bascom
Timmons LC
Moore Frank McLaughlin
Fern Kruger
Guy Barks
Lubbock
James Braxton
Lee Jarvis
Phil Hawkins
Morris Dial
Bob Bennett
Girhie Parton
Ernest Shearer
Edna Coy
Bob Brummett
Tyler
Talbort
Connie Underwood
Dixie Herlgecoke
Grace Golding
Bryan Dees
Judy Lambie
James Rittenberry
Lenora Jean Tayeor
Amarillonic School
Janet Gaynor
Robert Taylor
Anne Hirst
Wallace Beery
Mission
Grant Tri-State Fair Racing Association
Goody Goody
Ernie Pyle
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
C. EF. Hudson
Maryland Street
Britain
America
Mar
S. C. Talley
C. R. Compton
West 29Th Avenue
J. G. Marshall
General Delivery
Philip B. Fleming
Four Freedoms
Hong Kong
Berlin
Rome
Dong Dang
Moscow
Yugoslavia
Turkey
Arabia
Ethiopia
Burton K. Wheeler
U. S
Miss Arne
American Legion
Frank 8. Hoy
Lewiston
Paul Mallon
King Features Syndicate, Inc
Wilhelmstrasse
Africa
Suez
Libya
Crete
Admiral Stark
Naval Operations
Stark
la Guardia
Seven Seas
Western Hemisphere
Gallup Poll
Moo
Unite States
Roosevelt
Willkie
Dale Carnegie
Thirtieth Street
Seventh Avenue
Camp Wheeler
Camp Shelby
Miss
Columbus
Ohio
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