Goin Places Huddle Club Shipwreck Dance at Amarillo Club
The Goin Places Huddle Club hosts a shipwreck dance at Amarillo Country Club starting Friday midnight to 4 am. Admission is by bid. The Collegians provide music and the event is promoted with local mentions of entertainment at the Paramount and radio show guests.
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Amarillo
Collegians
Joan Bennett
The
Paramount
Bob Hope
Ellington Field
Houston
Raymond F. Glass
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Pittsburgh
Baltimore
Howard ©. Madsen
Mr. Glass
Texas Technological College
Alpha Chi Fraternity
Tau Beta Pi
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
Engineering Society
Westinghouse
Glass
You Too Can Walk Learn to Walk for Health and Fun
The piece urges walking as a practical activity amid rationing and streetcar limits. It notes comfort through level heels and breathable socks, encourages simple lightweight gear, and highlights walking's perks from fitness to discovering local nature and places. It ends with a quip about ignoring boastful walkers.
Todays Puzzle Horizontal and Vertical Word Challenge
A dated newspaper puzzle lists horizontal clues from 1 to 61 and vertical clues from 1 to 58 with themes across management labor automotive committees and chemistry hints. The grid includes abbreviations, foreign terms, and common crossword staples such as nouns verbs and adjectives aligned to form a solvable word matrix.
Madagascar operation tests Laval and France in war
Lipppmann argues the Madagascar campaign could be used by Laval to push France to fight for Hitler. He notes French officers may seek glory, while rank and file resist, with colonial troops more active. He cautions against risky missions and says decisive, finishable actions strengthen French resolve to expel Nazis.
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Walter Lippmann
Madagascar
Laval
France
Hitler
Tobruk
Malta
Gallup
Syria
North Africa
Dakar
Madascar
Marshal Petain
Admiral Darlan
Vichy
French Empire
Martinique
Guadaloupe
French Guiana
Middle East
New Caledonia
Pacific
Africa
Old Timer Clock on Polk Street Returns with New Face
Amarillo residents note the restored Polk Street landmark clock at the Amarillo National Bank now has a lighted face and a 790 pound build, still controlled by an interior bank clock. The revival follows popular demand and preserves the clock’s Polk Street prominence.
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Polk Street
Amarillo National Bank
War Quiz Answers Summary
Weaver belongs to the Judge Advocate General's department. Britain claims the island. The gun makes noise as an anti aircraft weapon.
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Weaver
Judge Advocate Generals Department
Britain
Dogs for War Work Warned by Henry McLemore
Henry McLemore humorously urges dog owners to classify pets for war service. He jokes about hunting dogs for message running and guarding, while a cocker spaniel named Cindy is deemed a dangerous subversive ally aligned with the Axis, potentially sabotaging efforts if enlisted.
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Henry McLemore
New York
Bor
McLemore
ODU
Office of Dog Usefulness
Pennsylvania Avenue
Cindy
United Nations
Axis
Secret Service
Jack Carson Faces Sales and Dance Critics
Hollywood gossip notes comedian Jack Carson, seen as a salesman in Larceny Inc, drawing scorn from sales managers who call his methods outdated and unethical. In The Hard Way, directors say he learns too fast, risking mastery of rhumba and stage timing.
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Hollywood
UPI
Studio
Jack Carson
National Federation of Sales Managers
Jack
Warner Bros. “Larceny, Inc
Carson
Leroy Prinz
Zwo
Ham
The Time Maximizer Harry Carey The East Side Star
Dale Carnegie recounts how Harry Carey born on 117th Street in New York used every moment to learn and grow. He studied the West during an Arizona stay, wrote a West set in Montana, then moved to stage and silent film success. His 305 movies show a life built by seizing time.
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Dale Carnegie
117Th Street
East Side
New York
Arizona
West
Harry Carey
West Buy
Montana
City Island
Harry
New York City
Doy
Gas Censorship Sparks Rationing Plan and Card System
Washington reports near gas rationing with the Ickes office censoring weekly stock figures and directing API to stop publishing regional data. A five card system will govern allocations from May 15 to July 1 with A B and X categories and doctors ambulances exempt. after July 1 a permanent plan with coupons will apply.
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Washington
Ickes Petroleum Coordinator
Ickes
Bureau of Mines
Interior Department
American Petroleum Institute
APT
Army
Navy
Price
Hitler
Defense Transportation
Joseph Eastman
Henderson
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Mack
Busian
Sritan
Betty Elliott
Ted Moss
Tom Bil Whelchell
Jean Hiatt
James Chisholm
Bernice Scarborough
Bonnie Waddill
Charlie
Globe-News
Colorado Women's College
Western Graphic
Duce
Management- Labor Automotive Committee
East India
America
Victoriou
FE. M. Apple
Buchanan Street
William
Australia
O. K
FE. F. Finch
Fort Worth
Knights of Columbia
Alvin Rexford
Denver
J. G. Colby
West Sixth Avenue
FE. H. Aderton
New Orleans
Bowie Street
Art Morgan
Louisiana
Shattuck
Oklo
Allura Art Shop
West 7Th Ave
O. W. Wright
Taylor Street
College Station
Texas A. and
M. College
Ormond
Charlene Carlton
van Buren Street
Chillicothe
J. C. Penney Company
Jean Stovall
Kress
Howard Williams
Jackson Street
Pampa
Williams
Arthur Teed
Boo Wright
Donna Kaye Dye
Carl G. Cliift
John H. Vaughan
R. P. Parcells
Pratt, Kans
Clay Gould Stevenson
Watson Rogers
Rogers
Lucern Apartments
Howard Richardson
William Craig
Mr. Craig
Alabama Street
Harry Mead
Lil Mead
Soil Conservation Service
John Renegar
North Fillmore Street
St. Anthony's Hospital
Jimmy Kay
Sam Elkins
John Smithee
Sweetwater
Grover Swaim
Elkins
Avery Turner
Chicago
Quincy
Ill
National Congress
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Leon Krupp
1013
West Eleventh Avenue
Vernon J. Martin
Pierce Street
Kenneth Sherrill
Pleasant Valley
Augusta Post
West Eighteenth Avenue
W. R. Martin
Herring Hotel
W. P. Ridley
Belleview
N. M
W. H. Henderson
R. R. Holter
Surgical
F. W. Blackburn
Sunray
O. A. Sasway
North Hayes Street
W. T. Rives
Prospect Street
8. D. Nichols
Hughes Street
Medical
A. W. Nelson
Borger
D. W. Page
C. C. Roberts
Wheeles
Okla
James Nemechek
L. S. Nemechek
Parker Street
E. V. Grooms
West Fifteenth Avenue
Alva Robbins
G. D. Wyre
North
Lincoln Street
Philip Kennedy
B. B. Roberts
Levelland
Sam C. Bryan
Stinnett
Homer Smith
Stratford
J. C. Jones
E. A. Regal
Bradford
Frank F. Regal
Nanjean Cara
Alton Boxwell
Dumas
St. Anthony's Hospi
Barbara Ann
J. H. Wilson
T J. Dacus
James Ira
D E. Holt
Sandra Gail
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WAR Quiz
Ernest Foster
Carnegie
Paul Mallon
Mallon
Uneil
Setvic’s
Joseph B. Eastman
Roosevelt
Eastman
War Production Board
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