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Newspaper
Amarillo Globe
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1941
Page
12
A nomination note praises Miss Betty Blake for the Glamor Girl contest. It extols her personality, figure and looks and asks Bill to agree with the positive assessment. The writer signs off with thanks.
A puzzle column teases a word-building game using dashes as letters and groups as words, with a long block of text about Miss Amarillo College 1941 and a master of ceremonies Eddie Storseth. It follows with dance listings at the Nat and a long roll of attendees and presenters from Biz-Ad Annual Dance and Am arillo College Gym decorations.
Washington report notes growing congressional resignation to war after House defeats an amendment to block Roosevelt from delivering seized Axis ships to Britain. Analysis covers Treasury resistance to price policy, Henderson’s stance, and White House plans for more forceful selling of foreign policy plus predicted bomber deliveries to Britain amid Hitler shortages and Balkan logistics.
A 10 day tally reports 5 310 fires across 14 eastern states with about 3 million dollars in losses and more than a quarter million acres burned. Regional Forester Evans notes careless campers and brush burning as major causes while volunteers and CCC crews battled the flames along the coast.
A dense list of horizontal and vertical clues with numbered items, including lake waterfalls Great Lakes entries, wordplay prompts for savoring groaning steering vexes and more, plus many personal, geographic and abstract terms. The page also features a note about the previous puzzle’s answer and several cross-referenced hints.
Dorothy Thompson visits the San Jacinto battlefield monument in Texas and reflects on its history as a museum of empires. She notes the site’s tall needle, the oil, cotton, and rail links, and cites inscriptions about Santa Anna, Texan independence, and an international brigade. The piece links victory at San Jacinto to broader themes of freedom and world affairs.
May 12 report from Albuquerque describes the new Army post at the Albuquerque Airport, with 80 U S Engineer Corps staff supervising private contractors and a peak of 2200 workers. Union labor supplied skilled and non-skilled crafts, plumbers shortage bottlenecked progress, and dust and desert winds shaped the site. Lieutenant Colonel Frank Hackett commands, a World War veteran and hunter who flies his own plane, while high altitude cooking challenges were solved by seasoned cooks. Albuquerque serves as a fueling stop for bombers, including a British crew and civilian English production mission members. a Negro porter at the terminal observed the scene.
A compact notice presents two quotations: Psalms 112 1 praising the man who fears the Lord and delights in commandments, followed by Livy on growing apprehensions when things are unknown. The lines reflect moral reflection rather than current events.
Dale Carnegie extols Captain Bill McDonald of the Texas Rangers for his decisive action at Rio Grande City and Brownsville. He recalls the lone ranger riding in to quell a mob, teaching that fear defeats more than the battle, and likens the lesson to Marshal Foch’s resolve in 1914.
The Navy invites eligible young men 20 to 27 to qualify as Reserve Aviation Officers. Candidates must meet citizenship, marital, and educational standards or show equivalent training. Selected applicants enlist as Seaman first class and undergo 30 days of training before flight aptitude evaluation and potential appointment as aviation cadets.
Gas policy and defense production shape car availability in wartime. Production falls 20 percent with four and a quarter million cars made, affecting dealers and drivers. Price controls aim to keep used car prices fair, while longer ownership raises risk of breakdowns and a mechanic shortage strains repair services.
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